Amy Leeson

Actor and film fanatic represented by @thenarrowroadco 👍 she/her

[Amy Leeson @amyleeson]

I've been reading the memoirs of my Great Great Aunt who spent years of her life writing them, and the ending is so lovely

[Variety @Variety]

Meta AI can now use Instagram photos on public accounts without consent. SAG-AFTRA issues a warning to app users:

"We recommend that members (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness... If you want to avoid these AI generations of your Instagram posts without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels."

https://t.co/dpE5QEXUq6

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

❗️ Meta just silently opted in every adult Instagram user for their new Muse AI Image generator, which lets anyone create AI images of your likeness by tagging your public handle in a prompt, no notification when your photos are used, and no removal of images generated before you opt out.

To opt out on Instagram: Profile > Menu > Sharing and reuse, then switch off the reuse toggles under "Allow people to reuse your content on Instagram and with AI features at Meta."

[DiEM25 @DiEM_25]

This heat is not only a climate emergency, it is class war. The rich burn the planet, then buy air conditioning, private pools and second homes while workers are left in overheated flats, unsafe jobs, failed public services and burning cities. Climate Action Now!

[Curtis Daly @CurtisDaly_]

This is fucking horrific. Pochin telling England to keep winning so blokes don't batter their wives, instead of telling abusers not to abuse.

Can't believed what I have just watched.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

This is the kind of thing that was said about the Jews in the 1930s.

It is not hyperbolic to say that degrading an entire culture leads us to a very dark place. Reform are playing with fire right now trying to stop themselves being outflanked by the extremists of Restore.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

We're seeing a clear pattern from Reform now. We saw it in Southampton. We've seen it in Belfast. They're all over social media and the airwaves with inflammatory and provocative language. Then when violence occurs, they go to ground.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame.

Time and again we've seen this story play out. Single incidents used to fuel a far right narrative - and communities across the nation paying the price.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

British politics in a nutshell

Step 1: invent or exaggerate a problem
Step 2: blame migrants, the poor, students, minorities or anyone with the least power
Step 3: promise action
Step 4: forget you’ve already had 14 years to act
Step 5: Create a new party & Repeat

[#HYFR @bxns_hyfr]

The UK used to have starter jobs everywhere.

Bars, retail, waiting jobs, high streets hiring constantly.

You could walk into a shop or bar and start next week.

Now 300 people are applying for one Tesco shift.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

So you know what @bbcquestiontime did with Farage? They’re now doing it with AI.

This ‘expert’ panel on AI is a disgrace: not one critical voice.

Gilbert works for Tony Blair to promote AI. Jones is govt chief AI booster (& Blair flunky). Riparbelli is industry. Gawdat is ex industry. And for ‘balance’? A Tory MP.
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[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

How is this not the headline in every major news outlet?

[Dr Ruby (she/her) jaboukies everything @PaperWhispers]

They are out on the streets cheering a man coating himself in bacon in an anti-Muslim racist rally. Meanwhile their children are suffering.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

The Tax Avoiding Rich Leaders of Reform have convinced the poorest people in Britain that it’s other poor people -the young, the sick, the disabled, those on welfare & migrants -who are responsible for why they’re not as Rich as the Tax Avoiding Leaders of Reform
#LocalElection

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Hilarious video that shows none of the Reform voters know any of Reform's policies.

[L 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @InchOrInfinity]

Why is burning down an LGBTQ+ nightclub full of people not considered a terror offense but holding up signs is?

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

JD Vance is lecturing the Pope on Catholicism and Pierre Poilievre is lecturing Mark Carney on economics and RFK Jr is lecturing scientists about vaccines and Donald Trump is lecturing the world on tariffs and Pete Hegseth is quoting Pulp Fiction and thinking it’s the Bible

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

So he’ll stop bombing Iran in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz…

…which was open before he started bombing Iran.

Got it.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

BBC News leading with a cancelled concert. Second on news list: US president threatens civilisational erasure

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

“A toddler in Gaza released from Israeli custody has been returned to his family with suspected torture wounds.”

Read that again.

[Richie Brave @RichieBrave]

It’s worth noting that the UK, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, key drivers of the transatlantic slave trade, all abstained.