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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 10h

When you could code silly quizzes on Facebook, it was FULL of "what would you be in medieval times?!" etc.

I made one that nearly always answered "died as a child", "died in childbirth", "lived and died as a servant"

People got SUPER mad with it.

Everyone assumes they'll be at the top of the tree

William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 11h

The subtext of ‘we should be more like Dubai’, beyond the obvious racism, is ‘I should have a servant’.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 10h

Hake Mornay
#PynchonName

Aldi
HAKE
MORNAY
TOPPED WITH CRUNCHY BREADCRUMBS
OVEN COOK
25
MINUTES
HIGH IN
PROTEIN
SERVES 2
CERTIFIED
SUSTAINABLE
SEAFOOD

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 10h

SHUUUUTTT. UUUUPPP. #BBCWATO

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 15h

I fucking love Elderly, Zero Fucks, Hezza

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 15h

Why can’t the government be as simple, honest and plain speaking as this?

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 15h

Going to repost this without the wretched typos. Really should read before pressing send!

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 18h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 15h

Why can’t they government be a simple, honest and plain speaking as this?

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 16h

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.

An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 18h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 15h

I suspect if even *I* am thinking “things are getting very populist round here”, then things are rapidly changing at Radio 3 Breakfast.

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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 1d

If you repost this repost shamelessly plugging the gig me & Forcione are doing in Brighton then i'll do a random winner pick thing as well & if you win that & if I've been lucky enough to win Kathy Burke's brilliant book I'll lend it to you.
brightondome.org/whats-on/LeD...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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Bob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 1d

Comic puppetry’s not what it was. #bbcpm

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stuartmaconie.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social · 1d

I know Handsworth well. I love it. The Soho Road is one of the most vibrant streets in the world. I was attached to the library there for a writing project last year and I wrote a whole chunk about it in my book Hope And Glory. Read it if you get a chance

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

sorry - I didn't get past 'are not the whole'

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

I met Richard Baker at Broadcasting House, once. He was quite old and exactly as charming as anyone might expect him to be. And still with that wonderful voice. Every memory of 'the news', as well a M, M & M came flooding back when we chatted.

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

Much as I love everything about this, it’s plainly a city.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d

The first episode of Mary, Mungo and Midge was broadcast on this day in
1969.

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 1d

RISQUE GALORE

Dozens of sex toys have been found washed up on a Scottish beach.

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

👏👏👏👏

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

Marvin voice: “Loyalty. Don’t talk to me about loyalty”.

You’re a good man, Ince.

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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 1d

David Duchovny as Fox Mulder in Bubble Quote meme format.

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Telibarb 🐾 @telibarb.bsky.social · 1d

I hope they listen.

I doubt they will.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

Even the trailer is insane.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

"Thatcher theatre" - pretty much sums up cul-de-sac into which the Conservative Party has driven itself in the decades since her defenestration. And now it too, risks becoming a museum piece, fit only for two or three glass display cases rather than a return to office.

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