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Author, essayist and scholar. Recently grown up. Medicated somebody. Friend to my dog.
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So Pras goes to jail but Trump becomes president. Yep. Seems like America.
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Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison in illegal foreign lobbying case
His attorney says the
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November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So Pras goes to jail but Trump becomes president. Yep. Seems like America.
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"Inspirations sleet through the universe continuously. Their destination, as if they cared, is the right mind in the right place at the right time."-- Terry Pratchett
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Inspirations sleet through the universe continuously. Their destination, as if they cared, is the right mind in the right place at the right time."-- Terry Pratchett
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the idea is not all that counts. the idea is nothing at all until it has been lassooed, corralled, mutated, shuffled, blended with other ideas, and then expressed over the medium of however many thousand words that you have selected and arranged as best you can. the idea is a promise, not a book.
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
the idea is not all that counts. the idea is nothing at all until it has been lassooed, corralled, mutated, shuffled, blended with other ideas, and then expressed over the medium of however many thousand words that you have selected and arranged as best you can. the idea is a promise, not a book.
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If you sincerely think you have done the Author Job by having an idea, then of course it's legitimate to stick that idea into the regurgitron and claim the extruded word product as 'your book'. If the idea is all that counts then yes, you 'wrote a book'.
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you sincerely think you have done the Author Job by having an idea, then of course it's legitimate to stick that idea into the regurgitron and claim the extruded word product as 'your book'. If the idea is all that counts then yes, you 'wrote a book'.
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But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
The African in me could NEVER put myself in a position to be chased by bloodhounds. Mba nụ. No. Niet. Non. Pero no. Nahin.
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
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November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The African in me could NEVER put myself in a position to be chased by bloodhounds. Mba nụ. No. Niet. Non. Pero no. Nahin.
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I'll stop talking about death when I get over this one.
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We cry together
On burial customs
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November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'll stop talking about death when I get over this one.
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Join us on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, 23rd of November for an extraordinary musical weekend at Stationers’ Hall for the St Ceciliatide Concert and Reception and the St Ceciliatide Concert and Lunch.https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394361264656961536
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Join us on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, 23rd of November for an extraordinary musical weekend at Stationers’ Hall for the St Ceciliatide Concert and Reception and the St Ceciliatide Concert and Lunch.https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394361264656961536
Now, they will laugh at us. They will say "Look at them, pestering us to return their artwork when they are not even united within themselves."
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The Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) and the row over Nigeria's Benin Bronzes
Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) finds itself in the crosshairs of local power politics.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Now, they will laugh at us. They will say "Look at them, pestering us to return their artwork when they are not even united within themselves."
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How do schools just die?
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First steps in bid to close Scotland's smallest secondary school
A council starts the preliminary process which could pave the way for Dalry Secondary to shut.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
How do schools just die?
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When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...so this Attlee woman wants an author and chef to change the name of her PUBLISHED cookbook featuring a word from her heritage...because Attlee already uses that word - not of her heritage - for her delis? Did I get that right?
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Cornwall deli owner in clash over cookery book name
Kate Attlee of Sabzi wants a cookbook with the same name changed but publishers reject her demand.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...so this Attlee woman wants an author and chef to change the name of her PUBLISHED cookbook featuring a word from her heritage...because Attlee already uses that word - not of her heritage - for her delis? Did I get that right?
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In about ten years, the criminals will be trying to force the indigenes out of Nauru. We've seen it before.
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Australia deports first foreign detainees to Nauru in controversial deal
The first transfer of the so-called NZYQ cohort to the tiny Pacific island marks the start of a A$2.5bn agreement between Australia and Nauru.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In about ten years, the criminals will be trying to force the indigenes out of Nauru. We've seen it before.
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Work with us! We are looking for an experienced Bookshop Manager to run Fruitmarket Bookshop, Scotland’s leading contemporary culture bookshop.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Work with us! We are looking for an experienced Bookshop Manager to run Fruitmarket Bookshop, Scotland’s leading contemporary culture bookshop.
To find out more and apply please visit our website - www.fruitmarket.co.uk/about-us/rec...
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Ah, this is terrible. Oh no.
Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35 | Books | The Guardian share.google/33TgUSQWQuI2...
Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35 | Books | The Guardian share.google/33TgUSQWQuI2...
Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35
The Korean author’s hit self-help memoir, which follows her conversations with her psychiatrist, sold more than a million copies worldwide
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October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ah, this is terrible. Oh no.
Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35 | Books | The Guardian share.google/33TgUSQWQuI2...
Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35 | Books | The Guardian share.google/33TgUSQWQuI2...
Great. Now even the trees are trying to kill us.
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Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
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October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great. Now even the trees are trying to kill us.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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