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Dr Maren Deepwell @marendeepwell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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Thanks to @visualthinkery.bsky.social my contribution for the #ReclaimOpen25 Blog-A-Thon now looks more super! Thanks, Bryan! #Blogging4life #4life reclaimopen.com/session/blog...

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Making sense of Sensemaking... The new edition of The Visual Thinker is out - for those that like to make sense of things... bryanmmathers.com?mailpoet_rou...

A landscape showing a hot air balloon entitled "Characteristics of Sensemaking" - thinking by Karl E. Weich, thinkery by Bryan Mathers.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

It's not unusual for my sense-making cartooning process to produce rhyming triplets it seems... Created along with some other AI reflections for the Visual Thinker > buff.ly/LIXLRwQ #ai #cartoon

Computer says No. Search says Go. AI says hello!

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Sometimes a contrast just presents itself - embedded within a conversation... I enjoyed sense-making with the Mycelial Network at a two-day gathering of people involved in Community Asset Development - distilling out conversational themes as they surfaced...

An cartoon by Bryan Mathers, Visual Thinkery showing a signpost with "Change maker" written below contrasted with a wooden fence with "Gatekeeper" written below.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Monday's webinar on Carbon Finance and Climate Action expertly facilitated by Fauna & Flora, Plan Vivo, and Level was bursting with ideas! — here’s how the visual sense-making evolved in real time...

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WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Now only £27 left on Kickstarter to make our WIP Infinity book happen! Put us over the top and win our limitless gratitude! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

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∞: The new WIP Comics Anthology

∞ (infinity/loop/ouroboros) is the new group anthology from WIP Comics, a UK-based community of independent comic creators.

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Dr Maren Deepwell @marendeepwell.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Love the artwork for @www.reclaimhosting.com ‘s conference created by @visualthinkery.bsky.social . 📮Submissions are open now, submission deadline extended to 15 September 🙌

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Delighted to see Leigh, Geraldine and Sheena's work on Assessment for Inclusion published. Here's a visual thought to emerge from the project: Research buff.ly/jYk9L0a @gravesle.bsky.social @geraldineoneill.bsky.social @sheenahyland.bsky.social

Cartoon, Emoji faces stacked on top of each other in a staggering pile. The emojis at the bottom of the pile are red with sad and disappointed faces, in the middle of the pile they are orange with neutral expressions, and at the top they are yellow smiling happily. hand drawn black Text to the middle right of pile reads "The issue with ranking".

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Make your research come alive with Visual Thinkery - this time using the playful mask of a cartoon character to explore a very serious topic: different types of PhD supervisors! (created for GO-GN Guide to Doctoral Supervision) with @rfarrow.bsky.social. buff.ly/s2lm2ee

Cartoon, ten penguins stand next to each other in two rows of five. Each has their own prop and/or costume relating to their title. The first row of penguins (from left to right) are labelled "The pragmatist, The Philospher, The Unknown, The Explorer and The Maverick." The second row "The Famous Scientist, The Absent Minded Professor, The Wizard, The Maestro and The Master."

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Recently, I've really enjoyed stepping into academic researcher's worlds to bring their thinking and findings to life, like this collaboration with @gravesle.bsky.social and @geraldineoneill.bsky.social at University College Dublin, around their work on Educator use of GenAI. buff.ly/s2lm2ee

Cartoon, a man holds a human skull to his eye-level and says "To use GenAI or not to use GenAI that is the question..."

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Doug Belshaw @dougbelshaw.com · 15/07/2025

Many thanks to @helenbeetham.bsky.social for inviting me onto her podcast to talk about #AI and #DigitalLiteracy - but also ambiguity, vibe coding, and the importance of play. helenbeetham.substack.com/p/doug-belsh... Image CC BY-ND @visualthinkery.bsky.social for @weareopen.coop

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

What an interesting little tool! #DailyRemix by Galgalon Here's a link to the O'meter Remix: buff.ly/k4dU4TB

Cartoon, o-meter tool labelled "Fan-o-Meter" Split into seven sections labelled (Starting left to right) "Epic, Based, Chill, Average, Cringe, Pathetic, Braindead". The needle of the o-meter is pointing to section "Epic" at the bottom left. The band of colour behind the sections of the o-meter is a gradient of bright leaf green to fire engine red.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Ladders, see-saws, giant gas planets and blue whales. Just a few visual metaphors used in this fascinating report on Fiscal Hosting by the Thirty Percy Foundation. It was a pleasure to work with their team! Report >> buff.ly/aFbHHDO

Cartoon, A see-saw with a woman calmly sat on the left side and a man dangling his legs in panic on the right, tipping down to the left and lifting up to the right. Above the woman is text "Power" written in blue. Below the man is text "Risk" written in Red.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The latest edition of the Visual Thinker - about magic hats, HAL9000, cognitive amplification, and lots of AI cartoons... buff.ly/7Ghrfnf #cartoons #ai

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Following on from the recent AI related drawings, here's some magical thinkery from a comment by Helen Beetham during a live conversation on #AI in Education. Image available to use CC-BY-ND here: buff.ly/DZNEeVt

Cartoon, detailed hardback book with raspberry red cover, with white text "An Educator's Repository of ethical statements to opt out and other spells". To the bottom left of the cover a black and white hand pointing up with lines appearing above the finger.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The latest edition of the Visual Thinker - about magic hats, HAL9000, cognitive amplification, and lots of AI cartoons... buff.ly/7Ghrfnf #cartoons #ai

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Is it possible to ethically engage with an unethical tool? Maybe it's naive to call AI a tool - when it consists many tools within many systems... Drawn from a live conversation on #AI with @dougbelshaw.com and @epilepticrabbit.bsky.social Image available to use CC-BY-ND here: buff.ly/DZNEeVt

cartoon, hand drawn black text "Ethically engaging with an Unethical tool". the 'i' in "Ethically" is a daisy flower. To the top left of Text is a yellow closed-eye smiley face emoji with a halo, and to the bottom left of text is a red, angry devil emoji.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

What makes you distinctively human? (It might not be your humour. Still, outsourcing that to #AI might actually be a step forward...) Image available to use CC-BY-ND here: buff.ly/Hy62PmZ

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I'll always enjoy seeing a new Hat Tip Remix popping up on the machine! #DailyRemix by @marendeepwell.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/CwvLm7m Here's a link to Hat Tip Remix: buff.ly/e5NBStC

Hat Tip remix: (cartoon) A hand with fair skin is holding a forest green snap back cap by its mustard yellow brim. On the head of the cap is tangerine orange text "h/t". To the left of the cartoon is text "Thanks for all the blogging!".

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The comments that appear in open dialogue are always worth reflecting on. Here's a Kierkegaard quote from a conversation about #AI in #Education last week. Image available to use CC-BY-ND here: visualthinkery.com/project/ai-f...

Greyscale cartoon of a man with short hair driving a car, one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the gearstick, whilst he checks his rearview mirror and whistles along to a song on the radio. On the dashboard is text "h/t Kierkegaard". Above the cartoon is text "Life is lived forward but it understood backwards" (Kierkegaard quote).

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I had the pleasure of live cartooning a webinar on AI and the future of education. facilitated by ‪‪dougbelshaw.com‬ and ‪epilepticrabbit.bsky.social‬ of weareopen.coop‬. #AILiteracy #AI #Cartoon This is image is available to use under a CC licence here: buff.ly/Hy62PmZ

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

This get-together of huddles focused on social change in Birmingham, UK with @econjusticebrum.bsky.social‬ was truly inspiring! As each huddle spoke, I captured some of the things they pointed to. Here's the session condensed to 30 seconds... #Huddlecraft

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Kin Lane @kinlane.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Got Poppy a new logo for her website from the amazing @visualthinkery.bsky.social <3 <3 <3 <3

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Butterflies are always welcome! #DailyRemix by Simona-Marinela Serban. Here's a link to the Morpho Remix: buff.ly/RCkVeuj

Navy blue square background, Baby pink circle middle ground and a large butterfly taking up most of the square in the foreground. It has ocean blue wings with black lines, baby pink dots at middle tops of the wings and turquoise dots around the edges. The wing pattern similar to a Monarch butterfly.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Ground is just a line. (to a cartoonist anyway...) This was my initial reflection when my intern Gracie sent me a #DoodlePingPong with the prompt "ground". Then I had an idea. I sketched 4 different grounds between my shed (where visual thinkery happens) and my kitchen (where tea-making happens.)

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

What an interesting image created with Voronoi, loving the colours! #DS106 #DailyRemix by Kevin Hodgson Here's a link to the Voronoi Remix: buff.ly/mEF14gb

Voronoi Mosaic remix of a wooden guitar with a metal resonator.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The Project World Remix was created so that I could have a globe, which is fully interactive, to use as an accurate reference for my cartoons. It's been brilliant to see how people have used this resource over the years! #DailyRemix #Globe Here's a link to the Project World Remix: buff.ly/LgwjP5T

Zoomed in picture of England and Ireland on the globe, the countries are pink with white outlines and the ocean is blue.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

If you're wondering what station keeps bees on its roof and has a fancy piano donated from the man Elton John himself... It's St. Pancras! Well done to everyone who guessed correctly during this weeks Remix Countdown challenge. #DailyRemix #Trainstations Underground Remix: buff.ly/JMR7Nbl

Underground Roundel Remix: The circle outline is firetruck red and the rectangular banner is navy blue with white text "St. Pancras"

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Here is todays clue, created with the new Underground Remix, to help you try and guess one particularly well known train station, before all is revealed tomorrow... Good luck! #DailyRemix #Trains #Trainstation Underground Remix: buff.ly/JMR7Nbl

Underground Roundel Remix: The circle outline is firetruck red and the rectangular banner is navy blue with white text "Elton's Piano".

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Here's a twist on the Remixer Countdown challenge, using the new Underground Remix model! This week, each day I will post a different Underground Roundel, acting as a clue to help you guess a certain famous station... This is todays clue, good luck! #DailyRemix Underground Remix: buff.ly/JMR7Nbl

Underground Roundel Remix: The circle outline is mustard yellow and the rectangular banner is black with white text "Bzzzzz Bzzz".

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I've been drawing cogs and levers recently for the API Evangelist, @kinlane.bsky.social - who is always a pleasure to work with. Press play to start the machine... #Animation #Machines

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Well now, those little bundles of fluff are very sweet! #DailyRemix by Sarah Puckett Here's a link to the Postcard Remix: buff.ly/9dK0pmW

Postcard Remix with a picture of two Canadian geese and three chicks, floating together in a lake, with message "Here is a picture of some geese and their babies that I saw in St.Catharines. Cuties!" 'Sent' from St.Catharines - Niagara, Ontario, Canada.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

What a splendid view! #ds106 #DailyRemix by @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social here's a link to the Voronoi Remix: buff.ly/wlpIDEv

A landscape photo distorted by small triangles with thin white outlines, together they form the scene of a beige coloured gothic church surrounded by a variety of different trees, in the background is a clear blue sky.

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

What a lovely message of appreciation using the Hat tip Remix! I always enjoy seeing all the different ways people express their gratitude for one another using this Remix. @oeglobal.bsky.social #DailyRemix by Todd Conaway Here's a link to Hat tip Remix: buff.ly/ZaqixV3

Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I love how cartoons can be playful but not childish, with various types of humour working on multiple levels. These cartoons bring to life research on Social Justice Pedagogies, from a conversation for visual ideas with Antonio Calderón and the team at @unioflimerick.bsky.social buff.ly/uD3OYyS

Cartoon featuring a board game titled "Social justice in the classroom" from the Toolkit for Teacher Educators to Embrace Social Justice Pedagogies project.

Cartoon featuring a dinosaur fossil being dug up from the Toolkit for Teacher Educators to Embrace Social Justice Pedagogies project.

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Bryan Mathers @visualthinkery.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It's finally time to reveal the images behind last weeks Remix Challenge, with the theme being celebrating the return of the sun! Well done to everyone who guessed correctly. #DailyRemix Here's a link to the Voronoi Remix: buff.ly/ZQWWmMK

The Beatles Abby Road album cover, Sunflowers by Van Gogh, Roy Ayers everybody loves the sunshine album cover and a movie poster for Little Miss Sunshine. Above is their distorted versions made up of many small triangles using the Voronoi Remix.