ILLEGALLY seized in international waters. This language is factually accurate and not in the least controversial. Stop giving Israel a pass.

I wrote about House of Beamish www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

Cannot believe I can’t do my longstanding hilarious joke of announcing that media released for Halloween is “for me for my birthday” about FRANKENSTEIN. Netflix has chosen the ideal and thematically appropriate release date of November 7th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aul...

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Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling. Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.

Translunar Traveler's Lounge is open for speculative fiction, 5000 words and under. Please check the guidelines before submitting, but other than that, don't self-reject. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Donal Fallon includes Norah Hoult here, citing writer John Broderick on how censorship had stolen a livelihood from Hoult: “She died with nothing except the old-age pension and was a most distinguished writer. She ended up in great poverty, and nobody bothered their heads about it.” archive.ph/rVmKZ

MAYBE SHE’S BORN WITH IT. MAYBE ITS THE CODEINE. Had such a lovely evening at the @writersguildirl.bsky.social Zebbie awards! Wearing real clothes and talking to real people right to their faces! Sore but delighted today! Congratulations to my fellow nominees and to all the winners! ❤️

Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men. There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years

Based on the jaw-dropping paddywhackery of the trailer myself and Beloved Housemate mused about watching for the pisstake potential but I actually might take psychic damage

Things like this bring back the tired anger of the RTÉ scandal. Pretty sure thats a massive contributor for the scant catalogue of our own stories for TV. To me, the money was the motive, but the atrocity is the resulting decades-long cigarette burn on the tapestry of our culture.

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) Part 2 #webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

I cannot overstate how many of the things that people love now started out as weird, experimental, niche shit. Hollow Knight. Trigger Happy TV. The Fast Show.

The homogenisation and consolidation of buisinesses and brands has led to the erosion of the midlist, the indie movie or band or comic. There's a real sense of "I'll only try media that's already popular / famous," and I'm begging you to look for the weird shit, the experimental, the niche.

I’ve had this saved in my phone to stare at every now and again. And was Dickens doing his own ironing? I think not. I, who also do not do my ironing, am immensely more impressive.

PLEAS̵̤͆Ę̴͘ ̵̹͛S̸̛͚T̴̢̏Ä̴͉́N̵̢͚̝͝͠D̴̛͉̳͓͎͍͚͚̿̎̿ ̷̡̨̧̛̛̻̝̻̳̼̘͖̞̫̟̬̯̤̟̭̘̫̳͇̙̹͓͉̘̮͎̠͈̪͖̈̈́̑̔̃͛͂͂̇̌̋̈́͐̀̌͑̌̒́͐̉͐̈́͗̚̕͜͝͝B̶̢̡̛̞̘̬̦̖̠̞̥͈̯̠͚̯͈̮̖̙̟̹̲̯͚̜̦̬͉̞͓̣̜͓͍̗̼͈̙̦͖̬̲̋̄̎̈̈́̚͜͝ͅͅͅͅY̸̧̢̢̧̠͉͚̥̥͍͍͎̦̪̫̟̘̪̞̙̩̫̘̰̝͈̹̭̞̥̊͒̈̏͐͜ 📼

The Zebbies are tonight!! Buzzin!! This might be my first Proper Social Outing in a literal actual year?? Gonna be dosed to the gills on pain meds but if I have to leave early I will endeavour to make it look like a furious diva-strop storm-out x ❤️

If anyone’s interested, editors now prefer binary reviews - to generate online heat - and pressure their critic teams to deliver slatings or hymnings. A standard three star review (like this) will not get you much work as a freelancer, unless you’re happy to have it headlined as a pasting.

This is *stunningly* disingenuous, and the fact that Singal continues to enjoy a career writing at the highest levels about a topic that he either unwilling or incapable of discussing honestly is such an indictment of the Anglo-American prestige media.

Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!

My one woman mini-series (2 eps) for @realmmedia.bsky.social has been nominated for a @writersguildirl.bsky.social award! If you like spooky stories, unreliable narrators, meditations on artistic merit & the sound of me ABSOLUTELY LOSING IT check it out!! open.spotify.com/episode/7h9k...

Pedometer tracks my spine punishing me for my hubris. Prone w/ pain after having the temerity to walk 6k yesterday. But! Wednesday the cutoff was 3k! AUDACITY WILL WIN. NECK WILL TRIUMPH OVER SPINE Regardless I’m not MOVING for the next 2 days. THE @writersguildirl.bsky.social ZEBBIES ARE TOMORROW!

Very nice to see Eyes of Hellfire hit 'Very Positive' on Steam today with our 50th review. Thanks for playing everyone!

Come read pages 1-5 of my new Scifi webcomic Terran Omega. The Ghosts Of War - free to read - but your support (from $1) will get you behind the scenes work and the comic in full colour as I get it done! RTs appreciated!

did you know you can hire me to make your podcast cover art? talminear.com#coverart :)

Oh for me?? A release date for me for my birthday on the 28th??? So kind!! Rarin’ for this one lads, just LOOK at it. Absolutely sumtuous and all set in Ireland!

[Withnail, close to tears] “I have become vulnerable in the night-time economy”.

WHERLP turns out it was the second last thing. Recovery continues longer and more bone-exhaustingly than anticipated so now I’ve had to regretfully pull out of recording a fun RPG guest episode. Sulk city pop: me. Complaining Will Continue Until Moral (ie Treats Given To Me) Improves

This is so funny I’m so excited “Do NOT kiss the ghost“

So you want to be a Knuckle? Join the fight against fright, by following The Bad Articles on any and all social media. Our brand new supernatural comedy podcast launches this October! Let’s get spooky and silly! #podcast #audiodrama #ttrpg #improv #ireland

”You feel crazy because you’re searching for logic and coherence, when the incoherence is the point” REFRESHING and SATISFYING to have this summarised so clearly. I used to believe the hypocrisy was wilful ignorance, but it’s been made clear that it’s the entire point and end goal.

Perfectly put. When I was younger, I thought the main problem in the world was a lack of empathy, but have begun to view projection as more problematic. The zero-sum narcissists project their pure self-interest onto all of us, we project *wildly off-base* good-faith positive intent onto them.

One of the great joys in life is observing how your relentless verbal nonsense has infected your entire social group’s familect

Now who might this dashing young person be? 😍 I strongly recommend you click through to the profile, if only for the exclusive cat photos within...

If you're ready to join the fight against fright, make sure to follow The Bad Articles! A supernatural comedy podcast set in 90s Ireland, created and produced right here at Felbryn Studios.

Can't believe my writing is gonna be in a book this STUNNING Got one module nearly done and another in the works already...

General submission open on Monday 22 September. We are looking for speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Our remit is very broadly fun, but don't self-reject - a truly superb story offers an enjoyment of it's own.

We wrote a good ass book. In fact, I will be reading from it ✨tonight✨, right here www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid...

Finished POSTHASTE MANOR by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social last night, and it hit all my buttons. From the actual story content to the structure - mosaic narratives, smashing together genres, scrapbook media, wild tonal shifts. Its all there!

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

Crone to the bone, baby

Tesco delivery man had instructions that I would need help carrying shopping, and when i opened the door he exclaimed “ah here I was expecting an aul’ wan!!” WELL YOU GOT HER

Into week 2 of my ‘fortnights surgical recovery‘. Awoke to discover that I overdid it yesterday by engaging in such extreme-sports-like activities as ‘trying a 10m walk’ and ‘standing’.

Imagine robbing yourself of all the weird choices and decisions to make the thing you want to make, ways to make every little nook and cranny of the thing you’re making more interesting to you and maybe you alone because you’d rather ask an ai to do it.

This gave me a shock this morning. Their “change of terms” email is in my inbox and I likely would have clicked ‘whatever’ without even giving it a second glance. Unsure if GDPR would be a shield, but regardless, a hard lesson on companies & the internet and their rapidly increasing hostility.

Reposting in honour of having the gloop scooped out of my spine and the bones shaved off. “I got a good chunk out!” the surgeon enthused, as I stared blearily at him with pupils the size of marbles and tried to articulate that I’d like to keep some bones please. Alas, I could not.