Mike Pinnington 🍉
@doublenegativem.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | Art Criticism | Exhibition Interpretation | Class | Science Fiction | Popular Culture | PhD student | Lecturer | Lapsed runner
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Now reading: Colson Whitehead's Zone One
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Now reading: Colson Whitehead's Zone One
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Edinburgh or Shield Generator Complex on the Forest Moon of Endor?
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Edinburgh or Shield Generator Complex on the Forest Moon of Endor?
I'm having difficulty with the idea of Bjork being 60. That can't be right, can it?!
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I'm having difficulty with the idea of Bjork being 60. That can't be right, can it?!
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Grand Designs is just people with unlimited money, time, and freedom saying, "Ever since I was a little heir, I've always loved featureless squares."
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Grand Designs is just people with unlimited money, time, and freedom saying, "Ever since I was a little heir, I've always loved featureless squares."
So bad it's fascinating.
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So bad it's fascinating.
Goodnight 🐾
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Goodnight 🐾
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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ANNOUNCING: PUBLISHER NOT FOUND - our final book and the 404 Ink Bursary, coming 2026.
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
404 Ink co-founders launch new book and industry fundraiser for small presses — 404 Ink
404 Ink to publish one final book as part of small press fundraiser, launching in 2026.
www.404ink.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
ANNOUNCING: PUBLISHER NOT FOUND - our final book and the 404 Ink Bursary, coming 2026.
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
Liverpool cinemas don't seem to be showing Lucile Hadžihalilović's latest, The Ice Tower. I loved her previous two - Evolution (2015) and Earwig (2021) - so that is, to say the least, disappointing. In addition, it's a retelling of a wintry tale; perfect, you'd think, for the time of year? ❄️
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Liverpool cinemas don't seem to be showing Lucile Hadžihalilović's latest, The Ice Tower. I loved her previous two - Evolution (2015) and Earwig (2021) - so that is, to say the least, disappointing. In addition, it's a retelling of a wintry tale; perfect, you'd think, for the time of year? ❄️
No writing done today. V tired after tutorials on both Monday and Tuesday. Hopefully I'll get down to it tomorrow and make some more progress ✍️
#research #writing #writingthecity #culturalcartography
#research #writing #writingthecity #culturalcartography
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
No writing done today. V tired after tutorials on both Monday and Tuesday. Hopefully I'll get down to it tomorrow and make some more progress ✍️
#research #writing #writingthecity #culturalcartography
#research #writing #writingthecity #culturalcartography
Subscribed once more to bfi player - largely to watch Terence Davies' Of Time and the City again for something. But, having cancelled mubi a while back, it's going to be nice to have a dedicated film streaming platform again 🎬
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Subscribed once more to bfi player - largely to watch Terence Davies' Of Time and the City again for something. But, having cancelled mubi a while back, it's going to be nice to have a dedicated film streaming platform again 🎬
Moon, starring Sam Rockwell in top form, is on film4 this evening (9pm UK time). Directed by @manmademoon.bsky.social, it's up there with my favourite science fiction, and one of my films of the century so far!
a man in a yellow jacket stands next to a man in a grey shirt
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November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Moon, starring Sam Rockwell in top form, is on film4 this evening (9pm UK time). Directed by @manmademoon.bsky.social, it's up there with my favourite science fiction, and one of my films of the century so far!
World Heritage Centre - UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas: Cultural mapping for historic cities and settlements whc.unesco.org/en/urban-her...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
World Heritage Centre - UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas: Cultural mapping for historic cities and settlements whc.unesco.org/en/urban-her...
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
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TERMINUS (1961) | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-terminus-1961-online
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
TERMINUS (1961) | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-terminus-1961-online
What with teaching and also studying, I've reluctantly, by default, had to park activities on The Double Negative (for now). Already feeling wistful, because I've enjoyed writing a few pieces in particular this year. Some recent-ish ones include...
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What with teaching and also studying, I've reluctantly, by default, had to park activities on The Double Negative (for now). Already feeling wistful, because I've enjoyed writing a few pieces in particular this year. Some recent-ish ones include...
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Every time this kind of thing comes round it's because the people saying this are remembering being kids and of course the world seems better when someone else is worrying about taking care of you and you can spend most of your time just riding bikes.
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Every time this kind of thing comes round it's because the people saying this are remembering being kids and of course the world seems better when someone else is worrying about taking care of you and you can spend most of your time just riding bikes.
Dark Academia - Pluto Press share.google/k7KQ9572o8Cu...
Dark Academia - Pluto Press
Bestselling author Peter Fleming uncovers the dark underbelly of the modern university to reveal cracks in the ivory tower
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November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dark Academia - Pluto Press share.google/k7KQ9572o8Cu...
First reasonable writing day in a while. On the city as palimpsest, cultural landscape & renewal - whether it takes - and all that good stuff. Finally feel as though I might be writing my way into the PhD ✍️
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
First reasonable writing day in a while. On the city as palimpsest, cultural landscape & renewal - whether it takes - and all that good stuff. Finally feel as though I might be writing my way into the PhD ✍️
When Stereolab's lo boob oscillator comes on in the bar as you close your laptop and have a sip of a pint ▶️
a man with a beard and long blonde hair is holding a sword in a forest .
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November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When Stereolab's lo boob oscillator comes on in the bar as you close your laptop and have a sip of a pint ▶️