Louise Cobby Writer
@louisecobbywriter.bsky.social
Writer of historical fiction. Soon to be submitting to agents.
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French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
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Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Fuck
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Fuck
Please, please share and sign this. Let's show there is public support to put pressure on Ian Brady's solicitor to hand over documents including, possibly, an autobiography that would show where Keith Bennett is.
For Winnie Bennett RIP
www.change.org/p/uk-parliam...
For Winnie Bennett RIP
www.change.org/p/uk-parliam...
Sign the Petition
Release Moors Murderer Ian Brady's suitcase and find 12yr old Keith Bennett
www.change.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Please, please share and sign this. Let's show there is public support to put pressure on Ian Brady's solicitor to hand over documents including, possibly, an autobiography that would show where Keith Bennett is.
For Winnie Bennett RIP
www.change.org/p/uk-parliam...
For Winnie Bennett RIP
www.change.org/p/uk-parliam...
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The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I feel ashamed of myself for even posting this and asking, but I need the help to take some of the stress and pressure away - me and my husband, and our three beautiful dogs, are hoping that you can help raise emergency funds to try and find a new house.
gofund.me/061cd1b4
gofund.me/061cd1b4
Donate to Help to Avoid Homelessness, organized by Amanda Rutter
My name is Amanda, and me and my husband, Dan, have just been served a Section 21 notice on t… Amanda Rutter needs your support for Help to Avoid Homelessness
gofund.me
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I feel ashamed of myself for even posting this and asking, but I need the help to take some of the stress and pressure away - me and my husband, and our three beautiful dogs, are hoping that you can help raise emergency funds to try and find a new house.
gofund.me/061cd1b4
gofund.me/061cd1b4
Hi, just been reading an interview with you from 2018 about 19thC miscarriages. Really interesting! Did you ever do any research into how they were dealt with in the asylums?
@swithycombe.bsky.social
@swithycombe.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hi, just been reading an interview with you from 2018 about 19thC miscarriages. Really interesting! Did you ever do any research into how they were dealt with in the asylums?
@swithycombe.bsky.social
@swithycombe.bsky.social
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Orkney Library & Archive is a library AND an archive but did you know about the miniature library that is stored IN the archive?
Read on to find out more about the incredible Minervian Library, created by a group of young children in #Orkney more than 160 years ago.
Read on to find out more about the incredible Minervian Library, created by a group of young children in #Orkney more than 160 years ago.
March 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Orkney Library & Archive is a library AND an archive but did you know about the miniature library that is stored IN the archive?
Read on to find out more about the incredible Minervian Library, created by a group of young children in #Orkney more than 160 years ago.
Read on to find out more about the incredible Minervian Library, created by a group of young children in #Orkney more than 160 years ago.
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Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
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Open letter in response to Meta's use of pirated material to train its AI. Authors, writers, creatives, please sign & share!
forms.gle/1qebKTV6o7Au...
forms.gle/1qebKTV6o7Au...
Open letter in response to Meta's use of pirated material to train its AI
In light of the recent revelation that Meta used millions of pirated books to train its AI, we are writing to express our deep concern about this alleged unfair and unauthorised use of our copyrighted...
forms.gle
March 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Open letter in response to Meta's use of pirated material to train its AI. Authors, writers, creatives, please sign & share!
forms.gle/1qebKTV6o7Au...
forms.gle/1qebKTV6o7Au...
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Is your book on the LibGen list? Let us know.
Meta considered licensing books to train AI—but opted instead to pirate LibGen, a database that currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner writes.
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Is your book on the LibGen list? Let us know.
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The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
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Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
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The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
February 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
@ediecay.bsky.social really interesting panel on History Quill! Can I ask is the craft book coming out in paperback? It's only kindle on Amazon.
February 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@ediecay.bsky.social really interesting panel on History Quill! Can I ask is the craft book coming out in paperback? It's only kindle on Amazon.
As you age, what are things you have to start checking for before you leave the house?
I'll start: random hairs in places they're unwelcome, like your chin.
#GettingOlder
I'll start: random hairs in places they're unwelcome, like your chin.
#GettingOlder
February 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As you age, what are things you have to start checking for before you leave the house?
I'll start: random hairs in places they're unwelcome, like your chin.
#GettingOlder
I'll start: random hairs in places they're unwelcome, like your chin.
#GettingOlder
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This is interesting - I've never been sure if blurbs work or not (except for a few specific authors - I HAVE def bought a book cos @benaaronovitch.bsky.social blurbed it...and was not disappointed). It would defintely take a lot of burden off a lot of people if we DIDNT have them! #Booksky
Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint is taking a big step back from blurbs, just days after @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social did a thorough analysis of blurbs and their downsides on her excellent Substack. The publisher’s explanation is worth a read, actually fun.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is interesting - I've never been sure if blurbs work or not (except for a few specific authors - I HAVE def bought a book cos @benaaronovitch.bsky.social blurbed it...and was not disappointed). It would defintely take a lot of burden off a lot of people if we DIDNT have them! #Booksky
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I mean, if a guy did this in front of me, I would marry him too. Congrats to Zendaya and Tom Holland for their engagement🙏
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica
m.youtube.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I mean, if a guy did this in front of me, I would marry him too. Congrats to Zendaya and Tom Holland for their engagement🙏
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Couldn’t figure out the lists/starter packs I’m on because we don’t seem to get notified when someone adds us. But then I found: clearsky.app
Just type your handle. Screenshots are the lists/packs it showed I’m on. Some I didn’t realize. If you added me, thank you! 🫶🏼
#starterpacks #writingcommunity
Just type your handle. Screenshots are the lists/packs it showed I’m on. Some I didn’t realize. If you added me, thank you! 🫶🏼
#starterpacks #writingcommunity
December 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Couldn’t figure out the lists/starter packs I’m on because we don’t seem to get notified when someone adds us. But then I found: clearsky.app
Just type your handle. Screenshots are the lists/packs it showed I’m on. Some I didn’t realize. If you added me, thank you! 🫶🏼
#starterpacks #writingcommunity
Just type your handle. Screenshots are the lists/packs it showed I’m on. Some I didn’t realize. If you added me, thank you! 🫶🏼
#starterpacks #writingcommunity
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
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And here's the second pack.
go.bsky.app/96xUXZD
go.bsky.app/96xUXZD
December 8, 2024 at 6:03 PM
And here's the second pack.
go.bsky.app/96xUXZD
go.bsky.app/96xUXZD
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For new folk coming to Bluesky, I made a couple of starter packs of book people - writers, publishers, agents, bloggers, bookshops. Here's the first one: go.bsky.app/MjnUSwF
December 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM
For new folk coming to Bluesky, I made a couple of starter packs of book people - writers, publishers, agents, bloggers, bookshops. Here's the first one: go.bsky.app/MjnUSwF
@juliecohen.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you!
December 1, 2024 at 4:49 PM
@juliecohen.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you!
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚