I want my taxes to go to helping people, including people with mental health problems/ neurodivergence. I deeply resent the the word 'handouts'. They're the earnings of hardworking people such as myself who actively want to give back to society. The politicians don't own this money. We do.

“Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty” Excellent here - written in Aus but applies everywhere. Don’t forget borrowing is not just physical books - huge selection of digital audio, ebooks, magazines too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson

In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door

Oh, fuck no. Fuuuuuuuuck no. I rebuke this. I rebuke this utterly. I expected better from the Author's Guild.

Authors Guild Partners with Created by Humans to Empower Authors in the AI Era - The Authors Guild

NEW YORK, October 9, 2024—Today, Created by Humans (CbH), a pioneering platform that enables authors to license their works to AI developers, and the Authors Guild, the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for writers, announced a new partnership to […]

Hello! Circe by Madeline Miller, a Greek myth retelling that puts Circe (the witch from The Odyssey who turns men into pigs) front and centre in her own story Very weird having recently watched Kaos on Netflix and seen Hadestown in the West End, so many different versions of the same material

I loved being on the jury for this as well, lots of great submissions

And the winner is... Asya Yordonova

I really enjoyed being on the jury for the BFA novella award, and this was a well deserved winner

I. Just. Ok, if the baby animal in the cute video looks like a miniature adult and the background looks way too blurred but the cute animals are way too sharp, it's AI. Just. Arg. (My eyes. I felt I was staring straight at something that was just wrong).

This Washington Post report haunts me every day

If you’re in the UK, trans and your GP has refused you adequate care around your hormones get in touch with Dr Tlaleng at the UN who is collecting evidence for show down with the government in December. Under Special procedures spsubmission.ohchr.org