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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · 2d

His text to me, on making it to Goole train station with 6 minutes to spare, was 'made it. mother of god'.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3d

Many thanks to everyone who's shared and followed this (unexpectedly lengthy) walk-in-progress over the past few days. It's much appreciated. The full thread (128 posts) is below.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 8d

A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.

An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · 7d

This boi

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 8d

A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.

An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

Shipping containers on the waterside at Stourton, two miles south-east of Leeds city centre.

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · 7d

Yay!

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · 7d

💚 heart co-editing intergraphia with @rachelartsmith.bsky.social. We'll be at Conway Hall in the heart of Bloomsbury for this year's amazing @smallpublishers.bsky.social on the 24 & 25 October. Come say hello!

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · 14d

Hello! This November I've an exhibition using palimpsests of sc-fi to make large scale wall drawings that visitors decipher using hand held coloured lights. I'll be transcribing from Ursula including The Lathe of Heaven and The Word for World is Forest: the-arthouse.org.uk/news/autumn-...

Autumn/Winter 2025 Programme Announcement - Welcome to The Art House

Discover The Art House’s Autumn/Winter 2025 season: powerful exhibitions, new commissions, family events & festive markets in Wakefield.

the-arthouse.org.uk

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Sep 7

@longbarrowpress.bsky.social was similarly sadly disappointed.

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Sep 6

F**k yes. I want my money!

Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Sep 6

File here

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

If you do find your name, go here to file to get your money!

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm in there. Hey #META, where's my money?

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · Sep 1

When university administrators announce that they are excited about something, you know it's going to be super bad

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Sep 1

I can go with that.

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · Sep 1

at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’ve seen a lot of cishet allies who are also confused by all the prominent Dem voices suddenly acting like having trans rights means we can’t also have vaccines and schools and national parks, and that’s because some of the “why” is happening at a pitch only queer and trans people can hear

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Sep 1

Coloured salad.

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Aug 31

This I must have!

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · Aug 25

Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Aug 21

#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650...

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Aug 17

are these the Israelis the ADL wants me to support or…

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 17

Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)

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Julia Webb @julwe1.bsky.social · Aug 10

Poem of the day: Mist by the marvellous Alice Oswald who was arrested yesterday in the Palestine protests. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

How to be hopeful: Alice Oswald’s poem Mist

The poet on the startling wonders of the natural world

www.theguardian.com

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Aug 5

I use Duckduckgo already, and this is a fab addition.

Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Aug 2

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online.
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery.
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Aug 4

Yes yes yes all of this. #AI #education

Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @honeypisquared.bsky.social · Aug 4

I have a new article out in the Chartered College of Teaching journal Impact, called ‘Embedding AI in education: A critique’. Here I make five main points, which I will helpfully plop in this thread for those without access or time to read it.

An image of the front page of the article with a weird distorted phot of some flowers.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Jul 29

Done. Good luck, Anas

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Jul 28

An overnight walk from Kirk Sandall to Goole, via the River Don Navigation, the New Junction Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Dutch River, 6.30pm Friday 25 July to 5.30am Saturday 26 July.

An improvised, illustrated thread of uncertain length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

A screenshot of a map showing the route of an overnight walk from Kirk Sandall to Goole, via the River Don Navigation, the New Junction Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Dutch River.

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Emma Bolland @emmabolland.bsky.social · Jul 27

Weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder...

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Jul 27

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 24

“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Jul 26

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

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