Craig Russell

Craig Russell

@cmrussell.uk

👋 I write software for money and words for fun. 📚 No Fixed Ground: On Living in Uncertainty - Out Now! cmrussell.uk/links

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Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

How are we feeling about using AI for editorial advice? Cos honestly, this shit is scary/impressive and I'm super conflicted. 90% of suggestions are valid. Is it helping me write better, or just better at what it thinks good writing is? Is there a difference? 📚 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Writers

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

This one chart tells the future of the world. In all regions (except Africa) working age people will support increasingly more non-working age people from now until the end of the century.

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

Baby boomers are an actual demographic cohort. Gen X, millennial, gen z, gen alpha are not. The demographic divides that matter are: - did/didn’t buy a house before 2008 - was/wasn’t in school during the pandemic Everything else is arbitrary pedantry

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Felipe Gaona
@felipegaonar.bsky.social

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

yahoo.comBlow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegallyA German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

They ask “aren’t you worried the UK will be mostly Islam in 10 years?” A: It won’t, it’ll be atheist B: Even if it were, no C: Stop listening to racist propaganda

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

I do. I does not.

Phil McDuff@mcduff.bsky.social

If you know any immigrants, and they talk to you about the process of coming here, and their interactions with the UK government: does it sound like a system of golden tickets, streamlined processes, jobs and houses being thrown at them without question?

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

My goal for this year was to finish a first draft of Ageless - which I have..!! On read through it’s a bit lumpy, mid-paced and one character pops up after being killed off in the previous chapter but… it’s a proper bloody story and a damn good one at that. 💪 #WritingCommunity #SciFi 📚

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

Oh maaaan! If you can get yourself a copy of this you should, it’s such a great tale. 📚 #BookSky

Craig Russell@cmrussell.uk

I heard about the Lykov family, who lived alone and isolated in Siberia for 50 years, and tracked down a copy of this book written by the journalist who visited them every year after they were found. I’ve really been looking forward to reading this one. #BookSky 📚

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

I heard about the Lykov family, who lived alone and isolated in Siberia for 50 years, and tracked down a copy of this book written by the journalist who visited them every year after they were found. I’ve really been looking forward to reading this one. #BookSky 📚

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

Figured it out on a dog walk... An earlier (3 chaps back) incident happened without clear purpose, meaning the motivation for this scene wasn't clear. Characters aren't furniture, they can't be moved around without a reason. I'd forgotten that. Now I know what's happening and more importantly why

Craig Russell@cmrussell.uk

I’ve got a scene. I know how it begins and I know how it ends, but gaaad it’s a struggle to write. Words are dripping out agonisingly slowly. A sentence a day is still progress though right?? #BookSky #WritingCommunity 📚

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

On advice I’ve sketched out the scene. Helps to see it more clearly

Craig Russell@cmrussell.uk

I’ve got a scene. I know how it begins and I know how it ends, but gaaad it’s a struggle to write. Words are dripping out agonisingly slowly. A sentence a day is still progress though right?? #BookSky #WritingCommunity 📚

Craig Russell
@cmrussell.uk

I’ve got a scene. I know how it begins and I know how it ends, but gaaad it’s a struggle to write. Words are dripping out agonisingly slowly. A sentence a day is still progress though right?? #BookSky #WritingCommunity 📚