Vicky Richards
@vickyerichards.bsky.social
Editor, writer, attempted comic, nerd. Funny bits @ Reductress & Daily Mash 🃏 Top buyer of lemon & coriander cous cous at my local Sainsburys. She/her. 🐉🧙♀
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People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
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Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.
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I’m running a Kickstarter to fund a self-published children’s book. Please take a look and support if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
CHEESE: Lights! Crackers! Action! A Funny Children's Book
The BRIEquel to CHEESE! a funny picture book aimed at kids aged 3-6
www.kickstarter.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I’m running a Kickstarter to fund a self-published children’s book. Please take a look and support if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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The spammers aren’t even putting in the minimum effort any more!
September 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The spammers aren’t even putting in the minimum effort any more!
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Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
September 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
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the feminine urge to diminish and go into the west
August 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
the feminine urge to diminish and go into the west
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really appreciating the onion as physical media.
August 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
really appreciating the onion as physical media.
This is excellent fun!
Who WOUDN'T want to check out a website where you can work out how much your weregild would be if you lived and were murdered in Anglo Saxon Britain around the tenth century-ish? Not me! www.weregildcalculator.com
Weregild Calculator
Calculate your worth in early medieval England! Discover what your life would be valued at in Anglo-Saxon times with this interactive weregild calculator.
www.weregildcalculator.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is excellent fun!
Really enjoyed watching Deep Cover over the weekend! Nice to see some fun new comedy films getting made (and laughed a lot at all the improv references)
June 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Really enjoyed watching Deep Cover over the weekend! Nice to see some fun new comedy films getting made (and laughed a lot at all the improv references)
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Sci-fi view of The Future: We'll all have flying cars and holidaying on Mars! Disease will be fixed with a quick blast from a Star Trek thingy!
The Actual Future:
The Actual Future:
May 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sci-fi view of The Future: We'll all have flying cars and holidaying on Mars! Disease will be fixed with a quick blast from a Star Trek thingy!
The Actual Future:
The Actual Future:
Today's good news: Discovered practice has paid off and I can now run slightly faster
Today's bad news: Running at increased speed without learning how to close my mouth is now causing me to swallow double the amount of flies
Today's bad news: Running at increased speed without learning how to close my mouth is now causing me to swallow double the amount of flies
May 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today's good news: Discovered practice has paid off and I can now run slightly faster
Today's bad news: Running at increased speed without learning how to close my mouth is now causing me to swallow double the amount of flies
Today's bad news: Running at increased speed without learning how to close my mouth is now causing me to swallow double the amount of flies
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Please help us with this really important bit of research. Any information you give us is confidential but will help us understand the scale of the problem and tackle it.
Please share.
Please share.
1/ Writers – have you been asked to work for free?
Then join our call for evidence on the type + amount of free work that has been requested of you over the past 12 months to help us identify + tackle the problem
Then join our call for evidence on the type + amount of free work that has been requested of you over the past 12 months to help us identify + tackle the problem
May 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Please help us with this really important bit of research. Any information you give us is confidential but will help us understand the scale of the problem and tackle it.
Please share.
Please share.
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“So how did the care sector work before immigration?” Women did it. For free. Except now families can’t live well on one income and no one’s retiring at 55 on a fat pension, free to care for their parents, their husband’s parents, and their grandchildren. Undoing care-for-profit will be expensive
May 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“So how did the care sector work before immigration?” Women did it. For free. Except now families can’t live well on one income and no one’s retiring at 55 on a fat pension, free to care for their parents, their husband’s parents, and their grandchildren. Undoing care-for-profit will be expensive
Was thrilled to be in one of the writers' rooms for this series of DMs Are Open! This first episode has a sketch from me and some other fab writers:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
DMs Are Open - Series 4 - 1. Secret - BBC Sounds
DMs Are Open is back with a new series packed with sketches written by YOU.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Was thrilled to be in one of the writers' rooms for this series of DMs Are Open! This first episode has a sketch from me and some other fab writers:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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🚨 ICYMI: Another Celeb Writes Shit, Lazy Children's Book.
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
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👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
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Another Celeb Writes Lazy Children's Book - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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March 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚨 ICYMI: Another Celeb Writes Shit, Lazy Children's Book.
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
youtu.be/MHNhvA9nL4I?...
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
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Anna thinks she's such a big piece in the game, but really she became incidentally important because she didn't understand boats #TheTraitors
January 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Anna thinks she's such a big piece in the game, but really she became incidentally important because she didn't understand boats #TheTraitors
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Secondly over on R4 their sketch show ‘DMs Are Open’ is back for a new series, it has a slightly revised format now, but it’s still open to new unagented writers. It’s a brilliant place to get your first writing credits if you can write comedy sketches.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 Extra - DMs Are Open - Submit Your Ideas
Privacy Notice for submissions to DMs Are Open
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Secondly over on R4 their sketch show ‘DMs Are Open’ is back for a new series, it has a slightly revised format now, but it’s still open to new unagented writers. It’s a brilliant place to get your first writing credits if you can write comedy sketches.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Millennials might not be buying houses or having kids but I have seen a dozen people on Instagram having the time of their lives drawing penises in the snow
January 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Millennials might not be buying houses or having kids but I have seen a dozen people on Instagram having the time of their lives drawing penises in the snow
Wore a pair of day-of-the-week pants on the correct day today so yes you could say I've got my life together this new year
January 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Wore a pair of day-of-the-week pants on the correct day today so yes you could say I've got my life together this new year
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Not terribly hot take on AI-generated social media users: it boils down to the decoupling of 'business' from 'customers'. Businesses used to have to have customers buying things, or they'd fail. Most tech businesses are supported not by selling things, but by an endless torrent of venture capital.
January 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Not terribly hot take on AI-generated social media users: it boils down to the decoupling of 'business' from 'customers'. Businesses used to have to have customers buying things, or they'd fail. Most tech businesses are supported not by selling things, but by an endless torrent of venture capital.
Tis the season for my mum to laughingly gift me this chocolate reindeer because she says it looks like me
December 25, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Tis the season for my mum to laughingly gift me this chocolate reindeer because she says it looks like me