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Lynda Clark

@lyndac.bsky.social

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Writer, reader, gamer. Still mostly bogling to Aswad. https://wouldyouliketochangethedifficultysetting.wordpress.com/ Any pronouns. No alt text? No follow, no matter how cool & interesting you are. There will be swears.

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · Nov 13

If you're here because you LIKE weird things, you can find out more about my books here and buy them or request them from your library? www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/beyond-kiddi...
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Beyond Kidding

Beyond Kidding by Lynda Clark is darkly humorous, genre-bending work of literary sci-fi. A disastrous lie has life-changing consequences.

www.fairlightbooks.co.uk

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 9h

(Keep seeing things saying AI "may" be capable of making full feature films in a couple of years)

Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 9h

Gonna start writing my author bios like AI marketing.
"Could soon have a Booker prize!"
"In ten years time, every book on your shelf might be by her!"
"Will fundamentally change* every aspect of your life if you buy all her work and give her all your money" (*Note: we did not say _improve_)

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 15h

It's also a good place to explain what show this meme is from, for those of us who don't watch enough TV

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 15h

AND it's a way of retaining followers - many of us (me included) will unfollow persistent offenders. Accessibility for all! ✊️

Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 15h

You're also improving accessibility for EVERYONE, not just those with vision issues. There are some posts where I have wondered "But why are they sharing a picture of a worm-eaten potato?" and the alt-text has revealed it is actually their beautiful baby. Saves embarrassing comments all round!

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 15h

There are bonuses to doing this- you're increasing the number of people who might buy your books, art, read your political memes, whatever.

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 15h

Please help keep Bluesky accessible for all, friends! It's really easy! Just choose Settings>Accessibility>Require alt-text & you'll get a reminder to add alt-text to your pictures.
You're all creative folks - describe your images clearly & completely to help screen reader users enjoy your posts.

The menu that opens when you select Settings, which lists Account, Privacy and Security, Moderation, Notifications, Content and Media, Appearance, Accessibility, Languages, Help and About. I've again circled accessibility in red and added an arrow.

The menu that opens when selecting Accessibility listing Alt-text and Haptics.

The button "require alt text before posting" has been circled in red with an arrow.

There's also an option to display larger alt text badges and to disable haptic feedback.

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 1d

*certain age!

Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 1d

For me it's my parent's old landline and Oh-eight-nine-one FIFTY FIFTY FIFTY! Which tells UK folks of a certain the kind of post-pub telly I was watching in the late nineties, early 00s 😂

Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1d

The only phone numbers I know by heart anymore:

- mine
- my wife’s
- my landline number from when I first moved to LA
- my childhood home
- a Philadelphia community helpline that advertised on local TV with the jingle “CALL for ACT-ION! GREENwood SEVen five THREE one TWO!”

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d

Despite relentlessly discovering social media makes NO difference to ticket sales , let me remind you that I am in ST ALBANS this week

www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk/events/58bpt...

Author Talk: Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth by Robin Ince — Books on the Hill

We are delighted to be welcoming back award winning broadcaster, comedian and author Robin Ince in-store for a discussion about his latest book and first poetry collection, Ice Cream for a Broken T...

www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 1d

(Please excuse the horrible dusty smears on our TV which my phone camera has so cruelly illuminated)

Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 1d

I'm rewatching Jordan Peele's Us for my vocal disorder project and I don't think I appreciated the beauty of the cinematography first time around. The darkness is so rich and textured, rather than those *very* dark horror films where you can barely see what's going on.

Adelaide, a young black girl, her hair in bunches, wearing an oversized black t-shirt that looks like dress. She's standing on a beach and the sand is dark and the sky is black but our eye is drawn to her because she stands in the centre of two sweeping halves of a roller coaster, illuminated in orange lights in the distance.

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 1d

At a friend's wedding the DJ put Blurred Lines on and everyone stopped dancing and the head bridesmaid marched up to him and was like: "Nope, not here." It was great, he was so confused.
Which is part of why I hate it. Too many people go "Ooh catchy tune" and ignore what its about.

Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 1d

Onion - I used to be quite badly allergic and since having my appendix removed, only get stomach cramps rather than full blown sickness but still...
Audition - great film, but once is enough
Blurred Lines - I'm sure no further explanation is needed

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social · 8d

I got the email notification about this from Spreadshirt last week and promptly deleted my account. If you have one, you should too.

Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing, congrats!

Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 2d

Proper Carpenteresque fog here in Leven tonight.

A grassy field. In the distance, smudged light barely visible through thick grey fog, under a heavy greyer sky.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 2d

Told the dog he couldn't have any of my lasagne. Within minutes, heard him chewing on something. It was a battery. No idea where he found it and he never usually chews stuff like that anyway. It was literally like: "NO LASAGNE, HUH? GUESS I'LL JUST DIE!!!"

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 13d

All We Ever Wanted — Shaun Tan, 2017

Painting of a little farm there's a woman working in the flower garden there's a white donkey and a paddock the Farmhouse is an enormous skull there's a ladder leaned up against it and up on top of the skull is a man down on his hands and knees painting floral designs

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 2d

“Literature search using ChatGPT”

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 3d

It's Bookshop Day! Get down to your local independent bookshop and buy a book or three. No local bookshop? Snap up a book with us 10-12 October and you could WIN a £250 gift card.

EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 3d

NEXT WEEK - Grab your tickets!

Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 8d

WGGB Free Online Gamewriting Talks, 15 October, 7-8.45pm (GMT)

Shares welcome! Grab your tickets now!

Shaping your game narrative

Every game has different writing needs, so how do you figure out the best approach? In this set of lightning talks-

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Microsoft Forms

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Church Of England Names First Woman Leader https://theonion.com/church-of-england-names-first-woman-leader/

“Finally someone for the Pope to marry.”

Caroline Bertone, Bunker Decorator

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