Having a classic "remember [unknown name]? Well they're dead..." conversation with my Mum. No, I don't remember them.
Martin Nutbeem
@martinnutbeem.bsky.social
Digital Education at University of Bristol. Digital Accessibility & Students as creators. Views my own. Sci-Fi n' Horror n' Comics oh my! Video games on easy mode. Eclectic music tastes. He/Him, cishet, jaded. Punch up, not down. Not American.
Been screen reader and keyboard shortcut testing some of our platforms today and let me tell you listening to a screen reader is utterly exhausting and also you really need to write decent alt text.
Bluesky is not a TOTP bubble. It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where fans of The Chart Show get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.
Martin Nutbeem@martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 4h agoBluesky is not a "EU Peanut Butter Desert Bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where an aversion to Americans coming over here with suitcases stuffed full of peanut butter get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.
Bluesky is not a "EU Peanut Butter Desert Bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where an aversion to Americans coming over here with suitcases stuffed full of peanut butter get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.
Woodo@woodo.bsky.social · 4h agoBluesky is not a "Alf's Hog bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where an aversion to big swinging alien dong get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.
Be right back, I'm going to go sharpy clown-face onto babies in the NICU ward while screaming "It's satire, you swine".
Graeme Swanson@swansonian.bsky.social · 9h agoI see the Telegraph are having a breakdown because their Rod Liddle was a satirical genius take doesn’t appear to be sticking.
I'm not sure if this is a thing in the UK yet? If I go out I've got headphones in so I don't have to listen to shop music and people. So I guess wearing big don't talk to me headphones is an act of resistance now?
Michael Kupperman@mkupperman.bsky.social · 11h agoIt's impossible to miss how AI has fucked up every digital interaction, and the awful, bile-inducing "art" is everywhere, but until my son started pointing it out, I had not realized how much AI-generated music there is being played in public
“All the happiness in the world went away when she was there and she doesn't look at me in a nice way, I think she doesn't want me in there.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'We moved into a haunted house once rented by Benedict Cumberbatch'
The family claim repeated encounters occurred over the years they lived in the 300-year-old home.
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On the bus, listening to Violent Femmes.
Violent Femmes - America Is (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Violent Femmes
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In retrospect getting the bus in was a good move. Bucketing down now.
Martin Nutbeem@martinnutbeem.bsky.social · yesterdayOld Man Burger Club tonight, catching up with one of my oldest friends. We both worked in a 90s comic store, before that were dole scum in Bath. Got the bus due to actual rain so very early. A pint of session ipa and a book. All good.
Old Man Burger Club tonight, catching up with one of my oldest friends. We both worked in a 90s comic store, before that were dole scum in Bath. Got the bus due to actual rain so very early. A pint of session ipa and a book. All good.
We go on holiday in a couple of weeks and our finances are currently sub-optimal so I’m opening up ten Silly Little Guy slots. Usual rules apply: ⭐️ No portraits ⭐️ £30 each (via PayPal) ⭐️ Just simple silly guys My DMs are open! As ever, any and all shares are appreciated x
Enjoying Nia Archives new album, digging the sub-indie guitars and Peter Hook-alike baselines over those breaky Jungle beats. A much more poppy entry than Silence is Loud but very accessible. She deserves to be massive.
Nia Archives - Boys In Blue (Official Video)
YouTube video by Nia Archives
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Possibly my favourite film sequence of all time:
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d agoRay Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
‘#VST is 30 years old, and #Steinberg is giving away some of its earliest #Plugins.’ cdm.link/vst-at-30-ye... #DAW
VST is 30 years old, and Steinberg is giving away some of its earliest plugins - CDM Create Digital Music
It's the format that changed software music making forever: the VST plug-in format turns 30 this year. Steinberg is giving away updated versions of Neon, CS-40, Karlette, VB1, and LM7 -- some of its e...
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www.mixcloud.com/eops/i-belie... A mix made for a radio show during the apex of the heatwave, these are all downtempo classics that sound just right in the heat. I liked it so much I decided to do an extended version without me talking all over the top of it. Some beautiful tunes on here, enjoy. ☀️
I Believe In ... (Slow Jams)
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Well, bit miffed Father Rain appears to have missed us. Wish I hadn't bothered sewing all these rain drops bunting.
Ray Newman@raynewman.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's like Christmas down here in Bristol: “Has he been yet..?” (Father Rain; Damp Old Dan the Drizzly Man.)
RIP Jim Krut AKA "Helicopter Zombie" in George A Romero's Dawn Of The Dead, possibly the greatest wig reveal in cinema history youtu.be/P2c7ULLdaoY?...
Helicopter zombie (Dawn of the Dead - 1978)
YouTube video by Empire State Studios
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Oh god, a Team Day has been mooted and one of the suggested themes is "how we use AI in our workflow" so I can't want to piss a few people off with talk of cognitive surrender, how poor AI actually is for 95% of anything I've tried it for and "If I ask you a Q, I'm asking you not Copilot".
It's like Christmas down here in Bristol: “Has he been yet..?” (Father Rain; Damp Old Dan the Drizzly Man.)
Professor Susan Stryker is coming to Bristol! And I'm honoured to be talking to her about her new book. Get your tickets for this event at Bookhaus www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/boo...
Changing Gender launch with Susan Stryker at Bookhaus
From the award-winning scholar and filmmaker, an essential, enlightening exploration of gender and the self Gender is one of the most contested topics of our age, as ideologies are weaponised by the ...
headfirstbristol.co.uk
Who God bless, no one curse Thank God I'm not the worst
Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come
YouTube video by Reggae2Reggae
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Ugh. I know it's the heat, but I feel quite sketchy and really don't want to run the drop in now. Ugh.
Oh no. Who'd have guessed gargling so much bile would be detrimental to continued existence?
Anyone know a reliable builder in the Sefton Park area. Have been very badly let down. Job is to finish off kitchen and refurbish bathroom. Cat and I are currently living in a building site. 👷♂️
Episode 2 of @thedailytism.com sitcom It's A Superpower?? is out now! Slap on some headphones, and listen to some of the strangest audioscapes an ear could wish for. We know who everyone is: now shit gets to go WEIRD. Search the title on yer apps, or gerrit 'ere: thedailytism.com/podcast/
It’s a Superpower??
From the team behind The Daily Tism and A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs comes the first ever sitcom by and for autistic people. Wait, surely that’s illegal? It’s a Superpower?? follows Norah, Sop...
thedailytism.com
📄'Advancing neurodiversity inclusion in academic libraries: An integrated review of global research' ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Workplace #HiddenDisability #Autism #Academic #ADHD #Dyslexia #HE
Advancing neurodiversity inclusion in academic libraries: An integrated review of global research
Research on neurodiversity in academic library contexts remains fragmented across disciplines and has focused predominantly on autism, attention-defic…
sciencedirect.com