Andrew Garton
@andrewgarton.bsky.social
Filmmaker, musician, producer and media comms educator of Ukraine/Austrian descent. Member of Association for Progressive Communications.
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Andrew Garton
@andrewgarton.bsky.social
· Jul 31
THE IAN URQUHART CINEREEL ARCHIVE
Introducing the Ian Urquhart Cinereel Archive, eight hours of silent Standard 8mm film shot by former British civil service officer, Ian Urquhart in Baram District,…
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Finished and gifted to the world, the Ian Urquhart Cinereel Archive, eight hours of silent Standard 8mm film shot by former British civil service officer, Ian Urquhart in Baram District, Sarawak, Malaysia. Available from the @archive.org search >> IAN URQUHART
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This Is All Our Rulers Are Offering Us
"The AI-generated clip looks fake and creepy, and everything about Musk’s post is downright depressing. But it’s not quite as fake, creepy and depressing as the capitalist dystopia which birthed it."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-al...
"The AI-generated clip looks fake and creepy, and everything about Musk’s post is downright depressing. But it’s not quite as fake, creepy and depressing as the capitalist dystopia which birthed it."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-al...
This Is All Our Rulers Are Offering Us
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This Is All Our Rulers Are Offering Us
"The AI-generated clip looks fake and creepy, and everything about Musk’s post is downright depressing. But it’s not quite as fake, creepy and depressing as the capitalist dystopia which birthed it."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-al...
"The AI-generated clip looks fake and creepy, and everything about Musk’s post is downright depressing. But it’s not quite as fake, creepy and depressing as the capitalist dystopia which birthed it."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-al...
No where will be spared. That's the grim reality many of us have been living with for decades. I saw this coming at the UN Conf on Environment and Development in Rio in 1992. We had a chance to turn this around, it was possible but drastically irresponsible efforts have been made to push back since.
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
No where will be spared. That's the grim reality many of us have been living with for decades. I saw this coming at the UN Conf on Environment and Development in Rio in 1992. We had a chance to turn this around, it was possible but drastically irresponsible efforts have been made to push back since.
Join me at Hildebrand Organic Vineyard in Cottles Bridge, Victoria, for a free, dinner screening of KNOW ME and my unexpectedly controversial 2015 film, This Choir Sings Carols, on Saturday 6 December. RSVP essential. Let me know below, or visit the FB event page from the LinkTree in bio.
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Join me at Hildebrand Organic Vineyard in Cottles Bridge, Victoria, for a free, dinner screening of KNOW ME and my unexpectedly controversial 2015 film, This Choir Sings Carols, on Saturday 6 December. RSVP essential. Let me know below, or visit the FB event page from the LinkTree in bio.
From water birth to a wet death! Extraordinary! I really should make a plan for the end of one's days.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gone to a wetter place: the Queenslanders disrupting the death industry with water cremations
Proponents of alkaline hydrolysis, a process of liquidising human remains, say the technology is a cheaper, greener and more ‘calming’ way of returning to the earth
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
From water birth to a wet death! Extraordinary! I really should make a plan for the end of one's days.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The language of Ukraine is of ancient origins. It has survived purges & much worse. @daryazorka.bsky.social
shares insights into its origins & how it is revered & respected by its speakers at home & abroad. The Ukrainian song from 1571 tells us a great deal of a language some claim never existed.
shares insights into its origins & how it is revered & respected by its speakers at home & abroad. The Ukrainian song from 1571 tells us a great deal of a language some claim never existed.
Surprising facts about the Ukrainian language
Interesting facts and a brief history of the Ukrainian language.
substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The language of Ukraine is of ancient origins. It has survived purges & much worse. @daryazorka.bsky.social
shares insights into its origins & how it is revered & respected by its speakers at home & abroad. The Ukrainian song from 1571 tells us a great deal of a language some claim never existed.
shares insights into its origins & how it is revered & respected by its speakers at home & abroad. The Ukrainian song from 1571 tells us a great deal of a language some claim never existed.
Seriously, I'm seeing more and more folks are using ChatGPT to fact check generative AI posts and images! Thirty-six years since modems became widely accessible in Australia, the paucity of digital literacy in this country is bewildering.
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Seriously, I'm seeing more and more folks are using ChatGPT to fact check generative AI posts and images! Thirty-six years since modems became widely accessible in Australia, the paucity of digital literacy in this country is bewildering.
It was quite the day out the front of St Mary's.
November 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It was quite the day out the front of St Mary's.
"Freedom is not just an absence of evil but a presence of good." @timothysnyder.bsky.social, On Freedom, 2025
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Freedom is not just an absence of evil but a presence of good." @timothysnyder.bsky.social, On Freedom, 2025
I had my bag checked by security at Melbourne Airport. This came up in the scan. No one but an older security officer knew what it was.
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I had my bag checked by security at Melbourne Airport. This came up in the scan. No one but an older security officer knew what it was.
Against all odds, my first website, coded in 1994, is still online and much of it still works. Unfortunately, the RealAudio streams do not.
toysatellite.org/bh/
toysatellite.org/bh/
October 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Against all odds, my first website, coded in 1994, is still online and much of it still works. Unfortunately, the RealAudio streams do not.
toysatellite.org/bh/
toysatellite.org/bh/
Reposted by Andrew Garton
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Generative AI is a societal disaster
Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society
disconnect.blog
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Never ever dreamed I'd end up in an Insta Frame, but Meera from Eltham Bookshop is marvellously persuasive. Diwali celebrations in Eltham were joyous & a welcome break from the worlds I inhabit in my work. I was hanging out with author, Neil Grant & members of the Diamond Creek Tough Guys Book Club.
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Never ever dreamed I'd end up in an Insta Frame, but Meera from Eltham Bookshop is marvellously persuasive. Diwali celebrations in Eltham were joyous & a welcome break from the worlds I inhabit in my work. I was hanging out with author, Neil Grant & members of the Diamond Creek Tough Guys Book Club.
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, is seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia. More people are getting info that’s on Wikipedia via AI chatbots trained on its articles and search engines posing a risk to the sustainability of Wikipedia.
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, is seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia. More people are getting info that’s on Wikipedia via AI chatbots trained on its articles and search engines posing a risk to the sustainability of Wikipedia.
1993, when the internet was fractals we couldn't see but described in text. Perhaps the first video I can recall describing some of the work we did way back then.
youtu.be/d16go7hA7a4?...
youtu.be/d16go7hA7a4?...
Going Walkabout in Cyberspace, 1993 (edit)
YouTube video by alferg
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1993, when the internet was fractals we couldn't see but described in text. Perhaps the first video I can recall describing some of the work we did way back then.
youtu.be/d16go7hA7a4?...
youtu.be/d16go7hA7a4?...
With Bandcamp sold twice within a couple of years and Spotify on the nose, Subvert.fm is tackling the idea of an artist owned internet, or rather, an artist run, collectively owned music marketplace. Interested? It's easy to become a supporter or artist/label founding member.
#subvertfm
#subvertfm
Subvert — The Collectively Owned Music Marketplace
A music platform owned by us all. Join Subvert to sell your work, support artists, and shape our shared future. Sincerely Ours.
Subvert.fm
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
With Bandcamp sold twice within a couple of years and Spotify on the nose, Subvert.fm is tackling the idea of an artist owned internet, or rather, an artist run, collectively owned music marketplace. Interested? It's easy to become a supporter or artist/label founding member.
#subvertfm
#subvertfm
Reposted by Andrew Garton
A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/olPGmsjCE8LTa
Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!
Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy
getup.to
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/olPGmsjCE8LTa
Reposted by Andrew Garton
"Starting in December 2024, the researchers began contacting the affected telecoms. T-Mobile responded by encrypting its satellite transmissions within weeks, but responses from other cell carriers were mixed."
Everything is cool and normal.
www.wired.com/story/satell...
Everything is cool and normal.
www.wired.com/story/satell...
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Starting in December 2024, the researchers began contacting the affected telecoms. T-Mobile responded by encrypting its satellite transmissions within weeks, but responses from other cell carriers were mixed."
Everything is cool and normal.
www.wired.com/story/satell...
Everything is cool and normal.
www.wired.com/story/satell...
I so immerse myself in this album, headphones on, sat outside of an evening, under the stars in rural Victoria, remembering such nights playing guitar in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, and actually in the Sudwala Caves with the late, most sincerely great, Roy MacGregor.
newcape.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
newcape.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
Lost Time - Bach's First Cello Suite, by Derek Gripper
8 track album
newcape.bandcamp.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I so immerse myself in this album, headphones on, sat outside of an evening, under the stars in rural Victoria, remembering such nights playing guitar in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, and actually in the Sudwala Caves with the late, most sincerely great, Roy MacGregor.
newcape.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
newcape.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
Before folks get too excited by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, take care to note what Venezuelan's write about Maria Corina Machado. It's hard to know if the opinion piece is spin or not. They certainly took great pains to find a photo that sells the headline.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...
'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams
As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...
www.commondreams.org
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Before folks get too excited by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, take care to note what Venezuelan's write about Maria Corina Machado. It's hard to know if the opinion piece is spin or not. They certainly took great pains to find a photo that sells the headline.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...
This is a terrific interview with the pianist, Hiromi. I got so emotional, such joy listening to her play at the end. How she gets to the piece she improvises on is wonderful. Hiromi shares such an intimate knowledge and understanding of some of the greats of jazz piano.
youtu.be/xcKd9OkMPcc?...
youtu.be/xcKd9OkMPcc?...
Hiromi: The Most Electrifying Pianist Alive
YouTube video by Rick Beato
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is a terrific interview with the pianist, Hiromi. I got so emotional, such joy listening to her play at the end. How she gets to the piece she improvises on is wonderful. Hiromi shares such an intimate knowledge and understanding of some of the greats of jazz piano.
youtu.be/xcKd9OkMPcc?...
youtu.be/xcKd9OkMPcc?...
They are so on the ball this lot! I was born here!
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
They are so on the ball this lot! I was born here!
KNOW ME - a semi-finalist in this years Australia Independent Film Festival. Missed out on a screening, but at the very least it was acknowledged alongside many impressive films.
October 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
KNOW ME - a semi-finalist in this years Australia Independent Film Festival. Missed out on a screening, but at the very least it was acknowledged alongside many impressive films.
When there is a paucity of good news we must celebrate when events such as this rise to the surface. Alaa Abdel Fattah is a free man. @apc.org
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Alaa Abdel Fattah: British-Egyptian activist released from prison
Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was imprisoned in Egypt for six years, is reunited with his family in Cairo after being pardoned.
www.bbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
When there is a paucity of good news we must celebrate when events such as this rise to the surface. Alaa Abdel Fattah is a free man. @apc.org
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"My message to the world is simple:
if we are left to burn in this hell alone,
then humanity itself has already died.
This world is no longer human.
And the silence that allowed all of this
will haunt you forever."
@ali.gazandoctor, 17 September 2025
if we are left to burn in this hell alone,
then humanity itself has already died.
This world is no longer human.
And the silence that allowed all of this
will haunt you forever."
@ali.gazandoctor, 17 September 2025
September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"My message to the world is simple:
if we are left to burn in this hell alone,
then humanity itself has already died.
This world is no longer human.
And the silence that allowed all of this
will haunt you forever."
@ali.gazandoctor, 17 September 2025
if we are left to burn in this hell alone,
then humanity itself has already died.
This world is no longer human.
And the silence that allowed all of this
will haunt you forever."
@ali.gazandoctor, 17 September 2025