After a dose of the lurgy, and some issues with my server, I finally managed to write up my thoughts about #WebDayOut last month (tldr: it was bloody brilliant). polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

Next stop the Moon!

Thinking you’re apolitical is like thinking you “don’t have an accent”—it just means you haven’t thought about it very much.

The future of Oxford’s Ultimate Picture Palace – one of the UK's oldest cinemas – is under threat. Why are British property developers so interested in destroying our cultural heritage? Please read, sign and pass on! lwlies.com/this-just-in...

S’up Sauron

Project Hail Mary was everything I hoped it would be. What a wonderful adaptation.

To mark the start of our campaign to Save the UPP we recreated a photo from the early days of the cinema. Thanks to everyone who braved the wind to join us, including our young supporters from East Oxford Primary School and @anneliesedodds MP. Sign our petition: www.change.org/p/save-the-u...

Heading back to Oxford after an excellent time at #WebDayOut, catching up with old friends, making new ones, and lots of brain food.

Today we launch our Save the UPP campaign to persuade our landlord Oriel College to let us stay where we belong. Please sign our petition here: ✏️ www.change.org/p/save-the-u... Thanks very much to BBC South Today for telling our story: 👀 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #BBCsouthnews @bbcoxford

Any conference in Brighton should start with a bracing seafront walk. And today was very bracing! #WebDayOut

Hello Brighton, looking lovely as always.

Barrelling southwards for #WebDayOut tomorrow.

Guys, is this anything?

We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

New Star Wars movie idea: 12 Angry Men, but it's all Wookies and no subtitles.

We (Internet Society) have 2 design and digital marketing positions in our Foundation Team. They're a lovely bunch. Feel free to DM me any questions. Brand and Design Manager: internetsociety.bamboohr.com/careers/318 Digital Marketing Operations Manager: internetsociety.bamboohr.com/careers/319

#UKSnow 2/10 OX4

R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)

I posted one of those “favourite albums/films/etc of 2025” things that I tend to do at this time of year. Have a read, maybe you’ll discover a new favourite thing. polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2025/12...

Many of you will have started your christmas breaks, but trust me, this 30mins is worth it. @sachajudd.com's closing from #FFConf is now live. It's not your usual nostalgia/look at what it was, but real meaty inspiration as to what we can do now. Treat yourself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-s...

I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful. A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.

This kind of versatility doesn't get enough credit IMO because it's considered more critically respectable to maintain a distinctive style and keep returning to the same themes.

techbros: we have created AGI cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!

tfw u need seven samurai

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

If you like cute cats with stupidly brilliant names, photographed amongst very pretty Oxford architecture, this article from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is for you: oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...

For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally. Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...

Still buzzing from @sachajudd.com's amazing and inspiring talk from #FFConf on Friday.

Thank you Brighton and #FFConf, a great time was had as always.

#ffconf This conference wall needs more dogs…

Heading to Brighton for #FFConf, train gods willing.

Scarleteen has been providing accurate, inclusive, joyful, sensitive, trans and queer-led sex, health, and relationships education since 1998. We believe health educators should have healthcare and we’re raising $40,000 to do it. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...

SOCRATES: man i love storing things in these wood boxes KINDACRATES: its ok

My body: It’s 1am, I want to sleep. My brain: It’s 5pm in Vancouver, let’s go to a bar! 💃🏻🕺🏻🎉 Let’s give it up for jet lag everyone 👏🏻

When one is in Vancouver one must do the Fringe pilgrimage.

When one is in Vancouver one must do the Fringe pilgrimage.

Quite the headline news.ufl.edu/2025/09/ghos...

You're Forgiven, the 2nd single from NOT A GAME is out next Friday! Featuring the brilliant @octaviafreud.bsky.social! tigermendoza.bandcamp.com/album/not-a-... #musicsky #newmusic #electro

Leaving a little joy in the codebase for future me.

My Neighbor Demon-Tiger

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

Inside you are two wolves, five sled dogs, eight Norwegian research scientists, Bennings, Norris, Palmer, Windows, Fuchs, Nauls, Blair, Garry, and Doc Copper.

I’m doing a talk at Button, a content design conference, where I’m going to talk about the high cost of tooling in the work we do. I’ve made a survey so I can capture some numbers. If you work in content/design/adjacent (yes, ESPECIALLY if you’re unemployed) this is for you (and thanks!)

www.reddit.com/r/transgende... Guess what? The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions. Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her? Read her own account here.

I wrote part 2 of the journey to a self-hosted music setup. It's pretty much there, I'm really happy with where I've ended up: polytechnic.co.uk/blog/extract...

Friends! I’m going to be looking for new clients from 1 October. If you know of any projects or teams that need (outside IR35) contract support with any of the following, please get in touch: - Content Design - Content Strategy - Design systems management - Design systems strategy - Documentation

Salt n Pepa “Push it, push it real good!” Sisyphus “.. literally not helping.”

POV: you’re flicking through the dusty pages of your vintage kids’ comics that went on to inspire full movies decades later 😉