Pamela M
@1morepage.bsky.social
Book person. Former board member of @aalitagents.bsky.social and former chair of its Copyright Committee. I advocate for human authors.
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Three Manchester dustmen found a set of bowler hats outside an office in Market Street and decided to wear them, October 1962 (Mirrorpix).
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Three Manchester dustmen found a set of bowler hats outside an office in Market Street and decided to wear them, October 1962 (Mirrorpix).
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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“What is civilisation? I don’t know. I can’t define it in abstract terms, yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it. And I’m looking at it now.” -Kenneth Clark
24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“What is civilisation? I don’t know. I can’t define it in abstract terms, yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it. And I’m looking at it now.” -Kenneth Clark
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🙏🏼 Far too many seem to believe that AI represents our future (whether we want it or not), & fail to come to grips with the fact that AI is only capable of recycling the past…& almost completely on artifacts of the past gathered & used without consent. Lack of consent is central to the enterprise.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🙏🏼 Far too many seem to believe that AI represents our future (whether we want it or not), & fail to come to grips with the fact that AI is only capable of recycling the past…& almost completely on artifacts of the past gathered & used without consent. Lack of consent is central to the enterprise.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.
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How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.
➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ www.authoritarian-stack.info
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.
➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ www.authoritarian-stack.info
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AND SO IT BEGINS. Mamdani has only been mayor of New York for a few days and people are already reporting that the Subway now displays Arabic numerals all over the network😂
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
AND SO IT BEGINS. Mamdani has only been mayor of New York for a few days and people are already reporting that the Subway now displays Arabic numerals all over the network😂
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In a #WoltersKluwer #copyright blog by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid, Keith asserts that mass #ALI resignations call into question the legitimacy of the ALI Copyright Restatement. Read Keith's post here for more:
Mass Resignations Call into Question Legitimacy of ALI Copyright Restatement
In recent posts published on this blog (see here and here), the drafters of the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Copyright Restatement promoted
legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In a #WoltersKluwer #copyright blog by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid, Keith asserts that mass #ALI resignations call into question the legitimacy of the ALI Copyright Restatement. Read Keith's post here for more:
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New: The FBI filed a subpoena trying to unmask the person or people behind archive.is / archive.today, which have been running anonymously for 13 yrs. Site was widely used by GamerGate, and then to bypass paywalls but has become kind of core archiving infrastructure
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New: The FBI filed a subpoena trying to unmask the person or people behind archive.is / archive.today, which have been running anonymously for 13 yrs. Site was widely used by GamerGate, and then to bypass paywalls but has become kind of core archiving infrastructure
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...
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Thank you Attorney General Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov for your commitment to defend American workers and consumers from further consolidation across our industry. www.thewrap.com/california-j...
California DOJ Says Warner Bros. Discovery Sale, More Hollywood Consolidation 'Does Not Serve' Economy or Consumers | Exclusive
As Warner Bros. Discovery puts itself up for sale, California's Justice Department is blasting the idea of further consolidation in Hollywood.
www.thewrap.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thank you Attorney General Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov for your commitment to defend American workers and consumers from further consolidation across our industry. www.thewrap.com/california-j...
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The poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action #OTD 4 November 1918 on the Sambre-Oise Canal, seven days before the armistice. 'Futility' is a memorial in Birkenhead, Merseyside to Owen and other Old Boys of Birkenhead Institute. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action #OTD 4 November 1918 on the Sambre-Oise Canal, seven days before the armistice. 'Futility' is a memorial in Birkenhead, Merseyside to Owen and other Old Boys of Birkenhead Institute. 1/2
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1st photo, All Fishermen Are Liars.
Both books are great in English. Shouldn’t be any different in French.
Both books are great in English. Shouldn’t be any different in French.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1st photo, All Fishermen Are Liars.
Both books are great in English. Shouldn’t be any different in French.
Both books are great in English. Shouldn’t be any different in French.
If you fish in French, two beautiful new editions of John Gierach, forthcoming from Éditions Gallmeister.
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If you fish in French, two beautiful new editions of John Gierach, forthcoming from Éditions Gallmeister.
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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Lyda Roberti shakes her moneymaker with Jack Oakie in this little musical interlude from Dancers in the Dark (1932). Roberti appeared in just a dozen feature films, dying of a heart attack at the age of 31 in 1938.
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Lyda Roberti shakes her moneymaker with Jack Oakie in this little musical interlude from Dancers in the Dark (1932). Roberti appeared in just a dozen feature films, dying of a heart attack at the age of 31 in 1938.
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I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
Mike Johnson says he will not bring the House back in session until the government reopens
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Special till *1st Nov* 70% off #audiobook #usatoday bestseller #thesecretwarofjuliachild
One-year anniversary & we’re celebrating!! #juliachild @readlandmark.bsky.social @1morepage.bsky.social #historicalfiction #ww2 #asia #bookclubs *LINK IN BIO*
One-year anniversary & we’re celebrating!! #juliachild @readlandmark.bsky.social @1morepage.bsky.social #historicalfiction #ww2 #asia #bookclubs *LINK IN BIO*
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Special till *1st Nov* 70% off #audiobook #usatoday bestseller #thesecretwarofjuliachild
One-year anniversary & we’re celebrating!! #juliachild @readlandmark.bsky.social @1morepage.bsky.social #historicalfiction #ww2 #asia #bookclubs *LINK IN BIO*
One-year anniversary & we’re celebrating!! #juliachild @readlandmark.bsky.social @1morepage.bsky.social #historicalfiction #ww2 #asia #bookclubs *LINK IN BIO*
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Beatrix Potter, Four rabbits on bicycles, 1895 #womensart
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Beatrix Potter, Four rabbits on bicycles, 1895 #womensart
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What!!!
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What!!!
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I was opening a bunch of PDFs in acrobat yesterday and my computer's fans were going wild. I have a lot of RAM so this was surprising to me. Turns out Acrobat now generates AI summaries by default when you open a file, instead of just asking if you want one (which I never do).
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I was opening a bunch of PDFs in acrobat yesterday and my computer's fans were going wild. I have a lot of RAM so this was surprising to me. Turns out Acrobat now generates AI summaries by default when you open a file, instead of just asking if you want one (which I never do).
And if you haven't read the book on which it was based, you should.👇
The original “evil child” movie that spawned an entire horror subgenre — from The Omen to Children of the Corn to Orphan — was 1956’s The Bad Seed.
Nearly 70 Years Later, ‘Bad Seed’ Horror Icon Revisits Her Oscar-Nominated Turn
The original “evil child” movie that spawned an entire horror subgenre — from The Omen to Children of the Corn to Orphan — was 1956’s The Bad Seed.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And if you haven't read the book on which it was based, you should.👇
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“Opt-out is not consent—it’s surrender disguised as choice. No songwriter, photographer, or journalist should have to spend their life chasing ever-changing lists of training datasets just to stop a trillion-dollar company from using their work without permission.”
Australia Draws a Line: Why “No TDM Exception” Is a Victory for Creative Rights
Australia has rejected a text-and-data-mining exception, siding with creators who warn that opt-out regimes are illusions of control. The move echoes the Athens Conference calls for opt-in licensin…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Opt-out is not consent—it’s surrender disguised as choice. No songwriter, photographer, or journalist should have to spend their life chasing ever-changing lists of training datasets just to stop a trillion-dollar company from using their work without permission.”