Derek Bailey Live at the Arts Council Gallery Glasgow, Scotland 21 June 1973 youtu.be/1iBX7N6EbmE?...

Cooper Gallery, under the leadership of Sophia Hao, has brought a critically diverse programme of artists and other cultural practitioners to Dundee. Her work is essential to the cultural fabric of the city — impossible to imagine without the university gallery.

Visiting my parents. Tech support so far: audio and picture settings on the TV. Re-ordering home screen on phone. Retrieving downloaded documents on phone. We've already had dinner.

The US are bombing hospitals and bridges in Iran right now.

This is far from the first time Trump and his military officials have made, or boasted about, following through on such threats. And of course, Trump infamously threatened in April a genocide of Iran’s more than 90 million people. trib.al/7LM51Rn

Has anyone rented a Xerox (or equivalent era) photocopier in recent years in the UK that can indicate approx. costs?

a big piece from me on my one true love, fanzines, for @theguardian.com. tried to include as many beloved titles as possible— thank you so much to everyone who contributed their voices to this!

Roll of shame. The unis did this Very Quietly because they fear opposition from staff and students. demilitariseeducation.com/how-we-do-it... @sheffielducu.bsky.social

The heatwave tradition of standing in any proximate supermarket for the AC.

The do I go home or do I go across town for the poetry reading in the small bookshop that’ll be 100000 degrees quandary.

Friday afternoon conference rejection..

‘There is a trace of Dada savagery in some of the work by artists in the AIA core, for example Rowe’s poster from 1935 on the occasion of George V’s jubilee. But mostly this is rather polite art.’ Owen Hatherley on British anti-fascist art in the 1930s. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Running out of clothes that are appropriate for this heat that aren’t beachwear.

Some good news from the BL

My journey to Cambridge today already encountering delays and I’m only at Tulse Hill.

Senior person at a leading uni where there is a current job dispute uploads an image of himself with a caption about him toasting graduating students.

31 degrees in central London — we’re just finishing installing our MA Curating degree show. PV starts at 6pm 🫠😓👻

Save Dundee University! It's existential now.

A weekend of birthday parties, vintage markets, a friend’s exhibition and generally forgetting about work.

Love the arbitrary nature of Greek ferry timetables. Researched routes a month ago — now that info is entirely redundant.

I think my brain is basically done with this weather.

wish I had the wherewithal to know when I'd like to go swimming in advance so I'd stand a chance of booking a space at the lido. This is impossible for me.

It’s 29 degrees in my flat 🫠

I guess it's a little too late for me to try to buy a fan for my flat..

There’s a man on the train who keeps periodically announcing, “the most famous man in London” — I don’t know if this is some kind of viral advertisement or what..

Central London has melted 🫠

Directly underneath a very loud thunderstorm right now. Has been going on for a while.

'A lost interview (1995) with award-winning writer #OctaviaButler and filmmaker @juliedash.bsky.social at her home in Los Angeles for Marc Boothe, Digital Diaspora, and "40 Acres & A Microchip" the first Black cyberspace conference in the UK for digerati of African descent.' vimeo.com/163190768

The crows are loudly auguring something outside in the trees.

"Ask any Arab what the most painful realization of the last year has been and it is this: that we have discovered the extent of our dehumanization to such a degree that it’s impossible to function in the world in the same way." 2 years ago, and it's still so relevant themarkaz.org/a-year-of-wa...

I wish I could write reviews in a timely manner that didn't involve me spending yet another weekend agonising over a 1000 words of copy.

The death toll since March 2 has reached 4,106, in addition to 12,153 wounded, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. The Lebanese army worked today to dismantle unexploded bombs in several southern towns and reopened main roads in the towns of Debbine and Blat. 🧵

Like my instagram posts — any or all of my cultural commentary arrives approximately 2 weeks after the fact.

The jasmine and lavender are beginning to bloom and so my balcony smells gorgeous.

The moon 🌙 and the trees 🌲

The fact that Tommy Robinson is consistently referred to as an “activist” when four people have been jailed for their anti-genocide “terrorism” — tells you everything about the UK justice system and media’s support of fascism.

Today: finish writing review (already late); respond to student emails (could be more punctual); respond to CFP (deadline today); edits on funding application (so late that deadlines are pointless).

New Poetry ~ New Music by Amiri Baraka (Modern Harmonic 2026) I'm not sure why they changed the cover art, but still good to have this rarity back in print. sundazedmusic.bandcamp.com/album/new-po...

Have heard of two instances recently of management within academia utilising A.I for documents relating to restructures. In both instances the material contained so called “hallucinations”. Using machine distancing to enable deniability is a form of fascism.

One of my former students curated a show about dreamcore a couple of years ago.

#OtD 7 Jun 1968 women workers at Ford's Dagenham plant in England walked out on strike for equal pay with men. The strike led to the Equal Pay Act of 1970, although pay equality at Ford was only achieved after a later strike in 1984 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1071...

Seen so much amazing work and spoken to so many amazing people in a variety of extraordinary spaces — highly recommend Glasgow International. It’s been emotional to come back and see friends and meet new people 💜🌸👌🏻

As the @migrationmuseum.org works towards opening its permanent home in the City of London in 2028, they are taking a collaborative approach from the very beginning - creating a People’s Panel to help shape the museum’s future alongside staff and partners. 🏛️❤️

So my slightly smug travel plans have been thwarted due to an early flight cancellation, but at least I didn't have to leave the house at 4.30am.

Really intense period at work, and as a consequence, tasks are spilling into the weekend.

Sadly we fear Nous are behind the move by Cardiff University in wanting to turn the 2nd floor of the main library into four classrooms. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Cardiff Uni wants to scrap the 2nd floor of the Arts and Social Studies Library. We're talking 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...

Gonna be in Glasgow next week Thursday till Saturday for GI!!

Wearing socks and therefore, feeling more normal today.