Will MacNeil
@willmacneil.bsky.social
Digital Artist / Creative Director formerly @ The Mill (rip). UK/US citizen. Experimenter in data-driven design. Loves generative and interactive art. Always up for a chat. Here or https://www.willmacneil.com/
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When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)
July 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)
The meaning of ‘off grid’ is about to completely change as billions of us stop relying on distributed energy companies.
Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The meaning of ‘off grid’ is about to completely change as billions of us stop relying on distributed energy companies.
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BBC News currently prioritising police probe into Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s condemnation of Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian
civilians... over a story on an actual massacre by the IDF of Palestinian civilians at a Gazan seafront café.
civilians... over a story on an actual massacre by the IDF of Palestinian civilians at a Gazan seafront café.
June 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BBC News currently prioritising police probe into Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s condemnation of Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian
civilians... over a story on an actual massacre by the IDF of Palestinian civilians at a Gazan seafront café.
civilians... over a story on an actual massacre by the IDF of Palestinian civilians at a Gazan seafront café.
Maybe it’s time we focus on the people who are shooting children. And stop the culture war nonsense. @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Maybe it’s time we focus on the people who are shooting children. And stop the culture war nonsense. @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
If I were one of the chosen few to be allowed a question on #bbcquestiontime this’d be it: Should leaders who bomb hospitals be allowed to exist? I’ll wait.
June 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If I were one of the chosen few to be allowed a question on #bbcquestiontime this’d be it: Should leaders who bomb hospitals be allowed to exist? I’ll wait.
I love this ‘guy’. So good to have him here on BS.
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I love this ‘guy’. So good to have him here on BS.
Big thanks to @adobe.com for being flexible with my personal CC account following the chaos with #technicolor. Some companies can be big and still get the little things right. #vfx
April 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Big thanks to @adobe.com for being flexible with my personal CC account following the chaos with #technicolor. Some companies can be big and still get the little things right. #vfx
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when they go low, we go Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social 🔥
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
when they go low, we go Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social 🔥
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if you're in the US and despairing about people being pulled off the street, you need to find your nearest immigrant defence/deportation defence group and learn how to do stuff like this
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
‘A special day’: how a Glasgow community halted immigration raid
Activists and local people tell how they forced the release of two men detained in an enforcement van
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
if you're in the US and despairing about people being pulled off the street, you need to find your nearest immigrant defence/deportation defence group and learn how to do stuff like this
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
Following last week’s VFX implosion, I’m taking a little more time these days to look around me. Snapped these on the beach near my home on a dog walk this morning. #sussex
March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Following last week’s VFX implosion, I’m taking a little more time these days to look around me. Snapped these on the beach near my home on a dog walk this morning. #sussex
@serailway.bsky.social utterly wasteful scene at Ashford this morning as your staff shut train doors on ~50 people who were literally seconds late on a connecting train. Staff ignored call from other platform. Huge waste of money and people’s time. Passengers here are rightly furious. Do better.
February 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@serailway.bsky.social utterly wasteful scene at Ashford this morning as your staff shut train doors on ~50 people who were literally seconds late on a connecting train. Staff ignored call from other platform. Huge waste of money and people’s time. Passengers here are rightly furious. Do better.
My personal film school when I moved to London. Love this place. Please help make sure it’s there for the next lonely wannabe filmmaker.
The Prince Charles - a West End institution - is under threat. Support them, unless you want to see another fucking M&M superstore where this beautiful cinema is. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My personal film school when I moved to London. Love this place. Please help make sure it’s there for the next lonely wannabe filmmaker.
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
This is great to see. UK governments have been ignoring the creative sector (one of the best performing industries in the land) for way too long. Congrats to the venues getting this funding www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is great to see. UK governments have been ignoring the creative sector (one of the best performing industries in the land) for way too long. Congrats to the venues getting this funding www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social Thinking about you today and how hard you’ve worked to protect women and girls. As a husband, father and brother, I’m grateful for you and your team.
January 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social Thinking about you today and how hard you’ve worked to protect women and girls. As a husband, father and brother, I’m grateful for you and your team.
Yo @theguardian.com is there a way to link my Guardian subscription to bsky? Don’t want you thinking I’m freeriding your content, no sir.
December 31, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Yo @theguardian.com is there a way to link my Guardian subscription to bsky? Don’t want you thinking I’m freeriding your content, no sir.
Now, read this summary likes it’s the intro to the A-team
Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those groups of humans were, was less known. New research adds some clues.
A 50 thousand year-old love story between humans and Neanderthals
Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those groups of humans were, was less known. New research adds some clues.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Now, read this summary likes it’s the intro to the A-team
Hey friends. I’ve submitted a proposal to speak at SXSW London. My talk is about how things like social media and the like are supplanting real human experiences and how we digital creatives can actually counter this through good design. More info in comments.
December 15, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Hey friends. I’ve submitted a proposal to speak at SXSW London. My talk is about how things like social media and the like are supplanting real human experiences and how we digital creatives can actually counter this through good design. More info in comments.
This problem is older than Facebook (probably much older) but still lingers. CEOs are convinced that customers can’t be customers any more. They have to be product. Here’s an idea. Build something people want to pay for and then let them.
AI licensing...
Techcrunch article highlights how Bluesky's CEO, Jay Graber, is considering raising revenue while still keep core model of the platform appealing to users.
She is considering non-intrusive advertising, possible AI licensing, subscription and selling domain names.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/b...
She is considering non-intrusive advertising, possible AI licensing, subscription and selling domain names.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/b...
December 10, 2024 at 12:46 PM
This problem is older than Facebook (probably much older) but still lingers. CEOs are convinced that customers can’t be customers any more. They have to be product. Here’s an idea. Build something people want to pay for and then let them.
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Curious: when would you say generative AI appeared? I heard someone today say it was quite recent. Which seemed a long way off to me.
November 27, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Curious: when would you say generative AI appeared? I heard someone today say it was quite recent. Which seemed a long way off to me.
Ok, some more? This one just picked up a BIMA Gold for innovation. Brainwaves to seriously clever filtering to real-time animation. All done for ArtFund UK to promote visiting galleries in person. #realtime #generative www.willmacneil.com/portfolio/re...
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Ok, some more? This one just picked up a BIMA Gold for innovation. Brainwaves to seriously clever filtering to real-time animation. All done for ArtFund UK to promote visiting galleries in person. #realtime #generative www.willmacneil.com/portfolio/re...