Not mentioned in that NYT article but worth flagging: the Irish Government has recently committed to introducing personal liability for directors of social media firms: www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-fi...
The Taoiseach says the sanctions and fines will be operational by the end of the year.
Durov update - NY Times piece on personal criminal liability of tech. execs, including quotes from @daphnek.bsky.social@klonick.bsky.socialarchive.is/6hASb
Builders find note from past hidden in column of National Gallery
Missive typed by John Sainsbury in 1990 congratulates demolition workers for vindicating his opposition to design
#OtD 26 Aug 1921 workers in the mills and bakeries declared a soviet (aka: a workers' council) in Bruree, Ireland. A rare photograph features a sign workers affixed to one of the mills,… https://stories.work...
From this morning's #Matriarcha writing, I can share the unexpected fact that we apparently know which city in the eastern Mediterranean was the primary exporter of leather dildos during the Classical period
It makes me a little sad that dude is on his cell phone rather than paying full attention to the performance.
#OtD 25 Aug 1918 women workers on London transport won their strike for a war bonus, but their demand for equal pay with men was not to be achieved for many years https://stories.work...
Still reading this exciting article, but just noticed what might be one of the most perfect 'author name – research topic' alignments ever 🐎