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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h

Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.

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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 14h

"Cultural vandalism."

Nick McGowan-Lowe, NUJ Scotland national organiser, has slammed STV cuts that would result in 60 redundancies, and leave a licence area of 1.3 million people without local news.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

STV accused of financial mismanagement over plan to cut news show

The broadcaster is planning to axe its Aberdeen news programme as part of proposals to save £2.5m.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

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Sam Altman Says Copyright Holders Are Begging for Their Characters to Be Included in Sora

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has remained adamant that rightsholders are already lining up to have their IP featured on Sora 2.

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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 17h

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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 17h

Is it even legal to export Lutefisk from Norway to the US?

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 18h

The thing about AI is that although it looks like a bubble and is obviously a bubble and anyone who thinks about it for a moment knows it’s a bubble, unlike all other bubbles in the past I’m sure it will just be fine. I’m investing in tulips.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 1d

The story of a dream

www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/202...

The story of a dream
The dream of a metro, however, started decades earlier. On a visit to London in 1959, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, Ruler of Dubai at the time, was captured at the controls of a London Underground train...

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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 1d

“The Conservative Party should properly communicate and clarify the specific reasons for not granting these journalists access to its conference. Once again, the NUJ calls on all political parties to uphold media freedom and democratic accountability.”

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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 1d

Freelance Oct25: Can you get $7000 per propaganda post? Should you?

www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2510astro...

Can you get $7000 per propaganda post? Should you? | The Freelance

We test Betteridge's law of headlines...

www.londonfreelance.org

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever Godot's not on stage, all the other characters should be singing, "Where's Godot?"

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

Universities offered to monitor student social media for arms firms, emails show libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/uni...

UK universities offered to monitor student social media for arms firms, emails show - Liberty Investigates

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

If you haven't been paying attention to the Palestine Action protest arrests in the UK, you may not realize how truly absurd things have become.

Here's a good example: You can be arrested for holding up a magazine because its cover shows the sign, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."

Pro-Palestine protester arrested for holding up magazine at train station

A man has been arrested for holding up a magazine cover amid pro-Palestine protests in London.

www.thenational.scot

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Being emo is officially probable cause now

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NUJ London Freelance Branch 🗞️ @nujlfb.bsky.social · 2d

Freelance Oct25: Can you get $7000 per propaganda post? Should you?

www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2510astro...

Can you get $7000 per propaganda post? Should you? | The Freelance

We test Betteridge's law of headlines...

www.londonfreelance.org

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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 2d

At risk of promoting that correction:

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 2d

Another for the "this is fine" files news.sky.com/story/bank-o...

Bank of England warns of 'sharp correction' for markets if AI bubble bursts

In its latest update on the state of the financial system, the Bank adds its voice to concerns about US issues that will have knock-on effects for us, if realised.

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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 2d

The least-read paragraph of this, at least among flight fans:

“To pre-empt the critics: this solution does not mean the aviation industry can ignore the CO2 impacts of flying. Tackling contrails would not absolve them of responsibility for finding low-carbon alternatives to jet fuel.”

Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 2d

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/eliminatin...

Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap

Could we halve aviation's climate impact at a fraction of the cost of sustainable aviation fuels?

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jun 14

The cops gave up and shut down about 10 blocks of Colorado and 4 blocks of lake.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

I keep waiting for the powers that be in media to grasp the concept of bad faith, realize how often "restore trust in news" and similar statements mean "stop doing journalism, lie more in ways I like," come from people ideologically committed to destroying trust in news, and can never be satisfied.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

I too am keen to "restore trust in news" by turning a major broadcast network into a 24/7 slurry of right wing culture war propaganda and engagement trolling

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

Bill Jenrick (father) LinkedIn:

"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."

Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 3d

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 3d

KYIV POST: French Prosecutor Launches War Crime Probe After Journalist Killed by Suspected Russian Drone www.kyivpost.com/post/61566 @kyivpost.com #photojournalism #journalism

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NUJ London Freelance Branch 🗞️ @nujlfb.bsky.social · 3d

Freelance Oct25: Who killed Martin O'Hagan? - murdered 28 September 2001. www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2510moh.h...

Who killed Martin O'Hagan? - murdered 28 September 2001 | The Freelance

NUJ calls again for an independent inquiry

www.londonfreelance.org

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