As someone who works in this space, I was always told that 'good enough was never good enough'. The people pumping out AI slop are completely trying to shift that narrative to 'you'll like what we tell you to like' I knew things were bad, but this is grim, grim reading.

Wait... it's STILL January?

When employers tell you they want you back in the office for the culture... this is the culture they mean

It's a government run by hot dog guys

I’ve built a Time Machine and travelled to the year 2046. It’s still raining

A couple of months ago I went to the first parents association meeting of my kids new school. 27 women and me. I was a little stunned 'cause in the last school the dads were quite involved but really I shouldn't have been

On my way to Rascals ahead of my Craicademia talk. Have suddenly forgotten how to speak

This minds me of a bit I had where friends would post pictures of themselves in front of famous world landmarks (eiffel tower, grand canyon, etc) and I'd comment underneath 'where's that?'

looking at pictures from 2015 and the last time I was beardless and my number one thought is that I should have spent more money on a phone with a decent camera. every picture looks like it was taken with a potato. underwater

Episode 1 of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was promising. Just the right level of silliness in keeping with the source material

Seeing the northern lights with the naked eye will never get boring

I’m speaking at Craicademia on Wednesday night (think Ted talk but more craic). Gonna be discussing living with Trigeminal Neuralgia, one of the world’s most painful medical conditions. Come along and throw tomatoes (just not at my face) www.eventbrite.ie/e/craicademi...

Kildare twinned with Austria, neither a hurling stronghold

Guess I’m back here now. My WhatsApp groups will be happy at least

So here’s my take. We priced working class people out of journalism with the prevalence of unpaid internships. And the fee-paying school kids who replaced them are the most gullible people imaginable. Cause if you don’t think this was a nazi salute, I dunno what to tell you

I have seen 1000x more people note that Trump didn't really save TikTok than I have seen people claim Trump saved TikTok

I’m 42 and lowkey still not 100% sure you’re not all lying to me about narwhals being real

interestingly, the Programme for Government doesn't seems to include anything about stopping the shrinkflation that affected selection boxes so heavily last Christmas. Truly a missed opportunity

This is a really hard read. Fair play to those women for going public. I was a huge fan of Gaiman's work when I was younger. But he belongs firmly in the bin.

Here come the hot stepper

My trigeminal neuralgia has been giving me awful gip recently. But the cold spell makes such a difference in terms of keeping the worst of the pain away. I know it's been really hard for some people, but the difference I feel being outdoors in this weather. Better than any drug

Timmy Dooley on Morning Ireland today said three times, unchallenged, that the Irish people had given FF/FG a 'significant majority' They don't have *a* majority which is why they're having to make deals with the likes of Verona Murphy in the first place, never mind a significant one

I think about this @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social cartoon every single time I look at my dog

I know dream posts are dull, but I had a dream last night that I wrote a film called Manatee. Which was identical in every way to Mannequin except, with an actual manatee in the Kim Cattrall role

35 years ago today, a young lad went out to play a game of football and his life changed forever. In 'And a bang on the ear' I wanted to not just write Phil's story in own words, but to structure it in a way that gave an insight into life with a traumatic brain injury. I think I achieved that?

Legally, you're allowed time off work to listen to Do They Know It's Christmas, because of Force Midge Ure.

I don't understand how or why people get locked into an 'I'm alright, Jack' mindset? When I didn't have much, I voted for people who I thought could build a fairer society. Now that I'm doing okay, I support those same people/parties even more. You gotta build more ladders, not pull them up

I was listening to some analysis ahead of the leader's debate later that said there was no one topic that had captured the attention of the voting public yet. And how it's not housing, housing, and housing again, I'll never know So many of our issues go away if people have affordable places to live

I haven't been feeling particularly great of late, so I booked a full health screening for later this week, including prostate and heart and all the other things that kill men in their 40s I'm genuinely surprised at/pleased with myself though for doing it. Very unlike my usual 'be grand' attitude

I watched someone become completely radicalised - and last I checked had gone full anti-vax, pro-fash - because they couldn’t go to club hurling matches. I’ve no idea if this is who people really are and they just needed the trigger or if their brains just broke during those first two years?

The year is 2052, every children’s book is ‘written’ by David Walliams. Any one who even thinks about opening a blank Word doc is shot through the brain with a laser

Me after reaching Friday of the week I ‘just needed to get through’ for the 416th week in succession

I guess I'm here now. Thanks to @suekirk.bsky.social for the prompt.

One of my new year's resolutions was to write more. I haven't done as much as I wanted to, but I've written more than last year. Anyway, here's something that funnily enough, @steveohrourke.bsky.social inspired me to write. I guess we agree on something for once. link.medium.com/uLNxKTyckEb

We are the sons of the monsters you couldn’t mash

The nominations for sports book of the year come out tomorrow. I genuinely have no expectations of being nominated - there were so many incredible books released this year - but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit it would mean a huge amount to get the nod

It's what Keith would have wanted.

A gas thing about being a writer is that, when you tell people, the response is usually one of two things 1. Oh anything I would know? 2. I love writing, how can I be a writer? I find the first one much easier to answer than the second. No way of controlling what people like or don’t like

I started saying ‘hundred percent’ as a bit and now I find I’m using it as a synonym for ‘absolutely’ and even just ‘yes’ ‘Will you finish that work today?’ ‘Hundred percent’

Research is showing that I’m awake at an ungodly hour again

As the second day of the week, I never understood the hate Monday gets

Being wide awake in middle of the night always leads to very good, very non-invasive thoughts imho

Me, playing devil’s advocate: ‘I think the devil is innocent your honour’

Also I love that Aviendha is Irish, (Irish actor Ayoola Smart), with the character keeping the Irish accent, which makes sense for the Aiel who in the books are essentially Irish who end up living in the desert for millenia and become fantasy Fremen.

"No words contain all the vowels in order," I said facetiously.

Feeling a lot of this over the past while

Somebody will find a way to blame Paul Murphy for this by Sunday morning

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