Ali Mack
Ali Mack
@alimack13.bsky.social
Does Theatre, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, books of all kinds, a bit of IT, some environental caring and a touch of emergency planning. Worries about keeping freedom of choice, how we treat refugees and each other. She/Her
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Compelling warning by Ireland's Data Protection Commission, originally posted to Instagram. The risks, and threats are progressively, and exponentially worse as generative AI is used against material featuring (your/our) children, incl. in production of CSAM/CSEM. www.instagram.com/reel/DRcD5Fi...
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Can I invite her for Christmas please?
Talking to your family at Thanksgiving is hard. Let @lesdoggg.bsky.social handle it
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The National Development Plan 2040 summed up in 15 secs #speirgorm #transport

youtu.be/cjl8OIZijjY?...
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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An unusual pink light spotted in the skies of north Dublin in recent weeks has caused much intrigue, with many mistaking it for the Northern Lights
What is the 'Aurora Berryalis' spotted over Dublin?
An unusual pink light spotted in the skies of north Dublin in recent weeks has caused much intrigue, with many mistaking it for the Northern Lights.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Watch the thread for good points on the unfairness for women in sport. Spoiler....it's not trans people.
I’m not sure who need to hear it. There is nothing new in this but it’s a long time since I heard it put so eloquently 1/3
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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This is my 6th year posting this same message. Black Friday is a nonsense with often pretend discounts on stuff you probably don’t need. We’ll do as we always do at this time and increase the 1% of all income we give to Women’s Aid to 10% on web sales over the weekend. Fuck Black Friday. #speirgorm
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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"If a bloke comes to you with a penis", surely the first questions are: Who's penis is it? Where did you get it? Why is it gift wrapped?
Why is transphobia the default state for so many arseholes?
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I shared the original so sharing the #correction. I still think it's good to review your settings in Gmail tho.
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Join us for our annual Books of the Year Online event on Monday 24th November. Check out the fab line up of authors we’ll be talking to below! And we will be giving out a 10% discount code on the night! Book your free ticket here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/2411...
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
@dublin2029.bsky.social interesting essay
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.

“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —

altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
One for Scottish based #booksky. Hope it goes well.
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#spiergorm @octocon.bsky.social time to check those security settings.
Our lives have become a non-stop series of assaults on our privacy by the technology we rely on.
Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
More fun facts for #booksky
type for books used to be set using little metal letters built into words in racks and then inked and pressed on to paper. If you had stock phrases you wanted to reuse a lot you could make a cast of them called a ‘stereotype’. The sound of them *clicking* into place, in French, is ‘cliché’
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reposting for #speirgorm and #BookSky.
Yesterday evening marked the launch of @rflong.bsky.social's "The Lore of Silver" hosted by the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social)! Ruth was interviewed by @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social about how the series came into being and intrigued us all. There are bodies, you should buy this book!
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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I had to find out how cute this was. Turns out: incredibly cute and I needed to know this. I put some time into these alt-tags
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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“Dress up for air travel” you say?

CAN DO!
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

In a misty paddock, early morning, a farmer belts across buttercup strewn grass on a quad bike, two border collies streaks of black and white either side. Cloud draped mountains in the distance. The smell of green and the sea in the air. (1)
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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To Amberes city of lost gods all things return. The Lore of Silver is out today from @hodderscape.bsky.social

And join @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social and I at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Dublin tonight to celebrate the launch with cake and shenanigans!
#FeralGods #speirgorm #booksky📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Did you know it's Transgender Awareness Week?
Did you know that my memoir PANSY is about me, a transmasc person, and it's also an audiobook?

S/o to supporting Black trans art, y'all. You can order or listen to my book via the link: linktr.ee/jasperjoyner

#blackbooksky #booksky #transwriter
JASPER JOYNER | Linktree
Author + poet from tha South.
linktr.ee
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM