Dr Vandermast

Dr Vandermast

@drvandermast.bsky.social

Writer of this and that. Reader of the other. Not a doctor, and my name isn't Vandermast. Generative AI is theft. https://tinyurl.com/jasonmillshq

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Dr Vandermast
@drvandermast.bsky.social

The 'Hillsborough Law' going through the UK parliament will make it illegal for public officials to lie to the public. But as it stands peers and MPs will be exempt! Sign the petition to press for the amendment that will bring them into the legislation. execprosec.org/petition

execprosec.orgPETITION: Include all lawmakers under the Hillsborough LawMPs and peers have left themselves out of the new law against lying to the public. Sign the petition and tell Parliament: no exemptions.
Dr Vandermast
@drvandermast.bsky.social

The 'Hillsborough Law' going through the UK parliament will make it illegal for public officials to lie to the public. But as it stands peers and MPs will be exempt! Sign the petition to press for the amendment that will bring them into the legislation. execprosec.org/petition

execprosec.orgPETITION: Include all lawmakers under the Hillsborough LawMPs and peers have left themselves out of the new law against lying to the public. Sign the petition and tell Parliament: no exemptions.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer
@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social

I wish I'd made videos of my then two-year-old daughter singing along with Freddie Mercury to Queen songs as a tiny child. She's 21 now, and still singing for her life. This little girl's progression is adorable and incredible. Belt that Tina Turner, Kiddo!

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Jennifer Laughran
@literaticat.bsky.social

Presenting…. (Drumroll please)… Poppy as LOWLY WORM! Happy Halloweek! To answer questions in advance: I made the Apple Car, it took 10-ish hours over the course of a few weekends. Poppy HATED IT and would only go near it because we gave her babybel cheese. Yes we had to photoshop her into it 😂

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Jesse Thorn
@jessethorn.bsky.social

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

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Daniel Carpenter
@dancarpenter.bsky.social

Took the eldest to a cafe and she spent the entire time reworking the vampire mythos. Her new rules: 1. All vampires can control and ride dinosaurs 2. Their teeth are made of foam 3. They can only be defeated by forcing them to do a puppet show

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Christopher Moore
@theauthorguy.bsky.social

The Serpent of Venice, in which a diminutive fool named Pocket, with the help of a dragon and Marco Polo, solves the racism and antisemitism in The Merchant of Venice and Othello. $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.

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Spectacled Langour
@spectacledlangour.bsky.social

I would also say that it's worth reading, and I have no horse in this fight

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

I've taken the paywall off this in case anybody fancies a read. I promise it's worth it. I mean, I would say that, wouldn't I, but I do promise it is. tomcox.substack.com/p/31-notes-i...

tomcox.substack.com31 Notes I Have Made About My Dad In My NotebookMy dad has come to an arrangement with the public pool in Nottinghamshire where he swims: after everyone else has got out of the pool, he is permitted to do a somersault before he gets changed.

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The Tennessee Holler
@thetnholler.bsky.social

Writers Guild speaks out about tech platforms squashing the @alexgibneyfilm doc about Elon Musk: “A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration threatens democratic discourse.”

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Odd This Day
@oddthisday.bsky.social

So, unhappy 106th anniversary, Alexander, King of Greece, dead at just 27 on this day in 1920 from a macaque bite that went septic, leading—what with one thing and another—to a *lot* of other deaths, the birth of modern Turkey, and Prince Philip marrying the woman who would be Queen Elizabeth II...

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Michael Warburton
@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

“Practice any Art: music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money & fame but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.” IAN McKELLEN / KURT VONNEGUT

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Russ Jones
@russincheshire.bsky.social

Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comEvery Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advisesBe Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state