Tom Abba
@tomabba.studio
Professor of Narrative Technologies. Director Digital Cultures Research Centre and Pervasive Media Studio Resident. Artist, writer and publisher. Opinions are all my own. Usually making something.
This was a lynching. And you can quote me on that.
Gabby HC@scriblit.bsky.social · 21h agoI'm sorry... 'Prof Gone'? They made a man's sacking the main news story for weeks as the country went on fire, which might have contributed to his death and 'Prof Gone'? This is the same clique that wept & wailed for a week when we dared mention their dinner party pal was a wife beating nonce.
I'm sorry... 'Prof Gone'? They made a man's sacking the main news story for weeks as the country went on fire, which might have contributed to his death and 'Prof Gone'? This is the same clique that wept & wailed for a week when we dared mention their dinner party pal was a wife beating nonce.
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 21h agoJason Arday is dead. The UK media won’t learn a thing from this. Because they’re racist bastards. He has two children.
And @theguardian.com have a case to answer, as do the Telegraph, @dailymail.co.uk and every outlet that decided this was worth clicks. Inhuman.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 20h agoJason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims
@catvincent.bsky.social - as a (former, but you never really go away) Bristol resident, did you catch this yesterday: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Pero's Bridge shuts after major malfunction
Video shows the Bristol landmark Pero's Bridge slamming shut during testing.
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This is the antidote to everything else you might read today:
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · yesterdayMany years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1
We built Lynchverse, a research archive for David Lynch’s films. Analysis, symbolism, soundtracks and recurring ideas, organized film by film. Still growing, so feedback is very welcome. #DavidLynch @markfrost.bsky.social #TwinPeaks #InlandEmpire #LostHighway #MulhollandDrive lynchverse.com
Lynchverse | David Lynch Films, Analysis and Archives
Explore David Lynch's films through scene-by-scene readings, character studies, symbolism, sound, production histories, and sourced archival research.
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Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
It's the last day of our WBN 2026 exhibition. Which means – the call for World Book Night 2027 – Our Rivers and Seas is open! please read and respond to a text or book about rivers, seas, lakes or marine life. Deadline 2 March 2027. Download the full brief at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn27
London, 1968, and it is NOT Quatermass and the Pit.
"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.
Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo agoThis concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
Except—the quoted text in the headline is a paraphrase, not a quote from the research, and the 6% seems to relate to a particular, specific usage rather than AI in general. The Creative Access research is useful, but this headline and framing doesn't help. Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/george...
Publishing has 'lowest uptake of AI across creative industries', according to new report | George Walkley
The Bookseller's morning newsletter caught my attention with an eye-catching headline, suggesting that publishing has the 'lowest uptake of AI across creative industries', according to new research fr...
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The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 4w agoThe publishing industry has reported the lowest uptake of AI usage at only 6%, reflecting ongoing concerns around copyright and authorship, the Creative Access 2026 Thrive report has revealed. 👇
Seconded. Not that anyone listens to me. But Jamie knows his stuff.
Jamie McKelvie@mckelvie.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is a very good book. UK people, pick it up!
good god @paultremblay.bsky.social Dead But Dreaming of Eletric Sheep is an astonishing novel. (Nobody's laughing now..)
Sorry but £45 a year off energy bills makes no meaningful difference Unpegging the price of electricity from that of wholesale gas (£120/MWh whereas wind is £15/MWh) would make a meaningful difference.
This is film journalism. Beautiful work.
Oscar Goff@theoscargoff.bsky.social · last mo.Friendly reminder that you can just do this and no one can stop you.
ICYMI, at @popheist.com I took a look at Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, David Lynch's feature-length collection of fully canonical deleted/extended scenes from Fire Walk With Me. It plants the seeds for much of Season 3, but even some Twin Peaks fans don't know it exists.
'Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces' Recap
The emergence of "Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces" was our first real sign that it might, indeed, be happening again.
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This is also true of Humanities journals and those of us who publish in them.
Baudrillard spinning in his grave so fast he torpedoes out of the hillside and remains airborne, lasers shooting out of his eyes with such force earth is cleanly cut in two
'viktor shtrum'@viktorshtrum.bsky.social · last mo.Ok wait NOW he really is watching himself watch himself on Fox News.
okay - I have some news. There's a very carefully constructed LinkedIn post (you'll see how carefully if you open it) here: www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-ab... However this isn't LinkedIn, so you get the version Jeni told me I should write:
Some news. Again. Starting 31st July, I’m promoted to Professor of Narrative Technologies¹ at the University of the West of England. It’s been a while coming, and a lot of people deserve a nod of…...
Some news. Again. Starting 31st July, I’m promoted to Professor of Narrative Technologies¹ at the University of the West of England. It’s been a while coming, and a lot of people deserve a nod of ...
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@hbr.org has a new piece on how AI companies should pay fair rates for content, suggesting that the answer is a Hollywood-style profit share: hbr.org/2026/06/how-.... 🤨 I've written a response comparing this with "Hollywood accounting": www.georgewalkley.com/AI-and-Holly...
How AI Companies Can Pay Fair Rates for the Content They Need
Frontier AI models are trained on the accumulated digital output of humanity, which AI companies acquired essentially for free. This is a problem for both AI companies and content creators. For AI com...
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“I’ve read several of Harrison’s novels: not once have I fully understood what was happening, but I keep rushing back for more.” Me on M John Harrison’s The End of Everything, a book that speaks to our time of repeated crises, when disaster follows disaster until something seems permanently broken.
The end of the world (in dry, witty prose)
Post-apocalyptic beachcombers, alien invaders and weird jokes — you don’t have to fully understand M John Harrison’s The End of Everything to enjoy it
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In an exclusive extract from his new book, The End of Everything, the Warwickshire-born SF visionary pictures the apocalypse, as seen from the shores of Kent Coastal Time: New Fiction by #MJohnHarrison buff.ly/4FDnRjm
and now we just have Reform. "Hundreds of millions of years ago, England and Wales were home to the biggest scorpion in the world"
Jessica Smith@thedaybooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoScorpio news phys.org/news/2026-06...
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