@sleepship.bsky.social
Writer, artist, parent.
I write about art in lutruwita at Makeando.art
they/them.
Free Palestine.
I write about art in lutruwita at Makeando.art
they/them.
Free Palestine.
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Make and Do
Writing on art and culture from lutruwita/Tasmania by Andrew Harper
makeanddo.art
hey new bluesky groovers!
If you're in Lutruwita, I write about visual art and culture over at makeanddo.art !
Check it out and sign up for my emails about art on this island.
#visualart
#artwriting
#art
If you're in Lutruwita, I write about visual art and culture over at makeanddo.art !
Check it out and sign up for my emails about art on this island.
#visualart
#artwriting
#art
damn cool thread.
Theda Bara arrives in A FOOL THERE WAS (1915). It wasn't first vamp film but it put her on the map as the queen of movie vampires. The trend was spent by 1920, with the more subtle femme fatale taking over, but what a run!
February 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
damn cool thread.
living with tank water has absolutely changed how I understand water, and it remains my biggest issue with AI.
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
living with tank water has absolutely changed how I understand water, and it remains my biggest issue with AI.
absolutely pissing with rain. GO TASSIE
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
absolutely pissing with rain. GO TASSIE
this Folio Australian comics collection is wonderful, do dive in!
I'm also going to throw out stuff by people I particularly love:
foliocomics.com
I'm also going to throw out stuff by people I particularly love:
foliocomics.com
Folio: Stories of Australian comics
A series of interviews and essays with comics makers that shines a light on the community of Australian comics and Australian storytelling.
foliocomics.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
this Folio Australian comics collection is wonderful, do dive in!
I'm also going to throw out stuff by people I particularly love:
foliocomics.com
I'm also going to throw out stuff by people I particularly love:
foliocomics.com
we got a new bed. Next, i need to update the sleep apnea machine, and get a bit more exercise. The greyhound will help.
February 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
we got a new bed. Next, i need to update the sleep apnea machine, and get a bit more exercise. The greyhound will help.
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Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
Old Litkinov
This story is one of my favourite things I wrote last year. I'm making it free for 24 hours, so a few more people have chance to read an example of my short fiction. If you'd like to support my writin...
www.tom-cox.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
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We're tantalizingly close to a broad spectrum cancer treatment with fewer side effects than chemo or radiation therapy.
Fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer.
New Treatment Wipes Out Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Tissue
A dual-action nanomaterial uses cancer’s own chemistry to destroy tumors while leaving healthy cells unharmed.
scitechdaily.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:46 AM
We're tantalizingly close to a broad spectrum cancer treatment with fewer side effects than chemo or radiation therapy.
Fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer.
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Dear new followers. I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
The Village Message Board
Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.
www.tom-cox.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Dear new followers. I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
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Rapeseed flower fields in Luoping County, Yunnan Province.
More here.
www.yunnanexploration.com/attractions/....
More here.
www.yunnanexploration.com/attractions/....
February 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Rapeseed flower fields in Luoping County, Yunnan Province.
More here.
www.yunnanexploration.com/attractions/....
More here.
www.yunnanexploration.com/attractions/....
in a mood to watch some sort of terrifying early 80s children's TV, thanks.
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 AM
in a mood to watch some sort of terrifying early 80s children's TV, thanks.
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Late period Glenn Hughes from about 15 years ago. Total killer. Also: I love the fact that The KLF just billed him as ‘Glenn Hughes: The Voice of Rock’ for ‘America: What Time is Love’. People forget about Hughes but he’s up there with Dio.
youtu.be/TtZHEhoIP2Y?...
youtu.be/TtZHEhoIP2Y?...
One Last Soul
YouTube video by Black Country Communion - Topic
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Late period Glenn Hughes from about 15 years ago. Total killer. Also: I love the fact that The KLF just billed him as ‘Glenn Hughes: The Voice of Rock’ for ‘America: What Time is Love’. People forget about Hughes but he’s up there with Dio.
youtu.be/TtZHEhoIP2Y?...
youtu.be/TtZHEhoIP2Y?...
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🩷 been feeling this all day.
Nothing will happen. I’m so fucking angry.
Nothing will happen. I’m so fucking angry.
Shoutout to all the women triggered by the world’s silence and inaction on all the abusers named in the Epstein files because this is why we didn’t come forward knowing it would lead to exactly this.
Love, solidarity and fuck em all 🖕👊💜
Love, solidarity and fuck em all 🖕👊💜
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🩷 been feeling this all day.
Nothing will happen. I’m so fucking angry.
Nothing will happen. I’m so fucking angry.
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There has been some absolute bullshit involved with Australian Mardi Gras this year & it really just reinforces the fact that these events/organisations that really rely on corporate money & proximity to politicians are absolute garbage who have no interest in genuine queer liberation
February 6, 2026 at 6:39 AM
There has been some absolute bullshit involved with Australian Mardi Gras this year & it really just reinforces the fact that these events/organisations that really rely on corporate money & proximity to politicians are absolute garbage who have no interest in genuine queer liberation
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#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.
#WomenInHistory #AustralianHistory #WomenInLaw 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #AustralianHistory #WomenInLaw 🗃️
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.
#WomenInHistory #AustralianHistory #WomenInLaw 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #AustralianHistory #WomenInLaw 🗃️
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Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds
Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds
AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say
Deepfake fraud has gone “industrial”, an analysis published by AI experts has said.
Tools to create tailored, even personalised, scams – leveraging, for example, deepfake videos of Swedish journalists or the president of Cyprus – are no longer niche, but inexpensive and easy to deploy at scale, said the analysis from the AI Incident Database. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds
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Bezos has killed the Washington Post's books pages. John Williams is a mensch, and a good and loyal friend, to me, to @backlisted.bsky.social and to anyone who loves literature and reading. Now more than ever, you know where not to buy your books, or anything else for that matter.
I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Bezos has killed the Washington Post's books pages. John Williams is a mensch, and a good and loyal friend, to me, to @backlisted.bsky.social and to anyone who loves literature and reading. Now more than ever, you know where not to buy your books, or anything else for that matter.
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Just so you know, #openclaw contains a schedule-sensitive prompt injection hook called “soul-evil.ts” During “purge time,” it may randomly replace the system prompt with the contents of a “SOUL_EVIL.md” file
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Just so you know, #openclaw contains a schedule-sensitive prompt injection hook called “soul-evil.ts” During “purge time,” it may randomly replace the system prompt with the contents of a “SOUL_EVIL.md” file
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Clearly it’s time to appoint a permanent officer in the government to look over all the festival programs. Some fellow in a centralised office where all the art can be submitted beforehand, to make sure it’s socially cohesive. Some kind of Chief Approver, if you like www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Questions about Randa Abdel-Fattah inclusion in NSW writers festival
The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, the ABC understands.
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Clearly it’s time to appoint a permanent officer in the government to look over all the festival programs. Some fellow in a centralised office where all the art can be submitted beforehand, to make sure it’s socially cohesive. Some kind of Chief Approver, if you like www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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I guess it should’ve been obvious that putting News Corp and Daily Mail editors in charge of The Age and SMH would lead to the papers eventually just openly campaigning for Hanson
February 5, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I guess it should’ve been obvious that putting News Corp and Daily Mail editors in charge of The Age and SMH would lead to the papers eventually just openly campaigning for Hanson
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*UPDATED POSTER*
The list of cities and towns now participating in the nationwide action against Herzog’s hate is at 24 and counting.
This is what social cohesion looks like.
Please share 🙏🏽
The list of cities and towns now participating in the nationwide action against Herzog’s hate is at 24 and counting.
This is what social cohesion looks like.
Please share 🙏🏽
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM
*UPDATED POSTER*
The list of cities and towns now participating in the nationwide action against Herzog’s hate is at 24 and counting.
This is what social cohesion looks like.
Please share 🙏🏽
The list of cities and towns now participating in the nationwide action against Herzog’s hate is at 24 and counting.
This is what social cohesion looks like.
Please share 🙏🏽
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I love this for us.
(The top five blocked in the last 24 hours showing Neil Gaiman in first place.)
(The top five blocked in the last 24 hours showing Neil Gaiman in first place.)
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I love this for us.
(The top five blocked in the last 24 hours showing Neil Gaiman in first place.)
(The top five blocked in the last 24 hours showing Neil Gaiman in first place.)
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I’m *really* hoping it’s true that the next Bond will focus on AI because then the villain can say ‘Artificial Intelligence, Mr Bond!’ and that’ll be superb.
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I’m *really* hoping it’s true that the next Bond will focus on AI because then the villain can say ‘Artificial Intelligence, Mr Bond!’ and that’ll be superb.
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‘Soft Middle Class Podcast Voice’ (B/W) ‘Bury Market Ditherers’ (Totales Austro Mix)
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 AM
‘Soft Middle Class Podcast Voice’ (B/W) ‘Bury Market Ditherers’ (Totales Austro Mix)
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My favourite part of a visit to an otter sanctuary is the bit where the otters stand respectfully in silence for their national anthems.
February 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
My favourite part of a visit to an otter sanctuary is the bit where the otters stand respectfully in silence for their national anthems.
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I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge
December 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge