You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

📢Join us tomorrow at Granary Square 1pm for a protest Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More details below 👇 societyofauthors.org/event/meta-pro…

Unable to attend in person, you can still make some noise online using our downloadable visual assets👇 societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/soa…

Penny Parkes💙 Meta Hi Penny, tomorrow at 1pm we will be protesting. For more details 👇societyofauthors.org/event/meta-pro…

💪 #DoTheWriteThing #MetaThieves

Supporting authors and writers today as Meta is accused of using shadow libraries of thousands of pirated books to train their AI. #DoTheWriteThing #MetaBookThieves

Tried my hand at a completely different format for a short story—all through letters. Given everything that's going on, the story seemed apt. #writerslift #ICE open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

I wrote this after being inspired by a conversation about the parts of people left behind. As a musician, melodies are how I connect with people. open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas… #poetry #poetrycommunity #music

Happy Saturday! I wrote this fun poem after listening to an audiobook and hearing a word that sounded wrong to my ear. There are so many obsolete words in the English language, so I’ve added a dictionary at the end. #poetrycommunity #POEMS open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

The idea for the poem came from a conversation I had with the author Noreen Masud, who wrote the Women's Prize-nominated book “A Flat Place,” about whether recovery is truly possible in our climate. #poetry #MentalHealth open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

A super quick poem, prompted by fellow #Substack writers this week about our greatest fears. #Fear #poetrycommunity open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

I've been thinking about this for a while, especially as it was #EarthDay this week. This was inspired by historian Peter Frankopan's book, The Earth Transformed, where he discusses how we're currently facing the Sixth Extinction. open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas… #poetrycommunity

This is kind of a bonkers story, which I needed to get out of my system. It is based on something true, which happened earlier today. Names, places, and identifying details have been changed. The ending has also been altered. open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

I’ve been away recovering, as my various comorbidities caught up with me and caused me to be very sick. #poetry #poetrycommunity #disabled open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

This story was inspired by an actual Wi-Fi name I found on my phone! I've included the picture. I also wanted to explore mixing genres (see if you can spot them), and to stretch my writing muscles. open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas… #story #Creative #writerslift #WritingCommmunity

I haven’t written in a while. This is why. Do you ever feel the same? #poetry #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…

Reading Jerry Mitchell' incredible investigation, "Race Against Time," and can say it's one of my favourite books this year. It's still relevant now. x.com/JMitchellNews/…

This is my experimental homage to minor key songs songs. You can hear my very dodgy guitar playing in the background (motor skill issues these days) — see if you can name that tune. Spotify playlist has been added. open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas… #music #poetry #poem

One day, everyone will have to read Omar El Akkad's profound and deeply moving work, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This." I've cried and agreed with everything that's been said.

Lust, Caution Sometimes you can end up losing your way... #MentalHealthMatters #poetry open.substack.com/pub/suswatibas…