Mark Caldwell
@mark-caldwell.com
British Cinematographer • BAFTA Connect Doctoral Researcher (Goldsmiths) • Associate Lecturer Psychologist (GMBPsS) 🌻 Ulcerative Colitis 🏳️🌈ACE-Demi 🦋 7th March 2023 https://linktr.ee/markcaldwell
If there are any other Legacy of Kain fans on here, we have a new game coming and a remaster of Defiance. 🥳
Legacy of Kain - Ascendance
Ascendance is a fast, 2D action platformer built around vertical movement, fluid combat, and skill-driven play. Explore a dark fantasy world brought to life through beautifully crafted pixel art and a...
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I was sweating in 18C in London end of last week, now it’s 1C… I’m sure that’s fine, nothing to worry about here.
‘Bluesky needs to verify your age because you live in the UK, we’ve partnered with this face scanning company.’ *opens up verifier and gets scanned* ‘Yeah he’s an adult, the light’s gone out in his eyes’ *sigh*
On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag first flew as a symbol of pride. It was raised at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.
Are you a UK-based creative professional who has experienced job stress or burnout? To take part in a new research study exploring this, msg here or email: mcald001@gold.ac.uk Participation involves a confidential interview, all responses will be fully anonymised. 🎥🎹🎭🎨 #MentalHealth #Creatives
🎬 UK film/TV professionals: have you experienced stress or burnout at work? A new study is seeking participants for anonymised interviews. Help shed light on industry wellbeing. Thank you in advance — your voice matters. 🎥🧠💚 #FilmIndustry #TVIndustry #Wellbeing #CreativeIndustries #UKFilm
Stress & Burnout in the Creative Industries – Share Your Experience in a New Study
The UK’s creative sector excels but at a cost—burnout & stress. This study seeks insights from industry pros to drive positive change.
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if you need a non-binary pansexual to write any pride pieces (paid only, I'm poor), holla at ya person please
🎬 UK film/TV professionals: have you experienced stress or burnout at work? A new study is seeking participants for anonymised interviews. Help shed light on industry wellbeing. Thank you in advance — your voice matters. 🎥🧠💚 #FilmIndustry #TVIndustry #Wellbeing #CreativeIndustries #UKFilm
Stress & Burnout in the Creative Industries – Share Your Experience in a New Study
The UK’s creative sector excels but at a cost—burnout & stress. This study seeks insights from industry pros to drive positive change.
mark-caldwell.com
An open letter for film and TV professionals to sign regarding the latest ruling on trans people, please sign! 🎥 🏳️⚧️ 🎬
An Open Letter to Film and Television Industry and Cultural Bodies
We the undersigned film and television professionals stand in solidarity with the trans, non-binary, and intersex communities who have been impacted by the Supreme Court ruling on April 17th. We wish ...
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My amazing wife is doing a charity run to raise money for Not A Phase, a trans-led charity committed to uplifting the lives of trans+ adults in the UK. 🏳️⚧️ Please consider donating or just sharing this post, thank you! CC @editorialcat.bsky.social
Anya's fundraiser for Not A Phase
Help Anya Hastwell raise money to support Not A Phase
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Finally got around to watching ‘Conclave’, absolutely sublime from start to finish, everyone should watch it and it should have won more Oscars.
My amazing wife is doing a charity run to raise money for Not A Phase, a trans-led charity committed to uplifting the lives of trans+ adults in the UK. 🏳️⚧️ Please consider donating or just sharing this post, thank you! CC @editorialcat.bsky.social
Anya's fundraiser for Not A Phase
Help Anya Hastwell raise money to support Not A Phase
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“A famous anti-piracy campaign from the early 2000s is in the spotlight after it appeared the font used in the adverts was pirated.” 😂💀 Also I like that Sky is quoting from Bluesky user, @rib.gay. Bluesky is continuing its growth.
You wouldn't steal a font: Famous anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated typeface
The dramatic adverts, which compared pirating films to stealing cars, handbags and televisions, became a piece of pop culture history, with spoofs spawned for years afterwards.
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Keir Starmer and his government have increasingly done their best to be even more awful than even the preceding Tories. As a constituent of @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social I won’t be voting Labour ever again.
Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex.
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Racism and homophobia once had the backing of laws and institutions. That didn’t make them right. Bigots were wrong then—and they’re still wrong now. Society will outgrow these transphobic ones too.
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates
Judges say the
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Goldsmiths, UoL, @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social, are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance. Deadline: 25th April 2025
Palestinian Scholarship
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“…British academia still can’t get its head around the idea that the US is now an enemy, not an ally…” UK & EU institutions need to be making space for US academics getting out of America.
When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed | John Naughton
US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary
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We’re not diagnosing enough. Getting a diagnosis is a serious challenge, and just because someone doesn’t know they have a health condition, doesn’t mean they aren’t struggling.
Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says
Wes Streeting says too many young people are
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I had missed the launch of Flashes, an Instagram style version of Bluesky.
Flashes App 🌩️@flashes.blue · last yr.⚡️ v1.0.7 is out, packed with so many features and fixes that they barely fit in this screenshot. Enjoy!
We surpassed the 80k download mark on wednesday. 🚀 What a first week! 😂 To celebrate I’ll throw out a new update in the coming days that will give you more customization options for your profile.
whenever i read a job posting in the film/video/media industry that's looking for someone who is "extremely stress resilient" and "thrives under pressure" i genuinely sit here like who do you think you are. you're not an intensive care unit or a firehouse. in the words of David Lynch: get real
Does this mean Americans will have to start spelling everything correctly? 😘🇬🇧
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · last yr.LOL. This is a real post.
Interesting evening at BAFTA talking about the current state of the UK film/TV/games industry. It’s all in a bad place right now obviously so diversification is needed at all levels. Still not sure about ‘survive till 25’…
