"The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam" is a great rule to have against AI content

Reminder to all writers to enter the @frazzledlit.bsky.social short story competition - judged by the amazing Donal Ryan. And Frazzled Lit is a wonderful journal - they're so decent to submitters and give so much generous help to the writing community ❤️ www.frazzledlit.com/p/opens-at-m...

Many such cases! from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social

This looks interesting, but I fear Jeremy Strong has way too much character in his face to portray Mark Zuckerberg www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4L...

No Photoshop, AI or Jim Henson muppeteering involved, this is what my brother's dog looks like in real life. Isn't she DEADLY 😍

Bert and Ernie should have their own show. I don't want to have to watch Sesame Street to see what they're up to. I'm not 5

Weather's so good in Dublin, me and my writing group are gonna meet by the canal instead of online. Blare some audiobooks from our boombox 🌞

Really delighted to have a short story of mine featured in the current Interrobang Literary Journal - www.interrobanglit.com/fathers-day/

Looked at the 1926 census with my Dad last night, trying to find his dad. My dad didn’t know: his father’s birth year, the town he grew up in, or how to spell his first name. To be clear: his dad raised him, he didn’t disappear or anything. Apparently he was quite nice 🙃

8 years ago, I told a story which changed my life forever. Shortly after, an old pal from college asked if he could turn it into a film. So I am DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE that 'Me, Myself & Mary' is not only finished, but has been chosen to lead the Tribeca Festival's animated shorts roster this year.

There's an instinct to blame the left that these agri protests are often right wing or led by people who are right wing cause "the left" didn't engage but that ignores that many of these people have their own conservative to right wing ideologies.

Tom Waits has recorded a song with Massive Attack and it is UNREAL 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...

the official conservative position in Ireland is that as they get less popular and representative of the population, they deserve more of a voice in public discourse, an obviously absurd position that is nonetheless constantly validated by the Irish press for some reason

hello 👋 i have developed a new tool called blüuümpíi. blüuümpíi will convert every file on your hard drive to a .wav file without asking you, maximize your system volume, and play them on every bluetooth speaker you have ever connected to. if you offer feedback on blüuümpíi i will take legal action

People doing wacky April Fool's posts on LinkedIn

Been working on a list of nicknames for people from specific Irish places, along the lines of ‘Galwegians’: Limerichards Celbridgerators Traleejits Will update as more occur to me kthnxbye x

I feel like I am taking crazy pills - for every 1 rental property in Cork, there's 4 Airbnbs - this is lunacy in the middle of a decade-long housing crisis. Like, wtf are we doing here?

Just came up with a deadly name for an Irish drag queen: Úna Bomber

A post so smart I'm almost afraid to share it. www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-t...

Best ever adaptation of Wuthering Heights was by the genius @katebeaton.bsky.social ❤️

Best ever adaptation of Wuthering Heights was by the genius @katebeaton.bsky.social ❤️

AI nailed by @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social - “It is not a revolution in computing, but a revolution in accepting lower standards”

we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)

“In fairness, we also seem to believe that over one-in-three Irish people are accessing social housing compared to the real figure of 9.2%, which begs the question: how much social housing do these people think that Ireland has?” Here is this week’s column.

Got myself a Xmas gift of a print subscription to @theonion.com, first one arrived this week and it’s **unreal**. The fake ads are particularly great.

The wonderful writer and all round lovely person @jmcm.bsky.social needs to raise money for a new laptop - she gives so generously to the writing community in Ireland, please support her with a small donation or by sharing ❤️ gofund.me/365b21652

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it

Great list of recommendations from the brilliant John Kelly www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Open the fucking windows on buses are you all insane

Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing

As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good

Recession indicator in case anyone needs yet another one - quite a few closed-down shops in Dublin Airport

At least the 2008 crash was about a bet that housing would never decline. The next one will be about betting that six companies who sell each other magic beans would never decline

"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

Now that the left has had a huge victory in Ireland I guess the centrist parties must promise to listen to the electorate and move to the left. I mean they feel compelled to ape the right whenever those headbangers win a few council seats.

Can some band please record a song called ‘Put in Your F*cking Headphones’, so I can play it out loud on the Luas as needed

stop fucking replying to this about headphone jacks. i don't give a shit about if you have to figure out bluetooth. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE WATCHING A VIDEO AT ALL TIMES. JUST FUCKIN PUT IT DOWN. READ A FUCKIN BOOK OR SOMETHING

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

Major election coming up in Ireland next week, and election interference is a real concern. I contributed to this online resource to help inform voters about how to spot and report illegal election interference - please use and share! sites.google.com/view/electio...

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

Our dog found an actual string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆

Writer @jmcm.bsky.social gives such generous support to the writing community in Ireland, through Frazzled Lit & the creative community sessions she organises - please consider supporting her in raising the funds she needs for a learning opportunity gofund.me/6663f9001

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that