Susan E. Sponberg

Punk folkie, retired librarian, lounger, cartooner at Header from the Internet.

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@CassInTheAttic Congratulations!

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@LoreleiKing Yes, it’s clearly stated, e.g., Narrated by: Virtual Voice, in the same way it usually would say Narrated by: Lorelei King. Many of the VV books are quite short & by authors I’m not familiar with. Self-published?? Just a thought. Agree re AI for textbooks or manuals.

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@LoreleiKing Sick about the number of audiobooks on Audible narrated by V*rtual Vo*ce. A huge % of new titles listed recently were read by VV. Of the actual human voice actors on today’s list I recognized only Kate Reading. What’s your take on the bots?

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@watsoncomedian For insightful fiction re effect of branding on culture, read Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (best living American/Canadian writer IMO) & its sequels, Spook Country & Zero History. Audiobooks are dynamite w a laser beam.

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@DVZombieSlayer @ravenmaster1 The crowlden section. Who’da thunk it?!

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@acraftycow I just love watching the dervishes whirl. What a lovely moving meditation. And the symbolism of everything from their garb to the position of their hands is fascinating.

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@bingowings14 Nuh uh

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@NickMotown So sorry, Jason. He was a wonderful friend.

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@NickMotown 😢

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@GJohnstone2 Oh Skye. What a trickster. 😀

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@tokyosexwhale Sad.

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@bingowings14 😢

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@ancientnmodern Excellent ornaments. Very clever idea. Pod will have a happy Christmas!

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@Pandamoanimum If that’s a real bear, there are more problems in China than we realized.

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@SusanCalman @aberdeen_anne Sparky’s eyes are very sparky! Makes up for the 1/2 ear. 😊

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@CassInTheAttic Yes, do see your GP. Hope all is OK.

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@LoreleiKing Haha!

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@tonyhusband1 Good point.