Lis Paice
@lpaice.bsky.social
Doctor, granny, francophile, booklover, KJCharles fan
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Here is the actual fresco - no people, the bridge isn't a bridge it's a ramp and the entire thing is fuzzier, as you might expect.3/n
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here is the actual fresco - no people, the bridge isn't a bridge it's a ramp and the entire thing is fuzzier, as you might expect.3/n
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He came to bear witness against his own country. He ended up getting his arse handed to him.
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
September 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
He came to bear witness against his own country. He ended up getting his arse handed to him.
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No I will not be in your goddamn Kindle Translate beta programme.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No I will not be in your goddamn Kindle Translate beta programme.
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I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
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I have Issues with the concept of writers block, such that I wrote a post on it. kjcharleswriter.com/2019/11/13/w...
There are a ton of things you can do if you're struggling to write, and none of them require using the theft-based environment-ruining plagiarism machine.
There are a ton of things you can do if you're struggling to write, and none of them require using the theft-based environment-ruining plagiarism machine.
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I have Issues with the concept of writers block, such that I wrote a post on it. kjcharleswriter.com/2019/11/13/w...
There are a ton of things you can do if you're struggling to write, and none of them require using the theft-based environment-ruining plagiarism machine.
There are a ton of things you can do if you're struggling to write, and none of them require using the theft-based environment-ruining plagiarism machine.
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Here is a link to the report itself
It points to upcoming break clauses in the contracts in 2026 and the end of the contracts in 2029 providing an opportunity to make better decisions -& better contracts
If those were 10 year contracts that points to 2019
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
It points to upcoming break clauses in the contracts in 2026 and the end of the contracts in 2029 providing an opportunity to make better decisions -& better contracts
If those were 10 year contracts that points to 2019
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
Billions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK Parliament
Flawed contract design and incompetent delivery left the Home Office unable to cope with the surge in demand for asylum accommodation, a report by the Home Affairs Committee has found.
committees.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Here is a link to the report itself
It points to upcoming break clauses in the contracts in 2026 and the end of the contracts in 2029 providing an opportunity to make better decisions -& better contracts
If those were 10 year contracts that points to 2019
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
It points to upcoming break clauses in the contracts in 2026 and the end of the contracts in 2029 providing an opportunity to make better decisions -& better contracts
If those were 10 year contracts that points to 2019
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
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Note that it's the Conservative Mismanagement of the asylum system that has been revealed in the report. BBC news don't seem to have mentioned this...
🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Note that it's the Conservative Mismanagement of the asylum system that has been revealed in the report. BBC news don't seem to have mentioned this...
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One of the first metaphors Dickens throws out in "Bleak House" is "a Megalosaurus... waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill."
WEIRDLY specific... Unless you know Bleak House was originally a public oral performance, and the Crystal Palace dinosaur exhibit had just opened that year.
WEIRDLY specific... Unless you know Bleak House was originally a public oral performance, and the Crystal Palace dinosaur exhibit had just opened that year.
Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
One of the first metaphors Dickens throws out in "Bleak House" is "a Megalosaurus... waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill."
WEIRDLY specific... Unless you know Bleak House was originally a public oral performance, and the Crystal Palace dinosaur exhibit had just opened that year.
WEIRDLY specific... Unless you know Bleak House was originally a public oral performance, and the Crystal Palace dinosaur exhibit had just opened that year.
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All the Tabloid Telegraph does nowadays is publish sensationalist pro right ring headlines, and utter BS.. and then quietly do a correction afterwards, once the damage is done👇🏼
See the article pinned on my profile, that was a complete lie, which the telegraph subsequently went onto “correct”❗️😡
See the article pinned on my profile, that was a complete lie, which the telegraph subsequently went onto “correct”❗️😡
The Sun corrects Katie Lam's numerous errors and lies about foreign nationals claiming benefits.
archive.ph/vQ7Tn
archive.ph/vQ7Tn
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
All the Tabloid Telegraph does nowadays is publish sensationalist pro right ring headlines, and utter BS.. and then quietly do a correction afterwards, once the damage is done👇🏼
See the article pinned on my profile, that was a complete lie, which the telegraph subsequently went onto “correct”❗️😡
See the article pinned on my profile, that was a complete lie, which the telegraph subsequently went onto “correct”❗️😡
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The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
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Authors, look up your name and file your claim for settlement money here.
I have no means to answer questions except for this one:
Q: "But didn't I do this last month?"
A: "DO THIS ONE NOW."
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
I have no means to answer questions except for this one:
Q: "But didn't I do this last month?"
A: "DO THIS ONE NOW."
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
Submit a Claim
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October 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Authors, look up your name and file your claim for settlement money here.
I have no means to answer questions except for this one:
Q: "But didn't I do this last month?"
A: "DO THIS ONE NOW."
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
I have no means to answer questions except for this one:
Q: "But didn't I do this last month?"
A: "DO THIS ONE NOW."
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Did some mandatory gen AI training. Unfortunately, I was given an opportunity to provide feedback.
September 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Did some mandatory gen AI training. Unfortunately, I was given an opportunity to provide feedback.
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration.
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Nan’s not bankrupting Britain (but politicians might be)
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration.
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Another cracker from the Bear.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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Frightening and important piece for any Brit looking at the US collapse and thinking it couldn't happen here. It could, and there are people out there right now who want it to.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
August 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Frightening and important piece for any Brit looking at the US collapse and thinking it couldn't happen here. It could, and there are people out there right now who want it to.
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It was an absolute pleasure to interview @kjcharleswriter.com. We talked about world-building in historical fiction, genre promises, odysseys in self- and trad publishing, and kitchen hedgehogs (!). Read our conversation here: www.patreon.com/posts/interv...
!["...in the same way that my historical work is energized by detail, I think my paranormal work has to be energized by detail and place and by history. [...] Any old place, old country has got old myths and old history and a whole accretion of people's ideas around it. And London's absolutely stinking with it. So a lot of that just sort of comes together very nicely to drive the paranormal engine.”
KJ Charles](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pfwmjkw3scwxhslrj3t556hu/bafkreighq346r6kiemc7xovuk44q6rmidkr63bmyzamczaxg44z7udetcy@jpeg)
August 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It was an absolute pleasure to interview @kjcharleswriter.com. We talked about world-building in historical fiction, genre promises, odysseys in self- and trad publishing, and kitchen hedgehogs (!). Read our conversation here: www.patreon.com/posts/interv...
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This is a marvellous deconstruction of the Scene That Makes You Cry Uncontrollably. Happy Bastille Day.
When this scene was shot, Madeleine Lebeau, an actual French refugee who made it to the US, is singing the anthem of a nation that may never again exist.
seveninchesofyourtime.com/cinemas-grea...
seveninchesofyourtime.com/cinemas-grea...
Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’
Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list and similarly regarded by many other critics. You can quibble with its exac…
seveninchesofyourtime.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is a marvellous deconstruction of the Scene That Makes You Cry Uncontrollably. Happy Bastille Day.
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I have a book out today! 1920s m/m romantic suspense with flirting / pining / murder / curry.
books2read.com/u/4NE2KG
books2read.com/u/4NE2KG
May 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I have a book out today! 1920s m/m romantic suspense with flirting / pining / murder / curry.
books2read.com/u/4NE2KG
books2read.com/u/4NE2KG
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Good. Let's.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Good. Let's.
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Last minute addition to the amazing Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction!
I'm offering to dedicate ALL OF US MURDERERS (Sourcebooks, Oct, Gothic romance) to you, and will send you a signed print copy to prove it. :) Bid quick, it only runs to 2 May...
I'm offering to dedicate ALL OF US MURDERERS (Sourcebooks, Oct, Gothic romance) to you, and will send you a signed print copy to prove it. :) Bid quick, it only runs to 2 May...
Dedication of KJ Charles’ New Book
Auction item 'Dedication of KJ Charles’ New Book' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Last minute addition to the amazing Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction!
I'm offering to dedicate ALL OF US MURDERERS (Sourcebooks, Oct, Gothic romance) to you, and will send you a signed print copy to prove it. :) Bid quick, it only runs to 2 May...
I'm offering to dedicate ALL OF US MURDERERS (Sourcebooks, Oct, Gothic romance) to you, and will send you a signed print copy to prove it. :) Bid quick, it only runs to 2 May...
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"This is a blatant infringement of the Author’s copyright"
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
April 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"This is a blatant infringement of the Author’s copyright"
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books.
#MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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Read and weep.
My new post mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information.
Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
“A republic, if you can keep it” - but can the US keep it? How Trump is dismantling democracy
Mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information
christinapagel.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Read and weep.