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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 3h

Germany's justice ministry held firm and killed EU chat control (for now):

"Chat control without cause must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law. Private communication must never be under general suspicion."

Admirably concise and direct. German in the best possible way.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

Christ, this

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 7h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

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Roxy Hart @roxyhart.bsky.social · 7h

“Tories would scrap stamp duty on main homes” MAIN HOMES! Like owning more than one home is the norm

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 8h

All harvested from the finest Witchys!*

*statement may contain lies

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 10h

Enjoying that this photo includes a row of tulips

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 11h

Can you not get the bus? Wales isn't THAT big

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 11h

OH HYENA, oh I'm glad I searched that. That's an excellent category.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 11h

Yeen is entirely new to me, but I can work from context clues I think...

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A witch's days @daysofthewitch.bsky.social · 12h

The witch asks the Squire's daughter how her pain is. The Squire's daughter hesitates, then confesses - it has gone, entirely, for two days now. She is still weak, and cannot walk, but she no longer aches in every bone. The girl's eyes fill with tears of hope.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 12h

That would be great! That would definitely be the preferred option!

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 12h

Produceling is absolutely a word.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 12h

Do not get me STARTED on twats deciding to write romantasy going "oh I'm so clever, I'll subvert the genre tee hee," and then produceling some grindingly obvious mirrorverse-style nonsense that isn't fit for purpose.

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 13h

Why? Because your readers do. The literary world is full of people wanting to write children’s books, who haven’t looked at a children’s book since the 60s. Or people who want the sales associated with romantasy (or cosy crime, or sci-fi), but don’t actually know the genre, or want to read any.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 12h

I mean you do need to protect mods from having to sift through some of the horror people will try to upload, but yeah, nightshade your artwork eh

Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 13h

Bluesky are resharing this after they revealed yesterday that every photo uploaded here is sent to an external company that is selling GenAI services.

Note that none of them are actually confirming that none of these images are being used by that external company to train their systems.

Bluesky @bsky.app · Nov 15

Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone want a box of witchy bits, since it's October? I'm clearing out a bit - some crystals, stickers, spells kits etc. yours for UK postage.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 13h

God, right. I know it's more likely to get things into the hands of people who actually want them - I doubt there are many takers for "Mice and Mystics" in this village who will actually find it in the charity shop before it goes - but the number of pissy buyers on eBay are so offputting.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 13h

That's some EPIC cheek, the little fucker!

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 13h

Alas, I think my main obstacle would be having a singing voice that could most kindly be described as "distinctive".

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 13h

As ever, when confronted with the inevitable task of "doing the eBaying", I am fighting against the seductive call of "you could just... not? Take it to the charity shop, fuck it!"

NO. I WILL DO THE EBAYING. I WILL. In a minute.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 13h

"chart-topping", you say? Hm... would Beetle wear a microphone...

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 14h

Marmaduke, six, is reported to have been the subject of near constant vocal stimming by Ellie Mulligan, 32. In response, Marmaduke concealed a microphone within his floofy orange trousers, and he is now rich beyond his wildest dreams.

Cat records chart-topping album of autistic owner’s little songs

A cat has become one of the world’s best-selling musical artists overnight, after secretly recording his owner while she sang about him. Marmaduke, six, is reported to have been the subject of near…

thedailytism.com

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

You know who doesn't integrate? People like Robert Jenrick. You think he works out at the local leisure centre? Goes to the Tuesday night pub quiz? You think his golf club lets anyone play? Or his private members' clubs let anyone in? He puts the ick in prick

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 NEW BLOG KLAXON!

This month we take a look at Abbie Sweetwine, the woman the British press dubbed “the angel of platform 6”.

carvehername.org.uk/abbie-sweetw...

Abbie Sweetwine and the Harrow and Wealdstone crash - Carve Her Name

When Abbie Sweetwine ran triage at the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in 1952, she paved the way for the creation of paramedics.

carvehername.org.uk

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah it's a nice intention but also, for the reasons you give, deeply fucking unhelpful

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 23h

A whole bunch of us have grown up in the UK knowing to flee in the other direction if we spot this flag anywhere. We’re not going to pause to see if there are stickers stuck below them.

And if they’re stuck elsewhere, we will not get close enough to see the text - again, we’re just going to leg it.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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