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Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 1h

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 58m

i have to stop myself thinking about this too much because the rage of it is so great. and then the general sense on top of that that books simply don't matter as much as films and music so they're worth throwing away!

Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 1h

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 19m

They're dry by the time I get there!

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 1h

I think they should move forwards the lessons about how to not wander out into the middle of busy roads to induction week so that we don't have to worry every year when the students arrive in Manchester. I think they're covering it in year two currently

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 2h

And no they're not queuing for the door. The door is where someone pops their head out and calls your name specifically, some 30 minutes after you queued and registered at the desk

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2h

Yikes. Just got a message from my child’s school: some children’s books by Andrew Cope (inc. Spy Dogs, Spy Cats, and Spy Pups series) have a printed URL at the back. This used to go to the author’s website, but now goes to an “adult content” site.

So, yeah… be careful with that URL 😳

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 2h

Very much the dead internet. All those comics marvel did with ugly great big AR symbols on top of gorgeous art, evey qr code on the back of every book. All now filled with the equivalent of digital landfill.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2h

Yikes. Just got a message from my child’s school: some children’s books by Andrew Cope (inc. Spy Dogs, Spy Cats, and Spy Pups series) have a printed URL at the back. This used to go to the author’s website, but now goes to an “adult content” site.

So, yeah… be careful with that URL 😳

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 2h

This has happened in the time I've been here. 15 minutes ago we were all sensibly queuing in the queue

The queue at the pharmacy desk at the Manchester Royal. The cordoned winding queue is completely abandoned and a free-range queue formed alongside it. It is harder to reach the desk from this. At any time, a rogue agent could simply enter the ribboned queue and effectively skip the queue, but due to the actions of these rogues THEY would be the AH in that situation, ARE COUNTRY'S GONE MAD

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 5h

Enjoying that this photo includes a row of tulips

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, but even THAT was 15 years ago! Middle graders didn't even see that! (Which is a relief, I seem to remember it was even worse than the original)

Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah don't worry, I was just jokin' and japin' :)

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 4h

Mm, that does make it tricky though. I guess we wait for that paperback

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 4h

The new weighing machines at the hospital have a loud artificial voice that says "LOOK STRAIGHT" which is fine for me but just be aware xx

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Colin Bell @colinbell.bsky.social · 5h

Big shout out to all the people at Thought Bubble who come to interact with me during my “small talk work in progress” hours of Friday night and Saturday until about 3pm, for the benefit of people after that time who will get the fully polished chat and anecdotes until I go home at 5pm 🫡

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 5h

The intriguing aspect of Rocky Horror is that everyone under 45 watched it with no knowledge of 70s B-movies.

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Kevin VanOrd 🏳️‍🌈 🐻 @fiddlecub.bsky.social · 5h

I am by no means a big Kurzgesagt fan, but I'm grateful for their newest. They have a big audience; it matters.

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

www.youtube.com

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

Oh wait just remembered two more

Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

100% yes, but it's a doctor's appointment later this afternoon so I can't do anything about it haha

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

I've started to realise that the kind of person who I cannot comprehend in the slightest what they're on about, how they think and what they could possibly be getting out of life, are the sort of people who don't like or comprehend art

(they call those people neurotypical but I DONT KNOW)

Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 5h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes you might "oh dear" some directly into the mouth afterwards mind, since you're being clumsy already

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 5h

"Please, my tulips, they're very sick"

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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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

Oh blimey!

Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

(I dunno if that's one of those big idiot things to say, but I am one so it's fine, if anything it's disrespectful to point it out if so)

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

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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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 5h

I just found out Retro Gamer is now older than the games it was about were when it started, aarghh

Amazing that it's still going though. I remember dad telling me he'd seen it in the shops and that it had a brilliant little tag on it that said "Old!"

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