Posts by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #ASXDA0ebK3TZ8nkukS by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T09:04:30Z
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Estimated that only15% of those in UK without existing forms of voter-ID have actually applied for the new ID. 12 weeks to local elections. Make sure friends and family know - what they need, and that they have to take it to the polls. MOST PEOPLE HAVE ITPOSTAL VOTING NOT CHANGING. Get a postal vote.Repost in other social. #democracy #vote #VoterSuppression #VoterID #GTTO #political #BlatantCrooks #fridaysforfuture https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id
(DIR) Post #ASXDBfwZIG35ULxDYO by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2022-11-06T09:32:50Z
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Mastodon has room for hashtags so interested in #writer #author #reader #books #bookchat #sff #authorservices #crossgenre #Codex #quaker #LGBT+, #bi #London #UK #workinprogress #science #sciencecommunication #communicator
(DIR) Post #ASXDBi3NRugS239gRc by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2022-11-14T16:28:30Z
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I am very political but six years of 24/7 political madness is not good for me. Up for keeping this a open and bigot-free space. (Interested in does not mean has to engage with everywhere.)
(DIR) Post #AXMF4eRUPtpjFEyRRg by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2023-07-04T13:02:05Z
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@ianbetteridge I am in several community and local FB groups of various sorts. I have a family friends orientated personal group. There are thousands of writers I can ask stuff of. The groups are noted for being well moderated, Rudeness about FB overstated.
(DIR) Post #AYMJre85wamECRctuK by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2023-08-02T10:09:26Z
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@jstepien If a toaster lasts four years we're impressed now
(DIR) Post #AZjLlcPLOXzBWpxDLU by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2023-09-13T15:49:50Z
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@GrittyLipids @histodons @bookstodon On one issue, the Confederate States were absolutely against states rights. Slavery was mandated in every state, and every terretory controlled by the Confederacy, it could not be abolished by any State means, and full complicance with enforcing it was required. I think it emphasised only black people could be slabes. Everyone who says the Confederacy would have quietly got rid of slavery if left alone is talking out of their fundaments.
(DIR) Post #AiskcHeWtvH1JF9o4u by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2024-06-13T07:55:49Z
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Genre is at its most simple level-where in the bookshop is this stocked?-what keywords on Amazon will be seen by buyers as accurateI describe my WIP as a Victorian ghosty murder mystery which is aaccurate but a touch flippant.It's a "fair" murder mystery by which I mean that the reader solves it along with the detective and nothing the detective learns is hidden from the reader.Better turns of phrase? thoughts?#amwriting #amwritingSFF #murder #genre #publishing #indie #tradpublish
(DIR) Post #AlnKIaf701KzIWoqqe by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2024-09-08T13:09:45Z
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#writerscoffeeclub Sept8. The hero's journey is garbage. Discuss. (update)It's not anthropologically true, many great stories from literature don't follow it, it ignores various forms of conflict - within society for example - and it's pushed down our throats.andI am sure someone could write a startling and fresh story tomorrow that uses it. 'Straight' or parodically#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing
(DIR) Post #Alw8XygiVHxr84mQbY by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2024-09-12T08:04:41Z
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HELP. I’ve written a book and I need to find books/films/TV I can compare it to.It needs to be in the last 10-20 years unless it is iconic. I have two very good comparisons which utterly baffle people under 50.I’m looking for the following elementsEitherA spiritualist who is a crook (ideally not murder but at a pinch murder)OrA fraudulent spiritualist who finds ghosts are realOr both***I’m not looking for general reading recommendations****#amwriting #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon
(DIR) Post #ArAynSvplwQIzG9lya by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2025-02-16T12:12:09Z
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The Guardian, always a disappointment, editorialises in support of creatives with respect to AI, then gets in bed with thief-in-chief OpenAi.Not sure how adding Guardian journalism to ChatGPT news feeds will help fight disinformation. A BBC study suggested the majority of AI summaries of BBC news was inaccurate, sometimes amazingly so. No, this assassinated person was 'not' leader of Hamas.https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2025/feb/14/guardian-media-group-announces-strategic-partnership-with-openai#AI #AIisTheft #HumanArt
(DIR) Post #ArAynURm8fZFgc6nOy by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2025-02-16T12:18:57Z
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BBC research on how inaccurately AI chatbots summarise newsAnswer not veryhttps://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/bbc-research-shows-issues-with-answers-from-artificial-intelligence-assistants
(DIR) Post #ArBEUxMe02Ld8UtQHI by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2025-02-16T15:28:21Z
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@LordWoolamaloo screamswell, the obvious followon from genre is childish I guess
(DIR) Post #ArV2NMXxKqemiXnpHE by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2025-02-25T22:42:40Z
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#fedi #askmastodon so what's the email newsletter equivalent? for the fediverse?Im not happy with Substack, I know i will probably have to pay something for the newsletter I do at some point, I don't want to code and it needs to be really user friendly for recipients. and not look rubbish.ghost.io and beehiiv have been suggested. #amwriting #newsletter #loveemail
(DIR) Post #ArVKtSqFGSNwgNoXK4 by stephenwhq@mastodon.social
2025-02-26T08:14:01Z
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@wjmaggos I know people who like ghost, particularly as it's not owned by venture capital AFAIKthanks.