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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 4h

The contradiction resolving itself into the fact that both capital and the state largely view artistic LABOR as worthless

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

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

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 4h

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 11h

I've been thinking about this a lot lately and not that I have any great insight here but it does boil my blood that so many people in power today have just drained the intrinsic value of any kind of human joy, connection, creativity, cognition, you name it. I mean, what's it all for then?

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 1d

10/10 treat

Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 1d

Does adding one of those actually alter the flavor of the marinara or bolognese, or just kind of deepen it? Like it is different or just more umami-ish?

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 1d

The yearning some people have for the version of American government they learned in 8th grade is so powerful, and so at odds with reality

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

Just this morning people told me that it’s not the job of the democrats to set a narrative, meanwhile congressional republicans continue to do just that

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

Hawley also raging about the FBI having "tapped my phone," but that's not what happened here.

The FBI reportedly analyzed data relating to dates and times of some of Hawley's calls during the week of Jan. 6. No wire tapping or looking at content of communications. www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-me...

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Shell @risu.bsky.social · 1d

Because they know the future is ai tutors and LSA they push through the apprentice route and use up in five years.
I don’t think the future is Ai tutors but I do know that is the goal. And everyone using teach mate Ai or whatever nonsense you think is helping you - you are advancing that cause.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

The government has swung the axe on teacher training incentives – including cutting funding for shortage subjects such as maths and foreign languages

schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-swings-a...

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 1d

This looks so awesome

Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Queer Ecologies: Nature, Gender, and Ecocide (In-Person) | Fall Courses | BISR NYC | buff.ly/QwkqD19

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

An enterprising journalist that could prove that his aides and advisors are showing Trump fake shit that led to him signing EOs and making policy decisions would be a huge deal. Maybe the biggest story in the history of the Presidency? Bigger than Nixon. Too bad the newspapers quit being newspapers

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

In the 1870s, Armand Guillaumin developed an interest in viaducts and bridges as an employee of the Paris-Orléans railway. This landscape was painted in the upper valley of the Marne in northeastern France, only a few miles from central Paris.

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 1d

Some graffiti artists are so talented

A small green utility box has the word TECHNO written on it sloppily in thick white marker

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI's Sora gambit is somehow even more reckless and arrogant than we've grown accustomed to with the company. OpenAI is betting that it can spit in the face of creatives, workers, and the largest media companies on the planet—and bend copyright law to its whims.

The incredible arrogance of OpenAI

With Sora 2, OpenAI is betting it can spit in the face of workers, creators, and the biggest media conglomerates on the planet — and win

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of the bigger bands on here were clearly reactionary all along

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 2d

Only go get started, not enough to build a career :(

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 2d

I turn 46 next month, shit

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · 2d

I just want to get out ahead of any news about Jordan Petersen by making my views clear: fuck that guy

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 3d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Alex P. 👹 @saddestrobots.bsky.social · 3d

one thing the liberal political class never learn is that basic-bitch voters don't perceive your sophisticated triangulation as giving the people what they want, they perceive it as you admitting the other guys were right all along — not just policy-wise but emotionally

Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

One thing I’d be nice if Schatz and others acknowledged is that even judging their hard right turn on immigration in Spring 2024 on its own terms it failed miserably. In July when Harris took over Trump led on “immigration” by 9pts, by election day he led 13pts. At best it, electorally, did nothing

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3d

I don't really polisci post much anymore because it's like "Hi, political scientist here. I'm a big brain expert who ran 5 trillion lines of code in R and read 900 books and I'm here to tell you it's bad when masked stormtroopers kidnap your baby. Don't forget to like and follow."

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