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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…
Another business on my boycott list. These rancid sociopaths are WAY too comfortable about letting their freak flags fly now. Check this man’s hard drive.
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
‼️🐾Northern Ireland is set to be the first jurisdiction in the UK and Ireland to introduce Ruby’s Law.
👨⚖️Ruby’s Law aims to recognise pet abuse as part of domestic abuse, and address that threat or harm to animals can be used as coercive control to intimidate a partner.
📣Tara Cunningham of Causeway Coast Dog Rescue campaigns for animal welfare reform in NI, and she spoke to our reporter Emily Brown about this step.
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
More women than men don’t like driving at night. Turns out there’s a physiological reason.Men have more rods in their retinas which gives them better night vision. Just another under researched difference in our biologies.
somethingtosay.london/uncate…
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Travis Knight says that LAIKA will never use generative AI in their films.
“AI is theft. It’s the ingestion of years and years and years of human creativity and ingenuity, regurgitated back. It has no humanity. It has no spirit.”
(Source: theplaylist.net/wildwood-tra…)
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Last year I was able to donate $10k to the animal shelter with the proceeds from Gregory’s calendar. Right now I’m trending to match that despite a significant increase in my costs this year!
If you want to help, the Cosmic Gregory calendar makes the perfect gift :)
I’ve officially started to ship out my calendar preorders! Gregory and I have been hard at work 😸
If you want yours hand-signed (or “paw” signed) make sure you get your order in before the preorder window ends in 4 days!
Get yours: cosmicbackground.io/products…
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
💔 IN MEMORY OF JESSE ADAMS — A TRUE HERO FOR ANIMALS 💔
It is with enormous sadness that we have learned of the tragic death of Jesse Adams, founder of RainCoast Dog Rescue Society in Canada, who lost his life while carrying out an animal rescue mission in one of the most dangerous areas of Ukraine.
Jesse dedicated his life to saving animals, even when it meant putting his own life at risk.
We first came to know Jesse in 2021, when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Jesse and RainCoast were among the extraordinary organisations that came together to assist KSAR with the evacuation of 285 cats and dogs, helping many find loving forever homes.
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Jesse travelled to the border to help fleeing families and their pets, providing veterinary care, supplies and assistance getting animals to safety.
He returned repeatedly, undertaking increasingly dangerous missions.
Most recently, Jesse worked alongside Animal Rescue Kharkiv, rescuing hundreds of animals from devastated frontline communities under constant threat from drones, missiles and artillery.
These were extraordinary acts of compassion and courage in the face of unimaginable danger.
Jesse knew the risks. He knew every mission could be his last. Yet he continued because he believed animals caught in conflict deserved protection just as much as those living in peace.
Those of us working in animal rescue in conflict zones understand and accept these risks. But few possess the courage to repeatedly travel towards danger when everyone else is trying to escape it.
Jesse was one of those very special people.
His death is a devastating loss to his family, friends, RainCoast and the international animal rescue community.
Our hearts go out to everyone who knew and loved him, particularly the Ukrainian rescuers who worked alongside him.
His legacy lives on in every animal he saved and every rescuer he inspired.
Rest in peace, Jesse. The world has lost an extraordinary human being, and the animals have lost a true champion. 🐾💔
With love and deepest respect,
Louise and everyone at War Paws
#JesseAdams #RainCoastDogRescue #WarPaws #Ukraine #AnimalRescue
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
Imagine being so loved by your creators that they take all this time and effort to make you come alive.
Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Welsh witch retweeted
BREAKING: The UK has just issued security alerts for Israel, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, warning all British nationals of sudden incoming escalation causing severe flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions.
"The context in the Middle East remains deeply unpredictable and the risk of sudden escalation is high," the new warning says.
It now covers British nationals planning to transit the region rather than only those already there, and drops all qualifiers on airspace closures and travel disruptions, which are no longer described as potential.
US embassies across the region ordered departures last week.
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. 🖤
👉heswilmslow.co.uk/Pages/Cate…
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:
