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Troutboy

@troutboy.bsky.social

Designer. Lover of comic books, art and music.

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Present & Correct@presentcorrect.bsky.social · 7h ago

Halloween Acronyms YOLO your outfit looks outstanding OMG oh my gourd LOL living or lifeless BFF broomstick for flying WTF work the fangs FTW fear the wicked GSOH graveyard seance offers haunting SMH so much horror VPL verified pumpkin lumination WFH witching from home

Troutboy@troutboy.bsky.social · last wk.

The findings demonstrate that Black and South Asian-led events, artists, promoters and venues experience disproportionate levels of restrictions, cancellations and licensing barriers, with an estimated £127–£141 million lost annually in London as a result. #REMELreport blim.org.uk/report/remel...

REMEL Report - Black Lives in Music

The REMEL Report Race Equality in Music Event LicensingProject REMEL (Race Equality in Music Event Licensing) is a multi-agency initiative addressing racial inequalities in the licensing, regulation a...

blim.org.uk

Music Venue Trust@musicvenuetrust.bsky.social · 2w ago

The evidence shows that Black and South Asian led events, artists, promoters and venues face disproportionate scrutiny, restrictions and cancellations, costing London an estimated £127 million to £141 million in live music spend every year.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co · 2w ago

"AVK told DeSmog that the company has “not yet delivered a carbon capture scheme” of its own but that its “believe[s] in the power of the technology”"" Brilliant @rtakver.bsky.social at @desmog.com digging into the company spruiking CCS for fossil fuelled data centres in the UK!

UK Data Centre Power Supplier Accused of Giving ‘Lifeline’ to Fossil Fuel Industry

A UK company is selling its wares as a “sustainable power solution” to data centres, DeSmog can reveal, and is pressuring the government to embrace gas-powered artificial intelligence (AI) with “flawe...

desmog.com

Bat Krown 🦇🎃@katbrownwrites.com · 3w ago

Writers, artists, gamers, creators and lovers of all the above, please sign this petition to make AI companies disclose what their tools have been trained on to make their ghastly generative voices/art/books etc. There’s just over a fortnight to go. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data

We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...

petition.parliament.uk

Broken Frontier@brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last week at Broken Frontier... The Goblin Market Returns to Stanley Arts on October 18th – Check Out the Exhibitors and Programming Here Today at BF. www.brokenfrontier.com/goblin-marke...

The Goblin Market Returns to Stanley Arts on October 18th - Check Out the Exhibitors and Programming Here Today at BF – Broken Frontier

Returning to South London in October 26th, the Goblin Market boasts another fab list of comics and zine-makers.

brokenfrontier.com

Troutboy@troutboy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Multiple eye rolls reading this thread. - Govt AI minister sceptical about giving his personal data to chatbots but wants to use my medical data to attract investment? - Concern over US model reliance but no regulation or alternatives? - Energy discounts for data centres but not general public?

Zoë Crowther@zoecrowther.bsky.social · 4w ago

I hosted an in-conversation with AI minister Kanishka Narayan at Labour conference We covered a lot of ground... He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics 1/9

Zoe Crowther and Kanishka Narayan speaking at an event hosted by ThinkLabour at Labour Party conference 2026
Nick McGeehan@ncgeehan.bsky.social · last mo.

There should be space in the discussion of Manchester City's breach of Premiership rules for an examination of the UAE government's open contempt for rules and the dire and bloody consequences of their rule-breaking outside the realm of sport. A 🧵...

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · last mo.

Short fic & comics from 30+ writers, mostly from Dalit, Bahujan, and Adivasi backgrounds. Meghalayan cyberhorror, Ambedkarite magical realism, tasawwuf solarpunk in the Western Ghats, Gujarati robot caste revolts. Cover art by Priyanka Paul. Pick up a copy!!! www.blaft.com/products/the...

The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D. cover art by...

blaft.com

John Bull@garius.eurosky.social · last mo.

will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's Rupert Lowe MP's payments from X Corp over the past year. This man is making serious cash from Musk's platform. Payments surged over the summer, during UK 'unrest', and when Musk was frantically re-sharing Lowe's posts... Bleak, lucrative work if you can get it.

Line chart plotting 21 payments from X Corp to Rupert Lowe MP, as declared in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. The x-axis runs from 3 September 2025 to 16 September 2026; the y-axis shows the value of each fortnightly payment in pounds, from zero to £12,000. Payments run between roughly £1,100 and £2,200 through late 2025, rise gradually through spring 2026 to around £3,000–£3,800, then jump sharply to £11,724.97 on 10 June 2026 and £10,265.50 in July. From there they fall in five consecutive steps — £4,412.76, £3,126.35, £2,885.36, £2,542.04 — to £2,413.89 on 16 September 2026, a fall of 79% from the June peak. Two things worth carrying with the graphic whichever version you use. The July point is marked with an asterisk because the register gives its received date as 7 August 2026 while recording it as registered on 15 July. Plotted it at the likelier 7 July.
The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.

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Lew Stringer@lewstringer.bsky.social · last mo.

Rob Reed and Claire Bend, the filmmakers behind the Oink! documentary have set up a crowdfunder to expand the film with more footage for future screenings. It's not often we get films about humour comics in this country so here's the link if you wish to support it... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/oink

Oink: Piggs, Puns & Plops - Short Documentary

Raising finishing and screening funds for a short documentary that looks at the origins, influence & legacy of a revered cult British comic.

crowdfunder.co.uk

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's the list of everything banned going into Gaza including. Water Filters Water Purification Tablets Nappies Insulin Wheelchairs Fishing rods and all fishing equipment All Water Pumping and sewage treatment equipment All Cancer drugs and Antibiotics It's a Genocide.

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