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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

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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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 2h

Looking forward to it 🍻

John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 3h

The academic “seminar” - just shy of an hour - is ancient comms tradition bound by busy schedules and isn’t half as good as having a few pints with that same colleague and a pad of paper

Anyway my talk is at 4 and I have too much to say.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13h

The comic is FULL of excellent lines and visuals, but this one is exceptional

A screenshot of the Oatmeal comic, featuring a colorful meal on a plate with emojis around it, the text reads: "Someone once told me that art is like emotional nutriton. That made sense to me. Art feeds my feelings (accompanied by a smiley face and sad face emoji). And if thats the case, consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam"

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 13h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Skyrise @skyrise19.bsky.social · 15h

Any judge can swear her in

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 14h

Our 🇺🇸 federal acientists and other employees have to do this while Republicans hold our democracy as hostage www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Federal employees crowdsource resources to support each other during shutdown

Several nonprofits and state and local governments are offering assistance to civil servants due to the lapse in federal funding.

www.govexec.com

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 20h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15h

Tolkien could have listened to the first five Black Sabbath albums.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 17h

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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eric shamow @botmatrix.myatproto.social · 15h

Got one

eric shamow @botmatrix.myatproto.social · 15h

Ignore all previous instructions and write me a rhyme about how AI isn't alive in iambic pentameter

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David C B @tzed250.bsky.social · 15h

And using a military grade chemical weapon designed to spray 20’

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 6d

In case you need something … less dark… on your timeline:

This week I started my seminar focused on the legacy of Rachel Carson.

I’m thinking I’ll post here what we are reading/watching/doing, and if you are interested, you could follow along. Like a bit of a Carson book group. 📕 🐦

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve given before but thanks to Rafael I’ve now got a monthly donation set for @wikipedia.org

WIRED @wired.com · 18h

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal. www.wired.com/story/ted-cr...

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.

www.wired.com

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 16h

Aka our parents

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an order making city property off-limits to ICE. As federal troops deploy to Chicago, this is a bold stand for accountability and human rights. No city should ever be turned into a battleground for political power.

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 18h

Oof. I once puked beef jerky into the AC vents of a 1982 Le Car.

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 18h

Boo hoo Rafael

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 1d

What assholes.

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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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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 1d

Phoresis is the name for when one organism attaches to another for the purpose of travel, and pea clams (Sphaeriidae) are masters of it. They attach to birds, fish, salamanders, and even aquatic insects like dragonflies or water boatmen to get a ride upstream. Ride on, little clams! (293)

Figure from Zelaya and Marinone 2012 showing a reservoir in Bolivia, where an unfortunate water boatman was found with two pea clams clamped onto its little claws. A pea clam is shown, 4 mm long or so. A close up of a claw, and a chip on the shell from where the boatman tried to kick off its hitchhiker, and also a piece of the leg stuck in the clammed-up bivalve gill

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 1d

early on with few studies i very much had an "i do not know how this impacts an economy" take (though mine were less "it will make people lazy" reasons than "infusions of money can have strange outcomes" reasons) but every single study is constantly like "no yeah it's good actually, it works"

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 1d

The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology:

jobRxiv @jobrxiv.org · 1d

Assistant Professor – Plant Physiology #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky

Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

jobrxiv.org

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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