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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 5d

I like Onlyoffice

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 6d

This excellent essay by @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social speaks to why the current interest in humanoid robots is misplaced, and by the bye sticks a stealthy stiletto into febrile LLM hype.

rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-h...

Why Today’s Humanoids Won’t Learn Dexterity – Rodney Brooks

rodneybrooks.com

Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 14d

As mentioned earlier by @seatsixtyone.bsky.social the Paris-Berlin/Vienna night train might be axed from December

What's happening, and why SNCF never really cared about this train, but why alternatives are tricky, explained on my blog 👇
jonworth.eu/sncfs-half-h...

SNCF's half hearted effort to support international night trains in danger of hitting the buffers - Jon Worth

In December 2023 the Paris-Berlin night train re-started after a 9 year hiatus. Operated as a Nighjet service by ÖBB, SNCF provided motive power for the train from Mannheim to Paris. They even put SNC...

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 14d

Came back via Ystradfellte. Stunning.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 15d

No ice cream! The world and #Bannau is not what it was.

@cerij101.bsky.social

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 16d

Don't know what your Venn diagram looks like but luckily not buying from these won't change my life.

Breathing a big Only Murders sigh of relief today mind.

Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16d

Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Sky *HousingUnits *Twisted Gifts *Reclaim Nation *VinceTheVet *ManeUK *Halton Lifts *Polish Tourism Organisation *ThatPrizeGuy *Freshpet *TonicSurgery *Belgica *SelectSpecs *Dialaflight *Alive Cor *WeFix London *AllClearTravel *Its.co.uk *Boxt *JoesDoors

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 16d

Fab! Is there a non Amazon source?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds

Exclusive: CPRE study suggests housebuilding targets can be met without encroaching on green belt land Almost 1.5m new homes could be built on brownfield sites in England to avoid encroaching on green belt and meet the government target for housing growth by the end of this parliament, new figures suggest. But despite the scale of brownfield land available, developers are pushing to build on green land, including increased housebuilding on and adjacent to areas of outstanding natural beauty. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16d

Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Sky *HousingUnits *Twisted Gifts *Reclaim Nation *VinceTheVet *ManeUK *Halton Lifts *Polish Tourism Organisation *ThatPrizeGuy *Freshpet *TonicSurgery *Belgica *SelectSpecs *Dialaflight *Alive Cor *WeFix London *AllClearTravel *Its.co.uk *Boxt *JoesDoors

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 16d

Old-fashioned economic thinking is driving biodiversity loss, according to a new international study led by academics at a Welsh university

Old-fashioned economic thinking driving biodiversity loss says new study

Old-fashioned economic thinking is driving biodiversity loss, according to a new international study led by academics at a Welsh university. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academ...

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 20d

Aha!

Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 21d

Great to see @nickharkaway.com featured in the Grauniad, but slightly infuriating that readers are directed to Karla's Choice not Sleeper Beach at the end.

SciFi still not 'proper' writing then* 🤔

*unless it was his choice of course!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Nick Harkaway: ‘I loathed Charles Dickens – it nearly turned me off reading for ever’

The author on his secret theories about Tolkien, the most perfect and terrifying Moomin book, and how his father, John le Carré, inspired him

www.theguardian.com

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 22d

😆

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 22d

JFC, we're boiling the planet for this shite.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22d

please ENJOY this clip of Mark Zuckerberg *just trying to answer a video call* with the new 'neural band' Meta is shilling and failing miserably during a live demo

You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this

youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22d

please ENJOY this clip of Mark Zuckerberg *just trying to answer a video call* with the new 'neural band' Meta is shilling and failing miserably during a live demo

You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this

youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 22d

NO BUT LOOK AT MELANIA'S HAT THO!

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 22d

It's good to have @chakrabortty.bsky.social back, even if it is only to document our increasingly desperate times.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s come to this: Keir Starmer is now just the warm-up act for Nigel Farage | Aditya Chakrabortty

As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 22d

I'll have to see if that's tax deductible.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 22d

Jones the Numbers HQ might not look much but it has Pete's Organic Shop on the ground floor, home brew beer on the Mezzanine and Beth the folk harpist practicing upstairs.

Sensory overload, I can tell you.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d

I had some sympathy with Valleys Leave voters back in the day, but anyone who votes Reform in the Senedd in '26 is an irredeemable tosser.

Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 23d

25% reduction in injuries on Welsh Roads since introduction of 20mph. @20splenty.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales

Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d

Andy is halfway there. But unless you tackle redistribution of current income and wealth, this is all just puff.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour must rethink growth strategy to curb rise of far right, says top economist

Former Bank chief economist Andy Haldane says left-behind communities need investment to stem populist tide

www.theguardian.com

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d

I would lay this squarely at the door of horrific inter-generational inequality.

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 23d

Purely anecdotal, but the number of working class people I hear in cafes and pubs talking about jetting off inter-continental for off season holidays makes me think the climate is properly f*cked.

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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · 23d

Interesting report on the BBC - easy to target NIC changes but the real impact on food prices seems to be coming from weather conditions that are only going to get worse due to climate change. Who takes the biggest hit on this as a % of income? The poor. #EconSky open.spotify.com/episode/4Vnd...

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 23d

25% reduction in injuries on Welsh Roads since introduction of 20mph. @20splenty.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales

Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · 25d

this is one way to spin cost overruns 😀 #nuclear

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 25d

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.

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