Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 11hBecause art is the dominant narrative in culture now. What we see is what we are. And if you have a bunch of folk swilling champagne and eating oysters telling the world that everything is ok, that's what our narrative will be. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 11hAnd this leads to the arts being the preserve of the upper and middle classes. People who can afford to compete. People who aren't trying to survive as they make. And why is that an issue? 100
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 11h3. AI is being used as a cheap way to generate ancillary art. That is art and design for things like posters, general marketing, websites etc. This work was previously done by either marketing or artists who do this to supplement their practice with a paying job. 100
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 11h2. AI is being used to replace administrative jobs in organisations. These jobs have long been the work of artists seeking to supplement their practice with some steady pay. This leads to the arts being the preserve of the middle and upper classes. 100
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 11h1. Current models are built on theft. The devaluing of artistic output means artists can't afford to cover expenses. This leads to the arts being the preserve of the middle and upper classes. 100
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 11hThe number of arts organisations in the UK using AI is wild. It's also causing massive levels of harm to the sector and yet organisations still persist. Here is what the problem is: 120
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 02/10/2026They really should. I can't help think though that even then, it's a terrible idea that relies on a lot of trust from vulnerable and unwell people. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 02/10/2026The biggest social media troll is to just reply, "imagine if this was true". 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 02/10/2026I'm the first appointment of the day. They are already running ten minutes late. No explanation, no apology. You wait less with drug dealers. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 02/10/2026Touch screens in GP surgeries seem like such an obvious vector for transmission. So, today's word of the day is "fomite". 130
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 30/09/2026The fact that every contestant of every gameshow now starts their funny anecdote with "So..." drives me crazy. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026Ready Salted crisps are the best. So much better than the unready salted kind. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026Excellent work. Horses definitely have no gag reflex which is why they are so bad at puns. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026Great now the orange twat is going to want to bomb Nielsen. 030
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026Strange isn't it, that we seem to be banishing darkness and quietness... Two environmental conditions we need for quality rest and two qualities that have inspired some of the best ideas humanity has ever thought. 030
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026Just tried to watch a YouTube gaming video but the Gen-Z making it kept calling it a "Gameboy Advanced". Advanced. Not advance. Advanced. It's not as if it isn't written on the front of the actual fecking machine or anything. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026New set of posters, billboards and bus Ads around town telling us how important it is to conserve water... Meanwhile data centres. 011
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 29/09/2026Can't argue with the sucking part... It feels a little wild right now, doesn't it? But hey, you don't suck, so that's at least one point for our side. The unsucking underground. 110
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 28/09/2026Once had the guy try to push the "sorry you were not in" card through my letterbox whilst I stood on the other side of the door. I opened it, said "good news I'm in!" He had to admit that he had not got the parcel for some reason and it would be delivered the next day instead. Three. Days Later. 120
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 28/09/2026He's a slippery careerist that abandoned his wife for the political editor of the Spectator after some serious sexual abuse allegations were brushed under the carpet. He's not the gold standard for morals and ethics he thinks he is, and certainly in no position to comment here. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 28/09/2026Interestingly, this massive drop in service coincides with them making delays repay more difficult to access. I'd love to see that financial equation. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 28/09/2026It's September and I've yet to get on a train that hasn't been delayed or cancelled this year. Just got turfed off a Carlisle train at Newcastle. No explanation, just "this train is terminating here"... Along with any hopes of making my connection mate. Thanks. 150
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 26/09/2026They turn your culture into content. You don't feel very content. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 25/09/2026Ok, we are all set up and ready to go! Starting at 2pm, finishing at 8pm (ish). BALANCE, Arc/Stockton 2026 120
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 25/09/2026And if you prefer to see some art that is live and happening, come on over to ARC in Stockton today between 2pm and 8pm to see us perform BALANCE, a Durational performance sculpture as part of the Turner on Tees programme. 020
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 25/09/2026I think teaching is a vocation more than a job. That is to say that some people are *teachers*, regardless of a classroom setting. That makes a lot of sense to me. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 25/09/2026I'll never understand why we treat teachers as such a disposable resource... Or the act of teaching with such disdain. I mean it when I say thanks for your service. 120
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) itself is a wonderful space. A world class gallery and a joy to be in. The toilets were plentiful and clean. Again, mostly used for non-traditional activities, it seems. Either that or lots of folk have colds. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026And the Art! Let's not forget about that. Yeah, very competent, nicely presented. Slick. A little inoffensive. A little difficult to hate or argue about. Those that remember the Turner of old remember the controversy. This seems immune to such column inches. 100
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026The food served was salmon, chicken and pulled pork. The only veg was potato, which agreed with me on a genetic level. 100
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026Ok. It is exactly like you imagine. Some very sharply dressed humans with little joy on their faces listening to speeches that thank everyone but the staff serving them food and drink. The entire place has the energy of cocaine. 130
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026Off to the Turner Prize opening tonight. A room I've never been in before. I will report back! Please temper your expectations. 040
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026Seriously, what do you even mean "a bit"? And why did you feel compelled to call it out as such, when you could have happily moved on with your day? Does it bring you joy and satisfaction to act like that? Do you think it makes things better for anyone else? 000
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026No. Just fly paper for wankers like you apparently. "A bit" go on. Off you go. 000
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026Also, bonus points for reading... The number of people who want to be writers but don't read is way too high. 111
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026That resonates. Here's a thing, genuinely. If you ever want to share what you make with someone that won't be judgemental, you can always tap me up. I appreciate the endeavour of learning more than anything. 210
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026"do something you love and you'll never work for money a day in your life" -- Photography clients. 1112
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026He's 46. I read somewhere that children under the age of 7 dream almost entirely of other animals. I don't know if that was true and is still true. 010
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026This post is not an excuse to tell me what you do dream about. 1190
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026Despite the fact you carry your phone around with you and use it all the time, isn't it weird that you never see it in your dreams? 106914
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 24/09/2026Ok, so it isn't powerful enough to *run* an AI, so it's just a device that connects to the internet. You know, like that other one that you carry with you already, but also does things like phone people, browse the internet and doomscroll fucking Facebook. 040
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 23/09/2026So many comics these days are just poorly structured essays with characters doing reaction poses like TikTok videos. Real lack of craft and form. Remember. You can actually learn, for free, how to get good at this stuff. 110
Adam_Y @modernistpunk.com · 23/09/2026Another bold and timely review by the Guardian. What a way to display an unwavering commitment to consensus journalism of things that no longer really matter. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...theguardian.comManhunter review – Michael Mann serves up a bold and queasy starter to the serial killer spectacleBefore Anthony Hopkins’ Dr Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Brian Cox played a cannibalistic killer in Mann’s pioneering Red Dragon adaptation 000
