Dialectographer (Mitch Miller)
@dialectographer.bsky.social
Artist-illustrator, teacher. Words and Pictures from the edges of this and that. Off 'The Shows'/post-industrial nomad mostly located in Glasgow, Scotland. Find me at: www.dialectograms.com, www.recollective.org.uk and https://preferredfictions.substack.co
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Mitch Miller on Substack
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Alright then. Starting from scratch it is. So...if you want to know what dialectograms are (or more likely, didn't know that you WANTED to know), this is not a bad place to start...
#art #illustration #socialengagement #dubiousneologisms
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#art #illustration #socialengagement #dubiousneologisms
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A multi-millionaire attacking working-class families isn't patriotism. It's cowardice.
www.thenational.scot/news/2548477...
www.thenational.scot/news/2548477...
Nigel Farage blasted over 'grotesque' plan to axe indefinite leave to remain
NIGEL Farage’s plan to axe indefinite leave to remain (ILR) has been slammed as “grotesque” ...
www.thenational.scot
September 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A multi-millionaire attacking working-class families isn't patriotism. It's cowardice.
www.thenational.scot/news/2548477...
www.thenational.scot/news/2548477...
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🎠The SHOW GOES ON!🎡
Come down to the ‘Sands to celebrate the OPENING of the amazing DUMFRIES ROOD FAIR!
The first Official Opening in living memory - & You're invited!!
📆Thurs 25 Sept ⏰5:30pm for 6pm.
📍Whitesands, Dumfries (gather at the Waltzer)
🎟FREE to attend, no need to book - ALL WELCOME
Come down to the ‘Sands to celebrate the OPENING of the amazing DUMFRIES ROOD FAIR!
The first Official Opening in living memory - & You're invited!!
📆Thurs 25 Sept ⏰5:30pm for 6pm.
📍Whitesands, Dumfries (gather at the Waltzer)
🎟FREE to attend, no need to book - ALL WELCOME
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🎠The SHOW GOES ON!🎡
Come down to the ‘Sands to celebrate the OPENING of the amazing DUMFRIES ROOD FAIR!
The first Official Opening in living memory - & You're invited!!
📆Thurs 25 Sept ⏰5:30pm for 6pm.
📍Whitesands, Dumfries (gather at the Waltzer)
🎟FREE to attend, no need to book - ALL WELCOME
Come down to the ‘Sands to celebrate the OPENING of the amazing DUMFRIES ROOD FAIR!
The first Official Opening in living memory - & You're invited!!
📆Thurs 25 Sept ⏰5:30pm for 6pm.
📍Whitesands, Dumfries (gather at the Waltzer)
🎟FREE to attend, no need to book - ALL WELCOME
This week I sent the Cumbernauld Dialectogram to its new home. Can't say exactly where yet, other than I'm excited...
Also, myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social will bring Concrete Dreams to @natlibscot.bsky.social in Sept. Tickets are free!
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
Also, myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social will bring Concrete Dreams to @natlibscot.bsky.social in Sept. Tickets are free!
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
August 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week I sent the Cumbernauld Dialectogram to its new home. Can't say exactly where yet, other than I'm excited...
Also, myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social will bring Concrete Dreams to @natlibscot.bsky.social in Sept. Tickets are free!
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
Also, myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social will bring Concrete Dreams to @natlibscot.bsky.social in Sept. Tickets are free!
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
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Free tickets to our event on Cumbernauld Town Centre with National Library of Scotland, including presentations & film screenings are available here: 3rd Sept
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
@dialectographer.bsky.social
@emilymunro.bsky.social
www.concretedreams.org.uk
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
@dialectographer.bsky.social
@emilymunro.bsky.social
www.concretedreams.org.uk
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
Concrete Dreams – The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre
www.concretedreams.org.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Free tickets to our event on Cumbernauld Town Centre with National Library of Scotland, including presentations & film screenings are available here: 3rd Sept
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
@dialectographer.bsky.social
@emilymunro.bsky.social
www.concretedreams.org.uk
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
@dialectographer.bsky.social
@emilymunro.bsky.social
www.concretedreams.org.uk
www.nls.uk/whats-on/con...
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Today our Trustee and Jnr Vice President of the Showman's Guild Alex James Colquhoun will give evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry on the impact of lockdown on our community & the fairground industry. It starts in about 10 mins & you can follow it live here: www.youtube.com/@covidinquir...
Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
The official channel of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. The Inquiry is investigating the devolved strategic response to the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022....
www.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today our Trustee and Jnr Vice President of the Showman's Guild Alex James Colquhoun will give evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry on the impact of lockdown on our community & the fairground industry. It starts in about 10 mins & you can follow it live here: www.youtube.com/@covidinquir...
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There has been talk of a national memorial for Jane Haining for years now, but it doesn't seem to have come to much yet. There's a small plaque for her on a stone that's part of the cairn marking the Scottish Parliment in a lovely spot up on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, but I hope we do more.
6 June 1897 | A Scottish woman, Jane Haining, was born in Dunscore. A Church of Scotland missionary in #Budapest.
In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1944
No. 79467
She perished in the camp on 17 July 1944.
Haining was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.
In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1944
No. 79467
She perished in the camp on 17 July 1944.
Haining was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.
June 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There has been talk of a national memorial for Jane Haining for years now, but it doesn't seem to have come to much yet. There's a small plaque for her on a stone that's part of the cairn marking the Scottish Parliment in a lovely spot up on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, but I hope we do more.
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Wrote about an effort to make social media companies pay for the hate that spreads on their platforms
badfaithtimes.com/theres-a-way...
badfaithtimes.com/theres-a-way...
There's A Way To Stop The Algorithmic Spread Of Hate
It's well past time social media companies are forced to face the horrors they've created
badfaithtimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wrote about an effort to make social media companies pay for the hate that spreads on their platforms
badfaithtimes.com/theres-a-way...
badfaithtimes.com/theres-a-way...
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Not reliable reference but Social Changes had a poll were they modelled turnout scenarios. Big assumptions
June 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not reliable reference but Social Changes had a poll were they modelled turnout scenarios. Big assumptions
Am I right in thinking that a neuroscientist doesn’t know that all science is theoretical and thus, has the same understanding of what theory means as a flat-rather?
Philosophy has jumped the shark.
If anyone in the philosophy community wonders why their neuroscientist colleagues don’t pay them any mind, read this paper.
bsky.app/profile/zoed...
If anyone in the philosophy community wonders why their neuroscientist colleagues don’t pay them any mind, read this paper.
bsky.app/profile/zoed...
My paper 'Representations are (still) theoretical posits' is forthcoming in a special of Theoria on representations in cognitive science. Preprint available at philpapers.org/rec/DRARAS-2.
May 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Am I right in thinking that a neuroscientist doesn’t know that all science is theoretical and thus, has the same understanding of what theory means as a flat-rather?
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In the Beano this week Bananaman’s enemy General Blight becomes the head of DOPE - the Department of Pure Evil.
April 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
In the Beano this week Bananaman’s enemy General Blight becomes the head of DOPE - the Department of Pure Evil.
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I loved our talk at the @riasbookshop.bsky.social on #Cumbernauld. Chaired excellently by architect Malcolm Fraser and full of heated discussion from the audience, it was a great night. @nlheritage.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social Thanks for having us, RIAS!
April 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I loved our talk at the @riasbookshop.bsky.social on #Cumbernauld. Chaired excellently by architect Malcolm Fraser and full of heated discussion from the audience, it was a great night. @nlheritage.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social Thanks for having us, RIAS!
Thanks so much @riasbookshop.bsky.social !
⭐️ BOOK OF THE WEEK ⭐️
‘Concrete Dreams’ by Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and Mitch Miller
Explore the complex legacy of Cumbernauld’s iconic, but divisive, brutalist town centre through the stories of its residents in this lavishly illustrated volume.
‘Concrete Dreams’ by Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and Mitch Miller
Explore the complex legacy of Cumbernauld’s iconic, but divisive, brutalist town centre through the stories of its residents in this lavishly illustrated volume.
April 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thanks so much @riasbookshop.bsky.social !
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Giving this another wee punt in case anyone interested might have missed it yesterday. Fairs are a vital part of our heritage - it would be a great cultural loss if we were to allow them to fade away.
“Fairs are an accretion of centuries’ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
The show must go on: The fight to save the last of the Scottish fairs
Fairs are more than a mish mash of rides and stalls plonked on any old spot that keeps them out of the way, writes Dani Garavelli, they are an…
www.heraldscotland.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Giving this another wee punt in case anyone interested might have missed it yesterday. Fairs are a vital part of our heritage - it would be a great cultural loss if we were to allow them to fade away.
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“Fairs are an accretion of centuries’ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
The show must go on: The fight to save the last of the Scottish fairs
Fairs are more than a mish mash of rides and stalls plonked on any old spot that keeps them out of the way, writes Dani Garavelli, they are an…
www.heraldscotland.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“Fairs are an accretion of centuries’ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams
Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
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If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams
Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
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For the @economist.com, I wrote about the Le Pen verdict. In liberal democracies, the law needs to be applied even if that strengthens the far right. But here, we should not just assume that this will help the RN. On the contrary. It's a good moment for democracy.
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
The Le Pen ruling is good for liberal democracy, writes Tarik Abou-Chadi
The Oxford professor says it shouldn’t matter whether the verdict emboldens the hard right or not
www.economist.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For the @economist.com, I wrote about the Le Pen verdict. In liberal democracies, the law needs to be applied even if that strengthens the far right. But here, we should not just assume that this will help the RN. On the contrary. It's a good moment for democracy.
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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I returned to my own substack this week with musings of fascism on film. Do you remember the first Nazi you saw on screen? How did films of the past bring us warnings for the future? I take a look at a film that shook me to my childhood core; Au Revoir Les Enfants.
open.substack.com/pub/emmalenn...
open.substack.com/pub/emmalenn...
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Trigger warning: Nazis
open.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I returned to my own substack this week with musings of fascism on film. Do you remember the first Nazi you saw on screen? How did films of the past bring us warnings for the future? I take a look at a film that shook me to my childhood core; Au Revoir Les Enfants.
open.substack.com/pub/emmalenn...
open.substack.com/pub/emmalenn...
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Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only:
March 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only:
I note this was written by three policy interns, a tech-bro and an academic who should frankly be ashamed of himself.
We need immediate pushback on this garbage, although 'taxing the people so that billionaires don't have to pay a dime' has got to be a hard one to sell...
We need immediate pushback on this garbage, although 'taxing the people so that billionaires don't have to pay a dime' has got to be a hard one to sell...
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I note this was written by three policy interns, a tech-bro and an academic who should frankly be ashamed of himself.
We need immediate pushback on this garbage, although 'taxing the people so that billionaires don't have to pay a dime' has got to be a hard one to sell...
We need immediate pushback on this garbage, although 'taxing the people so that billionaires don't have to pay a dime' has got to be a hard one to sell...
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This should really be all the evidence anyone needs to ensure that official accounts on X/Twitter for every level of government, every political party concerned for decency, and every pubic service should be closed down. It is no longer a social network, it is a Musk-Trump propaganda site.
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This should really be all the evidence anyone needs to ensure that official accounts on X/Twitter for every level of government, every political party concerned for decency, and every pubic service should be closed down. It is no longer a social network, it is a Musk-Trump propaganda site.
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I'm looking forward to this event on our latest Recollective project. Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
23rd April @dialectographer.bsky.social Chris Leslie
23rd April @dialectographer.bsky.social Chris Leslie
Wed 23rd Apr - Concrete Dreams
The award-winning artists of Recollective present their new book Concrete Dreams: The Rise & Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
Ticket link bit.ly/4kgqRFw
The award-winning artists of Recollective present their new book Concrete Dreams: The Rise & Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
Ticket link bit.ly/4kgqRFw
March 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm looking forward to this event on our latest Recollective project. Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
23rd April @dialectographer.bsky.social Chris Leslie
23rd April @dialectographer.bsky.social Chris Leslie
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Hello Bluesky! We are Fair Scotland, a Registered Charity that advocates for Scottish Showpeople & the rich Fairground culture they sustain. Follow us for updates on events, new research and resources on the Scottish Show Community & informed comment on all things Fairground!
@tsbeall.bsky.social
@tsbeall.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hello Bluesky! We are Fair Scotland, a Registered Charity that advocates for Scottish Showpeople & the rich Fairground culture they sustain. Follow us for updates on events, new research and resources on the Scottish Show Community & informed comment on all things Fairground!
@tsbeall.bsky.social
@tsbeall.bsky.social
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We're delighted to announce our programme of special FREE events, screenings & walks that celebrate the history of the Dumfries Fairs and highlight their precarious future (22nd-29th March 2025)
Further details and booking information here: bit.ly/DumfriesFair_Events
We'll see you on the 'Sands!
Further details and booking information here: bit.ly/DumfriesFair_Events
We'll see you on the 'Sands!
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We're delighted to announce our programme of special FREE events, screenings & walks that celebrate the history of the Dumfries Fairs and highlight their precarious future (22nd-29th March 2025)
Further details and booking information here: bit.ly/DumfriesFair_Events
We'll see you on the 'Sands!
Further details and booking information here: bit.ly/DumfriesFair_Events
We'll see you on the 'Sands!
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Also good to see Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and @dialectographer.bsky.social’s Cincrete Dreams. A very thoughtful representation of Cumbernauld.
March 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Also good to see Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and @dialectographer.bsky.social’s Cincrete Dreams. A very thoughtful representation of Cumbernauld.