Cristina Rusu
@copykat.bsky.social
Artist and art lover, UK copyright person for Loughborough University, and all round cat person. Also, certified Librarian. Views are my own.
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Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
Move is part of a long-awaited Labour strategy including outlawing hen cages and ending puppy farming
Boiling lobsters alive will be banned under proposals to improve animal welfare in England.
Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
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The UK Government has released a statement regarding the consultation around AI and copyright. Highlights so far is that 88% expressed support for option 1 - require licences in all cases.
Read more about it here:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#Copyright #AI #UKGovernment
Read more about it here:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#Copyright #AI #UKGovernment
Copyright and artificial intelligence statement of progress under Section 137 Data (Use and Access) Act
www.gov.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The UK Government has released a statement regarding the consultation around AI and copyright. Highlights so far is that 88% expressed support for option 1 - require licences in all cases.
Read more about it here:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#Copyright #AI #UKGovernment
Read more about it here:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#Copyright #AI #UKGovernment
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Our last Copyright Reads for this year is out now. Why not have a look: blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Copyright #AcademicSky #LastOnefor2025
#Copyright #AcademicSky #LastOnefor2025
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our last Copyright Reads for this year is out now. Why not have a look: blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Copyright #AcademicSky #LastOnefor2025
#Copyright #AcademicSky #LastOnefor2025
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🎄✨ Ever wondered how Intellectual Property keeps the magic of Christmas alive? From iconic characters to festive branding, IP law plays a bigger role than you think!
Check out our latest blog:
👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Copyright #IntellectualProperty #ChristmasMagic #HigherEd
Check out our latest blog:
👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Copyright #IntellectualProperty #ChristmasMagic #HigherEd
December 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎄✨ Ever wondered how Intellectual Property keeps the magic of Christmas alive? From iconic characters to festive branding, IP law plays a bigger role than you think!
Check out our latest blog:
👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Copyright #IntellectualProperty #ChristmasMagic #HigherEd
Check out our latest blog:
👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Copyright #IntellectualProperty #ChristmasMagic #HigherEd
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The new EUIPO copyright in Europe interactive map. Check it out: www.euipo.europa.eu/en/copyright...
#Europe #Copyright #InteractiveMap
#Europe #Copyright #InteractiveMap
EUIPO Copyright Knowledge Centre
EUIPO Copyright Knowledge Centre
www.euipo.europa.eu
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The new EUIPO copyright in Europe interactive map. Check it out: www.euipo.europa.eu/en/copyright...
#Europe #Copyright #InteractiveMap
#Europe #Copyright #InteractiveMap
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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"Do not pollute the common well."
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Do not pollute the common well."
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
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The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture? | Paula Erizanu
The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture? | Paula Erizanu
The commission wants Moldova to join the union – so it should drop its dry bureaucratic culture and instead meet people where they are, says Moldovan journalist Paula Erizanu
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture? | Paula Erizanu
Let's highlight this!! Why is this not breaking news??!!
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Let's highlight this!! Why is this not breaking news??!!
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It's day 3 of our Advent Calendar of Research Support ✨
What's behind today's door? Follow this link and find out buff.ly/bRwm4Fc
You can also see an accessible version of the content on our blog buff.ly/HYVp2IM
(Image AI-generated using prompts from Christine Daoutis)
What's behind today's door? Follow this link and find out buff.ly/bRwm4Fc
You can also see an accessible version of the content on our blog buff.ly/HYVp2IM
(Image AI-generated using prompts from Christine Daoutis)
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It's day 3 of our Advent Calendar of Research Support ✨
What's behind today's door? Follow this link and find out buff.ly/bRwm4Fc
You can also see an accessible version of the content on our blog buff.ly/HYVp2IM
(Image AI-generated using prompts from Christine Daoutis)
What's behind today's door? Follow this link and find out buff.ly/bRwm4Fc
You can also see an accessible version of the content on our blog buff.ly/HYVp2IM
(Image AI-generated using prompts from Christine Daoutis)
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🎮 New on the blog: Ready Player One – Copyright and Gaming Explained
We dive into the legal side of gaming and why it matters for creators and players.
Read more 👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Gaming #Copyright #GameDev
We dive into the legal side of gaming and why it matters for creators and players.
Read more 👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Gaming #Copyright #GameDev
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🎮 New on the blog: Ready Player One – Copyright and Gaming Explained
We dive into the legal side of gaming and why it matters for creators and players.
Read more 👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Gaming #Copyright #GameDev
We dive into the legal side of gaming and why it matters for creators and players.
Read more 👉 blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2025/12/...
#Gaming #Copyright #GameDev
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Announcing our free events for winter 2026! Screening January through March: Chinese-language films rescued by the Archive from the shuttered Sing Lee Theatre in L.A.’s Chinatown, anti-fascist Hollywood classics preserved by the Archive, Rod Serling and Gene Hackman TV + more: cinema.ucla.edu/events
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Announcing our free events for winter 2026! Screening January through March: Chinese-language films rescued by the Archive from the shuttered Sing Lee Theatre in L.A.’s Chinatown, anti-fascist Hollywood classics preserved by the Archive, Rod Serling and Gene Hackman TV + more: cinema.ucla.edu/events
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‘It’s like striding across the top of the world’: the Pennines’ new Roof of England walk
‘It’s like striding across the top of the world’: the Pennines’ new Roof of England walk
The route showcases the North Pennines’ unsung landscapes. We road test a 50-mile section that takes in golden forests, high moors and pretty villages
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
‘It’s like striding across the top of the world’: the Pennines’ new Roof of England walk
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
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Fascinating research on how the fossil fuel industry orchestrates public narratives to maintain its own status in society and delay our transition to a safer energy system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Fascinating research on how the fossil fuel industry orchestrates public narratives to maintain its own status in society and delay our transition to a safer energy system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Great to learn about #UK - #Ukraine Twinning Initiative, supporting research collaborations between Ukrainian + international higher education institutions. #HorizonEurope
Particularly fitting that universities in #Edinburgh are involved, having #Kyiv as a twin city. 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
www.twinningukraine.com
Particularly fitting that universities in #Edinburgh are involved, having #Kyiv as a twin city. 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
www.twinningukraine.com
Twinning
www.twinningukraine.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Great to learn about #UK - #Ukraine Twinning Initiative, supporting research collaborations between Ukrainian + international higher education institutions. #HorizonEurope
Particularly fitting that universities in #Edinburgh are involved, having #Kyiv as a twin city. 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
www.twinningukraine.com
Particularly fitting that universities in #Edinburgh are involved, having #Kyiv as a twin city. 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
www.twinningukraine.com
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😢 Why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?
✈️ Airplanes: subsidies & MASSIVE tax breaks.
🚄 Trains: tax on energy, VAT on international travel & high track access costs.
💚 Low emissions & low cost should be the priority.
✈️ Airplanes: subsidies & MASSIVE tax breaks.
🚄 Trains: tax on energy, VAT on international travel & high track access costs.
💚 Low emissions & low cost should be the priority.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
😢 Why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?
✈️ Airplanes: subsidies & MASSIVE tax breaks.
🚄 Trains: tax on energy, VAT on international travel & high track access costs.
💚 Low emissions & low cost should be the priority.
✈️ Airplanes: subsidies & MASSIVE tax breaks.
🚄 Trains: tax on energy, VAT on international travel & high track access costs.
💚 Low emissions & low cost should be the priority.
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Parents, carers, and people with disabilities stand to benefit most from more flexible work options, according to a new UK parliament report, as unemployment is rising in the UK.
Remote and hybrid work can boost employment, says UK parliament report
Parents, carers, and people with disabilities stand to benefit most from more flexible work options, according to a new UK parliament report, as unemployment is rising in the UK.
l.euronews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Parents, carers, and people with disabilities stand to benefit most from more flexible work options, according to a new UK parliament report, as unemployment is rising in the UK.
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
We must do everything in our power to keep the spotlight on Farage's links to Russia and work for Putin. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
We must do everything in our power to keep the spotlight on Farage's links to Russia and work for Putin. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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"She suddenly remembered she’d left her phone in the car.We stepped outside to get it -we’d only walked two or three meters from the gate when suddenly... There was no sound, no whistle,nothing.Just a flash,a boom - and then we were already on the ground: she was in front of me, and I was behind her
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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The Library has acquired perpetual access to the First World Portal, a superb primary source archive of digitised World War One materials. This resource highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict. hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Library has acquired perpetual access to the First World Portal, a superb primary source archive of digitised World War One materials. This resource highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict. hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Poland and Romania scrambled jets overnight in response to Russian strikes in western Ukraine, close to the borders of both NATO countries.
Poland, Romania deploy jets to protect their airspace as Russia pounds western Ukraine
The two NATO countries rushed to secure their territory amid the Kremlin’s latest assault on Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Poland and Romania scrambled jets overnight in response to Russian strikes in western Ukraine, close to the borders of both NATO countries.