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One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids

Ooooohhh I like it!

ALSO, he’s not a politician. He has been elected to no office. He worked some campaigns in college then dropped out to become a full time political violence agitator. Does he “deserve” to be shot? Who cares! He got shot. And it’s not wrong to keep in mind that, had it been you, he would not care.

And that’s the kindest explanation, the one where they’re heedless, wilfully stupid and self-centred. There are much less charitable ones than that.

These are intelligent people, so they certainly see there is no upper limit to the level of cruelty the voters they’re chasing want and that there’s no way to win their approval. And yet they continue regardless, knowing it’s disastrous, because the alternative is admitting that they’ve fucked it.

Libraries and post offices should merge, and there should be a coffee shop.

Pick up your pension, get a book, have a coffee with friends. Cut overheads for everyone, reduce loneliness, and save libraries and post offices.

Merton Council seizes control of rogue landlord's properties Merton Council took control of the portfolio of 18 properties, rented as houses of multiple occupancy.

Yes yes, more of this please!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

When people say they don’t know how to explain queerness to their kids it’s because they have sexualized every aspect of queerness in their minds. They still think that being gay or lesbian or trans or any other queer identity is little more than a fetish.

No worries, I hope it helps! Xx

In terms of equipment, you can hand sew everything but it takes So Long! I'd recommend going on your local Freecycle and asking if anyone's got a sewing machine they're not using, and you can upgrade later if / when you've got a better idea of what you'll need for your sewing style

Pattern Drafting Starter Pack // Basic Blocks - YouTube

In this playlist she goes through making a block pattern from the start, and how to use it: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

For this tho, I'd advise watching now for inspo, but doing some of the simpler stuff Leena points towards first to build skills and confidence

Then, this might seem intimidating, but I really rate The Closet Historian most of what she makes is incredibly high concept, but her thesis that you only need a block pattern and a bit of knowledge about pattern manipulation is well worth getting your head around.

MY YEAR OF MAKE DO - YouTube

Okay! Leena Norms is a great place to start. She's only started sewing in the last couple years and has done very easy stuff, from the ground up. This playlist is a good intro: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Funnily enough I don't remember reading similar front pages when Jeremy Hunt bought *seven* luxury seaside apartments from a Conservative donor, in breach of his government's own money laundering rules

Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".

Would you like some recommendations on how to start making your own clothes? It's probably easier than you think

(I mean, obvs there's no limit on how complex you can get, and only the goddesses among us make their own bras, but you can totes start with simple shit)

The mass manufacture of clothes is the biggest mistake of modernity. We used to have clothes made to measure and colours chosen to suit us. And now it's just so hard to even find someone to make your clothes, let alone afford it

I'm a big fan of Universal Basic Income.

As expected seeing ppl backpedaling on the itch thing now that there's a list of the unacceptable content and it includes stuff that's "too gross"

It's all of us or none of us. Our enemies have made that clear.

I would rather work side by side with a freak than with a fascist.

Zack Polanski: The Left’s New Hope Zack Polanski has crafted a political strategy that the left has been crying out for: eco-populism, the left’s answer to the far-right.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/zack...

Until we start acknowledging this anybody that says they are protecting women and girls is straight out lying

On an off white wall, a large ornate golden frame with a large white card borders a very large blown up publicity photo. The photo is of a deep red room with panelling painted raspberry pink. A woman sits on a dentist's chair to the left of the image, in a deep blue gown fit for the Oscars red carpet. She is holding a green cocktail and laughing at someone out of the scene to the right, on the other side of the wash station and mouth spotlight. The overall effect is intensely weird

Y'all. Private healthcare is Something Else.

What if we defined the economy as the way we take care of one another? Since that's what it ultimately is/ What wood economic indicators then look like

Instead of the daily stock market - we could have an indicator for the number of homeless people?

Me in my Sheffield flat looking at dribbles and air bubbles spitting out of the kitchen tap, the loo cistern that takes 5 mins to refill, and reports from neighbours about yellow mains water.

Hmm. Interesting.

Also this: www.thestar.co.uk/news/stannin...

Oh huh just like trans people have been saying for a decade

You know what’s actually nuts about this kind of shit? For millennia, girls have been immersed in cultures that put us down and was quite fucking depressing

IMMERSED

We did not respond by becoming violent monsters

I responded by becoming an egalitarian feminist

bsky.app/profile/josh...

It’s time. Dems should run on #UHC and #UBI in 2026 and 2028.

The problem isn't Netanyahu - it's a society in the grip of genocidal mania.

Me in my Sheffield flat looking at dribbles and air bubbles spitting out of the kitchen tap, the loo cistern that takes 5 mins to refill, and reports from neighbours about yellow mains water.

Hmm. Interesting.

Also this: www.thestar.co.uk/news/stannin...

We are replacing our cat piss carpet in the study / spare room with laminate, and so currently the living room is full of desks and sofa bed, and the entire flat smells of cat piss. We're gonna be ready for the fitter on Tuesday, but good God the stink right now! 🤢