Many constituents have contacted me, devastated by the University of Nottingham’s decision to approve plans to close modern languages and music degrees, cut support services and end one-to-one personal tutoring.

agree with this, also important to note that tools like AI denoise are not trained on loads of copyrighted images; those are specialized models doing specific things

BOOles@awawa.pics · 2h ago

yeah, this is kind of the line i'm at too. evidently i'm willing to use vibe coded software because i use bluesky. i'm even willing to use stuff like AI denoise in lightroom. i'm not willing to use anything that outright replaces a human creative with AI.

🚨🚨📣📣 I am proud to announce that my @ucalgary.bsky.social PhD dissertation will be published as " #FjordsDeepAndOceansBlue: Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian #Seapower 1945-2025", from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social on 4 February 2027! Pre-orders available! www.bloomsbury.com/ca/fjords-de...

"ADHD label risks lifelong harm to children." If you don't label the disorder, then what we will be labelled instead is "Lazy." "Underachiever." "Doesn't live up to their potential." "Bad student." Those labels come with pain, shame, and abuse. The ADHD label comes with a chance for support.

Chris Bogle@chrisbogle.bsky.social · 4d ago

1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Ian McGinty died in 2023 at 38 years old after being overworked and underpaid for his comics work his entire career.

Comics & Animation Artist Ian McGinty Dies Age 38 - Animation Magazine

Ian McGinty, a gifted writer and artist working in comic books, animation and games, died Thursday, June 8 in Los Angeles at just 38 years old. His passing was announced by his mother in a post later ...

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Jason@threefourteen.bsky.social · 7h ago

Who was your friend Ian and can you share some of their work?

Make a war film rubbish Ice Cold In Alexa

Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social · 5h ago

Make a war film rubbish. The Heroes of Telemarketing

Make a war film rubbish. The Heroes of Telemarketing

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"

I used to think that you were she/her But now I’m unsure It’s impossible to order a drink If you can’t reassure Now every time I go to my cafe I’m frozen in fear ‘Cause the language police have heard And are soon to appear Now I'm walking on egg shelves, whoa

Hi! This sucks. I have to hope these authors will come out and say their names are being used here without permission but looking at the page, I’m assuming they’re in.

AK Faulkner ➡️ NYCC@ravenswordpress.com · yesterday

This is news to some people, so I present to you: authorsfirst.com Peter F. Hamilton. Conn Iggulden. David W. Ball. R. A. Salvatore. All people who made a good living from writing.

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Artist: We call that ‘negative space’

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost@chaoskat.bsky.social · yesterday

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Baseball Player: That’s where I want the ball to go

This is the story about Michael Gove's ex-girlfriend, Dr Lola Salem, being charged with possession of CSAM. The one that's getting basically no mainstream coverage.

Feels pretty well established at this point that getting death threads from right wing actors is treated as just a cost of existing in this world, even though they do in fact murder people, and anyone on the left who uses vaguely harsh rhetoric is accused of "raising the temperature."

Watching Funeral In Berlin, and just had to tell Bluesky about the line when Harry Palmer goes into a bar Waiter: ‘Bitte, mein herr?’ Palmer: ‘No, I’ll have a Lowenbrau.’

It's possible to have good faith disagreements about the upper marginal income tax rate, foreign policy, or the defense budget. It's not possible to have good faith disagreements about which people should be denied basic human rights.

Marko Kloos@marko4nh.bsky.social · 2d ago

We can disagree on public policy. "How do we pay for the school renovation?" is a policy issue. "Do trans kids have the same rights as everyone else?" is not. Trans rights are human rights, and human rights can't be up for debate just to appease the unappeasable.

The IDF providing security for some charming Israelis while they steal a man’s lemons

Many cis people don’t realise they already know (and care about) someone trans. You have the power to change that Its National Coming Out Day ✨

Also, I honestly don't get the outrage of "how could you make X when you're making X's main themes into Y, you should just not call it X anymore" when in fact, this is exactly how literature has worked for centuries, if not millennia. Signed, A Fan of Arthurian Literature.

Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly

Just fell for a scam bank call but they lost interest when I told them my balance

I am pretty sure that the art show closes at noon, so last chance to grab stuff this morning ☀️

CL Hellisen@clhellisen.com · 2d ago

Last day of the Fantasy Con art show - there is so much incredible art there, you should go check it out, maybe buy yourself art or prints from the print shop. Featuring the work of GoH Chris Baker (Fangorn) and Best Artist Fantasy Award winner @jennicoutts.bsky.social! (And some art by me)

Meanwhile, elsewhere, we are seven months into the shitshow, and it remains (checks notes) a shitshow. Things the Saudis didn’t have in their bingo card? Having their main airports rocketed. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Missile strike on Riyadh airport kills 12 and injures hundreds

Missile strike on Riyadh airport kills 12 and injures hundreds

Deadly assault in Saudi Arabia comes days after multiple attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels

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Not for the first time, I’d ask: what does it mean, if the press keep running campaigns claiming that country’s most horrific racists and bigots are the Green Party, the Labour left, Amnesty International, Stonewall, the police (I know) and Gary Lineker? Look around you. Does that feel right?

Folks, her shop is full of beautiful woodblocks, prints, etchings and more. And if books are more your jam, Avery’s “Reynard the Fox” is an excellent, enthralling read. I’ve gifted it to teenagers, seniors, and every age between and they’ve all loved it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Reynard the Fox

Reynard—a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders—is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged wit...

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Anne Louise Avery@annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 3d ago

For sale! An important Hiroshige I landscape from 1856. The Armour-hanging Pine at Hakkeizaka from his seminal series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. A perfect Christmas Present! Comes mounted ready to frame. DM to buy or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

And the winner is Shadow Jack, CL Hellisen

Brilliant conditions for aurora expected, so naturally it's clouding over

Just $13 in 5 days 😭 They need at least $500 to get Naser's medication. I really don't want her to end up trying to care for a newborn while her husband is hospitalised. 🍉🙏

Anna Horroridge@anna-orridge.bsky.social · 4d ago

Amal asked if I could make a special request for her husband Naser. "He always refused to ask for help and kept trying to be strong because he wanted us to raise enough money for our baby. But his condition is difficult, and his medication has been finished for a month now." gofund.me/32bda5e44

i have lived here my whole life, and i have never once seen a plane take off from the Willamette… …let alone do THIS. wtf.

If you want a copy of These Broken Little Worlds, please go see Noel at the Shoreline of Infinity table in Dealers! There maybe a limited selection of something rare lurking there! And loads of brilliant books and mags. Godzilla awaits you.