The former CCA building has been an important part of Glasgow's cultural infrastructure for over 50 years. It must remain public, inclusive, and protected from any threat of commercialisation. The Scottish Government must commit to that, and soon.

I don’t really care about the football but have decided I’d like England to win even though we’ll never hear the end of it. I reckon with all the Farage Vs Binface debacle, if they actually do win a tournament, it might just cheer people up enough to turn the tide on this far right nonsense.

Good news, but the fact that this is only happening now, nearly three years after the cyber attack shows 1) what a huge job BL staff have had rebuilding services, 2) that the BL is underfunded, and 3) the impact this has had on academic research, especially in the humanities.

ANDPA Webinar- Kit Kavanagh-Ryan on their newly published book Crip Worldbuilding in Young Adult Speculative Fiction. Kit's research looks at how disability is represented in speculative fiction for young readers. Registration via Teams - lnkd.in/gseQW2MZ

Searing truths from binface (no really)

The Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS), a German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive, is being wound down after roughly €1.5 million in public funding expired and the federal government declined to renew it www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...

"I said Nigel Farage is very principled calling a by-election. What did I say Roy?" "You said he's an attention seeking gobshite who's playing the victim in a desperate attempt to avoid scrutiny"

Wait? You're telling me that the social base for fascism is the petite bourgeoisie??? 🤯

I am very excited to have the opportunity to speak with REDSIG on Thursday (9 July). This presentation will share details from history projects that used AI-augmented platforms on digitised collections (University of Melbourne Archive & Yarra Ranges Regional Museum). Registration details below:

OK, let's start the search. Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.

Octopuses are my second favourite animal and I just find them fascinating. My new colleague likes them too and has lots of good facts- this week I found out that they have no blind spot because their photosensitive cells are in front of the neuron layer.

Yes I know there are serious & important things happening in the world right now, but this is kind of great: just learned the Van Gogh Museum has made many of their publications, including collection catalogs, freely available on @archive.org. More museums should do this: archive.org/details/vang...

Registration is open for the REDSIG Annual General Meeting. Thursday 9th of July from 4-5pm AEST. The meeting will include a guest presentation from Dr @colourfulhistories.bsky.social who will be sharing her work on how historians can critically engage with AI www.archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Even...

Got upsold multifocal glasses at the opticians and agreed because the guy said they were better for people working at computers all day. They did say it would take a while to get used to them but I was getting headaches wearing them outside and got really dizzy a few times so went back

I saw The Blair Witch Project way too young and it made me afraid of projects

Full article: Between Visibility and Vulnerability: Online Privacy Practices of Persons with Diverse Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities in Australia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I've been learning this tune on the bass. Love seeing the late great Mani in this vid and his cheeky 'bass face'- what a legend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD6P...

Mum- Bowie, Queen, Elton John Dad- Rolling Stones, The Who, Joni Mitchell

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

I had never heard of that Karl Stefanovic dude before this week but then I saw the photo of him with his arm around one of the most odious fascist grifters of recent times and that tells me everything I need to know about him. I hope nobody is gullible enough to believe his ‘free speech’ nonsense.

We've all thought it, but I'm gonna be the one to finally say it. Zoology should have a triple o. Zooology.

Melbourne was 46 degrees earlier in the year and I only very briefly went out in it but felt really sick. It is deceptive as extreme heat doesn’t always feel skin burny but you dehydrate so quickly. Lots of bats and other creatures died as it is just too hot for them to stay alive.

Working through a backlog of life admin now that my brain is being slightly more cooperative. Managed to cancel a membership to the gym that I hadn't gone to for 6 months despite it being 5 minutes from my apartment.

"I'm down to three shitty fucking commas. Pathetic."

Summer solstice at Mousa Broch as we awaited the arrival of Storm Petrels just before midnight in the 'Simmer Dim' light. A truly magical evening experienced by our 'Ultimate Shetland' group and thanks to our friends and associates at The Mousa Boat. #SummerSolstice #BirdingScotland #UKWildlife

There's a sale on at Booktopia that includes my & Kat's book at 90% off, so if you are in Australia and want to get Sex and Social Media for FOUR Australian dollarydoos, the time is now www.booktopia.com.au/societynow-e...

Voice recognition telephone services that require reading out a 6 digital alpha numeric code with a Scottish accent remains impossible. Really hope my office neighbours didn't hear my terrible attempt at an Australian accent.

A remarkable discovery in Paris: the French National Library has identified a previously unknown autograph manuscript by Mozart. The 38-page notebook contains composition exercises and seven pieces for flute and harp. More info at moto-perpetuo.com/mozart-manus... #Mozart #ClassicalMusic

Top tip- when someone says they’ve bought an apartment in a former prison don’t immediately ask “Is it haunted?” 👻 I spent too much time alone in Adelaide and my small talk skills have atrophied… although I reckon it wasn’t that weird a question

This Pride Month, revisit our All Our Stories: Inclusive Practice for Archives webinar series which explores how archives can better reflect and serve everyone. Collections should tell all our stories, access the series via our website: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/all-o...

Perhaps the most prophetic sci-fi film of all time, 12 Monkeys is about a millennial who wishes it was the mid-90s again.

There's still time to apply for the Australian Library and Information Association Research Grant award! The grant is up to $10000 and is open to ALIA personal members. Closing date July 13th 2026. More info and application form at the link alia.org.au/Web/Web/Our-...

Repost with your first crush Brett Anderson of Suede circa Animal Nitrate. The hair, the hips, the leather jacket….

It ys a tryinge tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum unpredicted moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir, that doth helpe you thrugh. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth every bit of myne hearte.

Here's a photo from our ALIA National workshop that we delivered in our capacity as the research advisory committee. It was an interactive session on 'From visibility to impact: Telling stories through non traditional research outputs (NTROs) and Creative Media'.

🏳️‍🌈 Wiki Loves Pride is back! Join Wikimedia Australia for six fortnightly working sessions, June–Aug, improving LGBTQ+ content on Wikipedia, Commons & Wikidata. New editors very welcome — we'll show you how. Drop in for any session 👇 wikimedia.org.au/wiki/WikiLov...

I think often about how the presentist AI discourse ignores the nearly identical arguments made about “big data” + “smart cities” a decade+ ago. As folks were celebrating the Knicks broadcast on Links, it struck me how their Google surveillance guts have been normalized 🤷‍♀️

Nearly 10 years since the Brexit referendum. I'd been in Edinburgh and had to rush back from the train to vote before the polling station closed. I remember thinking that it was a total waste of time as there was no way it would go through... and the next day we decided to move to Australia.

A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

No seriously they're stuck in a shit pub being yelled at by Fatboy Slim

Bought some dresses online from a US store and guessed the size wrong so need to exchange. I had no idea that sending things back to the US from Aus is so complicated now with the tariffs etc.

Musician and painter Joni Mitchell (with artist David Hockney...RIP) #WomensArt

a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman

Excitement! The new kinomatics blog post is out - the first in a series that takes a deep dive into the recent Top 50 Australian movies announcement. Thanks to everyone who helped us think through in previous discussions. Please share. kinomatics.com/projects/aus...

All whip tail lizards are female. They reproduce via parthenogenesis and mate with each other—mounting, biting, entwining tails and legs—to trigger ovulation. You could call it lizard scissoring. Also the females drove the males to extinction. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/11: Male walruses are all gay until age 4 and then become bi.

Puppies!

Les Archives sur les personnes transgenres de l'Université de Victoria sont considérées comme la plus importante collection au monde de documents historiques et de matériel ayant trait à la recherche et à l’activisme sur les personnes transgenres. #Fierté

Yay pretty happy with this one! I like the sound of 'natural magician' 🔮🪄✨