It’s time for my favorite cartoon of the year.

Seems an appropriate time to share 'Whitey on the Moon' youtu.be/wtSSP8FVUGY?... #ArtremisII #NASA #Moon

An important announcement for our clients and shareholders, concerning an exciting new direction for our brand. #AI #Cyber #Entrepreneur #CuttingEdge

We'd say it's amazing we've got this far...but considering 'this far' seems to mean 'about to destroy the biosphere though our stupidity, despite ample warnings', maybe it's not that amazing...

Happy #WorldTheatreDay from us two loons. We love working in theatre. It always ends up being less than minimum wage if you count up the hours, but it's also actual genuine sacred magic, so there's that. Image: TimeWeavers at Smock Alley, Dublin Feb 2026.

Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

The role AI plays in knowledge creation is the same one fake scholars have been at for centuries: making shit up. 👇 Here's what research really involves, and why we shouldn't be shy about laughing in the faces of AI slop merchants who claim their products are capable of doing anything like it.

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

"Nostalgia poisons your ability to understand your place in your own narrative, therefore in history too, while drawing you in." Dennis Walder theconversation.com/memory-is-no...

WHY HAS OFCOM ALLOWED GB NEWS TO BREAK EVERY RULE IN THE BOOK? Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has just completed an investigation into Reform’s ‘take over’ of GBNEWS. This what he says… “It has happened almost by stealth. One political party in Britain has effectively ended up…

We'll be joining radical performance artist and musician Growler, at the English Theatre #Berlin this weekend. Tickets available for Friday 13th and Saturday 14th. www.etberlin.de/production/g...

Just in case you were wondering whether GB News had started rolling out the full white supremacist 'Great Replacement' race war chat yet, or were still pretending to follow the rules...

This is very, very good speculative fiction with a canny nod to folk horror and subversive fairytale. We award it the full nine moons in our special rating system, which we've just now invented. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

Fuck - and we can't stress this enough - Spotify.

What we see here is Donald Trump, acting as he always does, as a global chaos generator. The further we stand away from that, the better off we will be. Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👏 #bbcqt #IranWar

An apocalyptic, authoritarian theology justifying geopolitical violence. Gotcha. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Perhaps you don't fancy an AI / military / surveillance company literally run by Oswald Moseley's grandson in charge of your medial records? Just a feeling really...

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One of the harmful practices big business has constructed is, coincidentally, the evangelical faith of deregulation called neoliberalism.

Ireland has a huge special needs education crisis. Two recent headlines: 'Government ‘still working out details’ of where €19m for extra SNAs will come from, PAC told' 'Ireland to spend €600m on French armoured vehicles in biggest ever defence purchase'

Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.

Stellar lineup as always from this iconic festival. Get to this if you possibly can! @supersonicfest.bsky.social still the top spot on our 'where would we love to play' wishlist.

New podcast episode out featuring the amazing Lucy Wright who regularly combines folklore and feminism in her work. She's a super interesting articulate guest! Find FOLKLORE MATTERS wherever you get your podcasts x

Three days to go! Join us at @smockalley.bsky.social in Dublin on Saturday at 2pm for a musical voyage to the Mists of Time! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/time-weavers @sceneandheard.bsky.social @creativeeuireland.bsky.social @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social 👋 @michaelmcglynn.bsky.social

Hey. Tell people when they do good job. When you like the stuff they make. When you like the characters they’ve created. The stories they’ve told. Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time. Trust. They don’t. Tell. Them.

Widespread shock in Britain at the revelation that 'culture of deference to royalty' — known colloquially as bootlicking — enables corruption and abuse. #decolonise www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Perjury should be a zero tolerance crime for law enforcement, legal professionals and government officials. Misleading the court should result in immediate suspension while it is investigated, and it should always be charged as a crime if there is sufficient grounds to do so.

Walks in the British Countryside by Interdimensional Portals, hands down one of the best acid folk albums of the 90s.

Back when the UK (briefly) became a world-leading beacon of progressive social democracy.

A week and a day until TimeWeavers, and we're working on our visibility... 🎟️ tinyurl.com/time-weavers #Steampunk isn't dead! 😜⏱️

What on earth @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social!? We tuned in for @smashingtimes.bsky.social but have been unable to turn the dial because of the flawless playlist of ABSOLUTE BANGERS ever since!!!

15 minutes from now, tune into this lovely show and hear your two faithful loons talking about their new all-ages accessible musical!

Looking at the tide mark of mud and sewage halfway up the walls: "Well, at least it's not red tape!"

Stylish yet practical! TIME Ltd has delivered the new uniforms for our guided tour to the Mists of Time. Departing from @smockalley.bsky.social, 14:00, 28.02.26. Please wear any sensory aids, hi-viz you require for a comfortable voyage. @sceneandheard.bsky.social @creativeeuireland.bsky.social

Arts & Disability Ireland shared our new folk musical TimeWeavers! Basically a show for kids like us—the neurodiverse LGBTQ+ ones with disabilities who have trouble sitting still... adiarts.ie/event/timewe... @smockalley.bsky.social @sceneandheard.bsky.social @creativeeuireland.bsky.social

Massive respect to all these women for speaking out - repeatedly, over years and years - and to the BBC for shaming the police into doing something. Yet still, this man has not been jailed. Abuse is rife in the music industry and society as a whole. We all need to work together to stop it.

Pontypool (2008) is an absolutely stunning re-wiring of the zombie plague trope: the horror of linguistic infection. Should be on any language-as-virus reading list alongside Burroughs and Delaney. See also: Hot Skull (2022) @raynewman.bsky.social have you seen it?

Exactly this👇👇👇 To manage *not* to consider the oppressor's gaze is an incredible act of bravery; an achievement in truth-speaking. You speak in the knowledge that the oppressor will actively misinterpret you. Aware that anything you say will be used against you and your community, you speak anyway.

Can't wait for this.

TimeWeavers, our guided tour to the Mists of Time, begins at 2pm on the 28th of Feb at @smockalley.bsky.social However, the voyage is not without risk! Please listen closely to this safety briefing. Tickets: tinyurl.com/time-weavers @sceneandheard.bsky.social @creativeeuireland.bsky.social

Thanks for the 🌀 John! If anyone fancies singing along to this incredibly dark Borders ballad, we made this video... www.youtube.com/watch?v=91PM...

Coincidentally, Palantir's UK head is the grandson of Oswald Moseley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists. But that's probably totally fine, nothing to worry about! Why wouldn't the government give them all the NHS data and the biggest ever Ministry of Defence contract?

Music is for everyone! It's part of our primal nature. With our new folk music theatre show TimeWeavers, we invite people of all ages and abilities to share in the joy of music-making. (It may seem an odd focus in the climate crisis, but we believe creative wellbeing is essential to our survival.)

The posters have arrived and they're going up around Dublin tomorrow. We can't wait for TimeWeavers to be part of @sceneandheard.bsky.social at @smockalley.bsky.social at the end of the month! Tickets: tinyurl.com/time-weavers

Art made by weirdos for weirdos. Or W4W if you will.

Well obviously.

It's #BlackHistoryMonth in the US, an opportunity to remind ourselves that the British Empire was fuelled with African blood. We like to claim to have been at the forefront of progress with the abolition of slavery; the reality is that Britain was responsible for most of it — some after abolition.

"The perfect slide to illustrate what we mean by the #PostIronyCondition doesn't exi..."

Hooklanders — Very Good Folks All