James Bridle
@jamesbridle.bsky.social
Artist, author of New Dark Age (2018) and Ways of Being (2022). Free Palestine, Protect Trans Kids, for ever and ever. https://mastodon.social/@jamesbridle / jamesbridle.com
As I used to say about YouTube: "Boots, the high street chemist, is very useful, but if an appreciable number of people who popped in for a meal deal came out believing in a flat earth and the superiority of the white race, we would probably shut it down." I think the point still applies.
I see we've reached the point where news organs are putting out deeply harrowing, and incredibly reported, stories like this every single day, without it making even the slightest dent in ChatGPT's constant fellation by all other sections of the press.
WSJ: ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.... On Aug. 5, Greenwich police discovered that Soelberg killed his mother and himself in the $2.7 million Dutch colonial-style home where they lived together.
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As I used to say about YouTube: "Boots, the high street chemist, is very useful, but if an appreciable number of people who popped in for a meal deal came out believing in a flat earth and the superiority of the white race, we would probably shut it down." I think the point still applies.
This is not the gift of a government. This is the gift of the sun. And it has some really interesting implications… #actuallyexistingsolarpunk
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is not the gift of a government. This is the gift of the sun. And it has some really interesting implications… #actuallyexistingsolarpunk
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I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
A while back my friend Robert Stillman, an amazing musician, got in touch and asked if I would design a cover for his new album. It turned out to be a concept album inspired by the life of Steve Jobs, as well as a bunch of other things, including my book, 'Ways of Being'.
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A while back my friend Robert Stillman, an amazing musician, got in touch and asked if I would design a cover for his new album. It turned out to be a concept album inspired by the life of Steve Jobs, as well as a bunch of other things, including my book, 'Ways of Being'.
66 little wedges for the roofline.
October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
66 little wedges for the roofline.
Good morning from the top of the scaffolding, where the first roof beams are going on :)
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Good morning from the top of the scaffolding, where the first roof beams are going on :)
When your ecommerce platform defaults to a flame icon for hot deals, but it maybe isn't the vibe you should be going for.
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
When your ecommerce platform defaults to a flame icon for hot deals, but it maybe isn't the vibe you should be going for.
It's really very interesting (/depressing) how one publisher can put out both the tittering terf posh boys of The Rest Is History (& other things) and the equally posh but quite meaningfully different Empire podcasts. It's very, very British, and extends waaayyy beyond podcasts.
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's really very interesting (/depressing) how one publisher can put out both the tittering terf posh boys of The Rest Is History (& other things) and the equally posh but quite meaningfully different Empire podcasts. It's very, very British, and extends waaayyy beyond podcasts.
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The appropriate reparations for centuries of extractive colonialism is freely providing the resources — technology, tools, money — to build out local renewable energy infrastructure globally, so that every human community has access to energy ample to meet all their needs so they can thrive.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The appropriate reparations for centuries of extractive colonialism is freely providing the resources — technology, tools, money — to build out local renewable energy infrastructure globally, so that every human community has access to energy ample to meet all their needs so they can thrive.
Pretty damn proud of the work we're starting to accumulate at Vessel, the eco arts project we founded on our island. From workshops on natural dyes and sacred geometry, to citizen science initiatives and critical technology. Check it out here: vessel-aegina.com/en/activities
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Pretty damn proud of the work we're starting to accumulate at Vessel, the eco arts project we founded on our island. From workshops on natural dyes and sacred geometry, to citizen science initiatives and critical technology. Check it out here: vessel-aegina.com/en/activities
"It’s been a nightmare, but an enjoyable one, and in the end, satisfying." I absolutely loved @phil.gyford.com's essay about getting online in the 90s. www.gyford.com/phil/writing...
My first months in cyberspace
Recalling the difficulties and wonder of getting online for the first time in 1995, including diary extracts from the time.
www.gyford.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"It’s been a nightmare, but an enjoyable one, and in the end, satisfying." I absolutely loved @phil.gyford.com's essay about getting online in the 90s. www.gyford.com/phil/writing...
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The Word for World: an exhibition presenting the maps of Ursula K. Le Guin is now open at the AA Gallery! It's free and on until 6 Dec. Here are some photos from opening evening 🌀 www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Word for World: an exhibition presenting the maps of Ursula K. Le Guin is now open at the AA Gallery! It's free and on until 6 Dec. Here are some photos from opening evening 🌀 www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...
Listened to the second episode of 'The Bog Shaman: Manchán on Moriarty' on the way up to the site this morning. Storm clouds are glowering over the gulf, and the power's down so it's handsaw time. The radio plays Willow's Song. Every bush is a burning bush. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The Bog Shaman: Manchán on Moriarty - RTÉ Radio 1
A celebration of the wild and wonderful Co. Kerry philosopher John Moriarty. Manchán Magan rifles through the audio recordings of this great prophet and deep-thinker.
www.rte.ie
October 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Listened to the second episode of 'The Bog Shaman: Manchán on Moriarty' on the way up to the site this morning. Storm clouds are glowering over the gulf, and the power's down so it's handsaw time. The radio plays Willow's Song. Every bush is a burning bush. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
“They have issues around hunger, poverty, mass unemployment – and we’re getting them to commit towards some fancy projects like using drones and AI.” @lighthousereports.com on The Tony Blair Institute, Oracle, and Larry Ellison. A fairly disturbing read archive.is/mKi7s
archive.is
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“They have issues around hunger, poverty, mass unemployment – and we’re getting them to commit towards some fancy projects like using drones and AI.” @lighthousereports.com on The Tony Blair Institute, Oracle, and Larry Ellison. A fairly disturbing read archive.is/mKi7s
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
This BBC Radio 4 three-part doc on fascism as a continuous, and continuously opposed, thread in British life is very good and worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread, Episode 1
Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This BBC Radio 4 three-part doc on fascism as a continuous, and continuously opposed, thread in British life is very good and worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Writing essays about design, quantum theory, the discovery of mRNA, seagrass, while occasionally popping out to move a tonne of wood, varnish it, cut, cover again. Typing for coins and the Towers of Hanoi: a self-build story.
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Writing essays about design, quantum theory, the discovery of mRNA, seagrass, while occasionally popping out to move a tonne of wood, varnish it, cut, cover again. Typing for coins and the Towers of Hanoi: a self-build story.
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A first foray into podcast script-writing... helped make this series on what to do now that we're overshooting 1.5c global warming. Presented by Laurie Laybourn and produced by Planet B. More things soon I hope!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
Podcast Episode · Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C · 05/10/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A first foray into podcast script-writing... helped make this series on what to do now that we're overshooting 1.5c global warming. Presented by Laurie Laybourn and produced by Planet B. More things soon I hope!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
It's morning in America... But I can't see the dawn. www.radioalhara.net on 🔥 this morning fyi
Radio Alhara
Radio AlHara راديو الحارة
www.radioalhara.net
October 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
It's morning in America... But I can't see the dawn. www.radioalhara.net on 🔥 this morning fyi
Strawberry Farm, Beit Lahia, Gaza in 2020, and now.
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Strawberry Farm, Beit Lahia, Gaza in 2020, and now.
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📣 Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds need your help!
🏊♀️ 🏊🏊♂️
They’ve always been firmly trans-inclusive, but now this is under threat.
Please respond to their consultation to show how much public support there is for trans-inclusive arrangements.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
🏊♀️ 🏊🏊♂️
They’ve always been firmly trans-inclusive, but now this is under threat.
Please respond to their consultation to show how much public support there is for trans-inclusive arrangements.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
📣 Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds need your help!
🏊♀️ 🏊🏊♂️
They’ve always been firmly trans-inclusive, but now this is under threat.
Please respond to their consultation to show how much public support there is for trans-inclusive arrangements.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
🏊♀️ 🏊🏊♂️
They’ve always been firmly trans-inclusive, but now this is under threat.
Please respond to their consultation to show how much public support there is for trans-inclusive arrangements.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
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There are spontaneous protests throughout Italy for Gaza happening right now. This is in addition to calls for a general strike this Friday by the country's largest union (see above in thread)
Here Napoli/Naples
www.instagram.com/reel/DPRlQP9...
Here Napoli/Naples
www.instagram.com/reel/DPRlQP9...
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There are spontaneous protests throughout Italy for Gaza happening right now. This is in addition to calls for a general strike this Friday by the country's largest union (see above in thread)
Here Napoli/Naples
www.instagram.com/reel/DPRlQP9...
Here Napoli/Naples
www.instagram.com/reel/DPRlQP9...
Sending love, strength, and solidarity to our friends and comrades on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We watch and hope and pray, because this is what humanity consists in.
October 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sending love, strength, and solidarity to our friends and comrades on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We watch and hope and pray, because this is what humanity consists in.
We had another funnel cloud today. A pair, in fact, just ahead of the storm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqf...
Funnel Cloud
YouTube video by James Bridle
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October 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We had another funnel cloud today. A pair, in fact, just ahead of the storm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqf...