Very Terry 🔥
@bookseditorial.bsky.social
Publisher. Of books - critical/creative/cultural management and the like. Once known as @RoutledgeEditor on the other place. From Southport to London, via Cardiff. YNWA.
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@bookseditorial.bsky.social
· Sep 18
What's that? You'd prefer a one page visualisation of what an academic & professional publisher needs to see in your book proposal? Here's one I made earlier.
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The trajectory of UK politics after the Labour Party’s landslide victory in 2024 is obviously not a clean analog to what might have happened had Harris squeaked by Trump, but it’s certainly evocative. Recall that Senate Dems celebrated Trump’s inauguration by passing the Laken Riley Act.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The trajectory of UK politics after the Labour Party’s landslide victory in 2024 is obviously not a clean analog to what might have happened had Harris squeaked by Trump, but it’s certainly evocative. Recall that Senate Dems celebrated Trump’s inauguration by passing the Laken Riley Act.
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New edition from Pete Railand! "A Woody Guthrie quote for our times. Perfect for a public facing window or take it out on the town for a march.
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New edition from Pete Railand! "A Woody Guthrie quote for our times. Perfect for a public facing window or take it out on the town for a march.
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
4 color screen print from hand-cut rubylith film."
Find it in our shop! justseeds.org/product/all-...
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Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
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I didn’t watch the 2022 World Cup and I’m not gonna watch the 2026 one either
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I didn’t watch the 2022 World Cup and I’m not gonna watch the 2026 one either
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Do yourself a favour and click "show more replies" on this
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Do yourself a favour and click "show more replies" on this
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This and that thread summarise something you hear increasingly in conversations on campus in the US. Links to wider concerns about reading and literacy. Important to avoid technology panic, but that's also a factor people blame bsky.app/profile/sara...
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This and that thread summarise something you hear increasingly in conversations on campus in the US. Links to wider concerns about reading and literacy. Important to avoid technology panic, but that's also a factor people blame bsky.app/profile/sara...
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"Quantity has a quality all its own" Stalin.
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"Quantity has a quality all its own" Stalin.
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It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.
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A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.
Working from home, back-to-back festive mixtapes on the go. Only downside is the sheer number of songs that appear to feature my own doorbell.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Working from home, back-to-back festive mixtapes on the go. Only downside is the sheer number of songs that appear to feature my own doorbell.
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From a review of gardening books. Highly relatable.
www.ft.com/content/3a31...
www.ft.com/content/3a31...
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
From a review of gardening books. Highly relatable.
www.ft.com/content/3a31...
www.ft.com/content/3a31...
Started singing "PAY NOW" in the East 17 "STAY NOW" style. It's here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Yu...
Advent Mixtape 21
YouTube video by Very Terry
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Started singing "PAY NOW" in the East 17 "STAY NOW" style. It's here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Yu...
"This was the problem in 2008, we got to the end of the possible in the banking system and then we were lifting cushions in the conference rooms in the hope that someone’s coins fell out.” on.ft.com/488TaBI
How banks fuel the private credit boom
Lenders emphasise their safety and private credit’s riskiness. In reality, the two are intertwined
on.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"This was the problem in 2008, we got to the end of the possible in the banking system and then we were lifting cushions in the conference rooms in the hope that someone’s coins fell out.” on.ft.com/488TaBI
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Phoning it in at work?
There's an AI for that
There's an AI for that
Bullshit flowchart idea:
Will anyone notice if the output is bullshit? No? ---> consider AI
Will someone else be held accountable for output errors? Yes? ---> use AI
Will anyone notice if the output is bullshit? No? ---> consider AI
Will someone else be held accountable for output errors? Yes? ---> use AI
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Phoning it in at work?
There's an AI for that
There's an AI for that
The acronym for "beyond satire" is of course BS
Accenture rebrands (800k) employees “reinventors” after re-organising their strategy, consulting, creative, technology and operations people into a single business called “Reinvention Services” https://on.ft.com/4rvI5lQ
Accenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AI
Move follows in footsteps of Disney’s ‘imagineers’ and Amazon’s ‘ninja coders’
on.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The acronym for "beyond satire" is of course BS
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An outrage machine seeking a cause of the day; a media happy to launder it; socials up in arms; administrators rolling over in an instant; all to destroy some random grad student and make them treat every piece-of-shit reaction memo put in front of them as if it were the Federalist Papers. Gross.
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
An outrage machine seeking a cause of the day; a media happy to launder it; socials up in arms; administrators rolling over in an instant; all to destroy some random grad student and make them treat every piece-of-shit reaction memo put in front of them as if it were the Federalist Papers. Gross.
Late stage capitalist curses should be a thing, like "may your foot size be borderline between two sock size windows"
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Late stage capitalist curses should be a thing, like "may your foot size be borderline between two sock size windows"
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The one positive is that the whole exercise is siphoning the left's worst vibes straight into oblivion, while the rest of us get on with more constructive pursuits.
Your Party vibes have been extremely bad from the very start
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The one positive is that the whole exercise is siphoning the left's worst vibes straight into oblivion, while the rest of us get on with more constructive pursuits.
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You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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This and that (from @thelincoln.bsky.social) on how booksellers cope with the volume of new titles and select books for their book shops: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This and that (from @thelincoln.bsky.social) on how booksellers cope with the volume of new titles and select books for their book shops: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
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As a journal editor I have 4 (obvious) rules when desk reviewing submissions about AI:
Anything new to say?
Based on good research?
Likely to make a difference?
And... Did the author/s *write* it?
Papers on AI aren't worth publishing unless they advance knowledge, even now for preprint services.
Anything new to say?
Based on good research?
Likely to make a difference?
And... Did the author/s *write* it?
Papers on AI aren't worth publishing unless they advance knowledge, even now for preprint services.
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As a journal editor I have 4 (obvious) rules when desk reviewing submissions about AI:
Anything new to say?
Based on good research?
Likely to make a difference?
And... Did the author/s *write* it?
Papers on AI aren't worth publishing unless they advance knowledge, even now for preprint services.
Anything new to say?
Based on good research?
Likely to make a difference?
And... Did the author/s *write* it?
Papers on AI aren't worth publishing unless they advance knowledge, even now for preprint services.