Nice! Was going to cork for a day trip today and planned to pop into Vibes and Scribes anyway, so this is a great added bonus!

This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.

Got injections into the right of some spinal joints today, and I’ve been so wobbly and lopsided since, it’s a very weird sensation but hopefully this helps with the pain 🤞

It’s hard not to get really bummed out by the current state of the world, isn’t it?

Aaawwh and now Norris is another sad boy on the sand dune. This is killing me: Sad Sand Dune Dudes. #DutchGP #F1

Leclerc sitting on a sandy hill after DNF’ing is SO dramatic. I love him. #DutchGP #F1

Why doesn’t RTE, or someone officially stream EP? Tried to watch Chappell Roan on the only available live stream I could find, someone’s TikTok, it was awful quality, they were just showing their friends and chatting, and then it cut out after like 4 songs 😭

Become an instant Mon Rovia stan not just for their music but because they’ve been reposting to all of their TikTok followers everyone who sets videos of ICE or police/protest encounters to this song, to get the videos past algorithm suppression. And now they’re at the opry. This is how it’s done

And that’s why he’s one of the GOATs of cinema!

This takes about one minute to do, it’s extremely simple, just a few simple questions, and you don’t need to be an artist to do it, it’s open to the general public. And the far right are trying to load it, so please take a moment and fill it out

I can’t say I’m surprised John Boyne, author of “my brother’s name is Jessica” is transphobic (also let’s not forget he got in a fight with the Auschwitz Memorial). He’s a disgrace to Irish Writers imo.

I’ve been reading Project Hail Mary via #audiobook bc it came highly recommended (plus I wanted to before the movie comes out). Holy fuck am I glad I’m listening it! All the numbers would’ve caused my eyes to glaze over 😭 #scifisky #booksky

@eilymay.bsky.social and myself have gone for a dip in the nearby lake the last two evenings; the way the cool water just resets our nervous systems is truly the best thing in the world. Would love to be one of those people who outdoor swim regardless of season!

I also like my chances. You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

As a neurodivergent person with an aversion to pants, this isn’t an excuse. If you wanna be pantless in private have at it but when you’re in public (especially the workplace), ya cover your hiney!

Some thoughts on #Grok of it all: 1) The incident on the 8th was a really interesting showcase of someone* falling down the far right pipeline, ending up as a full blown nazi. But Grok did a speedrun of it.

I’m so frustrated. I learned about a writing residency really late, so I spent the last 4 days working tirelessly on my application. I sent it off around 11pm, vis email on my phone. At 2.06am the app, and notice that it never fucking sent – the deadline was 12am today! I wanna cry 😭 #Writesky

Dairy** I’ve such an aversion to the thing, I can’t even spell it.

So we all agree that it’s either bc Max is leaving, or there was an ultimatum right? What does it say about Redbull that as long as they were winning they didn’t care to remove him regarding the allegations, yet now that they’re having a shit season he gets the boot. Should’ve happened sooner tbh

You could say that Christian Horner being sacked is “simply lovely” #F1 #RedbullRacing #RBR

For the past 8-10 years, I haven’t eaten beef because I thought it made me sick. Turns out, beef was never the problem, it was the accompanying diary: cheese on burgers, peppercorn sauce on steak, etc.

exactly

Do we reckon Musk will try shrug this off as a “Roman AI”, or how will he try to weasel his way out of this one?

What the fuck was that with Zak Brown cutting off Naomi Skiff to ask what the other white man thought??? Gross behaviour! #McLaren #BritishGP #F1

Oh look it’s me (first photo) My sign reads ‘“the citizens must own their city” - James Connolly’

Forget synchronised swimming, synchronised spinning is where it’s at #Haas #F1 ##BritishGP

All these drivers changing to slicks is gonna cause carnage #F1 #BritishGP #Silverstone

I hope if it comes down to Stoll or Hulkenberg fighting for podium, that Hulkenberg gets it! #BritishGP #Silverstone #F1

The new graphics from SkySports during #silverstone #f1 are fun!

Forever torn between having short hair and letting it grow out. I once had hair down to my waist and I’m ngl I kinda miss it and feel like it would be badass with the blue colour

Watched Fried Green Tomatoes for the first time yesterday with @eilymay.bsky.social, and I could tell if I’d have watched it as a teen, I’d have wanted to be, and would’ve acted like, Idgie

Needed to hear this - often I get bogged down in worrying about upsetting potential readers. Mind you I’ll have zero readers if I don’t just let myself write.

Ya ever get overwhelmed by the all the hobbies you want to do at once, but can’t? #craftsky #writesky #artsky

For someone who claims to be a “feminist”, this is a very patriarchal view to have. TERF implies there are some feminist views held (although to be transphobic is to be anti-feminist imo), this is a direct slap in the face to the very roots of feminism. Jo is a bigot, plain and simple.

I once had a pretty decent memory for things that interest me, but the brain fog that comes with chronic pain has left me feeling like I’ve never retained a single fact in my life.

Can’t believe #boygenius summer was 2 years ago already 😭

@eilymay.bsky.social and I were talking about 00s and 10s fashion bring back in style this morning, and I remembered and shared that the 00s & 10s are what the 80s & 90s were to us. So that was fun thing to think about first thing on a Monday morning. #y2k #gettingolder #aging

I can’t fully comprehend how busy this week has already been, and will continue to be. All positive stuff, but holy fuck my poor disabled body is already suffering!

The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they are not robots.

@eilymay.bsky.social and myself undertook the odyssey of using public transport to Dublin without an able bodied companion to see Paris Paloma, last night. It was a trek and a half, but holy fuck was it worth it because the show was incredible!

A timely insight into the reality of AI. Programmed to agree to an obsequious degree. Sycophantic in the extreme. The ultimate "yes man". This is not the future. This is a mechanised embodiment of decadence. A symptom of intellectual and cultural decay.

Being a writer, and searching for a new day job, means your confidence is being shattered repeatedly by rejection 😩 #writesky #librarysky

How does one become consistent in their morning and night routines when neurodivergent? Any tips at all for making going to bed and getting up easier would be appreciated!! #disabilitysky #neurodivergent #lifehacks

Oh I hope to fuuuuuck that it goes the way of NFTs.

Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor. He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down. The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him. This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies

Hmmm something isn’t adding up here …

Frankenstein was the original bio hacker, and look how that turned out. #biohack #booksky #filmsky

Overheard while walking through the streets of Galway City: “Bigups to the library” As an aspiring librarian, this is the energy I want! #librarysky

It is important to recognize that a homophobic bigot decided to take this man’s life. This talent is gone because of unjustified and irrational hatred. Rest In Peace, Jonathan, and know your legacy is carried with love. May the world change for the better, with peace for all.

I can’t believed while waiting for my rheumatology appointment, the patient ahead of mine’s surname is(/sounds like) Hurtalot … this has to be a joke surely??