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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Uitlander @uitlander.co.uk · 26d

Boosting this again because clinically vulnerable people do not stop being vulnerable when the Government wants to save money.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters

'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care hom...

petition.parliament.uk

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · 25d

Cool, or even better email? The Discord DM is a flighty beast, and one oft overlooked or forgotten. 😁

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · 25d

Part two is tonight!

www.patreon.com/posts/139328...

Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · 25d

I'm sure we could do something! Sling a DM?

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 23

In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.

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No, Dunkin' Cereal Milk is not gluten-free because it contains milk, which is a common allergen, and as a result, it is not suitable for those with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
However, coffee drinks, dairy milk, and non-dairy milks like oat, almond, and coconut milk are naturally gluten-free at Dunkin'.

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Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social · Aug 18

Reposting for friends across the pond

Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Immeasurable Heaven has been out one month today, and I wanted to say a huge thank you for the support & love my weird tale from another galaxy has had so far.

@solarisbooks.bsky.social
@locusmag.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social
@frasierarmitage.bsky.social

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 16

This was a hoot! @tomtoner.bsky.social was great as always and the chat brought tons of brilliant ideas to bear. It's available to watch now, check it out. We're planning a part two, and I'm also thinking about how to adapt it for school...

Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Today's interactive world building workshop with @tomtoner.bsky.social will be wildly imaginative and loads of fun!

7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT

youtube.com/live/Vrc8zEf...

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Extreme Wildcard Worldbuilding Workshop, with Tom Toner (ItR Special Episode 10:2)

Join us Inside the Rookery with for a special worldbuilding workshop with author Tom Toner. For more on his most recent book, check here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Immeasurable-Hea...

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Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · Aug 16

That was an absolute hoot! We've built a really interesting world in an hour, and you can watch the process on YouTube now!

We're going to schedule a follow up soon, watch this space!

Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Today's interactive world building workshop with @tomtoner.bsky.social will be wildly imaginative and loads of fun!

7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT

youtube.com/live/Vrc8zEf...

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Extreme Wildcard Worldbuilding Workshop, with Tom Toner (ItR Special Episode 10:2)

Join us Inside the Rookery with for a special worldbuilding workshop with author Tom Toner. For more on his most recent book, check here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Immeasurable-Hea...

youtube.com

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 16

I've mentally put the aliens to one side, like the parsley garnish on a meal on a restaurant. 😂

(This metaphor is brought to you by the smell of my lunch cooking)

Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 16

Fun times ahead for the Rookery, starting with an interactive Worldbuilding workshop tonight! CA caw!

Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ca-caw! An exciting few weeks lined up for Inside the Rookery:

Today - Extreme Wildcard Worldbuilding with @tomtoner.bsky.social

23 Aug - Of Dread, Decay and Doom with @jendiagammon.bsky.social

30 Aug - Realism with @verasimila.bsky.social

6 Sep - Live from @tabletopscot.bsky.social

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 16

I liked it. I actually think the Alien stuff is only there because it has to be to get the studio to pay for it . I think Noah Hawley - who, after Legion and Fargo I trust to tell good stories- is actually interested in the story of Wendy and the other "lost boys".

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Aug 13

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

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Spooky Nacho @kaisserxose.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 13

Disgraceful.

James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · Aug 13

BREAKING & EXCLUSIVE from @heraldscotland.bsky.social

16 Glasgow secondaries will have no library staff whatsoever when schools reopen tomorrow

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2538717...

Sixteen Glasgow secondaries will have no library staff as new school year begins

The development comes as proposals to scrap all school librarians in Glasgow are being considered.

www.heraldscotland.com

Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 7

So sorry to hear that, Matt. Love and condolences to you and your family.

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 6

Had a lot of fun playing in this, today. Something a bit different from @lawhammer.bsky.social . Available on VOD until the end of the festival.

#edfringe #D&D #TTRPG

Rookery Publications @rookeryp.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ca-caw!
Today 2 of our Rooks joined the lovely folks at @urbanarcanegames.bsky.social for Ashes of Verdant Light, a D&D actual play in association with Climate Change Theatre Action. You can stream it until the end of the Festival. We had bags of fun, check it out!
ticketpass.org/event/EXSCBK...

Under the heading Ashes of Verdant Light, seven headshots showing the DM Caitlin and the six players Andy, Scott, Lindsay, Matt, Sage and Craig.

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James Loxley @oldnorthroad.bsky.social · Aug 3

Exactly this. Stop trying to define an ‘authentic’ masculinity, it doesn’t exist. The theorisation of gender happens in the service of the critique of gender/s, not in order to establish a taxonomy. (Incidentally, this is why essentialist transphobes calling themselves ‘gender critical’ is a joke.)

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 3

the reason we don’t have discourse about a crisis of femininity is that any attempt to construct one would collapse under the absurdity of its outmoded gender essentialism, suggesting that masculinity is not so much in crisis as the uncritical belief that masculinity even exists is itself the crisis

Drunk girl yelling at nonplussed guy meme

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Aug 3

So three groups, now?

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 1

Boundless is going under, it’ll cease trading by end of day. Archna has emailed Neem Tree Press authors about this but not Unbound ones :/

Authors, a couple staff members are working hard to get reversions, subcontracts, and files to us—if you need them email NOW before the lights go off

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · May 30

So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 1

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.

1 in 2 builders were born overseas.

1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.

1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.

1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.

1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.

The UK would be screwed without them.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 6

'you can generate a different ending every time you view a movie!'

'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!'

'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!'

the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art.

like. *hate* art. deeply.

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Andy Leask @andyleask.bsky.social · Jul 29

a woman in a striped shirt is making a funny face .

Alt: a woman in a striped shirt is grimacing.

media.tenor.com

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · Jul 29

Must link you to this and please ensure you scroll down to see the shoes in question
www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbea...

Katy Perry 'saddened' by blackface claims about her shoe range

The singer has removed two shoes from her range after complaints were made online about racism.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Jul 28

The Courier reports on Sandie Peggie's racist posts, where she used the term "p*kis" and said that, following devistating floods, Pakistan looked like a "giant bowl of coco pops".

Sandie Peggie is supported in her case by Sex Matters.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: NHS Fife nurse Sandie Peggie mocked victims of Pakistan floods in series of racist posts

The offensive messages, detailed below, emerged in an evidence bundle seen by The Courier at the tribunal in Dundee.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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