Ewan Downie
@ewandownie.com
Theatre-maker, writer, dad;
joint artistic director of @companywolves.org
joint artistic director of @companywolves.org
“The most important thing about the gadget isn’t what it does, it’s who it does it for and who it does it to.”
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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
A vivid and entertaining polemnic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire
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September 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
“The most important thing about the gadget isn’t what it does, it’s who it does it for and who it does it to.”
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So proud of everyone involved in this amazing play, and lucky to be working on it.
In 2021, local residents successfully prevented a Home Office raid on Kenmure Street in Glasgow.
How will These Are Our Neighbours - a new play by Katharine Williams - tell that story with just three actors? Maddy Costa finds out
How will These Are Our Neighbours - a new play by Katharine Williams - tell that story with just three actors? Maddy Costa finds out
Staging a protest
In 2021, local residents prevented a Home Office raid on Kenmure Street in Glasgow. But how will These Are Our Neighbours tell that story with just three actors?
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September 11, 2026 at 10:03 AM
So proud of everyone involved in this amazing play, and lucky to be working on it.
I am very much looking forward to seeing Anna Von Hausswolff on Wednesday evening.
August 31, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I am very much looking forward to seeing Anna Von Hausswolff on Wednesday evening.
Isn't this a lovely thing! So looking forward the launch...!
#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside.
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
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Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
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August 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Isn't this a lovely thing! So looking forward the launch...!
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this week's post is mostly a roundup of just some of the seemingly countless attacks on Flock cameras
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August 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
this week's post is mostly a roundup of just some of the seemingly countless attacks on Flock cameras
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Thoroughly recommend Corinne Salisbury's furious play Slayers, at Assembly George Square for the rest of the Fringe.
Strong stuff.
Strong stuff.
August 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Thoroughly recommend Corinne Salisbury's furious play Slayers, at Assembly George Square for the rest of the Fringe.
Strong stuff.
Strong stuff.
August 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Thoroughly recommend Corinne Salisbury's furious play Slayers, at Assembly George Square for the rest of the Fringe.
Strong stuff.
Strong stuff.
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Going to weigh in here with some personal stuff. My son is diagnosed autistic. It made a world of difference because his school had to make accommodations that allowed him to actually cope and learn there, rather than be categorised as "naughty" in an escalating round of attempted control that
Funny innit? The risk of misdiagnosing a single neurotypical person is worth dragging each and every ND person back to the 90s where they were 'difficult,' 'thick' or 'disruptive'
August 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Going to weigh in here with some personal stuff. My son is diagnosed autistic. It made a world of difference because his school had to make accommodations that allowed him to actually cope and learn there, rather than be categorised as "naughty" in an escalating round of attempted control that
Very nice from @citymystic.bsky.social
AI koolaid compared to Salem witch-trial hysteria.
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AI koolaid compared to Salem witch-trial hysteria.
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The Spectral Evidence for AI
AI is bad enough on its own without giving it god-like powers
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June 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Very nice from @citymystic.bsky.social
AI koolaid compared to Salem witch-trial hysteria.
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AI koolaid compared to Salem witch-trial hysteria.
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I would like to see this exhibition - love Leonora Carrington's work.
Leonora Carrington work painted during psychiatric confinement to go on show for first time
Exclusive: Villa Pilar, painted in 1940 during the surrealist artist’s stay in a Spanish sanatorium, will be displayed at London’s Freud museum
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June 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I would like to see this exhibition - love Leonora Carrington's work.
Another resource someone shared with me recently: digital self-defence
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About Us We are a collective of technical professionals based in Britain working around computer systems in radical political spaces. Our aim is to provide up-to-date, practical and accessible…
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June 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Another resource someone shared with me recently: digital self-defence
After all the horrendous far-right activity in Glasgow in recent days, someone sent me this guide to bystander intervention, which I found really useful -- I'm sharing it here in case anyone else finds it helpful.
The 5Ds of Bystander Intervention
WE TURN THE CARE WE HAVE FOR EACH OTHER INTO SIMPLE, CREATIVE, AND EFFECTIVE ACTION
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June 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
After all the horrendous far-right activity in Glasgow in recent days, someone sent me this guide to bystander intervention, which I found really useful -- I'm sharing it here in case anyone else finds it helpful.
I am very proud indeed to have my short story The Other Mara in issue 7 of the fantastic Thin Skin Magazine... !
Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7.
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May 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I am very proud indeed to have my short story The Other Mara in issue 7 of the fantastic Thin Skin Magazine... !
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How on earth is this acceptable?
May 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
How on earth is this acceptable?
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Whether you've gone out and done your bit for democracy, or that's another day at the office done with, you deserve a reward. So here's our Ewan Downie's new story, 'The Other Mara', as a wee treat for you. Check it out on Thin Skin at the link below.
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The Other Mara - Thin Skin
I keep dreaming about the other girl. She is looking down into the water, and I’m looking up at her through the silvered surface. She is wearing a white slip that reflects the moon. She reaches for me...
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May 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Whether you've gone out and done your bit for democracy, or that's another day at the office done with, you deserve a reward. So here's our Ewan Downie's new story, 'The Other Mara', as a wee treat for you. Check it out on Thin Skin at the link below.
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Check out the latest issue of Strange Horizons for a brand new poem from our Ewan Downie! Just a heads up that 'Beetles' is not one for entomophobes.
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Beetles
in dark / some thing / moves some / thing moves / in dark
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May 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Check out the latest issue of Strange Horizons for a brand new poem from our Ewan Downie! Just a heads up that 'Beetles' is not one for entomophobes.
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I am so proud to have my poem 'beetles' in the current edition of the awesome @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Beetles
by Ewan Downie @ewandownie.com
"some thing
black rushing"
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by Ewan Downie @ewandownie.com
"some thing
black rushing"
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May 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I am so proud to have my poem 'beetles' in the current edition of the awesome @strangehorizons.bsky.social
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E.M. Faulds is back with 'To Stave Off the Void', part of the new anthology Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity -- subjects very close to our hearts! Preorders are available now from the link below.
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May 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
E.M. Faulds is back with 'To Stave Off the Void', part of the new anthology Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity -- subjects very close to our hearts! Preorders are available now from the link below.
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New project: extracting all the books from my kindle, breaking the DRM so I can access them elsewhere, and exiting the Amazon ecosystem.
May 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
New project: extracting all the books from my kindle, breaking the DRM so I can access them elsewhere, and exiting the Amazon ecosystem.
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Our Ewan Downie's on a roll! Check out 'Semele', the latest story in his ongoing exploration of the Dionysus myth, in the new issue of Carmina Magazine.
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Semele by Ewan Downie | Carmina Magazine | March 2026
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March 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Our Ewan Downie's on a roll! Check out 'Semele', the latest story in his ongoing exploration of the Dionysus myth, in the new issue of Carmina Magazine.
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