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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

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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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 14d

The Brits have such a way with words. You know. Those things with letter that help you define and say stuff about things.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · Aug 30

I'M SORRY I HAD TO GO - A GIRL ON THE CORRIDOR CAME OUT TO ASK ME TO STOP, I TOLD HER TO GO DOWNSTAIRS BUT SHE SAID THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE TOO - WHICH SHE COULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE SHE'D BEEN UPSTAIRS ALL THE TIME SINCE I REVERSED THE CHARGES; BUT SHE KEPT BANGING ON THE GLASS AT ME

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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · Aug 19

landing in Edinburgh necessitates an immediate midnight piemaker trip that's how you know you've arrived, that you are real, alive

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · Aug 13

Famously, between the first and the second act of Waiting for Godot, the only difference in the stage set is that a previously bare tree ‘has four or five leaves’. So what’s the main note to self I found in this copy which seems to have belonged to a stage manager called Nigel...?

Faber paperback edition of Waiting for Godot with STAGE MANAGER'S COPY / NIGEL written on the cover in pencil

End of Act 1 of Waiting for Godot: beneath 'CURTAIN' someone has written the capitalised words, in pencil, 'INTERMISSION / DO LEAVES'

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Aug 1

Israeli forces have raided and demolished the Palestinian seed bank in occupied Hebron, West Bank. They used heavy machinery to destroy the seeds and the equipments required to store them.

Israel’s war is against Life itself.

More here www.instagram.com/p/DMyWONPujY6

agrowingculture
BREAKING:
ISRAEL DESTROYS
PALESTINIAN
SEED BANK UNIT
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY

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Middle Child @middlechildhull.bsky.social · Jul 29

New! ⚡ Applications are now open for seven paid commissions at Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2026, for any writer with a meaningful connection to Hull: freshinkhull.co.uk/apply

Apply Now. Fresh Ink Hull Playwriting Festival 2026.

70-min: For experienced playwrights, who have had at least one 30-minute show professionally produced. Two commissions available. Fee: £5,155

30-min: For writers who have not yet had a play of over 30-minutes professionally produced. Two commissions available. Fee: £2,578

Monologue: For writers who have not yet had a play of over 30-minutes professionally produced. Three commissions available. Fee: £750

Who can apply?

Any writer over the age of 18 with a meaningful connection to the city of Hull, who can demonstrate why their script makes sense appearing in a festival that develops grassroots work in the city.

Deadline

Friday 12 September 2025

Find out more

freshinkhull.co.uk/apply

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · Jul 29

The 147 other nations that already recognise Palestinian statehood do so because it is the right thing to do, not as a threat or a bargaining chip. God, what a grubby, venal, craven embarrassment of a country this makes us look.

www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...

UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions - live updates

Starmer says the UK will take the step at a UN meeting unless Israel makes

www.bbc.com

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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · Jul 28

Okay but I scrolled past this then immediately back up in outrage because... I thought you where lambasting biscuit dunking x

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Miguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Not Anyone You Know @slowcrush.bsky.social · Jul 27

A reminder that it was only 18 days ago that Lisa Nandy met with the Israeli ambassador to talk about Glastonbury.

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · Jul 21

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, per a report from Human Rights Watch

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges

Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

www.theguardian.com

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · Jul 20

The U.K. is a police state

Temporary road signs set up by the Met saying at yesterday’s march

THREATENING OR ABUSIVE
CHANTS
MAY LEAD TO ARREST

IT’S AN OFFENCE
TO SUPPORT A
PROSCRIBED ORGANISATION

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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · Jul 16

cats out the bag I'm getting publicly bullied on a national scale xxx

Zoo Co @wearezooco.bsky.social · Jul 15

The news is out. Perfect Show for Rachel is going on tour! Rachel will be taking the nation by storm in 2025/26.

The first few venues are on sale & we’ll keep you updated as the rest go live - check out the tour schedule below & find tickets via our bio.

We can’t wait to get this show on the road.

Rachel, 35 year old woman with long dark hair in plats, wears crown and sits on an ornate throne, smiling and pointing up. Text: Perfect Show for Rachel, "Why can't more theatre be like this?". Star reviews at top.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our staff is on the ground supporting families. Many workers-including US citizens, were held by federal authorities at the farm for 8 hours or more. US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones. 4/

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jul 11

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.

UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.

Our full statement below. ⬇️
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a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants

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Tristan Willis @tristanbwillis.bsky.social · Jul 12

any playwrights/writers have anti-generative AI riders ready that they'd be willing to share? just want to be prepared and make sure I don't miss something that I'd want included.

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LondonDiscuss @londondiscuss.bsky.social · Jul 8

I would marry potatoes.

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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · Jul 7

thought this was a joke turns out is not a joke is completely true everything is hellish fucking hell free palestine again and again and again

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 7

Benjamin Netanyahu nominates Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize:

"Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful," Trump says

A picture of Benjamin Netanyahu handing Trump a letter nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 5

Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.

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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Jul 1

Worth putting it on the record here, though you probably already know it: “Alligator Alcatraz” is a concentration camp.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hmm, let’s see… mass detention of civilians without trial or traditional legal protections on the basis of identity (race, religion, ethnicity, political affiliation) rather than any criminal act, often for an indefinite period and done principally to expand political power. Check.

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Flo O'Mahony @floomahony.bsky.social · Jul 1

I love you v much and these lyrics are haunting and beaut x

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Jun 25

Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks

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