Steve Manners
@stevemanners.bsky.social
Wtf? Why is social media obsessed with trying to sell me cloaks?
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Wtf? Why is social media obsessed with trying to sell me cloaks?
We should spread this as far as possible
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We should spread this as far as possible
Free books from one of the UK’s most unique and interesting authors. Why wouldn’t you?
These books are free to anyone who wants them. They come from my late ex-publisher. If you want one, let me know in the replies (there are 200 in total).
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
September 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Free books from one of the UK’s most unique and interesting authors. Why wouldn’t you?
I gotta say Doom:The Dark Ages is a winter game if I ever saw one. Disemboweling demons with my skull machine-gun in an underwater temple to dark gods of comic horror is fun but it’s 36 degrees outside with not a cloud in the sky.
May 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I gotta say Doom:The Dark Ages is a winter game if I ever saw one. Disemboweling demons with my skull machine-gun in an underwater temple to dark gods of comic horror is fun but it’s 36 degrees outside with not a cloud in the sky.
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This is an exceptional piece for this moment in games.
Kill the CEO in your head
High-profile failures in the video game industry have changed how we talk about games for the worse
www.readergrev.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is an exceptional piece for this moment in games.
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I should be clear that Aertelis is available as an ebook for $4.99, as well as print. And available to libraries through all the services.
And again, if you are region locked, or financially limited, contact me discretely via links in bio for a copy.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
And again, if you are region locked, or financially limited, contact me discretely via links in bio for a copy.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
March 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I should be clear that Aertelis is available as an ebook for $4.99, as well as print. And available to libraries through all the services.
And again, if you are region locked, or financially limited, contact me discretely via links in bio for a copy.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
And again, if you are region locked, or financially limited, contact me discretely via links in bio for a copy.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
This was made by one of my oldest friends and you should definitely buy a copy, lest I judge you.
Do you want a character-driven adventure echoing classic Sword & Sorcery film and TRPGs, but also the literary style, worldbuilding and themes of the New Wave writers like Moorcock and Le Guin?
I've got you covered. And it's wide + available to libraries.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
I've got you covered. And it's wide + available to libraries.
UBL: books2read.com/u/bz9BOE
#booksky
📚💙
March 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This was made by one of my oldest friends and you should definitely buy a copy, lest I judge you.
I cannot stress this enough. If you are a game dev or publisher, go early access or release a demo. Game journalism and the gaming community is so enshittfied it is almost impossible for potential customers to get a balanced opinion of your game any other way, now.
February 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I cannot stress this enough. If you are a game dev or publisher, go early access or release a demo. Game journalism and the gaming community is so enshittfied it is almost impossible for potential customers to get a balanced opinion of your game any other way, now.
I reckon it’s only a matter of time before Donny realizes that the best thing he can to to recover his approval rating is to shitcan Musk and deport him.
February 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I reckon it’s only a matter of time before Donny realizes that the best thing he can to to recover his approval rating is to shitcan Musk and deport him.
Regardless of what you think, for this brief moment I would argue the Red Note is fulfilling the original goal of social media and connecting people from different cultures and walks of life and helping them realize that they are not all that different. It won’t last.
January 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Regardless of what you think, for this brief moment I would argue the Red Note is fulfilling the original goal of social media and connecting people from different cultures and walks of life and helping them realize that they are not all that different. It won’t last.
I wonder how Musk is enjoying his education in creative insults. Say what you like about Brits but when it comes to calling someone a prick in a funny and humiliating way, we are Laureates.
January 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I wonder how Musk is enjoying his education in creative insults. Say what you like about Brits but when it comes to calling someone a prick in a funny and humiliating way, we are Laureates.
I feel like the tv and game industry are facing similar challenges. Shows and games cost so much to make now If it’s not the ‘best thing ever’, upon release it is dead on arrival.
December 28, 2024 at 9:16 AM
I feel like the tv and game industry are facing similar challenges. Shows and games cost so much to make now If it’s not the ‘best thing ever’, upon release it is dead on arrival.
I would love to give credit to the genius who called Donald Trump Time Magazine’s Person of the Ear.
December 14, 2024 at 5:23 AM
I would love to give credit to the genius who called Donald Trump Time Magazine’s Person of the Ear.
So I learned today that this is a skeet? I can’t fault the logic but ewww.
November 23, 2024 at 2:13 AM
So I learned today that this is a skeet? I can’t fault the logic but ewww.
Late to the party but Sleep Token are pretty good eh? I can see how people can hate them though. How dare they look like that whilst veering into forbidden genres, lol.
November 20, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Late to the party but Sleep Token are pretty good eh? I can see how people can hate them though. How dare they look like that whilst veering into forbidden genres, lol.