For: Joan Westenberg https://www.joanwestenberg.com/ Rebecca was the anonymous, eponymous hero/ine of a series of uprisings, “The Rebecca Riots,” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Riots) in West Wales, against the imposition of tolls by landowners over whose lands traditional drovers roads passed. This mixes up pieces of the Internet today: AI, large language models (LLMs), and the “open Web” with The … Continue reading Spelling wool
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Reciting at BYOB Poetry, Box Park, Wembley
Spoken word reading the script?
Reading is less cool than reciting from memory. Of course you all know I am in complete denial about my age, but it is weird, recently I have actually started to feel my brain failing to form short-term memories. The short term is about 5 seconds and then it is like fractals dissolving. I saw … Continue reading Spoken word reading the script?
Dear Green Party
A consequence of a 5x increase in members for local parties is that no longer does everyone in the Green party know everyone else in the Green Party. New members don't have local tacit knowledge. The local campaign launch I attended, was billed as "meet the candidates." There was a lot of excitement. I understand … Continue reading Dear Green Party
Urgent. Boycott meta?
Boycotts work. But, how can we possibly boycott meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp?) A day without meta? Imagine. But the time to do that was in 2006. And besides, Palantir is now embedded in the apparatus of governance, AWS owns the wires. Elon has the sky-comms (Starlink) and oil-cos keep the fires of progress burning aboriginal … Continue reading Urgent. Boycott meta?
Total Information Awareness (TIA)
Now, says Zack Polanski, is not the time to say I told you so, however...
… and post an old poem, new to this site
I wrote the poem "Total Information Awareness" in 2005. It was published in 2014. I have read it many times at poetry open mics and slams. What we are seeing in 2025, particularly the persecution of migrants, has been in production for more than 20 years. I knew. “We all” had the means by which … Continue reading … and post an old poem, new to this site
I am Palestine Action
Not hiding behind the "we are..." Who "we" anyway? Count me. This shit has gone on for, what? About 76 years. Silence is compliant.
Jack in the Pulpit
Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum L. Shot) Smart robe Jack-the-preacher pops up in spring wearing i-tal colours black, gold and green.
Intentions and actions
How much do I want that stage? I went to the Verve Poetry Festival celebration of spoken word open-mic culture in Birmingham. A showcase event for four crews. I knew - to nod to at least - some on stage and audience. I have performed for some. I put my name in the hat for … Continue reading Intentions and actions
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