#blogging4life — Public Fediverse posts

New blog post: "Hard Rain Falling" https://bavatuesdays.com/hard-rain-falling/ #books #reflection #blogging4life

Books fall apart. Literally. 📚

Old paperbacks, book repair, libraries as archives, and what it means to preserve books in an age when so much knowledge is endlessly mutable.

A small revolution: keeping the books alive.
https://bavatuesdays.com/books-fall-apart/ #blogging4life

We wrapped our 6-film 90s international indie series on Family Pictures Podcast with Gianni Amelio’s *Il ladro di bambini*.

What started as a tour through some great films turned into something much more interesting: a running argument about family, the state, corruption, class, institutions, and what happens when systems stop serving the people they were designed for.

https://bavatuesdays.com/family-and-the-state-thats-a-wrap/

#blaugust #blogging4life #Film #1990sCinema #FamilyPicturesPodcast

https://youtu.be/RAimlr4J_XQ?si=L7N7XkY99GsN0dV6

Back in 2009, @twoodwar, @blamb, and I did a bit called Uncanny Learning in which I played a salesman from the future selling “education insurance” because higher ed had gotten completely out of control.

Fast forward to 2026, and I just got an email offering tuition insurance for my daughter’s college.

The future is stupid.

https://bavatuesdays.com/education-insurance-is-real/ #blaugust #blogging4life

New Couch to 4K! This time Mike Caulfield and I talk Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva (1981), the death throes of the gritty 1970s aesthetic, Blow Out, Body Double, and the emergence of the slick, object-fetishizing 1980s.

Mike brings the film theory; I bring the high-dollar fact checking :)

https://bavatuesdays.com/diva-1981-and-the-birth-of-1980s-pop-art-cinema/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayLXnjg2J4&t=496s
#blaugust #blogging4life #couchto4k

A bit late, but that’s how it goes in the dog-eat-god world of blogging :)

On July 28th, Reclaim Hosting finished its 13th year in business. Thirteen years! Still kind of unbelievable.

A quick post about dumb luck, good people, gratitude, and everyone who has helped make this weird little adventure possible.

You rule, we drool. https://bavatuesdays.com/reclaims-lucky-13th/ cc @reclaimhosting #blaugust #blogging4life

New. blog post: "Polyphemus" https://bavatuesdays.com/polyphemus/ Finally caught Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in IMAX. Loved it—but what really got me was Polyphemus and the practical-effects lineage running through Ray Harryhausen and, maybe, Mario Bava. A little speculation about Cyclopes, Italian TV, Ulysses, and how culture is always talking to itself. #blaugust #blogging4life #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #MarioBava #RayHarryhausen #Film https://youtu.be/xhGWo-RVHx4?si=UUkKc2jb9oLMlDQA&t=2407

New blog post: "State of the Family" https://bavatuesdays.com/state-of-the-family/ #blaugust #blogging4life #fpp

New blog post: "It’s 10PM: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" https://bavatuesdays.com/its-10pm-do-you-know-where-your-children-are/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJeBbhPYBs #blogging4life #blaugust

NEW POST: The Politics of Care
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/08-05-the-politics-of-care/
More thoughts on contemporary politics and the growing sense that something is missing from what's currently on offer.

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New blog post: "Couch to 4K" https://bavatuesdays.com/couch-to-4k/ #blaugust #blogging4life

New blog post: "Raise the Red Lantern" https://bavatuesdays.com/raise-the-red-lantern/ #blogging4life #blaugust

NEW POST: July 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/08-01-july-2026/
A new job and another ride around the sun.

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NEW POST: Culture is Complex
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/08-04-culture-is-complex/
One of the things I keep coming back to is how poorly we understand culture as a system – and how that misunderstanding shapes the way we respond when something goes wrong.

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New blog post: "A Movie-Filled Blaugust" https://bavatuesdays.com/a-movie-filled-blaugust/ #blogging4life #blaugust

NEW POST: Labor are the new conservatives
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/08-03-labor-are-the-new-conservatives/
When the political party, with its roots in the labour movement, no longer represents workers' needs, what has it become? With a lack of ideas and an agenda devoid of progress and change, I'd suggest that it's now the conservative party.

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NEW POST: Blaugust
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/08-02-blaugust/
Long time blogger, first time Blaugger

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NEW POST: July 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/07-31-july-2026/
A new job and another ride around the sun.

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NEW POST: June 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/07-02-june-2026/
The lows and highs of midwinter

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NEW POST: May 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/06-02-may-2026/
Plenty of signal and plenty of rain.

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#daily #photos This is so easy I feel embarrassed mentioning it #Clmooc #DS106 # #blogging4life https://nomadwarmachine.co.uk/2026/05/31/5-months-of-photos-2026/

New blog post: "Building a Blog You Can Walk Into" https://bavatuesdays.com/building-a-blog-you-can-walk-into/ #blogging4life

NEW POST: When the Noise is the Signal
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/05-19-when-the-noise-is-the-signal/
The media has become a noise machine. The only way to find the signal is to connect with the people on the other end.

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NEW POST: AI as UI
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/05-14-ai-as-ui/
While the generative components of AI capture the headlines, perhaps the chat interface is the more interesting.

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NEW POST: Why the Canvas hack was innevitable
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/05-10-why-the-canvas-hack-was-innevitable/
While the news focuses on the hack, I wish we'd talk about the decision-making that made this thing an inevitability.

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NEW POST: April 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/05-05-april-2026/
April's been another great month. Everything just seems to feel stable at the moment.

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Four months of #photos #photoaday for 2026 #blogging4life #4life #ds106 https://nomadwarmachine.co.uk/2026/05/02/four-months-of-daily-photos-2026/

NEW POST: All in the Verbs
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/04-11-all-in-the-verbs/
Continuing on my work on a three-dimensional approach to Blooms – time to tackle the verbs.

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NEW POST: All in the Verbs
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/04-10-all-in-the-verbs/
Continuing on my work on a three-dimensional approach to Blooms – time to tackle the verbs.

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NEW POST: To the Dark Side
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/04-10-to-the-dark-side/
Tweaking the website - adding a dark mode and moving CSS to more modern and vanilla.

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NEW POST: March 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/04-08-march-2026/
Mad March has been, genuinely, a good month.

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NEW POST: Beyond the Cognitive: Rethinking Bloom’s Taxonomy
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/03-20-beyond-the-cognitive:-rethinking-bloom's-taxonomy/
A case for expanding Bloom’s familiar triangle to include the Affective and Operative domains — and why it matters for modern education.

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NEW POST: A little glitch
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/03-13-a-little-glitch/
Adding a little visual flair to reflect the times we're in.

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NEW POST: February 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/03-08-february-2026/
OK - so now I'm ready for the new year!

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New blog post: "On Writing with Laura Hilliger" https://bavatuesdays.com/on-writing-with-laura-hilliger/ https://www.youtube.com/live/OqMu8JJesUc #blogging4life cc @epilepticrabbit

NEW POST: January 2026
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/01-31-january-2026/
2026 kicks off with a sniffle.

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NEW POST: 2025 December
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/01-02-2025-december/
Rounding out the year.

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NEW POST: 2025 December
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/01-01-2025-december/
Rounding out the year.

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NEW POST: 2025 November
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2026/01-01-2025-november/
I am still catching up on the year that was!

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Wiobyrne/115803439303021759

@dogtrax @nomadwarmachine @cogdog @jgmac1106

#blogging4life #init4eachother #SignpostSessions here we go!

@Wiobyrne @dogtrax @cogdog @jgmac1106 sounds great! We can share with the #blogging4life community as well

Today is our Blogging Community of Practice Holiday Special. Time to say a BIG thank you to all our contributors, speakers, guests and most importantly all you bloggers out there #blogging4life #4life

Today's Daily Create:
#tdc5087 #ds106 Blogging Community of Practice celebrates a year of #blogging4life
https://daily.ds106.us/tdc5087/

Today the Reclaim Hosting Blogging Community of Practice celebrates turning one year old. Join us, if you are free, and celebrate with us. If you are not free to tune into the meeting, why not design a digital card for the community and share it with the #blogging4life hashtag?

Happy Birthday flickr photo by docoverachiever shared under a Creative Commons (BY 2.0) license

Or go in the kitchen […]

#DailyCreate #Cogdog #NomadWarMachine #blogging4life #tdc5087

New blog post: "But is it blog worthy?" https://bavatuesdays.com/but-is-it-blog-worthy/ #bava4000 #blogging4life

New blog post: "3,976" https://bavatuesdays.com/3976-2/ #blogging4life

Day 1 of #ReclaimOpen25 has been a lot of fun already, and there is a little more blogging goodness still on the schedule for today. Read, comment and connect as we keep the blog posts coming #blogging4life #4life https://reclaimopen.com/

#ReclaimOpen25 starts with our first ever Blog-A-Thon, or 12 hours of blogging #blogging4life #4life! Register now to join us on November 4-6, and start reading, commenting and discussions to reclaim the open web (one blog at a time) https://reclaimopen.com/schedule/