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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

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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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Ages ago I worked in a university library and I was a skilled photocopier whisperer. Of all the other experiences of my life it was most like owning cats.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Also "true" of the slides at Stevenage leisure centre, though those were razor blades stuck in chewing gum.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Podcast I'm listening to: [Real historical person] did not trust Cardinal Richelieu.
Me: Well obviously, Richelieu is a bad, bad dog.

Richelieu from the cartoon Dogtanian and the Muskahounds, who is a dog.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

And just because everything else is on fire: here is Jonny's opinion about me trying to learn snare drum patterns for samba band

A cushion which I am using as a drum, two drumsticks, and a fluffy black and white cat, one of whose very fluffy white paws is on the top of one drumstick, preventing me from moving out. She is looking intently at her paw and planning further mischief.

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Llama God @thellamagod.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to seeing this expanded to also cover cars that have been left for more than two hours...

Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 1d

The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Literally who leaves their bike AT A RAILWAY STATION for less than 2 hours?

Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 1d

The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

... close but no, that's a Saunders.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

(Or at least, they don't wrt neurodivergence and mental illness diagnoses)

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Streeting knows that diagnosis labels officially have nothing to do with the benefits system, as they don't accurately predict disability? Could he possibly be dog whistling? Surely he would never.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Literally stopped my subscription because of the endless lies about trans people that have cost lives and significantly contributed to the legitimisation of fascism in the UK. Otherwise you're dead on.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 1d

The true parasite class of the UK.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Banning people for existing while in Gaza is a pretty toxic way to treat people experiencing a genocide, I guess, and I see that daily.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck exactly does it have to do with the institutions providing education to these adults?

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

She's married to the divinely appointed head of the church, so that's theology now.

Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

I guess if you buy presents as if they're for "a 25 year old woman" rather than your cousin Kirsty who is 25?

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

I'd be interested to know if Farage has been there before in a private capacity or whether he would only go if he got a front row slot.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

Could an entire three tweet thread mentioning Yvette Cooper happen without getting into who she's married to? Let's really extend ourselves to see if a woman is a whole person.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure they think all those people are communists who warm themselves on fires made entirely of bank notes.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

You literally only need to read a couple of hundred characters of the post you are replying to to find the answer.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 4d

Right. I think it didn't do that.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 4d

89 years ago today Mosley attempted to march his blackshirts through the East End of London. The Jewish press counselled calm. East End Jews - backed primarily by Irish & Communists - beat them back with fists, pipes, clubs. Old women poured hot water on them from above.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 4d

So it was intended to show "these ones are bad and that one isn't bad"? I think that's a terrible idea, but it means *something* I guess.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 4d

So, why vote to abstain then, if that isn't what they believed was right?

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 4d

That it didn't matter, so fuck it? Or would the decision has been different if it had mattered in terms of the result?

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