Penny Kiley
@pennykiley.bsky.social
Oxford-based writer and editor, working mostly in digital and mostly for non-profits. Former music journo. Autistic. Memoir 'Atypical Girl' published by Polygon. https://linktr.ee/pennykiley
Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything
Tonight! Frome friends, please come.
Raves From The Grave@ravesfromthegrave.bsky.social · last wk.NEXT WEEK! PENNY KILEY • IN CONVERSATION Weds 5th Aug, 7.30pm at The Archangel, Frome @pennykiley.bsky.social was Liverpool Corespondent for Melody Maker during the post-punk years of the late-70s & 1980s. She was diagnosed Autistic at the age of 60 Tickets via Hunting Raven at bit.ly/pennyfrome
His point was that teaching more words to the word-guessing program would produce consciousness, an argument I always liken to "breeding horses to run faster and faster until one of them foals a locomotive." 11/
I despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
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Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
See also: opportunities for "writers" that turn out to be opportunities for novelists.
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is interesting. Ten questions before the idea of book=novel is questioned. I reckon more people would enjoy reading, join book groups, call themselves avid readers if books weren’t assumed to just mean longform fiction in chapters.
Your Monday edition is en route. In the meantime, why not check out our second of two great weekend reads? This one's a brilliant personal essay by David Lloyd, recounting his time in the mighty Half Man Half Biscuit. www.livpost.co.uk/i-was-nt-a-t...
I Was(n’t) a Teenage Pop Star
My time as a Half Man Half Biscuit
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It's open season on neurodivergent folk. But I'd expect better from @channel4tv.bsky.social
Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3d agoOnly just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD
I'm reading Users by Beeban Kidron, and I'm so angry at how our government has been duped by the AI industry. I hope Burnham will be more circumspect.
One day you or I may need to cross a border in desperation like this and, if and when we do, every one of us would hope to be treated, and indeed discussed, with more dignity and respect than these people, rather than dehumanised and hated for our misfortune.
You could buy Rob's book, which is very good. Or you could buy mine, which some folk also think is very good. Or you could buy both...
Rob Miller@millerscave.bsky.social · 4d agoLike the man says.... #booksky📚 #musicbooks #chicagomusichistory
The world is full of people who insist "AI is changing everything" but who - when pressed - have to admit that what they mean is that they're pretty sure that AI *will* change everything. Eventually. After we allow it to consume all the planet's energy, carbon, water and financial resources. 8/
If Donald Trump ordered Big Tech to turn off all of your country's chatbots tomorrow, nothing would change. Every one of your country's ministries and corporations would chug on with nary a hitch. 4/
Looking forward to seeing this. I'm in Bridport on Thursday for a book talk with Clocktower Records. Please come and see me.
Bridport Arts Centre@bridportarts.bsky.social · last mo.Saturday sees the opening of Adrian Boot's Punk Bridport exhibition – a stunning collection of iconic punk photography. And that's just the beginning... Bridport Arts Centre is turning up the volume this summer, from legendary photographs to unforgettable films, it's going to be a summer of punk.
RIP Arlene Smith of the Chantels. She was 16 when she wrote this devastating song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IePT...
The Chantels - Maybe (1958)
YouTube video by 77GhettoD
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Fellow musicians. Join the MU now for £1 - Just do it, seriously. musiciansunion.org.uk/joinforapound
Join the Musicians' Union for £1 and Enjoy Six Months Free
We can help musicians build a successful career, provide protection at work and ensure you are better represented in your workplace.
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For the 30th edition of Science & Magic I wrote about a Deaf School gig, time travel, my 19 year old self and unexpectedly dancing. Lots of great stuff as ever in this one and you can read and subscribe here: www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
Monthly comms and content business blog. Includes a review of Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social pennykiley.com/2026/07/31/h...
Hydration breaks, heatwaves and resisting AI - Penny Kiley
Would you trust someone who, after meeting a potential colleague, says “we had an extremely high-bandwidth interaction”?
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I was sorry to hear about the death of Glen Hansard, the frontman with The Frames. In tribute, I dug out a review of a 1992 gig for this week's Substack. pennykiley.substack.com/p/the-frames...
The Frames, 1992
"Glen plays acoustic guitar and generates electricity."
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Books I read in July. Important, enlightening and entertaining in various measures. Includes two novels, which is unusual for me.
I had to read that PR blurb three times before I worked out what they were on about.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 6d agoThree more companies have joined the growing roster of companies at Milton Park near Didcot in what is billed as 'the UK's largest single ownership innovation community'. www.miltonpark.co.uk/news/three-s...
It's always a thrill to see my book in bookshops but it's almost more of a thrill to see a library copy. Thank you, Oxfordshire Libraries.
I don't know much about football, but I know what colonialism looks like.
This year, Bath Children's Literature Festival programmed just seven writers of colour out of a line up of nearly 100 authors, and then responded to critics by asking them to remove their social media posts. @ihussainwriter.bsky.social explains what happened writershq.co.uk/writers-of-c...
