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Tom Wateracre ★

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Writing scripts & putting jokes in them. Many tweets about music. 'Eagle-eyed commuter' (TIME). 'Lunchtime froth' (Chortle). He/him.

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December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Tom Wateracre ★

@wateracre.bsky.social

Going to put this in my work's Policies folder and rename it "AI Policy".

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

August 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Tom Wateracre ★

@wateracre.bsky.social

Happy publication day (again!) to our lovely NOTATS, now happily published by Robinson (Little, Brown). This time, you might actually be able to buy it in a shop! All thanks to the untiring battling of Kat Brown - we love her! www.thebookseller.com/rights/robin...