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3 months ago • •

Open Culture (Official)
3 months ago • •

Watch the Only Time Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton Performed Together On-Screen (1952)

openculture.com/2025/03/watch-…

Watch the Only Time Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton Performed Together On-Screen (1952)

Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were the two biggest comedy stars of the silent era, but as it happened, they never shared the screen until well into the reign of sound.

^{Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)}

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malducin

in reply to Open Culture (Official) • 3 months ago • •

I saw this one about couple of years ago, it's really good, even if Buster's role is small

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Buster

in reply to Open Culture (Official) • 3 months ago • •

thank you I had never seen this!

Frankie ✅

3 months ago • •

Frankie ✅
3 months ago • •

Trump Officials Are ‘Pretending’ a Judge Didn’t Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders

A judge blocked the administration from forcing organizations to accept anti-diversity contract terms. Trump officials haven’t let them know

rollingstone.com/politics/poli…

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption

Trump Admin ‘Pretending’ Judge Didn’t Block His Anti-Diversity Orders

A judge blocked the Trump administration from forcing organizations to accept his anti-DEI contract terms. Trump officials haven’t let them know.

^{Asawin Suebsaeng (Rolling Stone)}

#news #uspolitics #uspol #politics #trump #gopcult #corruption #ethics

Tom Fox

3 months ago • •

Tom Fox
3 months ago • •

One of the excellent features of the SPOKE board is the very customisable neopixel lights. The kickstarter ends today if you want to grab an early bird discounted one!

I chose these colours for the demo as #transrightsarehumanrights

kickstarter.com/projects/tomfo…

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

azteclady

3 months ago • •

The whole "Unbound Publishing goes into ad ministration--and the owners move on to a new publishing venture, which has also acquired some of the assets of the dying business" seems like a full-on scam to me.

#Unbound #Boundless #Scam

Writers beware, I guess

thebookseller.com/news/unbound…

Unbound goes into administration as Archna Sharma and John Mitchinson launch new publisher

The independent publisher Unbound has gone into administration, with Allister Manson and Charles Turner of Opus Restructuring appointed administrators of the company on 10th March 2025.

^{The Bookseller}

#scam #boundless #unbound @bookstodon group @Romancelandia group

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azteclady

in reply to azteclady • 1 week ago • •

I know it's bad form to post links to Bluesky, but one of the authors owed several thousand dollars by #Unbound has found a clause in their contract that means the new (and ever more fucked up) #Boundless doesn't own their work.

Please read this thread by Alex De Campi:

bsky.app/profile/alexdecampi.b…

And if you were thinking about working with #Boundless or its principals: don't. #Scam

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social:
Unbound authors, look at your contracts. Below is the standard termination clause (in late 2019). Boundless does not own your book. Consider emailing them and exercising the rights termination.
Because if Boundless doesn't own any books, well, so, sorry, bye-bye, should have paid us.

Quote post by Alex de Campi:
Surprise, they actually likely don't own shit, as Unbound's actions trigger multiple termination clauses. By the time it went into receivership, it had already triggered the nonpayment one:

Image of part of the contract, reading:
15. Termination
15.1 Either party may terminate this agreement immediately if:
15.1.1-Unbound fails to pay any mount due under the agreement on the due date and remains in default for more than 30 days after it has received written notification,
15.1.2- one part commits a material breach of any of the terms of this agreement and fails to remedy that breach within 30 days of written notification from the other party of the details fo the breach
15.2 The author may terminate this agreement if Unbound goes into liquidation, either compulsorily or voluntarily (except for the purpose of and immediately followed by a reconstruction or amalgamation) or if a receiver is appointed

(it continues after that, but it's not relevant for authors)

#scam #boundless #unbound @bookstodon group @Romancelandia group

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Michael Kohne

in reply to azteclady • 1 week ago • •

FYI, that blue sky link requires login to Bluesky to see.

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JimmyChezPants 🇨🇦

in reply to azteclady • 1 week ago • •

It's acceptable to post the link I suppose, but you should verify first that one can read it without an account, which one cannot, so this becomes pointless, because asking people to create an account there is a bit much.

@romancelandia @bookstodon

@bookstodon group @Romancelandia group

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megabyteGhost

in reply to azteclady • 6 days ago • •

If anyone gives you shit for posting links to Bluesky tell ‘em to fk off. Post interesting and important stuff regardless of what other social media it’s from.

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leah & tigers & bears, oh my!

in reply to azteclady • 6 days ago • •

oh wow, that's Factory Records level business incompetence

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leah & tigers & bears, oh my!

in reply to azteclady • 6 days ago • •

sadly that kind of phoenix company bullshit is a common feature of, at least, UK contract law, and it's usually done to shirk debts - limited liability companies don't pay their bills, go into liquidation, then a new company arises that somehow has all the same people in it, but none of them can be pursued for the bills. a little overlap, and the old company can "sell" all its assets to the new company for a token sum before going into liquidation.

but of course, those assets are usually physical. not licences to intellectual property specifically written to be easy to terminate! oops... someone wasn't paying attention there

Glyn Moody

3 months ago • •

Glyn Moody
3 months ago • •

Columbia graduate detained by Ice was respected British government employee - theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m… "#MahmoudKhalil described by former colleague at UK office for #Syria as well liked and extensively vetted"

Columbia graduate detained by Ice was respected British government employee

Mahmoud Khalil described by former colleague at UK office for Syria as well liked and extensively vetted

^{Ruth Michaelson (The Guardian)}

#Syria #mahmoudkhalil

Ann

3 months ago • •

Ann
3 months ago • •

Ohlsdorf Cemetery between Heavy Summer Rains

Canon AV-1 + Rollei Superpan 200

#BelieveInFilm #cemetery #angel

Quite dark black and white film photo of a statue of an angel making a gesture of blessing, lush weeping beeches in the background

#believeinfilm #cemetery #angel

E-Komik

3 months ago • •

E-Komik
3 months ago • •

Baca komik The Laws of Cultivation Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/428435
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action

Manhua The Laws of Cultivation - E-Komik Gallery

Manhua The Laws of Cultivation (-) dalam Bahasa Indonesia

^{E-Komik (E-Komik Gallery)}

#ekomik #komik #comic #Action #Manhua

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E-Komik

in reply to E-Komik • 1 week ago • •

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Laws of Cultivation (Chapter 19) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/428435
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action

E-Komik

2025-03-13 15:41:52

Baca komik The Laws of Cultivation Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/428435
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action

Manhua The Laws of Cultivation - E-Komik Gallery
Manhua The Laws of Cultivation (-) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
^{E-Komik (E-Komik Gallery)}

#ekomik #komik #comic #Action #Manhua

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E-Komik

in reply to E-Komik • 1 week ago • •

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Laws of Cultivation (Chapter 20) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/428435
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action

E-Komik

2025-03-13 15:41:52

Baca komik The Laws of Cultivation Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/428435
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhua #Action

Manhua The Laws of Cultivation - E-Komik Gallery
Manhua The Laws of Cultivation (-) dalam Bahasa Indonesia
^{E-Komik (E-Komik Gallery)}

#ekomik #komik #comic #Action #Manhua

Open Rights Group

3 months ago • •

Open Rights Group
3 months ago • •

“There is significant public interest in knowing when and on what basis the UK government believes that it can compel a private company to undermine the privacy and security of its customers.”

ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship call for the Tribunal into the UK government's secret order for Apple to break encryption to be held in public.

The case happens TOMORROW.

Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge | TechCrunch

Privacy rights groups have called on Apple's legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)

^{Natasha Lomas (TechCrunch)}

#apple #privacy #ukpol #ukpolitics #security #cybersecurity #encryption #e2ee

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