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Web developer, music and film junkie, terrible guitarist, average photographer, scifi geek. He/Him. Hello to Jason Isaacs. Home: https://polytechnic.co.uk/

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Guys, is this anything?

27.02.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford's live music scene to get huge funding boost Oxford’s music scene, known for Radiohead, Glass Animals and Foals, will get a Β£40k funding boost over the next two years.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2588753...

26.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That mohawk! Strong Stripe from Gremlins energy… without the cackling and the murder hopefully.

19.01.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

13.01.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1433 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 181

New Star Wars movie idea:

12 Angry Men, but it's all Wookies and no subtitles.

11.01.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 870 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 18

We (Internet Society) have 2 design and digital marketing positions in our Foundation Team. They're a lovely bunch.

Feel free to DM me any questions.

Brand and Design Manager: internetsociety.bamboohr.com/careers/318

Digital Marketing Operations Manager: internetsociety.bamboohr.com/careers/319

12.01.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sporadic but I’m here polytechnic.co.uk/blog/rss/

07.01.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#UKSnow 2/10 OX4

06.01.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)

31.12.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 1216 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3
Top albums and films (and other stats) for 2025 β€” Polytechnic Looking back on my top media of the year.

I posted one of those β€œfavourite albums/films/etc of 2025” things that I tend to do at this time of year.

Have a read, maybe you’ll discover a new favourite thing.

polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2025/12...

31.12.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
8. The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web / Sacha Judd / FFConf 2025
8. The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web / Sacha Judd / FFConf 2025 YouTube video by Remy Sharp

Many of you will have started your christmas breaks, but trust me, this 30mins is worth it. @sachajudd.com's closing from #FFConf is now live. It's not your usual nostalgia/look at what it was, but real meaty inspiration as to what we can do now. Treat yourself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-s...

23.12.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.

A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.

18.12.2025 09:24 πŸ‘ 1480 πŸ” 437 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0

This kind of versatility doesn't get enough credit IMO because it's considered more critically respectable to maintain a distinctive style and keep returning to the same themes.

15.12.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

28.11.2025 09:52 πŸ‘ 1640 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7
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Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!

27.11.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 3304 πŸ” 1326 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 72
'Seven Samurai' (1954)
dir: Akira Kurosawa 

a thoughtful figure saying

two or three samurai won't suffice.

'Seven Samurai' (1954) dir: Akira Kurosawa a thoughtful figure saying two or three samurai won't suffice.

tfw u need seven samurai

26.11.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 2993 πŸ” 678 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 28
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a  pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.

Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

24.11.2025 22:23 πŸ‘ 6284 πŸ” 1898 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 158

Right! And Isambard Kitten Brunel is just [chefs kiss]

21.11.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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College cats of Oxford Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics. The grey ball ...

If you like cute cats with stupidly brilliant names, photographed amongst very pretty Oxford architecture, this article from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is for you:Β oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...

21.11.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12
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For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally.
Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...

20.11.2025 10:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still buzzing from @sachajudd.com's amazing and inspiring talk from #FFConf on Friday.

17.11.2025 11:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A misty early morning shot of the wreckage of Brighton’s West Pier. A lone figure in silhouette sits on the beach to the left.

A misty early morning shot of the wreckage of Brighton’s West Pier. A lone figure in silhouette sits on the beach to the left.

Thank you Brighton and #FFConf, a great time was had as always.

15.11.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ted, a very cute Parsons Terrier

Ted, a very cute Parsons Terrier

#ffconf This conference wall needs more dogs…

14.11.2025 11:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heading to Brighton for #FFConf, train gods willing.

13.11.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Text: "By people. For people (not bots) since 1998: Health educators deserve healthcare. Can you help us raise 40K this month to provide fair healthcare benefits for all our staff + an as-needed healthcare fund for our volunteers?" along with Scarleteen logos.

Text: "By people. For people (not bots) since 1998: Health educators deserve healthcare. Can you help us raise 40K this month to provide fair healthcare benefits for all our staff + an as-needed healthcare fund for our volunteers?" along with Scarleteen logos.

Scarleteen has been providing accurate, inclusive, joyful, sensitive, trans and queer-led sex, health, and relationships education since 1998. We believe health educators should have healthcare and we’re raising $40,000 to do it. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...

11.11.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

SOCRATES: man i love storing things in these wood boxes
KINDACRATES: its ok

08.11.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Front row tickets are already booked for Sunday at our beautiful little indie @uppcinema.bsky.social

If you ever find yourself in Oxford give us a shout ;)

08.11.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My body: It’s 1am, I want to sleep.

My brain: It’s 5pm in Vancouver, let’s go to a bar! πŸ’ƒπŸ»πŸ•ΊπŸ»πŸŽ‰

Let’s give it up for jet lag everyone πŸ‘πŸ»

05.11.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Science World in Vancouver, a spherical building with lights making it look like a jack o’lantern, or a giant Pac-Man.

Science World in Vancouver, a spherical building with lights making it look like a jack o’lantern, or a giant Pac-Man.

Snap!

(Your shot is way better though)

31.10.2025 04:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My pleasure! Depending on how much spare time you have, both York and Leeds are magnificent cities that are well worth an explore. It’s a lovely part of the country.

30.10.2025 05:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0