Trespasses by @louisekennedy.bsky.social is one of the best Irish novels of recent years. Here's the trailer for the four-part Channel 4 series which starts next month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJF... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Taurus: You will have the opportunity to exact a terrible vengeance. Take it. Treat yourself.

A Desi group asked BuyMeACoffee not to let influencers make money from anti-Indian hate – and got ignored. Researchers say the role of crowdfunding platforms in the spread of harmful ideologies is largely overlooked.

The public consultation process finds overwhelming backing for Cork Luas project.

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

What on earth..?

So, I've quit my job. All on good terms with handshakes and hugs, but I've wanted to go freelance for a long time. I've been working across copywriting, marketing and video in B2B and B2C for 15 years now. Would love to talk to you if you're looking for someone.

A new report by the @euavobservatory.bsky.social highlights the precarious working conditions & lack of social rights creative industry workers are faced with in Europe. It also points out the difficulty of defining who counts as an artist or creative professional. 🇪🇺🎭 More: cineuropa.org/484419

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy.

Authors have to worry about quoting one line of a song lyric in a book but this is apparently fine

OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless copyright holders opt out. When a business is based on theft of others' work, it is not a legal business.

The UN Human Rights Office has now published its report on ‘AI and human creativity’, in which the SAA’s contribution is quoted twice! 🔗 Read the full report here: www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/a80278-report-special-rapporteur-field-cultural-rights-alexandra

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities - on.ft.com/3IuZ5qz via @FT

Support new Irish music! And my mate Suzanne, who plays violin on this - open.spotify.com/artist/2uzoL...

“Searching for a ‘cause’ is to treat autism as some kind of tragedy, failure or mistake. But autism is none of those things … Autism is a way of being human. It is a natural variation that has always existed, and always will.” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The polio immunisation program started in the USA in 1955. Look what happened next.

There is no autism problem. There are autistic people. There have always been autistic people. You might be sitting next to one right now! (What there is, in bucketloads, is ableism.)

Statement from AsIAm in response to Autism misinformation by the US Government.

Mothers of autistic children have a hard job. It’s unspeakably evil to tell them “Your child is autistic because you took paracetamol”, especially when it’s blatantly not true. These people are monsters.

A very good video essay about how MAHA is a scam being executed by wellness grifters. A lot of people are going to die; a small group of scumbags are going to get rich.

I thought I’d heard it all, but mixing up autism and scurvy is an erm unusual take. #vitaminwhatnow #citationneeded

The Comedy Women in Print shortlists are out today - congratulations to all the nominated writers 👋🏆 Find out more here: www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk/2025-prize

Around one in three hate incidents reported to gardaí are racially motivated, analysis by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found. http://www.thejournal.ie/racist-attacks-ireland-6817334-Sep2025/

We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds

Interesting piece (partially behind a paywall) on the viral ‘clipping’ marketing campaigns for TV shows. Super low budget, but potentially huge reach theankler.com/p/gen-z-only...

Popped into a cafe to dodge the rain, had the best coffee I’ve had in a very long time, accompanied by the very worst scone. [Insert metaphor for 2025 here]

Morning Bluesky. Here are some great health breakthroughs coming out of the 2025 European Society of Cardiologists annual meeting in Madrid.

Meath Film Festival is this weekend & we are so excited, we've called them in for a podcast. Listen here as shorts programmer & Film Ireland contributor Mick Jordan chats with director Steven Benedict about his film A Lady of Paris which screens at the festival. www.filmireland.net/meath-film-f...

It’s never 4D chess. It’s just an unthinking and wilfully uninformed kicking over of the snakes and ladders board. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. (Are Ted Talks still a thing?)

Despite “no-fly requests”, delivery drones still buzz over their homes, say residents in Dublin 15. A spokesperson for drone-delivery company Manna says that it accommodates the requests it gets from residents to stay away from the air over their property.

As anti-immigrant Dubliners hang more and more Irish flags, immigrant Dubliners exhibit objects that embody their Irishness. Harikrishnan Sasikumar’s exhibition of photos of these objects, At Home in Ireland, is on display now at The Hive at DCU’s U building.

Interest groups fighting to maintain the status quo like to present rewilding as a social, economic and environmental disaster when the exact opposite is the case www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Just rewatched Good Vibrations for the first time since I saw it at the London Irish Fim Fest in Kilburn in 2012 or 2013. Was curious to see if its as good as I remember. If anything, it’s even better. 9.5/10, would recommend. m.imdb.com/title/tt1920...

My latest piece for @writersmosaic.bsky.social, exploring my 1st visit to Shanghai (at long last), in search of my family’s past, & time spent on the WritersMosaic retreat in Italy: writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up/voy... #migration #China #revolution #textileindustry #lilong #longtang #memoir

“Even though it is obviously incorrect information, it remains permitted because there is no policy requirement for information to be accurate.” That’s Meta on why it’s ok to tell someone that the treatment for stage 4 colon cancer is crystals www.reuters.com/investigates...

The latest spate of attacks on Indian people is simply the outworking of a renormalisation of racism within our public discourse.

The Irish screen industry marked a historic moment with the official launch of the Queer Talent Database, the first of its kind in Ireland, designed to spotlight and connect LGBTQIA+ talent working across film and television. www.nationaltalentacademies.ie/news/queer-t...

*tries to find cutesy way to say this* Don’t forget to give us money.

Well this is bad. Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations exposing sensitive user data I tried a few quick searches. I found someone's chat where I can see their api key I found some building their resume. Their name, email and phone numbers are exposed. www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...

My feature for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on global migration trends and why the battle between economic wellbeing and nationalism is only going to get more intense. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

This problem seems to be becoming more widespread. Take the time to check official emails, and ask for the 'recruiter' who pings you on here, social media, or through email to use an official email and CHECK it. Never hand over bank details or pay for a job application.

✨ Join five-year-old Pablo as he experiences life on the #autistic spectrum. One of the many brilliant shows funded over the last 20 years by Sound & Vision, this sweet animated series helps families of #neurodivergent children deal with everyday challenges.

Taurus: Success is just around the corner that you are nowhere near.

Every year since 2014, I've been doing a 'Walk on the Wildside' in my place as part of the Eyeries Family Festival, and this year's event is happening on Saturday. Places are limited, and it always books out fairly fast, so you need to be quick off the mark!

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

anamtralee.ie Next weekend! Anam Arts Festival, Tralee, 11-13 July. Music, literature and whatever you’re having yourself. #speirgorm

Someone needs to start a literary prize for short story collections. It seems really odd to me that we don’t have one in Ireland or the UK. Before everyone shouts about the Edgehill Prize, it doesn’t seem to be happening this year.

The cultural heritage field is moving! The EU is building the Cultural Heritage Cloud that will hold our shared past & spark future innovations. Want to contribute? Replay this week's webinar, explore the open call, apply by 16 Sept! 👇 research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/research-are...

Disabled people’s orgs have told the Guardian that plans to exempt only existing claimants from the cuts will create a “two-tier” benefit system that “condemns” future disabled people to poverty. As one said, “Is it even legal?” My story on the fallout: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...