Chip SHOP!

...Baby, chip SHOP!

Missing acknowledgement - 'This article was written by BarthesGPT'

Cut and paste says what?

Now we have to teach the computers that 'No means No.' Claude asks 'Shall I implement it? User says 'No'. Claude then reasons that the user in fact means 'yes, go ahead'.

'No' means No.

You're stuck in the last movie you watched (answer with a gif)

Oof

WWN Guide To Returning Home For The Christmas WHETHER you're living abroad and just popping back to the family home for a few days from your rent-heavy apartment in the big smoke, WWN has the essential guide to managing the return to ensure …

WWN Guide To Returning Home For The Christmas waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/12/14/wwn-guide-to-...

a woman in a red dress is dancing in a crowd of people Alt: Johnny lifts Baby over his head in the last dance of the season

Yep, that tracks

Going through it in our family right now. I find those ads nauseating.

At Swim Two Birds - O'Brien
The Van - Doyle
The Unnamable - Beckett
Rachel's Holiday - Keyes
We Don't Know Ourselves - O'Toole

Congratulations to you both! Wishing you every happiness x

...a stark contrast to the 'local communities with legitimate concerns' narrative that is amplified so strongly right now. Many, many ordinary local people's concerns are for the safety and humanity of people seeking refuge in their midst. I want to hear their/our voices amplified too.

Drogheda residents ‘shocked’ after fireworks thrown into IPAS centre YouTube video by RTÉ News

I went back to my home town in Ireland this weekend. An awful arson attack was made on accommodation for asylum seekers. The local reaction was one of unqualified compassion for the residents, and outrage that people seeking safety could be made unwelcome in our community. I'm posting this as...

Aye, but he got to pay his rent that week...so...

Notification email to tell me that, unsolicited, 'An AI created a podcast' of an article I co-authored a couple of decades ago

What fresh hell is this?

A tea urn filled with holy water, with a bucket to catch any drips of holiness

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh

...none of which was possible with these working conditions. And I still carry some of the internalized guilt that somehow it's my own fault, that I wasn't 'good enough' to cut it in academia!!

after 9 years of study, (UG+PGT+PhD) was equivalent to less than an NHS band 2. Quantifying it like that helped me make the decision to leave. That, and I wanted to live in the same place, tend my relationships, build a life and home, plan my future...

...my previous/other career. When looking at the t&cs for some of the short term contracts offered to ECRs, worked out the hourly wage, taking into account unpaid prep time, unrealistic marking time etc., not even including own research and time for job applications...

Absolutely this. I stepped off this treadmill after a few years of the zero hours contracts stage, and moved over to professional services. I did my studies and PhD in humanities as a mature student, so was always comparing the career progression experience to that in health services...

Great turnout for the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike rally

We hope management are listening ✊ 📣

More than 50 artists and creative arts workers were interviewed by a sociologist to talk about the changes that the BIA has brought to their lives. This report provides additional context to the data collected this far by the Department as part of the BIA research programme, including quotes from participants. Minister O’Donovan said that the research shows that the impact of the basic income is far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients’ lives.

As the pilot ends, it’s important to hear from the artists themselves. I am struck by the stories collected in this report. This paper complements my Department’s research to date which shows that the BIA payment is having a consistent, positive impact for those in receipt of it. Artists are investing more time and more money into their practice, completing more new artistic output, experiencing reduced anxiety, and are protected from the precariousness of incomes in the sector to a greater degree than those who are not receiving the support.’

This qualitative report clearly demonstrates that the BIA has helped to sustain individual creative practice, boost ambition and creative outputs, as well as strengthen artists’ connections to their local communities. In addition, the pilot scheme has supported artists to secure more sustainable housing, address health issues, start families and even establish pension schemes. The findings affirm what the arts sector has long known: the deep precarity of the arts requires sustained, courageous support—support that not only transforms the lives of artists, but also strengthens the society they help to shape.”

The paper published today finds that the stability of the payment has significantly reduced underlying financial stress, has allowed recipients to devote time to research and experimentation which resulted in improved quality and opened new career trajectories. Recipients invested in upskilling and equipment. Recipients are also better able to take care of their physical and mental health. They report a sense of legitimacy and validation and mentioned the importance of ‘giving back’ to their community.

This will be of no surprise to any artist here on Bluesky but a new qualitative report has been published about the Basic Income for Artists pilot in Ireland and it turns out that the impact has been far-ranging and has affected all aspects of artists' lives

booksirelandmagazine.com/basic-income...

Ahem ahem, Aramis? Formative crush 🥰

"Holy Week is coming" to the tune of the Coca Cola Christmas advert.

Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social was brilliant last night in Edinburgh! Thank you so much for your, as ever, clever, funny and compassionate take on the world's news - a tiny respite of hope and humour from the grind of the daily newsfeeds. And beer. A great night all in all.

Radio 3 vs Classic FM.

Just been to see Dr Strange love in Dublin - fantastic! Thanks @aiannucci.bsky.social and all cast and production for a brilliant performance. Very timely...😬

I would add plus likes to this if I could. I feel seen...🥨

#science #detox

Edinburgh!!!