UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold.
It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on.
Sign & repost!! ❤️
On this day (7th June) in 1993, the Scala Cinema closed permanently. A wake was held including a screening of King Kong (1933), the first film shown at the Kings Cross location back in 1981.
Looking forward to this book very much 🇭🇹✒️🗡
This book is going to be BRILLIANT ⬇️
Celebrating this day six years ago (June 7 2020) when the good people of Bristol tore down the statue of enslaver Edward Colston during a Black Lives Matter protest, and threw him in the river. What a splash this brave act made.
Celebrating this day six years ago (June 7 2020) when the good people of Bristol tore down the statue of enslaver Edward Colston during a Black Lives Matter protest, and threw him in the river. What a splash this brave act made.
"Why three horses on this wall?"
A wonderful piece on prehistoric cave art. By Stephen Phelan, who was taken into the depths of a cave in the Basque Country. He's such a good writer.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
The long read: For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took ...
The blood on this man’s hands. Determined to prevent a deal with Iran. Determined to eliminate Palestinians. Determined to kill Palestinian statehood. Determined to drag the wider region into a spiraling circle of death. The war criminal of our era. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Spending this week going over the page proofs for my forthcoming book, With the Pen In One Hand and the Sword in the Other: Haiti and the United States in the Nineteenth Century, coming out with @ugapress.bsky.social this autumn.
To have a personally dedicated and signed copy of FINDING ALADDIN delivered to you (or someone else!) on publication day, 12 November, the wonderful Lighthouse Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social can make all your wishes come true...
Details here:
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Thousands leave homes after Israeli military instructed to strike ‘terrorist targets’ in largest escalation of war since ceasefire
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Michael Deibert
Alex Hall Hall
Matthew Teller
Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins are helping to release a shelved 1977 Cramps album produced by Alex Chilton
Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins are helping to release a shelved 1977 Cramps album produced by Alex Chilton
In April 1979, New York punk-scene weirdos the Cramps played at a Washington, DC venue called the LBJ Club, and that must’ve been some show. The Cramps hadn’t released their debut album yet, but they ...
In April 1979, New York punk-scene weirdos the Cramps played at a Washington, DC venue called the LBJ Club, and that must’ve been some show. The Cramps hadn’t released their debut album yet, but they ...
