Totally agree

Quite the heady mix!

Can also recommend Love Wins by Rob Bell.

C.S. Lewis's book - The Great Divorce - has a really interesting take on both.

Thing is, eternal damnation makes no theological sense at all. Never believed in the old fire and brimstone myself. Redemptive power of love yes, but horns and pitchforks, not so much.

That's me told.

In a very real sense, aren't we all AI Jesus... yeah?

Genius!

Thank god for social media. Where else could I see the news repeated from the news site I've already looked at?

That's actually a thing now?

Alas, I am not that John Oliver. If I were, I'd probably have a bigger house or something.

That man - as Jesus would say - was a right cunt. So sorry to hear this.

This will likely mean very little to anyone, but yesterday I took my place in the Sean Bean Lounge.

There is a meat.

This week has been incredibly difficult, but I have just spent the afternoon reading the brilliant Mariana Enriquez.

Yes it really was and it didn’t need to happen

a woman holding a gun

Great cover. Great book.

So one of my oldest friends treated me with contempt and dismissal last night and it was heartbreaking. Nothing I can do. Had to take the day off today to process, but it’s fucking horrible.

I have had better days.

One of the worst things about getting older is definitely the shrinking circle of close friends.

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My position on AI in the creative industries, is that it can get in the fucking sea. Right in it.

Me, against a bright blue sky and a stark watchtower in Italy, holding a copy of Romanitas

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To be followed with 'The Gaping Hole of Terror'.

Just had an author use the phrase 'the rim of fear.' And now I know what the title of my horror novel is going to be.

Ben Wheatley started following me on Insta? I bet he thinks I'm John Oliver, doesn't he? He's going to be disappointed by the lack of cutting political satire and the overabundance of cats and books.

You're most kind. I think your talent likely has a lot to do with it too x

Yay! Excellent news. Well done. I shall have a stiff drink later in your honour.

I'm getting client requests which say things like 'I'm absolutely against AI, but I did use Grammarly for help with sentence structure and narrative flow..."

Absolutely. Makes sense.