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I’m beyond grateful to the kind people who’ve donated what they feel they can to this impoverished but hopeful spinster so far. It’s not only financial but also moral support: your belief in me and my values and vision can be dipped into whenever self-doubt creeps in. ✨❤️🙏🏼❤️✨
Like many creative people my work was stolen to train AI which then took my jobs. I’m fighting back, starting a small press for human-only publishing, particularly by people 40+, Welsh, &/or neurodivergent. I need your help to begin: just £1 will help. 🙏🏼
whydonate.com/fundraising/hu…
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
I remember Brand's heyday.
I remember UK & US media hyping Brand as irresistable 'sex symbol' (a new Jagger*).
Female anchors swooned. His 'exploits' were 'legendary'.
The entire showbiz/'news' industry promoted - in fact caused - this recovering addict's entitled behaviour.
And so it begins. (Again).
BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4imQyUu
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
This is quite something ! Serbian RTV channel starts yesterday's bulletin by apologizing to viewers👇
"For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly and failed to ask necessary questions. We owe our viewers an apology”
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
My fab daughter Alex has just won a Leverhulme Prize. Her forensic analyses of illicit markets, freeports and special economic zones are on the cutting edge of a criminology coming of age to produce the most revealing insights into the global economy. northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/n…
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
As Anthropic prepares to IPO for over $1 trillion, a reminder of Dario Amodei’s words shortly after founding the company:
“Distributed human labor is being used to train AI models by large, centralized actors, who concentrate the resulting profits while in the long run making the human labor obsolete.”
In other words, this IPO will be built off the backs of the world’s creatives - who will get nothing out of it except obsolescence.
It is a totally unjust transfer of wealth and opportunity from artists, writers, musicians & other creatives to a tiny tech elite.
I hope it is remembered as such.
(this quote is from a document he wrote that was unsealed in Bartz v. Anthropic)
Let them eat gherkins. 😑
Chancellor John Healey will remove import taxes on marmalade, gherkins and more than 100 products in a move to give families "breathing space" with the cost of living in the Budget.
Peter Ruddick told #BBCBreakfast about other changes that will impact motorists, carers and self-employed fathers
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6d9…
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
🖤 Happy #NationalBlackCatDay! 🐈⬛
Our black cats may all be different, but they're looking for the same thing: families of their own.
Take a look at our cats currently available for adoption and see if your perfect match is waiting for you. 🖤
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Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Palantir getting in bed with the Prosperity Institute, a Think Tank funded by the Dubai based owners of GB News to promote British Nationalism . Palantir helping the Institute push a new NHS formula of more Palantir, less migrant workers +GP charges , in current @PrivateEyeNews
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Ending FOM and leaving the SM has vastly increased immigration (the Brexintelligentsia's main argument for ending it) while slashing opportunities for UK citizens, businesses, musicians etc.
Nobody voted to end it.
Why the snide tone, @bbcnickrobinson?
2/2
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Anthropic: "AI presents a catastrophic risk to humankind"
Everyone: "Okay. So stop."
Anthropic:
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Elvis Presley's estate is suing Anthropic, the parent company of Claude, for training AI models on the musician's work without permission.
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Incidentally, Cheesecake Factory and other cats are available for adoption at this rescue center. They need loving homes, but once you adopt, I think you'll find that they end up saving you.
petfinder.com/cat/cheesecake…
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Excellent and disturbing new report from @EndCorruptionUK based on over 40 FOI requests.
Spotlight has found that UK govt ministers have held 137 meetings about Data Centres and AI growth zones between June 2024 and June 2026... but they didn't meet a single environmental group.
Government met only two community groups - but only AFTER the government had approved growth zones in their communities.
At the same time, Spotlight found that 38 government officials had left to take positions at AI and tech firms.
Spotlight is (correctly) calling for a halt on the approval of new AI and Data Centre Development zones until there has been a proper national consultation on community and environmental impacts. In other countries, these consultations have led to important new regulations to enforce environmental protections.
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
❤️ Double the Love, Double the Hope! 🐱🐱
Meet George (#BF4341) and Gracie (#BF4342), a tenderhearted bonded pair who deserve a loving home to call their own!
These sweethearts have already been through so much. Originally rescued after losing the barn they called home, they later found themselves back in our care after a year in a home. Now, we’re determined to help them find their true forever family!
George and Gracie need a little time and patience to feel secure, but once you earn their trust, the rewards are wonderful! Think treat parties, playtime, Gracie greeting you at the door, and George happily batting around his toys. 🧡
An experienced, loving home with older children and people willing to let them settle in at their own pace would be just what these two need.
Could you be the family that gives George and Gracie their happily ever after? 🏡❤️
⚾ Make George and Gracie your MVP's! Thanks to Pete Alonso and the Alonso Foundation, adoption fees are waived for eligible pets 6 months and older, while sponsorship funds last!
🏡 Get promotion details at animalleague.org/adopt/home-… #getyourrescueon
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Woody Harrelson has done an ad for Exxon.
New Exxon El Nino Commercial
Written by Adam McKay @mr.ghostpanther
Voiced by Woody Harrelson @woodyharrelson
Produced by Yellow Dot Studios
Edited by Max Koepke of @lostplanetpost
Stock Footage licensing by Stalkr
Music licensing APM
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
And that the talentless stole from the talented in order to cosplay that talent.
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
“There is a danger associated with growing up, of putting aside children’s books. We must be careful lest all we are left with is a world that is very much not alive, a natural world that is mere piles of stuff – stuff that people can use or not use, preserve or destroy, just as they want.” Susanna Clarke, In Defence of Fantasy Fiction
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
This beautiful, surreal film is a masterpiece of stop motion. It's one of the very best by director Hermína Týrlová.
Our new issue looks into The Blue Apron, and into Týrlová's love of putting life into mundane objects:
─➤animationobsessive.substack.…