Marion Boddy-Evans
@marionbe.bsky.social
Artist in northeast Scotland 🏴🦄
Studio blog on my website www.marion.scot
She/her/them
Studio blog on my website www.marion.scot
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Monday Motivator: The Word is “And”
“You think that because you understand ‘One’ that you must therefore understand ‘Two’ because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand ‘and.’” Donella Meadows, quoted in &…
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Perhaps this is my word for 2025 and 2026?
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Loving your own art is overrated; being okay with it being bad is far more useful. I'll always find flaws with what I make(and pretending otherwise feels insincere) but it's not a problem when it motivates me to keep improving. Knowing I used to be *worse* is far stronger than thinking I'm great now
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Loving your own art is overrated; being okay with it being bad is far more useful. I'll always find flaws with what I make(and pretending otherwise feels insincere) but it's not a problem when it motivates me to keep improving. Knowing I used to be *worse* is far stronger than thinking I'm great now
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France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
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The Afghan minister of education confirms that access to schools for women in the country is permanently banned
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The Afghan minister of education confirms that access to schools for women in the country is permanently banned
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He was bound to drop that scarf in some time zone or other.
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
He was bound to drop that scarf in some time zone or other.
From poem "Happiness"
by Stuart A. Paterson
"I’ve made my own Museum of
Happiness, which isn’t built of brick
or stone or wood, its walls the thickness
of the day
...
I’ll carry it around with me to pitch
beside the sea
...
a travelling show of personal delights
..."
by Stuart A. Paterson
"I’ve made my own Museum of
Happiness, which isn’t built of brick
or stone or wood, its walls the thickness
of the day
...
I’ll carry it around with me to pitch
beside the sea
...
a travelling show of personal delights
..."
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
From poem "Happiness"
by Stuart A. Paterson
"I’ve made my own Museum of
Happiness, which isn’t built of brick
or stone or wood, its walls the thickness
of the day
...
I’ll carry it around with me to pitch
beside the sea
...
a travelling show of personal delights
..."
by Stuart A. Paterson
"I’ve made my own Museum of
Happiness, which isn’t built of brick
or stone or wood, its walls the thickness
of the day
...
I’ll carry it around with me to pitch
beside the sea
...
a travelling show of personal delights
..."
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I'm giving this talk about uncovering aspects of Kufi through practice, and in gathering materials for it I dug up this short video on preparing and using shell gold (overwhelmingly used in Islamic manuscripts, while gold leaf is more common in Western MS). Enjoy!
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I'm giving this talk about uncovering aspects of Kufi through practice, and in gathering materials for it I dug up this short video on preparing and using shell gold (overwhelmingly used in Islamic manuscripts, while gold leaf is more common in Western MS). Enjoy!
Monday Motivator: Live Enchanted
Drawing something without knowing the outcome, despite the uncertainty and doubts, that's a pocket of hopeful time we can be absorbed in.
Drawing something without knowing the outcome, despite the uncertainty and doubts, that's a pocket of hopeful time we can be absorbed in.
Monday Motivator: Live Enchanted
Drawing something without knowing the outcome, despite the uncertainty and doubts, that's a pocket of hopeful time we can be absorbed in.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Monday Motivator: Live Enchanted
Drawing something without knowing the outcome, despite the uncertainty and doubts, that's a pocket of hopeful time we can be absorbed in.
Drawing something without knowing the outcome, despite the uncertainty and doubts, that's a pocket of hopeful time we can be absorbed in.
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Do better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Do better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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TfL has long championed art and design in our capital, and poetry is no exception.
Great piece on sharing the power of the written word as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece on sharing the power of the written word as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Poems on the Underground at 40: public art to be proud of | Editorial
Editorial: This simple idea has travelled around the world, bringing hope and inspiration to millions
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
TfL has long championed art and design in our capital, and poetry is no exception.
Great piece on sharing the power of the written word as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece on sharing the power of the written word as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Everyone wants to blame the content: misinformation, bots, polarisation. That mistakes catalysts and symptoms for the underlying causes. The crisis isn’t bad information, it's that the very information infrastructure we relied on to create a shared understand of the world had changed completely.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Everyone wants to blame the content: misinformation, bots, polarisation. That mistakes catalysts and symptoms for the underlying causes. The crisis isn’t bad information, it's that the very information infrastructure we relied on to create a shared understand of the world had changed completely.
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Just as importantly, these systems need to build communities around process, not ideology. Belonging should come from participating in shared verification practices, accepting correction, and allowing evidence to change conclusions, not from agreeing on politics or identity.
January 25, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Just as importantly, these systems need to build communities around process, not ideology. Belonging should come from participating in shared verification practices, accepting correction, and allowing evidence to change conclusions, not from agreeing on politics or identity.
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If we want to compete in this environment, we also have to meet it on timing. That means early, provisional findings, clear uncertainty, continuous updates, and transparency instead of theatrical certainty. Competing on speed without copying the epistemic shortcuts that lead to authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
If we want to compete in this environment, we also have to meet it on timing. That means early, provisional findings, clear uncertainty, continuous updates, and transparency instead of theatrical certainty. Competing on speed without copying the epistemic shortcuts that lead to authoritarianism.
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The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.
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Morten Mørland, The Times (London)
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Morten Mørland, The Times (London)
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As usual, the hugely wealthy and the powerful recognise and mitigate airborne risk for themselves, while denying the risk exists for others, in the interests of profit and political expediency
January 24, 2026 at 8:40 PM
As usual, the hugely wealthy and the powerful recognise and mitigate airborne risk for themselves, while denying the risk exists for others, in the interests of profit and political expediency
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Andrew Squire’s All Things Connect is a moving Scottish graphic memoir about love, care, and his wife Ise’s battle with MND. I spoke with him about grief, drawing, and publishing with Mensch: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-scottish...
January 24, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Andrew Squire’s All Things Connect is a moving Scottish graphic memoir about love, care, and his wife Ise’s battle with MND. I spoke with him about grief, drawing, and publishing with Mensch: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-scottish...
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Folks are interested in verifying this, which is good practice!
The history is briefly discussed in "The A-Z of Poisonous Plants" from the Alnwick Poison Garden, and it came up again in "Biological Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants" from Fen Inkwright.
They're both good reads!
The history is briefly discussed in "The A-Z of Poisonous Plants" from the Alnwick Poison Garden, and it came up again in "Biological Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants" from Fen Inkwright.
They're both good reads!
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Folks are interested in verifying this, which is good practice!
The history is briefly discussed in "The A-Z of Poisonous Plants" from the Alnwick Poison Garden, and it came up again in "Biological Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants" from Fen Inkwright.
They're both good reads!
The history is briefly discussed in "The A-Z of Poisonous Plants" from the Alnwick Poison Garden, and it came up again in "Biological Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants" from Fen Inkwright.
They're both good reads!
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The reaction to this story has been mockery. Well deserved too. But the bigger question is why is Nature publishing this? Editorial decisions determine whether someone gets to publish on their site. After we get through the delightful Schadenfreude, it’s good to notice how this piece concludes +
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts
go.nature.com/4qLPpcb
go.nature.com/4qLPpcb
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The reaction to this story has been mockery. Well deserved too. But the bigger question is why is Nature publishing this? Editorial decisions determine whether someone gets to publish on their site. After we get through the delightful Schadenfreude, it’s good to notice how this piece concludes +
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Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss, whose work and influence on Piet Mondrian’s work is being reevaluated. “It is now widely recognised in the art world that it was as much Moss who influenced Mondrian as the other way round…” [theguardian.com]
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent who died in obscurity
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Nice piece about the forgotten queer artist Marlow Moss, whose work and influence on Piet Mondrian’s work is being reevaluated. “It is now widely recognised in the art world that it was as much Moss who influenced Mondrian as the other way round…” [theguardian.com]
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And so I say to the detectives "look, I know it's a weird question, but when you've confirmed they're old graveyard bones, not murder bones, can we have them back?"
And the detectives say "... We've never been asked that before..."
And the detectives say "... We've never been asked that before..."
January 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
And so I say to the detectives "look, I know it's a weird question, but when you've confirmed they're old graveyard bones, not murder bones, can we have them back?"
And the detectives say "... We've never been asked that before..."
And the detectives say "... We've never been asked that before..."
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Great illustration of something I've seen over and over as I've travelled talking about genAI and learning. Students want experiences that have them interacting with each other and that help them figure out their own lives. They crave agency. We can give it to them. (This was true pre ChatGPT too.)
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Great illustration of something I've seen over and over as I've travelled talking about genAI and learning. Students want experiences that have them interacting with each other and that help them figure out their own lives. They crave agency. We can give it to them. (This was true pre ChatGPT too.)
"We must cease living in a society where greed, excess, and the celebration of the size of the gaps between people in a society define success, and start living in societies where the success of all is the concern." - Richard Murphy
The necessary post-Trump consensus www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The necessary post-Trump consensus
Another day, and more madness from Trump. What else can I say about his Davos appearance yesterday?
Fools appear to be celebrating that he had backed off military action, as if his word might be reli...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:58 AM
"We must cease living in a society where greed, excess, and the celebration of the size of the gaps between people in a society define success, and start living in societies where the success of all is the concern." - Richard Murphy
What are the super-rich waiting for? They could give their proposed tax money to non-governmental organisations doing this kind of work right now while they're waiting on governments.
Even the super-rich want to tax the super-rich, so what are governments waiting for?
We could raise tens of billions to:
🟢 Transform our public services
🟢 End child poverty for good
🟢 Tackle the climate emergency
So much wealth shouldn't be hoarded by a tiny few while millions struggle.
We could raise tens of billions to:
🟢 Transform our public services
🟢 End child poverty for good
🟢 Tackle the climate emergency
So much wealth shouldn't be hoarded by a tiny few while millions struggle.
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
What are the super-rich waiting for? They could give their proposed tax money to non-governmental organisations doing this kind of work right now while they're waiting on governments.