Iain Clark
@iainjclarkart.com
(He/Him)
Fan artist / 6x Hugo loser / Designer of the 2024 Hugo Trophy. Vocal about diversity, inclusion, feminism, trans allyship; tell me if I get it wrong.
No AI art.
https://iainjclarkart.com
Fan artist / 6x Hugo loser / Designer of the 2024 Hugo Trophy. Vocal about diversity, inclusion, feminism, trans allyship; tell me if I get it wrong.
No AI art.
https://iainjclarkart.com
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Iain Clark
@iainjclarkart.com
· Nov 13
On gender
“Cis dude talks about gender” alert. I’ve been thinking a lot about gender recently. I mean a lot. This is not a coming out post. I’m still a straight cis dude. But the more…
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Some thoughts about gender. Be kind, it's sort of personal and very well meaning. iainjclarkart.com/2024/11/13/o...
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Of all the hours of radio and TV dedicated to David Bowie this week, my favourite is this enchanting and moving drama by @paulmagrs.bsky.social - based on a true story which offers a glimpse of the gentle, complex, generous soul that lay behind that remarkable artist. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Goblin King and Me
A story about a real-life encounter with David Bowie, marking ten years since his passing.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Of all the hours of radio and TV dedicated to David Bowie this week, my favourite is this enchanting and moving drama by @paulmagrs.bsky.social - based on a true story which offers a glimpse of the gentle, complex, generous soul that lay behind that remarkable artist. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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If my finished drawing of Jareth gets over 100 likes (not this post) I'll karaoke/record myself singing as the world falls doooooooooooooown.
Yes I'm drawing Jareth's balls.
Yes I'm drawing Jareth's balls.
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
If my finished drawing of Jareth gets over 100 likes (not this post) I'll karaoke/record myself singing as the world falls doooooooooooooown.
Yes I'm drawing Jareth's balls.
Yes I'm drawing Jareth's balls.
Belatedly watched Glass Onion which was a funny, deft and enjoyable murder mystery. Daniel Craig is having such a ball in this series but the whole cast were great. #KnivesOut
January 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Belatedly watched Glass Onion which was a funny, deft and enjoyable murder mystery. Daniel Craig is having such a ball in this series but the whole cast were great. #KnivesOut
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Just putting this out there for anyone who doesn't know: Do not, under any circumstances, print out a load of short stories and leave them, unstapled and unattended in a pile if you have cats.
January 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Just putting this out there for anyone who doesn't know: Do not, under any circumstances, print out a load of short stories and leave them, unstapled and unattended in a pile if you have cats.
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The mask dropped sometime ago, but the true face of the brutality of the Trump administration and their lickspittles screams louder every day and remember Farage is made in this image #poetry #reneegood #politics #justice #farage
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The mask dropped sometime ago, but the true face of the brutality of the Trump administration and their lickspittles screams louder every day and remember Farage is made in this image #poetry #reneegood #politics #justice #farage
Love this poem.
The mask dropped sometime ago, but the true face of the brutality of the Trump administration and their lickspittles screams louder every day and remember Farage is made in this image #poetry #reneegood #politics #justice #farage
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Love this poem.
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"No Miss Grant, I am the delegate from the Canal and River Trust."
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"No Miss Grant, I am the delegate from the Canal and River Trust."
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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Hilarious rumour that #AvengersDoomsday might be 3 hrs 45 mins long. That's not a film that's a streaming show in a trenchcoat.
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Hilarious rumour that #AvengersDoomsday might be 3 hrs 45 mins long. That's not a film that's a streaming show in a trenchcoat.
Taking notes at work and genuinely couldn't figure out how to spell the word "Marquee" (for a tent) because I've read far too many historical romances. #books
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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I was going through #StarTrekTOS' "Is There in Truth no Beauty?" today, looking for food and beverages. Seeing Larry Marvick again, I was reminded that his costume is later seen in #StarTrekTNG's "The Battle" as an old uniform /outfit of Picard's inside his blue Stargazer crate. I love this re-use!
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I was going through #StarTrekTOS' "Is There in Truth no Beauty?" today, looking for food and beverages. Seeing Larry Marvick again, I was reminded that his costume is later seen in #StarTrekTNG's "The Battle" as an old uniform /outfit of Picard's inside his blue Stargazer crate. I love this re-use!
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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If I’ve learned anything from Bowie it’s that wonderful quote of his about staying out of your depth. He was deeply suspicious of getting comfortable. All those changes are about looking for the next thing. He could thus define, join in with, or avoid fashion. For the longest time.
January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
If I’ve learned anything from Bowie it’s that wonderful quote of his about staying out of your depth. He was deeply suspicious of getting comfortable. All those changes are about looking for the next thing. He could thus define, join in with, or avoid fashion. For the longest time.
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."
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NASA’s 25-Year Timelapse Shows How a Supernova Remnant Grows A new NASA timelapse was two and a half decades in the making. What makes the timelapse of the Kepler Supernova Remnant even more spec...
#News #space #astronomy #chandra #chandraxrayobservatory […]
[Original post on petapixel.com]
#News #space #astronomy #chandra #chandraxrayobservatory […]
[Original post on petapixel.com]
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
NASA’s 25-Year Timelapse Shows How a Supernova Remnant Grows A new NASA timelapse was two and a half decades in the making. What makes the timelapse of the Kepler Supernova Remnant even more spec...
#News #space #astronomy #chandra #chandraxrayobservatory […]
[Original post on petapixel.com]
#News #space #astronomy #chandra #chandraxrayobservatory […]
[Original post on petapixel.com]
Hilarious rumour that #AvengersDoomsday might be 3 hrs 45 mins long. That's not a film that's a streaming show in a trenchcoat.
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Hilarious rumour that #AvengersDoomsday might be 3 hrs 45 mins long. That's not a film that's a streaming show in a trenchcoat.
Random black and white British movie ('The Painted Smile') just came on Talking Pictures and I was startled to see "Story and Screenplay by Pip & Jane Baker". #DoctorWho
January 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Random black and white British movie ('The Painted Smile') just came on Talking Pictures and I was startled to see "Story and Screenplay by Pip & Jane Baker". #DoctorWho
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January 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Episode 2 of #DiggingForBritain is absolutely fascinating. Not just the Carnyx but the Sizewell excavation spanning thousands of years of British history. Also a striking and successful use of local archaeologists as presenters, all women. It's a show that foregrounds women in STEMM. #Archeology
New #DiggingForBritain! Great show, proper science, always dumped into the January schedules. The whole series seems to be on iPlayer now.
Digging for Britain - Series 13: 1. Scottish Massacre and 70s Skate Park
Visceral evidence of a bloody massacre in the Scottish Highlands, Bradford’s first Muslim burial and, from the 1970s, Scotland’s first skatepark.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Episode 2 of #DiggingForBritain is absolutely fascinating. Not just the Carnyx but the Sizewell excavation spanning thousands of years of British history. Also a striking and successful use of local archaeologists as presenters, all women. It's a show that foregrounds women in STEMM. #Archeology
I love the idea that if I met Olivia Colman and she gave me her Oscar trophy I could claim to be an Oscar winning actor.
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I love the idea that if I met Olivia Colman and she gave me her Oscar trophy I could claim to be an Oscar winning actor.
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So, today marks 10 years since the passing of Bowie.
It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.
It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 AM
So, today marks 10 years since the passing of Bowie.
It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.
It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.
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What would David Lammy in opposition have said about secretary of Justice refusing to meet with hunger strikers? or what would former human rights lawyer Sir Kier Starmer have thought then?
beliefs before power and after power, just not when in power .
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
beliefs before power and after power, just not when in power .
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Palestine Action hunger strikers near death ‘intent’ on continuing protests
Prisoners remaining on rolling hunger strike are suffering with dangerous symptoms, loved ones and a doctor say.
www.aljazeera.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
What would David Lammy in opposition have said about secretary of Justice refusing to meet with hunger strikers? or what would former human rights lawyer Sir Kier Starmer have thought then?
beliefs before power and after power, just not when in power .
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
beliefs before power and after power, just not when in power .
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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Our Jodie journey has come to an (almost) end with the 2022 centenary special. Jeff and I go on an emotional rollercoaster as we watch one of the most exciting episodes in the show's history.
Get the tissues ready...there will be tears...
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...
Get the tissues ready...there will be tears...
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Our Jodie journey has come to an (almost) end with the 2022 centenary special. Jeff and I go on an emotional rollercoaster as we watch one of the most exciting episodes in the show's history.
Get the tissues ready...there will be tears...
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...
Get the tissues ready...there will be tears...
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...
Whatever I expected to see when I clicked play, reader I was not ready.
January 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Whatever I expected to see when I clicked play, reader I was not ready.
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Since this seems to be under-reported, you may be unaware that digital images are also being manipulated to depict women and children as victims of physical violence. It's not just about bikinis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
X could face ban in UK over deepfakes, minister says
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Since this seems to be under-reported, you may be unaware that digital images are also being manipulated to depict women and children as victims of physical violence. It's not just about bikinis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...