Jane Tynan

Jane Tynan

@janeym.bsky.social

Cultural historian - 20th C design & material culture | researching: climate & clothing, fashion & politics, also liberation graphics | Leads MA Design Cultures @VU Amsterdam | immigrant | 🇮🇪 in 🇳🇱

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Glyn Moody
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important to remember that this was manslaughter, not just some natural accident. it was caused by lazy management trying to save money by dumping mining waste in the wrong place #aberfan

NationCymru@nation.cymru

Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history - the 1966 Aberfan disaster - which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation

nation.cymruCofiwn: Sixty years on, Aberfan disaster remembered across the world todayStephen Price Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history – the 1966 Aberfan disaster – which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation. On ...

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Extinction Rebellion Nederland
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Waar blijft de rode lijn? Buiten stonden tientallen XR-rebellen als ‘Shell-medewerkers’ om Jetten te bedanken voor fossiel beleid. Binnen pijnlijke stilte, buiten harde satire. Twee acties, 1 boodschap: mooie woorden zijn niet genoeg. De klimaat- en mensenrechtencrisis vraagt om handelen. Nu. [3/3]

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The Guardian
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Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian library

theguardian.comOxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian libraryUniversity staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for fresh data. The Bodleian material digitised by OpenAI has been used to “populate the OpenAI training set”, according to internal documents. Continue reading...
Jane Tynan
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Arrest seems to depend not on their uniformity (of purpose or appearance) but on their political alignment and whether their actions further the interests of the state.

Jane Tynan
@janeym.bsky.social

Originally designed to stop "shirted" organisations in the 1930s it was used then against The Blackshirts (BUF), and later the Miners’ Strike, New Age Travellers & public displays by the PIRA in Britain.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera
@pantibliss.bsky.social

Everyone knows this guy is a prick, but imagine being English (and a Brexiteer) and buying a literal castle in Ireland and then telling local Irish people they can't visit their family graves. Imagines telling *any* Irish person they can't visit the family graves! My mother would feckin kill him

The Journal@thejournal.ie

James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the British vacuum brand, is in a stand-off with locals in Co Waterford over access to a graveyard and historic rights-of-way on the grounds of his estate. Dyson owns the historic 850-acre Ballynatray estate, which he purchased for around €30 million.

thejournal.ieVacuum billionaire James Dyson in stand-off with Waterford locals over access to graveyardDyson owns the historic 850-acre estate in west Waterford which he purchased for around €30 million two years ago.

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The Rights Forum
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De bemoeienis van Zvi A. Vapni met het Nederlandse debat is ongewenst en ongepast. Als vertegenwoordiger van een genocide-plegend regime heeft hij geen recht van spreken. https://rightsforum.org/de-israelische-ambassadeur-is-niet-in-de-positie-om-nederland-de-les-te-lezen/

rightsforum.orgDe Israëlische ambassadeur is niet in de positie om Nederland de les te lezen - The Rights ForumDe bemoeienis van Zvi A. Vapni met het Nederlandse debat is ongewenst en ongepast. Als vertegenwoordiger van een genocide-plegend regime heeft hij geen recht van spreken.
Jane Tynan
@janeym.bsky.social

Loved this exhibition at @National Print Museum Dublin. With print ephemera from 1950s and 60s ‘Come Fly with Me: Aviation, tourism and Irish design’ is a rare insight into mid-century Irish graphic design.

Jane Tynan
@janeym.bsky.social

AI has ruined the glorious em dash.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net

"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."

buff.lyThe Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations“Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actua...
Jane Tynan
@janeym.bsky.social

My first time in Trieste - a place full of surprises. An Italian city where you can still feel Austrian influence. A coffee capital and Prosecco isn’t far from here (so there’s plenty of it). So many fine Viennese cafes too. And the best part: the lovely Triestini