Cristina Rusu
@copykat.bsky.social
Artist and art lover, UK copyright person for Loughborough University, and all round cat person. Also, certified Librarian. Views are my own.
So they voted for them now they are not happy….shocking! (Sarcasm intended) 🙄
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax...
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.
County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So they voted for them now they are not happy….shocking! (Sarcasm intended) 🙄
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France is at war with Shein. We should copy its tactics to defeat fast fashion | Nicole Lipman
France is at war with Shein. We should copy its tactics to defeat fast fashion | Nicole Lipman
The dirt-cheap clothing company has opened its first permanent store in Paris – and politicians and workers have united against it, says writer Nicole Lipman
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
France is at war with Shein. We should copy its tactics to defeat fast fashion | Nicole Lipman
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‘I have actually become a star’: Louvre heist mystery ‘fedora man’ uncovered – video
‘I have actually become a star’: Louvre heist mystery ‘fedora man’ uncovered – video
The French teenager became an internet sensation after a press photographer captured him outside the museum on the day of the heist
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘I have actually become a star’: Louvre heist mystery ‘fedora man’ uncovered – video
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November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Born #OnThisDay in 1867 was Marie Skłodowska–Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines: Physics for her work on radioactivity, and Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. #WomenInSTEM
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1867 was Marie Skłodowska–Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines: Physics for her work on radioactivity, and Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. #WomenInSTEM
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OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
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Angelina Jolie visited Mykolaiv and Kherson — some of Ukraine’s most dangerous southern frontline regions, where civilians describe daily Russian drone attacks as "human safari".
Angelina Jolie visits Kherson and Mykolaiv in support of civilians
Angelina Jolie visited Mykolaiv and Kherson — some of Ukraine’s most dangerous southern frontline regions, where civilians describe daily Russian drone attacks as "human safari".
l.euronews.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Angelina Jolie visited Mykolaiv and Kherson — some of Ukraine’s most dangerous southern frontline regions, where civilians describe daily Russian drone attacks as "human safari".
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Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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CREATe is an interdisciplinary research centre working at the interface of law, economics, creativity and the arts and funded by the AHRC. Learn more about CREATe's research: create.ac.uk
Home - CREATe
create.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
CREATe is an interdisciplinary research centre working at the interface of law, economics, creativity and the arts and funded by the AHRC. Learn more about CREATe's research: create.ac.uk
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We hosted Dr Sunimal Mendis @tilburg-university.bsky.social at CREATe! Her NWO DIGI-APPS project digs into how copyright + regulation work in virtual worlds. Can 2D platform rules survive in XR? 👀
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Copyright’s (extended) reality check: Challenges for copyright enforcement in virtual worlds - CREATe
www.create.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We hosted Dr Sunimal Mendis @tilburg-university.bsky.social at CREATe! Her NWO DIGI-APPS project digs into how copyright + regulation work in virtual worlds. Can 2D platform rules survive in XR? 👀
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
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Okay a golden girls reboot but…
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Okay a golden girls reboot but…
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🌍 Our #MaterialFootprint is shrinking — but not fast enough.
Each person in the EU uses 14 tonnes of materials per year — 5% less than in 2010, but still well above sustainable levels.
🔗 Read more in the new EEA indicator: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#MaterialFootprint #CircularEconomy
Each person in the EU uses 14 tonnes of materials per year — 5% less than in 2010, but still well above sustainable levels.
🔗 Read more in the new EEA indicator: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#MaterialFootprint #CircularEconomy
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🌍 Our #MaterialFootprint is shrinking — but not fast enough.
Each person in the EU uses 14 tonnes of materials per year — 5% less than in 2010, but still well above sustainable levels.
🔗 Read more in the new EEA indicator: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#MaterialFootprint #CircularEconomy
Each person in the EU uses 14 tonnes of materials per year — 5% less than in 2010, but still well above sustainable levels.
🔗 Read more in the new EEA indicator: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#MaterialFootprint #CircularEconomy
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Getty Images v Stability: Long-awaited judgment rejects majority of Getty's claim - ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/gett... #ai
Getty Images v Stability: Long-awaited judgment rejects majority of Getty's claim
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Getty Images v Stability: Long-awaited judgment rejects majority of Getty's claim - ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/gett... #ai
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Helena Bonham-Carter, Martin Freeman, and Mia McKenna-Bruce lead the starry trailer for Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, a new Netflix murder-mystery series.
WATCH THE TRAILER: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/agat...
WATCH THE TRAILER: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/agat...
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Helena Bonham-Carter, Martin Freeman, and Mia McKenna-Bruce lead the starry trailer for Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, a new Netflix murder-mystery series.
WATCH THE TRAILER: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/agat...
WATCH THE TRAILER: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/agat...
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The Earthshot prize - the one that supposedly awards people who invent stuff to "repair the planet" - retained the same PR agency this year as Petrobras, one of the world's most aggressively expanding oil producers
Great piece from @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/r...
Great piece from @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/r...
Revealed: Prince William’s Climate Prize Hired PR Firm Tied to Brazilian Fossil Fuel Industry
The agency — LLYC Brasil —promoted upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Earthshot prize - the one that supposedly awards people who invent stuff to "repair the planet" - retained the same PR agency this year as Petrobras, one of the world's most aggressively expanding oil producers
Great piece from @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/r...
Great piece from @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/r...
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NAG Webinar Week:
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NAG Webinar Week:
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
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South Korea has passed a law such that car parks with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
And it will be RETROSPECTIVE
Should our politicians follow suit rather than cover East Anglia's agricultural land?
And it will be RETROSPECTIVE
Should our politicians follow suit rather than cover East Anglia's agricultural land?
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
->Electrek | #solar power | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Electrek | #solar power | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports. But, unlike similar laws that have been proposed in the US, this new law doesn’t just apply to...
electrek.co
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
South Korea has passed a law such that car parks with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
And it will be RETROSPECTIVE
Should our politicians follow suit rather than cover East Anglia's agricultural land?
And it will be RETROSPECTIVE
Should our politicians follow suit rather than cover East Anglia's agricultural land?
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“ ‘A lot of academic research on AI currently is also funded by the AI industry, which creates the risk of distorting scientific knowledge.’ ”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“ ‘A lot of academic research on AI currently is also funded by the AI industry, which creates the risk of distorting scientific knowledge.’ ”
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CommonsDB, a new registry that enables users to verify the rights status of online images
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
CommonsDB - Meta-Wiki
meta.wikimedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
CommonsDB, a new registry that enables users to verify the rights status of online images
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
It is quiz time! Give our Halloween copyright quiz a go and test your copyright knowledge!
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#Quiz #Copyright #Halloween
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#Quiz #Copyright #Halloween
Halloween Copyright quiz!
Have a spooktacular time!
forms.office.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It is quiz time! Give our Halloween copyright quiz a go and test your copyright knowledge!
forms.office.com/e/iwsfqN0r93
#Quiz #Copyright #Halloween
forms.office.com/e/iwsfqN0r93
#Quiz #Copyright #Halloween
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Still needs Swiss parliamentary budget approval : but a new all-year 3 times a week sleeper could link Basel with Copenhagen and Malmo. ftnnews.com/travel-news/...
Sleep to Scandinavia: New Swiss night train to Copenhagen and Malmö - Focus on Travel News
SBB’s tri-weekly EuroNight from Basel to Copenhagen and Malmö launches 15 April 2026, with tickets on sale 4 Nov 2025 and CHF 47m support to 2030.
ftnnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Still needs Swiss parliamentary budget approval : but a new all-year 3 times a week sleeper could link Basel with Copenhagen and Malmo. ftnnews.com/travel-news/...
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Library services across all sectors can now sign up to test a pilot Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework and audit their climate actions! https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp #GreenLibraries
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Library services across all sectors can now sign up to test a pilot Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework and audit their climate actions! https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp #GreenLibraries