https://blog.zoyander.cc/ en Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:41:26 +0100 https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/22/drawtober-day-fungus-collector-l.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:41:26 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/22/drawtober-day-fungus-collector-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 22: Fungus collector</p> <p>L1: High Eye (ash-k.itch.io) L2: Lewis, M. F. (1860). <a href="www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/171551">Fungi collected in Shropshire and other neighbourhoods.</a> L3: f(x,y) = (-((~x) + (17 - x))) - (((x | 9) + (y &amp; y)) * ((-y) | (~x))) L4: Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober22.png" alt="Illustration of two mushrooms, one upright and one upside down to show the gills. Rendered in bright red, yellow, cyan and blue, with black shadows and an occasional green glow. The image is broken into four quadrants, each coloured slightly differently. Rough marks around the outside of the image also glow in many colours. Label reads '1881 6th Oct Shawbury Heath, Russula Rosacea'"> #drawtober2026 Day 22: Fungus collector L1: High Eye (ash-k.itch.io) L2: Lewis, M. F. (1860). [Fungi collected in Shropshire and other neighbourhoods.](www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/171551) L3: f(x,y) = (-((~x) + (17 - x))) - (((x | 9) + (y & y)) * ((-y) | (~x))) L4: Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober22.png" alt="Illustration of two mushrooms, one upright and one upside down to show the gills. Rendered in bright red, yellow, cyan and blue, with black shadows and an occasional green glow. The image is broken into four quadrants, each coloured slightly differently. Rough marks around the outside of the image also glow in many colours. Label reads '1881 6th Oct Shawbury Heath, Russula Rosacea'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/21/drawtober-day-fungus-collector-l.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:42:17 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/21/drawtober-day-fungus-collector-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 21: Fungus Collector</p> <p>L1: Ink print of zigzags carved into parsnip L2: Lewis, M. F. (1860) Fungi collected in Shropshire and other neighbourhoods L3: f(x,y) = ((((x % 11) ^ (y / x)) / ((x &amp; x) / (-x))) ^ ((-(-y)) / (-(7 &amp; y)))) % 7 L4: Great Artist</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober21.png" width="600" height="600" alt="The form of a mushroom with many finger-like parts reaching upwards set in red and black, against a background of pixels that appear as though bubbling up from a dark mass below. Multicoloured lights seem to glow within the mushroom. It is labelled 'Clavaria [redacted] Fastigiale'."> #drawtober2026 Day 21: Fungus Collector L1: Ink print of zigzags carved into parsnip L2: Lewis, M. F. (1860) Fungi collected in Shropshire and other neighbourhoods L3: f(x,y) = ((((x % 11) ^ (y / x)) / ((x & x) / (-x))) ^ ((-(-y)) / (-(7 & y)))) % 7 L4: Great Artist #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober21.png" width="600" height="600" alt="The form of a mushroom with many finger-like parts reaching upwards set in red and black, against a background of pixels that appear as though bubbling up from a dark mass below. Multicoloured lights seem to glow within the mushroom. It is labelled 'Clavaria [redacted] Fastigiale'."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/20/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:48:46 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/20/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 20: Stitched Together</p> <p>L1: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((~(~(9 + y))) ^ (((8 * y) + (-y)) | ((y % x) ^ (23 / x)))) % 13 L2: Embroidered needlecase, 1843, England. V&amp;A Collections L3: Ink print of zigzags carved into parsnip L4: Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <p><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/cad7513549.png" alt=" Black embroidery from a needlecase against a red, black, and white glitch art background overlaid with noise and horizontal lines, and highlighted by rough triangle shapes across the top and bottom. The embroidery is half of a message, the other half present on the other side of the needlecase. This half reads 'Sacred to the [Indistinct] Partridge this Life May', followed by a symbol of a crown, framed in a zigzag pattern."></p> #drawtober2026 Day 20: Stitched Together L1: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((~(~(9 + y))) ^ (((8 * y) + (-y)) | ((y % x) ^ (23 / x)))) % 13 L2: Embroidered needlecase, 1843, England. V&A Collections L3: Ink print of zigzags carved into parsnip L4: Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/cad7513549.png" alt=" Black embroidery from a needlecase against a red, black, and white glitch art background overlaid with noise and horizontal lines, and highlighted by rough triangle shapes across the top and bottom. The embroidery is half of a message, the other half present on the other side of the needlecase. This half reads 'Sacred to the [Indistinct] Partridge this Life May', followed by a symbol of a crown, framed in a zigzag pattern."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/19/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/19/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 19: Stitched together</p> <p>L1: Text from Helen R. Hull (1917) Blight L2: f(x,y) = ((((y * 12) | (20 / x)) * (~(y &amp; 8))) * (((-x) * (x / y)) % ((x ^ x) ^ (13 * y)))) % 9 L3: Satin bag embroidered with trees and animals, 19th Century, V&amp;A Collections L4: Great Artist</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober19.png" alt="Embroidered bare tree with branches like creeping hands, and a squirrel-like indistinct creature, rendered in neon pink, purple, and teal. Blood red flecks light up the background. Pixel glitches give the impression of rays of light. On the left, the text 'A shaft of sunlight struck through the arches of the firs, touched his fair hair, slipped along the column of his neck.'"> #drawtober2026 Day 19: Stitched together L1: Text from Helen R. Hull (1917) Blight L2: f(x,y) = ((((y * 12) | (20 / x)) * (~(y & 8))) * (((-x) * (x / y)) % ((x ^ x) ^ (13 * y)))) % 9 L3: Satin bag embroidered with trees and animals, 19th Century, V&A Collections L4: Great Artist #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober19.png" alt="Embroidered bare tree with branches like creeping hands, and a squirrel-like indistinct creature, rendered in neon pink, purple, and teal. Blood red flecks light up the background. Pixel glitches give the impression of rays of light. On the left, the text 'A shaft of sunlight struck through the arches of the firs, touched his fair hair, slipped along the column of his neck.'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/18/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:41:50 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/18/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 18: Stitched Together</p> <p>L1: Text from Helen R. Hull (1926) The Playboy<br> L2: Curtain border, 18th-19th century, V&amp;A Collection<br> L3: Ink printing from crumpled tissue paper<br> L4: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober18.png" width="600" height="600" alt="Needlework rendered in neon dances across a deep purple background that evokes nightlife. Text on the right reads 'humming softly through his blood, beating in his heart, in a vague chaos of tenderness.'"> #drawtober2026 Day 18: Stitched Together L1: Text from Helen R. Hull (1926) The Playboy L2: Curtain border, 18th-19th century, V&A Collection L3: Ink printing from crumpled tissue paper L4: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober18.png" width="600" height="600" alt="Needlework rendered in neon dances across a deep purple background that evokes nightlife. Text on the right reads 'humming softly through his blood, beating in his heart, in a vague chaos of tenderness.'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/17/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:49:37 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/17/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 17: Stitched together</p> <p>L1: Georgiana Houghton (1882) Chronicles of the Photographs of Spiritual Beings L2: Great Artist L3: Machine embroidered textile, 1923. V&amp;A Collections<br> L4: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((((7 ^ y) ^ (20 % x)) - (~(-x))) % (~((x | x) &amp; (8 | y)))) % 3</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober17.png" alt="A ghostly figure is seen amid the interference between two geometric patterns: one stitched with an early embroidery machine, the other generated from an equation. Colour washes of pink/red above and blue/black below saturate the image."> #drawtober2026 Day 17: Stitched together L1: Georgiana Houghton (1882) Chronicles of the Photographs of Spiritual Beings L2: Great Artist L3: Machine embroidered textile, 1923. V&A Collections L4: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((((7 ^ y) ^ (20 % x)) - (~(-x))) % (~((x | x) & (8 | y)))) % 3 #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober17.png" alt="A ghostly figure is seen amid the interference between two geometric patterns: one stitched with an early embroidery machine, the other generated from an equation. Colour washes of pink/red above and blue/black below saturate the image."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/16/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:13:18 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/16/drawtober-day-stitched-together-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 16: Stitched together</p> <p>L1: Lewis F Day (1900) Art in Needlework L2: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((-((y | x) / (2 - y))) / (((y * y) &amp; (-x)) ^ ((~x) % (y % y)))) % 3 L3: Embroidered valance, 1700s, Greek. V&amp;A Collections L4: Turmeric print of bubble wrap L5: Great Artist</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober16.png" alt="Embroidery of plants with birds and animals in between, in black and neon green. Pixel clouds, a pale blue sky, and scorched ground. Barely visible, in the sky is written 'the piquancy about natural or other forms thus reduced to angularity argues, of course, no affectation of quaintness.'"> #drawtober2026 Day 16: Stitched together L1: Lewis F Day (1900) Art in Needlework L2: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((-((y | x) / (2 - y))) / (((y * y) & (-x)) ^ ((~x) % (y % y)))) % 3 L3: Embroidered valance, 1700s, Greek. V&A Collections L4: Turmeric print of bubble wrap L5: Great Artist #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober16.png" alt="Embroidery of plants with birds and animals in between, in black and neon green. Pixel clouds, a pale blue sky, and scorched ground. Barely visible, in the sky is written 'the piquancy about natural or other forms thus reduced to angularity argues, of course, no affectation of quaintness.'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/15/l-fxy-x-y-x.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:44:15 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/15/l-fxy-x-y-x.html <p>L1: f(x,y) = (((x &amp; y) * (x % x)) + ((x &amp; y) &amp; (~y))) - (((22 + x) &amp; (y * x)) | ((x ^ y) ^ (-x))) L2: f(x,y) = (((~(5 | y)) ^ ((y % x) * (y * x))) &amp; (((19 / y) - (x ^ x)) % ((y ^ 14) - (x * 5)))) % 8 L3: Great Artist L4: Glazed bottle from Khurja, India c. 1880</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober15.png" alt="A pinkish white bottle with floral design against a glitch image that resembles a city at dusk. A pale blue gradient washes over most of the image, with a remainder showing pink and yellow in the top left. White 8-bit interference creeps in from the left."> L1: f(x,y) = (((x & y) * (x % x)) + ((x & y) & (~y))) - (((22 + x) & (y * x)) | ((x ^ y) ^ (-x))) L2: f(x,y) = (((~(5 | y)) ^ ((y % x) * (y * x))) & (((19 / y) - (x ^ x)) % ((y ^ 14) - (x * 5)))) % 8 L3: Great Artist L4: Glazed bottle from Khurja, India c. 1880 #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober15.png" alt="A pinkish white bottle with floral design against a glitch image that resembles a city at dusk. A pale blue gradient washes over most of the image, with a remainder showing pink and yellow in the top left. White 8-bit interference creeps in from the left."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/15/strap-up-trans-masc-erotic.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:18:26 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/15/strap-up-trans-masc-erotic.html <p>I&rsquo;ve made a zine for display at the STRAP UP transmasc erotic art exhibition and performance night on 23rd October at SEESAW in Manchester. It&rsquo;s a satirical dystopian sci-fi piece, that takes place in a near-future datacentre which runs on human bodyminds instead of graphics cards. Sadly, I can&rsquo;t go to the event myself, but it looks like an incredible night!</p> <p>SEESAW<br> 86 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6NG (view map)<br> Friday 23rd October 2026 at 6:00 PM<br> Accessibility - Accessible Toilets, Complimentary Ticket for Assistant, Quiet Space, Step Free Access, Wheelchair Accessible<br> £15 to £16</p> <p><a href="https://www.outsavvy.com/event/39721/strap-up-trans-masc-erotic-art-exhibition-performance-night">STRAP UP tickets</a></p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/63714d2432.jpg" alt="Concentric circles of acetate printed with digital collage, layered with original pages from an old book (the first Kinsey report!)"> I've made a zine for display at the STRAP UP transmasc erotic art exhibition and performance night on 23rd October at SEESAW in Manchester. It's a satirical dystopian sci-fi piece, that takes place in a near-future datacentre which runs on human bodyminds instead of graphics cards. Sadly, I can't go to the event myself, but it looks like an incredible night! SEESAW 86 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6NG (view map) Friday 23rd October 2026 at 6:00 PM Accessibility - Accessible Toilets, Complimentary Ticket for Assistant, Quiet Space, Step Free Access, Wheelchair Accessible £15 to £16 [STRAP UP tickets](https://www.outsavvy.com/event/39721/strap-up-trans-masc-erotic-art-exhibition-performance-night) <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/63714d2432.jpg" alt="Concentric circles of acetate printed with digital collage, layered with original pages from an old book (the first Kinsey report!)"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/14/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-l.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:49:59 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/14/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 14: Wicked Apothecary</p> <p>L1: Buncheong wine bottle with flared mouth and long neck, 1400 - 1500, V&amp;A Collection L2: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L3: Annie, seated with her grief. Edmund Henry Garrett, 1893</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober14.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A cyan image showing a dark, flared bottle and the ghost-like figure of a Victorian-era woman in work clothes slumped sadly over a small table. A cloudy haze of green and blue pervades everything, and a deep dark line cuts through the centre horizontally."> #drawtober2026 Day 14: Wicked Apothecary L1: Buncheong wine bottle with flared mouth and long neck, 1400 - 1500, V&A Collection L2: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L3: Annie, seated with her grief. Edmund Henry Garrett, 1893 #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober14.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A cyan image showing a dark, flared bottle and the ghost-like figure of a Victorian-era woman in work clothes slumped sadly over a small table. A cloudy haze of green and blue pervades everything, and a deep dark line cuts through the centre horizontally."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/13/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-digital.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:34:32 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/13/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-digital.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 13: Wicked Apothecary</p> <p>Digital collage composed using Inkscape</p> <p>L1: Green gradient L2: Moroccan glazed earthenware bottle ca 1870. From the V&amp;A Collections. L3 &amp; L5: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L4: Photo of trees near my house</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober13.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A bottle with irregular red spots and blue details, with long cylindrical mouth and two arms. Purple and red trees in the background. Everything is subtly overlaid with glitching vertical bands, leaving the appearance of blue and red smears over the bottle."> #drawtober2026 Day 13: Wicked Apothecary Digital collage composed using Inkscape L1: Green gradient L2: Moroccan glazed earthenware bottle ca 1870. From the V&A Collections. L3 & L5: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L4: Photo of trees near my house #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober13.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A bottle with irregular red spots and blue details, with long cylindrical mouth and two arms. Purple and red trees in the background. Everything is subtly overlaid with glitching vertical bands, leaving the appearance of blue and red smears over the bottle."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/12/lumen-prize-nomination-for-granted.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:56:16 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/12/lumen-prize-nomination-for-granted.html <p>Granted, a project by Caroline Sinders and Romy Gal el Rab, is now a 2026 Lumen Prize finalist. I carried out narrative design for this project, incorporating research into the system of disability benefits and speculative imagining of how a near-future, seemingly well-intentioned government might nevertheless incorporate AI decision making, and how this might conflict with goals that centre the needs of the most vulnerable.</p> <blockquote> <p>This interactive installation uses gameplay to turn visitors into civil servants of the future, working with and against the smart computer to help distribute resources and support for disabled individuals and communities. Workplace technologies are often designed to individuate and piecemeal work – programming us into worker-bots to run their systems – but can humans work together to overturn the decisions made by the machine?</p> </blockquote> <p>More information about this project can be found on the <a href="https://lumenprize.org/2026-systems-and-structures/romy-gad-el-rab-caroline-sinders" target="_blank">Lumen Prize webpage for Granted</a>.</p> <p>This project was previously known as <a href="https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/04/17/ai-and-the-paradox-of.html">The Expert</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/caroline-sinders-granted-3.webp" alt="Installation: a booth with dark blue walls and two yellow stools, with a built-in desk and screen"><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/caroline-sinders-granted-2.webp" alt="Screenshot: 'AI decision mode enabled' message pops up over an interface that shows applicant files and an email inbox"><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/caroline-sinders-granted-.webp" alt="Outside view of the installation, including a dusk pink poster that says 'Disability is mutable and ever-evolving. Disability is both apparent and non-apparent. Disability is pain, struggle, brilliance, abundance, and joy. Disability is sociopolitical, cultural, and biological. Being visible and claiming a disabled identity brings risks as much as it brings pride.'"></p> Granted, a project by Caroline Sinders and Romy Gal el Rab, is now a 2026 Lumen Prize finalist. I carried out narrative design for this project, incorporating research into the system of disability benefits and speculative imagining of how a near-future, seemingly well-intentioned government might nevertheless incorporate AI decision making, and how this might conflict with goals that centre the needs of the most vulnerable. >This interactive installation uses gameplay to turn visitors into civil servants of the future, working with and against the smart computer to help distribute resources and support for disabled individuals and communities. Workplace technologies are often designed to individuate and piecemeal work – programming us into worker-bots to run their systems – but can humans work together to overturn the decisions made by the machine? More information about this project can be found on the <a href="https://lumenprize.org/2026-systems-and-structures/romy-gad-el-rab-caroline-sinders" target="_blank">Lumen Prize webpage for Granted</a>. This project was previously known as [The Expert](https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/04/17/ai-and-the-paradox-of.html). <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/caroline-sinders-granted-3.webp" alt="Installation: a booth with dark blue walls and two yellow stools, with a built-in desk and screen"><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/caroline-sinders-granted-2.webp" alt="Screenshot: 'AI decision mode enabled' message pops up over an interface that shows applicant files and an email inbox"><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/caroline-sinders-granted-.webp" alt="Outside view of the installation, including a dusk pink poster that says 'Disability is mutable and ever-evolving. Disability is both apparent and non-apparent. Disability is pain, struggle, brilliance, abundance, and joy. Disability is sociopolitical, cultural, and biological. Being visible and claiming a disabled identity brings risks as much as it brings pride.'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/12/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-l.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:32:24 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/12/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 12: Wicked apothecary</p> <p>L1: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L2: Bottle with incised foliated ornament. Italian, 1650-1700. V&amp;A Collections. L3: Pixel Space Background Generator (Deep-Fold) L4: Red - purple gradient L5: Turmeric print of bubble wrap</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober12.png" alt="Against a pixel space background, a red bottle with fine leaf patterns, highlights in yellow and shadows in green and blue. Layers are offset to give the impression of chromatic aberration."> #drawtober2026 Day 12: Wicked apothecary L1: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L2: Bottle with incised foliated ornament. Italian, 1650-1700. V&A Collections. L3: Pixel Space Background Generator (Deep-Fold) L4: Red - purple gradient L5: Turmeric print of bubble wrap #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober12.png" alt="Against a pixel space background, a red bottle with fine leaf patterns, highlights in yellow and shadows in green and blue. Layers are offset to give the impression of chromatic aberration."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/11/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-l.html Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:38:26 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/11/drawtober-day-wicked-apothecary-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 11: Wicked Apothecary</p> <p>L1: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L2: Stoneware bottle, China, Liao dynasty (907-1125) from the V&amp;A Collections L3: Image created in Pixel Space Background Generator (Deep-Fold) L4: Purple gradient L5: Brushed turmeric</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober11.png" alt="Against a dark blue space background is shown an egg-shaped purple bottle with cyan and gold highlights and a glitch pixel art texture, offset as though misprinted."> #drawtober2026 Day 11: Wicked Apothecary L1: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L2: Stoneware bottle, China, Liao dynasty (907-1125) from the V&A Collections L3: Image created in Pixel Space Background Generator (Deep-Fold) L4: Purple gradient L5: Brushed turmeric #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober11.png" alt="Against a dark blue space background is shown an egg-shaped purple bottle with cyan and gold highlights and a glitch pixel art texture, offset as though misprinted."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/10/drawtober-day-shadow-prince-l.html Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:05:57 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/10/drawtober-day-shadow-prince-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 10: Shadow Prince</p> <p>L1: W.E.B. DuBois (1920) DARKWATER L2: Antoine Jacquard, watch cases. Paris 1610-1615 L3: f(x,y) = ((~(~(9 + y))) ^ (((8 * y) + (-y)) | ((y % x) ^ (23 / x)))) % 13 L4: Photo outside Natural History Museum c. 2012 L5: Great Artist L6: Yellow gradient</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober10.png" alt="A faceless figure lays on neon green grass outside a large Victorian building with ornate windows rendered in dark red and purple. Intense shadows are cast by an unseen structure. An illustration of a rat and other ornaments climb the right side of the frame. Red, green, and blue pixel noise intersects the image across the horizontal center and vertically on either side, with single-pixel lines crossing diagonally from the top right. In the centre, the text 'I peer back through the shadow of my years, seeing not too clearly, but through the thickening veil of wish and after-thought'"> #drawtober2026 Day 10: Shadow Prince L1: W.E.B. DuBois (1920) DARKWATER L2: Antoine Jacquard, watch cases. Paris 1610-1615 L3: f(x,y) = ((~(~(9 + y))) ^ (((8 * y) + (-y)) | ((y % x) ^ (23 / x)))) % 13 L4: Photo outside Natural History Museum c. 2012 L5: Great Artist L6: Yellow gradient #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober10.png" alt="A faceless figure lays on neon green grass outside a large Victorian building with ornate windows rendered in dark red and purple. Intense shadows are cast by an unseen structure. An illustration of a rat and other ornaments climb the right side of the frame. Red, green, and blue pixel noise intersects the image across the horizontal center and vertically on either side, with single-pixel lines crossing diagonally from the top right. In the centre, the text 'I peer back through the shadow of my years, seeing not too clearly, but through the thickening veil of wish and after-thought'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/09/drawtober-day-shadow-prince-l.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:11:26 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/09/drawtober-day-shadow-prince-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 9: Shadow Prince</p> <p>L1: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((((x / y) % (x &amp; y)) - (-(-y))) - (((22 / y) * (y - x)) ^ (~(~y)))) % 10 L2: Gustave Doré illustration in Milton&rsquo;s Paradise Lost c. 1880 L3: Ink print of bubble wrap L4: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober9.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A winged, anthropomorphic creature sits on a bank of yellowed grass, staring at something below the frame with an intense gaze. It appears that the sky is deep red, and the creature rendered in glitching bands of purple, cyan, green, and blue. Splotches of white erase the colours to reveal the original black and white woodblock detailing of wing and grass to the left."> #drawtober2026 Day 9: Shadow Prince L1: bitartbot f(x,y) = ((((x / y) % (x & y)) - (-(-y))) - (((22 / y) * (y - x)) ^ (~(~y)))) % 10 L2: Gustave Doré illustration in Milton's Paradise Lost c. 1880 L3: Ink print of bubble wrap L4: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober9.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A winged, anthropomorphic creature sits on a bank of yellowed grass, staring at something below the frame with an intense gaze. It appears that the sky is deep red, and the creature rendered in glitching bands of purple, cyan, green, and blue. Splotches of white erase the colours to reveal the original black and white woodblock detailing of wing and grass to the left."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/08/drawtober-day-shadow-prince-l.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:56:26 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/08/drawtober-day-shadow-prince-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 8: Shadow Prince</p> <p>L1: W. E. B. DuBois (1920) DARKWATER<br> L2: bitartbot f(x,y) = (((~(-x)) * (~(11 - y))) / (~((-x) ^ (~y)))) % 4<br> L3: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds <br> L4: Vector from photograph of ROAR Garage Gallery October 2025<br> L5: HSL(349, 100, 14)</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober8.png" alt="A bright pale blue light shines in a red darkness, emanating from a large doorway where someone in a parka stands alone before a painting. Indistinct text reads 'I have been in the world, but not of it. I have seen the human drama from a veiled corner, where all the outer tragedy and comedy have reproduced themselves in microcosm within. From this inner torment of souls the human scene without has interpreted itself to me in unusual and even illuminating ways'"> #drawtober2026 Day 8: Shadow Prince L1: W. E. B. DuBois (1920) DARKWATER L2: bitartbot f(x,y) = (((~(-x)) * (~(11 - y))) / (~((-x) ^ (~y)))) % 4 L3: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L4: Vector from photograph of ROAR Garage Gallery October 2025 L5: HSL(349, 100, 14) #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/drawtober8.png" alt="A bright pale blue light shines in a red darkness, emanating from a large doorway where someone in a parka stands alone before a painting. Indistinct text reads 'I have been in the world, but not of it. I have seen the human drama from a veiled corner, where all the outer tragedy and comedy have reproduced themselves in microcosm within. From this inner torment of souls the human scene without has interpreted itself to me in unusual and even illuminating ways'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/08/desperate-livin-coding-and-content.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:10:00 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/08/desperate-livin-coding-and-content.html <p>Free, sign up essential Monday 23 November 2026, 6–8 pm UK time Hybrid in London and online</p> <p>I&rsquo;m running a workshop with Studio Voltaire for trans folks on hand-making personal online archives of our activism, advocacy, and resilience. I&rsquo;ll be joining remotely, and Studio Voltaire will provide support to folks in person.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m very passionate about hand-coded websites, I think it&rsquo;s intrinsically a beautiful thing to just edit HTML and CSS and make things happen on a web page. I also believe it&rsquo;s vital that we adopt indie web principles in marginalised online communities, because the big tech platforms are not our friends! So this is about doing something joyful and vital, rather than about being a particularly proficient programmer (which I am not). Please join, and share this with folks who might be interested.</p> <blockquote> <p>Zoyander Street hosts a hybrid online-and-in-person workshop on coding and content. This hands-on session focuses on practical digital skills for community use, including adding, updating and amending website materials, as well as incorporating accessible formats. In this workshop, participants will learn how to share and build digital skills; centre Trans health, autonomy and community-led knowledge; increase the accessibility of handmade personal websites; and keep archives socially active and sustainable. Desperate Livin’ is an interactive digital archive of materials created by and for members of the Trans community, supporting autonomy, health and resilience. The open-source website was compiled by Raju Rage and designed by Zoyander Street in 2022.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://studiovoltaire.org/whats-on/desperate-livin-coding-content-workshop/">More info on Studio Voltaire website</a></p> <p><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/transdigitalarchiving-square-text.png" alt="Tall image. Green and purple glitch background including stretched extract of CSS from the Desperate Livin website. Foreground text 'Workshop by Zoyander Street as part of Desperate Livin by Raju Rage. Trans digital archiving coding and content (practical skills)' Monday 23 November 2026 6-8pm GMT Online and at Studio Voltaire.'"><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/transdigitalarchiving-tall-text.png" alt="Tall image. Green and purple glitch background including stretched extract of CSS from the Desperate Livin website. Foreground text 'Workshop by Zoyander Street as part of Desperate Livin by Raju Rage. Trans digital archiving coding and content (practical skills)' Monday 23 November 2026 6-8pm GMT Online and at Studio Voltaire. Share and build digital skills, Hand-make accessible web sites, Archive trans care, autonomy and community knowledge'. Human-made logo visible in background."><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/transdigitalarchiving-wide-text.png" alt="Wide image. Green and purple glitch background including stretched extract of CSS from the Desperate Livin website. Foreground text 'TRANS DIGITAL ARCHIVING' in a font that resembles broken vsync"></p> Free, sign up essential Monday 23 November 2026, 6–8 pm UK time Hybrid in London and online I'm running a workshop with Studio Voltaire for trans folks on hand-making personal online archives of our activism, advocacy, and resilience. I'll be joining remotely, and Studio Voltaire will provide support to folks in person. I'm very passionate about hand-coded websites, I think it's intrinsically a beautiful thing to just edit HTML and CSS and make things happen on a web page. I also believe it's vital that we adopt indie web principles in marginalised online communities, because the big tech platforms are not our friends! So this is about doing something joyful and vital, rather than about being a particularly proficient programmer (which I am not). Please join, and share this with folks who might be interested. >Zoyander Street hosts a hybrid online-and-in-person workshop on coding and content. This hands-on session focuses on practical digital skills for community use, including adding, updating and amending website materials, as well as incorporating accessible formats. >In this workshop, participants will learn how to share and build digital skills; centre Trans health, autonomy and community-led knowledge; increase the accessibility of handmade personal websites; and keep archives socially active and sustainable. >Desperate Livin’ is an interactive digital archive of materials created by and for members of the Trans community, supporting autonomy, health and resilience. The open-source website was compiled by Raju Rage and designed by Zoyander Street in 2022. <a href="https://studiovoltaire.org/whats-on/desperate-livin-coding-content-workshop/">More info on Studio Voltaire website</a> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/transdigitalarchiving-square-text.png" alt="Tall image. Green and purple glitch background including stretched extract of CSS from the Desperate Livin website. Foreground text 'Workshop by Zoyander Street as part of Desperate Livin by Raju Rage. Trans digital archiving coding and content (practical skills)' Monday 23 November 2026 6-8pm GMT Online and at Studio Voltaire.'"><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/transdigitalarchiving-tall-text.png" alt="Tall image. Green and purple glitch background including stretched extract of CSS from the Desperate Livin website. Foreground text 'Workshop by Zoyander Street as part of Desperate Livin by Raju Rage. Trans digital archiving coding and content (practical skills)' Monday 23 November 2026 6-8pm GMT Online and at Studio Voltaire. Share and build digital skills, Hand-make accessible web sites, Archive trans care, autonomy and community knowledge'. Human-made logo visible in background."><img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/transdigitalarchiving-wide-text.png" alt="Wide image. Green and purple glitch background including stretched extract of CSS from the Desperate Livin website. Foreground text 'TRANS DIGITAL ARCHIVING' in a font that resembles broken vsync"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/07/drawtober-day-dark-prince-l.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:55:39 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/07/drawtober-day-dark-prince-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 7: Shadow Prince</p> <p>L1: &ldquo;Effects of an eccentric lathe chuck.&rdquo; from Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics, vol 2 1880 L2: Great Artist L3: Brass rubbing of 1504 inscription <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1054177/">collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105&hellip;</a> L4: Granville Island winter solstice 2018</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031908.png" alt="Black and red composition of images including bare trees, figures stood on a hill assembling a ritual structure, church inscriptions and engineering diagrams. The colours become inverted across most of the image, and in one block the hue has shifted to a more cold palette"> #drawtober2026 Day 7: Shadow Prince L1: "Effects of an eccentric lathe chuck." from Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics, vol 2 1880 L2: Great Artist L3: Brass rubbing of 1504 inscription [collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105...](https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1054177/) L4: Granville Island winter solstice 2018 #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031908.png" alt="Black and red composition of images including bare trees, figures stood on a hill assembling a ritual structure, church inscriptions and engineering diagrams. The colours become inverted across most of the image, and in one block the hue has shifted to a more cold palette"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/06/drawtober-day-dark-prince-l.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:13:43 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/06/drawtober-day-dark-prince-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 6: Shadow Prince</p> <p>L1: Aubrey Beardsley Catullus illustration, 1896 L2: Extract from Catullus translation on Wikipedia L3: f(x,y) = ((((~y) % (y &amp; y)) % ((x * y) % (x / y))) * (((24 | y) | (y / y)) % ((2 + y) &amp; (~x)))) % 10 L4: Great Artist L5: HighEye (ash-k)</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <p>&lt;img src=&ldquo;<a href="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031871.png%22">https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031871.png&quot;</a> alt=&ldquo;Line drawing of a bare-chested figure in a low-slung dark toga outlined in black, who seems to gaze mournfully out of the frame while waving goodbye, on a background of blood red, lilac, pale grey, and cyan. Glitches radiate behind, and from an indistinct text extract can be seen the words &ldquo;death&rdquo;, &ldquo;silent ash&rdquo;, &ldquo;taken you&rdquo; and &ldquo;from me&rdquo;.&quot;&gt;</p> #drawtober2026 Day 6: Shadow Prince L1: Aubrey Beardsley Catullus illustration, 1896 L2: Extract from Catullus translation on Wikipedia L3: f(x,y) = ((((~y) % (y & y)) % ((x * y) % (x / y))) * (((24 | y) | (y / y)) % ((2 + y) & (~x)))) % 10 L4: Great Artist L5: HighEye (ash-k) #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031871.png" alt="Line drawing of a bare-chested figure in a low-slung dark toga outlined in black, who seems to gaze mournfully out of the frame while waving goodbye, on a background of blood red, lilac, pale grey, and cyan. Glitches radiate behind, and from an indistinct text extract can be seen the words "death", "silent ash", "taken you" and "from me"."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/05/drawtober-day-witchs-garden-l.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:39:29 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/05/drawtober-day-witchs-garden-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 day 5: Witch&rsquo;s garden</p> <p>L1: Kew Gardens herbarium preserved specimen K000914559 L2: Ink print from bubble wrap L3: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds</p> <p>#drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031837.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A blue and green glitch art image overlaid with ink splotches and a preserved sample of witch grass. Text overlaid from the sample record says &quot;Panicum capillare L., Witch grass, North Arboretum in an abandoned... Palm House (zone 183)&quot;"> #drawtober2026 day 5: Witch's garden L1: Kew Gardens herbarium preserved specimen K000914559 L2: Ink print from bubble wrap L3: Image created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031837.png" width="600" height="600" alt="A blue and green glitch art image overlaid with ink splotches and a preserved sample of witch grass. Text overlaid from the sample record says &quot;Panicum capillare L., Witch grass, North Arboretum in an abandoned... Palm House (zone 183)&quot;"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/04/drawtober-day-witchs-garden-l.html Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:28:32 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/04/drawtober-day-witchs-garden-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 4: Witch&rsquo;s Garden L1: Anna Tsing (2015) The Mushroom at the End of the World L2: Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other&hellip; (1860–1902) L3: f(x,y) = (((-(-y)) % ((x / 16) | (x * y))) % (((x &amp; y) - (y + y)) | ((x / 12) + (-y)))) % 13 L4: Image created in Great Artist #drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031800.png" width="600" height="600" alt="Two mushrooms lie at the bottom of this image, against a background of pastel pixel glitches. Text is overlaid in lilac, transforming into green when colliding with the mushrooms. &quot;...we are not quite ourselves any more—or at least the selves we were, but rather ourselves in encounter with another. Encounters are, by their nature, indeterminate; we are unpredictably transformed.&quot;"> #drawtober2026 Day 4: Witch's Garden L1: Anna Tsing (2015) The Mushroom at the End of the World L2: Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other... (1860–1902) L3: f(x,y) = (((-(-y)) % ((x / 16) | (x * y))) % (((x & y) - (y + y)) | ((x / 12) + (-y)))) % 13 L4: Image created in Great Artist #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031800.png" width="600" height="600" alt="Two mushrooms lie at the bottom of this image, against a background of pastel pixel glitches. Text is overlaid in lilac, transforming into green when colliding with the mushrooms. &quot;...we are not quite ourselves any more—or at least the selves we were, but rather ourselves in encounter with another. Encounters are, by their nature, indeterminate; we are unpredictably transformed.&quot;"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/03/drawtober-day-witchs-garden-l.html Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:44:38 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/03/drawtober-day-witchs-garden-l.html <p>#drawtober2026 Day 3: Witch&rsquo;s Garden</p> <p>L1: Vector drawing of False Feywood plant in Greenhearth Necromancer L2: Glitch art created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L3: Output from High-Eye (ash-k.itch.io) L4: Turmeric painting done in my kitchen #drawtober</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031757.png" width="600" height="600" alt="Red vector drawing of a sunflower-like plant with a large mouth and sharp teeth, with glitching text characters banding across the yellow background and subtle green shapes radiating outwards."> #drawtober2026 Day 3: Witch's Garden L1: Vector drawing of False Feywood plant in Greenhearth Necromancer L2: Glitch art created in Become a Great Artist in 10 Seconds L3: Output from High-Eye (ash-k.itch.io) L4: Turmeric painting done in my kitchen #drawtober <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/1000031757.png" width="600" height="600" alt="Red vector drawing of a sunflower-like plant with a large mouth and sharp teeth, with glitching text characters banding across the yellow background and subtle green shapes radiating outwards."> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/02/drawtober-day-l-text-from.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:16:20 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/02/drawtober-day-l-text-from.html <p>#Drawtober2026 Day 2 L1: Text from The Crucible, Arthur Miller L2: Gardening Illustrated, 1879. <a href="https://archive.org/details/gardeningillustr2319unse/page/24/mode/2up">archive.org/details/g&hellip;</a> L3: Ink print of bubble wrap L4: bitartbot f(x,y) = (-(((24 ^ y) | (-x)) - ((-x) ^ (y ^ y)))) % 12 L5: Image created in Great Artist</p> <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/fc63a67744.png" alt="A crowd of women in hats examine various vessels of plant matter, in line art rendered in iron red and copper blue. Various glitches appear in the background, including text from the other side of the page bleeding through, as well as glitch art from bitartbot and Become A Great Artist. Text in foreground reads 'A wild thing may say wild things, but not so wild I think'"> #Drawtober2026 Day 2 L1: Text from The Crucible, Arthur Miller L2: Gardening Illustrated, 1879. [archive.org/details/g...](https://archive.org/details/gardeningillustr2319unse/page/24/mode/2up) L3: Ink print of bubble wrap L4: bitartbot f(x,y) = (-(((24 ^ y) | (-x)) - ((-x) ^ (y ^ y)))) % 12 L5: Image created in Great Artist <img src="https://blog.zoyander.cc/uploads/2026/fc63a67744.png" alt="A crowd of women in hats examine various vessels of plant matter, in line art rendered in iron red and copper blue. Various glitches appear in the background, including text from the other side of the page bleeding through, as well as glitch art from bitartbot and Become A Great Artist. Text in foreground reads 'A wild thing may say wild things, but not so wild I think'"> https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/10/01/interview-for-marti-abernatheys-the.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:14:27 +0100 http://zoyander.micro.blog/2026/10/01/interview-for-marti-abernatheys-the.html <p>I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Marti Abernathey last week for her rebooted T-Party Podcast. Marti has been involved in trans activism for a long time, and is even mentioned in Susan Stryker&rsquo;s Transgender History (I was listening to the audiobook while playing Minecraft, and had to stop digging to celebrate. That&rsquo;s my Tiktok friend!) Marti is also the only other person I know who actually uses Peertube&rsquo;s synchronisation feature to mirror and archive their Tiktok posts - something that I think is really important for us all to be doing in order to reduce our dependence on social media corporations, but that is hard to persuade people to do this when running a Peertube costs money.</p> <blockquote> <p>What has algorithmic social media taken from marginalised communities, and what can we build instead? Artist-researcher Dr Zoyander Street joins Marti for a wide-ranging conversation about owning your content, the myth of the algorithm, AI, and why trans people need to archive our own history.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>We talk about why content recommendation algorithms are really built to suppress your posts, why Mastodon works like a school cafeteria, whether there&rsquo;s a real middle ground on AI, and Desperate Living, Zoyander&rsquo;s hand-built archive of trans health resources with Studio Voltaire. Marti also looks back on 26 years of trans media, from GayBC and Transsister Radio to The Radical Trannies, and the history that&rsquo;s quietly disappearing.</p> </blockquote> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JbAtDpdlPZE?si=WBMrCnIN5LVSitHA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://podcast.tpartypodcast.com/@theTParty/posts/22439341-8ddd-4cd2-b0bb-c8ea66856fbb">Audio version</a> T-Party Podcast <a href="https://podcast.tpartypodcast.com/@theTParty/feed.xml">RSS</a> T-Party Podcast <a href="https://podcast.tpartypodcast.com/@theTParty/follow">ActivityPub follow page</a></p> I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Marti Abernathey last week for her rebooted T-Party Podcast. Marti has been involved in trans activism for a long time, and is even mentioned in Susan Stryker's Transgender History (I was listening to the audiobook while playing Minecraft, and had to stop digging to celebrate. That's my Tiktok friend!) Marti is also the only other person I know who actually uses Peertube's synchronisation feature to mirror and archive their Tiktok posts - something that I think is really important for us all to be doing in order to reduce our dependence on social media corporations, but that is hard to persuade people to do this when running a Peertube costs money. >What has algorithmic social media taken from marginalised communities, and what can we build instead? Artist-researcher Dr Zoyander Street joins Marti for a wide-ranging conversation about owning your content, the myth of the algorithm, AI, and why trans people need to archive our own history. >We talk about why content recommendation algorithms are really built to suppress your posts, why Mastodon works like a school cafeteria, whether there's a real middle ground on AI, and Desperate Living, Zoyander's hand-built archive of trans health resources with Studio Voltaire. Marti also looks back on 26 years of trans media, from GayBC and Transsister Radio to The Radical Trannies, and the history that's quietly disappearing. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JbAtDpdlPZE?si=WBMrCnIN5LVSitHA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> [Audio version](https://podcast.tpartypodcast.com/@theTParty/posts/22439341-8ddd-4cd2-b0bb-c8ea66856fbb) T-Party Podcast [RSS](https://podcast.tpartypodcast.com/@theTParty/feed.xml) T-Party Podcast [ActivityPub follow page](https://podcast.tpartypodcast.com/@theTParty/follow)