There needs to be actions like all over the globe. #Resist_AI_DataCentres Just signed this, a data centre could be approved near you and you'd never even be asked. Worth two seconds: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...

No AI data centres built until local communities are consulted!

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This brings a whole new meaning to "You've been slimed" - video of slime mould appearing to devour a living ant. www.instagram.com/reel/DaYoSq2...

This brings a whole new meaning to "You've been slimed" - video of slime mould appearing to devour a living ant. www.instagram.com/reel/DaYoSq2...

Freelance Aug26: ʻNo means no’: Freelances push back on ʻAI’ - the long read on our Parliament meeting www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2608ai.html

ʻNo means no’: freelances push back on ʻAI’ | The Freelance

Our meeting in the House of Commons 8 June

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Good morning Murmuration and Blue Sky

In Dec 2024, Meta's censorship against women and queers began. Abortion funds, reproductive-health providers, queer groups, drag performers had their accounts restricted across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This was becoming a trend. Read the article: www.waag.org/en/article/w...

Survival aid needed! Ways to help are in bio and imbedded in the video. Thank you 🙏🏾 to all that can help! Venmo: Jasper-Steinline CA: $ tinmedia1 PayPal: @ isaacjasper

Sharing is caring 😊 IG: @ ccihancelik_ Safranbolu, Karabük province, Türkiye 🇹🇷

Actually I'm here for the cats and pictures of pizza. I just post political shit so no one gets suspicious.

Freelance Jul26: What are public service media in the age of TikTok? - UK government consultation www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2607consu...

What are public service media in the age of TikTok? | The Freelance

Notes on a UK government consultation

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Hey Chicago! An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters — and City Council decides whether that happens THIS WEEK. We've got time to stop this, but we need as many people as possible to fight back: tinyurl.com/icepark

🤣🤣🤣 #CountBinface "Count Binface has said he will offer a more hopeful alternative to Nigel Farage in the Clacton byelection." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Crown shyness is a phenomenon where the top branches of neighboring trees avoid touching, leaving visible gaps between their crowns. Original post

The next generation deserves living forests, not stories about them.

Forest Green

ALT: Forest Green

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People without empathy vs people who make us continue to believe in humanity. Original post

Without Hesitation…. “I believe every child should be able to eat lunch at school whether their parents have money that week or not.”

Freelance Jul26: US court action challenges Daily Mail photo theft

US court action challenges Daily Mail photo theft | The Freelance

'Class action' for thosewho have had pix lifted

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Latest, and typically thoughtful and inventive, from @adamtooze.bsky.social. "In this very general sense, AI can be thought of as analogous to the atom bomb and to the hydrogen bomb that followed and to the intercontinental missiles that would deliver them." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Chartbook 456 Alien v. Predator or MAGA meets AI - a "crossover" monument to the USA at 250.

We live in a world of divergent, incongruent but overlapping shocks.

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In 2016, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, a dog fell into the dam and was unable to get out due to slippery banks. Kind people formed a human chain to save the dog. After 10 years, this unforgettable moment was immortalized with a statue. Original post

Perhaps they should be reminded of how the rent on food is collected...

I hate how big companies just don't want anyone to own anything ever again. They'd rent food to us if they could

Jeez - FFS DON'T Give them Ideas like that!!

Renee🏳️‍⚧️@reneexlieselotte.bsky.social · last mo.

I hate how big companies just don't want anyone to own anything ever again. They'd rent food to us if they could

And if Burnham as PM explicitly articulates the manifest truth that Brexit was an absolute disaster, whatever his plan to address it, he’ll gain some of that trust.

Richard Hull@richardhull54.bsky.social · last mo.

Excellent and sympathetic short piece by @nazirafzal.bsky.social. "If politics is going to reconnect with people, it starts with something far simpler than a new slogan. It starts with regaining the trust of the public by first, telling the truth." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is absolutely brilliant - check out their website at www.hettyandthejazzatoband.com - unfortunately this track "Tu vuo' fa' l'americano" isn't on their CD but what is there is equally excellent. #Swing #Jive #GypsyJazz 🎧 🎼🎵🎶💃🕺

Anglo Italian Jazz Band | UK | Hetty & the Jazzato Band

Hetty & the Jazzato Band bring a taste of the dolce vita to your special event with vintage, classic Italian songs, swing, jive & foot-tapping rock n' roll.

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Global Museum@globalmuseum.bsky.social · last mo.

The effective way the clarinet player does a musical call and response to the singer is just mesmerizing. "Tu vuo' fa' l'americano" by Renato Carosone: cover by Hetty and the Jazzato Band, an Anglo-Italian jazz quintet. @Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #music #jazz

Quite the builder trump is

Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · last mo.

The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.

1/5 🧵 🔈 A Call to Libraries: Redirect Funding, Rebuild Scholarly Publishing As some research funders move away from funding APCs and hybrid publishing, now is the time to invest in community-owned academic publishing. 🔗 Read our latest blog post: www.openlibhums.org/news/972/

A Call to Libraries: Redirect Funding, Rebuild Scholarly Publishing

Two months ago, we launched our Robin Hood poster as a call to reimagine scholarly communication beyond commercial control. The campaign encourages libraries to redirect even a small proportion of …

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Attention all academic librarians - please redirect scarce resources towards #diamondOA Open Access. H/T @openlibhums.org.

Paula Clemente Vega@paulaclemente.bsky.social · last mo.

At a time when universities face increasing financial pressures, it's difficult to justify spending millions on contracts with the largest commercial academic publishers. In this blog, I explore why redirecting library funding towards #diamondOA is part of the solution: www.openlibhums.org/news/972/

Excellent and sympathetic short piece by @nazirafzal.bsky.social. "If politics is going to reconnect with people, it starts with something far simpler than a new slogan. It starts with regaining the trust of the public by first, telling the truth." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’ve worked closely with both Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer. A single quality separates them | Nazir Afzal

Personable warmth is something that mistrustful voters sorely need, and Burnham has it. But he’ll also need a little of what Starmer has to succeed in No 10, says Nazir Afzal, former chief crown prose...

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Look, I was raised by wolves. Believe me then when I tell you that nothing can prepare you for the Wolf Room.

Check out this 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Waterbridge Road, Bristol, BS13 for £300,000. Marketed by Hunters, Bishopsworth

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