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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 5h

Meanwhile, BJ is mad

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

Ice Fishing in Portland

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 5h

My point is that few people would care if the AI industry failed, not that artists should be stiffed.

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 6h

I too am struggling to understand why this would be a problem.

Schrodingers AI: Simultaneously some of the most valuable companies in human history yet too poor to pay their dues.

Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 6h

And that would be a problem how?

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 11h

This is the way

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 11h

Finally. They’ve found someone with a backbone.

I expect him to be out of the job within 72hrs.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 14h

Oregon National Guard general said that if they were deployed, his troops would be instructed to protect the protesters, not ICE.

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 11h

Education is a lot more than a university degree.

Education takes many forms.

Without a doubt a young person today will be much better off choosing their path of interest and doing a 2-3yr apprenticeship. Yes, the pay is low. Maybe the hours long.

But the debt isn’t there and *experience* = value

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 16h

I’m not saying there isn’t value in following your passion into something and studying it, but how many 18yr olds know what they’re passionate about?

Hardly any.

Study for the sake of study is magnificent if it’s free. It’s not.

Add the threat of AI to jobs and you have to be extremely careful..

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 16h

Almost every degree is a rip off nowadays.

Humongous fees. Scant few lectures. Online courses.

Life altering long-term debts of £50-£100k.

And for what? To have a piece of paper that doesn’t assist you in life. Maybe in the 80’s a degree had value. No more. Now everyone has one.

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 16h

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16h

Democide in our times

Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.

Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.

Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.

Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules

The government must ensure fair distribution of income

'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'

leftfootforward.org

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 16h

Indeed. Like doors to the food bank.

I got a human biology degree and went on to become a builder. I’ll not be counselling my child to attend university. Not in rip-off UK anyway.

Unless free, Uni is a waste of💰 unless training you for a specific, well paid job. Even then AI might take it away.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1d

As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t know if you’ve been watching the last 12 months carefully or not, but that statement couldn’t be further from the truth if you tried.

I mean, sure, there should be oversight. In reality there’s nothing, particularly when you have a Republican led Senate.

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

Gravy Seals is also apt here…

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

What have they been guarding. McDonalds?

Meal Team Six. The Gravy Seals.

These dudes couldn’t catch a cold or beat an egg.

Embarrassing.

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

“Kirk was one of my best friends that I spoke to every day for 10 years.”

What kind of grown ass man calls his friend every day?

A lazy one. One with no responsibilities. One that’s always high as fuck on cocaine and needs words to exit his mouth lest his head explode.

Don Jr is human bin juice.

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

This as well removing their pathetic flown flags and pavement/wall/anywhere scribbles is costing us dearly.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

As EAB has reported, policing these protests is costing dear.

The £1.7m bill: Essex Police under pressure from Epping asylum protests

As protests outside the Bell Hotel drag on, Essex Police face spiralling costs while residents grapple with division

eastangliabylines.co.uk

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

Could be fun to run a “finish the sentence on the headline” competition.

“The three men were ………”

I’ll go first.

Ignorant ***** that got everything their ignorant ***** outlook deserves.

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

But of course.

The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Trump’s Treasury secretary announced he would not penalize entities who fail to report beneficial owners of shell corporations, allowing oligarchs to continue to hide about a trillion dollars in uncollected taxes each year. Robert Kuttner reports:
trib.al/y5hKLzJ

How Scott Bessent Enables Oligarchy

The Treasury secretary has gutted the most important anti-corruption reform legislation in a generation—the 2020 Corporate Transparency Act.

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

Burn.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Notice how they’re now calling everyone else an “insurrectionist.” Pure projection.

A screenshot of an X.com post by House Homeland Security Committee (@HouseHomelandSecCo) stating, "We're drawing a blank, let us get back to you," with an image of a crowd storming a government building, featuring individuals in red caps and carrying flags. Below, a reply from @Acyn
, Acyn, posted 5 hours earlier, quotes Stephen Miller asking, "when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings," accompanied by a video thumbnail of Miller speaking on a news program, labeled "OANN 0:13" with text identifying him as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.

woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

Two things:

1) This is a ridiculous show and dance about the Judges ruling and behaviour *that completely ignores* the law that applies here.

Telling.

2) The performative outrage over the use of pronouns is hilarious from a man that changed his name and expects to be addressed as Ted not Rafael.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "The judge also would not refer to the defendant by his biological name -- referred to him by the pronouns."

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn’t Brexit such a marvellous idea.

Plucky Britain out there taking on the world! Er, no. Sad, grey Britain getting battered from all angles. Billy no mates. Billy no influence.

Expect this to balloon into tariff wars on everything that makes this country money.

Nobody is safe.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

EU plan to match Trump steel tariffs spurs ‘existential threat’ to UK steel industry

Alarm sounds over plan in Brussels to double import tariff to 50% with four-fifths of UK exports heading to Europe The EU has announced it will match Donald Trump’s steel tariffs, doubling levies on imports to 50% in a move condemned as “an existential threat” to the industry in the UK. With 80% of British exports going to the EU, the change poses the UK steel industry’s biggest ever crisis, according to the lobby group representing the sector. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Richest 1% has more wealth than 70% of UK population combined.

Top 20% own two-thirds of wealth, receive 36% of income.

Bottom 20% own 0.5% of wealth, receive 9% of income.

Can't grow economy or have social stability.

Poverty is political choice. Which political party wants to address this?

The government must ensure fair distribution of income

'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'

leftfootforward.org

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 1d

One excuse given for not platforming Polanski was the horror that took place outside the synagogue in Manchester.

Which falls apart when you consider that Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester…..

The BBC hasn’t been impartial in a long time and it’s high time it was lambasted for it.

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