Captain Bionic
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Excellent piece on the situation with Celtic Music and Dick Gaughan (and regrettably many others)
‘They make the laws to chain us well’: Folk music fights for its rights
Music historians and artists discuss Dick Gaughan’s fight to reclaim his music, and the protest at the heart of folk music’s continued legacy.
rollingstone.co.uk
If you read fiction and you don't like AI you're a hypocrite. If you eat monster munch and don't like asbestos you're a blacksmith. If you play videogames and don't like stubbing your toe you're a submarine captain. We can all just SAY things. It's not hard.
Really weird to me how incredibly rich white men get to say stuff like "in three to four years we'll be achieving nuclear fusion from honey" and the stock markets go "wow, sounds great bro!" and the news just reports it with maybe a paragraph at the end of "critics say this is unlikely".
"if you read fiction and complain about AI you're a hypocrite" lol get to fuck, instablock
Yet another reason this is the best Odyssey
Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · yesterdayYou can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
“As Aydin jumps a scooter over ramps set up in the middle of the road, children around him are drawing with chalk, blowing bubbles and kicking a football in a spot where cars are usually driving through.” Good job Leeds. More children should have the chance to play in their neighbourhood like this.
Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play
In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.
bbc.co.uk
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
Had this a lot recently. People explaining things to me that I didn't mention in a 300 character post that was only tangentially related, and that the briefest glimpse of my bio would suggest I'm fully aware of I'd never have a go at anyone for that, but it's not *not* annoying
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 22h agoNoticing some folks seem to think writers just say clever things without understanding how the world works, as if we're all naifs who just happen to be good with words instead of people with formal educations and a professional interest verging on requirement in the ability to conduct research
oh hey finally got round to reading that Ray Bradbury story, it's good, isn't it
Yes I acknowledge it makes sense in context but “I need my car to meet criminals” is now my favourite basis for an attempted exceptional hardship plea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Echo the Australian magpie annoying a tuxedo cat named Gilbert in Thames, New Zealand. The pair are known to be friends, though the magpie is often described as an annoying sibling that frequently pushes limits. They are part of a group called "Tuxedoes Unite" located in Karangahake, New Zealand.
Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually.
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Random, out-of-nowhere moment of brutal grief for mum. Coming up to two years, but no warning. So it goes
Your Much Needed Afternoon #TimelineCleanser ... Have fun at work, and if you can, make someone's day.
when i said "this country" i meant the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland I just leave this here for the Americans
András Forgács W@andraswf.bsky.social · 2d agothis country has produced some amazing writers, rod liddle wasn't one of them, don't be fucking daft
Canterbury's VERY feminist MP: don't judge wife beaters by the fact they have police records for wife beating; maybe they're delightful in person!
Libby@captainlibatron.bsky.social · 2d agoShe's a moral and cognitive vacuum
Pastel drawing of Paddington pushing Rod Liddle down some stairs and saying 'I don't like marmite'
Back in the first lockdown, I worked at the local farmers' market preparing stuff for home delivery. Rod Liddle was a regular customer and we used to label his packages "Rod Lidl" because we knew it made him mad