Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 29/09/2026I intened to spend a decent portion of my morning figuring out the narrative consequences and pre-episode causality of ███ ████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ███ █████ the Devil's Sound. 121
Reposted by Tom AbbaRitesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wow www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ihu...youtube.comWe Built a Chinese Typewriter...YouTube video by HTX Studio 275
Reposted by Tom AbbaEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.socialsammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 252098924
Reposted by Tom AbbaChristian A. Dumais @cadumais.com · 25/09/2026Someone made a free, first-person walkthrough of the house on Ash Tree Lane from HOUSE OF LEAVES. It's as haunting as you'd hope it would be... pazificateur69.github.io/ash-tree-lane/pazificateur69.github.ioAsh Tree LaneAn unofficial retelling of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, in new words, for the web. 14215
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 18/09/2026Anyone want to see where I work? superspl.at/scene/d8d4b9a4 (with huge thanks to Scanomatic Labs!)superspl.atTom Abba Studio - SuperSplatTom Abba Studio A 3D Gaussian Splat capture of Tom Abba’s studio space in Bristol, captured using the XGRIDS PortalCam. This scan is part of my ongoing exp... 010
Reposted by Tom AbbaContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’m just saying Billie Joe MacAllister should’ve survived that jump. 3705499664
Reposted by Tom AbbaImmersive Arts UK @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We have some big and exciting news! 📣 We've secured over £8.5m to continue supporting UK artists working with immersive technologies until 2030. Further details, including funding opportunities, will be shared in the New Year. Read the announcement: immersivearts.uk/news/8-5m-second-phase-funding/ 0126
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 07/09/2026I don't think we had cameras back then.. (ZX81. In 1981. God, I'm old) 020
Reposted by Tom AbbaPatrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Something incredibly calming about watching this... 042
Reposted by Tom AbbaImmersive Arts UK @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Who’s joining us in Llandudno this September? 🥳 From Wed 9- Fri 11 Sept The Big Thing is bringing more than 70 workshops, performances and networking events to North Wales, all inspired by this year's theme, Play's the Thing. immersivearts.uk/events/the-big-thing 134
Reposted by Tom AbbaDavid Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Coming in eight days. Sign up for the free page and newsletter here www.patreon.com/cw/DavidBarn... Books! Comics! Interviews! My favourite shops! Nepo Corner! Tales from the Longbox! Random but entertaining shit! 033
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 23/08/2026Brief foray on Vinted. Someone tell @benpester.bsky.social that his secret is out… 100
Reposted by Tom AbbaMark Bould @markbould.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How I Spent My Summer Holidays, or, My Complete Failure to Write an Actual Sodding Review of China Miéville’s New Novel THE ROUSE (with thanks to Rob, Roger, Deb and Cameron - and China)bostonreview.netRevenance EventChina Miéville returns to fiction with a secret history of late-twentieth-century Britain. 1147
Reposted by Tom AbbaSimon Coates @simonjcoates.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The only reason I can think of as to why there are fewer than 50,000 signatures here is that people haven't seen it yet. — Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now — goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 13176154
Reposted by Tom AbbaAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It’s really worth reading this thread to understand what Jason Arday was like as a person. I’m so very sorry for his family and friends. 018152
Reposted by Tom AbbaGabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm sorry... 'Prof Gone'? They made a man's sacking the main news story for weeks as the country went on fire, which might have contributed to his death and 'Prof Gone'? This is the same clique that wept & wailed for a week when we dared mention their dinner party pal was a wife beating nonce. 191261347
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 14/08/2026And @theguardian.com have a case to answer, as do the Telegraph, @dailymail.co.uk and every outlet that decided this was worth clicks. Inhuman. 071
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 14/08/2026@catvincent.bsky.social - as a (former, but you never really go away) Bristol resident, did you catch this yesterday: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukPero's Bridge shuts after major malfunctionVideo shows the Bristol landmark Pero's Bridge slamming shut during testing. 110
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 14/08/2026This is the antidote to everything else you might read today: 012
Reposted by Tom AbbaBlue Rose Archive @bluerosearchive.bsky.social · 14/08/2026We built Lynchverse, a research archive for David Lynch’s films. Analysis, symbolism, soundtracks and recurring ideas, organized film by film. Still growing, so feedback is very welcome. #DavidLynch @markfrost.bsky.social #TwinPeaks #InlandEmpire #LostHighway #MulhollandDrive lynchverse.comlynchverse.comLynchverse | David Lynch Films, Analysis and ArchivesExplore David Lynch's films through scene-by-scene readings, character studies, symbolism, sound, production histories, and sourced archival research. 0188
Reposted by Tom AbbaHolly Casio @hollycasio.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential. 12433223
Reposted by Tom AbbaSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It's the last day of our WBN 2026 exhibition. Which means – the call for World Book Night 2027 – Our Rivers and Seas is open! please read and respond to a text or book about rivers, seas, lakes or marine life. Deadline 2 March 2027. Download the full brief at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn27 1103
Reposted by Tom AbbaAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 24/06/2026London, 1968, and it is NOT Quatermass and the Pit. 1731159
Reposted by Tom AbbaAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice. 6069672175
Reposted by Tom AbbaGeorge Walkley @georgewalkley.com · 22/07/2026Except—the quoted text in the headline is a paraphrase, not a quote from the research, and the 6% seems to relate to a particular, specific usage rather than AI in general. The Creative Access research is useful, but this headline and framing doesn't help. Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/george...linkedin.comPublishing has 'lowest uptake of AI across creative industries', according to new report | George WalkleyThe Bookseller's morning newsletter caught my attention with an eye-catching headline, suggesting that publishing has the 'lowest uptake of AI across creative industries', according to new research fr... 001
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 21/07/2026Seconded. Not that anyone listens to me. But Jamie knows his stuff. 020
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 21/07/2026good god @paultremblay.bsky.social Dead But Dreaming of Eletric Sheep is an astonishing novel. (Nobody's laughing now..) 291
Reposted by Tom Abbaal mac @almac.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Sorry but £45 a year off energy bills makes no meaningful difference Unpegging the price of electricity from that of wholesale gas (£120/MWh whereas wind is £15/MWh) would make a meaningful difference. 173
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 15/07/2026One for @georgewalkley.com and hazy recollections of workplaces past.. 010
Reposted by Tom AbbaSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 10/07/2026ICYMI, at @popheist.com I took a look at Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, David Lynch's feature-length collection of fully canonical deleted/extended scenes from Fire Walk With Me. It plants the seeds for much of Season 3, but even some Twin Peaks fans don't know it exists.popheist.com'Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces' RecapThe emergence of "Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces" was our first real sign that it might, indeed, be happening again. 05924
Reposted by Tom AbbaVal Nolan @vallescurarule.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This is also true of Humanities journals and those of us who publish in them. 1206
Reposted by Tom AbbaJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Baudrillard spinning in his grave so fast he torpedoes out of the hillside and remains airborne, lasers shooting out of his eyes with such force earth is cleanly cut in two 182081412
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 02/07/2026okay - I have some news. There's a very carefully constructed LinkedIn post (you'll see how carefully if you open it) here: www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-ab... However this isn't LinkedIn, so you get the version Jeni told me I should write:linkedin.comSome news. Again. Starting 31st July, I’m promoted to Professor of Narrative Technologies¹ at the University of the West of England. It’s been a while coming, and a lot of people deserve a nod of…...Some news. Again. Starting 31st July, I’m promoted to Professor of Narrative Technologies¹ at the University of the West of England. It’s been a while coming, and a lot of people deserve a nod of ... 251
Reposted by Tom AbbaGeorge Walkley @georgewalkley.com · 16/06/2026@hbr.org has a new piece on how AI companies should pay fair rates for content, suggesting that the answer is a Hollywood-style profit share: hbr.org/2026/06/how-.... 🤨 I've written a response comparing this with "Hollywood accounting": www.georgewalkley.com/AI-and-Holly...hbr.orgHow AI Companies Can Pay Fair Rates for the Content They NeedFrontier AI models are trained on the accumulated digital output of humanity, which AI companies acquired essentially for free. This is a problem for both AI companies and content creators. For AI com... 002
Reposted by Tom AbbaJohn Self @john-self.bsky.social · 11/06/2026“I’ve read several of Harrison’s novels: not once have I fully understood what was happening, but I keep rushing back for more.” Me on M John Harrison’s The End of Everything, a book that speaks to our time of repeated crises, when disaster follows disaster until something seems permanently broken.thetimes.comThe end of the world (in dry, witty prose)Post-apocalyptic beachcombers, alien invaders and weird jokes — you don’t have to fully understand M John Harrison’s The End of Everything to enjoy it 9429
Reposted by Tom AbbaThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 06/06/2026In an exclusive extract from his new book, The End of Everything, the Warwickshire-born SF visionary pictures the apocalypse, as seen from the shores of Kent Coastal Time: New Fiction by #MJohnHarrison buff.ly/4FDnRjm 22710
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio · 04/06/2026and now we just have Reform. "Hundreds of millions of years ago, England and Wales were home to the biggest scorpion in the world" 000
Reposted by Tom AbbaAdrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Signups are open for Strandfall, an orienteering larp inspired by Stalker and Death Stranding! Set five years after a mysterious disaster unleashes deadly storms, players join a risky expedition to deploy "spatial computers" and put humanity back on its feet. Edinburgh / September 5th / *Free*strandfall.comStrandfall is now open for sign upsSign up to our orienteering-style larp inspired by Stalker and Death Stranding. 13113