"And so love goes. And so life goes. And so I go." -- Neal Cassady

Why we strike: 📉 Real wages falling at fastest rate since records began 💷 Average worker lost £20,000 between 2008 and 2021 🏚 8.3 million in poverty despite living in a working household 🛢 1 in 2 adults struggle to cover energy and housing bills #EnoughIsEnough

The really remarkable thing isn't just that #Microsoft has decided that the future of #search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a #chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar - even more remarkable is that #Google agrees. 1/

One of the clearest and most inspiring critiques of chatbots comes from science fiction writer #TedChiang, whose instant-classsic critique was called "ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web": newyorker.com/tech/annals-of… 34/

Dream big. ⚫️⚪️

“It is not poetry that lasts but good poems, a critical difference.” ⁩Jim Harrison on Charles Bukowski via ⁦⁦Poetic Outlaws⁩ open.substack.com/pub/poeticoutl…

Wayne Shorter, my best friend, left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future. He was ready for his rebirth. As it is with every human being, he is irreplaceable . . .

As tech reaches terminal #enshittification, so hollowed that they're barely able to keep end-users or business customers locked in, capital's running the final #rugpull, where all value is transfered from those who make things for a living to those who own things for a living. 1/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2023/03/21/tec… 2/

As a member/owner of Clapton CFC I'm pleased to have chipped in to their crowdfunder to get the historic The Old Spotted Dog Ground shipshape for ground grading. Amazing work that fans/owners/volunteers are doing down there. Pls have a look at what they're up to.. chuffed.org/project/osd-re…

UK dictionaries exclude humans from their definitions of nature. But language matters & if we want to repair our relationship with nature - we also need to redefine it & recognise that #WeAreNature. Join the campaign and sign the petition here: wearenature.org

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After Marianne Moore I write my poems not in Spanish, not in Greek, not in Latin, not in shorthand, not in plain American which cats and dogs can read, but in shrapnel and bullets m which flesh and stones can feel.

The complete focus of Labour should be on setting out how they will transform the country via the New Deal for Workers. The gerrymandering and jobs for the boys approach to selections whilst axing outstanding candidates is a disgrace.

Let Diane stand 🌹 “The idea that Diane Abbott should not be permitted to stand as a Labour candidate in the general election is unthinkable.” Two Labour Lords have wrote to Keir Starmer drawing attention to 17,500+ signing a #StandWithDiane petition 👇 labouroutlook.org/2024/05/29/100…

Ursula K. Le Guin ~ We came from the far side of the river / of starlight and will cross back over / in a little boat / no bigger than two cupped hands.

A propos of absolutely nothing other than sheer nostalgia coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football…

Stirring speech from RMT Mick Lynch and never truer words spoken quoting from the great socialist Tony Benn! ✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Join me in supporting the "Hold on to Hope" campaign! 💛 Sign the pledge and share your story. Together, we can build a better future. Learn more: hopenothate.org.uk/hold-on-to-hope

Novara Media spoke to residents of Barnsley who called out rioters scapegoating immigrants: “Your problems are from the top-down people making us feel small because we’re working class. But I'm proud to be working class, and I'm proud to be anti-racist working class as well."