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Dame Agnes Guano @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 22h

'Ow Do - Jack Howarth (aka Albert Tatlock out of off of Corrie)

Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like that kind of English place that’s spelt ‘Fazackershaughstoneleigh’ but pronounced ‘Fawsley’. Have a good one, B!

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Happy landmark, Ma Johnston!

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 2d

It's a matinee bonanza, it seems - the evening show at The Spring in Havant on 6 November sold out sharpish so there's now the opportunity to see the show in the afternoon and still be home in time to eat your dinner in front of Eastenders. thespring.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 2d

While I’m the last in line to be the arbiter of cool - I collect Margaret Rutherford theatre programmes ffs - even I can see that this is an extraordinarily daft position to take.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 2d

My kid's Clacton nursery has cut hot lunches for toddlers to save money, and sent round leaflets to parents advising us on preparing packed lunches for around 90p per day.

They have no waiting list for places because there's so few jobs here worth doing once you've covered childcare.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

A new museum dedicated to the life of the explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Athy in Co Kildare today.

New museum on life of Ernest Shackleton opens in Kildare

A new museum dedicated to the life of the explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Athy in Co Kildare today.

www.rte.ie

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Anna Carey @urchinette.bsky.social · 2d

AI advocates fundamentally have no understanding of creativity and my God, it’s grim to behold. Even on the days when hitting my book’s wordcount target is like drawing blood from a stone, I don’t want a fucking machine to do it for me. And not just because the result would be soulless shit.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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SilentFilmTitle @silentfilmtitle.bsky.social · 2d

An Even Break (1917). #SilentFilm

Intertitle from 1917 film ’An Even Break’ which reads “If you let these automatics come in, half of you will be looking for jobs”

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British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 4d

LANCASHIRE COAST (1957)

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

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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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4d

Update: two book sales in eighteen days. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4d

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 4d

The Attention All Shipping show at Otley Courthouse on 28 November has sold out so quickly we’ve added a matinee. I know! Lots of people realising a longstanding ambition to see me in court, it seems. otleycourthouse.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 4d

So much of political discourse now, across the West, boils down to "Be realistic, our policies have to have SOME evil in them!"

And if you say "No they don't", you're a dangerous extremist.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 4d

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 5d

Really pleased to see my & @benjaminredding.bsky.social article on the much beloved BBC Shipping Forecast is getting some traction - we loved writing it! Read it @uk.theconversation.com here:
theconversation.com/why-the-bbcs...

Why the BBC’s Shipping Forecast still entrances people after 100 years

Designed to ensure safe sailing for those on the sea, a dedicated shipping forecast was first broadcast by the BBC in 1925.

theconversation.com

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 4d

Hitting the road with the absolute ship show again next week, kicking off with a return to the Cutty Sark next Friday. Not only a magnificant venue but the ONLY LONDON SHOW for the foreseeable. I'll accept no excuses for absence. So think on. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cut...

Charlie Connelly - Attention All Shipping

Charlie Connelly's hilarious one-man show brings the legendary shipping forecast vividly to life

www.rmg.co.uk

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Lisa!

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 5d

Ahh, thanks Nessa! Football for me is all about context and community and I certainly found that in Liechtenstein.

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 5d

Just realised that 24 years ago today I was in Bosnia watching the last Liechtenstein game of the 2002 World Cup qualifying group in Zenica for 'Stamping Grounds'. Nursed romantic hopes of a first point, at least a first goal. Ah well. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

2001 (October 7) Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-Liechtenstein 0 (World Cup Qualfiier)

YouTube video by sp1873

www.youtube.com

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 5d

I have two in this category that I have long argued are absolutely perfect pop songs:

Safety Net - Shop Assistants
Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds

Taylor Nichols, MD FACEP @tnicholsmd.com · 6d

What is a song that likely doesn't make anyone's top lists, but that you think is a perfect song, or absolutely beautiful, or that you could listen to on repeat?

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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 5d

He'll never get that kite to fly.

British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 5d

SEASPEED EXPRESS (1980)

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 5d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 5d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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