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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 3d

And if you can't make it, but want to contribute...

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Help raise £5000 to Support The Christmas Dinner Leeds – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Support The Christmas Dinner Leeds. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2d

This headline question made me laugh a lot. Not sure the author has thought it through. Or maybe it's a joke.

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 2d

If modern AI models do go rogue and enslave or wipe out humanity, who will pay for that?

AI Insurance Is Expensive

P(doom), STAAR Surgical projections, Bitcoin life insurance and YouTube self-help.

bloom.bg

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Geoff! 😊

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 2d

Ah brilliant, thanks Jason

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone know about London City Airport? specifically, how to get there easily from Central London and how far in advance of your flight to arrive

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 2d

Cagney & Lacey. Loved it so much

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

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.

buff.ly

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 3d

I just don't think there are that many people going "Well I wasn't going to vote for them before, but this policy of driving people out of studying the arts and humanities has changed my mind".

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 3d

Important news

Radio Times @radiotimes.bsky.social · 3d

Moonlighting, the beloved 1980s TV series that launched Bruce Willis's career, is available to stream in the UK for the first time ever.

Read more: www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/mo...

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 3d

❤️

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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 7d

I was there again in the summer. It's a real throwback, and with some fantastic archival collections as well.

Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 7d

Somewhere free, quiet, and right next to Liverpool Street? 👀

Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.

👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/

Reading Room | Bishopsgate Institute

The Reading Room is separate to the Researchers’ Service, so if you’d like to look at our special collections and archives, you’ll need this instead https:

www.bishopsgate.org.uk

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations Gregor! 👏

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 9d

love it! Hope you're doing well Andrea xx

Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 9d

😍

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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 10d

It's the most wonderful time of the year!* 🍂🍁

*time to dust off your When Harry Met Sally fashions

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Walter Scott Prize @walterscottprize.bsky.social · 18d

#Writers, the Hilary Mantel Prize offers an exceptional new opportunity. The late author, who twice won the #WalterScottPrize, was committed to championing emerging talent, and the winner receives a cash award plus mentoring. Submissions are open through 31 December. See https://loom.ly/NFsTZjE

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 10d

Well this looks GREAT

ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 10d

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 10d

i've been in meetings like this

Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 10d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 10d

Well, here's a treat!

(h/t to @craigoxbrow.bsky.social)

Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 10d

Hot Damn: Lost Nigel Kneale BBC radio drama from 1952 newly recorded from Kneale's original script.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESpi...

You Must Listen: The Ghost in the Machine - Nigel Kneale | DRAMA TIME with BBC

YouTube video by The Drama Time

www.youtube.com

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 11d

Gail here is literally describing copyright as a thing. You don’t get to define it as something else any more than you get to do that with other property rights.

gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 11d

You ask for permission before helping yourself to someone's copyright. And you pay for it properly. Opt in, not opt out!

gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 11d

OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless copyright holders opt out. When a business is based on theft of others' work, it is not a legal business.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 11d

Latest BBC Front Row is OK to go. Features Matthew McConaughey on discussing God with Carl Sagan, Octavia E Butler & time travel fiction, Harris Dickinson & Simon Armitage on Tony Harrison. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

a woman wearing headphones is sitting in the back seat of a car

ALT: a woman wearing headphones is sitting in the back seat of a car

media.tenor.com

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 12d

Stephen King on Daphne du Maurier.

‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier

From Rebecca to The Birds and scores of creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro

www.theguardian.com

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14d

This only happens to you once

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Justin Edwards @bigedwards.bsky.social · 14d

Might as well put this up again as Duolingo is in the news.

Justin Edwards @bigedwards.bsky.social · Nov 18

A song to remind me of the most useful phrases I have learnt from Italian Duolingo. (Sound up)

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Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 16d

On #TheSkewer tonight The state of Palestine is recognised, we shine a light on what PeaDo in the Shadows & Reform protect our women & girls & swans. On @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds at 11:15pm. Grab your 🎧 & go & listen. It’s Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Ep 3: Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious

Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirically shaped sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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