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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Time Out on Finnieston. Pure waffle from London 🤪 😂
"Today ‘WeMo’ (West of Motorway), as local Wags have dubbed it, is the city’s go-to hipster hub. The savvy set from Byres Road have upped sticks here, bringing their creativity and energy."

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I could listen to the BBBC all day. Most sense I’ve heard talked about religion
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So great to have this brilliant book at last. Makes a change to hear some positivity about the internet/www. Cheers! @timbernerslee.bsky.social

BBC Sounds - Understand - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Understand on BBC Sounds.

Far out. Great listen #TimHayward #bbcsounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

In the Studio - Wynton Marsalis: The sound of democracy - BBC Sounds The creative process of Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis

Love love loved this. What a guy. Beautifully produced #LeoHornak #bbcworldservice
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

You be the judge: my boyfriend wants two types of potato with our meals, but I prefer rice. Should he compromise? Paul loves his spuds and finds Noor’s preference for rice mystifying. She wants a more equal approach to carbs. You decide who gets a roasting?

The Guardian - keeping it real 🤪
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

BBC Sounds - Shadow World - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Shadow World on BBC Sounds.

Brilliant. Inspirational. And a bonus to have Mark Steel as presenter. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

View of Loch Long surrounded by wooded hills under a clear sky. Overlaid text reads: “Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant.”

🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal.

Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...

Brilliant! 🥰

Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) care support www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwi...

OBEs for the landlords

Bosnia: The Sounds of War Srebrenica Stories · Episode

July 11th marks the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, when over 8000 men and boys were massacred. Survivors of the Bosnian conflict tell their stories in this podcast for @BeyondSreb

bit.ly/TheSoundsofWar

‘The voices of our dead have not faded away’: the fight for the memory of genocide in Srebrenica Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried

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Disarming war: the Hawk Ploughshares story Two decades on, an inspiring example of successful direct action against powerful states and the arms industry is recalled.

Remember this? www.opendemocracy.net/en/disarming...

Words To Live By Number 219

Congrats, Wayne!

Fabulous book. Loved it. Although according to my mum, 'it dragged on a bit' ?!

New bill to widen freedom of information law could cover firms providing public services A new bill to widen freedom of information law in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

NEW: A new bill to widen freedom of information legislation in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. bit.ly/447uRlo

Brilliant gig @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social A seat in the gods at The Pavilion is scary as feck when ur rippin w/ vertigo but I wouldn’t have missed it. So great to hear ‘I’ll give you Barcelona’ live and to see Frankie Boyle again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low The health service issued an "amber alert" last year and stocks remain low ever since.

Donate blood. Save a life.

BBC News - NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low
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Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Saw this a few years ago on a live stream from The Lyceum. It’s brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Take these yokes and go for a dance

Working from home? It’s so much nicer if you’re a man | Emma Beddington Ever since lockdown we’ve supposedly all been in it together, doing conference calls in our slippers. But in straight couples, guess who gets the spare bedroom and the proper desk, asks Emma Beddingto...

Is it, aye?
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The UN says a palm oil company ultimately controlled by Jardine Matheson may be violating Indigenous land rights in Indonesia. The firm’s owners have donated millions to the Conservatives and Better Together.

Our latest: bit.ly/3SZFXTd

The Ferret's reporting is exemplary and independent journalism is needed more than ever now. Highly recommended.

Interesting to see how the Scottish media is covering the Kneecap removal from TRNSMT - discrepancies across the board. How will the the rest of the line-up react?