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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 15h

Our extensive summary of Murders and Evensongs in Murder before Evensong so far.

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Sabermane @homelessrobot.bsky.social · 19h

No.

Fuck No.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 1d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 1d

If the review says anything other than "we are not providing any care for the vast majority of adult trans people", I might actually lose my mind.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 1d

NHS England will soon be publishing its review of adult gender services. Trans Healthcare Coalition have created a breakdown of what the review is about, what outcomes we’d like to see, and more.

Find the full breakdown here: tinyurl.com/LevyExplaine...

#transhealthcare #NHS #LevyReview

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · Aug 25

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

A new week - and a new huge milestone!

@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!

We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 2d

The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.

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Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 2d

Proprietary database, suppliers bankrupt.

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Sir Gilbert Scott restoration.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Manuscript lost in fire.

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 2d

If Trenitalia gets approval for its proposed London-Paris service, it has pledged to call at Ashford International. www.railtech.com/new-routes/2...

Italy’s FS vows to reopen Ashford and revive Kent’s Channel Tunnel link

  Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) has become the first would-be Eurostar rival to make a concrete pledge to reopen Ashford International, the Kent station shuttered since 2020.…

www.railtech.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2d

Can we just not comment on people's appearances unless they're very clearly engaging in the internet in that way?

(Eg, "Here's a picture of me in a dress I feel cute in" or etc).

Can we esp not sexualize people who are clearly not trying to use social media For That?

Can be v v creepy & unwanted.

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 3d

'Antifa, which is to say anti-fascists: not an organisation, but a term for everybody who is opposed to fascism'

pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 3d

Journos need to always challenge the right-wing framing of "antifa" being a specific organisation that can be banned or restricted. Just straight up be like "but that's nonsense, it doesn't exist" every time

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Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 3d

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts
And hath exalted the humble and meek.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 3d

"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'"

Matthew 25:44-45

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eviŁrooster @evilrooster.bsky.social · 3d

I have seen Him in the refugees arriving on our shores
And I’ve seen His Pontius Pilates on the House and Senate floors.
Let us build Him up an altar before ICE’s prison doors.

lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 3d

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 4d

For those just tuning in: www.sefaria.org/sheets/54446...

That's One Big Frog! | Sefaria

www.sefaria.org

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Jae H @considermycat.bsky.social · 5d

So… smartphones for teenagers are going to be *banned* in schools, but *mandatory* everywhere else. Got it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government to consult on digital IDs for 13-year-olds

There has been a backlash to the announcement a UK-wide digital ID scheme will be introduced by 2029.

www.bbc.com

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 5d

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 5d

No. Pope Leo XIII died in 1903 and was a big advocate of workers' rights.

You may be thinking of Pius XII.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 6d

He said this deliberately because he is a Nazi and he wants you to know he's a Nazi who you can't touch. He also wants other Nazis to know they can be open about the fact they are Nazis too.

This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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