Mark Leahy

Every minute without a strong statement from the Irish government about the arson and attempted murder in Drogheda is another minute of silent acquiescence to the far right - by remaining silent, the govt is making it very clear which side they are on.
Everyone who is here, belongs here.
#SpeirGorm

HELP SAVE REFURNISH - a really great project for Devon, for recycling, for the community ... 8 days left to reach their Crowdfunder goal! www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/save-refur...

Are you a live artist or practitioner eager to explore how and why you make?

Applications for Do It Together are now open!

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⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm

#DIT2026

This Trump-ally billionaire's my neighbour. He's collecting estates: Conholt, Hippenscombe (of Ravilious fame) & Buttermere, & rents the one I live on, filling it with pheasants. A piece in the Telegraph seems to say locals 'mostly like' what he's doing. Not met one yet. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...

Unreal. "Forwarding these names, a well-known practice from the McCarthy Era, may well subject a number of faculty, staff, or students to widespread surveillance—a breathtaking breach of trust, ethics, and justice."

- Judith Butler, whose name was among the 160 shared with the Trump administration

Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”

Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.

It’s about space & safety.

Motion Motion to approve the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 - Yvette Cooper

This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.

"Talking Walls moves through the Black queer spaces of Detroit, Philly, + NYC, tracing the architecture of queer resistance + joy. Through voice + archival fragments, the 📽️ honours the remnants of homes + hidden places where touch, language + memory hold defiant histories of survival + belonging."

Spent a lovely calming half hour reading through the accounts of a certain Noisy, PR-Heavy Arts Organisation that appeared out of the blue 4 years ago and hoovered up all the arts funding; thought at the time it seemed like a racket, and, you guys, you'll never guess what!!

it was totally a racket

BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

🚨New - BBC Bosses Plot to Suck Up to Farage: Davie and Execs 'To Rig Story Selection' to Win Over Reform Voters!
They plot to bend the news for Farage, as Director Davie and execs draw up plans to tweak ‘story selection’ and drama output to win over Reform UK voters👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

The infographic compares different worldviews and value systems between an instrumental towards a relational way of being in the world.

From 'living from a river' as a resource to 'living as a river' as part of us: how different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the way people interact with and value nature. A fascinating infographic by @ipbes.net

Not sure if Palantir is a household name. It's time to resuscitate + integrate a decade's worth of warnings about these folks — e.g.,...

www.wired.com/story/how-pe...

www.bloomberg.com/features/201...

www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The "legitimate concerns" narrative told us that opposition to immigration was popularly held, a fixed reality to be deferred to, and that support for immigration was marginal and elitist.

Wrong on multiple levels, and also helped radicalise big chunks of the political class towards the far right.

The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit. Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts. The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly. What I had experienced was finally starting to make sense. This is not just my story. It is the story of thousands and thousands of people still trapped in a system that profits from their suffering. I am writing in the hope that someone out there – someone with the power to change any of this – can help do something.

Like Direct Provision in Ireland, run by Aramark, ICE is a scam to make billionaires richer.

My thoughts and reflections on Joakim Norling's announcement of the closure of @timglaseteditions.bsky.social : derekbeaulieu.ca/2025/03/16/t...
and thank you so much Joakim -- your vision and dedication has been inspirational.

paresthesia (face) 2016 An embroidery of the outline of a face in bone coloured thread on bone coloured linen. The forehead, cheeks, jaws, and temples are covered in filigree lines in dark blues, greens, and yellows. There are French knots spaced out along the lips. Lines of beige strands of thread are strung from the knots across the face in a geometric formation.

For this #InternationalWomensDay I’m sharing one of my symptomatology embroideries, paresthesia (face) (2016). Paresthesias are tingling sensations. Mine are caused by #MECFS, a disease affecting mostly women, and the symptoms are often ignored or not taken seriously because of medical misogyny. 🧶

a teal banner with mustard yellow headline reading 'KINections' and with a subheader 'a funded professional development project for rurally based emerging artists in Devon and Cornwall' with lower right the logos of The Fenton Trust and Arts Council England and CAMP Membership.

OPEN CALL for KINections - a professional development project for rurally based emerging artists in Devon and Cornwall. details at www.camp-membership.org/open-call-fo... Deadline March 24th #artscouncilengland #devonandcornwall #contemporaryart #professionaldevelopment #artistopportunity

I wasn't going to do more posts about my crowdfunder, but as I'm only £36 from my target I figured I'd give it another shout out. If you are able to share I'd appreciate it. In exactly a week I will be starting my 22hr journey to an art residency in #Arctic Norway and I'm feeling anxious!

Radio. / .Radio, 1992/93 #WorldRadioDay

"...ordinarily glassine is not used like conventional ‘paper’ but in single leaves, it is accumulated here to make a bookblock..."

p.39/p.40, 'Manifold / Colin Sackett, publishing 1984–2024' uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php

"The polarity of total availability created by ubuweb, monoskop, aaaaarg, and the commercial aggression and self-interest of Amazon, can be turned on and off at a click, the inherent moral politics as plain as day."
p.152 'Above': uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php
ubu.com

A close up photograph of a silver palstic dictaphone on a green cutting mat, overlaid in the upper section with a pale blue rounded rectangle; the text within the rectangle reads - "thriceness: name, voice, and gesture / who it is we are and how we tell this"

This evening at The Three of Cups on Penryn High Street, Shelley Hodgson and I will present 'thriceness: Name., Voice, and Gesture' as the latest episode of The Convivial conversation series coordinated by Sophie Craven.

Doors open 1800hrs.
Tickets via www.theconvivial.co.uk/upcoming-talks

A light blue square, with a dark mustard coloured card in the lower portion; the card reads "hello, my name is" in white text, and there is a white empty rectangle below the text.

On Thursday 6th of February, Shelley Hodgson and I will present, 'Thriceness: Name, Voice, and Gesture - who it is we are and how we tell this' as one of The Convivial series of conversations. 6-10PM, Three of Cups, 20 Lower Market Street, Penryn. Tickets via: www.theconvivial.co.uk/mark-and-she...

This 👇👇👇

AI (or really, LLMs) is destroying our planet. Or more specifically, we are destroying our planet at an exponential rate by using AI. AI isn’t the problem, we are

Tomorrow marks a year from the far right sponsored Dublin Riot. Kimberly Campanello’s essay ‘The Irish Long Poem | The Long Poem in Ireland’, published in London’s Long Poem Magazine earlier this year, looks at my 2019 book/poem THIS IS NO LONGER ENTERTAINMENT partly in light of the riot:

The Methods that Make Us — Are.na Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.

Protective Style: "'a way of keeping safe from harm, that expresses an attitude or culture.'... The material methods I’ve focused on — braiding/beading, weaving/quilting, + wrapping/covering — function as longstanding practices for retaining [Black] culture and facilitating safety."

exciting to see this heading to publication!

thank you Natalie!

a white male figure crawls across a grassy field pushing a shiny metal bucket with his head; he is wearing maroon shorts and a white plastic fertiliser sack; there are trees and a grey cloudy sky in the background;

on Thurs Jan 25 I will present 'cream of the crop', a short performance as part of SOAK Live Art at Leadworks, Rendle St, Plymouth; the event begins at 7pm and runs til late including work from @cavepoet.bsky.social; tickets and info via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/soak-live-... #plymouth

Two large books, and one smaller Califon booklet in a black box

Volume one, depicting, a woman, sitting in a desk, typing on a keyboard, with arcs of light tracing where her fingers have traveled

I remember contributing, like, five or six years ago to Marcin Wichary’s Kickstarter for Shift Happens, his history of the typewriter. I came home tonight to find it waiting for me. What a beauty! What a feat!