Vincent Z

Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket

Now for some good news: the UK is finally moving to shut down ripoff ticket resellers. You should soon be able to buy seats directly from venues without touts grabbing everything first. #MusicSky

Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves - BBC News In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.

The race to launch AI apps is moving faster than any real quality control. In the rush to be first, safety and oversight are being ignored and people are getting hurt. When a chatbot can push a child toward suicide, that’s not innovation, it’s negligence.
#AI

Three slices of sourdough stand upright in a toaster, their shapes forming the side profile of a rabbit, complete with ears and nose. The crumb is open and even, with a light, airy texture. This came from a single-score loaf using a regenerative flour recipe.

Sliced into yesterday’s sourdough loaf and got a textbook bread bunny. One angled score was all it took- ears, nose, the lot, standing proud in the toaster. The crumb was nicely open and even, with a soft texture that held up well. #bunnysky

cool fact, my self-hosted PDS is ~500 microseconds away from my apartment over the internet and that PDS is ~500 microseconds away from its S3 endpoint where my blobs live

this is compared to the ~67-75ms jump from my apartment to bsky's US-east PDSs

the site is a LOT snappier for me now :)

A true treasure. She'll be missed in the human and animal worlds.

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

Tim Berners-Lee: “You shouldn’t be owned, not even your data.” The man who gave us the web for free reminds us: when companies treat your life as their property, the question is simple - who really owns you? #www

Murdochs likely to be involved in TikTok deal, Trump says Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Dell founder Michael Dell are also both involved, the president tells Fox News.

The Murdochs are reportedly eyeing a TikTok deal. Remember their last social media adventure with MySpace? That didn’t exactly go well. Moves like this are exactly why decentralised platforms like Bluesky are more important than ever - a place where content isn’t shaped by corporate agendas.

Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies

Massive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing. #massiveattack

"Social media users are tired of losing their identity and data every time a platform shuts down or pivots. In the ATProto ecosystem, users own their data and identities. Bluesky is the first big example, but a new wave of decentralized social networks is just beginning."

Perfectly cooked haddock - Delish - Wonderful view, and the very best company - my Mr. Z! ❤️ What more could a girl ask for on a Friday night! 😁

YouTube video by 10ccVEVO 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday

Morning folks! Have a stellar day! Here's an earworm to get ya started

Funny how the tech broligarchs (and their enablers) keep claiming they can’t afford to pay creators for the work they’ve so brazenly filched from all of us… #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

A large round casserole pot rests on an old, weathered wooden table. Inside, a whole chicken, tender from hours of slow simmering, sits surrounded by parsnips, new potatoes, carrots, onions, leeks and cabbage. The golden broth is slightly cloudy, fragrant, and gently steaming. A plain, satisfying dish. A quiet celebration of Anthony Bourdain’s life, and the way he made food a way of seeing the world. Food Photography taken on a Canon EOS R6m2 w/ EF24-70

Anthony Bourdain Day. Last year his coq au vin. This year, Poule au Pot from the Les Halles cookbook. Sausage-stuffed chicken, vegetables, slow-simmered. A quiet, thoughtful dish from a man who made food about far more than eating. #BourdainDay 🐓🥘

YouTube video by Moog Bass Joy Division - Shadowplay - First TV Appearance 20th September 1978 - HD Promo Video

Earworm of the day: Joy Division - Shadowplay
#OutsideBroadcast #MusicSky #JoyDivision

Bluesky backlash misses the point | TechCrunch Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it's just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.

True the Bluesky 🦋 scale is tipped to the left, but it does offer a stable counterbalance to X. One way would may be to push non-political stories and conversations higher in the discovery feeds etc... @jay.bsky.team

YouTube video by Mike Adams The Beach Boys - God only knows (1966) fully restored video

Sad news, RIP, Brian Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys has died. #thebeachboys #godonlyknows

Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.

Had a great conversation with @jay.bsky.team about the future of Bluesky, which she hopes is a future where Bluesky becomes one small part of a much larger ecosystem: www.wired.com/story/big-in...

I bet that 'tasted' bloody good. I'm inspired to make it, Steve.

YouTube video by theclashVEVO The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Official Video)

Morning all, it's Thursday and here's my earworm of the day: The Clash - Magnificent Seven. #OutsideBroadcast 🎵

A green check or the blue butterfly 🦋

A little wound tight by the sounds of things. But, if that focaccia sarnie is still going, I'll take it.

What happened I can't see original post?

Thanks, I'm really looking forward to it - dinner then some Floyd. That suits me fine. 🎸

Tickets booked with @dsz.bsky.social to see the 4K restored concert film 'Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII' looking forward to hearing the film's updated sound and new mix by Steven Wilson. #PinkFloyd #MusicSky

Your killing me - that looks bloody good.

Yes, it appears that way.

Yes, me too, Paul.

Yes she was. It's that generation now.

YouTube video by Marianne Faithfull Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Short Film by Derek Jarman) [1979]

So long, Marianne Faithful...