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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

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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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 2d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 3d

The conflation between pro-Palestine/anti-genocide protests and the attack on the Manchester synagogue is disgusting, dangerous, and deeply cynical.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6d

In memoriam...

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 8d

Remembering Cissy Houston on her birthday. I love this version of JJ Cale's Cajun Moon that she recorded with Herbie Mann
youtu.be/t8Cm1HzqatQ

Cajun Moon (feat. Cissy Houston)

YouTube video by Herbie Mann - Topic

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 12d

This only happens to you once

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Michael Doherty @dohertylawteach.bsky.social · 14d

Not exactly a disinterested commentator - but given the range of potential outcomes to the decision making process and the lack of explicit criteria, isn’t this a grey area that does exist?

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 22d

Damn, he's good, and right.

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Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social · 22d

Michael D’s finest moment: the President of Ireland calls for Israel to be excluded from the UN.

Why can’t other leaders speak the truth about Gaza like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsZ...

President Higgins suggests Israel should be excluded from the UN

YouTube video by RTÉ News

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 23d

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 23d

'Maybe it's time we stopped putting dodgy men in these jobs of huge power and privilege in the first place.'

The Peter Mandelson row is 'an insult to everyone else who could have done his job brilliantly', @maitlis.bsky.social tells @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24d

That is literally the opening of Les Miserables.

George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 24d

i Sport: Prisoners will help to build warships under new plan to boost UK defences #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 24d

wow

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25d

For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

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Michael Doherty @dohertylawteach.bsky.social · 25d

I’ve been here for the last few golden days and Helsinki has been looking gorgeous.
Now flying back to a just-as-rainy Manchester.

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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 25d

Hi!

I was homeless.

That's me he wants to kill.

If you don't know me, hi, I am pretty nice, I think. I'm a privacy lawyer. I drive a cute yellow Bronco. I do art. I have two really fluffy Maine coon cats. I volunteer at food banks when I can.

This guy would have killed me for being homeless.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Amy Shefrin @amyshefrin.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Timeline cleanse

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Sep 1

The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.

There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says

Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and says they are justified as self defense. It is fighting a case at the International Court of Justice.

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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