Friendly reminder that you don't always need to bring quiet people "out of themselves" or try to get them to "loosen up" at social gatherings, some of us are just naturally a bit more reserved and introverted and silently plotting the downfall of our enemies and that's okay 💖

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

Oh, my pals. It's been six year after the pandemic kicked off and we all learned to meet and present online. For the sake of your hearing impaired, auditory processing impaired, and your neurospicy audience, PLEASE PLEASE wear headsets including good quality mics to avoid the awful tinnyness.

"What do you want to accomplish with that?"

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The year's first issue of Commonplace is now out. Read about smoking meat and baking scones. commonplacebook.beehiiv.com/p/commonplac...

The first issue of 2026 is out in the wild. gentledecline.beehiiv.com/p/gentle-dec...

I'm chasing for work. What I do: Technical Marketing. Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn ads; from setup to making the things WORK. Search Engine Optimisation. Email marketing. Social media. Website traffic analysis and optimisation. And fixing things that aren't going right. Drop me a line!

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

This is magnificent: mymodernmet.com/margritt-fut...

A Christmas Playlist, Of A Kind Appropriate For These Times. open.qobuz.com/playlist/502...

I don't really expect this eejit to listen to me, but maybe if enough people shout at him, he might think better and slink back into the doghouse he should be occupying.

We will have about 13,000 in 2025. About half will be allowed stay. I don't think 6,500 extra people in a population of 5 million is a threat to "social cohesion". Not being able to afford a home or to see a doctor or not having to wait 3 years for my kid's needs to be assessed is.

I genuinely thought fox hunting was illegal here already. It isn't, and it REALLY should be. Petition here: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...

I'm looking for an ecommerce platform. I have two requirements. 1 - it should integrate with Printify. 2 - it should not have a monthly subscription, and should be able to take the platform fees direct from the purchase. If you know of one, shout, and please repost this so I get wider reach. :)

It takes a strange sort of worldview to watch the Irish public elect a socialist, with the largest mandate in the history of the state, and conclude that what they really want is a tougher line on immigration.

Bad enough the Gardaí gave free run to the far right for years. Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists. Bad enough we've already had race riots. The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.

I do try to keep my anarchist urges in check. But Simon fucking Harris getting up on his hind legs to say migration numbers are too high is the kind of thing that makes me go digging for the handbook. Fucking gowl.

I would love for the agriculture industry in this country to write or even opine something that was not transparent bullshit. "the absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss"." www.agriland.ie/farming-news... Gibberish.

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

The rate at which the Irish Times and the Irish Independent are publishing smear material on Catherine Connolly is having two effects: I trust both papers EVEN LESS than I already did, and I'm very definitely voting for her.

Insomnia-fuelled short newsletter issue, gaming version: irregularshapes.beehiiv.com/p/the-things...

It's my birthday! As a gift, can I ask you to share my art?🙏 I love drawing vibrant fantasy illustrations, especially in the field of TTRPGs. And speaking of TTRPGs, check out the post below for more fantasy goodness ⬇️✨

Seeing Irish people on Reddit talking about going to provincial England and being shocked by the poverty, and if you have a historical memory of more than a decade or two, that's absolutely mindblowing

New issue of my very irregular gaming newsletter: irregularshapes.beehiiv.com/p/what-is-a-...

A new issue of my food newsletter, Commonplace, has just gone out: commonplacebook.beehiiv.com/p/commonplac...

I think this is the first time in my adult life I've been pleased by something RTÉ did: www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Things for sale. Come buy 'em! www.vinted.ie/member/28990...

Also, while I'm here, a few new things on Ebay: www.ebay.ie/usr/gothwalk

The latest issue of Commonplace, my food newsletter, is out: commonplacebook.beehiiv.com/p/commonplac...

Good grief.

Unpacking Coke cans into the fridge this summer feels vaguely like the box is about to start threatening you. Bro. Buddy. PAL.

I fed people fermented porridge and nothing exploded! thejoyofseax.tumblr.com/post/7853364...

If you see this post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll.

I went to see Thunderbolts this weekend and, without spoiling anything, it’s a surprisingly deep and affecting film for anyone who has ever battled depression. Best Marvel movie in years, honestly.

So - giveaway time! Book 3 in LANDS OF THE FIRSTBORN is out May 27th, but comment and repost here for a chance to win a free signed copy that might arrive on your doorstep marginally before then, international postage being what it is. Closing date of “just before I pop up the post office on Tue”

That moment when, with three cats and a dog in residence, you start to think "What IS that smell?".

Got up early this morning and happened to be in the right place when one otter was ambushed by another on the River Lee. The encounter then moved onto the banks at my feet before the otters realized I was there and retreated back into the water. Over in seconds. Amazing! (video slowed by 50%) #cork

If you see this post your getaway vehicle

AskHistorians has joined with thirty other research- and academia-focused subreddits to issue this statement condemning recent and ongoing efforts to undermine scholarly research and intellectual freedom in the United States. Please share widely! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

The new Dun in Mara newsletter is live! View and subscribe here: dun-in-mara.beehiiv.com/p/tis-dun-in...

Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR.

There's one thing I've always wanted to say and always felt like it goes too far and that people would think it is too much of a hot take, but fuck it. "What about the women who don't feel safe if there's a trans woman present?" They should go to fucking therapy and deal with that privately.

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We are thrilled to help announce The Weight and The Measure, a new fantasy novel from @fozmeadows.bsky.social! To be touched by the gods twice is a blessing...thrice is a curse. reactormag.com/book-announc...

Hear me out: the stock market is no more real or necessary than astrology

One of the oddest things in making maps for fantasy games is that I CANNOT get my head into a space that doesn't use corridors. And they're a pretty late invention in terms of layout.

I am starting to see a pattern in who is always threatening to take us to court: it's landlords.

To be clear, if your being an ally to people has conditions on how they speak about their own experiences, you aren’t actually an ally