In the interests of connecting with people here, I thought I'd do some more #introduction-ing, with some hashtags and a bit more on various cool things I have done or plan to do!
I'm gonna use the "content warning" / metadata field on these so as not to hog people's timeline space.
#FediTips: in Tusky or the web view (& maybe other apps?), there's a little "eye" icon which will "unwrap" _all_ the content wrappers for one thread, in one go.
(you can also set an overall pref for that)
#SingleBass is my main songwriting channel: songs + voice + solo electric bass guitar.
Back in the day, I did a lot of live gigging - inc Glastonbury Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, the old Marquee, a few tours, etc.
In recent years, I've not done so much live, but I'm slowly working my way through recording all the songs:
https://www.single-bass.co.uk/
I'm brewing a covid-careful, beginner-friendly classical string orchestra for #Nottingham, where I live.
I'm pretty sure there are musicians missing out at the moment from lack of covid precautions at events.
I grew up playing classical music, so this is kind of a "back to my roots" :-)
https://mooremusic.org.uk/nbfso/
#Music #AdultLearners #EastMidlands #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #orchestra #covid #access #masks #FFP3 #AirQuality
I have a blog, on a mix of topics - basically anything I get interested in. I don't post very often, although in theory I would like that to change :-)
https://www.uncharted-worlds.org/blog/
Among other kinds of #writing, I enjoy explaining geeky stuff so that not-so-techie people can understand it :-)
Here's a thing I wrote to explain how you can use a CO2 monitor to assess air quality, and how that relates to covid safety:
https://www.uncharted-worlds.org/blog/2021/12/using-a-carbon-dioxide-monitor-to-measure-air-freshness/
#science #SciComm #tech #TechnicalWriting #AirQuality #covid
As well as being a writer and musician myself, I'm fascinated with creative processes in general. I wrote a zine called "Creativity is for everyone", and sometimes I run online sessions with the theme of "Unstick your creativity".
Here's a bit about the zine:
https://www.uncharted-worlds.org/blog/2020/10/creativity-zine-news/
I'm very interested in the emotional/cognitive difficulties for humans of taking in & emotionally accepting the scale and nature of climate change. Why is that so hard for us to think about, and what can make it possible? I want to write more about this in future.
And I'm enthusiastic about renewable energy, active travel and public transport.
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #tech #RenewableEnergy #ActiveTravel #cycling #walking #PublicTransport
I'm on the side of let's _not_ catch covid, and I have had many a rant over the last couple of years about atrocious misinformation propagated by people in positions of power. Done my best to share helpful facts where I could. #CovidIsAirborne!
Vexingly, however, it did get to our household last month. Blogged about that the other day.
https://www.uncharted-worlds.org/blog/2022/11/covid-related-uncertainty/
In the UK, education is legally compulsory for young people - but it doesn't have to be in a school.
"#HomeEducation" can be kind of a misleading name, inasmuch as a lot of it takes place out and about :-)
I've written quite a bit about how non-school education works in principle, & how it can be hindered by bad laws. See e.g.
https://www.uncharted-worlds.org/blog/2009/12/to-trust-or-not-to-trust/
#Education #School #HomeEd #AutonomousLearning #AutonomousEducation #NonSchoolEducation #law
#CleanLanguage (originated by David Grove) is a way of asking questions without accidentally muddling your own presuppositions into the other person's ideas & metaphors. Applications include teamwork/collaboration, healing, planning, all kinds of #communication.
#SystemicModelling (developed by Caitlin Walker) is a way of pooling ideas so everyone can learn.
I'm on a learning curve with these methods: not a complete beginner, not an expert :-)
Lived in NL from the age of 6 to the age of 9.
Voor ongeveer 2 jaar was ik op de Montessori school in Leiden. Toen kwamen we terug naar Engeland, en m'n Nederlands is dus een beetje roestig :-)
I've been out as bi since 1995, and quite a few of my friends are people I met through bi/queer community stuff.
I think a lot about bi erasure, what it takes to come out as bi, how bi people are represented in media, and so on.
Sometimes I run little online gatherings for the #Nottingham bi women (trans-friendly, typically an hour on Zoom on a weekday evening).
#bi #pan #bisexual #pansexual #queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #BisexualErasure
In 2021, I collaborated with John from the London Bisexual Group & Libby from Biscuit, paid by the LGBT Consortium, to research why bi groups were getting so little of the nominally "LGBT" funding.
We actually kind of _knew_ why before we started! and a lot of the same dynamics probably apply to other small volunteer-run groups too. But we talked to people, documented the ins & outs of it, and made recommendations.
https://www.consortium.lgbt/bi-funding-research-2021/
Back in the 1990s when I first came out as bi, Pride would always have stalls selling gay & lesbian-themed merch, & hardly ever anything for the bi people. I started designing bi badges to fill the gap, & this labour of love grew to become the "#IdentityBadges".
Themes include #bisexual, #queer, #trans, #polyam, #kink/#bdsm.
#Asexual Pride & #Pansexual Pride badges coming soon (designed & made, but not yet added to the catalogue page!)
BiCon is the UK bi conference/convention. From 1995 to 2005, I went almost every year, ran workshop sessions, was on the organising team one time.
Then I became disillusioned with its institutional inertia, & decided to limit my time & energy investment in it.
In 2020, I dipped back in & coordinated BiCon's anti-racism review, & did the write-up of it:
https://2020.bicon.org.uk/bicon-anti-racism-review-2020-the-write-up/
I read a lot! I have a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/booktrail) which is/was only for tiny book reviews. I'm not sure at the moment what I'm gonna do with that and whether I'll set up an equivalent here.
I mostly like
- science fiction
- detective stories
- young adult / coming-of-age books
- children's books
- process-geekery books, like how to be on a good team or have a good day or run effective meetings, and that kind of thing.
A small "claim to fame" is that I was a beta-reader for the book #RevoltingProstitutes, by Juno Mac and Molly Smith. There's an acknowledgement in the back of it which I treasure, which says that I "sharpened and clarified" their arguments! How lovely is that.
I recommend it as a useful book if you're interested in that area:
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3039-revolting-prostitutes
Jennifer Moore 😷
Ana Distracted