Annemarie McCarthy
@annemariemccarthy.bsky.social
Senior Destination Editor for Lonely Planet covering France, Spain and Portugal
Constant reader, occasional writer
Fiction has appeared in Aimsir Press and The Amazine
she/her
Constant reader, occasional writer
Fiction has appeared in Aimsir Press and The Amazine
she/her
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When Republicans win elections: The people have spoken, we must let them implement their agenda.
When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on
nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...
When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on
nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
When Republicans win elections: The people have spoken, we must let them implement their agenda.
When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on
nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...
When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on
nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...
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One of the main vectors of modern anti-vax is a Google cofounder’s ex wife using the fortune she got divorce to promote people like RFK Jr.
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
One of the main vectors of modern anti-vax is a Google cofounder’s ex wife using the fortune she got divorce to promote people like RFK Jr.
This isn't the first time I've heard this take but it remains as apt as ever.
We’re living through a golden age for losers who don’t seem to realize how much they keep telegraphing their loserdom to the rest of us. They preen and pose as world-conquering superheroes while continually exposing just how sniveling and pathetic they really are. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
We’re Being Ruled Over by the World’s Biggest Losers
They effectively control our fates, but deep down, they know they’re sniveling, pathetic, and inadequate, and it eats them up.
www.thenation.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This isn't the first time I've heard this take but it remains as apt as ever.
In this lovely piece is the beautiful kernel of the delight of small talk and how it builds a sense of community and safety, word by word. It's something I've noticed since I moved back home www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan
People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In this lovely piece is the beautiful kernel of the delight of small talk and how it builds a sense of community and safety, word by word. It's something I've noticed since I moved back home www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The most personal piece of fiction I’ve written yet porridgemagazine.com/2025/09/05/f...
FICTION | Rooms: A Love Letter – Annemarie McCarthy
Inside the atoms of the cavity block extension live the remnants of a thousand John Players.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The most personal piece of fiction I’ve written yet porridgemagazine.com/2025/09/05/f...
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This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
www.nbcnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
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Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
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Correct use of language is essential for all BBC entrants
As is kowtowing to the propaganda need of the British Establishment
"BBC News is a disgrace."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
As is kowtowing to the propaganda need of the British Establishment
"BBC News is a disgrace."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Correct use of language is essential for all BBC entrants
As is kowtowing to the propaganda need of the British Establishment
"BBC News is a disgrace."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
As is kowtowing to the propaganda need of the British Establishment
"BBC News is a disgrace."
via @dailypolitik.bsky.social
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It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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WeTransfer are planning to use everything you upload to train an AI model filmstories.co.uk/news/wetrans...
WeTransfer updates T&Cs, allows it to use your data to train AI
The WeTransfer service, used by creatives to transfer their work, is the latest to want to use your work to train AI models. More here.
filmstories.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
WeTransfer are planning to use everything you upload to train an AI model filmstories.co.uk/news/wetrans...
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Morning 👋
How are we all today?
I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap)
This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers.
Reposts would be wonderful 😉
#supportsmallbusiness
#SLATED
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
How are we all today?
I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap)
This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers.
Reposts would be wonderful 😉
#supportsmallbusiness
#SLATED
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
July 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Morning 👋
How are we all today?
I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap)
This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers.
Reposts would be wonderful 😉
#supportsmallbusiness
#SLATED
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
How are we all today?
I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap)
This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers.
Reposts would be wonderful 😉
#supportsmallbusiness
#SLATED
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
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♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely!
www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...
www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...
Lecturer in Old English | University College Cork
UCC wishes to appoint a scholar with a proven commitment to excellence in teaching and research to the role of Lecturer in Old English.
www.ucc.ie
June 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely!
www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...
www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...
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Great idea politically for Starmer to try to charm the conservative UK press wasn't it?
May 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great idea politically for Starmer to try to charm the conservative UK press wasn't it?
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Calling all emerging writers across Ireland! We're delighted to announce the launch of Freedom to Write 2025, in partnership with the John Hewitt Society.
Please share...
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Please share...
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FREEDOM TO WRITE IS BACK! Calling all emerging writers on the island of Ireland for Freedom To Write 2025! – The John Hewitt Society
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May 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Calling all emerging writers across Ireland! We're delighted to announce the launch of Freedom to Write 2025, in partnership with the John Hewitt Society.
Please share...
johnhewittsociety.org/freedom-to-w...
Please share...
johnhewittsociety.org/freedom-to-w...
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Man Wheel of Time has some of the most insane visuals on tv right now. Every episode might as well be The Red Wedding with the amount of crazy plot going down. A fearless adaptation of difficult material. Don’t sleep on this show. #renewWOT #wheeloftime
May 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Man Wheel of Time has some of the most insane visuals on tv right now. Every episode might as well be The Red Wedding with the amount of crazy plot going down. A fearless adaptation of difficult material. Don’t sleep on this show. #renewWOT #wheeloftime
Possibly stupid question - who decided to call it 'hallucinate' instead of 'lie'? Both are fundamentally human experiences but one is more palatable than the other. Is it that there is no deceitful intention by a computer system? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Possibly stupid question - who decided to call it 'hallucinate' instead of 'lie'? Both are fundamentally human experiences but one is more palatable than the other. Is it that there is no deceitful intention by a computer system? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
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Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
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Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
I'm putting an early, amateur prediction out there that between Severace and The Studio, Apple are sweeping a lot of Emmys this year.
April 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I'm putting an early, amateur prediction out there that between Severace and The Studio, Apple are sweeping a lot of Emmys this year.
