In the dark Welsh valley, On the mountain side, Lay the little children, Close to where they died. Their little lives are ended, Before they reach their goal, Tender little children, Have paid the price of coal.

But you get arrested on sight for saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". Saying those words is terrorism. Whereas this burning of effigies of refugees, that's just culture

This why first-past-the-post is such a terrible system for electing a government. Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#otd On this day in 1894 (131 years ago) – The Albion Colliery Disaster, Cilfynydd; the second worst in Wales. 290 men and boys were killed. The youngest victim was only 13. One household in Howell Street lost 11 members. Company fined £12. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_...

1/ You think you're reading local news. Illinois Valley Times. Tucson Standard. Arizona Today. But these aren't newsrooms, they're AI-run disinfo & propaganda machines funded by billionaires to manipulate your vote. Welcome to pink slime media. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue 🧵

Meta preys on your data. It takes 2 minutes to ask them to stop👇 action.goodlawproject.org/meta-this-ti...

This website shows the nearest 10 branches of Greggs to any point in the UK. I'm afraid to say there are a lot of places where it looks like a dot alasdairrae.github.io/steakbakespi...

Farage, Badenoch and the US far-right are all lining up to attack people with autism, ADHD and other conditions that indicate people might have special educational needs. The move is sinister, wrong and profoundly worrying. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...

Lovely to have a physical copy of this amazing book in my hands! Thanks to all the incredible contributors for their work on this, it's turned out incredible! Suffice to say, this is available from all good bookstores and should be purchased immediately! #VR #VRGaming

I recently learned about inspection copies!! Free books!! 📚

In our first post of 2025, Katerina Girginova distills the Social Grammars of Virtuality report, reflecting on the motivations underlying this yearly review and delving into their insights on how we (should) talk about virtual and augmented reality. Check it out here: cavrn.org/talking-abou...

However true it might have been in the past that our economic model generates the best or even the most economically productive use of resources, the idea it still does now is clearly bullshit.

It's here! Thrilled to announce my new book Media Studies: Industries, Texts and Audiences is now available! 📖 Order your copy here: bit.ly/4hL3VMW #MediaStudies #NewBook #Sage

Also coming in February...

This might be the most insane thing I've read about Swansea City since the mid-90s. I despised the former owners. The current ones need to be sectioned for their own safety.

The Games in the Zeitgeist Conference (@multiplaynetwork.bsky.social) will explore and celebrate trends in gaming culture in 2024 - sign up!! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-in-t... #MultiPlay #Gaming #GamingCulture #zeitgeist

We seem to be living through a complete rejection of the ideals established during the enlightment. Does anyone know of any literature exploring this shift from this perspective? Not sure how to boost this post beyond my following viewership, so ideas welcomed on that too

New year, new book! Am so thrilled to see this coming through the last stages of the publication process. A tremendous effort by all contributors - "Mobile Heritage" will be out on April 8! See this Routledge link for all contributors: www.routledge.com/Mobile-Herit...

Chapters by @leightonevans.bsky.social, @profjohanna.bsky.social Alexander Herman @eyobderillo1.bsky.social @kathryneccles.bsky.social Kristen Casey, Emily Gould, Nick Herman, @leoba.bsky.social Junmin Liu @visaimmonen.bsky.social @erikmc.bsky.social Hafizur Rahaman, Maryvelma O'Neil, Andrew Yip

This article should be required reading for anyone commenting on the political effects of social media.

this is probably my favourite photograph of 2024, taken on a long May evening at the shipwreck on Rhossili beach in the Gower, Wales

'AI and memory' by Andrew Hoskins www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Article explores the impact of Generative AI systems on human memory and collective memory. These could change the way we access the past by creating an artificial image of the past and constantly reshaping it through interactions.

2024 is much like 1994 apparently

#dysguCymraeg #Cymraeg #duolingo

Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Hi everyone! MultiPlay is a multidisciplinary network supporting video game studies. Join our Discord here: discord.gg/WhT49QJ4dp see our website for CFPs: multiplaynetwork.org

CAVRN was launched by @marcuscarter.com, @benegliston.bsky.social, @kateeuph.bsky.social, and Luke Heemsbergen in 2022 to to provide useful and accessible introductions to AR & VR scholarship outside of traditional modes of academic publishing 🎉 We aim to post articles on cavrn.org fortnightly.

Hello Bluesky, we are the Critical Augmented and Virtual Reality Research Network (CAVRN)—a scholarly group & publication for academics critically studying emerging VR & AR technologies 👋

Philosophy at the Cinema event: Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995) Thursday 14th November 6pm, Taliesin Theatre With me introducing the film!! Funded by The Royal Institue of Philosophy, tickets are free!! www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk/en/all-event...

Article from last month with my former PhD student Zhennuo Song on #VR, digital objects and curation practices www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper with Michal Rzeszewski - VRChat, virtual spaces and places, social relations and spatiality. In Emotion, Space and Society. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #VRChat #VR #spatiality