Ian Dolphin
@iandolphin.bsky.social
Open Source Software advocate. Former Exec Director, Apereo Foundation. Retired. Into photography, music, literature, history and politics
Trip into town to see/hear Hull indie/folk band Pavey Ark this afternoon. So glad I did. Best new band I’ve Heard in loooong time. #paveyark
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trip into town to see/hear Hull indie/folk band Pavey Ark this afternoon. So glad I did. Best new band I’ve Heard in loooong time. #paveyark
Reposted by Ian Dolphin
I'll admit I don't know much about economics, but maybe an industry with a business model that can only function through copyright infringement on a truly colossal scale, run by CEOs who apparently didn't see this kind of legal action coming as a result, is not one that really deserves to exist?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'll admit I don't know much about economics, but maybe an industry with a business model that can only function through copyright infringement on a truly colossal scale, run by CEOs who apparently didn't see this kind of legal action coming as a result, is not one that really deserves to exist?
On this day in 1803, the Battle of Vertières. Haitian forces under Jean Jacques Dessalines and François Capois defeat French forces and prevent restoration of slavery in Haiti.
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On this day in 1803, the Battle of Vertières. Haitian forces under Jean Jacques Dessalines and François Capois defeat French forces and prevent restoration of slavery in Haiti.
“The choice facing us is either socialism or barbarism” @zarahsultana.bsky.social channels Rosa Luxemburg in Hull this evening
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“The choice facing us is either socialism or barbarism” @zarahsultana.bsky.social channels Rosa Luxemburg in Hull this evening
“We must make Your Party the most Democratic party in modern Britain” @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking in Hull this evening
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“We must make Your Party the most Democratic party in modern Britain” @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking in Hull this evening
“Democracy delayed is democracy denied.” Leadership elections should be held this year @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking about @thisisyourparty.bsky.social in East Hull this evening
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Democracy delayed is democracy denied.” Leadership elections should be held this year @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking about @thisisyourparty.bsky.social in East Hull this evening
“Your Party will not be Labour 2.0” @zarahsultana.bsky.social on @thisisyourparty.bsky.social speaking in East Hull
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Your Party will not be Labour 2.0” @zarahsultana.bsky.social on @thisisyourparty.bsky.social speaking in East Hull
“We’re not interested in tweaking the system, we want to replace it.” @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking in Hull
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re not interested in tweaking the system, we want to replace it.” @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking in Hull
“The hard choices our political class make are never for themselves” @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking in Hull @thisisyourparty.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“The hard choices our political class make are never for themselves” @zarahsultana.bsky.social speaking in Hull @thisisyourparty.bsky.social
@zarahsultana.bsky.social About to speak at a Trades Council organised meeting in East Hull
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@zarahsultana.bsky.social About to speak at a Trades Council organised meeting in East Hull
Reposted by Ian Dolphin
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Born on this day 1855, Eugene V Debs, socialist. “Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Born on this day 1855, Eugene V Debs, socialist. “Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.”
‘'In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light”
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
‘'In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light”
I live on the wrong side of the UK for sunsets (well, it still *sets* there, but you get my drift) so something like this kinda blows me away …
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I live on the wrong side of the UK for sunsets (well, it still *sets* there, but you get my drift) so something like this kinda blows me away …
Not having been here since I was 9, I’d forgotten how gobsmackingly lovely it is
October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Not having been here since I was 9, I’d forgotten how gobsmackingly lovely it is
York appears to be ready for Halloween … flic.kr/p/2rxVs8p
Halloween Proximity
YorkshIre Museum and Gardens
flic.kr
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
York appears to be ready for Halloween … flic.kr/p/2rxVs8p
Apple, appstore bans, and ICE migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Apple, appstore bans, and ICE migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
I can’t help but feel that the new Apple telephone message transcript service leaves something to be desired. Or is very scary.
October 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I can’t help but feel that the new Apple telephone message transcript service leaves something to be desired. Or is very scary.
Reposted by Ian Dolphin
Jon Stewart Goes Full State TV to Nail Trump on Kimmel www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-...
Jon Stewart Goes Full State TV to Nail Trump on Kimmel
“The Daily Show” expertly denounced Trump’s efforts to censor free speech—by giving him exactly what he desires.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Jon Stewart Goes Full State TV to Nail Trump on Kimmel www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-...
I wanted to stand here and take this photograph for about the last forty years. I finally got around to it. www.flickr.com/photos/iando...
The Dessau Bauhaus
Dessau, Germany. I wanted to stand here and take this photograph for about the last forty years. I finally got around to it…
www.flickr.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I wanted to stand here and take this photograph for about the last forty years. I finally got around to it. www.flickr.com/photos/iando...
lighthouse, Spurn Point flickr.com/photos/iando...
Coast: Spurn 2
Spurn Head, East Riding of Yorkshire
flickr.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
lighthouse, Spurn Point flickr.com/photos/iando...
Dimitri Shostakovich died 50 years ago today. Appreciation by Ian Dolphin and John Cunningham here -
shirazsocialism.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/5...
shirazsocialism.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/5...
50 Years On: Why Shostakovich Matters
And art made tongue-tied by authority,And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill,And simple truth miscall’d simplicity,And captive good attending captain illShakespeare, Sonnet 66 / Shostakovi…
shirazsocialism.wordpress.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Dimitri Shostakovich died 50 years ago today. Appreciation by Ian Dolphin and John Cunningham here -
shirazsocialism.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/5...
shirazsocialism.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/5...
Tariff stuff from W Post:
“His colleague, Itsunori Onodera, policy chief for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Trump’s decision “to notify a key ally with nothing more than a single letter is extremely disrespectful, and I feel a strong sense of indignation.”
Remarkable statement.
“His colleague, Itsunori Onodera, policy chief for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Trump’s decision “to notify a key ally with nothing more than a single letter is extremely disrespectful, and I feel a strong sense of indignation.”
Remarkable statement.
July 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Tariff stuff from W Post:
“His colleague, Itsunori Onodera, policy chief for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Trump’s decision “to notify a key ally with nothing more than a single letter is extremely disrespectful, and I feel a strong sense of indignation.”
Remarkable statement.
“His colleague, Itsunori Onodera, policy chief for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Trump’s decision “to notify a key ally with nothing more than a single letter is extremely disrespectful, and I feel a strong sense of indignation.”
Remarkable statement.