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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

Artemesia Gentileschi,
Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1620 #womensart

Painting featuring two white women in the act of beheading a white man with a sword as he lies in his bed

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 📎 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 3d

Of course. They also ignore the fact that the arts bring a huge amount into the economy.

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, but, the culture warriors want to defend culture that has never actually existed - not actual culture that you can study.
Best not, therefore, to have people who know too much about actual real life culture.

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 3d

In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.

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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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Love this 👇👇👇

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 3d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

I'm a big fan of octopus in a garage stories.

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 3d

WGGB, as part of the Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions, stands in solidarity with journalists across Reach PLC facing redundancies announced by the publisher in September

Read the full solidarity statement 🔽

Yellow and blue graphic with title page - BEAU solidarity statement with Reach Journalists

The Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions send a message of solidarity to journalists across Reach plc in the face of cuts announced by the publisher in September. Journalists at the company have proven their dedication, talent and passion time and time again, yet have been informed that across Reach, over 300 jobs will be cut with 600 journalists at risk.

BEAU recognises the immense contribution of journalists and journalism in upholding democracy and is gravely concerned by recent proposals, even with plans to create some new posts. Journalists’ role in holding our politicians to account and scrutinising policies to ensure the public can make informed decisions whilst exercising their right to democratic participation must never be understated. As our unions stand in full solidarity with NUJ members at this time, we urge Reach to lead with greater transparency on its use of artificial intelligence both now and in the future, recognising that AI can never be a substitute for journalism.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch's leader's speech quoted Martin Luther King. MLK was a socialist, of course.

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

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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.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

Spread contagious courage with One Million Rising, our initiative to train a million people in the practice of peaceful non-cooperation. Join tomorrow’s call for exciting updates and new opportunities to defy the Trump takeover in your community: www.mobilize.us/onemillionri...

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, but are there any downsides?
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

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

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

www.theverge.com

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Make Space for Girls @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social · 3d

Donations are doubled! Every donation to Make Space for Girls goes twice as far until midday on 15 October thanks to the @biggive.bsky.social
We campaign for parks to be designed with teenage girls in mind - which they currently aren’t!
Donate now:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#WGMF

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Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social · 3d

Charlotte Riddell now has a blue plaque in Carrickfergus!

Tramp Press @tramppress.bsky.social · 3d

We are delighted to see the wonderful Charlotte Riddell recognised with a blue plaque!

You can pick up our edition of A Struggle for Fame here:

tramppress.com/product/a-st...

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Charlotte Riddell: Queen of Ghost Stories honoured with blue plaque in Carrickfergus

Her more than 50 stories explored moral ambiguity and an obsession with the supernatural in the Victorian age.

www.bbc.com

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 3d

Just learned through @artherstory.bsky.social that the Met will exhibit "Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck". I have recently seen a few of her works in Finland, and am quite certain that this will be a treat for many of you. Great artist! www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is the first major U.S. exhibition of Helene Schjerfbeck, featuring 60 works that highlight her unique voice in modernism.

www.metmuseum.org

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Francesca @francescagdesnoyer.bsky.social · 3d

Tal día como hoy 8 de octubre de 1930 nació la artista, escritora y activista estadounidense Faith Ringgold

Fue profesora de arte en varios centros públicos de Nueva York y, durante su época como docente, realizó una serie de pinturas titulada Personas Americanas (American People, en inglés), una de sus obras más conocidas, que representa la defensa de los derechos civiles desde un punto de vista feminista.

Street Story Quilt, 1985

Como ferviente activista por los derechos civiles y la igualdad de género, Faith Ringgold ha producido una obra intrínsecamente política. A principios de la década de 1970, abandonó los óleos tradicionales para pintar en acrílico sobre lienzos sin estirar con bordes de tela, una técnica que imita los thangkas tibetanos (pinturas de seda con bordados).

The United States of Attica, 1972

Paralelamente empezó a trabajar en la colección Black America, también llamada Black Light Series, en la que experimentó con colores más oscuros. Esta idea nació tras la observación de que “el arte occidental blanco estaba centrado en el color blanco y en el juego de luz, contraste y claroscuro, mientras que en las culturas africanas, en general, se usaban colores más oscuros, enfatizando más en la tonalidad para crear contraste”.

Freedom of Speech, 1990

Hizo una serie de multipaneles donde trató las verdades y los mitos de modernismo. Como Francia era el núcleo del arte moderno en ese momento, también se convirtió en la fuente principal de inspiración para que artistas de origen afroamericano encontraran su propia identidad "moderna".
Falleció 13 de abril de 2024 a los 93 años.

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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 3d

One of the many budgies of Putney, coming to wish me, "Who's a pretty boy then?"

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

👇👇👇Spot on 👏👏👏

steveflynn37 @steveflynn.bsky.social · 2d

And. We have all yet to see a man (who identifies as a woman, and goes to work dressed as woman, wants to be referred to as “her”, uses the women’s lav), who demands a salary cut for doing the same job as a man in order to be just like women. Strange that, nn’t it?

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steveflynn37 @steveflynn.bsky.social · 2d

And. We have all yet to see a man (who identifies as a woman, and goes to work dressed as woman, wants to be referred to as “her”, uses the women’s lav), who demands a salary cut for doing the same job as a man in order to be just like women. Strange that, nn’t it?

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Bookmarked. Thanks Mark

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