Mark Leahy
@markleahy.bsky.social
Irish writer/artist living in Devon, UK. he/him Performance, voice, text, artist publications. HE teaching/supervision. Administration and governance in creative arts organisations. www.markleahy.net
🎤 🎧 🎶 Are you interested in radio art, art radio, audio arts, sound art, community radio, accessible media, media commons or all of these? 📼 🎛️ 🎙️ Soundart Radio is looking for people to join their Board of Directors. 🔊 📢 EoIs by 5pm on Friday 28th November: soundartradio.org.uk/community/Di...
Volunteer Opportunity - Directors : We welcome nominations from our members to become Directors of Soundart Radio We are looking for four or more new members of the board to join...
We welcome nominations from our members to become Directors of Soundart Radio We are looking for four or more new members of the board to join in our twentieth year of operations.
soundartradio.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🎤 🎧 🎶 Are you interested in radio art, art radio, audio arts, sound art, community radio, accessible media, media commons or all of these? 📼 🎛️ 🎙️ Soundart Radio is looking for people to join their Board of Directors. 🔊 📢 EoIs by 5pm on Friday 28th November: soundartradio.org.uk/community/Di...
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Every minute without a strong statement from the Irish government about the arson and attempted murder in Drogheda is another minute of silent acquiescence to the far right - by remaining silent, the govt is making it very clear which side they are on.
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Every minute without a strong statement from the Irish government about the arson and attempted murder in Drogheda is another minute of silent acquiescence to the far right - by remaining silent, the govt is making it very clear which side they are on.
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm
HELP SAVE REFURNISH - a really great project for Devon, for recycling, for the community ... 8 days left to reach their Crowdfunder goal! www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/save-refur...
SAVE REFURNISH
#StrongerCommunities 💛 We need £40,000 in 6 weeks (Match fund time) to save Refurnish – keep our charity shops open, cutting carbon & reducing waste across Devon
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
HELP SAVE REFURNISH - a really great project for Devon, for recycling, for the community ... 8 days left to reach their Crowdfunder goal! www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/save-refur...
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Are you a live artist or practitioner eager to explore how and why you make?
Applications for Do It Together are now open!
tinyurl.com/49ce24w4
⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm
#DIT2026
Applications for Do It Together are now open!
tinyurl.com/49ce24w4
⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm
#DIT2026
October 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Are you a live artist or practitioner eager to explore how and why you make?
Applications for Do It Together are now open!
tinyurl.com/49ce24w4
⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm
#DIT2026
Applications for Do It Together are now open!
tinyurl.com/49ce24w4
⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm
#DIT2026
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This Trump-ally billionaire's my neighbour. He's collecting estates: Conholt, Hippenscombe (of Ravilious fame) & Buttermere, & rents the one I live on, filling it with pheasants. A piece in the Telegraph seems to say locals 'mostly like' what he's doing. Not met one yet. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
American billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone & owner of the 2,500-acre Conholt Park shooting estate in Wiltshire, has been tankering in huge quantities of water from drought-struck Hampshire to fill up his lake (legally, but outrageously):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Southern Water bans tankers doing runs to US billionaire's lake
Tankers taking water for US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman have been told to stop by Southern Water.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This Trump-ally billionaire's my neighbour. He's collecting estates: Conholt, Hippenscombe (of Ravilious fame) & Buttermere, & rents the one I live on, filling it with pheasants. A piece in the Telegraph seems to say locals 'mostly like' what he's doing. Not met one yet. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
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Unreal. "Forwarding these names, a well-known practice from the McCarthy Era, may well subject a number of faculty, staff, or students to widespread surveillance—a breathtaking breach of trust, ethics, and justice."
- Judith Butler, whose name was among the 160 shared with the Trump administration
- Judith Butler, whose name was among the 160 shared with the Trump administration
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Unreal. "Forwarding these names, a well-known practice from the McCarthy Era, may well subject a number of faculty, staff, or students to widespread surveillance—a breathtaking breach of trust, ethics, and justice."
- Judith Butler, whose name was among the 160 shared with the Trump administration
- Judith Butler, whose name was among the 160 shared with the Trump administration
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“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
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This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.
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"Talking Walls moves through the Black queer spaces of Detroit, Philly, + NYC, tracing the architecture of queer resistance + joy. Through voice + archival fragments, the 📽️ honours the remnants of homes + hidden places where touch, language + memory hold defiant histories of survival + belonging."
FILM — Talking Walls
www.talkingwallsproject.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Talking Walls moves through the Black queer spaces of Detroit, Philly, + NYC, tracing the architecture of queer resistance + joy. Through voice + archival fragments, the 📽️ honours the remnants of homes + hidden places where touch, language + memory hold defiant histories of survival + belonging."
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Spent a lovely calming half hour reading through the accounts of a certain Noisy, PR-Heavy Arts Organisation that appeared out of the blue 4 years ago and hoovered up all the arts funding; thought at the time it seemed like a racket, and, you guys, you'll never guess what!!
it was totally a racket
it was totally a racket
June 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Spent a lovely calming half hour reading through the accounts of a certain Noisy, PR-Heavy Arts Organisation that appeared out of the blue 4 years ago and hoovered up all the arts funding; thought at the time it seemed like a racket, and, you guys, you'll never guess what!!
it was totally a racket
it was totally a racket
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🚨New - BBC Bosses Plot to Suck Up to Farage: Davie and Execs 'To Rig Story Selection' to Win Over Reform Voters!
They plot to bend the news for Farage, as Director Davie and execs draw up plans to tweak ‘story selection’ and drama output to win over Reform UK voters👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
They plot to bend the news for Farage, as Director Davie and execs draw up plans to tweak ‘story selection’ and drama output to win over Reform UK voters👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨New - BBC Bosses Plot to Suck Up to Farage: Davie and Execs 'To Rig Story Selection' to Win Over Reform Voters!
They plot to bend the news for Farage, as Director Davie and execs draw up plans to tweak ‘story selection’ and drama output to win over Reform UK voters👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
They plot to bend the news for Farage, as Director Davie and execs draw up plans to tweak ‘story selection’ and drama output to win over Reform UK voters👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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From 'living from a river' as a resource to 'living as a river' as part of us: how different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the way people interact with and value nature. A fascinating infographic by @ipbes.net
March 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From 'living from a river' as a resource to 'living as a river' as part of us: how different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the way people interact with and value nature. A fascinating infographic by @ipbes.net
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Not sure if Palantir is a household name. It's time to resuscitate + integrate a decade's worth of warnings about these folks — e.g.,...
www.wired.com/story/how-pe...
www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.wired.com/story/how-pe...
www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Not sure if Palantir is a household name. It's time to resuscitate + integrate a decade's worth of warnings about these folks — e.g.,...
www.wired.com/story/how-pe...
www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.wired.com/story/how-pe...
www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The "legitimate concerns" narrative told us that opposition to immigration was popularly held, a fixed reality to be deferred to, and that support for immigration was marginal and elitist.
Wrong on multiple levels, and also helped radicalise big chunks of the political class towards the far right.
Wrong on multiple levels, and also helped radicalise big chunks of the political class towards the far right.
You'd never know it from some media and politicians but "The UK is among the countries with the least anti-immigration views in Europe. While in 2002-03 only 27% of the public felt immigration had a positive impact on the economy, this jumped to 66% in 2023-24." theconversation.com/what-britons...
April 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The "legitimate concerns" narrative told us that opposition to immigration was popularly held, a fixed reality to be deferred to, and that support for immigration was marginal and elitist.
Wrong on multiple levels, and also helped radicalise big chunks of the political class towards the far right.
Wrong on multiple levels, and also helped radicalise big chunks of the political class towards the far right.
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Like Direct Provision in Ireland, run by Aramark, ICE is a scam to make billionaires richer.
March 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Like Direct Provision in Ireland, run by Aramark, ICE is a scam to make billionaires richer.
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My thoughts and reflections on Joakim Norling's announcement of the closure of @timglaseteditions.bsky.social : derekbeaulieu.ca/2025/03/16/t...
and thank you so much Joakim -- your vision and dedication has been inspirational.
and thank you so much Joakim -- your vision and dedication has been inspirational.
March 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My thoughts and reflections on Joakim Norling's announcement of the closure of @timglaseteditions.bsky.social : derekbeaulieu.ca/2025/03/16/t...
and thank you so much Joakim -- your vision and dedication has been inspirational.
and thank you so much Joakim -- your vision and dedication has been inspirational.
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For this #InternationalWomensDay I’m sharing one of my symptomatology embroideries, paresthesia (face) (2016). Paresthesias are tingling sensations. Mine are caused by #MECFS, a disease affecting mostly women, and the symptoms are often ignored or not taken seriously because of medical misogyny. 🧶
March 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For this #InternationalWomensDay I’m sharing one of my symptomatology embroideries, paresthesia (face) (2016). Paresthesias are tingling sensations. Mine are caused by #MECFS, a disease affecting mostly women, and the symptoms are often ignored or not taken seriously because of medical misogyny. 🧶
OPEN CALL for KINections - a professional development project for rurally based emerging artists in Devon and Cornwall. details at www.camp-membership.org/open-call-fo... Deadline March 24th #artscouncilengland #devonandcornwall #contemporaryart #professionaldevelopment #artistopportunity
March 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
OPEN CALL for KINections - a professional development project for rurally based emerging artists in Devon and Cornwall. details at www.camp-membership.org/open-call-fo... Deadline March 24th #artscouncilengland #devonandcornwall #contemporaryart #professionaldevelopment #artistopportunity
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I wasn't going to do more posts about my crowdfunder, but as I'm only £36 from my target I figured I'd give it another shout out. If you are able to share I'd appreciate it. In exactly a week I will be starting my 22hr journey to an art residency in #Arctic Norway and I'm feeling anxious!
Art in the Arctic
I am raising money to cover travel costs to travel to The Arctic Hideaway, in Norway, where I have been awarded an artist residency in March
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I wasn't going to do more posts about my crowdfunder, but as I'm only £36 from my target I figured I'd give it another shout out. If you are able to share I'd appreciate it. In exactly a week I will be starting my 22hr journey to an art residency in #Arctic Norway and I'm feeling anxious!
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Radio. / .Radio, 1992/93 #WorldRadioDay
"...ordinarily glassine is not used like conventional ‘paper’ but in single leaves, it is accumulated here to make a bookblock..."
p.39/p.40, 'Manifold / Colin Sackett, publishing 1984–2024' uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
"...ordinarily glassine is not used like conventional ‘paper’ but in single leaves, it is accumulated here to make a bookblock..."
p.39/p.40, 'Manifold / Colin Sackett, publishing 1984–2024' uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
February 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Radio. / .Radio, 1992/93 #WorldRadioDay
"...ordinarily glassine is not used like conventional ‘paper’ but in single leaves, it is accumulated here to make a bookblock..."
p.39/p.40, 'Manifold / Colin Sackett, publishing 1984–2024' uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
"...ordinarily glassine is not used like conventional ‘paper’ but in single leaves, it is accumulated here to make a bookblock..."
p.39/p.40, 'Manifold / Colin Sackett, publishing 1984–2024' uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
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"The polarity of total availability created by ubuweb, monoskop, aaaaarg, and the commercial aggression and self-interest of Amazon, can be turned on and off at a click, the inherent moral politics as plain as day."
p.152 'Above': uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
ubu.com
p.152 'Above': uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
ubu.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"The polarity of total availability created by ubuweb, monoskop, aaaaarg, and the commercial aggression and self-interest of Amazon, can be turned on and off at a click, the inherent moral politics as plain as day."
p.152 'Above': uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
ubu.com
p.152 'Above': uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
ubu.com
This evening at The Three of Cups on Penryn High Street, Shelley Hodgson and I will present 'thriceness: Name., Voice, and Gesture' as the latest episode of The Convivial conversation series coordinated by Sophie Craven.
Doors open 1800hrs.
Tickets via www.theconvivial.co.uk/upcoming-talks
Doors open 1800hrs.
Tickets via www.theconvivial.co.uk/upcoming-talks
February 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This evening at The Three of Cups on Penryn High Street, Shelley Hodgson and I will present 'thriceness: Name., Voice, and Gesture' as the latest episode of The Convivial conversation series coordinated by Sophie Craven.
Doors open 1800hrs.
Tickets via www.theconvivial.co.uk/upcoming-talks
Doors open 1800hrs.
Tickets via www.theconvivial.co.uk/upcoming-talks
On Thursday 6th of February, Shelley Hodgson and I will present, 'Thriceness: Name, Voice, and Gesture - who it is we are and how we tell this' as one of The Convivial series of conversations. 6-10PM, Three of Cups, 20 Lower Market Street, Penryn. Tickets via: www.theconvivial.co.uk/mark-and-she...
January 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On Thursday 6th of February, Shelley Hodgson and I will present, 'Thriceness: Name, Voice, and Gesture - who it is we are and how we tell this' as one of The Convivial series of conversations. 6-10PM, Three of Cups, 20 Lower Market Street, Penryn. Tickets via: www.theconvivial.co.uk/mark-and-she...
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This 👇👇👇
AI (or really, LLMs) is destroying our planet. Or more specifically, we are destroying our planet at an exponential rate by using AI. AI isn’t the problem, we are
AI (or really, LLMs) is destroying our planet. Or more specifically, we are destroying our planet at an exponential rate by using AI. AI isn’t the problem, we are
Including the interview with @katecrawford.bsky.social - and the terrific idea of AI as a “metabolic technology”
December 24, 2024 at 3:40 PM
This 👇👇👇
AI (or really, LLMs) is destroying our planet. Or more specifically, we are destroying our planet at an exponential rate by using AI. AI isn’t the problem, we are
AI (or really, LLMs) is destroying our planet. Or more specifically, we are destroying our planet at an exponential rate by using AI. AI isn’t the problem, we are
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Tomorrow marks a year from the far right sponsored Dublin Riot. Kimberly Campanello’s essay ‘The Irish Long Poem | The Long Poem in Ireland’, published in London’s Long Poem Magazine earlier this year, looks at my 2019 book/poem THIS IS NO LONGER ENTERTAINMENT partly in light of the riot:
November 22, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Tomorrow marks a year from the far right sponsored Dublin Riot. Kimberly Campanello’s essay ‘The Irish Long Poem | The Long Poem in Ireland’, published in London’s Long Poem Magazine earlier this year, looks at my 2019 book/poem THIS IS NO LONGER ENTERTAINMENT partly in light of the riot: