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Stephen Cox Author

@stephenwhq

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Warm intelligent accessible #SFF
THE CROOKED MEDIUM's GUIDE TO MURDER - spooky, sapphic, Victorian - sequel coming.

Our Child of the Stars/Our Child of Two Worlds.
https://stephencox.co.uk/books/upcoming/

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Services to help creatives be interesting

Bi, parent, humane, "writes beautifully" I'm told. UK/the world

Genial bearded guy. Not genial about AI - make techbros pay for stealing

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Stephen Cox Author 12h ago

#WordWeavers March 24: Tell us about something positive you experienced because of writing.

positive feedback from readers. waem glow of pride. companionship of other writers. entirely new suite of things to worry about

#writing #books #amwriting #writingcommunity

Stephen Cox Author 17h ago

Gerard Cunningham ✒️17h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/116281343752661759

Every application of LLM "AI" just reminds people of why they hate it so much that "AI" is a toxic brand, yet these goons keep burning billions chasing their silicon god, terrified of the day when Number Go Down..

Stephen Cox Author 1d ago

Mastodon Migration 1d ago

Very troubling market trading coincides with the announcement of pause in Iran War

h/t The Tennessee Holler on Bluesky

Stephen Cox Author 1d ago

404 Media 1d ago

Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes us hopeful for the future.

https://www.404media.co/ridicule-as-praxis-with-emily-bender-and-alex-hanna/

Ridicule as Praxis (with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna)

Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes us hopeful for the future.

404 Media

Stephen Cox Author 1d ago

Index on Censorship 2d ago

A Greater Manchester school has censored books under the guise of “safeguarding risk.” The list of nearly 200 titles includes a graphic adaptation of 1984, White Teeth and Girl, Woman, Other. The school admitted to using AI to categorise the books ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

School book banning escalates ...

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

Index on Censorship

Stephen Cox Author 1d ago

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Andii אַנדִֽי 2d ago

@oscarjiminy
This alone should be shouted about: "researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly. In a world increasingly damaged by in-group bias, this isn't a deficit; it's a collective-level fail-safe feature."

Stephen Cox Author 1d ago

#WritersCoffeeClub 23/3: What's the most you've worked on a WIP before deciding to scrap it? What happened?

I have never scrapped a novel, I keep everything. I have one novel I queried which I keep as a reminder of how naive I was. I have done work on several novels including two whole first drafts of one which I want to return to, even in novella form. It would be much less outre than it was when I started in 2014 or so. Finishing and self doubt are both problems. #writing #books

#writing

Stephen Cox Author 2d ago