Adam Murray
@admagnetic77.bsky.social
Film programmer + write about film - Bristol Black Horror Club UK - All things Horror/Dystopian Fiction/Genre Cinema "A Cosmic Perspective"...
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We loved partnering with Bristol Film School boomSatsuma to showcase three one-minute, one take horrors at our One Cut of the Dead screening!
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
Thank you to @robinince.bsky.social and @admagnetic77.bsky.social for introducing them, and everyone who participated. See below the films and artists 👇
Thank you @slapstickfest.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social for a fantastic evening + screening of One Cut of the Dead 🧟
The Boomsatsuma student films really made the evening special. All the submissions were excellent 📽️
An honour and a pleasure to be involved 💜
The Boomsatsuma student films really made the evening special. All the submissions were excellent 📽️
An honour and a pleasure to be involved 💜
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They're going to let the only trusted—and trustworthy—part of the BBC die.
February 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
They're going to let the only trusted—and trustworthy—part of the BBC die.
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And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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i love it when people care. about words, about meaning, about each other, about what we mean to one another, about the world we’re making—or could make
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
i love it when people care. about words, about meaning, about each other, about what we mean to one another, about the world we’re making—or could make
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This is the speech of Rubio’s that matters. If he’s willing to openly endorse, in the name of “US national interests”, a kleptocratic Putinversteher who seeks to rupture EU unity from the inside, it tells you everything you need to know about what those interests are.
February 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
This is the speech of Rubio’s that matters. If he’s willing to openly endorse, in the name of “US national interests”, a kleptocratic Putinversteher who seeks to rupture EU unity from the inside, it tells you everything you need to know about what those interests are.
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Lotta “art shouldn’t be political” takes going around (including from faculty at my art program) and I just have to say: wow fuck that
February 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Lotta “art shouldn’t be political” takes going around (including from faculty at my art program) and I just have to say: wow fuck that
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That time Willow dusted a vampire with a pencil.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
That time Willow dusted a vampire with a pencil.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
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Ooooh wait how about that time Anthropic bought a bunch of hard-copy books, scanned them into a database to engorge its expropriative large language model, then shredded them?
February 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Ooooh wait how about that time Anthropic bought a bunch of hard-copy books, scanned them into a database to engorge its expropriative large language model, then shredded them?
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Anything you do with genAI or social media or apps just feeds them: more user data, more use data, more eyeballs, more clicks. (I'm complicit in this.) You can hack them but you can't use them against themselves, or to disrupt power.
Unlike a pencil or a paving stone.
Unlike a pencil or a paving stone.
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Anything you do with genAI or social media or apps just feeds them: more user data, more use data, more eyeballs, more clicks. (I'm complicit in this.) You can hack them but you can't use them against themselves, or to disrupt power.
Unlike a pencil or a paving stone.
Unlike a pencil or a paving stone.
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Fundamental category error: there's no reason to forgive information dispensers for dispensing incorrect information, any more than I'd "forgive" a ticket machine dispensing the wrong ticket & charging me a million quid. We forgive humans on an ethical and emotional basis, not informational.
Society accepts that humans make mistakes, but it will also need to decide an acceptable level of error from AI too, says Uber's CEO.
Uber's CEO asks how smart AI must be to earn forgiveness for its mistakes
Society accepts that humans make mistakes, but it will also need to decide an acceptable level of error from AI too, says Uber's CEO.
www.businessinsider.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Fundamental category error: there's no reason to forgive information dispensers for dispensing incorrect information, any more than I'd "forgive" a ticket machine dispensing the wrong ticket & charging me a million quid. We forgive humans on an ethical and emotional basis, not informational.
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GenAI can't be and isn't smart, either intellectually or emotionally, and neither would be the basis for forgiveness. Also the idea that we forgive humans on the basis of their (narrowly measured) intellectual capacity ... one of the foundational errors of EW capitalism there.
February 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
GenAI can't be and isn't smart, either intellectually or emotionally, and neither would be the basis for forgiveness. Also the idea that we forgive humans on the basis of their (narrowly measured) intellectual capacity ... one of the foundational errors of EW capitalism there.
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By removing writing from writers' workloads, we have ensured that all writing will conform to the status quo & techbro logics. We are removing accountability from news reporting.
Thinking about the many decisions that get made when you turn your notes into a draft and what that looks like when the bot is making all of those decisions, even if you get the "final say" after the decisions have been made. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
By removing writing from writers' workloads, we have ensured that all writing will conform to the status quo & techbro logics. We are removing accountability from news reporting.
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We don't employ enough reporters or pay them well enough to both meet sources and write up their findings.
Nothing to see here but capitalist decimation special pleading for itself.
Nothing to see here but capitalist decimation special pleading for itself.
February 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
We don't employ enough reporters or pay them well enough to both meet sources and write up their findings.
Nothing to see here but capitalist decimation special pleading for itself.
Nothing to see here but capitalist decimation special pleading for itself.
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Brutal, and impossible to argue with
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Who is his constituency now? Not the left or the right – and not the centre any more. That’s why there’s been a nosedive in the polls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Brutal, and impossible to argue with
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Reifying "De-LIV-ery" as intransitive turns out to be as vacuuous and negligent as you'd imagine. The consignments reaching their destinations are the incendiary package of far right normalisation, and the country itself, gaudily bundled up in easy-rip wrapping, to voracious profit-scraping sloptech
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Who is his constituency now? Not the left or the right – and not the centre any more. That’s why there’s been a nosedive in the polls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Reifying "De-LIV-ery" as intransitive turns out to be as vacuuous and negligent as you'd imagine. The consignments reaching their destinations are the incendiary package of far right normalisation, and the country itself, gaudily bundled up in easy-rip wrapping, to voracious profit-scraping sloptech
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Reminded (ta Jonathan) I received harsh criticism for thinking of folks imprisoned without the transnational clout of Roy. I remain true to an ethics of abolition politics, but got read as someone wanting Roy behind bars. Yet, Roy’s promoting her memoir & Umer Khalid & thousands are still in jail.
February 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Reminded (ta Jonathan) I received harsh criticism for thinking of folks imprisoned without the transnational clout of Roy. I remain true to an ethics of abolition politics, but got read as someone wanting Roy behind bars. Yet, Roy’s promoting her memoir & Umer Khalid & thousands are still in jail.
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Yes 😪 And while this is going on, the Germans are banning Sudanese filmmakers from even entering the country www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
Acclaimed Sudanese filmmakers pull out of Berlinale Co-Pro Market after visa rejection over “migration risk”
EXCLUSIVE: The director and producer of 'Blue Card' previously produced Cannes award-winner 'Goodbye Julia'.
www.screendaily.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yes 😪 And while this is going on, the Germans are banning Sudanese filmmakers from even entering the country www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
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Nothing is political, remember, unless it appeases western establishment - then it is revolutionary. Innit, Berlinale?
We are cursed to live in these times.
The whataboutery has reached phenomenal levels.
We are cursed to live in these times.
The whataboutery has reached phenomenal levels.
This is the most whacked out festival like wtf is going on at Berlinale??
Berlinale Issues Statement Following Political Backlash at Festival, Says Artists Should Not Be ‘Expected to Speak on Every Political Issue’
Berlinale boss Tricia Tuttle has issued a statement following backlash, saying that artists should not Be 'expected to speak on every political issue
variety.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Nothing is political, remember, unless it appeases western establishment - then it is revolutionary. Innit, Berlinale?
We are cursed to live in these times.
The whataboutery has reached phenomenal levels.
We are cursed to live in these times.
The whataboutery has reached phenomenal levels.
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The word is 'dump' much as it sinks our hearts. This is the Europe we expect to stand as bulwark against the US. Additionally, the Mediterranean is a graveyard.
I'll say this again -- Drumpf is an inevitable consequence not a cause of racialised politics of dehumanisation in the global north.
I'll say this again -- Drumpf is an inevitable consequence not a cause of racialised politics of dehumanisation in the global north.
“Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in clandestine operations in North African countries to dump tens of thousands of Black people in the desert or remote areas each year to prevent them from coming to the EU.”
Like Aimé Césaire said, Europe is indefensible. I have a piece on this coming out soon...
But in addition to the Mediterranean graveyard you mentioned, this is what haunts me the most I think:
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
But in addition to the Mediterranean graveyard you mentioned, this is what haunts me the most I think:
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
February 16, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The word is 'dump' much as it sinks our hearts. This is the Europe we expect to stand as bulwark against the US. Additionally, the Mediterranean is a graveyard.
I'll say this again -- Drumpf is an inevitable consequence not a cause of racialised politics of dehumanisation in the global north.
I'll say this again -- Drumpf is an inevitable consequence not a cause of racialised politics of dehumanisation in the global north.
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Everything is political. Saying you don't care about politics is a political statement. Displays of apathy are a political statement. Not caring is a political statement. Prioritising your income and ease of life other the horrifying torment, abuses and murder of children is a political statement.
Man, this craven capitulation by Yeoh is so sad. variety.com/2026/film/fe...
Michelle Yeoh Avoids Question About U.S. Politics in Berlin and Shifts Focus to Cinema: ‘Best Not to Talk About Something I Don’t Know About’
Michelle Yeoh declined to speak about U.S. politics at Berlin Film Festival, saying it's "best not to talk about something I don't know about."
variety.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Everything is political. Saying you don't care about politics is a political statement. Displays of apathy are a political statement. Not caring is a political statement. Prioritising your income and ease of life other the horrifying torment, abuses and murder of children is a political statement.
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third teeth for everyone! where will you put yours?
February 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
third teeth for everyone! where will you put yours?
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it's all fun & games till you realise that they were load bearing spare teeth & your brain falls out
Reject medical neo-futurism. Refuse compliance.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
February 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
it's all fun & games till you realise that they were load bearing spare teeth & your brain falls out
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This "art shouldn't be political" rhetoric is deeply depressing, whether these people mean it or just feel like they have no choice but to say it.
February 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This "art shouldn't be political" rhetoric is deeply depressing, whether these people mean it or just feel like they have no choice but to say it.
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I for one welcome our new extra teeth
TEETH. TEETH. TEETH.
Reject medical neo-futurism. Refuse compliance.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I for one welcome our new extra teeth
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TEETH. TEETH. TEETH.
Reject medical neo-futurism. Refuse compliance.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
February 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
TEETH. TEETH. TEETH.