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Writer, publisher, lover of Portsmouth. Will try to keep this account to the creative stuff and leave the arguing on twitter... If you are rude, aggressive or foolish, I will block you - life is too short to waste on bad vibes.
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Weird assumption that immigrants from often highly conservative-values countries with strong Catholic beliefs (eg: Haiti), including intolerance of homosexuality, anti-abortion and a strong sense of masculine hierarchy are all going to vote for the pro-choice, pro-lgbtq+, pro-equality woman.

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Apparently so...

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Okay. New to me! :)

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I'm reminded of Milan Kundera's Professor's observation in (I think) "Immortality": a book's essence is utterly different from a film's, but they're close enough for people to think books can be adapted. The character thus writes an unadaptable novel. He calls it "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."

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Exactly this. I stopped using Insta when video became the prominent medium. I want time to explore an image, look at structure and power. Video doesn't allow that.

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That said, what video is good for is showing dance moves, motor skills, physical techniques that kind of thing. But for a specific type of information it is terrible. That type of info is called writing.

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Here in England I find it shocking that some countries don't pay authors for library loans. The whole of the EU also has Public Lending Rights. In fact 33 developed countries do it. As is often the case, the USA is the outlier. More info here: europeanwriterscouncil.eu/public-lendi...

The public lending right and what it does - EWC - European Writers Council
The public lending right and what it does - EWC - European Writers Council

The public lending right (PLR) is the legal right that allows authors and other right holders to receive payment from government to compensate for the free loan of their books by public and other libr...

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Previously mistyped 1983, nope 1883...

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So, the artwork is adapted from the cover of an 1883 Jules Verne paperback I used to own. I'll see if I can find the original artwork...

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We have absolutely no obligation to engage with anyone. For me being on here is entertainment. I change the channel on a TV, and that's how I view this, too. I'm too scarred by xitter to feel a moral obligation to engage when it doesn't enrich my life. That's my take, anyway.

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Life Is Amazing publisher
@lifeisamazing.bsky.social
Writer, publisher, lover of Portsmouth. Will try to keep this account to the creative stuff and leave the arguing on twitter... If you are rude, aggressive or foolish, I will block you - life is too short to waste on bad vibes.
836 followers189 following4k posts