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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 7h

Following on from the last post, this is the other existing crown. The 'Crown of an English Queen' (the "Bohemian" or "Palatine" crown. It is s recorded in England in a list of jewels and plate drawn up in 1399. It probably belonged to King Edward III or Anne of Bohemia, the wife of Richard II, who

The 'Crown of an English Queen' (the "Bohemian" or "Palatine" crown. It is s recorded in England in a list of jewels and plate drawn up in 1399. It probably belonged to King Edward III or Anne of Bohemia, the wife of Richard II,

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 16h

Exactly half? Seems unlikely.

mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 19h

'she seductively ran her 8 fingers through her hair'

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 2d

If this happened at a steel plant there would be talk of government bail out to secure jobs

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 4d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

After years of record punctuality and investment, Greater Anglia enters public ownership today, having being named Rail Operator of the Year just days ago. Can public ownership match that success?

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Greater Anglia joins public ownership after record year of performance

Passengers in East Anglia will travel on a publicly owned railway from Sunday, as Greater Anglia transfers to government control

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!!!! A permanent solution to my search engine woes.

Anja Krieger @anjakrieger.bsky.social · 2d

Finally looked up how to get rid of Google‘s automatic AI answers (and the attached waste of resources) and it‘s so easy! What relief. 😅

www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...

zensnapple's comment on "Is there a real way to shut off the Google AI overview for searches, or am i switching browsers and search engines?"

Explore this conversation and more from the techsupport community

www.reddit.com

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 2d

No

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 3d

@davidallengreen.bsky.social 'Daftness Threshold' should be capitalised

mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 3d

Unsolicited nicpic

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 3d

Remember this guy?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...

Covid breach jet-skier freed from Isle of Man jail

Dale McLaughlan says he is

www.bbc.co.uk

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 5d

'justified'?

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Joseph Cotterill @jsphctrl.ft.com · 6d

Cape comics is an industry with a notoriously difficult history over creator rights (and scandals over tracing and swiping of images over the years). So this is a really interesting red line. www.theverge.com/news/797540/...

DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

www.theverge.com

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 6d

Leading to increased crime, further 'justifying' more draconian crack downs on whoever they feel like scapegoating next

mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 6d

Pervert

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 6d

Also, Lexus

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 6d

Goodnight.

Laughing before falling asleep is a good thing.

Laughing at fascists—even better.

So here you go.
The Portland Frog.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 9d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 6d

Kill it with fire (and law)

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 6d

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 17d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7d

Because of the unforgivably appalling decisions of the Charity Commission, these hate groups, Sex Matters and LGB Alliance, are funded from your taxes.

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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 7d

For the first time in about 70 years, net immigration to America could be zero. Beneath the noise of tariff and budget fights, migration may well be the biggest economic story of 2025.

My latest for @economist.com: Welcome to Zero Migration America

Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...

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mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social · 7d

You say gift...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 7d

A paean to privatised public transport.

Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket

Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury

The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.

So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...

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