Phillip Irving
Writer, sometime editor, sometimes comic. Querying one comedy noir and one swashbuckling fantasy. Short fiction in Best of British Science Fiction 21 and 22 (Newcon Press), Laughs in Space (The Slab Press), Severed Souls (Space Cat Press).
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- Just noticed that the pocket programme for #worldfantasyconvention2025 has cut the 9.00PM slots off the programme grid for today (Thursday). They are there to see in the full listings! @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
- Having great Thai food in Brighton ahead of the start of #worldfantasycon2025 tomorrow. First panel (ever!) will be Satirical Fantasy in Edinburgh Panel Room 3 tomorrow at 21.00 😊
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- Reposted by Phillip Irving"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.” 🎁link
- Disney has the opportunity to make the loudest political statement by any media organisation in history. By moving to Canada.
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- As I recover from the much-underpromoted but fantastic #Leicester Comedy Festival, I’m eyeing up #Derby Comedy Festival in May/June, with a couple of late March and mid-May spots to tide me over. Great to see #standup #comedy doing so well in the #EastMidlands.
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- Reposted by Phillip IrvingThey cant get my data if i am Fully Dissolved in a bath tub full of sodium hydroxide
- This is an example of extreme reactions being represented as common behaviour (for “anti-spoiler culture”?😂). I think most of us avoid major revelations ahead of time and, given that there are quite a lot of books, how long a book has been out isn’t really a good indicator of whether it’s fair game.
- Oh no. Just did a [word] vs [word] Google lookup to check something and for the first time all the initial results were from AI proofreading sites 🤦🏻♂️
- I’ve written three beginnings to my latest #WIP (anything to avoid editing the manuscript I actually need to query!🤦🏻♂️) and now realise that rather than having three alternate beginnings, I’ve got a prologue and two short chapters. There really are no wasted words. #amwriting
- FFS, Keith, you're not helping
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- What on Earth is going on at #Meta? What has Trump’s team told them? This is dystopian.
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- “Unlucky Friday the 13th is just a myth.” (Does the Wordle) “Oh.”
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- Reposted by Phillip IrvingOthers have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
- Noticing some “author” accounts popping up here with AI-generated posts, reposting other “author” accounts with AI-generated posts ([book] is a journey/voyage/exploration…). Some of them DMing people. Not sure if there aren’t some scammers taking advantage of the #X-odus. Careful out there, folks.
- May be biased, but I can't recommend this #thriller highly enough #amreading
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- Reposted by Phillip IrvingThanks for noticing.
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- Uh oh. The book promoter scammers have arrived.
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- Basically a list of anyone mentioning anything from the bad timeline in their bios.
- Big thanks to those who’ve created and/or shared BlueSky lists. Also quick note to new followers I don’t already follow - good chance you’ll get lost in my notifications among all the follow-backs, so please do give me a nudge in a day or two 🙂 now to put my phone in a box for a bit 😅
- Reposted by Phillip IrvingHello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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- If this goes the way X did it’ll get rid of law enforcement, then stop working altogether, then slowly fill up with robots until there are no people left
- Media owner Bezos saying nobody trusts the media in a piece he begins by saying that he exerted editorial control over his newspaper because he thinks the appearance of honesty is no more important than actual honesty is a level of miscomprehension of an issue so complete it’s actually impressive
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- What's Russian for "Wow"?
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- 99p for one of the twistiest of twisty thrillers. Absolute bargain. amzn.eu/d/grdg62I
- Please all go and watch Kaos on #Netflix so they'll make a second season. It was *amazing* and I need to know what happens next at once.
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- At #edgelit. Usual chilled but friendly vibes. First con I’ve been to since leaving Twitter; weird seeing not much activity on the hashtag!
