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Lynn Cherny @arnicas.bsky.social · 1h

Nice semantic search on nat gallery of art - didn’t expect “occult manuscripts” to work so well. From Mixedbread. github.com/mixedbread-a...

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 9h

The first die hard (1968) is not bad

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Daniel J Nicholson @djnicholson.bsky.social · 19h

My little book on Schrödinger's famous classic 'What Is Life?' is out! Offering the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the book's origins, reception, impact, and legacy, it uncovers Schrödinger's motivations in writing it, and shows how it has shaped our current understanding of the cell

<i>What Is Life?</i> Revisited

Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - <i>What Is Life?</i> Revisited

www.cambridge.org

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 1d

Manannán by Máiréad Ní Ghráda 1940 Irish Language scifi book might be the first fiction piece with the use of a gravity assist. And the first Mecha robot outside of Japan.

But it's not in the Irish library service or buyable online

Cover showing plane flying to another planet

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry I should have double checked

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 1d

Fibbers has its own lager beer. And a model of your reaction

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 2d

We were all disgusted to find at a recent birthday party that this was chocolate and not a giant grub

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 2d

Too perfect to be taken at face value.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 2d

Naoise's two books The Happy Couple and Exciting Times are both excellent

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like most Irish and British writers who complain about being silenced have never done anything as brave as what Naoise has done here

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan...The flotilla was illegally intercepted last night and seized by armed Israeli forces in international waters.
irishpen.com/2025/10/08/t...

Thousand Madleens flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann

8 October 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Thousand Madleens f...

irishpen.com

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 2d

Joyce was a horrible Nazi who managed to be executed for treason against a country he wasnt a citizen of.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
Pretending to be a British convicted him.

William Joyce - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 2d

She called US soldiers "boneheads" and they loved her for it. She worked for Imperial Japan during WW2 but was more American than baseball-shaped apple pie. She's the ONLY American who overturned a treason conviction. This is the story of Iva Toguri d’Aquino:

www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_cult...

Tokyo Rose: Imperial Japan’s All-American Radio Propagandist

A look into "Tokyo Rose," the Imperial Japan propaganda meant to lower the Allies’ morale during the war. Instead, it had the opposite effect.

www.tokyoweekender.com

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 3d

"This way up" is an Irish in London comedy drama on #ch4 player. And it's very good.

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 3d

Outside of a tombstone and a childs birthday invite why would you use centrally aligned text?

Paragraphs of text arranged like this is odd

The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 3d

I saw this article claiming this might happen next year www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

And graphed it and shared the code that it probably has already happened here www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’ - Carbon Brief

Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new IEA forecasts.

www.carbonbrief.org

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 3d

Renewables overtook coal in the first half of the year.

Code and argument 🧵

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 5d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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Bionic Mecha Laura 🎃 @bioniclaura.bsky.social · 4d

New season! Medieval beefs and diss tracks. Great stuff.

Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 7d

What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2

Poets and Poetry with Dr Elizabeth Boyle

open.spotify.com

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 4d

Thankfully no one asked me what the book was. So I now look clever.

Wait how do I delete this?

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 4d

Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies

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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 4d

In the era-defining US fossil fuels v China clean tech export race there's only one winner, reports @Bloomberg

www.bloomberg.com/ne...

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 4d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 4d

I bought a book in here on Saturday. It's one of my favorite Dublin bookshops.

Ciara 🐈 @ciaraoh.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like there was a fire in Books Upstairs on D’Olier street overnight ☹️

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 5d

Recursively illegal posters is amazing.

Next up there are two guards one who always lies and one who always tells the truth, find which one supports Palestine Action

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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