Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she)
@drmirandafay.bsky.social
Asst Prof at Trinity College Dublin | Shakespeare and Performance Studies | Drama Critic and Cultural Historian | Views own, but I’m usually right (except politically)
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
'Oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation... Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.'
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'Oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation... Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.'
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
GenAI is the junk mail of the digital world: it elicits the same cries of 'I don't want this, I didn't ask for this, dear god just leave me alone' as it is relentlessly forced on us daily
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
GenAI is the junk mail of the digital world: it elicits the same cries of 'I don't want this, I didn't ask for this, dear god just leave me alone' as it is relentlessly forced on us daily
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Every time I encounter this opinion I roll my eyes so hard I risk retinal detachment
Seeing a fair few academics saying things like ‘sure I know AI is terrible and the people who designed it are terrible and the impact it has on the planet is terrible…but how might *I* be able to use it in a non-terrible way?’
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Every time I encounter this opinion I roll my eyes so hard I risk retinal detachment
Icons only please! I briefly met Olwen a few weeks ago at the Abbey after seeing her perform and she has a grace about her that is one in a million; the way she touched my shoulder as she moved past me felt like a benediction
Actor declines degree from University of Galway over contract link to Israeli tech institute
Actor declines degree from University of Galway over contract link to Israeli tech institute
Olwen Fouéré calls on university to ‘sever all ties with Technion and the Israeli regime’
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Icons only please! I briefly met Olwen a few weeks ago at the Abbey after seeing her perform and she has a grace about her that is one in a million; the way she touched my shoulder as she moved past me felt like a benediction
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@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
For the first time in history it’s gonna start raining men who are eating other men
Powerful 'cannibal storm' to hit Earth today - and it could disrupt communications and GPS
Powerful 'cannibal storm' to hit Earth today - and it could disrupt communications and GPS
A powerful solar storm is expected to bring a dazzling Northern Lights display later - as well as potentially disrupting GPS, communications and power grids.
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For the first time in history it’s gonna start raining men who are eating other men
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
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Yes Ireland has election security. We tie the pencils to the voting booth with string.
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Yes Ireland has election security. We tie the pencils to the voting booth with string.
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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.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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.
I'm trying to be a collage artist because it brings me joy and fires up a part of my brain that inspires me to keep going, so I might try and post stuff here when I make it. This is called 'Unnecessary journeys'.
October 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm trying to be a collage artist because it brings me joy and fires up a part of my brain that inspires me to keep going, so I might try and post stuff here when I make it. This is called 'Unnecessary journeys'.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
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Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
www.irishtimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
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The irony of a show full of people wanting to win a house deposit being murdered one by one by an estate agent #TraitorsIRL
September 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The irony of a show full of people wanting to win a house deposit being murdered one by one by an estate agent #TraitorsIRL
Doctors I trust more than RFK, Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Doctors I trust more than RFK, Jr.
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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My absolute favourite thing about Melvyn Bragg is his singular attitude of No Mucking About. Literally every episode starts like “HELLO IN 1492 COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE WITH ME ARE TWO EXPERTS OK TELL ME RIGHT NOW WHERE THE FUCK IS GENOA?”
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My absolute favourite thing about Melvyn Bragg is his singular attitude of No Mucking About. Literally every episode starts like “HELLO IN 1492 COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE WITH ME ARE TWO EXPERTS OK TELL ME RIGHT NOW WHERE THE FUCK IS GENOA?”
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Elton John bought his pet rabbit a gym
(It's a little fit bunny)
(It's a little fit bunny)
August 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Elton John bought his pet rabbit a gym
(It's a little fit bunny)
(It's a little fit bunny)