What Can You Do When You’re Replaced By Machines?

20 Jul 2026
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“Typewriter Song” by Mac Taboel
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“The Rise of Heroes” by Shane Ivers
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Sources:
Bryson, B. 2001. Notes From A Small Island.

Daniels, J. 1986. The Scum. https://libcom.org/article/scum-comic…

digital-works, “Banging Out”, Bishopsgate Archive, DW

Empson, M. 2018. Kill All The Gentlemen

Fleming, Robin, 2011, “Land use and people”, in A Social History of England, 900-1200, Crick, Julia & Van Houts, Elisabeth, eds.

Hart, C. February 2017. “Metaphor and intertextuality in media framings of the (1984-1985) British Miners’ Strike: A multimodal analysis”, in Discourse & Communication, Vol 11 Issue 1 pp 3-30

Holt, Richard, The Mills of Medieval England, pg 119-124

Leon DA, Thomas P, Hutchings S, “Lung cancer among newspaper printers exposed to ink mist: a study of trade union members in Manchester, England”, in Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1994; 51: 87-94.

Littleton, SM, 1992. The Wapping Dispute.

McKnight, D, 2009, “The Sunday Times and Andrew Neil: The cultivation of market populism”, Journalism Studies, 10(6), 754–768.

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Neil, A. “Folly of the wimps with no will to fight”, Scotland on Sunday, 21st October 2001, pg 16

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00:00 Intro
01:47 Windmills
07:10 The Luddites
13:31 The Wapping Dispute
31:35 Building The Fortress
35:38 The London Post
51:12 The Strike
58:44 The Scabs
01:10:34 Kicking Heads In
01:16:03 The Anniversary

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The elephant and the girl seem to know each other very well

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Crocodilians Are Really Good At Climbing Trees #funfact

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How Does Language Shape Reality? | This Is Utah

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 (@sheena-mck.bsky.social) | You don’t get more Norn Iron than this 😂 #StreetArt

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand You don’t get more Norn Iron than this 😂 #StreetArt

🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 (@sheena-mck.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T10:29:08.544Z

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OTOMO Percussion (@shekere_otomo) | A simple dried gourd, transformed into a Hi-Hat Shekere.

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un Américain perdu à Paris (@paris75009.bsky.social) | Bike art on rue Rue Poissonnière, 75002

Bike art on rue Rue Poissonnière, 75002#paris #art #bike #bikeart #15minutecity #urbanism #urbanart #vélo @coolbikeart1.bsky.social

un Américain perdu à Paris (@paris75009.bsky.social) 2026-08-17T07:12:31.009Z

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This street artist controls a marionette to create paintings

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Jason Arday: thousands attend vigil for former Cambridge professor

17 Aug 2026
Large crowds have turned out in central London at a vigil for the former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday who was found dead last week.

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Almost 100,000 people have now signed a petition drawn up by the Good Law Project calling for an immediate public inquiry.

It claims his death was the direct result of the sustained press harassment which Arday was subjected to and said racism lay at the heart of the story.

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Patrick Favrel (@patleon.bsky.social) | 5 fruits and vegetables a day… “You are what you eat!” A quick look back at the tribute to Arcimboldo

#StreetArt : 5 fruits and vegetables a day… "You are what you eat!" A quick look back at the tribute to Arcimboldo by #lesmurs_ont_des_oreilles 📸 17/8/21

Patrick Favrel (@patleon.bsky.social) 2026-08-17T06:19:55.043Z

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