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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 13h

Yikes. Just got a message from my child’s school: some children’s books by Andrew Cope (inc. Spy Dogs, Spy Cats, and Spy Pups series) have a printed URL at the back. This used to go to the author’s website, but now goes to an “adult content” site.

So, yeah… be careful with that URL 😳

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Finn McLellan @saranadosfiction.com · 16h

Ah, the thing of seeing folks post 'bring back serialised novels!' and thinking 'well, yes, me and a whole pile of other folk're already way ahead of you there, we just need more readers to realise we exist' XD

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 12h

WHAT ABOUT CATERPILLAR CAKES? PERCY PIGS? CREAM FLOUR? this is so stupid and embarrassing for any MEP who voted for this

Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 12h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods

Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’

www.theguardian.com

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 15h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 15h

"Unpaid carers are predominantly women, which might go some way to explaining why their contributions are ignored." Catherine Connolly speaking out following yesterday's budget on the continuation of the means test for carers, and the unfulfilled promise of a cost of disability payment.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 22h

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel
#speirgorm #stopthegenocide
jrnl.ie/6838266

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

There were five Irish citizens aboard boats in the flotilla.

jrnl.ie

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 21h

Make sure you check out our programme for this weekend! Writing Comics 101, get crafty with a bookbinding workshop, The Power of Comics to Start the Conversation - we've got something for everyone!

https://2025.octocon.com/programme-highlights-workshops-and-talks/

#Octocon #Octocon2025 #Fandom

Our mascot Octo the octopus holding a book and crochet needle with a stack of books, wool etc. looking very busy.

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 21h

To “add to the noise”, a designer creates new, welcoming flags. As the council considers whether to take down the tricolours proliferating across the city, Dan Eames is aiming to add to them.

To “add to the noise”, a designer creates new, welcoming flags

As the council considers whether to take down the tricolours proliferating across the city, Dan Eames is aiming to add to them.

www.dublininquirer.com

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 1d

“But it gives a better answer with AI turned on”

Oh cool, search engines now randomly show just results or a summary of the first result that looks like an authoritative answer (that may be summarized correctly or not) or a generated generic answer that maybe correct or maybe not.

Good stuff.

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly, when the financial press starts printing diagrams like this, isn't it time for a regulator to step in?

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 1d

Well, well, well...if it isn't the endlessly dismissed Left being proven 100% correct about someone for the one billionth time.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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E @elaineedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Got to love Dublin. #Speirgorm

Picture of a large junction box on the street at the top of Kildare Street at Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Ireland. On it is painted a very large, angry-looking seagull in front of two wooden gates. Two tiny people, dwarfed by the seagull, appear to be running from it, one on either side of the lower front of the image. The text over the gates reads St Stephen’s Green. The signature in the lower right of the image says M. Fitz 25.

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 1d

Mean girls "stop trying to make "x" a thing" meme with caption "Stop trying to make Maria Steen a thing, it's not going to happen"

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve heard a lot of public speaking advice over the years, but I’ve never heard anyone give THE most important tip:

In the hour before your talk, beware unfamiliar taps.

#WaterPressure

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

Not helping the "just took some new funding we haven't disclosed yet" allegations.

All I know is I've seen some pretty evil lists out there accusing users of antisemitism or Islamaphobia and other labels that I know they aren't and that seems to be just fine with the mods

carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 2d

the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no

Hi there,
Your Bluesky account
(@carrion.bsky.social) has created a list called "Al Slop Posters" that may violate our Community Guidelines. We've temporarily hidden this list from other users because it contains one or more of these issues.
- Harmful language such as insults or slurs
- Unverified claims
- Appears intended to shame or abuse users

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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember when they abolished the college fees that were just reduced by €500

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Pumpkin Spice LSD Season @screaminjwalkin.fathomlessbeats.com · 1d

good thing nobody looks at their phone otherwise i'd be concerned that this sounds like always on surveillance

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“Google has filed a patent for a face-detection activation system that would eliminate the need for ‘Hey Google’ hotwords by automatically triggering its Gemini AI assistant when a user's phone detects their face nearby.” 😩

Perplexity

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

www.perplexity.ai

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing reports of Jim Gavin canvassers in the Wicklow mountains who are refusing to surrender.

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of Ireland's great scandals. It is disgusting, infantilising, disempowering and downright dangerous.

Rose 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 1d

And why is it means tested based on your partner's income if you cohabitate? I am disabled and can't work and yet I can't marry or even live with my partner of almost four years or I'll be forced to depend on his income which, through no fault of his, is not large enough to support two people.

Melissa @melissabreen.bsky.social · 1d

The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 1d

I do get your point, yet I’d argue it is *still* better. Self moderation works, block works, links don’t get suppressed and there is organic reach, which puts it leagues above the others for us commercial artists

It’s still the best shit in the shitpile and since I have to eat shit I take this one

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 1d

My guess is that they came here thinking it to be different, better. When they realized it was also bad, then going back was easy.

I'd argue it's a lot better, but I can see why people that got disillusioned went back to the platforms they wanted bluesky to be the ethically healthy version of.

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Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · 1d

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! forms.gle/QrHfs4amtGwf...

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 1d

See that small, moving splotch?

That's 3I/ATLAS, a comet that formed in a different star system, photographed from Mars orbit by the ESA Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter.

A comet from a DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM photographed by a ROBOT ORBITING MARS

last Friday

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