WOW I AM INCREDIBLE. I AM MADE OF BLOOD AND ELECTRICITY AND I CHANGE THE WORLD ALL THE TIME. VERY COOL

FIYAH is going on hiatus. More here:

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

The soundtrack from Worlds Beyond Number is one of the best things to happen to podcasting. The ambience, the mood setting, the leitmotifs! It's all there in glorious chromatic scales!

I really like the Artemis pictures that are clearly taken from the window. It gives it a sense of ‘realness’. Like we’ve all tried to take a cool picture out of the window of an airplane only to have the reflection of the window spoil the image.

New unfeasibly cool bird just dropped.

Happy May Day everyone ⚒️

Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

Is it okay to complain to a pub that their music is too good? Track after track of 90s classics, I have no chance of listening to anything anyone says. Ugh, You Outta Know right into Waterfalls is an especially low blow.

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Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men.

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

I love that this is flagged as adult content. Yes, this is a photograph of two men in their underwear one on top of the other, but really not like you're thinking.

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

I think this is my favourite so far. Alice Knox in Blackrock, Co. Dublin who is very glad to be single. #1926census nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

I've done another video to explain how to use the #1926census map search as well. Please share. #Speirgorm #IrishGenealogy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory youtu.be/Eaz6OIggPuc

Look I know this was supposed to be a short sharp post, but in actuality I worked *very* hard on the alt text to try and get the off-vibe across.

All set up at TITE in the @lighthousecinema.bsky.social ! Superstar @tinygreens.bsky.social saving the day! Now I can tell people I imported!

The #1926census media machine is really ramping up now. Due to unprecedented local demand, I've added an additional talk in May in Swords. cbgenealogy.ie/april-may-ta... #AncestryHour #GenHour

I just checked @cbgenealogy.ie's countdown clock and we are under 24 hours to the release of the 1926 census! My grandpa emigrated in 1922, but I'll be looking for my great grandparents. I've also got three 2nd great grandparents and a bunch of other family members to check in on. #IrishGenealogy

What’s your favourite Bible verse? (Wrong answers only) I know life sometimes can get tough And I know life sometimes can be a drag But, people, we have been given a gift We have been given a road And that road's name is Rock 'n' Roll

Life is a mystery Everyone must stand alone I hear you call my name And it feels like home

(via Private Eye) (gods love it)

This does remind me, to get comics it’s own distinct Arts Council funding channel, separated from Literature (the way Circus separated from Dance/Theatre), we would need a representative in the Dáil to bring it forward. Any TDs like comics?

Pelgrane Press brings folk horror to 1813 Britain in Ballad Hunters. Use the GUMSHOE system to track down songs that have come to life and are terrorising the countryside. This new roleplaying game focuses on historical investigation and musical magic.

AND SO IT BEGINS! Over the pond I go! I’ll see you in England, my friends! Tickets are going fast but you can grab em through my website!

Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres

Audiences are drowning in so many options now they'll basically take any reason to dismiss your work. Using AI is a rocketship straight to the dumpster.

Ahhh, it's today! If you've never read 17776 (or even if you have), today is the perfect day to read one of my favourite pieces of storytelling ever. No, it's not about football. www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

MUPPET TRENT REZNOR: what have I become / my swedish friend? SWEDISH CHEF: ervie wurr ye durr gurrs awerre en de ern

It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

#Artemis II update: our European Service Module's main engine performed the translunar injection so precisely that flight controllers in Houston decided to cancel the first of three outbound trajectory correction burns on the way to the Moon 🥳

Presented without context, just like IMDB did to me. Bram Stoker's Dracula never looked so... uh. m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5...

Here's some art for any trans friends who would like it. Drop me a message if you'd like the high res emailed to you.

Just saw this on the official #StarTrek account and I had forgotten how absolutely great it is. Riker and Guinan give Wes flirting lessons.

Seems like a good day to repost this.

Join us at Eastercon Iridescence 2026 for a fantastic literary event! 📚✨ If you’re at the convention, come along to The Sword Garden official book launch, written by Irish author Peadar Ó Guilín and published by Wizard’s Tower Press, happening on 3 April at 4:30 pm in the Sussex Suite ✍️

Happy 58th birthday to Lucy Lawless, who has always understood the assignment.

I got an unexpected book deal thing and ROSES IN AMBER is currently FREE at Amazon! "There is a story of a beast, and a merchant’s daughter, and a curse that must be broken. This is not—quite—that story." I think it's only free through tomorrow, so get it now! :) www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZIH3Y...

Trump continues to try to slap his name on everything. The Kennedy Center and now a dollar bill. No living President has ever done this. He is not a monarch. Yet another reason to support the #NoKings rally tomorrow.

If you're doing #Hugos ballots and need a comic, A GIRL AND HER FED ended this year and is eligible. www.agirlandherfed.com

this is TONIGHT!

Pardon me, but… HOLY SHIT! youtu.be/_8yGGtVKrD8?...

HEY WRITERS (not just SF/F writers) HAVE YOU BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON MAKING YOUR ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT CLAIM? SFWA is running a webinar event OPEN TO ALL WRITERS (not just members! not just SF/F writers!) on Thursday. Sign up here: www.sfwa.org/events/anthr...

Love is in the air. #Edinburgh #WaverlyStation

'but what do eggs and rabbits have to do with Jesus' is as historically oblivious a comment as 'what does a bloke riding around on a herring have to do with Jesus' They both have to do with Lent and the observation of Lent

First reading today is Star of Swan by Margot Ferrick - the first time I've seen their work in print, and wow! The textures! This is a beautiful, dreamlike comic that doesn't hold your hand through the narrative, but slowly builds meaning on top of meaning, image on top of image.