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5 years on from Brexit, there is still no workable solution to the creative touring crisis facing artists and crew wanting to tour the EU and conversely the UK.
We’re seen a 74% reduction in UK artists touring the EU, and with increasing difficulty obtaining US visas, the opportunities for UK
We’re seen a 74% reduction in UK artists touring the EU, and with increasing difficulty obtaining US visas, the opportunities for UK
January 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
5 years on from Brexit, there is still no workable solution to the creative touring crisis facing artists and crew wanting to tour the EU and conversely the UK.
We’re seen a 74% reduction in UK artists touring the EU, and with increasing difficulty obtaining US visas, the opportunities for UK
We’re seen a 74% reduction in UK artists touring the EU, and with increasing difficulty obtaining US visas, the opportunities for UK
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Personally I think that Greenland & Canada should now follow Iceland and set a course to joining the EU.
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December 25, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Personally I think that Greenland & Canada should now follow Iceland and set a course to joining the EU.
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If you still don’t understand why academia must fight the normalisation of “AI” to it’s dying breath, read this thread about what’s already gone terribly wrong.
In the years ahead, the tools supporting scholarly misuse of AI will scale as technology does.
Increasingly convincing, refined and above all, large in volume, they are a hefty wave in the battle for reality.
A wave that has already broken and receded while another readies.
30/31
Increasingly convincing, refined and above all, large in volume, they are a hefty wave in the battle for reality.
A wave that has already broken and receded while another readies.
30/31
December 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM
If you still don’t understand why academia must fight the normalisation of “AI” to it’s dying breath, read this thread about what’s already gone terribly wrong.
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Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst
He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the world’s richest bully, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Of course, the perfect way to solve all our problems is to give up every human right which keeps us safe from fascists.
December 7, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Of course, the perfect way to solve all our problems is to give up every human right which keeps us safe from fascists.
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
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Great news. Wisdom the albatross has laid an egg at age 74. Albatrosses have been having a hard time. This wise old bird is helping out. #birds www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
World’s oldest known wild bird hatches new chick at age 70
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, was first banded in 1956 and has reared at least 40 chicks
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Great news. Wisdom the albatross has laid an egg at age 74. Albatrosses have been having a hard time. This wise old bird is helping out. #birds www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”
Me for Byline Times on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
Me for Byline Times on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever'
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:10 AM
“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”
Me for Byline Times on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
Me for Byline Times on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.
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"He asked why British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson had been imprisoned at all. Musk also approvingly shared Robinson’s documentary to his more than 200 million followers"
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’
X owner shares a petition demanding a UK general election and boosts a far-right activist.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
"He asked why British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson had been imprisoned at all. Musk also approvingly shared Robinson’s documentary to his more than 200 million followers"
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
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This is amazing. A Lithuanian researcher, Ernesta Kazakėnaitė, has identified the earliest surviving manuscript in a Sámi language: ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/je...
November 23, 2024 at 8:15 AM
This is amazing. A Lithuanian researcher, Ernesta Kazakėnaitė, has identified the earliest surviving manuscript in a Sámi language: ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/je...
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Hello peeps. We're not here yet, but thinking about it. The 60s video rule is gonna be tough cf. Twitter/X, but maybe there will be fewer reach limits on sharing embeds from YouTube which always felt repressed. Here's a test - song from UK in 2022 that feels relevant post Trump: youtu.be/4uaXL4Eq6mk
"In the Bleak" (Official Music Video) - by The Marsh Family
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Hello peeps. We're not here yet, but thinking about it. The 60s video rule is gonna be tough cf. Twitter/X, but maybe there will be fewer reach limits on sharing embeds from YouTube which always felt repressed. Here's a test - song from UK in 2022 that feels relevant post Trump: youtu.be/4uaXL4Eq6mk