Dr Luke Skarth-Hayley
@lukeskarth.com
Creative technologist, electronic musician, writer.
PhD in "Attention-Driven Scenography" for virtual storytelling environments from Horizon CDT + Mixed Reality Lab @ University of Nottingham.
lukeskarth.com
hardcoreascetic.bandcamp.com
PhD in "Attention-Driven Scenography" for virtual storytelling environments from Horizon CDT + Mixed Reality Lab @ University of Nottingham.
lukeskarth.com
hardcoreascetic.bandcamp.com
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Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights
Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
One of the many minor absurdities of the present moment is doing a search for "cheapest x" and being presented with many websites all listening many of the same items for x and all being not just not cheap but actually painfully expensive for those of us who aren't successful middle managers.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of the many minor absurdities of the present moment is doing a search for "cheapest x" and being presented with many websites all listening many of the same items for x and all being not just not cheap but actually painfully expensive for those of us who aren't successful middle managers.
Spotted in a job ad: "Passionate about OOP."
You should not be passionate about a programming paradigm.
You should pick the right paradigms for the job, juggling developer efficiency with application performance.
You should not be passionate about a programming paradigm.
You should pick the right paradigms for the job, juggling developer efficiency with application performance.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Spotted in a job ad: "Passionate about OOP."
You should not be passionate about a programming paradigm.
You should pick the right paradigms for the job, juggling developer efficiency with application performance.
You should not be passionate about a programming paradigm.
You should pick the right paradigms for the job, juggling developer efficiency with application performance.
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ValhallaFutureVerb. $50. Available now. valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ValhallaFutureVerb. $50. Available now. valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/...
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"The resurgent war on knowledge, academics, expertise, and critical thinking that AI is currently supercharging has its roots in the hugely successful recent war [...] that painted librarians, teachers, scientists, and public workers as untrustworthy." www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"The resurgent war on knowledge, academics, expertise, and critical thinking that AI is currently supercharging has its roots in the hugely successful recent war [...] that painted librarians, teachers, scientists, and public workers as untrustworthy." www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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Check out the newest single and video for 'UNARCHIVER' from Blood Cultures that will be in this stupid little skateboarding game
Stream: pack.createmusic.fm/unarchiver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI_...
Stream: pack.createmusic.fm/unarchiver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI_...
Blood Cultures - UNARCHIVER (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Blood Cultures
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Check out the newest single and video for 'UNARCHIVER' from Blood Cultures that will be in this stupid little skateboarding game
Stream: pack.createmusic.fm/unarchiver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI_...
Stream: pack.createmusic.fm/unarchiver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI_...
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Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
Simogo Legacy Collection on Steam
From cute arcade novelties to innovative text-based thrillers and acclaimed fourth wall-breaking stories, Simogo Legacy Collection is an eclectic celebration of Simogo's past, featuring faithful rendi...
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
This is, having listened to it twice already, extremely good. Excellent video too.
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is, having listened to it twice already, extremely good. Excellent video too.
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We need your help!!!
We're supported by CGN2 to run a series of discussion events at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social to show the need for a grassroots performing arts space in Nottingham city centre and we want to hear from you :)
Find out how to take part at www.chronicinsanity.co.uk/post/we-need...
We're supported by CGN2 to run a series of discussion events at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social to show the need for a grassroots performing arts space in Nottingham city centre and we want to hear from you :)
Find out how to take part at www.chronicinsanity.co.uk/post/we-need...
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We need your help!!!
We're supported by CGN2 to run a series of discussion events at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social to show the need for a grassroots performing arts space in Nottingham city centre and we want to hear from you :)
Find out how to take part at www.chronicinsanity.co.uk/post/we-need...
We're supported by CGN2 to run a series of discussion events at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social to show the need for a grassroots performing arts space in Nottingham city centre and we want to hear from you :)
Find out how to take part at www.chronicinsanity.co.uk/post/we-need...
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Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Politics is in a vibes era. Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski are proof of that. But maybe Keir Starmer can take positivity from Ruben Amorim.
What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim
www.bigissue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Technically competent as I am, and as stable as Ableton Live usually is for me, it sure is fun when it starts crashing repeatedly when I'm trying to hit a deadline. This happens to folks a lot! Maybe poor organising (by me), but there's definitely an air of cosmic bedevilement in urgent moments!
November 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Technically competent as I am, and as stable as Ableton Live usually is for me, it sure is fun when it starts crashing repeatedly when I'm trying to hit a deadline. This happens to folks a lot! Maybe poor organising (by me), but there's definitely an air of cosmic bedevilement in urgent moments!
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Lovely find in the @b3ta.com newsletter - a collection of "AI" chatbot's attempts to create a simple clock. It'll reassure you we're not yet near the opening scenes of Terminator
clocks.brianmoore.com
clocks.brianmoore.com
AI World Clocks
The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.
clocks.brianmoore.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Lovely find in the @b3ta.com newsletter - a collection of "AI" chatbot's attempts to create a simple clock. It'll reassure you we're not yet near the opening scenes of Terminator
clocks.brianmoore.com
clocks.brianmoore.com
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A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
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The BIG ROBOT games are all discounted on Steam this weekend! If you enjoyed being hunted by murderous robots or exploring eldritch landscapes, or just chilling in an eerie sci-fi place, then these are for you.
store.steampowered.com/developer/bi...
store.steampowered.com/developer/bi...
November 28, 2024 at 10:32 AM
The BIG ROBOT games are all discounted on Steam this weekend! If you enjoyed being hunted by murderous robots or exploring eldritch landscapes, or just chilling in an eerie sci-fi place, then these are for you.
store.steampowered.com/developer/bi...
store.steampowered.com/developer/bi...
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My Brutalist Christmas cards are back by popular demand!
Get yours here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Get yours here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My Brutalist Christmas cards are back by popular demand!
Get yours here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Get yours here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
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We keep hearing about “difficult choices” to justify spending cuts.
Real difficult choices are between heating and eating, paying your rent or your bills.
The government can make another choice, and it’s not difficult: tax the super-rich.
Real difficult choices are between heating and eating, paying your rent or your bills.
The government can make another choice, and it’s not difficult: tax the super-rich.
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We keep hearing about “difficult choices” to justify spending cuts.
Real difficult choices are between heating and eating, paying your rent or your bills.
The government can make another choice, and it’s not difficult: tax the super-rich.
Real difficult choices are between heating and eating, paying your rent or your bills.
The government can make another choice, and it’s not difficult: tax the super-rich.
Please DSP devs, no more distortion/saturation plugins, I have Roar at home (Ableton Live).
(I know, not all DAWs have something as excellent as Roar, but fml I've seen something like 10+ distortions released in the last week)
(I know, not all DAWs have something as excellent as Roar, but fml I've seen something like 10+ distortions released in the last week)
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Please DSP devs, no more distortion/saturation plugins, I have Roar at home (Ableton Live).
(I know, not all DAWs have something as excellent as Roar, but fml I've seen something like 10+ distortions released in the last week)
(I know, not all DAWs have something as excellent as Roar, but fml I've seen something like 10+ distortions released in the last week)
Don't Kefir the Reaper.
October 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Don't Kefir the Reaper.
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When I go off on big tech, less online friends think I'm whinging about a hobby issue, and I am, but the *entirety of life* is now mediated by technology. Articles like this demonstrate what uncaring and corrupt custodians big tech are, and how desperately we need govts to hold them to account.
The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.
techtrenches.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When I go off on big tech, less online friends think I'm whinging about a hobby issue, and I am, but the *entirety of life* is now mediated by technology. Articles like this demonstrate what uncaring and corrupt custodians big tech are, and how desperately we need govts to hold them to account.
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Fade In version 5 is available (finally). www.fadeinpro.com/page.pl?cont...
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Fade In version 5 is available (finally). www.fadeinpro.com/page.pl?cont...
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Some more good news, the Nottingham Green Party has now reached an all-time high of 1,000 members. Thank you to every single one of you who have supported us for years, and a huge welcome to everyone who has joined us recently.
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Some more good news, the Nottingham Green Party has now reached an all-time high of 1,000 members. Thank you to every single one of you who have supported us for years, and a huge welcome to everyone who has joined us recently.
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
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It's Bookshop Day! Get down to your local independent bookshop and buy a book or three. No local bookshop? Snap up a book with us 10-12 October and you could WIN a £250 gift card.
EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
October 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It's Bookshop Day! Get down to your local independent bookshop and buy a book or three. No local bookshop? Snap up a book with us 10-12 October and you could WIN a £250 gift card.
EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com/track/daikat...
MAVS and Sferro still collaborating!
Such a good tune.
MAVS and Sferro still collaborating!
Such a good tune.
Daikatana, by Wavefinder, Sferro, Makeup and Vanity set
track by Wavefinder, Sferro, Makeup and Vanity set
makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com/track/daikat...
MAVS and Sferro still collaborating!
Such a good tune.
MAVS and Sferro still collaborating!
Such a good tune.
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And we are go! warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/public...
Public Works and Utilities, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
6 track album
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
And we are go! warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/public...
I don't think you can call it a free plugin if you have to provide data, sign up for an account, or do a zero price checkout process...
October 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I don't think you can call it a free plugin if you have to provide data, sign up for an account, or do a zero price checkout process...