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HipCat
@arthurcraven.bsky.social
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Master Printmaker (Fine Artist). Interested in the psychology of trauma and the social psychological function of art at the species level.
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Re the NZ Curriculum... "It’s recolonisation disguised as reform." Was seriously thinking about renewing my teaching certificate... Absolutely not happening now. #NZPol

aecnz.substack.com/p/recolonisi...
Recolonising Te Mātaiaho
How the new version walks back the promise of the original
aecnz.substack.com
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In the movie, the US Tech entrepreneur is the good guy, wants to save the world, and is willing to sacrifice himself for other people.♥️👍🏿

But this ain't a movie. This is real life.

In real life the US Tech dude posts great replacement nonsense and other hate, and takes food away from starving kids.
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In the movie, Thanos is the bad guy because he wants to make half the carbon-based lifeforms in the universe disappear.

But this ain't a movie. This is real life.

I want half of the carbon *footprint* to disappear. Keep the life forms.

We get there with bikes, trains, buses, solar, and batteries.
Fing nutjobs
Its reassuring knowing that the main pushers of AI are either

A) desperate to find a useful application and have no ideas
B) convinced they are creating a diety and need to sate its appetite
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
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Palestinian siblings Batoul and Mohammad Zaid Aqel were killed when Israeli airstrikes struck their family’s home in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
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According to medical sources, the death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has risen to 63, including 24 children.
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I suspect they’ve never had a harder meeting than dealing with the toddler
I don’t like scammers much…
Cool! I’ll try and do the same! I catalogued Dennis Bryan’s Golden Point Press type collection before it was sold off. Not sure if anyone would like that pdf?
Fuck Israel and fuck all the countries committing and supporting war crimes… FFS!
Look at her. Listen to her. Hard not to see a lifetime of being crushed and devalued until she has become an integral cog in the system that birthed her crippled mind and orphaned her soul . Don’t get me wrong I’d still tell her to go fuck herself if I was present but she’s a tragedy.
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And I'm still thinking about it tonight 👀👀
Still thinking about this incredible foreward @alexwoodroe.com wrote for #ChoicesAnthology

I love every story in this book with my whole heart & am so glad others - especially someone I respect as much as Alex - feel the same way

If you haven't already, grab your copy today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q
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not sure what I was expecting to find when I opened bsky just now. i don’t think it was this, though
Talk about an in-flight meal.

For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
Jesus, that’s got to be really bad for humans, when you think of the viral load those rats are eating and our proximity and intimate social relationship to rats. I guess this is old news in the sense it’s always happened but we’ve only proven it now but holy shite.
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A federal judge issues a GAG ORDER barring Trump's DOJ and Department of Homeland Security from violating Kilmar Abrego Garcia's right to a fair trial, citing a record of "troubling" statements that are "exaggerated if not simply inaccurate."

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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GenAI is going to cost lives, again: "AI-generated videos have been clogging social media as Hurricane Melissa heads towards Jamaica, diverting attention from critical safety information about the storm."
Hurricane Melissa live: Jamaicans take shelter as slow-moving category 5 storm increases in intensity
Hurricane expected to make landfall on the island by Tuesday morning is strongest since records began in 1850s
www.theguardian.com
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I don’t trust Pence n Still wouldn’t want Pence as President. #arresttrump
He’s pathetic. And the word well snd truely predates 1961. Part of its shaming is due to the USA and other countries practicing eugenics euthanasia and lobotomies in many institutions until at least the mid 1970’s. That is one celebrity that you wouldn’t bother wiping your arse on. He’s a moron.
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The last time I sat down with Bill Ritter on @abc7.bsky.social was the day after the primary. Since then, our coalition has only grown — including in some unexpected ways.