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Author, essayist and scholar. Recently grown up. Medicated somebody. Friend to my dog.
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As human beings, we really, really suck.

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Arrest after five poisoned red kites found dead in Essex field
A man from Aveley has been released while Essex Police continues its inquiries.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The African in me could NEVER put myself in a position to be chased by bloodhounds. Mba nụ. No. Niet. Non. Pero no. Nahin.

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‘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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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.

To find out more and apply please visit our website - www.fruitmarket.co.uk/about-us/rec...
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
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
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October 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
'Give us your stuff, but like, don't come to our country, yeah?'

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UK won't relax visa rules for India, Starmer says
The PM says there are no plans to open up more visa routes ahead of a visit to India to tout a trade deal.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM