Tracy King
@tracyking.bsky.social
Author, producer, scicomms, animation. Royal Institution writer-in-residence.
Books:
Learning To Think (Penguin)
The Cost of Trust (Harper Collins)
Tim Minchin's Storm (Orion)
Books:
Learning To Think (Penguin)
The Cost of Trust (Harper Collins)
Tim Minchin's Storm (Orion)
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Tracy King
@tracyking.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Tracy King announced as Writer in Residence to the CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Critically acclaimed author appointed as Writer in Residence to the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.
www.rigb.org
In lovely science news, it is now official: I am the inaugural Writer in Residence at the Royal Institution to mark 200 years of the Christmas Lectures: www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Yep
To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yep
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You will be visited by 3 ghosts
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
You will be visited by 3 ghosts
A classic line for the cinema ages
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A classic line for the cinema ages
Just remembered Snoke and laughed out loud
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just remembered Snoke and laughed out loud
I wanted to hate this but by the end I was a vegan
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I wanted to hate this but by the end I was a vegan
This is diabolical. How can an AI justify or explain its choices, or use judgement and licence to translate in the context of the author’s overall style and intent? Translation is an art, not an exact science. One wrong word choice can change meaning entirely.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is diabolical. How can an AI justify or explain its choices, or use judgement and licence to translate in the context of the author’s overall style and intent? Translation is an art, not an exact science. One wrong word choice can change meaning entirely.
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surely there's more to it than that
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
surely there's more to it than that
Oh god I just saw another famous actor I can’t name. Not this again.
December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Oh god I just saw another famous actor I can’t name. Not this again.
Fantastic piece on the state of school lunches and the declining role of the dinner lady (my mom was one) unherd.com/2025/12/what...
What’s eating the dinner lady?
unherd.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Fantastic piece on the state of school lunches and the declining role of the dinner lady (my mom was one) unherd.com/2025/12/what...
Just got home with a box of chicken. Bit tipsy. Decided to watch a 1993 episode of Surprise Surprise. Cilla surprises a man who, as a child twenty years before, starred in a Hovis bread advert but hadn’t seen it since because that’s how telly worked in those days. ANYWAY, they play the ad and…
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just got home with a box of chicken. Bit tipsy. Decided to watch a 1993 episode of Surprise Surprise. Cilla surprises a man who, as a child twenty years before, starred in a Hovis bread advert but hadn’t seen it since because that’s how telly worked in those days. ANYWAY, they play the ad and…
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Wow!
An engineer came to set up my Hive Home Hub. He left, and I realized it wasn’t set up right, so I went on the online chat. Highlights:
“Oh dear” when I said the engineer had gone.
Asked if I wanted to come back after I’d “calmed down.”
Told I wouldn’t get a refund on the installation. 😂
“Oh dear” when I said the engineer had gone.
Asked if I wanted to come back after I’d “calmed down.”
Told I wouldn’t get a refund on the installation. 😂
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Wow!
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🎶Harry Potter, he's the boy, the boy with the scar on his head. His parents are dead.🎶
Dame Shirley Bassey Provides Original Songs for Harry Potter Audiobook
Dame Shirley Bassey Provides Original Songs for Harry Potter Audiobook
Dame Shirley Bassey has contributed three original songs to a new audiocast version of the Harry Potter book series.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🎶Harry Potter, he's the boy, the boy with the scar on his head. His parents are dead.🎶
This is nuts
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is nuts
Today is bleak, but there’s this
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today is bleak, but there’s this
Rubbing hand cream in like I’m plotting evil deeds
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Rubbing hand cream in like I’m plotting evil deeds
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Well I saw it, said it (via 61016) and they did not in fact sort it.
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Well I saw it, said it (via 61016) and they did not in fact sort it.
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
Decided to have some fun with a scammer
December 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Decided to have some fun with a scammer
I love Pluribus with my whole brain
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I love Pluribus with my whole brain
This has been driving me nuts for months. I don’t use autocorrect, and I sometimes type one-handed with my right thumb so thought maybe I was just getting thumbsy, but I still often get the wrong letter even when I can clearly see I tapped the right one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.
It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken
YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This has been driving me nuts for months. I don’t use autocorrect, and I sometimes type one-handed with my right thumb so thought maybe I was just getting thumbsy, but I still often get the wrong letter even when I can clearly see I tapped the right one.
Supergirl trailer looks like a Doctor Who spinoff
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Supergirl trailer looks like a Doctor Who spinoff
Crack down on audience bad behaviour. It’s ruinous.
I am not sure how to get people back into theaters or if it's possible, but I do know that if the strongest remaining argument is "you SHOULD," or something about the holiness of the collective big-screen experience, the battle is lost. That has no traction with people who don't already believe it.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Crack down on audience bad behaviour. It’s ruinous.