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Isobel_Starling
@isobelstarling.bsky.social
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✪Irish ✪ Novelist ✪ Artist ✪ #AmWriting
WIP: NEED TO KNOW -an M/M thriller
✪ 85 books in 5 languages ✪55 #Audiobooks
✪ Hell-NO to AI ✪No Crypto bros ✪ 18+Only

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · Nov 12
The Shatterproof Bond series took 9 years to complete.
It's out in English & has translations in German & French. Buy on Amazon & other retailers in ebook, paperback, & audio 😍

amzn.to/3o6j84e

#lgbtqreads #thrillerbooks #BookBoost #Bookbluesky #readingcommunity #writerslife #mmromance #amazon
The image is a graphic featuring the six novels in the Shatterproof Bond M/M Romance thriller series by Isobel Starling
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Tomorrow: Volume 2 of The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, a premium 12,000+ word guide to every major AI player, neocloud, and hyperscaler dicking around with AI. It is one of the rudest things I've ever written. Here's $10 off annual.

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When all of this collapses there will, I guarantee, be multiple startups that have outright lied to the media, and done so, in some cases, in ways that are equal parts obvious and brazen. My own work has received significantly more skepticism than OpenAI or Anthropic, two companies worth alleged billions of dollars that appear to change their story with an aloof confidence borne of the knowledge that nobody read or thought too deeply about what it is that their CEOs have to say, other than “wow, Anthropic said a new number!” So I’m going to do my best to write about every single major AI company in one go. I am going to pull together everything I can find and give a frank evaluation of what they do, where they stand, their revenues, their funding situation, and, well, however else I feel about them. And honestly, I think we’re approaching the end. The Information recently published one of the grimmest quotes I’ve seen in the bubble so far: Some researchers are trying to take advantage of high investor interest in AI. They have told some investors that growing concerns regarding the costs and benefits of AI have prompted them to raise a lot of money now rather than wait and risk a shift in the capital markets, according to people who talked with them. Hey, what was that? What was that about “growing concerns regarding the costs and benefits of AI”? What “capital shift”? The fucking companies are telling you, to your face, that they know there’s not a sustainable business model or great use case, and you are printing it and giving it the god damn thumbs up. How can you not be a hater at this point? This industry is loathsome, its products ranging useless to niche at best, its costs unsustainable and its futures full of fire and brimstone. This is the Hater’s Guide To The AI Bubble Volume 2 - a premium sequel to the Hater’s Guide from earlier this year - where I will finally bring some clarity to a hype cycle that has yet to prove its worth, breaking down indu…
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"

guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
Bob Mortimer on Wilty
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. not one decent cell in his body.. so yes- dangerous"
-Convicted Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's email #TheEpsteinFiles

So many rich, vile men... A pox on them all!
Epstein latest: Epstein calls Trump 'dangerous' and the worst person he knows in released email
New details are still coming to light after the release of 20,000 Jeffrey Epstein files, which came after an initial leak about Donald Trump. In Washington, one of the president's key allies has told ...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
#art #artistsofBluesky #FCF #malenude #gayart
I contacted the foundry and they suggested not sending my figure until Monday in case there's a shipping delay and stuck in a Royal Mail depot over the weekend... near a heat source! 😂 😭 Very wise!
isobelstarling.bsky.social Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d
Finally finished my #figurativesculpture in wax. He'll be cast using the 'lost wax' process - he'll be dipped in refactory plaster to build a shell, then put in a kiln and the wax will melt out. Molten bronze will then get poured in. It's a one-chance only process... a bit scary! 😬 #malenude #art
Wax male nude figurative life sculpture by Isobel Starling
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
As the ALT text on one of the images says:

Full-kit wankers!
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 19h
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
police dressed as military in front of a police tank police dressed in camo like soldiers like total knobs cops dressed head to toe in camo like full kit wankers
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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@chucktingle.bsky.social is working on new bestseller, I see.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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angus.bsky.social
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.

So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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robinhobb.bsky.social
Heads up, writer friends. For the second time I received a cute email from an 11 year old asking if I'd read their short story and give feedback. Story Not an attachment but a link. Be safe. Delete. Do not respond. Emails virtually identical but for boy/girl name.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
Finally finished my #figurativesculpture in wax. He'll be cast using the 'lost wax' process - he'll be dipped in refactory plaster to build a shell, then put in a kiln and the wax will melt out. Molten bronze will then get poured in. It's a one-chance only process... a bit scary! 😬 #malenude #art
Wax male nude figurative life sculpture by Isobel Starling
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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every company in 2025
comic strip with call and response text. who are we? CEOs what do we want? AI! AI to do what? We don't know! When do we want it? Right now!
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
This is awful. I wonder if any humans were involved in this decision or if it was a bot.
subpress.bsky.social Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 1d
A quick note on the availability of our ebooks...
Earlier today, we received notice from Amazon that they had terminated our KDP account, through which we publish ebooks, including LOGICAL FANTASY by John Wyndham. I have written to Amazon, including proof of our permission to publish the book. Please accept my apologies that our ebooks are unavailable while I try to sort this out. Sincerely, Bill Schafer
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
The dude whose been stealing Garfield parody/ strip art to make a book originally said ' maybe I should have asked' when questioned. He doesn't give a crap about artists copyright.... and yet the fucker has the nerve to put this copyright notice on the book. #EndHim
A book of stolen Garfield parody art which the thief has put a copyright notice on the cover.
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
I've just finished season 6 of #thegoodfight
What fantastic, pertinent show. Christine Baranski is such a great actor! Diane Lockhart is my queen. ❤️
A picture of Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in The Good Fight. It has the quote 'Life has a way of reminding you who you are.'
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
So life-like...modeled on a bloke from Newcastle while on a stag-do in Dublin. Cobbles can be a bitch 😂
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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ednewtonrex.bsky.social
Big win for creatives today in the battle against exploitation by AI companies ⬇️

German court rules OpenAI infringed copyright when it trained on copyrighted song lyrics

www.reuters.com/world/german...
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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meidastouch.com
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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404media.co
Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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ednewtonrex.bsky.social
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.

🧵 1/5
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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isobelstarling.bsky.social
Slowly getting there with this male nude dancer life sculpture. I was supposed to send it to the foundry yesterday, but I'll detail for another few days.
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
Work in progress male nude dancer life sculpture in wax by Isobel Starling
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
Slowly getting there with this male nude dancer life sculpture. I was supposed to send it to the foundry yesterday, but I'll detail for another few days.
N.B Air pillow packaging is very handy! 😁 #art #sculpture #figurativeArt #MaleNude
Work in progress male nude dancer life sculpture in wax by Isobel Starling
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
Lewis Goodall spilling all the tea about the BBC.
This is excellent.

"The BBC lessens itself because it is afraid, hoping to be both ubiquitous and unnoticed- an impossibility and trend which will only get worse after all of this."
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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edzitron.com
This is far beyond any measure of “somebody should’ve said something” - it has become a media and society-wide groupthink nightmare where ignorance and fantasy have melded into a “plan for the future” that was neither possible nor profitable, all because everybody craves to believe the status quo
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
isobelstarling.bsky.social
#Bluesky users. It's simple.

IF IN DOUBT...DON'T SHARE IT!

'I didn't know it was fake' isn't good enough anymore.
I'm sick of seeing AI gen propaganda that people auto-share because 'the political message aligns with my politics' or 'the Lolz'.

This shit is mentally exhausting.
a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch with the words just stop below her
ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch with the words just stop below her
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM