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Pattie McCarthy

@pattiemccarthy.bsky.social

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Mar 4

All spring break in a day

My 3 teens walk on a ridge on the beach against a blue sunny sky

A jetty covered in barnacles & seaweed. It’s beautiful & crumbly

My 3 teens smiling on the beach beside a sign that says : submerged DANGER jetty

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

weird sidenote: my brain didn't shift to Irish context fast enough & I thought you were saying "do you fucking guys not realise"

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

Passyunk

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 2d

My editing & publishing class at Temple will be opening soon for submissions for a special online issue of Barrelhouse, with the theme "The Dirty Issue." Fiction & nonfiction up to 2,500 words, and up to 5 poems. Usual @barrelhouse.bsky.social contract & payment.

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

wish I could listen! I am on the way to my daughter's match this afternoon. just recently got your book & am loving it—

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

wow I am so excited that you are Canadian

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

💙💛⚡️
#DOOP

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

So what. We’re best in the league. But enjoy remembering that match ig

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

Same

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 7d

Matrix (novel) by Lauren Goff. Kristen Holt-Browning, Ordinary Devotion (another novel). I have 2 books of poetry that are pretty medieval— Wifthing (on Margery Kempe, Elizabeth Woodville, others) & bk of (h)rs (on books of hours & other art)

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 8d

Such sad news. I learned so much about Irish from Manchán & I’m so grateful for all his work. Suaimhneas síoraí air 💚

TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 8d

Manchán 🕯️

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 9d

Hooray!

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Jun 25

The French for Brits Out is << dehors, les rosbifs ! >>

Dès 2019, leur slogan « Brits out! >> (<< dehors, les rosbifs ! >>) ou leurs violentes saillies contre les députés conservateurs ulcèrent l'establishment. La machine à polémiques s'emballe en avril dernier quand le groupe, coiffé de keffiehs au festival Coachella, s'en prend au gouvernement américain << qui arme et finance des crimes de guerre » à Gaza.

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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 13d

Imagine just using your mind to think instead. This type of ai use might be the most pathetic

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 13d

Not the point of this piece exactly but a great example of how chatbot validation could increase polarization

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/w...

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 13d

Or maybe Caoimhín is great 💚

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 17d

Nope

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 20d

So jealous I’m dying

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · 23d

this is such an odd image

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Sep 9

please tell me what happens & how it goes later! I've banned it completely & we're doing lots of handwritten work in class, but in a lit class. FYW is a whole other realm for this issue

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Sep 8

the drawing makes the subtext into text

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Sep 8

its genre makes it much creepier

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 30

I need photos of the new wave of boardwalk shirts if it happens

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 30

🤞

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 29

what an amazing press

Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 17

She is great!