Suw
@suw.bsky.social
Writer, creative ecologist, owned by Grabbity & Copurrnicus. Currently writing an eco-sitcom podcast, Fieldwork, about four ecologists studying a rewilding project. https://fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
Are you learning Welsh? Do you teach Welsh? Or want to read a fun and informative book about mammals? I'm writing my 2nd non-fic book for learners and need a little help to pay for some image licensing. Pre-register here:
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Pls share!
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Pls share!
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Are you learning Welsh? Do you teach Welsh? Or want to read a fun and informative book about mammals? I'm writing my 2nd non-fic book for learners and need a little help to pay for some image licensing. Pre-register here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Pls share!
www.kickstarter.com/...
Pls share!
Great day at the Communicate conference about comms in the environmental industry in London today. Though depressing to see yet another industry in distress.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great day at the Communicate conference about comms in the environmental industry in London today. Though depressing to see yet another industry in distress.
Grabbed ten mins to #WriteDespite being on the train, so have written despitten.
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Grabbed ten mins to #WriteDespite being on the train, so have written despitten.
I almost never go into London but the trains are so often fucked, just as they are this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I almost never go into London but the trains are so often fucked, just as they are this morning.
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This thread. Also: at my (upper/mid) level, all I'm hearing is "make your own thing." I've been doing that for 20 years. It's been a nice way to supplement my scattered income from selling scripts. But to make something, you need to pay the people helping you (at a certain point). So, who funds it?
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This thread. Also: at my (upper/mid) level, all I'm hearing is "make your own thing." I've been doing that for 20 years. It's been a nice way to supplement my scattered income from selling scripts. But to make something, you need to pay the people helping you (at a certain point). So, who funds it?
Managed another few hundred words, but as I'm posting this after having finished my session for the evening, does that make it #WroteDespote instead of #WriteDespite?
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Managed another few hundred words, but as I'm posting this after having finished my session for the evening, does that make it #WroteDespote instead of #WriteDespite?
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I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
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November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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100% this in the UK as well.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
100% this in the UK as well.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
"Just write" has always been bad advice, but the TV/film industry is fucked. Just writing more and more pilots or spec scripts isn't going to help anyone. Still write if you're able, but also write short stories, novels, articles or other stuff you can get published.
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The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
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Fuck that noise. 'AI' is neither necessary nor inevitable. It brings nothing to the creative process, turns everything to shit and makes us all less capable. Its sole reason for existence is to syphon off as much cash to the tech companies as they can get.
AI will reshape publishing jobs, from editorial and production to marketing, sales and operations. The question is not whether this happens, but who shapes these changes, says Bec Evans 👇 #BookSky
Knowledge is power
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November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fuck that noise. 'AI' is neither necessary nor inevitable. It brings nothing to the creative process, turns everything to shit and makes us all less capable. Its sole reason for existence is to syphon off as much cash to the tech companies as they can get.
Dach chi'n dysgu Cymraeg? Dw i'n sgwennu llyfr newydd, Mamaliaid Prydain. Medrwch chi ei gefnogi yma!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dach chi'n dysgu Cymraeg? Dw i'n sgwennu llyfr newydd, Mamaliaid Prydain. Medrwch chi ei gefnogi yma!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
Are you learning Welsh? I'm writing a new book, British Mammals. You can pre-register to support it here:
www.kickstarter.com/...
Please share widely!!
At an online conference session about content creation (I know, I know), and as soon as the presentation came to genAI use, the entire chat turned to an involved and hilarious discussion of en- and em-dashes instead.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
At an online conference session about content creation (I know, I know), and as soon as the presentation came to genAI use, the entire chat turned to an involved and hilarious discussion of en- and em-dashes instead.
Just applied for another script development lab and whilst I don't stand a chance, it at least gave me some story ideas. I just wish there was a better way for new writers to break in that "constantly apply for schemes/submit scripts to comps".
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Just applied for another script development lab and whilst I don't stand a chance, it at least gave me some story ideas. I just wish there was a better way for new writers to break in that "constantly apply for schemes/submit scripts to comps".
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
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That famous left-wing bias again
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That famous left-wing bias again
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In today's @theoverspill: twenty years on, what has the One Laptop Per Child programme achieved?
Start Up No.2566: don’t mix AI and children, Mumbai’s data centre problem, the myth of penicillin’s discovery, and more
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In today's @theoverspill: twenty years on, what has the One Laptop Per Child programme achieved?
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Absolutely. On climate, you can’t deregulate your way to the future. You’re just reducing pressure to innovate in an world where the status quo is bad.
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Absolutely. On climate, you can’t deregulate your way to the future. You’re just reducing pressure to innovate in an world where the status quo is bad.
Time to #WriteDespite being utterly knackered. If I only get 100 words down, that's 100 words I don't have to write later.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Time to #WriteDespite being utterly knackered. If I only get 100 words down, that's 100 words I don't have to write later.
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'why are you taxing my unearned income?' is a question that always baffles me. A tiny proportion of estates pay inheritance tax (something that often surprises correspondents)
I really can't understand how people can't simply be grateful that they have family wealthy enough to pay inheritance tax!
I really can't understand how people can't simply be grateful that they have family wealthy enough to pay inheritance tax!
It would be harder to find a less sympathetic case, given that her parents paid £20,000 for their house which is now worth £1.2m. Why is somebody moaning about the very existence of inheritance tax a news story?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
'why are you taxing my unearned income?' is a question that always baffles me. A tiny proportion of estates pay inheritance tax (something that often surprises correspondents)
I really can't understand how people can't simply be grateful that they have family wealthy enough to pay inheritance tax!
I really can't understand how people can't simply be grateful that they have family wealthy enough to pay inheritance tax!
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I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick.
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick.
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
Right, I have 20 mins to come up with a plot for a movie version of Fieldwork.
Hm, is that the corner shop I hear calling my name?
Hm, is that the corner shop I hear calling my name?
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Right, I have 20 mins to come up with a plot for a movie version of Fieldwork.
Hm, is that the corner shop I hear calling my name?
Hm, is that the corner shop I hear calling my name?
Ah, another script comp entry form that wants to know my favourite colour, inside leg and the full recipe for the best meal I've ever cooked.
Why, ffs, why?
Why, ffs, why?
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ah, another script comp entry form that wants to know my favourite colour, inside leg and the full recipe for the best meal I've ever cooked.
Why, ffs, why?
Why, ffs, why?