Karl Greenow
@karlgreenow.bsky.social
Quiet liker of books, music, vegan food and donkeys
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This is exactly what the internet is for.
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is exactly what the internet is for.
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Make a movie that’s quietly about body positivity, find it online with an AI generated cover image of two stepford teens. Sigh.
July 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Make a movie that’s quietly about body positivity, find it online with an AI generated cover image of two stepford teens. Sigh.
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I'm a graphic designer, and more and more AI shortcuts in Photoshop are eroding the craft and skill of my job, slowly but surely "good" is being replaced by "good enough" and it's killing me slowly via a thousand tiny cuts every day.
July 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm a graphic designer, and more and more AI shortcuts in Photoshop are eroding the craft and skill of my job, slowly but surely "good" is being replaced by "good enough" and it's killing me slowly via a thousand tiny cuts every day.
Never had any time for Oasis, but curious, had a look at a couple of clips from last night. They certainly weren't phoning it in - well-rehearsed and performing great. Joey Waronker really drove the band, who all seemed happy to be playing, especially Liam (obvs). Fair do's, cynical me recants :-)
July 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Never had any time for Oasis, but curious, had a look at a couple of clips from last night. They certainly weren't phoning it in - well-rehearsed and performing great. Joey Waronker really drove the band, who all seemed happy to be playing, especially Liam (obvs). Fair do's, cynical me recants :-)
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We'll be withered husks in a dead and broken land, but at least we'll have badly written articles, and pictures of a seven-toed Jesus wearing stars and stripes, machine gunning down the devil.
June 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We'll be withered husks in a dead and broken land, but at least we'll have badly written articles, and pictures of a seven-toed Jesus wearing stars and stripes, machine gunning down the devil.
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Proper "I'm on live TV" moment this morning when I was talking about how well the pope looked and sounded yesterday only for the presenter to interrupt us to announce that the pope, had in fact, just died
April 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Proper "I'm on live TV" moment this morning when I was talking about how well the pope looked and sounded yesterday only for the presenter to interrupt us to announce that the pope, had in fact, just died
NT Lyveden today, kids activity trail based on bees. Mum, dad with daughter aged about 4, arrive at activity. Daughter not sure so Daddy will show her how. But Daddy starts waving his hands round his head, then exclaims "fuck OFF!" Mummy asks what's up. "Fucking bee!" explains Daddy. Educational 😂
April 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NT Lyveden today, kids activity trail based on bees. Mum, dad with daughter aged about 4, arrive at activity. Daughter not sure so Daddy will show her how. But Daddy starts waving his hands round his head, then exclaims "fuck OFF!" Mummy asks what's up. "Fucking bee!" explains Daddy. Educational 😂
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You have only to look at how we in England have embraced Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a Scottish dish.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
You have only to look at how we in England have embraced Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a Scottish dish.
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To write this @newstatesman.com column, I asked colleagues about their enduring memories of working on Covid wards.
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
NHS staff are still traumatised by the pandemic
Despite their continuing levels of severe distress, funding has now been withdrawn from mental health hubs.
www.newstatesman.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
To write this @newstatesman.com column, I asked colleagues about their enduring memories of working on Covid wards.
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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A red letter day - saw my first ever adder in the wild. Eighteen inches or so long, a beautiful jade and velvet black diamond chequerboard down her body. Sliding slight Ss through the grass by the side of the path along the Crinan canal in Argyll. We stopped and looked at each other for a while.
April 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A red letter day - saw my first ever adder in the wild. Eighteen inches or so long, a beautiful jade and velvet black diamond chequerboard down her body. Sliding slight Ss through the grass by the side of the path along the Crinan canal in Argyll. We stopped and looked at each other for a while.
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Fascinating to watch American right-wingers follow Brexiteers down the path of 'Hardship builds character, so blowing our own foot off with a shotgun was actually really clever.'
April 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Fascinating to watch American right-wingers follow Brexiteers down the path of 'Hardship builds character, so blowing our own foot off with a shotgun was actually really clever.'
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Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again
April 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again
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Classic comedy with ⭐ #CharlesLaughton #JohnMills #BrendaDeBanzie #PrunellaScales
📽️ 3:35pm HOBSON'S CHOICE (1954) #TPTVsubtitles
📽️ 3:35pm HOBSON'S CHOICE (1954) #TPTVsubtitles
April 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Classic comedy with ⭐ #CharlesLaughton #JohnMills #BrendaDeBanzie #PrunellaScales
📽️ 3:35pm HOBSON'S CHOICE (1954) #TPTVsubtitles
📽️ 3:35pm HOBSON'S CHOICE (1954) #TPTVsubtitles
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This is a good explanation for how Trump's wild tariffs were calculated. A complete scam. A hustle a mob boss would be embarrassed to parade in public.
This is an amateur pretext for Trump to extort tribute payments from countries.
No one can claim the US has a valid point. #ElbowsUp world.
This is an amateur pretext for Trump to extort tribute payments from countries.
No one can claim the US has a valid point. #ElbowsUp world.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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April 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is a good explanation for how Trump's wild tariffs were calculated. A complete scam. A hustle a mob boss would be embarrassed to parade in public.
This is an amateur pretext for Trump to extort tribute payments from countries.
No one can claim the US has a valid point. #ElbowsUp world.
This is an amateur pretext for Trump to extort tribute payments from countries.
No one can claim the US has a valid point. #ElbowsUp world.
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I can't stress enough that if you ever want a specific image made, you can commission any of the thousands of talented artists on here for a fair price, they'll produce something infinitely better than a computer, you'll possess something truly original, AND you'll have helped a person's livelihood.
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I can't stress enough that if you ever want a specific image made, you can commission any of the thousands of talented artists on here for a fair price, they'll produce something infinitely better than a computer, you'll possess something truly original, AND you'll have helped a person's livelihood.
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This Open AI shit is so disheartening. I wish actual artists could get the amount of press, and social engagement, as this slop does. But the Ghibli “style” filter is the worst offender; distilling the labor of hundreds of human animators into an empty tool that preys on nostalgia. Disgusting.
March 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This Open AI shit is so disheartening. I wish actual artists could get the amount of press, and social engagement, as this slop does. But the Ghibli “style” filter is the worst offender; distilling the labor of hundreds of human animators into an empty tool that preys on nostalgia. Disgusting.
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Literature is not medicine and does not need to be "good for you". Cozy fiction is as "legitimate" as any other kind of fiction.
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Literature is not medicine and does not need to be "good for you". Cozy fiction is as "legitimate" as any other kind of fiction.
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A fine illustration of how we’re trained to hate certain groups. In my life I’ve been told I should hate Argentinians, Icelanders, coal miners, junior doctors, the National Trust, etc, etc.
Take care out there, it could be you next.
Take care out there, it could be you next.
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A fine illustration of how we’re trained to hate certain groups. In my life I’ve been told I should hate Argentinians, Icelanders, coal miners, junior doctors, the National Trust, etc, etc.
Take care out there, it could be you next.
Take care out there, it could be you next.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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The Boys are Back in Town is joyful and exuberant as a concept, but 'the Men have Returned to the Village' is deeply unsettling, threatening even.
March 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Boys are Back in Town is joyful and exuberant as a concept, but 'the Men have Returned to the Village' is deeply unsettling, threatening even.
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An important point to keep in mind.
Just saw this old tweet and it made me think of my experience here on BlueSky. That questions like this posted here do seem to get genuine, human responses. The idea that community, empathy and understanding is still around in the whirpool of social media is hope-giving.
February 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just saw this old tweet and it made me think of my experience here on BlueSky. That questions like this posted here do seem to get genuine, human responses. The idea that community, empathy and understanding is still around in the whirpool of social media is hope-giving.
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Simply overjoyed to see THE STORY OF A HEART longlisted for the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction.
Huge congratulations to all 16 authors!
The full, fabulous longlist is here: brnw.ch/21wQDrv
#OrganDonation 🫀🫁💗
Huge congratulations to all 16 authors!
The full, fabulous longlist is here: brnw.ch/21wQDrv
#OrganDonation 🫀🫁💗
February 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Simply overjoyed to see THE STORY OF A HEART longlisted for the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction.
Huge congratulations to all 16 authors!
The full, fabulous longlist is here: brnw.ch/21wQDrv
#OrganDonation 🫀🫁💗
Huge congratulations to all 16 authors!
The full, fabulous longlist is here: brnw.ch/21wQDrv
#OrganDonation 🫀🫁💗