Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Delighted to be part of Artists Now’s new Advisory Group for 2026-28! I’m joining 14 other artists from across the UK with a broad & inspiring range of practices, experiences & perspectives to help to keep artists’ voices at the heart of the work of Artists Now. ✨ www.artistsnow.com/resource/mee... 010
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere! Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini... 000
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: a.allout.org/s/P3D8Q/a.allout.orgTürkiye: Jailed for running LGBT+ charitiesPolice in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release. 000
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some good reading / watching materials herebuttondown.comWhat To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI DoomerismOur recommendations for the anxious and perplexed By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney There’s a subculture within the “AI” industry that... 001
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 13/09/2026“I don't want my students to feel afraid to ask these questions, and I don't want to be afraid to answer them.” A teacher spoke to us about the impact of new guidance 👇 wearequeeraf.comSection 28 2.0: A complex web of anti-trans guidance that will make it vastly harder to overturnAnti-trans rhetoric has been spread across a growing myriad of guidance and documents, with Trans+ children headed back to school facing segregation and teachers banned from “encouraging” them to question their gender. 11811
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is today & tomorrow. Tune in or turn up! #ismybodyoutofdate #dragofphysicality #screenshareperformance #replacingmyself #sergina 001
Reposted by Dr. Elly Clarkeeuobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 08/09/2026‘It starts with us’: Roma rights defender warns AfD win normalises hatred of minoritieseuobserver.com‘It starts with us’: Roma rights defender warns AfD win normalises hatred of minoritiesA rights expert on Roma in Germany says the AfD win is a clear sign that anti-Roma hatred has been normalised and legitimised. 075
Reposted by Dr. Elly Clarke𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com 521190825424
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 06/09/2026ICYMI: How the queer news sector fell prey to the growing trend of metric-driven news churn that looms over much of the industry wearequeeraf.comMetric anxiety is fueling a dangerous decline in quality queer journalismWhy so many articles about queer people focus on celebs, rely on pics of hypermasculine guys and use rage-bait misinformation 0173
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Exciting visit to the folklore archive @ucdarchives.bsky.social today. The whole archive is going to be moved to a specially built section of @ucdlibrary.bsky.social in the next few months. 031
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Happy to be part of this conference at Kings College London next week, in which I’m presenting a new extract of my PhD as a screenshare performance lecture. The conference is open to anyone who wants to attend - in person or online. More details here: bio.site/BDT_2026bio.site2nd EDITION - BODIES IN DIGITAL TRANSITION — Bio SitesCreate a free link in bio with Bio Sites by Squarespace. Showcase your links, earn money, and grow your brand online, all with one link. 010
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026“Open AI recently said that a rogue AI agent […] had located and used logins to access four unnamed “publicly available services” in addition to the US startup Hugging Face, a company that hosts a database of AI models.” #rogueagent #aihacking #iwantyourdata www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comUK’s state investments agency hit by data breachSecurity lapse leaves sensitive information and contact details of 51 government officials exposed for 40 hours 110
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I just added my name to ClientEarth's open letter to the new Energy Secretary standing against new drilling in the North Sea. Will you join me? act.clientearth.org/page/195975/...act.clientearth.orgStand against North Sea oil and gas drilling: Add your nameI just signed ClientEarth's open letter asking the government to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Together, we can take a stand to protect the planet. Will you join me? 000
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“Cis women, the group claimed to be most protected by such policies, are not being kept safer – in fact they are becoming subject to greater suspicion when they do not conform to traditional ideas of womanhood.” Laws that enforce trans segregation are deeply harmful. We must reject gender policing.wearequeeraf.comEHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasingThe chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional” 110731
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026My 3rd & final artist writing workshop w/ staff & researchers from University of the Creative Arts took place on Tues resulting in a collective conjuring of an exhibition inspired by objects brought from homes & studios. Running this series again next month: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-sta... 100
Reposted by Dr. Elly Clarkejj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 02/07/2026oh shit they all got signed!! here’s some good trans legislative news for once 31583600
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr 842079992
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026“We can’t live a full dignified life — with the ability to question authority, have different relationships with people, test ideas [and] blow off steam — if we don’t have private communication.”bloomberg.comSignal's Meredith Whittaker: The Push for Online Safety Risks Mass SurveillanceThe president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are converging into a new architecture of surveillance. 1459195
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeHello, it's Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Elon Musk is using his bought and paid for platform X (formerly twitter) to incite race riots in the UK. 22210
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 07/06/2026“The strategy is an effort to systematically manipulate the answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material that those chatbots will scrape.” #ifyouchangeyourhistory 021
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 03/06/2026By the end of June, it’s extremely likely the EHRC Code of Practice - which recommends segregation for Trans+ people in many public spaces - will be in force. That’s why this year, Pride feels more urgent than ever. We need you to help us fight back 🧵👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/ 26025
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The money was always there for the good things. 170137773886
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.” 380153255989
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026And if it’s shit for us lgbtqia+ people you know it’s shit for every other marginalised person in this country - shameful how transphobia has been promoted for political gain by so many. And shameful how many people jump onto this hideous bandwagon. #transrightsarehumanrights 000
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeChurch of the Raptor @churchoftheraptor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026 7389372396
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeThe Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 22/05/2026We are so excited about this resource created with @weandai.bsky.social and the Refugee Law Lab. Check it out and submit a resource you're excited about via airesistlist.org#join 03214
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Fab Creature Mode workshop with @furtherfield.bsky.social in #Felixstowe today where we invited people to create devices to help think with & as one of 7 mentor species. I was on Table Sea Kale, where drawings on pebbles were created to show its vibrant & die back modes as a metaphor for resilience 010
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I am so furious about the toilet BS, which creates a totally bizarre environment in which nosey people can stop anyone from having a wee. What sort of govt feels good about creating the means to stop people having a wee? We need more free public toilets, not ways to make it harder to go to the loo 30918180
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Thank you @juditbodor.bsky.social & Roddy Hunter for the invite to present about my long term relationship with Franklin Furnace archive & the 2023 show I curated at Pratt about its cyber turn as part of The Digital Attic Archive launch at Artpool Art Research Centre in Budapest. #draggingthearchive 012
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community. 726250339965
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026“The cost of failure to act is rising, from about £60bn a year, and could reach £260bn a year in just over two decades.” #globalheating #ukinfrastructure www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warnsLandmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050 000
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 09/05/2026Geocities, a gay owned start up, was one of the first to give people tools to make their own web pages - when Yahoo deleted it, queer and Trans+ archives were lost www.wearequeeraf.com/geocities-a-...wearequeeraf.comGeocities: a cautionary tale of how Trans+ history can be deleted with one clickGeocities, a gay owned start up, was one of the first to give people tools to make their own web pages - when Yahoo deleted it, queer and Trans+ archives were lost 315972
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026What I wish for everybody to remember when Canvas comes back online: The reason OUR data can be held for ransom is because Instructure, their owners (KKR private equity & Dragoneer venture capital), & our own employers (see ASU Atomic) monetize it. It's Canvas that hacked education & stole our IP. 242052767
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeRégine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The "Climate Biennial: Art, Industry and Territory" not only showcases but also implements respectful and imaginative ways to inhabit the planet. An art event that practices what it preaches: now that’s revolutionary! Interview w/ its artistic director we-make-money-not-art.com/uncertainty-...we-make-money-not-art.comUncertainty as a field of action. An interview with Amanda Masha CaminalsThe subtitle of the first Climate Biennial, Rehearsing the Unexpected, captures the biennial’s central idea: learning to navigate moments like ours, when the present is shaky and the future uncerta… 022
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Clifford Hammett & I talked to Henry Mulhall from research group COTT - Cards on the Table - about our Climate Justice Conversations card game, which we developed as part of our work with @chase-dtp.bsky.social Climate Justice Network. Thanks for the convo! www.cardsonthetable.org/post/climate...cardsonthetable.orgClimate Justice Conversations with Elly Clarke & Cliff HammettImage: Elly ClarkeThe following is a conversation with Elly Clarke and Cliff Hammett, former members of the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE) Climate Justice Networ... 000
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026SMH...paying to block cleaner and cheaper energy is not a good look on anyone. 0196
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeInternet Archive @archive.org · 23/04/2026🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but VANISHING CULTURE—the new 📚 from Internet Archive—starts with a simple reality: our digital record is far more fragile than we think 🕳️ 📖 Read for free: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta... ⬇️ 251541817
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeAlyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Folks in my feed are pointing out that this is yet another way for Meta to avoid real moderation and yes, but also it’s a terrifying escalation of parental surveillance for kids who might be looking for, to name just a few things on a long list—abuse support, abortion support, transitioning help. 38432
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Heading back to #Felixstowe for @furtherfield.bsky.social ‘s second 2 day co-creation workshop with a truly fabulous group of humans to think about and speculatively with the more than humans we share this corner of the planet with, as part of Reimagine This Coastal Town: reimaginethis.lifereimaginethis.lifeReimagine This Coastal TownAdventures in art, community and multi-species connection on the Suffolk coast 010
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeOxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The Artemis mission cost nearly $100 billion! It makes you wonder if we should prioritise protecting the earth rather than planning to leave it... A wealth-tax on the super-rich would help raise money to tackle the climate crisis and build a fairer future for all. Sign the petition: bit.ly/42kdQmm 02110
Reposted by Dr. Elly Clarkejuditbodor.bsky.social @juditbodor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026hybrid event focusing on curating networked art archives in the age of increasing automation. 21 May. details below. 011
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Looking forward to revisiting #DraggingTheArchive that I curated at Pratt Institute in 2023 about #FranklinFurnace Archive's cyber beginnings in Budapest [& online] on 21.5. TY Roddy Hunter & @juditbodor.bsky.social for the invite! More info+free booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-the-g...eventbrite.co.ukFrom The Garden of Communication to the Dark Forest of the Internet: onlineNetworked art in the age of automation: talks, performance, and platform launch. Free & hybrid. 000
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeClaire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Yey!!! We now have another marine protected area in #EastSussex where trawlers are not allowed. Sussex is leading the way! anglingtrust.net/2026/04/17/b...anglingtrust.netBeachy Head Trawling Ban Approved: A Win for Marine Recovery and AnglersA new byelaw banning bottom-towed fishing gear has been approved for 164 km² of the Beachy Head East Marine Conservation Zone, further strengthening protections for one of Sussex’s most important mari... 0132
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Wayne McGregor’s Alchemies @ Royal Ballet is exquisite - loved my drone eye view of it. The Burberry designed costumes in the 1st piece, that made the dancers appear & disappear was incredible, as was the percussionist in the final. www.cast-sheets.production.website.roh.org.uk/cast-sheet/w... 010
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026This was me in the Saharan dust storm that descended on Crete last week. No filter! My lungs are still not quite right. #crete #duststorm 010
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026OMFG. This is now on the FAA online job application form - for all positions including air traffic controllers! 95679272
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“[C]hatbots are not intelligent. They rely on pattern recognition to try to produce a response that reflects the prompt they’re given. They do not understand the response, they do not think about the response, and they have no ability to determine the accuracy of the response.” #meteredintelligence 010
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Love this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comRing a Republican: Payphones linking San Francisco and Texas aim to bridge US political dividesA Matter Neuroscience project lets callers in liberal San Francisco and conservative Abilene speak across party lines 000
Reposted by Dr. Elly ClarkeEuronews @euronews.com · 30/12/2025The Snowy Owl has vanished from Sweden, marking the first time in 20 years that the country has officially lost a bird species.l.euronews.comSnowy Owl declared regionally extinct in Sweden. Will it ever return?The Snowy Owl has vanished from Sweden, marking the first time in 20 years that the country has officially lost a bird species. 22518
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025My next Artist Statement Writing Workshop takes place online this Friday, 5th Dec 10-12.30 UK time. £40 first time participants; £30 returning. Bring a 250 word artist statement, an open mind & willingness to participate in the collective editing of other's work www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-sta...eventbrite.co.ukArtist Statement Writing Workshop with Elly ClarkeThrough creative writing exercises and conversation, this workshop will introduce you to new ways of writing about - and with - your work. 110