Literally devastating news
And almost certainly even worse because the models don't include the effects of huge volumes of Greenland meltwater pouring into the North Atlantic at a rate of 30 million tonnes AN HOUR
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. “Dirty books” are not the problem. Censorship is.
Make whatever books you like, but don’t you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.
I played bass in the band and the sort of media I worked in - publishing - was of the distinctly ‘old’ sort but still
As someone from Cambridgeshire who lived in east London at the time of this video, I felt quite seen
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This is an outstanding and unexpectedly moving piece about Napalm Death’s infamous 1.3-second masterpiece:
Having just finished reading Orbital this week it’s well-timed on NASA’s behalf
Also me:
Oh so now copyright matters.
‘Why was Christopher Steele’s dossier so shoddy, and why did it command such influence? Steele’s own apparent lack of expertise may be relevant here. He makes much of his linguistic prowess, yet he has a shakier grasp of Russian than he claims.’
Vadim Nikitin:
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Bill's Climate Catch-up #8
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I read this this morning and thought it really outstanding
This was excellent
Fake plastic trees??
The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.
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'About 10,000 writers have contributed to Don’t Steal This Book, in which the only content is a list of their names. Copies of the work are being distributed to attenders at the London book fair on Tuesday'. 1/2
Ian Huntley has died after being attacked in prison.
There’s questions to ask but right now, let the media focus on his victims: 10 year old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, and their parents and siblings who must still endure a lifetime of grief. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Very cool to see the cover revealed today for @keithkahnharris.bsky.social’s THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH OF OZZY OSBOURNE: HOW METAL TEACHES US TO LIVE, a book I commissioned last year when in-house at HarperNorth. It’s an exhilarating read for both Ozzy- and Sabbath-heads, and the metal-curious:
Mood
A new independent LGBTQ+ publisher named PANSY has been launched by novelist Matt Cain and businessman Harry Glasstone 👇 #BookSky
I guess Starmer is trying his version of that famous election-winning line of Churchill’s, about a Labour government needing ‘some kind of Gestapo’ once they’re in power
Publication day tomorrow: 'These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' (HarperNorth).
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"John Prescott would be loving this"
That is outstanding
Sam, should you ever start the anti-AI-in-publishing blog that the world is crying out for, please call it ‘Misanthrophic’…
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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I'm very excited to reveal the cover of my forthcoming book 'The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne' AND a big discount for pre-orders with Waterstones. Be quick as it's only available until the end of this Friday. Order here - www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
This is a - characteristically from Laleh Khalili - brilliant piece:
