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If this were happening in the Middle East, the US wouldn’t be able invade it or destroy their government fast enough.

We don’t shame people enough for being useless in society and I think we should because all the people in this article need a good couple of hours in the stocks. Imagine being this thick and unaware of it. I will go to my grave caring that someone is trying to force AI on me

Firstly, fuck off with this AI shite. Secondly, any feelings about small talk aside, it’s the only way to actually learn a language. And yes it will be awkward. Because you are LEARNING! Awkward convos won’t kill you. But data centres using up all the electricity and water supplies just might.

@deeholloway.bsky.social the mini zine block print in your newsletter is lovely. Thank you for sharing it. And yes I will print it out. I’m going to put it in my journal.

The woman is raising the bar for what’s acceptable in an Irish President. Though we may weed out the messers & far right wingers if we tell them to get on the ballot/or once on the ballot they have to participate in Ireland’s Fittest President.

In 2010, we had a family wedding close to the brides hometown in the midlands and upon hearing that it was a 3 night affair, my aunt said in company of the grooms parents & assorted family members “but that’s a terrible long time to be together”. B/c she had no filter. She wasn’t wrong though…

I’m no political great shaker or mover by any regard but i had a feeling there was something going on I wasn’t clued into. Always someone to be keeping an eye on or a group to be side eyeing, ain’t there…

I love this print. This time of year I move it to a more prominent place. It reminds me that spring is arriving and the days are getting longer and brighter.

Tell that poor 5 yr old they abducted about your code of conduct. Maybe it’ll help him sleep better & make up for all he’s undergoing.

Not to leap into others politics when god knows there’s enough malarkey but a code of conduct only works when you’re dealing with people who will respect it & have a sense of honour & decency to begin with. These guys ain’t that. You need to make them unemployed & unemployable.

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This is what happens when 23 yr olds with no actual life experience are given too much money & haven’t been told enough to stop talking shite. This guy’s midlife crisis will consume him.

Yes please and thank you.

The images from Minneapolis are heavily redolent of those from Derry before Bloody Sunday. The logic of challenged militarism, faced with civilian resistance, is to increase the violence levels. That’s their one trick. Violence, or additional violence.

This is a great analogy, a paramilitary force there merely to spread terror. Staffed by bitter failures of men.

Wunmi Mosaku plays Annie with such a grace and dignity and command. Every time she appeared on screen, I’d think “oh thank goodness, someone who knows what’s what and will take charge.”…

If I hate anything at the moment, it’s that you can lose the popular vote in a Presidential election but still get the job due to the Electoral College? Terrible. Bonkers. Offensive even as someone who takes voting seriously. But it’s hard to fix when (rich y/t) people only have control b/c of it.

It would be great if these guy could manage to run a company that makes products people actually want to use.

Regina Black has a v thoughtful and thought provoking newsletter today about perceiving romance in 2 modes: Beauty and Difficult Beauty and also it pertains to some critical reception of Sinners.

This is even more valid this morning considering the tragic incident between Galway & Athenry this morning cancelling & delaying services. I was there for the 7.30am train when word came through we we’d have a bus transfer. Online updates only on Twitter which I don’t use…

Dude, I once got on a train from Galway to Dublin to see a film in the cinema. I have been to the cinema in other countries. You don’t know how much I love seeing films in the cinema. I will make a fucking occasion out of it, never mind go to another town.

Well now ain’t this some Captain America The Winter Soldier Hydra bullshit we got here for ourselves. Inside of helicarriers, we have sub par specimens performing military cosplay with deadly results.

I don’t use it at all. I hate that thing. And one of the reasons is because I’ve seen family members with dementia struggle to find words. To remember. I am blessed to have my faculties such as they are. I won’t outsource my cognitive abilities to an inferior machine.

Some time ago a commentator here said that under this administration, the situation would become like the British Army in Northern Ireland & the accuracy of that is just terrible. Cities being occupied by armed men who can shoot with impunity. The worst history repeating itself.

You know that thing where you try to respect someone in a general sort of way and then they start talking and they make it so difficult? Yeah. That. Seriously I’ve worked with volunteers in national roles who had a better understanding of their role & more backbone than this.

Well it’s official. I’m in my email sending phase. Just contacted an organisation I know well to say why are you saying for stand for things and are still on X? I was polite and professional. When sending such emails, I never apologise or say “that’s just what I think”. Weakens the point.

Handsome Pete will return in Avengers: Doomsday

@kdc.bsky.social this made me cackle!

In the past we’ve made bagel slices smeared with peanut butter as makeshift bird food. Tie it to a post or tree with string. They also will eat leftover Xmas cafe & pudding.

I remind myself how Momo lived through a lot of bullshit with far fewer appliances but kept the faith, gave people hell (& help) & was always down to party & do what she enjoyed. So there’ll always be strife but hold grudges, mind community, & enjoy your shows/books while you go about your life

No. Not now, not ever. It’s all. It’s sloppy slop. The sloppiest of slops to ever slop from a foolproof slopping machine.

At a residential event some years, the first evening it was discovered someone was seeking something for period pain. Practically every woman produced something out of her bag. Anyone with an unknown blister pack had to then inform the group ALL about it. Better than any icebreaker game

Writing fanfic used to help me reset my brain after a lengthy spell writing policies and youth programme packs when I found it hard to focus on a book or magazine.

If you’ve ever read any Omega verse stories, this reads VERY differently…

*through gritted teeth* If I KNEW what I was in the mood to watch, I would have chosen somethingALREADY! This is not helpful Netflix.

I have not yet seen Heated Rivalry but I kept seeing screenshots online of two different couples so I wasn’t exactly sure who Ilya and Shane were and was mightily perplexed. So I researched and educated myself because that’s how we learn. Not through AI summaries which I’ll decry to the grave…

@kdc.bsky.social could do something along these lines I have no doubt. If she had time with everything else she had going on of course…

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Some years ago a friend gave me pjs as a Christmas present & I had to wash them as soon as I unwrapped them because the smell from her indoor smoking was overpowering.

There are a lot of Charities needing support this time of year. If you have the means, perhaps you might throw some money to the GSPCA whose means are often stretched by demand. People can be shitty animal owners… gspca.ie/products/%F0...

This is why it’s good to know people who read different genres that range from big 6 to indie to self published. Whether your follow their newsletter/socials/group chat or know them in real life. Also if you’re not sure about a book, the library is right there…

Walking into 2026.

Honestly I went to see that film & sat there wondering when I’d start to enjoy it. Anytime anyone calls it the perfect Xmas movie, I’m afraid of what other dumb opinions they have.

I remember when Disney would sue the pants off you for even having something similar to one of their characters. The early season Simpsons seasons have satirical mentions peppered through.

Listen, I miss my dead father more than my grandmother most of the time but I’m not engaging with him either, not as AI, not as a ghost, nothing. They died. I let them go. I am akin to a Movement. I evolve and work with what I have as best I can. So fuck off with your aul AI shite.

This is ferociously beautiful. And also powerful and dangerous which is why I don’t fuck about with nature and storms.

This kind of humour when someone dies isn’t unusual in Irish families.