Tom Lloyd
@tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Writer of Words. Bane of Editors. Eater of Contracts. Shambles of a Man.
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Tom Lloyd
@tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Devil Inside - a contemporary British fantasy of magic, spies and a young woman just trying to escape her past.
Out now: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
Out now: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
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In the entire history of formalised sex verification in women's sport from the 50s to the present day, do you know how many instances of men disguising themselves in order to sneak into women's sport they've found? Zero.
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In the entire history of formalised sex verification in women's sport from the 50s to the present day, do you know how many instances of men disguising themselves in order to sneak into women's sport they've found? Zero.
as someone who may be having sinus surgery at some point soon, this is a fun addition to my worries.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
as someone who may be having sinus surgery at some point soon, this is a fun addition to my worries.
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For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
Not a great day when even four 1-a-day tablets can't control this hives outbreak. Or I'm infested with fleas and the rest of the family are oddly immune. Either way, I'm going slightly mad.
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Not a great day when even four 1-a-day tablets can't control this hives outbreak. Or I'm infested with fleas and the rest of the family are oddly immune. Either way, I'm going slightly mad.
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Hold on, this Anas Sarwar? Surely not.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Hold on, this Anas Sarwar? Surely not.
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Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
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Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Seven magpies hanging out above my office could only be a sign that I should be working on the new book today!
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Seven magpies hanging out above my office could only be a sign that I should be working on the new book today!
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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"Wuthering Heights" *is* a love story.
It's quite clearly about a moor.
It's quite clearly about a moor.
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
"Wuthering Heights" *is* a love story.
It's quite clearly about a moor.
It's quite clearly about a moor.
Loads of fun watching Jurassic Park with the kids. Slightly outdated sfx count for nothing when the tension kicks in and they're fully invested. Bet the later movies don't make them care so much.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Loads of fun watching Jurassic Park with the kids. Slightly outdated sfx count for nothing when the tension kicks in and they're fully invested. Bet the later movies don't make them care so much.
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My car was stolen. Here are six important things I learned
My car was stolen. Here are six important things I learned
Keyless thefts are on the rise and car crime is increasingly organised and high-tech.
www.bbc.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM
My car was stolen. Here are six important things I learned
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"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?"
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Jeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?"
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
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i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
And this doesn't change as they grow. Read to them, make time. Mine now go to sleep to very inexpert audiobooks because they still enjoy it. They know stories like Hogfather inside out and only a loving child could claim my voice as Death is better than Ian Richardson's
Please please please, new parents, introduce your babies to books as soon as they can sit up.
They LOVE the sound of your voice. LOVE IT. And, even before they can speak, reading gets them used to the cadence and rhythm of stories.
They LOVE the sound of your voice. LOVE IT. And, even before they can speak, reading gets them used to the cadence and rhythm of stories.
I found someone on Twitter who has heard about the value of reading to babies but is "dubious" it's true, so doesn't really plan to read to her kid until they're two.
Stuff like this probably explains all the articles about kindergarteners who don't know how to turn the pages of a book.
Stuff like this probably explains all the articles about kindergarteners who don't know how to turn the pages of a book.
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
And this doesn't change as they grow. Read to them, make time. Mine now go to sleep to very inexpert audiobooks because they still enjoy it. They know stories like Hogfather inside out and only a loving child could claim my voice as Death is better than Ian Richardson's
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Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
Still surprises me how the major US publishers still regularly try on the old "oops, did we leave India and South Africa off a list of Commonwealth publishers?" thing.
This is why I rarely bother to try and persuade them that countries like Togo are real. That's a step too far.
This is why I rarely bother to try and persuade them that countries like Togo are real. That's a step too far.
February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Still surprises me how the major US publishers still regularly try on the old "oops, did we leave India and South Africa off a list of Commonwealth publishers?" thing.
This is why I rarely bother to try and persuade them that countries like Togo are real. That's a step too far.
This is why I rarely bother to try and persuade them that countries like Togo are real. That's a step too far.
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My standalone Arthurian novel, The Cleaving, is a frankly incredible 73p in ebook this week from Amazon. I explore this familiar story from the perspective of the women involved. It's a chance to try my work without committing to a series. Offer ends Sunday 8th Feb
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
My standalone Arthurian novel, The Cleaving, is a frankly incredible 73p in ebook this week from Amazon. I explore this familiar story from the perspective of the women involved. It's a chance to try my work without committing to a series. Offer ends Sunday 8th Feb
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
Heard of 11th.com @victoriastrauss.com ? We've just had an email at work offering an Anthropic claim buyout by this "recovery platform" which screams SCAM to me but is a new one on me.
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Heard of 11th.com @victoriastrauss.com ? We've just had an email at work offering an Anthropic claim buyout by this "recovery platform" which screams SCAM to me but is a new one on me.
It's been raining so solidly here I'm not sure why I've ordered more tubes of tennis balls, but we've got to have hope, right?
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
It's been raining so solidly here I'm not sure why I've ordered more tubes of tennis balls, but we've got to have hope, right?
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I see Hachette continue to do with digital sales, while my own ebooks have always lagged behind print sales. I wonder if there's a company out there that specialises in trade backlist ebooks - taking existing backlists and giving them new life.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I see Hachette continue to do with digital sales, while my own ebooks have always lagged behind print sales. I wonder if there's a company out there that specialises in trade backlist ebooks - taking existing backlists and giving them new life.
No doubt the cretins in charge just got AI to do the work and fucked off early without checking it, knowing they won't be held liable for any lawsuit it causes
The DOJ redacted a photo of Mona Lisa in the Epstein files.
Meanwhile, as we reported, there were several unredacted, sexually explicit photos of nude women or girls were present in the latest Epstein dump and the DOJ left those photos online until we reported specific links through their tipline.
Meanwhile, as we reported, there were several unredacted, sexually explicit photos of nude women or girls were present in the latest Epstein dump and the DOJ left those photos online until we reported specific links through their tipline.
The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files
While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted the identity of the most famous portra...
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
No doubt the cretins in charge just got AI to do the work and fucked off early without checking it, knowing they won't be held liable for any lawsuit it causes
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Anyone who thinks what's happening is the worst political scandal this century, in this country should take a stroll down to the Covid Memorial Wall.
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Anyone who thinks what's happening is the worst political scandal this century, in this country should take a stroll down to the Covid Memorial Wall.