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London, scicomm, pylons, aircraft, techy stuff (digital enthusiast), blogging, sound, bunting, QMUL, trees, big ships, science talks, film music, the designs of Iznik pottery and William De Morgan. Recently re-watched #Seinfeld :-)

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Say what you will about Anish Kapoor appropriating sole use of Vanta black, but my god it is amazing stuff. Photos can't capture it, but his pieces using it at the latest show at the Hayward are mesmerizing. You really are gazing into nothingness, and the mind is deeply confused.

Free computing seminar today, 5pm BST, from @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social on "Media literacy in the age of AI: Evidence and recommendations" www.raspberrypi.org/research-imp... #ArtificialIntelligence

TODAY, free.

Some free open air film screenings in London coming up this week bit.ly/OpenAirCinem... Swim Sistas + The Shape of Water* - Canary Wharf King Richard - London Bridge riverside (The Clubhouse) The Little Mermaid - Canary Wharf *to me it will always be Aquamélie :)

As far as I can tell the "last few tickets" for the live 'The rest is science'* podcast, at Southbank Centre on 5 Sep, are wheelchair spaces. *Also I was surprised by the price (£37-47) for that kind of thing, but it is part of a 'The Rest Is...' festival www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the...

Had a great time teaching the computer science of algorithms by teaching magic tricks in Dundee as part of the Digital Schoolhouse Festival of Play. How can you do a magic trick, moving a card invisibly from one place to another when you don't know how you did it? www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

danah pointed out that kids and young people can continue to chat online in Google Docs. Not sure how well the social media ban would work anyway (even with that workaround). Am I going to have to give biometric info to more websites To Support Our Young People?

'Introduction to the Maths of AI' webinar is this Thursday (18 June) 18:00-19:30. Find out about how #ALevelMaths is used in the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence. You can still sign-up at: amsp.org.uk/teachers/mat...

Via The Rest Is Science podcast, a fun quiz to see how many words you know (or can guess) vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app - #VocabOwl

Dr danah boyd is giving a talk on Monday 15 June 2026, 5.30-7.30pm, at Oxford Internet Institute + online www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... See also: Social media is now parasocial media journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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