Ed Bear Sellek
@edbearsellek.bsky.social
Telly and Radio Writer. Autistic. Was nominated for a BAFTA once. I also sort out books in a charity shop. I’m not on here much as I’m trying to look after myself.
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Only ever translated a couple of short stories, but having once volunteered to edit a friend's memoir I can say that it's twice the chore to tidy up a piece of prose than to generate it. Like building a wall where every brick requires another trip to the builders' yard
Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Only ever translated a couple of short stories, but having once volunteered to edit a friend's memoir I can say that it's twice the chore to tidy up a piece of prose than to generate it. Like building a wall where every brick requires another trip to the builders' yard
Clive Dempster wasn’t a patch on Jeffrey Fairbrother.
I don’t know why it says ‘🌍 Anyone can interact’ at the bottom of the screen as I type this. They won’t.
I don’t know why it says ‘🌍 Anyone can interact’ at the bottom of the screen as I type this. They won’t.
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Clive Dempster wasn’t a patch on Jeffrey Fairbrother.
I don’t know why it says ‘🌍 Anyone can interact’ at the bottom of the screen as I type this. They won’t.
I don’t know why it says ‘🌍 Anyone can interact’ at the bottom of the screen as I type this. They won’t.
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Hi-De-Hi! - The Marriage Settlement (18th December 1983). Jeff agrees to a divorce from his wife Daphne and also agrees to be the guilty party (caught in a compromising position with another woman). Gladys is upset that she's not been chosen as "the other woman" ...
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hi-De-Hi! - The Marriage Settlement (18th December 1983). Jeff agrees to a divorce from his wife Daphne and also agrees to be the guilty party (caught in a compromising position with another woman). Gladys is upset that she's not been chosen as "the other woman" ...
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Hamill has never been better than right here, and I mean that.
a man with long hair and a beard drinks from a bottle
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard drinks from a bottle
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hamill has never been better than right here, and I mean that.
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there are no limits to what you can do with a car and still be allowed to drive again one day
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
there are no limits to what you can do with a car and still be allowed to drive again one day
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#BOTD Hector Hugh Munro aka Saki. He wrote some of the sharpest satires of the Edwardian age, often using macabre or supernatural motifs to send up his subjects, or to horrify his readers. He fought heroically in WW1, despite being too old to enlist, and died in the trenches. #author #ghosts #horror
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#BOTD Hector Hugh Munro aka Saki. He wrote some of the sharpest satires of the Edwardian age, often using macabre or supernatural motifs to send up his subjects, or to horrify his readers. He fought heroically in WW1, despite being too old to enlist, and died in the trenches. #author #ghosts #horror
Lovely old (1928, I think) London Atlas in the donations pile this week.
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Lovely old (1928, I think) London Atlas in the donations pile this week.
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Incredible Hulk #282: Hulk's love interest of the week gets transformed into Ms. MODOK.
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Incredible Hulk #282: Hulk's love interest of the week gets transformed into Ms. MODOK.
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So I was checking out an address for friends who have moved to a newish estate... and all the names of the streets are tv detectives.
December 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So I was checking out an address for friends who have moved to a newish estate... and all the names of the streets are tv detectives.
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
In the donations pile this week. I like that the photos make it seem as though you risk going before a firing squad if your posture isn’t correct.
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the donations pile this week. I like that the photos make it seem as though you risk going before a firing squad if your posture isn’t correct.
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Our Parker site, Tough Business, features the first exclusive English language interview with the creative team behind La Proie, if anyone's interested. toughbusiness.neocities.org/laproieinter...
"In my family, everyone was a fan of Westlake": An Exclusive Interview with the Creative Team Behind <i>Parker 1969 - La Proie</i>
toughbusiness.neocities.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Our Parker site, Tough Business, features the first exclusive English language interview with the creative team behind La Proie, if anyone's interested. toughbusiness.neocities.org/laproieinter...
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Heads up, I think tomorrow is the EMPTY Tony’s Chocolonely advent window. If you don’t want to think on your sins, ration out the two you’ve gotten today, but know you are a traitor to the cause.
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Heads up, I think tomorrow is the EMPTY Tony’s Chocolonely advent window. If you don’t want to think on your sins, ration out the two you’ve gotten today, but know you are a traitor to the cause.
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because Jurassic Park is trans rep
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
because Jurassic Park is trans rep
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My favourite bit of Nessie lore, though is the time in the 1970s when some firefighters decided they would lure the creature out with sex appeal, and fashioned a female monster from papier maché which they planned to float out onto the loch
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My favourite bit of Nessie lore, though is the time in the 1970s when some firefighters decided they would lure the creature out with sex appeal, and fashioned a female monster from papier maché which they planned to float out onto the loch
COLLAPSING ORBITS is up for a couple of BBC Audio Drama Awards. 🚀🍦
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
COLLAPSING ORBITS is up for a couple of BBC Audio Drama Awards. 🚀🍦
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Lynda La Plante as Tamara Novek nursing the bedridden employees of Rentaghost in a tableau reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch at his most fevered.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lynda La Plante as Tamara Novek nursing the bedridden employees of Rentaghost in a tableau reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch at his most fevered.
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Continuing my series of bird neighbour portraits - is there a more overlooked bird than the dunnock?
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Continuing my series of bird neighbour portraits - is there a more overlooked bird than the dunnock?
Missed a few weeks in the shop because of work (and our tills went down across half-term so we had to shut) but here’s a BOY’S OWN ANNUAL from 1890, that was donated.
Bye now.
Bye now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Missed a few weeks in the shop because of work (and our tills went down across half-term so we had to shut) but here’s a BOY’S OWN ANNUAL from 1890, that was donated.
Bye now.
Bye now.
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I have added some prints to my ko-fi page. It took a long time but I've found a good UK based print service to supply UK/Europe folks with bird portraits. Hahnemüle eco paper, 10+ colour giclee prints, if it wasn't my own artwork I'd say they look pretty good!
ko-fi.com/aliceduke/shop
ko-fi.com/aliceduke/shop
Visit alice duke's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have added some prints to my ko-fi page. It took a long time but I've found a good UK based print service to supply UK/Europe folks with bird portraits. Hahnemüle eco paper, 10+ colour giclee prints, if it wasn't my own artwork I'd say they look pretty good!
ko-fi.com/aliceduke/shop
ko-fi.com/aliceduke/shop
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you know this is not bad going for a traditional media hater who hates touching paper
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
you know this is not bad going for a traditional media hater who hates touching paper
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One Battle After Another (1986)
Director: Yu Suzuki
Publisher: Sega
Director: Yu Suzuki
Publisher: Sega
October 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
One Battle After Another (1986)
Director: Yu Suzuki
Publisher: Sega
Director: Yu Suzuki
Publisher: Sega
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Falling asleep last night to a nice relaxing audiobook about north sea raiding between 950 and 1041 CE, but actually I can't relax because it's trying to tell me this silly guy was REAL??
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Falling asleep last night to a nice relaxing audiobook about north sea raiding between 950 and 1041 CE, but actually I can't relax because it's trying to tell me this silly guy was REAL??