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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

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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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 2d

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 2d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10d

Quick reminder that fascism is almost always obsessed with the aesthetics of the male body—sculpted, uniformed, disciplined.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 10d

I hope women read the writing on the teleprompter here and get out. I hope everyone who isn't a fascist does. He is going to legitimise sexual assault as a locker room 'boys will be boys' thing. And there will be horrible misogynists, racists and fascists taking him up on that blank cheque.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 10d

It really does not get more explicit than Trump telling top active-duty military generals that they will need to participate in occupations of large cities run by his political opponents as part of his "war from within"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Rosie Walters @drrosiew.bsky.social · 10d

The new timetabling software. He's due to appear next Wednesday but there's a clash with a year 1 study skills session

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 10d

TEN YEARS for settled status. Labour really do seem to have gone collectively insane. Just don’t play Farage’s game. Refuse. Try thinking about what you’re actually saying. And stop.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10d

Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"

Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"

Labour have gone utterly bonkers

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16d

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20d

The indigenous Mollo women of West Timor use their looms to both spiritually and literally block mining companies in environmental protests to protect their natural surroundings. During protests, hundreds of women reportedly occupied mining sites for months on end #WomensArt

Photo of a standing woman wearing colourful dress facing forwards on a muddy track in a rural landscape with her hand resting on a small loom

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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

We! Are! Hiring!

The Department of Africana Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black
Women’s Studies/Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin 7/1/26

More info here: apply.interfolio.com/171572

#blackademia #academia #PhDSky

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 20d

perfect timing to have encountered this rebecca solnit quote this morning

For those of us whose lives are already easy, giving up means making those lives even easier, at least in terms of effort. For the directly impacted, giving up means surrendering to devastation. Giving up on their behalf is not solidarity. And I doubt that anyone in desperate straits has ever taken comfort in the idea that somewhere far safer, people are bitter and despondent on their behalf or have decided they are doomed.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 25d

Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham

Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Sep 10

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · Sep 2

How Gender Equity Schemes Might Inadvertently “Gender-Wash” Universities, Provoke Backlash, and Propagate Inequality

Gail Crimmins, Sarah Casey, Kate Carruthers Thomas, Maria Tsouroufli

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

How Gender Equity Schemes Might Inadvertently “Gender‐Wash” Universities, Provoke Backlash, and Propagate Inequality

This paper explores the work experience and career trajectories of people working across 12 UK-based universities awarded an Athena Swan Charter, an international scheme that recognizes commitment to...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Sep 2

Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.

Google AI search result for “was 2010 fifteen years ago?” returning: “No, 2010 was 14 years ago, not 15 years ago. The current year is 2025, and to find the number of years ago 2010 was, you subtract 2010 from 2025, which equals 14.
Current Year: 2025
Past Year: 2010
Years Ago: 2025 - 2010 = 14 years”

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · Sep 2

The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars - the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars - has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...

genocidescholars.org

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · Sep 2

Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09...

LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, you the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert.

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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · Aug 28

I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Aug 13

NEW West African ancestry in #medieval England? 🏺 #Archaeology
DNA analysis of two unrelated individuals from two seventh-century-AD cemeteries uncovers the first evidence for genetic connections between Britain and Africa during the Early Middle Ages.

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📷 Lilian Ladle

Several archaeologists wearing high-vis vests excavating graves. In the background an excavator stands amongst piles of earth. Excavation at the post-Roman cemetery at Worth Matravers cemetery (credit: Lilian Ladle).

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 13

US painter Samantha French, Breathing at the surface, 2010 #WomensArt
Stay cool people! 💦 #Heatwave

Painting looking up at the head and shoulders of a white woman under the surface of cool turquoise water with eyes closed and bubles coming from her nose as she resurfaces

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