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Dr Malice

@atarbuck.bsky.social

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Poet & academic. Author of ‘A Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. 🏳️‍🌈 she/they. Crepuscular/ Chaucerian/ enamoured of rot.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

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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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 13h

* if you are a millennial who likes nick clegg i sincerely don’t want to know.

Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 13h

I really hope that Nick Clegg understand why all millennials loathe him.

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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

I am so delighted to know you on here, you are so kind and fascinating, and your brain makes great shapes. I hope softness and rest and whatever you need make their way to you abundantly.

Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

LOVE a crunchie, a supreme experience - I've never made honeycomb, but I might try soon, it seems like the time of year for it.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

O no I had forgotten I had chocolate chips

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

baskets are for eels it is trueee, what could be handsomer than a thrashing of elvers! however, likely a badger, stout and irascible.

a group of lions are walking down a dirt road looking at a small animal .

ALT: a group of lions are walking down a dirt road looking at a small animal .

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

the worst and hardest thing! no script! so easy to let lie!

Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

listen we cannot all be a 5000 year old broch

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d

I am enjoying the new book published by the National Trust looking at 100 of their UK textile treasures. It includes the famous beetle wing dress designed by Alice Comyns-Carr and worn by Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth in the 1880s and immortalised by John Singer Sargent on canvas #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin posed in a long green medieval style dress with long hanging sleeves and a gold belt

A portrait by Sargent of Ellen Terry wearing the green dress posed holding a crown above her head

The book cover of 100 Things to Wear by the National Trust

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

A man has his phone on speakerphone on this train, and a woman is loudly yelling down it 'I CAN USE A DRYER, DAVID, I JUST CANNA USE A WASHING MACHINE', a sentence which raises so many questions.

David isn't giving any answers.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 1d

This is the official return of a native species lost for over a century.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

ahhhh! can’t wait.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

so powerful so possible

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

the politics of the crab, the turtle and the armadillo

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 1d

I always think people thinking it would be possible makes things more possible for me, great when improving life, less great when people say 'i bet you could fit in this basket which is certainly not a trap'

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 1d

We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 2d

THAT WEE FACE

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THANK GOD FOR YOU MINX, with your exquisite taste

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Stevie Lane @stevielane.bsky.social · 4d

FOI data on #trans healthcare in the UK:

➡️ 48,000+ people are waiting for a first NHS gender clinic appt (a 12.5% rise since 2024)
➡️ The Avg wait time is 25 years. Some face decades longer
➡️ For every person seen, 4 are added to the list

Cruelty by design.

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 2d

We are looking to buy new coasters. There is an overwhelming choice and many of them are horrible. Do you like your coasters? Tell me of them.

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 2d

stay*