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There is a heart on the wall for every person who died of covid in this country, whether or not it has writing on it. We will never forget them. ❤️ #Monday

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Next week I'll be speaking on the long history of disabled people's agency and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research. Everyone welcome! www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...

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30 YEARS AGO TODAY: The All-New Alexei Sayle Show's second series is the one with Drunk In Time, the sci-fi spoof starring Alexei and Peter Capaldi with Jenny Agutter, Alfred Marks, and Jim Carter as a succession of historical figures.

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Goodnight. “People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think” Aldous Huxley

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Sometime in either 1973 or 74, I asked my Dad what was that brilliant movie we’d watched on TV years* ago, the one about the time machine. “Oh, that was HG Wells’ The Time Machine.” This probably set off a lifetime of important questions, some still ongoing. *Two, in fact.

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Amazing to think that Back to the Future Part III is now set in the past.

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BFI Lynch retrospective in January, lads.

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"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."

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We are fundraising to secure the future of the Folklore Library & Archive. Thanks to everyone who helped us over the weekend. We have hit 3% of our target already. Please take a look at our story at www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... Help if you can and share the post. Rewards for you are below!

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💥 Keir Starmer: “Everybody agrees it needs reform, we have got to reform it and that is what we intend to do.” Keir, EVERYONE is telling you this Green Paper is catastrophic. That’s not reform. You’re not listening. You’d be destroying lives. #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePip

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There are no ‘magic words’ which mean someone gets PIP with no medical evidence, trust me.

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Can an MP please read out all the organisations that have condemned the #DisabilityCuts during Wednesday’s first debate? I know it’ll take 20 minutes – it’s every single DDPO, charity, and health organisation – but still…

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The court's popularity has declined since its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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"There's more going on here than I thought..." "Doctor Who: The Green Death" episode 5 (1973). #DoctorWho

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British women are being jailed and shamed under archaic abortion laws. After more than a century and a half, this week, MPs could vote to change that. My col. on decriminalising abortion - and giving tens of millions of women a genuine right to choose. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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At a loose end with a quid in your pocket for the May Bank Holiday in Spring 1967? Get yourself down to the Tulip Bulb Auction Hall in Spalding for Jimi Hendrix, The Move, Geno Washington, The Cream, Zoot Money, The Ram Jam Band and Pink Floyd. Licensed bar applied for, Hot Dogs and U.V soft lights.

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🧵 NEW: APPG on Poverty and Inequality's response to the Pathways to Work Green Paper reveals SHOCKING evidence - disabled households face £1,067 extra costs monthly (67% of income) yet government plans devastating cuts that will push 400,000 into poverty. Thread👇#TakingThePIP

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It's #Bloomsday

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Stop trying to make Bloomsday happen! Joyce failed to achieve even the basic requirements of a novel i.e concentrating the action on the exploits of an elite US Navy SEAL team

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"Next Saturday on BBC1: Doctor Who..." BBC trailer for "Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy" (1977). #DoctorWho

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Separate thread for this one. Now it's a year since Inside No. 9 ended on BBC Two, where is its replacement? Because here's what I would have done.

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Just want to recommend the BBC's "Archive on 4". 649 episodes currently available to listen in full online, and the hit-rate is astonishingly high. So many fascinating things covered, so much expertly chosen archive. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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Great horned owl near Enterprise, Oregon, while birding with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social

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Once again something genuinely incredible about BFI / Benugo’s commitment to closing their bar exactly 20m before 450 people emerge from a packed cinema looking for exactly one drink, so they can chat for 20m with their friends about stuff. Art in its own right.

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What we learned yesterday. The Times They Are a-Changin'

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“Serendipity.”

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Looks like this military parade could have been an email.

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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

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A lot of #forgotten80s tonight is in my forthcoming book, turns out. Into the Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Pop History, out on 2 October. eandtbooks.com/books/into-t...

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Sparks on Later… with Jools Holland 📸

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There’s a book he should read by someone very interested in science, technology and dealing with information at “a fundamental level” that demonstrates the many flaws in his argument. Including the bit about the hot beverage.

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Dear autocorrect, I wrote in the previous text 'but a bit of fresh air' not your preferred version which makes no sense, and as this was a message to a friend, making sense is quite important. Stop the fuck doing this. Thank you.x

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What's your sign?

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