Stuart Johnson
@stjlaex.bsky.social
Still figuring this bit out.
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For weekend readers, some musings about #metaphor and #alchemy in the 17th and 21st centuries makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/03/m...
Metaphor, alchemy and lessons from the 17th century
Philip Ball has just published a magnificent book on the history of alchemy: Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science. This made me think about metap…
makingsciencepublic.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
For weekend readers, some musings about #metaphor and #alchemy in the 17th and 21st centuries makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/03/m...
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We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum. How @greatdismal.bsky.social 1980s short story anticipates the dreams of Silicon Valley today.
We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum
Outdated science fiction is hobbling our dreams.
www.programmablemutter.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum. How @greatdismal.bsky.social 1980s short story anticipates the dreams of Silicon Valley today.
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Absolutely vital statement from Durham Miners Association concerning the bigotry and ignorance of (presiding local party) Reform.
More of this across the rest of the country please...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
More of this across the rest of the country please...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK
Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
www.durhamminers.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Absolutely vital statement from Durham Miners Association concerning the bigotry and ignorance of (presiding local party) Reform.
More of this across the rest of the country please...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
More of this across the rest of the country please...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
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Am in middle of my 17 hour movie about creativity in documentary.
Have filmed world.
Trying to rethink the genre.
More and more I ask myself "What would #AI not know about this, or see or say?"
The thought excites me.
A bit like how painters reacted to photography? What can I do that it can't?
Have filmed world.
Trying to rethink the genre.
More and more I ask myself "What would #AI not know about this, or see or say?"
The thought excites me.
A bit like how painters reacted to photography? What can I do that it can't?
March 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Am in middle of my 17 hour movie about creativity in documentary.
Have filmed world.
Trying to rethink the genre.
More and more I ask myself "What would #AI not know about this, or see or say?"
The thought excites me.
A bit like how painters reacted to photography? What can I do that it can't?
Have filmed world.
Trying to rethink the genre.
More and more I ask myself "What would #AI not know about this, or see or say?"
The thought excites me.
A bit like how painters reacted to photography? What can I do that it can't?
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For math and physics nerds, and especially for the visually oriented ones like myself who grew up looking up to Roger Penrose, the publication of the first book-length biography of the man by @PatchenBarss is a big deal. My review for @Nature + a short 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The contentious genius who made black holes real
Roger Penrose, now 93, never shied away from wild ideas and the ensuring debates. The first full-length biography reveals more about the mathematician and the man.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:51 PM
For math and physics nerds, and especially for the visually oriented ones like myself who grew up looking up to Roger Penrose, the publication of the first book-length biography of the man by @PatchenBarss is a big deal. My review for @Nature + a short 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This fascinating 'In Conversation' session with Mike Leigh (recorded at this year's #LFF) is now available to view on YouTube. Very highly recommended! #FilmSky #MikeLeigh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6S...
Mike Leigh interviewed by Amy Raphael | BFI London Film Festival 2024 Screen Talk
YouTube video by BFI
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:37 PM
This fascinating 'In Conversation' session with Mike Leigh (recorded at this year's #LFF) is now available to view on YouTube. Very highly recommended! #FilmSky #MikeLeigh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6S...
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Man buys an acid tab. Goes home and leaves it on the kitchen table. Goes upstairs. Comes back down later and it's disappeared. Says to his Mum "have you seen my tablet?" Mum says "never mind your tablet. There's a dragon on the shed."
The immortal Barry Cryer.
The immortal Barry Cryer.
November 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Man buys an acid tab. Goes home and leaves it on the kitchen table. Goes upstairs. Comes back down later and it's disappeared. Says to his Mum "have you seen my tablet?" Mum says "never mind your tablet. There's a dragon on the shed."
The immortal Barry Cryer.
The immortal Barry Cryer.
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Random late fact of the day - Peter O’Toole followed Sunderland
November 20, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Random late fact of the day - Peter O’Toole followed Sunderland
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Fancy your own Powell & Pressburger festival? Currently on/heading to BBC iPlayer are I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP and P&P doc MADE IN ENGLAND. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH and THE RED SHOES join from Sat. But see thread for links to other P&P joy available in the UK
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November 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Fancy your own Powell & Pressburger festival? Currently on/heading to BBC iPlayer are I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP and P&P doc MADE IN ENGLAND. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH and THE RED SHOES join from Sat. But see thread for links to other P&P joy available in the UK
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You'll be shocked to hear I wrote a thing, and doubly shocked that it is not nice about Silicon Valley. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started a...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:21 AM
You'll be shocked to hear I wrote a thing, and doubly shocked that it is not nice about Silicon Valley. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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November 12, 2024 at 12:40 PM