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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 17h

"This twitterbot never tweets.
@theresamaybot simply adds you to a series of Twitter lists."

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 17h

"The bill effectively legalises the monitoring of *all* communications within the UK.
The pursuit of state level surveillance is more than a disturbing abuse of technology, it represents a fundamental ideological shift previously pursued only in the strictest of dictatorships."

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 17h

one of my favourite twitter bots from 2015

"...Theresa May has kept her job as Home Secretary. Within less that 24 hours of the election, she announced that she will be pushing ahead with the Communications data bill, or Snooper’s Charter."

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 17h

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@theresamaybot

https://www.shardcore.org/spx/2015/05/13/theresamaybot/

Published: 2015-05-13 11:09:32

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 1d

bemused/horrified by this collection of sora videos, my main thought (aside from "the rubicon has been crossed") was "why all the stephen hawking abuse?"

then i read the comments.

#endofdays

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUe...

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 1d

Edward Krasiński, Intervention with a Phone, 1972
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137644

Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds

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🍅🥔🫐🌽 hoopy frood 🌶️ 🥑🍫🌵 @huwupy.kawaii.social · 1d

This is one of my favorite takes. I’m sure people would love a 30-day delay on having their images posted so they can be reviewed by hand and also it’s Good Actually to make humans look at some of the most heinous images in existence all day

The Bluesky Head of Trust & Safety admitting that all posted images are processed through an Al autolabeller that presumably employees have no access to or control over? (And probably steals every image to be used in an Al "art" generator, who knows?)
Seriously, this is outrageously irresponsible.

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 1d

👏👏👏

if only there were a CDC icon, i would send you that.

in fact, there really ought to be a CDC emoji! - perhaps we need to start a campaign...

shardcore @shardcore.org · 1d

bemused/horrified by this collection of sora videos, my main thought (aside from "the rubicon has been crossed") was "why all the stephen hawking abuse?"

then i read the comments.

#endofdays

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUe...

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 1d

quite a lot has changed since 2015!

shardcore @shardcore.org · 1d

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100 algo-Kims & 100 algo-Kanyes

https://www.shardcore.org/spx/2015/04/27/100-algo-kims-100-algo-kanyes/

Published: 2015-04-27 10:31:34

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

tbf, the tories have prior form with wonky lettering…

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Alistair Fruish @fruishfruish.bsky.social · 2d

Shardcore giving you a sneak preview of some if our Oblique Strategy tribute cards from Alan Moore, Thurston Moore and @leahmoore.bsky.social as well as from
@andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social
Steve Albini,
@robinince.bsky.social
And others...

shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

delighted to receive my set of Ambagious Tactics cards from @fruishfruish.bsky.social and the good people of Northampton Arts Lab.

my card is in excellent company!

(also, the cat approves)

Ambagious Tactics: an Oblique Tribute Act a choir of over
100 versatile enigmas

2025 marks the 50-year anniversary of the first appearance of Oblique Strategies by Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno. Northampton Arts Lab decided to mark this by creating a deck made up of many Ambagious Tactics from over one hundred different people. Some of them are connected to Eno and Schmidt, and some are folk who regularly used the decks. Others we asked for different reasons.

a card which reads:

Steal carefully

- shardcore

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

delighted to receive my set of Ambagious Tactics cards from @fruishfruish.bsky.social and the good people of Northampton Arts Lab.

my card is in excellent company!

(also, the cat approves)

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

clearly they are @christt.bsky.social fans...

youtu.be/4KW2xbtVPKA?...

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words @words.bsky.social · 2d

40 percent of US GDP last year being AI investment is the technocapital singularity arriving from the future

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

what a time to be alive!

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 2d

What's the betting Trump is being fed ai videos generated by his staff, of American cities in flames, with people rioting wearing batman villain style shirts that say "the left".

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

morning

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

i can’t believe this twat is still dominating the news ten years later 😢

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 2d

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fffarage (2015)

https://www.shardcore.org/spx/2015/04/27/fffarage-2015/

Published: 2015-04-27 09:04:12

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 3d

yup, and that painting/post is from 10 years ago!

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 3d

Approximately 4 million years ago, our ancestors adopted Bipedalism, freeing up their hands for more dexterous activities.

However, in recent years, our sophisticated tool making skills have resulted in the creation of the smart phone. A scrying mirror so compelling, that we willingly give up the use of one of our hands, disengage from the present moment, and hunch over our devices, literally deforming us.

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