We keep coming back to this one strategy. Renters deserve better. www.vox.com/the-highligh...

The truth about rent control

We keep coming back to this one strategy. Renters deserve better.

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Hello #BookSky 💙📚 I’m Chloe, an artist and enthusiastic reader from Birmingham. I’m particularly interested in fiction, history, art history, feminist writing and nonfiction. What book has stayed with you long after you finished it?

Not what we want to see in Arts and Heritage. Especially when I've been planning a trip to the V&A. Amazon effect now infecting the arts too!

Hyperallergic@hyperallergic.com · 4d ago

Unionized workers at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) East Storehouse have voted unanimously to strike over alleged “Amazon-style” working practices, including be allegedly “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”

Even dry canvases keep changing. In Van Gogh’s paintings, metal pigments and oils react over time—forming tiny “soaps” beneath the surface. This knowledge helps conservators manage and slow deterioration.

Yikes!!! Spotted out in Birmingham City Centre - www.instagram.com/babwithacamera #womeninphotography #Bskytogs #UrbanGaze

Not very progressive. The danger of nostalgia pushing dangerous ideas of what a Woman should be.

Vox@vox.com · 7d ago

The tradwife fantasy isn’t just appealing to conservatives. Some young progressive men are embracing traditional gender roles too by asking their partners to scale back their careers or stay home with the kids.

Sony Playstation cancelling digital ownership of old games, now Apple leasing phones. Time to go back to buying Books, Cassette Tapes, Vinyl Records. #digitalownership - What is ownership in 2026?

Adam Clark Estes@adamclarkestes.com · 6d ago

Apple's new plan to lease iPhones is ultimately a reminder that we don't own anything in the digital world. Even if you do own the hardware, you're just licensing the software that makes it work. www.vox.com/technology/4...

At the American Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” "overcomes the problem of 'insiders' ventriloquizing self-taught artists," says writer Ekin Erkan.

An Exhibition Lets Self-Taught Artists Speak for Themselves

At the Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” overcomes the problem of “insiders” ventriloquizing self-taught artists.

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Reading is a Revolutionary act. Screens are a method of Control.

Zea Rose the Writer@m-ultisong.bsky.social · 6d ago

Books are one of the many forms the absolute rebellion against a government that only wants control. #booksky

Let’s be clear: what these bastards are doing to these books isn’t digitizing. Digitizing is about preservation and access to the original material. They’re gutting and destroying to make Soylent Green. Don’t let them get away with pretending to do this for humanitarian reasons.

Welcome to my corner of Bluesky! ✨ I’m an artist obsessed with history. When I’m not covered in oil paint, I’m digging through archives or taking photos.Building a space for art heritage & storytelling. Drop an artwork that lives rent-free in your mind! 👇#ArtHistory #FineArt