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If there is another that defines artistry, it is intentionality. We may not all agree on styles, tones, POVs, or even subject, but what you love about a creative is their sense of choice. AI doesn't make choices. By design, it can only copy.

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Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 15d

Wait! Heather is doing WHAT!

Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 15d

'How are we supposed to make money if we can't break the law?"

Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 16d

Ofcom: Hey! Stop acting like normal people!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ofcom: LGBT radio head 'baffled' by watchdog's ruling over programming

Broadcasting regulator Ofcom found Juice Radio in breach of some of its "key commitments" of service.

www.bbc.com

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Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 16d

Basic Income for the Arts to be implimented fully from next year.

www.rte.ie/news/post/10...

€10 welfare rise, no overall cost-of-living package

Basic income for arts to be delivered, €84.9m for major projectsFor the arts, Minister Chambers confirmed that a successor to the pilot basic income for the arts scheme would be delivered next year.Me...

www.rte.ie

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Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 17d

Between the Saudi comedy festival, Leonardo Di Caprio attending Bezos' wedding, and tech/media bowing to Trump, 2025 has become the year of selling out.

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O F Cieri @ossuary.bsky.social · 17d

Writers feel like impostors because its hard to connect with readers

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Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 18d

You Had Me At Twink!

Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Weird how people most concerned about their free speech never worry about others'.

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Conor Matthews @conormatthews.bsky.social · 19d

“because the First Amendment and all that is involved in it, of course, but let’s get on it."

Barely keeping the mask on with that sentence.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 21d

A pitch for Universal Basic Income from the book Bullshit Jobs.

Have a read.

A full Basic Income would eliminate the compulsion to work, by offering a
reasonable standard of living to all, and then either leaving it up to each
individual to decide whether they wished to pursue further wealth, by
doing a paying job, or selling something, or whether they wished to do
something else with their time. Alternately, it might open the way to
developing better ways of distributing goods entirely. (Money is after all a
rationing ticket, and in an ideal world, one would presumably wish to do
as little rationing as possible.

Obviously, all this depends on the assumption that human beings don't have
to be compelled to work, or at least, to do something that they feel is useful
or beneficial to others. As we've seen, this is a reasonable assumption.
Most people would prefer not to spend their days sitting around watching TV
and the handful who really are inclined to be total parasites are not going
to be a significant burden on society, since the total amount of work required
to maintain people in comfort and security is not that formidable. The
compulsive workaholics who insist on doing far more than they really have
to would more than compensate for the occasional slackers.
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- David Graeber

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