Gerard Cunningham
@faduda.bsky.social
Formerly a productive member of society. Denied a 2023 Hugo.✒️
#journalist #writer #podcasts
Occasionally here, but mostly https://mastodon.ie/@faduda
Recent(ish) project https://guth.ie/space-navigator/
#journalist #writer #podcasts
Occasionally here, but mostly https://mastodon.ie/@faduda
Recent(ish) project https://guth.ie/space-navigator/
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Gerard Cunningham
@faduda.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Time to give this another boost [now available outside the Amazon ecosystem]
Space Navigator and other stories: short stories and short short stories from the lockdown
www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Naviga...
www.draft2digital.com/book/3033557
Space Navigator and other stories: short stories and short short stories from the lockdown
www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Naviga...
www.draft2digital.com/book/3033557
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Freelance Forum Spring 2026
with a focus on legal reporting issues, rules of contempt, defamation law etc.
Dublin, 21 March
NUJ members/students €5
Others €20
Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social
dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
ti.to/freelance-fo...
with a focus on legal reporting issues, rules of contempt, defamation law etc.
Dublin, 21 March
NUJ members/students €5
Others €20
Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social
dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
ti.to/freelance-fo...
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Freelance Forum Spring 2026
with a focus on legal reporting issues, rules of contempt, defamation law etc.
Dublin, 21 March
NUJ members/students €5
Others €20
Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social
dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
ti.to/freelance-fo...
with a focus on legal reporting issues, rules of contempt, defamation law etc.
Dublin, 21 March
NUJ members/students €5
Others €20
Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social
dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
ti.to/freelance-fo...
*sound of mirthless laughter*
The government plans to reduce its multimillion dependency on external consultancy firms by building up their own in-house expertise in the NDFA for capital projects. Plans also to headhunt people from the private sector to fill new roles at the agency.
www.businesspost.ie/politics/con...
www.businesspost.ie/politics/con...
Consultancy firms to be cut out of multimillion-euro public projects
www.businesspost.ie
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
*sound of mirthless laughter*
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Does anyone else remember before Palantir was launched but the name was a placeholder website and rumours were rife in Silicon Valley and some thought maybe it would be a (of course) flying vehicle company. Or some really exciting bro tech. Turned out to be the very worst kind of exciting bro tech
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Does anyone else remember before Palantir was launched but the name was a placeholder website and rumours were rife in Silicon Valley and some thought maybe it would be a (of course) flying vehicle company. Or some really exciting bro tech. Turned out to be the very worst kind of exciting bro tech
Fr Bovino is being transferred to a new parish, I see.
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Fr Bovino is being transferred to a new parish, I see.
Haven't sent Traitors*, and not sure I could be bothered anyway, but is it too much to ask for a 'reality' show where winning is predicated on cooperation and community building?
*Or indeed any of these circus events all the way back to Big Brother
*Or indeed any of these circus events all the way back to Big Brother
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Haven't sent Traitors*, and not sure I could be bothered anyway, but is it too much to ask for a 'reality' show where winning is predicated on cooperation and community building?
*Or indeed any of these circus events all the way back to Big Brother
*Or indeed any of these circus events all the way back to Big Brother
Canada at the WEF.
Minnesota since ICE arrived.
Beware the Nice Ones.
Minnesota since ICE arrived.
Beware the Nice Ones.
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Canada at the WEF.
Minnesota since ICE arrived.
Beware the Nice Ones.
Minnesota since ICE arrived.
Beware the Nice Ones.
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I guess if I was the NY Times I would work really really hard to find an explanation other than that transphobia will destroy all of its proponent’s reputations now and forever.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I guess if I was the NY Times I would work really really hard to find an explanation other than that transphobia will destroy all of its proponent’s reputations now and forever.
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What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Never, ever using it again.
January 26, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Never, ever using it again.
Half expecting ICE to ship them to Guatemala by Friday..
A group of secondary school students from Cork city are stuck in New York due to a major snowstorm sweeping across the United States
Cork students stuck in NY as storm sweeps across US
A group of secondary school students from Cork city are stuck in New York due to a major snowstorm sweeping across the United States.
www.rte.ie
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Half expecting ICE to ship them to Guatemala by Friday..
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Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
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Only 2000 signatures needed now for Ireland to pass the threshold. We're at 70%, France is at 300%!! For gawds sake.
C'mon #speirgorm we can do better than France!
Don't just share on the socials, send direct what's app, message, get the phone out at break time. ✊ 🇵🇸 🇮🇪
#JusticeForPalestine
C'mon #speirgorm we can do better than France!
Don't just share on the socials, send direct what's app, message, get the phone out at break time. ✊ 🇵🇸 🇮🇪
#JusticeForPalestine
Sign! For ECIs to be considered by the European Commission, each country must meet its threshold, for Ireland that's 10,080. We are currently at just under 6,000, approx 58%, so we need a big push! Belgium, Finland, France and Spain are there, let's get there too!
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Only 2000 signatures needed now for Ireland to pass the threshold. We're at 70%, France is at 300%!! For gawds sake.
C'mon #speirgorm we can do better than France!
Don't just share on the socials, send direct what's app, message, get the phone out at break time. ✊ 🇵🇸 🇮🇪
#JusticeForPalestine
C'mon #speirgorm we can do better than France!
Don't just share on the socials, send direct what's app, message, get the phone out at break time. ✊ 🇵🇸 🇮🇪
#JusticeForPalestine
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3️⃣ Political Delay: Insiders report the move was originally scheduled for last week but was paused due to fears of President Trump’s tariff threats over #Greenland. With those threats now withdrawn, the path is clear for the Commission to act. 🇺🇸📉
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
3️⃣ Political Delay: Insiders report the move was originally scheduled for last week but was paused due to fears of President Trump’s tariff threats over #Greenland. With those threats now withdrawn, the path is clear for the Commission to act. 🇺🇸📉
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2️⃣ The Charge: Grok stands accused of generating sexualised images and videos of real people—including minors—upon user request, which are then disseminated via X. Brussels views this as a severe violation of European safety standards. ⚖️🤖
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
2️⃣ The Charge: Grok stands accused of generating sexualised images and videos of real people—including minors—upon user request, which are then disseminated via X. Brussels views this as a severe violation of European safety standards. ⚖️🤖
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1️⃣ Handelsblatt Exclusive: Finally, the @ec.europa.eu is set to launch proceedings against Elon Musk’s AI chatbot #Grok today, according to Handelsblatt. The aim is to force xAI to withdraw the bot from the European market under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 🇪🇺🚫
KI: EU-Kommission eröffnet Verfahren gegen Chatbot Grok
Die EU-Kommission will härter gegen sexualisierte Bilder des KI-Bots vorgehen. Das erfuhr das Handelsblatt exklusiv. Zuvor war die Entscheidung aus politischer Sorge verschoben worden.
www.handelsblatt.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
1️⃣ Handelsblatt Exclusive: Finally, the @ec.europa.eu is set to launch proceedings against Elon Musk’s AI chatbot #Grok today, according to Handelsblatt. The aim is to force xAI to withdraw the bot from the European market under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 🇪🇺🚫
Until I see verification from an independent source, my assumption here is that Vance is lying and this never happened.
Because they always lie.
Because they always lie.
January 26, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Until I see verification from an independent source, my assumption here is that Vance is lying and this never happened.
Because they always lie.
Because they always lie.
If you can't stop the observers videoing the federal murderers, then you stop their video propagating.
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 AM
If you can't stop the observers videoing the federal murderers, then you stop their video propagating.
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Now, I am on the Bar Council, but only the Bar Council speaks for the Bar Council.
That noted: if you can’t get past the second paragraph without getting the number of members of the Law Library and the remit of the Bar Council wrong, maybe the Irish Times out to do its own work properly first.
That noted: if you can’t get past the second paragraph without getting the number of members of the Law Library and the remit of the Bar Council wrong, maybe the Irish Times out to do its own work properly first.
John McManus: Bar Council is not the voice of reason on judicial reviews. It’s a trade union in fancy dress
John McManus: Bar Council is not the voice of reason on judicial reviews. It’s a trade union in fancy dress
The council is positioning itself as a champion of the public interest – but what about the public interest in adequate housing, transport and energy?
www.irishtimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Now, I am on the Bar Council, but only the Bar Council speaks for the Bar Council.
That noted: if you can’t get past the second paragraph without getting the number of members of the Law Library and the remit of the Bar Council wrong, maybe the Irish Times out to do its own work properly first.
That noted: if you can’t get past the second paragraph without getting the number of members of the Law Library and the remit of the Bar Council wrong, maybe the Irish Times out to do its own work properly first.
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TikTok in the US is suddenly ripe for collapse.
I just got multiplr strikes for saying his back was turned.
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM
TikTok in the US is suddenly ripe for collapse.
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
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Somehow the idea of people being nice and supportive to each other, and society being supportive in general, has been dismissed as fantasy politics for babies. Whereas making difficult decisions like driving children into poverty while swimming in record tax receipts is good realistic politics
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Somehow the idea of people being nice and supportive to each other, and society being supportive in general, has been dismissed as fantasy politics for babies. Whereas making difficult decisions like driving children into poverty while swimming in record tax receipts is good realistic politics
I guess it's appropriate that a guy named bovine talks bullshit
Bovino: "When you choose to use your five-year-old child as a shield to evade law enforcement, that is a choice that someone makes…"
January 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I guess it's appropriate that a guy named bovine talks bullshit