Dave Griffiths
@nebogeo.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy
Director of @thentrythis non-profit R&D for environmental and social purpose.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://post.lurk.org/@nebogeo, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://post.lurk.org/@nebogeo, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Ok gang ideas needed. This microwolf lost her little bestie just over a year ago after his long decline with dementia. As he got very unwell and then after we lost him, she started getting very anxious and aggressive with other dogs, she was fine up until then […]
[Original post on mastodon.green]
[Original post on mastodon.green]
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ok gang ideas needed. This microwolf lost her little bestie just over a year ago after his long decline with dementia. As he got very unwell and then after we lost him, she started getting very anxious and aggressive with other dogs, she was fine up until then […]
[Original post on mastodon.green]
[Original post on mastodon.green]
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Made a series of prints, one for each chapter of an essay submitted today on 'illustrating complex information'. Still hate writing papers, still love making prints. Turns out I really like doing spot illustrations in an editorial style to fit with the text 🖤
This first one is the cover pic...
This first one is the cover pic...
December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Made a series of prints, one for each chapter of an essay submitted today on 'illustrating complex information'. Still hate writing papers, still love making prints. Turns out I really like doing spot illustrations in an editorial style to fit with the text 🖤
This first one is the cover pic...
This first one is the cover pic...
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Happy solstice! Little wood engraving made this morning ✨
December 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy solstice! Little wood engraving made this morning ✨
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Final mailout of the year is set to go out at noon UK time, get yourself on there if you fancy receiving (roughly quarterly) studio news and info on open calls as and when they happen 💫
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63c07d7c2fd941fe62206344
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63c07d7c2fd941fe62206344
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New projects, events and opportunities - not too often, just when we have things you might be interested in.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Final mailout of the year is set to go out at noon UK time, get yourself on there if you fancy receiving (roughly quarterly) studio news and info on open calls as and when they happen 💫
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63c07d7c2fd941fe62206344
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63c07d7c2fd941fe62206344
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Noting the wealthy local university advertising residency positions paid at less than HALF the artist union suggested rates https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/rates-of-pay/
Rates of Pay - Artists' Union England
England’s trade union for visual, applied and socially engaged artists
www.artistsunionengland.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Noting the wealthy local university advertising residency positions paid at less than HALF the artist union suggested rates https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/rates-of-pay/
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!!!Album release!!!
"220 under adit (techno from mine waste)"
All proceeds will go to the Panzi Foundation, supporting victims of sexual violence in conflict mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an illegal exploitation that ends up filling our laptops and mobiie phones.
Please […]
"220 under adit (techno from mine waste)"
All proceeds will go to the Panzi Foundation, supporting victims of sexual violence in conflict mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an illegal exploitation that ends up filling our laptops and mobiie phones.
Please […]
Original post on post.lurk.org
post.lurk.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
!!!Album release!!!
"220 under adit (techno from mine waste)"
All proceeds will go to the Panzi Foundation, supporting victims of sexual violence in conflict mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an illegal exploitation that ends up filling our laptops and mobiie phones.
Please […]
"220 under adit (techno from mine waste)"
All proceeds will go to the Panzi Foundation, supporting victims of sexual violence in conflict mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an illegal exploitation that ends up filling our laptops and mobiie phones.
Please […]
Just had a contract from a university that bans the use of any open source software.
Have flagged it - new one on me.
Have flagged it - new one on me.
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just had a contract from a university that bans the use of any open source software.
Have flagged it - new one on me.
Have flagged it - new one on me.
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With at least one powerful acceleratorist ai corporation looking to fund/partner with open source live coding projects, I wonder if anyone will take the bait
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
With at least one powerful acceleratorist ai corporation looking to fund/partner with open source live coding projects, I wonder if anyone will take the bait
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Sometimes I just get an idea and it won't go away
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Sometimes I just get an idea and it won't go away
If you consistently downplay the importance of understanding the world via material, non-human entities and scientific process - you lose perspective and get an unhinged kind of world where AI has a future.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If you consistently downplay the importance of understanding the world via material, non-human entities and scientific process - you lose perspective and get an unhinged kind of world where AI has a future.
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A little bit smug about finally getting round to animating our logo 😎 https://thentrythis.org/
Then Try This
We are working towards a world with equitable access to knowledge, where thoughtful tools and interventions help us play with complexity and make better decisions, and environmental and social issues are centred and addressed with careful urgency.
thentrythis.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A little bit smug about finally getting round to animating our logo 😎 https://thentrythis.org/
Took a while to find this, and it's affected me somehow. A hidden and forgotten place that could instead be an important destination to explore what it means to be part of human society.
In 1967 an oil tanker sank off the coast of Cornwall called the Torrey […]
[Original post on post.lurk.org]
In 1967 an oil tanker sank off the coast of Cornwall called the Torrey […]
[Original post on post.lurk.org]
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Took a while to find this, and it's affected me somehow. A hidden and forgotten place that could instead be an important destination to explore what it means to be part of human society.
In 1967 an oil tanker sank off the coast of Cornwall called the Torrey […]
[Original post on post.lurk.org]
In 1967 an oil tanker sank off the coast of Cornwall called the Torrey […]
[Original post on post.lurk.org]
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Spotted today in a freezing cold outdoor toilet block that smelled of old cigarettes
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Spotted today in a freezing cold outdoor toilet block that smelled of old cigarettes
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SmogOff in the news (only just found out about this from June, but good seeing them out in the wild being used and people taking ownership!)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8y18m88xo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8y18m88xo
Cyclist's mission to measure Worcester air quality
The new initiative aims to gather data to help combat pollution in Worcester.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
SmogOff in the news (only just found out about this from June, but good seeing them out in the wild being used and people taking ownership!)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8y18m88xo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8y18m88xo
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Set myself up a little printing press out of a slightly modified old pasta machine, kind of works! Not the result you'd get from the tonnes of pressure from the real presses, but still not too shabby :)
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Set myself up a little printing press out of a slightly modified old pasta machine, kind of works! Not the result you'd get from the tonnes of pressure from the real presses, but still not too shabby :)
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Our new studio looking exactly as cosy as it is this evening
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our new studio looking exactly as cosy as it is this evening
Writing an absurd amount of scheme code to simply try and figure out how to continue this pattern I started a few months ago (and after several studio moves) lost an important piece of paper...
#weaving #tabletweaving
#weaving #tabletweaving
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Writing an absurd amount of scheme code to simply try and figure out how to continue this pattern I started a few months ago (and after several studio moves) lost an important piece of paper...
#weaving #tabletweaving
#weaving #tabletweaving
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In September we took over Sheffield's Wintergarden with knots and woven robots with @Khipumancer and @yaxu as part of the @alpaca Festival
You could create knot patterns based on Inca/Andean Khipu technology that would program the robots remotely, and […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
You could create knot patterns based on Inca/Andean Khipu technology that would program the robots remotely, and […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In September we took over Sheffield's Wintergarden with knots and woven robots with @Khipumancer and @yaxu as part of the @alpaca Festival
You could create knot patterns based on Inca/Andean Khipu technology that would program the robots remotely, and […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
You could create knot patterns based on Inca/Andean Khipu technology that would program the robots remotely, and […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
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I really think that people who haven’t been poor should not give money or frugality advice to poor people. The problem with poor people isn’t money management or knowledge, it’s the insufficiency of money. This goes for anyone who wants to help people on food stamps navigate this situation […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I really think that people who haven’t been poor should not give money or frugality advice to poor people. The problem with poor people isn’t money management or knowledge, it’s the insufficiency of money. This goes for anyone who wants to help people on food stamps navigate this situation […]
[uk politics]
Somebody I know who clearly reads the Daily Mail dropped a comment the other day about the NHS struggling because of illegal immigration and "all the boats".
They then said something like "but it's strange, I never see any of them anywhere".
A lot to unpack there, but I wonder […]
Somebody I know who clearly reads the Daily Mail dropped a comment the other day about the NHS struggling because of illegal immigration and "all the boats".
They then said something like "but it's strange, I never see any of them anywhere".
A lot to unpack there, but I wonder […]
Original post on post.lurk.org
post.lurk.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[uk politics]
Somebody I know who clearly reads the Daily Mail dropped a comment the other day about the NHS struggling because of illegal immigration and "all the boats".
They then said something like "but it's strange, I never see any of them anywhere".
A lot to unpack there, but I wonder […]
Somebody I know who clearly reads the Daily Mail dropped a comment the other day about the NHS struggling because of illegal immigration and "all the boats".
They then said something like "but it's strange, I never see any of them anywhere".
A lot to unpack there, but I wonder […]
Pro VAT tip - printing is zero rated but paper is 20%, so if you send blank images to printers you get the paper tax free #boredwhiledoingaccounting
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Pro VAT tip - printing is zero rated but paper is 20%, so if you send blank images to printers you get the paper tax free #boredwhiledoingaccounting
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We had a lucky break in the weather yesterday morning to get out with Cornish artist Libita Sibungu to Nangiles mine with our DIY mineral sound recording rig (contact mics and a electromagnetic sensor). As well a sounds, we collected lots of minerals […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We had a lucky break in the weather yesterday morning to get out with Cornish artist Libita Sibungu to Nangiles mine with our DIY mineral sound recording rig (contact mics and a electromagnetic sensor). As well a sounds, we collected lots of minerals […]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
[Original post on social.thentrythis.org]
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A bit annoying that free/open source communities are almost all hosted by a closed source platform owned by microsoft AI who use it to IP-wash all those projects by training LLMs.. While also supporting genocide etc.
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A bit annoying that free/open source communities are almost all hosted by a closed source platform owned by microsoft AI who use it to IP-wash all those projects by training LLMs.. While also supporting genocide etc.