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Bex Luther

@superbreeze.bsky.social

2.6K followers 670 following 3.6K posts

Gender blurrer, lover of Watership Down, Howards' Way, and Twin Peaks. Please don't tell me how I should do Bluesky

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · Oct 17

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 16m

❤️ Absolutely!

Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 1h

Can you let me know over WhatsApp? Intrigued!

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 6h

There's loads of capital L literature written by people who aren't "straight white (often older) men" and it's weird that people feel the need to pretend otherwise

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Catherine Warr @cathwarr.bsky.social · 2h

Returning to the Cath Cinematic Universe...

CAPTAIN D. RIGIBLE!

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 2h

Yes!!!!

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4h

Wolfhallverhampton Wanderers

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 5h

Dusk and dawn should be grey text on grey paper I guess

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 10h

When it's a scene at night, books should switch to white writing on a black page

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 10h

I'm afraid, as a 49 year old Gen X, I too have to scroll through WhatsApp conversations for addresses 😔

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

Yes!!!!!!

Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

Omg ❤️

Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

I'm on the first book and he definitely isn't a sidekick yet. He's like a shit nemesis atm

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

The absolute "don't give a fuck about the ethics" of it it too is driving me crazy. Nobody in my professional world seems to give a stuff about it

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

Post you from a different era

(I'm counting this as different era as I was in my previous decade)

Me with long blonde hair and slinky silver dress advertising a Vanessa Parody show

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 18h

G K Chesterton's Father Brown is not a proper lit detective as he doesn't have a sidekick. He is a mere clever dick

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 20h

If we can say En Vogue, we can say En gland I think

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 22h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 1d

oFtEn SiNgLe

Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4d

The train has now ground to a halt before Canterbury so you're lucky!

Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4d

Was JUST in the same train carriage as you. It's still a little thrilling to see a mutual irl!

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 4d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4d

I've also discovered that on the template, some of the fields we're asked to complete are set to white text on a white background. Why? Why?

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4d

Why would you do it this way around? Why?

A customer feedback form with a Likert scale running from 1 to 5 where 1 is good and 5 is bad

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 4d

I AM GOING TO MARGATE TODAY

Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 10d

The piss tank on the Megabus to Margate is 145% full

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