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Monica Byrne

@monicabyrne13.bsky.social

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Writer living in Ireland. AI-free. Buy THE ACTUAL STAR: https://www.monicabyrne.org/the-actual-star. Reps at CAA, DG&B, and Kaplan/Perrone. She/her. monicabyrne.substack.com patreon.com/monicabyrne

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · Oct 23

"When a book is this ambitious, either it is a thumping success or it falls on its face. Happily, The Actual Star is a stone-cold masterpiece. It is one of the most moving novels I have read and surely a contender for major awards."

Welp. 😳

The Actual Star review: A masterpiece of imaginative world building

Monica Byrne's fantastic second novel follows three storylines in the past, present and future, all of which are linked by historical threads and religious ideas, says Michael Marshall

www.newscientist.com

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1h

Oh noooo I’m so sorry.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1h

Obfuscation for its own sake

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1h

Reading academic writing makes me seethe, as a rule

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 3h

But…but…the trickle down effect! 🤣

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 3h

Were you on the side of the people who do it every day anyway or the people who are appalled that other people don’t

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 3h

I wash both my legs and my rice

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 4h

I enjoyed it very much, riveting storytelling! But the ending was just so pat. Feels like it betrayed the whole rest of the movie.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah it feels like a missing ingredient! Brightens and tangs it up.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 14h

I was looking into it! Apparently the company at least wanted everyone to think it was a recreation of an Indian sauce…but that might be a myth.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 14h

I just looked it up and I had no idea it had anchovies in it! Fascinating.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 14h

It’s probably anathema but…I’ve been adding Worcestershire sauce to my dal lately and it’s incredible

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 14h

I saw One Battle After Another. Somehow, both more and less than I expected.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 22h

😆 Well at least that’s better than 1000% evil

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 23h

I did know about that, but they don't seem quite as evil? But who knows....

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 23h

Can you imagine if they start naming tech companies 'Ansible' or 'Kemmering' or 'Hain'? God.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 23h

Truly wish Tolkien could rain down hellfire on these soulless fascists who keep appropriating his beloved words, his inventions. It's so disgusting.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think most people understand what we're facing. Not really.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes you just need to take six minutes, put your hands over your eyes, and listen to Jeff Buckley’s “Mojo Pin” on the best immersive headphones you own

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

I have a career

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent. Good to know, thank you!

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

Hehehe. Working on it.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

The one with the fingerless gloves?

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

I need to choose a headshot for a proposed writing workshop in Ireland. Who would you most likely take a writing workshop from? I want the headshot to have some character, but….not too much.

Me with wavy hair and a yellow barrette, smiling

Me with pigtails and silver jewelry, smiling

Me with fingerless gloves and a patterned cotton scarf, smirking

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone else sometimes physically wave their hand when saying goodbye on the phone?

I do

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