London friends - a rare chance to see Funki Porcini's amazing Laserium is coming up:

Lots of unpicking to do today.

Such lovely work.

We're a few days in and pledges are healthy. Almost robust. This is a call to our friends for amplification though. If you'd like to see what a Barnett-aligned immersive audio series, told over six weeks in late summer 2026 might look like, then, as they used to say: RTs welcome..! (thanks!)

Okay, hive mind! I'm doing a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI in engineering - am planning a research trip to the Bay Area in Feb, and am looking to speak to folk working on - transparent approaches to the full AI supply chain, inc data, labour practices, environmental footprint (1/2)

Engineer Richard Sewell of Air Giants spoke to us about this challenge and the solutions he's found. Learn more about Air Giants, a Bristol-based creative robotics studio: www.airgiants.co.uk Find solutions to challenges in low-volume device production at www.prosquared.org

We have been having a delightful time in Osaka, showing Hothouse as part of Playable Cities. I will be sad to pack up at the end of today. @playablecity @myworldcreates This showing of Hot House has been commissioned by Playable City a Watershed programme.

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Just in case you want to push it over two million... petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

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Well, I never expected to see this for an Innovate UK application. Thanks!

Bristol friends:

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Who do I know that's going to WHY2025 and might want to meet up for a chitchat?

Bluesky, are there services out there for people who are needlephobic to get blood samples taken or to get vaccines? I have a very needlephobic teenager. Is there something similar to courses for fear of flying, or spiders? (Therapy is not hugely helping; we're talking full-blown panic attacks.)

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In 2017, these were all jokes. Now half of them seem dangerously plausible. www.tumblr.com/10-ideas/162...

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i might be looking for a new role, staff developer, remote uk/us tef.computer i am pretty good at the whole "fixing distributed systems" stuff but i'm also pretty good at the "levelling up a team" stuff too

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We have an amazing 1, 500 signatures from people and organisations at all scales across the UK. Just 24 hours left to go - please sign and share if you can.

So many, many bargains still on the Genre Creators for Trans Rights charity auction, including a just-added-this-minute signed Patrick Rothfuss, as well as handcrafted gems. www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans And here's a statement from our South African beneficary, @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social.

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I made a thing. Mostly to experiment with using Lego as a fastener for fabric.

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Please help spread the word! @bristolhci.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social, @lancasteruni.bsky.social, @lmcunderwood.bsky.social, @profmikefraser.bsky.social, @johnvidler.co.uk, @bristolhci.bsky.social, @microbit.org

West Midlands creative biz folks! Create Central and the West Midlands Combined Authority are sponsoring FREE advising sessions with me on April 11th and 18th. Normally my rates for this kind of work starts at £100, so this is a cool opportunity to chat. calendly.com/sbrin/colab-...

Well, that was a fun day.

Bristol friends - we're showing Luma in Millennium Square tomorrow, 11-6, as part of the Connected Futures Festival: joiner.org.uk/blog/connect.... We'll be giving audience members the rare opportunity to puppet Luma themselves. Come along and say hi.

Turns out you can use Lego as a fabric closure. These were glued with epoxy, after an earlier experiment with ABS pipe cement resulted in melty Lego.

Does anyone I know own a robot dog they might be willing to loan for a day? Boston Dynamics Spot or similar clone ideally.

Frustratingly a job I was really excited about has fallen through at the last minute due to a lawyer screwing up. So, I'm still looking for a new role. I'd really love to find something in the music industry, but open to anything!

Bristol friends - last chance to see! Our new work, The Whilers, will be in the garden of St. Mary Redcliffe tonight and tomorrow, 5-10pm. bristollightfestival.org/installation...

Our new creatures, The Whilers, are looking good. And they'd like to see you! They are in the gardens of St Mary Redcliffe as part of Bristol Light Festival from 31/1/ to 9/2, 5pm to 10pm. Come along and be hooted at. bristollightfestival.org/installation...

Bristol friends - we have a new Air Giants work, The Whilers, showing as part of Bristol Light Festival from 31/1/ to 9/2, 5pm to 10pm. Just in case you like giant inflatable robots. bristollightfestival.org/installation...

*taps screen* a little advert. From Feb I have some space for paid consulting/writing/speaking work - helping organisations navigate and understand the tech policy landscape (💣💥), doing AI ethics reviews, and general all-purpose strategic comms and problem solving. www.rachelcoldicutt.com

Last call! We have one room left for our South Wales writing retreat starting 31/1/24. £250 for accommodation, food, tailored writing advice and all the cheese you can eat. Feel free to DM for details. Please share / repost to anyone you think might be interested.

What did I even do in 2024 ? It all seems like so long ago. Some things...

I was not expecting to see bees today.

UK chums, please sign this. Everything we can do to push back on Cass and Streeting, we must

Hire Jonty. He'll make everything better.

For a few different projects, I think I might need a couple ops producers/PAs. Remote (UK) is fine, you'd need to be relatively experienced with operations work (task management, calendars, some Innovate UK back-end stuff) and possibly some proposals. DM or email me?