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alx

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Designer & Researcher by day:

AHRC TECHNE DTP #PhD (doing) @ Kingston School of Art + Crafts Council UK (sometimes lecturer)

Research on #design #craft #makerspaces #sustainability #anthropology

Blogging about #research, #SocialDesign, #DesignJustice & #tech

Illustrator by night:
occasionally accepting #illustration #commission

Former #architect & Founder at AK0 - architettura kilometro zero

#Vegan since 2007
#degrowth

Love #cats #coffee #bonsai #manga

I draw & get political. A lot.

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reichenstein, to random
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Made a huge pot of filter coffee and drank it all before leaving for the airport. (I'm in Greece). Last time I had this much coffee, I prepared a speech about Plato's Symposion. I was 17, and I wanted to ace it. I walked around Sissach, talking to myself, reciting the speech, drinking coffee between each round. I had read the book three times and with the fresh brain of a 17 year old I knew the whole narrative, names and theories, by heart. I had heard that coffee helps you staying awake. So...

alx,
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@reichenstein I started my MA in Weimar. At the final presentation of an interactive project, the professor looked at me and my project partner (both from Italy), and said:

'Interesting project. I just have one question: Can Italian say anything without using their hands and feet?'

(I guess the latter it was because during the presentation we were moving around the screen to better point the different elements of the interface).

alx, to Palestine
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https://students4gaza.directory/

#palestine #StudentMovements #protest

alx, to random
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A silent friend for a silent Sunday.

#SilentSunday #Iguana #Sketching

alx, to random
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#SilentSunday #Devon #RiverDart

alx, (edited ) to drawing
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(In Italian - English in alt-text and below)

Uno schizzo veloce, un disegno fatto ritagliando un tempo che non ho per celebrare l'antifascismo e la liberazione, ma soprattutto per ricordare, in primis a me stessa, che la resistenza è un atto quotidiano, che risiede in ogni atto, anche nelle pennellate improvvisate di una mattina di aprile, un 25 Aprile.
Buona liberazione e buona resistenza a tutti e tutte!

alx,
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A quick sketch, a drawing made during a time I don’t have to celebrate antifascism and liberation, but especially to remind, to myself first, that resistance is an everyday act, and it lives in every act, even in the improvised brushstrokes in a morning in April, an April 25.
Happy liberation and happy resistance to everyone!

RadicalAnthro, to Rabbits
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Hoppy birthday Jack! 🥰
🎈🎂🐇🥂
12 TODAY!

We gotched him at 18 months in autumn 2013, so he's a Spring 2012 kit.
The official birthday is
🌕Full Moon of the apple blossom 🌸.
So it's herby drops, fenugreek crunchies, sweet potato nibs and 🍎 for Jack!!

#RadicalAnthropologyRabbits
#RabbitsofMastodon

White rabbit lying stretched on his belly, stuffing his face with apple leaf
White and grey splotched rabbit on a colourful carpet

alx,
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@RadicalAnthro happy birthday!

alx,
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@RadicalAnthro 🐰

alx, to random
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It's always a good day to be an .

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/21/italy-antonio-scurati-rai-broadcaster-antifascist-monologue-cancellation

alx,
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@natureworks I guess if I comment on this I might be deported myself then...😡

alx,
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@natureworks I know the feeling

ProPublica, to Israel
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#Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Bring Sanctions Against Israeli #Military Unit

After months of inaction, Secretary of State Antony #Blinken is poised to bar U.S. aid to an #Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses.

#News #Israel #Gaza #War #Palestine #HumanRights #Law

https://www.propublica.org/article/netanyahu-resists-blinken-plan-sanction-against-israeli-military-unit

alx,
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@ProPublica as far as I was concerned, it's not like that you can decide whether to accept or not accept sanctions from another country, they just sanction you, like it or not.

alx, to random
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#SilentSunday #TheAlps

#ClimateDiary
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/04/melting-glaciers-in-alps-threaten-biodiversity-of-invertebrates-says-study

alx, to animals
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I’m back after 5 days visiting my family in Rome, and that’s how work looks like today.

#CatsOfMastodon #FediCats #Cats

alx, to philosophy
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#SilentSunday
#Rome

alx, (edited ) to drawing
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Bored at Heathrow drawing bored people for my boring sketching series “Waiting”

#sketching #sketchbook #drawing #MastoArt #watercolour #UrbanSketching #GraphicEthnography

alx, to random
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OK, I'm probably too much into international politics, but I am now listening to an audio drama with angels, demons, and the antichrist, and I can't tell you how weird is that they call Beelzebub 'Bibi'. And I can't help picturing Netanyahu every time. As Beelzebub.
Tbh, I preferred the one in Good Omens.

alx, to art
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New studio work-in-progress:
New floor ✅
Next step:

Repainting the walls and restoring this amazing drafting table I got for free at the refurbish. Mechanics works perfectly, but the surface needs some attention.

I don’t miss doing architecture, but I really missed a drafting table.
I can’t wait for this new studio coming together, it’s my big project of 2024!

alx, to diy
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DIY #caturday anyone?

#DIY #HomeRenovation #Cat #CatsOfMastodon

alx, to random
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I really really am tired of wasting time looking for alternative digital services.

https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/112215089981387080

alx, to ai
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'Technology is neutral'

#AI #BigTech #War

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

alx,
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there is no end of the gruesome news that investigations keep uncovering.

Imagine if this wasn't 'the most moral army' in the world.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/04/gaza-israeli-strike-killing-106-civilians-apparent-war-crime

alx, to random
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"the White House said there is no evidence that Israel struck the aid workers deliberately, despite the fact that a full Israeli investigation is still pending."

Then, my question is how bad is the military training of the ''most moral army' that keeps killing civilians, humanitarian workers, healthcare personnel, patients in hospitals, journalists, and even the hostages they are supposed to rescue. Are we really keeping arming such awfully incompetent soldiers?

alx, to random
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You know the situation is truly dire when get the news more accurately than non-satire media outlets.

https://www.theonion.com/israel-assures-it-doing-everything-possible-to-minimize-1851085308

alx, to uk
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This strange sensation when moving around Devon with public transport feels kinda like when I was doing a bus trip in Ecuador, with bus stops being more a feeling than a properly signposted designated place

#PublicTransport #Devon #UK

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