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Maybe we should stop accepting politics on a 'least worst option' basis.

I hate to be that dick, but I think this is AI

Robocop 2 (1990) Dir. Irvin Kershner

Why is it always the creatives that go first?

This! 1000000% This. ALL children should recieve the same, top quality education no matter their background. You should not be able to pay for a 'better' education.

SNP pledges roll-out of 'minimum income' for Scottish artists, writers and musicians Pilot project backed in the wake of calls to reduce financial pressures and remove barriers for freelances.

The prospect of a minimum income for artists in Scotland being introduced has taken a major step forward, months after Ireland confirmed its pilot project would be made permanent.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2601829...

As long as it's not distributed through Creative Scotland, this is excellent news.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-co...

And what exactly are we defending if there's no welfare?

This lady makes an excellent point. While the SNP are very, very far from perfect and are making some very dubious choices regarding culture, our 'higher taxes' provide us with many vital things which are free at point of use.

Also we've a more progressive tax system so higher earners pay more.

I see ScotLabour's manifesto has turned their biggest fan on bluesky in Scotland against them. Going well then.

Robert Ariail
gocomics.com/robert-ariail

Impressed the Artemis was helped to Earth by three giant tunnocks teacakes.

The plan to demonize creativity, the arts and entrepreneurship while simultaneously shoving AI products down our throats that seemingly make 99% of things worse isn't going to work. We need the robots do the laundry while the people make stuff robots can't dream of. That's a good future.

War should be a War Crime.

I'm just so very tired.

Yeah when I watched it I definitely thought I was watching what a 'real' version of Ron Swanson would be like - though probably the Nick Offerman connection that did it. A really powerful, stark film.

No ethnicity, no religion, and no nation is responsible for the ills of the world.
It's rich assholes. It's always been rich assholes.
Until we get our heads around that very simple truth, this cycle isn't going to end.

Everything wrong with the world in a nutshell.

And a good time for Carney, Starmer, Von Der Leyen, Macron, Steinmeier, Albanese, Connolly, Lee, and others to say something jointly.

I think the worst part about being a 90s kid were all the kids shows and media about how diversity is important, how bigotry is bad, needing to protect the environment, that the bad guy would always lose and history would tell the truth. It made me trust that things were going to get better.

Russel Findlay: ScotTories have a plan to bring down prison numbers.

Me: Oh, I'm interested in hearing ingenious and nuanced ideas on how to reduce crime.

Findlay: We'll pay millions to send prisonerss abroad.

Me: ...

Wireless Festival boss defends decision over Kanye West appearance Its managing director calls the rapper's past comments

Forgiveness is when people make a mistake, misjudge or act in ignorance.
It was NOT a mistake to praise Nazi's, deny the Holocaust, release swastika merch and a song called Hiel Hitler. None of these things were an accident, he knew what he was doing.
So no, I wont 'offer forgiveness.'

Digital gauche in greyscale. A female detective leans against a desk in a cluttered office

Just sent off my illustrated short story for my MLitt. It’s an excerpt from the novel I’m working on. First time trying out digital goache painting in CSP

Is this a slightly different version of Absalom from the one in Caballistics?

Digital gauche in greyscale. A female detective leans against a desk in a cluttered office

Just sent off my illustrated short story for my MLitt. It’s an excerpt from the novel I’m working on. First time trying out digital goache painting in CSP

He's working his way through the alphabet.

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