I remember hearing that Noel Sharkey gave a lecture where he took a baseball bat to a robot on stage, to make the challenge that it’s just a talking computer and we shouldn’t care that he went to town on its ass.

When the playlist you want doesn’t exist. But the one you need might be just there.

Don’t Honk If You Love John Cage

I made these canvases for The Lounge at the Newday Youth Festival

Ready for votey mcvoteface?

I’m getting back into @unpreparedcasters.bsky.social and hearing @whipjack.bsky.social and @gusrachels.bsky.social joke about how gus is going to leave the podcast, in the king is dead arc, is quite some unintentional foreshadowing.

It’s so depressing that in order to make a living as a creator you have to get to the level of world famous

After a week of not understanding it. I can say. For real. I just saw the gen z stare irl. I hate it.

One of the things I hated about whedon’s justice league was the use of the 1989 Batman theme. I strongly felt that it broke the musical continuity of the world and felt out of place and weird.

Also. She did not lie. 💋💋💋

Superman was fun, colourful and felt like a comic book. I loved it.

do something every day that terrifies your family

As much as I love Nolan’s trilogy, it heralded in an era of viewing the DC through Frank Millers Dark Knight. A deeply cynical take that works ok for Batman (debated point), but looks down on and destroys characters like superman, Wonder Woman, and green lantern who see good in humanity.

I feel like, for me anyway, the hardest part of being a composer/artist with a disability is how much energy it takes to do marketing. Social media, composer/artist calls, networking… how do you do it all?

One of my favourite parts of Jasper Ffordes Nursery Crimes series is that the main detective is constantly told he’d be more successful if he could pick up a vice, or have a troubled home life.

I knew a company that wouldn’t recognise a trans friends new name officially. Managers would get difficult about printing name badges etc. Then pride month comes around and wouldn’t you know it, there’s a trans flag in the window. Performative ‘allyship’ at its most hideous

I’ve seen two AI ads recently. One (google) revolves around people not understanding why it exists. And the other (ray ban/meta) ends with the “joke”- AI ruins art. And. I mean. Those are both accurate ads I guess.

We would like you to trust us. Also, we print things that are not created by, approved by or, apparently, known to us. 😂😂

I’m reading through the Virgin New Adventures dr who series, having previously read lungbarrow. And as much as I know that for a kids show RTD made a good choice in making Gallifrey basically a sci-fi us (two parents, standard family dynamics, standard hierarchies etc) I LOVE the weirdness of VNA

“What the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision

Phew!!! Austria win. Saving the entire continent from the worst outcome possible.

What on Earth is going on with this public vote?!

I think last years Eurovision felt like it had real energy. And that included protests and demon makeup and trans flags. And this year they’ve pulled back, played safe. And as a result, feels like it has a lack of energy.

Why do France always do a ballad?!

KEY CHANGE!!!

Sweden brining back Monty python lumberjack vibes

Am I the only one who just isn’t a fan of Eurovision ballads?

IM SERVING KANT Eurovision 🤝 Philosophy Majors

Armenia written by nemo and Loreen songwriters. I have high hopes expextations

Germany isn’t likely to win. But I do love it. And it makes me want to be a bad ass woman.

We need more eyeshadow that is just eyes painted on eyes.

My feed is an mix of Americans talking politics and brits talking Eurovision. And it is quite a mix.

Iceland have injected Eurovision directly into their veins

This might be the best post of the night.

Been thinking about this and actually. I think it would make your art worse- but not (just) because AI is writing bits. 🧵

I hate how inevitable the U.K. elections feel. Labour will do badly cause they’ve be only catering to reform voters who won’t vote for them. Labour will “learn” from this that they need to do more to cater to reform voters who won’t vote for them. Labour, not the country, will benefit.

As someone who is currently ill, I wish a BRAT diet was a bit more Charli XCX and bit less banana.

I know it’s small. And I know it’s not perfect. But it’s soul refreshing to see this in the current climate.

All I’m asking for is properly funded health, welfare, education, housing, and arts programs. And an axolotl. Is that so much to ask for???

pencil, red is the first in a series of art using pencils as found materials. Making visual art has been very freeing alongside my academic music research.

Pure nightmare fuel at McDonald’s

Academics travelling to the US need to be aware of this - if hotel costs count as illegal work, any paid for speaking invitations could put us at risk.

I've started setting things up to sell artwork, scores etc. first one live is my website store so check out www.david-may.co.uk/store if you're interested!

Something I wish governments, especially left leaning ones, understood. When you brief that you’re going to destroy the welfare state. That causes anxiety in all disabled people, and makes it harder for them to work.

Beautiful gift from my parents.

The advert for Google Gemini is just a lot of people asking what the point of it is. Which feels accurate for an AI assistant

I think I know the arcs of every character on suits. I think suits might be one of my favourite shows. I have never seen suits. I don’t even have Netflix. But it’s all I see on YouTube shorts

One of the weird aspects of social media is how personal mass communication feels. Seeing a post there’s an assumption that they’re talking to you directly. And I think so many arguments could be solved by first thinking “are they actually talking to me?”

Do you think there’s a depressed/insomniac vampire who can’t sleep in the day and then struggles to do anything at night?

I wonder how different the world was before electricity. Particularly, everything would look different. Candlelight is so much more yellow and golden.