David May

44AD: RCS Bath Artists’ Prize Winners Exhibition 44AD is delighted to host the RCS Bath Artists’ Prize Winners Exhibition.

Excited to announce that my latest art work, Leannán Sídhe, will be on display at 44AD in Bath for the RCS Bath Exhibition!

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Sad to hear about the passing of Elaine Radigue. Her composition process has had a huge influence on my work and research.

I love how Charli xcx is playing with extended techniques. Wuthering heights, particularly House, has woodwind and strings always are the place where “good” technique breaks down and overtones and harmonics break through the notes.

Yes. Class is a thing we all ‘know’, can’t explain, probably disagree with each other on definitions, but have incredibly strong opinions of what that means about character and worth.

(Obvs this is v stupid, but it is genuinely something I think English people, me incl., have to actively unlearn)

If you’re not listening to the audio version of @iandunt.bsky.social Substack, you’re missing out.

Not only do you get great political comment, but you get to hear a brilliant writer live editing their work. And I genuinely can’t think of anyone else being that open with their process.

Apple News headline: Ex-Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

I genuinely thought this had happened ages ago.

I’m playing Amalur on Switch and I’m wondering (sorry if you get asked this a lot) @icklenellierose.bsky.social how did you manage with such a large spider presence???

Just imagined a world where @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com had been made BBC politics editor way back and they changed their entire style around her.

And I’ve got to say, I think that would be a fun world to live in.

So including an easy mode, but with less agency, more effort on their part, and most cost in every sense.

Why is this needed? Who wants this? Will it also take all the characters clothes off mid fight?

Been watching Clash of the Comics over the last week. And Ania Magliano is very impressive.

Thinking of this as my parents have a detailed discussion of what tagine they want to buy in the sales.

I’m watching fantastic four, and pedro pascal just gave possibly the weakest compressions ever 😂😂

Heart compressions in films always make me laugh- like, you’re saving no one like that.

I get it though, you can’t break your lead actors ribs just for a realistic scene.

This season of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social has been amazing. Always brilliant, but @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social have played an absolute blinder with this one.

Thought of another:

Before you are two doors and two guards. One tells you “one of us only lies, one of us only tells the truth. One door will take you to your destination, one will lead to death”

That’s a lie. Both guards lie. These aren’t even the doors you’re looking for, those are up the road.

Screenshot of BBC article reading: Waterstones would stock books created using artificial intelligence, the company's boss has said, as long as they were clearly labelled, and if customers wanted them. However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen. "There's a huge proliferation of Al-generated content and most of it are not books that we should be selling," he said, but added it would be "up to the reader" An explosion in the use of artificial intelligence, or Al, has prompted heated debate in the publishing industry, with writers concerned about the impact on their livelihoods. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Big Boss Interview podcast, Daunt said while Waterstones uses Al for logistics they currently try to keep Al-generated content out of the shops. "As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.

I don’t know how this gets the lead paragraph that AI would be fine at Waterstones, when every quote seems to say nope, not doing that.

What are your favourite one guard lies, one guard tells the truth twists/adaptations?

Two doors are in front of you each with its own guard. One of the guards tells you “one of us always tells the truth, one of us always lies”. The other immediately says that’s not true.

Once you pass you find out both doors lead to the same room, the liar was lying about the premise.

Two doors are in front of you. Three guards. One of the guards tells you “one of us always tells the truth, one of us always lies”.

If you ask that guard any further questions he explains he’s only there to tell you the set up. Otherwise the liar would get it wrong.

Been thinking of two doors, one guard lies one tells the truth. And some changes for creative dnd situations (none of my party are on Bluesky. So I can share them)

If you want to keep Eurovision apolitical you HAVE to ban the country that is making it political.

Even if you ignore the situation in Gaza. Israel have a history of breaking Eurovision rules and making their participation a political statement- encouraging people to vote as a sign of political support.

Just found out the building work in the flat next to us is expected to go until the end of JANUARY?!?!!!

After two days of building work in the flat next to us that has involved (incredibly loud) drilling and hammering on all the walls/floors that connect with us - I was so happy that the weekend was here and we’d have a break.

I was wrong. There is no break. Not even a late start.

On the theme of controversial bond opinions. My favourite Bond film score is Goldeneye.
“It gets the people going”

Dalton was really off the radar, and I hate the way he says “Bond, James Bond”. But for some reason, love it in general. And wish there was more of him.

The thing is, I don’t think I even know why haha.
Moore was the one I grew up with most because of itv reruns.
Brosnan was the one actually in place when I was a kid, goldeneye came out when I was about 7.

I suspect this is controversial. But I think my favourite bonds are Dalton and (early) Brosnan

Best music I actually think might be View to a Kill. But it could just be cause I’ve just watched it.
The guitar bends are fun. And while the song is a bit naff, when it’s orchestrated into the film it works really well

The Rodger Moore round up. Fave film- live and let die. Although I accept that man with the golden gun is probably to “correct” choice haha.