Reposted by Ingrid KoppBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/ 311367581
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If you know me you know I love to hate unfair and expensive visa systems. And it's not just visas, as this article shows. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comGovernment makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I just learned about "Baptists and Bootleggers" this week and now I see it everywhere. 010
Reposted by Ingrid KoppRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6360692261
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My daughter and I recently discovered Danny Go! and have loved dancing to the videos. Just watched this and it is so lovely and joyful and also utterly heartbreaking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWSt...youtube.comDanny Go! on His Son Isaac, Childhood Cancer and Creating Joy in the Face of GriefYouTube video by TIME 011
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I keep rewatching this because it is just so nuts. I'm not sure I have the emotional stamina to watch the whole documentary (but of course I will). www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJS...youtube.comYou Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24YouTube video by A24 010
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This conversation with George Gachara is super insightful on how to create new financial instruments and pathways to fund arts and culture in Africa. open.spotify.com/episode/5Obt...open.spotify.comAfrica Builds Back - George GacharaPanel 54 Podcast · Episode 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026What an incredible longlist of projects! 🙌 www.wmc.org.uk/en/news-and-...wmc.org.ukThe nominees for the Annwn Prize 2027 are announced 000
Reposted by Ingrid KoppAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with. 361219455
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026So happy for Rick. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! Rick has done so much for the immersive community in South Africa (and beyond!). www.news24.com/life/arts-an...news24.com‘This one is for home’: SA artist Rick Treweek’s VR magic takes Emmy gold in Los Angeles | News24A South African artist and worldbuilder, Rick Treweek, has won an Emmy for his work on ‘Uncanny Alley: A New Day’. 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This looks great - this Friday! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/cre...southbankcentre.co.ukCreative Intelligence Summit | Southbank Centre 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Always a good idea to support RNLI but particularly now! 093
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Dolly Parton, Wendell Berry, Gloria Steinem - we're really going to have to step up now. 010
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Need to read this. I like that there is a Spotify playlist too! 100
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If you are in Joburg don't miss this beautiful project at Latitudes twonamegames.com/actsofcare/twonamegames.comActs of Care | A Living MemorialActs of Care is an immersive participatory exhibition and living memorial to the Township AIDS Project, at Latitudes Centre for the Arts from 8 September to 1 December 2026. 200
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“So, my friends, every day do something that won’t compute.” michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/rip-wendel...michaelgarfield.substack.comRIP Wendell Berry“So, my friends, every day do something that won’t compute.” 010
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Wanuri Kahiu: ‘Why is it that we have to justify imagination?’ africanimaginary.substack.com/p/wanuri-kah...africanimaginary.substack.comWanuri Kahiu: ‘Why is it that we have to justify imagination?’The concept that African art can be ‘fun, fierce and frivolous’ is just one of the ideas Kenyan film director Wanuri Kahiu has to offer us, writes film programmer and distributor Carmen Thompson. 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I've always really admired (and let's face it, envied!) the funding and support available to immersive arts in Quebec. www.themain.com/articles/que...themain.comQuebec’s Got an Edge in Digital Art, and It Has Nothing to Do With Technology | The MainAhead of MUTEK, four Quebec studios open up about what built the province's digital arts scene—and why the world might be noticing before Montreal does. 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The inaugural ONX Relay project is commissioning and supporting the exhibition of museum-scale technology-driven works by Trevor Paglen, Maya Man, and Ben Frost. www.rightclicksave.com/article/a-qu...rightclicksave.comA Quest to Show Art at Scale with Human Stories at its Heart | Onassis ONX Relay - Right Click SaveThe inaugural ONX Relay project is commissioning and supporting the exhibition of museum-scale technology-driven works by Trevor Paglen, Maya Man, and Ben Frost 110
Reposted by Ingrid KoppDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Absolutely incredible reporting from @sallyhayd.bsky.social The details of what happened on the boat trip are deeply harrowing, but everyone should read them and understand the reality of what is happening www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...irishtimes.com‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survivedA harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’ 011556
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Really want to see this documentary! elevennamedpeople.substack.com/p/the-diary-...elevennamedpeople.substack.comThe Albie Sachs CollectionThe formerly exiled ANC activist and later judge Albie Sachs is archiving his life— including a film, "Albie: A Strange Alchemy," that forms part of a larger project of legacy-making. 000
Reposted by Ingrid KoppTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ellen P. Goodman, a professor at Rutgers Law School and co-Director of the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law, asks what it would take to actually democratize AI at each layer of the stack, starting with compute—the layer Zuckerberg's latest manifesto skips.techpolicy.pressZuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Lost it at ComputeIt's worth asking what it would take to actually democratize AI at each layer of the stack, writes Ellen P. Goodman, starting with compute. 288
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Democracy v the machine - need to read the book now! www.theguardian.com/news/2026/au...theguardian.comDemocracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignoredThe long read: Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in a utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen? 000
Reposted by Ingrid KoppImmersive Arts UK @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Join us in Llandudno, Wed 9 - Fri 11 September for our annual event The Big Thing! This year's theme, Play's the Thing, explores how artists invite audiences into their work in playful, meaningful and empowering ways. Read about the full programme: immersivearts.uk/news/the-big-thing-in-llandudno 045
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Beautiful project to support from the amazing Tamara Shogaolu. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...kickstarter.comThe Invisible Woman: An Opera You Walk IntoAmsterdam, 1632. A free Black woman leads a community as the slave trade booms. History erased her. An immersive opera brings her back. 010
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A Q&A with journalist, network-builder, and civic strategist, Darryl Holliday connectivetissue.substack.com/p/re-blurrin...connectivetissue.substack.comRe-blurring the lines between journalism and civic lifeA Q&A with journalist, network-builder, and civic strategist, Darryl Holliday 000
Reposted by Ingrid KoppDr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Big day for colanders, though 029236
Reposted by Ingrid KoppChris Kendall @ottocr.at · 13/08/2026Why did your favourite pub close? Why is the High Street so boring? Why won’t Youtube recommend something new and interesting? Amazing thread, worth the investment of time and focus. 14214
Reposted by Ingrid KoppChris von Simson @chrisvonsimson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Stupendous. Humbling. Educative. Delightful. This made me feel better. What a joy. 0148
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Great thread on public interest technology and what Mamdani is doing in NYC. 0132
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I love running these labs. Can't wait to be back for the ninth edition next year! Thank you @weareagog.bsky.social and National Film and Video Foundation, South Africa for all your support. 011
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Whoohoo this project (by my talented brother-in-law) reached its goal. But there's always more to do! The Misfits: Undercats of the Chobe River on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mov...kickstarter.comThe Misfits: Undercats of the Chobe River - Lion DocumentaryOver 250 hours of 8K RAW footage captured. Now, we need your help to tell the story of a very unique pride of lions in Botswana. 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026So great to see initiatives like this building new sources of financing for film in Africa! deadline.com/2026/07/inau...deadline.comInaugural African Film Investor Roundtable Unfolds In Cape TownTop Film Financiers & Producers Flock To Inaugural African Film Investor Roundtable In Cape Town 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026If you like wildlife and amazing inventions you will love my brother-in-law's project following an amazing group of female lions in Botswana. Only a few days left to reach their fundraising goal! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mov...kickstarter.comThe Misfits: Undercats of the Chobe River - Lion DocumentaryOver 250 hours of 8K RAW footage captured. Now, we need your help to tell the story of a very unique pride of lions in Botswana. 010
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Love this. open.substack.com/pub/jonsesri...open.substack.comThe Publics We Have Not Built YetDigital platforms are not public spaces. 000
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Interesting! AI Potluck is a public project to build a vertically integrated AI product assembled entirely from open source components. www.aipotluck.orgaipotluck.orgAI Potluck - AI made and owned by the publicA collective roadmap for a public-interest AI stack: independent benchmarking and an open map of the ecosystem. 010
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Naomi Klein gets it. naomiklein.substack.com/p/spacex-isn...naomiklein.substack.comSpaceX Isn’t a Company. It’s a Metaphor for the Rapture of the Super RichHere's why wealth and fascism are a package deal 010
Reposted by Ingrid KoppKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I'm not posting Odyssey memes because one must be wary of GIFs bearing Greeks. 9242921050
Reposted by Ingrid KoppMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The theme of this World Cup is Countries Where People Eat Dinner Two Hours Later Than I Personally Prefer 743446201
Reposted by Ingrid KoppXRMust.com 💫 @xrmust.bsky.social · 16/07/2026CPH:LAB: a talent programme to reshape ideas and imaginaries – Interview with Stella Ntavara (CPH:LAB 2026), by @agnesepietrobon.bsky.social xrmust.com/xr-magazine/cphlab-2026-… 021
Reposted by Ingrid KoppPeter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Weirdo www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...nytimes.comHegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low TestosteronePete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader. 183
Reposted by Ingrid KoppJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 16/07/2026Fascinating. Obviously I’m not clicking the link and scrutinising whether Gavin’s summarised it correctly because I’ve got more scrolling to do. 37613
Reposted by Ingrid Kopp19thnews @19thnews.org · 11/07/2026Trials found that Carevix — a portmanteau of “care” and “cervix" — reduced pain during IUD insertion by up to 73 percent and bleeding by 78 percent, compared to the tenaculum. bit.lyWhy is gynecology still using a Civil War-era tool?A new medical device is part of a broader effort to make gynecological care less painful — and to take patients more seriously. 211012259
Reposted by Ingrid KoppAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel. 5497203008
Reposted by Ingrid Kopppriscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026mandatory reading 70163243593
Reposted by Ingrid Koppℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰 ☽|☾ 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰 @chaospriestess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it. 86173644485
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within” airesistlist.orgairesistlist.orgThe AI Resist ListA living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for. 011