Fart runes, you say ... (yes, I am a child)

No, DFS. I really don't think you want my feedback on your customer service. Trust me. Neither of us want to open that can of delayed, frustrating, enshittified can of worms.

Can’t even see friggin Chicago

The A.I discourse:

This is actually beautiful to me. It really is.

I'm not going to link to it, but if anyone is wondering what the The Guardian are doing publishing that absurd article about how authors need to use AI now, remember that The Guardian are not neutral: they have a 'strategic partnership' with Open A.I.

Callow. Cowardly. Craven.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

Honestly I’m quite happy to cut off HP/JKR supporters the same way I have conservatives in my life. At this point there’s a concentric circle for both groups in that “you knew what you were supporting, but you put your own WANTS in front of the NEEDS of others because it don’t affect you”.

Next week there will be another existential boogeyman designed to discourage you from pursuing art. There will always be a mosquito in your ear trying to convince you your creativity has no value. Let this Sora situation be a lesson. Stop getting pushed around by scammers. Make art

"How does one hate a country, or love one?" Ursula Le Guin always out there expressing my exact feelings in trying times.

Our very own @colinomahoney.bsky.social and @rolinmari.bsky.social are launching the Teen Graphic Novel this year at the Cork World Book Fest!

It’s fast approaching midnight and I would be remiss if I didn’t close this with a shout-out to @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social and particularly @paulcarroll.bsky.social who keeps that show on the road. He has a new crowdfunding campaign with @wearezoop.bsky.social coming up. Full details below 👇

'Martin acts like a callow sycophant and shames Ireland once again' was all I had on my bingo card and hey! - would you look at that, it's full.

McSweeneys nailing it again. Getting to be Onion-level humour and parody these days.

So, BlueSky, one of my passions is the study of tea in WW2. I need you to watch this oral history from three ex-tea ladies from the Bermondsey WVS. Because you could guess for ONE THOUSAND YEARS and you would not guess where it is going... #skystorians #history #tea

Not now, symbolism.

I hope it is, especially now as the Taoiseach dons his Leprechaun suit to go dance for Donald. Somebody in power in this country has to have a spine.

So if using AI actually does erode human cognition the way studies suggest, then it's a feature instead of a bug? The world is gross enough without "take away people's ability to think so we can sell it back to them" being on the list.

If you're not challenging yourself you are not 'maximising' anything. If you smooth all the edges, you get no friction. Friction, in this sense, is what makes us think. What challenges us. Holds the world in a different light for us to examine.

“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.” ― Ray Bradbury #quote www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

I know I'm like an indie band chart outlier who only has that one hit they keep playing to remind people they're still around, but I don't think enough people realise this: That you can broadly choose not to engage with AI. Anyway, your parents might remember this one -- ONE... TWO... ONETWOTHREEF

Just started playing Pokémon for the first time. When do I get to eat them?

Comics I'm reading: Boys Run The Riot vol. 1. I love these characters and the journey they're on. This is beautiful, heartfelt stuff, following a trans character as the find a way to express themselves and to be themselves.

Who would let a dog play basketball in a world like this?

Telling Jesus he'll never make it if he keeps being so hostile to wealth. Advising him to moderate his message to appeal to the Galilee suburbs

One of the reasons I distrust GenAI is that I've been doing tech support in one form or another for 35+ years, and I've seen every way that tech can be misused, break, or behave outside of expectations; GenAI ticks every 'uh-oh' box for me.

the future is for trans people

*gently poking the social contract with a stick* hey are you okay

This is fucking horrifying. And I really hope those who have been referring to trans rights as “purity politics” or “wanting a pony” are paying fucking attention. Trans rights are not up for debate, nor are they up for negotiation as part of some electoral strategy.

New @robwilliams71.bsky.social Dredd is always something to look forward to. His stories are relevant and modern, without ever straying from the foundations of what makes the strip great - if anything, he has revitalised those fundamentals.

PUT IT BACK!

Every single comics con/festival/fair should have an anti-AI policy front and centre now. Basic ethics.

Consequence for politicians. I wonder what that feels like?

This is cool. Western comics are still dominated by capes and IP and comics can be so much more than that.

Being neutral between fascism & democracy, is actually supporting fascism.

They should invent ... actually no. They shouldn't invent anything else. Enough already with the wearables and A.I and apps and smartbullshit. Just stop. We were fine. Not great, but fine. Leave us be.

You ever notice that no one ever claims to have gotten drunk and accidentally gotten a tattoo of a Star of David? Are all the Nazi symbols just on the first page of every tattoo catalog?

Sure Lego is great but I just can't afford to ... Wait what now!?!

So easy I've been doing it my entire life!

From talking to my postwoman I just discovered that An Post deliveries do not use Eircodes. It's used at sorting office level, but not for deliveries. Our national post service does not use our post code service for deliveries. I think I need to lie down.

Honestly this is so important to internalise. I talk about this so much in workshops. You have to produce shitty work in order to produce good work. So stop being afraid of the shitty work. Just do it. Pick up the pen or pencil and write or draw or dance or sculpt and trust and enjoy the process.

New polling on Ireland's housing crisis: - 81% want the government to build more social housing "even if there are local objections" - 64% disagree government is making progress on housing - 67% would vote for a constitutional right to housing - 29% are personally affected by the housing crisis

"We are now seeing eviction rates that have not been seen in Ireland since the 1850s." A damning reality laid bare in this piece of well-researched analysis.

In Killarney for a week. Saw Hamnet. Jesse Buckley was sitting beside us. She didn't say anything, but you could tell she wanted to ask us what we thought. I think all the locals were used to it, but it was kind of annoying for us.