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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3h

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10h

This is a good game.

I have an English degree and boosted a major publishing house’s share price, and saved a high street retail chain from closure.

If a Mickey Mouse degree lets you create actual Mickey fucking Mouse, it’s probably easily as good “for the economy” as business studies.

Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 10h

*deep sigh* Again, I have an English degree and have contributed rather extensively to the British economy, including writing a show that pumped £10 million into Wales. But the stupidity is the point here, of course.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 12h

My top tip if you want to be a Hollywood actor and enjoy success no matter what: make sure you get signed up by Jared Leto's agent.

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 1d

Homer pitching a movie:

Apple News narrated headline: the horse who got deported

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 1d

How'd he not notice that?

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 1d

It was this, right?

The Hitler mural in the latest episode of PEACEMAKER

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 1d

no

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ollie masters @olliemastersbskys.bsky.social · 1d

I can't quite get my head round this...

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 2d

every headline after 2022 that mentions the Queen should be legally have to have "(no not that one)" after it

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 2d

Or is it (it isn't... maybe)

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 2d

It's staggering how quickly a 2013 Hollywood speculative sci-fi romance movie became a documentary. I guess props to Spike Jonze for nailing it

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends

AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes

www.theguardian.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d

A reminder: just because a website assures you that your ID is immediately deleted after verification doesn’t mean it’s *actually* deleted.

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 3d

hey boss no I didn’t see your email while i was at home because my laptop doesn’t work out of office hours and won’t start to do so until you offer it a competitive salary

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

Hire him you cowards

Naked, smelly and bleeding, all I wanted from the world was some hot water. But the shower had other ideas
Adrian Chiles

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3d

Badenoch sat in a siding going nowhere, you say? Nope, nothing springs to mind

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3d

That's great! But it would be better if he posted it on social media (as most of the other people quoted in the piece have) so it can be shared directly

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3d

The Lib Dems are the third largest party in Parliament, but they seem happy to cede territory to hypnotits and his band of populist chancers on an issue (civil liberties) that once upon a time they were practically synonymous with

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3d

Social media isn't real life and posting through it isn't a strategy, but what exactly is the Lib Dem social media strategy? Where's the punchy statement that gets into the press write-ups? Still crickets from the main accounts on an issue (civil liberties) they have a consistent stance on.

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3d

Loads of RTs & likes on a subject that's classic Lib Dem territory, but on which @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @libdems.org.uk and even @maxwilkinson.bsky.social are silent. I'm irked at the minimal coverage the LDs get, but if they're not even commenting on a topic like this, no wonder they're ignored!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 3d

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · Aug 31

thanks, Ed Davey's crying now. happy?

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 3d

Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 3d

Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 3d

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4d

I was told by the developers it would be 12 years till completion in (I think) 2018 and that was before the pandemic slowed everything down, so yeah, 2035 seems about right (not that it is right, ofc)

Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4d

Tell me you've just got around to reading the latest Private Eye without telling me etc etc

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage

Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch

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