Sam Gill
@samgill.bsky.social
Librarian. Animation. Chief washer-upper. Drums in Rongorongo. Keyboards in Feral Wheel. Always scared of something. samgillanimation.com
I made a music video for the first time in what seems like ages. Was a lot of fun. Head to @sun13music.bsky.social to check it out!
Sun 13@sun13music.bsky.social · 7d ago*** VIDEO PREMIERE *** Rongorongo return with their new single, 'Push' - taken from their forthcoming debut album, 'The Shell of a Lullaby' Listen / watch the video created by @samgill.bsky.social below. sun-13.com/2026/07/30/v...
There’s real triumph to be found in finishing a whole bag of spinach before it goes slimy…
youtu.be/56680n1rzEk?... can't believe I didn't open my #bluesky account with this animation tbh. Another wasted opportunity for synchronicity... #animation
Nothing But Blue Skies
YouTube video by Sam Gill
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It’s ironic that the President that has done the least self-reflection in history is the one that fucked up the Reflecting Pool
The biggest story of our time that we're not talking about nearly enough www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
Opinion | My Students Can’t Read
The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.
chronicle.com
"Because the truth is, tech doesn’t have an image problem. It doesn’t have a message problem. It has an intention problem" www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...
You can always tell when The Stranglers have been in to return their books.
Faculty: libraries and librarians need your advocacy BEFORE our collections are shuttered and our workers are fired. Whether you think your library is in trouble, and it almost definitely is, write to your provost and tell them how essential the library and library staff are to your work. Right now.
"If data centres were a country, they would be the second-largest destination for gas turbines ordered from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026" New IEA report confirms this isn't a normal industry. It is a fossil-fuelled, high-polluting heavy industry producing socially corrosive products at massive climate cost.
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
fnl.mit.edu
University administrators two years ago: we can’t allow social justice movements to change the university as we know it University administrators today: in order to accommodate the new probabilistic bullshit generator no one likes we must change everything about the university
People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4mo agoPeople are pining for old technologies—CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What’s behind our longing for inconvenience? www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
Converting to Catholicism so I can tell my bosses using unregulated AI is against my religion and I will sue them like that cake lady who hated gay people if they make me use it
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo agoPope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu
I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu
As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move, says author Wendy Liu
theguardian.com
Cardiff Uni wants to scrap the 2nd floor of the Arts and Social Studies Library. 7km of books and vital study space gone to make way for classrooms. Please help us save this crucial campus resource before it's ripped out in June! Add your name here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Stop Cardiff University from scrapping the ASSL's second floor!
7km of books and crucial study spaces are at risk. Cardiff Uni wants to repurpose the busiest library on campus into classrooms. Help protect our library and sign the petition today.
you.38degrees.org.uk
margaretglaspy.bandcamp.com/album/echo-t... enjoying this one, Act Natural is a cracking opener.
Echo The Diamond, by Margaret Glaspy
10 track album
margaretglaspy.bandcamp.com
virginiaastley.bandcamp.com/album/from-g... one of the loveliest things you could ever put in yr ears…
From Gardens Where We Feel Secure, by Virginia Astley
9 track album
virginiaastley.bandcamp.com
Absolutely fantastic gig tonight at @eeih.bsky.social at @iklectikartlab.bsky.social . @rocketrecordings.bsky.social
Another great project from the AI + Planetary Justice Alliance: "an open-access and evolving map" for "trac[ing] the true costs of the raw materials" used to develop AI technologies.
Introducing Our New Project: Below the Algorithm — AI + Planetary Justice Alliance
Behind every battery, every circuit, and every device are minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements. This is the first Research Diary for our newly launched project, Below the Alg...
aiplanetaryjustice.com
What is a University Press? On the acquisition of AUP by T&F (and my anger at it), the governance link between universities and university presses, and putting one's labour where one's values are. eve.gd/2025/06/08/w...
What is a University Press?
I was having a pretty good week last week, until we got to the closing minutes of play. At that point, I learned that Amsterdam University Press (AUP) had been acquired by the for-profit corporate pub...
eve.gd
