Hanna Chalmers

Hanna Chalmers

@specialhan.bsky.social

Exuberant founder and MD: www.theculturestudio.co.uk ex BBC/Universal Music/Ipsos MORI. Trustee. Parent. Researcher. Thinks/writes about media, music, brands, society. Edge of East London dweller.

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Hanna Chalmers
@specialhan.bsky.social

I enjoyed writing this piece about why we might be witnessing a return to the spirit of punk (written pre Glastonbury punk uproar!) #punk #culturematters #alienation #rage

Tim LeRoy@dirtmeetsthewater.bsky.social

"The spirit of punk is brave and uncompromising and in the current context, it is a radical act. Especially knowing that mainstream media will coalesce to ridicule you, silence you or bring you down." Great post by Hanna Chalmers @drownedinsound.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/why-we-might...

drownedinsound.orgWhy we might be witnessing a return to the spirit of PunkHanna Chalmers can see the re-emergence of the spirit of punk across music, climate change activists, tech, art and politics...

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Greg Williams
@gregwilliams718.bsky.social

So @WIRED is removing paywalls for our reporting based on freedom of information requests. We’re a for-profit media outlet, but we’ve decided to strike a balance between business and public interest. freedom.press/issues/wired...

freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Jack White
@officialjackwhite.bsky.social

"Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a very courageous man who deserves the support of the world. He has taken on the struggle of his people and his country with valor and honor. May God bless his path forward and his eventual victory against tyranny." -III #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy #zelensky

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Rob Ford
@robfordmancs.bsky.social

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government

theguardian.comDon’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge governmentMore than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to ­wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’ Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen…
Hanna Chalmers
@specialhan.bsky.social

Any band dragging their instruments through Epping Forest gets a big thumbs up from me. #eppingforest

The Quietus@thequietus.com

Dragging their instruments through Epping Forest, members of Firestations and The Leaf Library team up with Marlody and Hannah Reeves to evoke a troubled exurban environment #MirroredDaughters - S/T https://buff.ly/4i4UzLN @fikarecordings.com

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History Workshop
@historyworkshop.org.uk

Why are women drawn to fascist ideologies and movements? Daniel Jones (@narson.bsky.social) reflects on his timely rediscovery of a History Workshop talk given by the late Martin Durham in 1983.

historyworkshop.org.ukWomen in the British Union of FascistsWhy are women drawn to fascist ideologies and movements? The timely rediscovery of Martin Durham's talk - given to History Workshop in 1983, looking back to the 1930s - speaks to pressing questions to...

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Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social

I want everyone who said they couldn't vote for Harris, because her policies didn't go far enough in one or several areas, and concluded "they're all the same", to make themselves a little scrapbook over the next four years. As an aide-mémoire for next time.

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Chuck D
@chuckdpe.bsky.social

Is it a toy or a tool? Is it a shield or a weapon for you? Do you build on it or destroy, construct or destruct?Do you use it to hate or congratulate?Really think about your phone gadget and device are you digitally addicted to sickness? Manage your gadgets and your time or else it will masterYou

Hanna Chalmers
@specialhan.bsky.social

I'm dreaming of a day when Die Workwear becomes this influential and boys around the UK feel liberated from their imposed uniforms of #greytrackiesandablackpuffa

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social

The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood

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History Workshop
@historyworkshop.org.uk

How do individual narratives of school meals reflect broader societal change? @heatherlwellis.bsky.social and Isabelle Carter collect interegenerational oral histories of school dinners @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social, from Glasgow's play pieces to mum's fish paste sandwiches. www.historyworkshop....

historyworkshop.org.ukSchool Meals StoriesWhether loved or loathed, school meals have been a fixture of British childhood for generations. Heather Ellis and Isabelle Carter discuss what the history of school meals can tell us about broader social and cultural change.
Hanna Chalmers
@specialhan.bsky.social

Not much (erm maybe nothing) I've ever agreed with Sarah Vine on but her point on R4 this morning about most middle aged women being resilient to sexist stuff having grown up in the 90's really resonated - I think I'm much tolerant than many younger women (not saying a good thing) to sexist 'bants'

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Ray Newman
@raynewman.bsky.social

This highlights something important: machine learning is being used for this kind of thing, and is good at it. For example, my brother has used it to find potentially dangerous and practically invisible faults in composite materials. But ChatGPT and Midjourney are easier to grasp and more "Wow!"

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Stephen Bush
@stephenkb.bsky.social

“If you choose to leave the world’s biggest trading bloc and drift gently around in the Atlantic — and are not sure whether you want to join an American regulatory regime for trade or the EU one — it’s going to leave you looking very isolated.”

ft.comThe UK’s high-wire act between the US and EuropePost-Brexit Britain faces stark strategic choices with Trump taking office. Walking a line between both powers will be tricky
Hanna Chalmers
@specialhan.bsky.social

Beautiful piece and accompanying images...As someone that has spent a lot of time driving on the Autobahn this year...

Tim Jonze@timjonze.bsky.social

50 years ago this month, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn changed pop music forever. I drove from Bonn to Hamburg to capture the iconic road's sights and sounds – and work out why nobody in Dusseldorf seemed bothered about the band (and yes this WAS a dream commission!) www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

theguardian.com‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s AutobahnFifty years ago, the electronic legends released a 23-minute song about a road – and changed pop music for ever. Our writer hits the speed-limit-free highways of Düsseldorf and Hamburg in search of it...

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