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Blog: Week in Review #11 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 9 months agoThis week I read six books.24. The Rose Bargain. Sasha Peyton Smith. 2025. 400 pages. [Source:
Library] [YA Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Horror, YA Romance] [3 […] -
Blog: ‘Much darker than Pride and Prejudice!’: authors pick their favourite Jane Austen novel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoColm Tóibín, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Kuang and other leading novelists celebrate the author in her 250th yearChosen by Colm Tóibín Continue reading…
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
The unclear UK Online Safety Act cannot possibly hope to process all the bloggers, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 9 months agoThat makes it easier. Let’s not and say we did.
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Blog: WIN WIN WIN from
Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters' writing 9 months agoTo celebrate the publication of Nine Hidden Lives (out April 10th), we’re delighted to offer readers the chance to win a bundle of books from the Ben Harper s […]
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Blog: Jess Kidd: ‘My older sister taught me to read with Mills & Boon’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe author on growing up with tales of swooning heroines, the thrill of Dylan Thomas and the genius of George SaundersMy earliest reading memory
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Blog: You’re Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan audiobook review – a devastatingly honest and funny memoir from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe Iranian-American film-maker relives the most mortifying moments of her life, charting her journey from high school ‘loser’ to self-acceptance with arch amu […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Buried Treasure’ by Paul Henry from
Seren in the group Seren Books 9 months agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘Buried Treasure’ by Paul Henry from ‘The Brittle Sea’.
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Blog: 25. Daughters of Shadong from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 9 months ago25. Daughters of Shandong. Eve J. Chung. 2024. 400 pages. [Source: Library] [adult historical fiction, coming of age, refugees, adult fiction] [4 stars]First […]
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Blog: Fostering the Next Generation of Readers with Frank Cottrell-Boyce, William Rayfet Hunter & Taylor-Dior Rumble, and The Reading Agency on Day Three of The London Book Fair 2025 from
The Hub by The London Book Fair | Publishing News in the group The London Bookfair Hub Blog 9 months agoLONDON, 13 March 2025: On the final day of The London Book Fair, the largest book trade and publishing event of the spring, the Fair reported over 1,000 exhibitors, […]
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Danny H commented on the post,
The unclear UK Online Safety Act cannot possibly hope to process all the bloggers, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 9 months agoThe risk assessment isn’t supposed to be sent anywhere, but it is supposed to be available if they ask for it
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
The unclear UK Online Safety Act cannot possibly hope to process all the bloggers in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 9 months agoThe unclear UK Online Safety Act cannot possibly hope to process all the bloggers
The UK Online Safety Act 2023 makes it the responsibility of site owners to carry out a laundry list of protection behaviours. The UK Government has failed […] -
Matthew Brown commented on the post,
The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 9 months agoThere are over 450 million WordPress blogs alone. They want it to apply world-wide and that’s just too many to deal with.
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Danny H commented on the post,
The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 9 months agoIn all honesty, there must be thousands of UK based / managed blogs. I don’t see how Ofcom would be able to police all of them
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Jason Latnar replied to the topic
Front page is broken again in the forum Help and Support 9 months agoWorking again!!!
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 9 months agoOn reflection, I think I may have over-worried. Risk assmements are boring but doable. I’ll see if someone publishes a template.
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Arves Corral replied to the topic UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers? in the forum General Chat 9 months ago
How do we fight this?
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic
Front page is broken again in the forum Help and Support 9 months agoThat is very much appreciated, Danny. I may take you up on that if my latest hotfix fails.
I’ve removed the transient caching. Page might be slightly slower but should always be fresh.
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Danny H replied to the topic
Front page is broken again in the forum Help and Support 9 months agoI think this is a long-term problem which will take time to resolve (Matt, if I can help in any way just shout
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic
Front page is broken again in the forum Help and Support 9 months agoI know. I’m baffled but trying to fix it.
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Jason Latnar started the topic
Front page is broken again in the forum Help and Support 9 months agoHey Matt, the front page is three years out of date again
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Burty Burtman replied to the topic UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers? in the forum General Chat 9 months ago
You can’t catch ’em all
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 9 months agoOfcom has offered some guiendence: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/Online-Safety/check-how-to-comply/
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Danny H commented on the post,
The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 9 months agoFound a summary of the act (on the gov.uk website), but I haven’t found anything about what we’re supposed to do (registration wise) Do you have any links?
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers? in the forum General Chat 9 months ago
It blind sided me, too. I’m usually much more aware of daft tech laws that don’t understand the problem.
