Helen Jerome

@helenjerome.bsky.social

writing. football - women’s and men’s. theatre. music. film. telly. books. comedy. food. cider. opera. all with a passion. carpe diem.
editor of https://thenewwomenssportmagazine.com/

@bsky.appReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

This is NOT an ad for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s new documentary “MUSK” (in theaters now). We are promoting it for free.

Join us right here on October 20, 2026 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern for a livestream hosted by @niedermeyer.online.

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online

Huge special thanks to @bsky.app for partnering with me on the October 20 stream with @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social! All of my ETTW livestreams are exclusive to the AT Protocol, for reasons that we will very much be discussing throughout the various conversations. Recordings will be available later.

@illuminations.bsky.socialReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

The picture is Geoff Andrew hosting this morning's delightful, heart-warming, funny, moving and appropriately laudatory memorial event for Tony Rayns at King's College. I came of age reading Tony in 'Time Out', invariably with a touch of awe....

A large projection shows an image of the film critic Tony Rayns, with a QR code and the words 'Tony Rayns 1948-2026); before it and to the left of the image a man with a microphone stands behind a desk speaking to an unseen audience.
@iwriteok.bsky.socialReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

Man, when BMW says "that's too fascist for us"

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online

just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand

@greatdismal.bsky.socialReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

The deeper history of literally everything can be assumed to have been like this, can it not?

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Graydon Carter’s memoir says he wrote an unflattering piece about how vulgar Trump is for GQ. Thin-skinned Donald got employees to buy all the copies. Si Newhouse, noting the brisk sales, recommend that Random House publish “The Art of the Deal,” which led to “The Apprentice.” Hence this presidency.

@greavesian.bsky.socialReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

In danger of getting overlooked, what with airing at just after midnight this coming Sunday, an absolutely brilliant Omnibus film from 1988 about Caryl Churchill. I believe the only time anyone's ever attempted to film Fen and those sequences are unforgettable. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

@wired.comReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.

Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN

@meidotwav.bsky.socialReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

@victoriastrauss.comReposted by @helenjerome.bsky.social

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.
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