Maria Farrell
@mariafarrell.bsky.social
Irish writer and speaker: let's rewild the internet!
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Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her
http://www.mariafarrell.com
Rep: https://greeneheaton.co.uk/agents/antony-topping/
No DMs
I was not, thanks!
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I was not, thanks!
(sorry, by 'they' I was thinking of the tech co's themselves, and how they adopt ecological language to describe doing the precise opposite. )
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
(sorry, by 'they' I was thinking of the tech co's themselves, and how they adopt ecological language to describe doing the precise opposite. )
Yes, it's really obscene. I think they both try to make their monoliths sound like they're complex and competitive, and also try to steal the language of biological and planetary systems to associate themselves with a less toxic set of metaphors.
as well as just the usual paucity of business speak
as well as just the usual paucity of business speak
January 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Yes, it's really obscene. I think they both try to make their monoliths sound like they're complex and competitive, and also try to steal the language of biological and planetary systems to associate themselves with a less toxic set of metaphors.
as well as just the usual paucity of business speak
as well as just the usual paucity of business speak
aaaah. fair enough and fair play to them.
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 AM
aaaah. fair enough and fair play to them.
We got central heating in 1982 when my parents built a new house. It was still quite an unusual thing, and it was WONDERFUL. Before that, jostling with your siblings in front of the gas heater to dress (only two bars lit, of course!)
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 AM
We got central heating in 1982 when my parents built a new house. It was still quite an unusual thing, and it was WONDERFUL. Before that, jostling with your siblings in front of the gas heater to dress (only two bars lit, of course!)
We only got clean air legislation (banning smokey coal) in the 80s in Ireland (thank you, Mary Harney) for shoving it through, but it's long gone from the memory banks.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM
We only got clean air legislation (banning smokey coal) in the 80s in Ireland (thank you, Mary Harney) for shoving it through, but it's long gone from the memory banks.
that is literally how I get started in the morning.
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
that is literally how I get started in the morning.
bloody hell it is. makes me even more fearful for the world the thing I'm working on will be born into!
"When legibility becomes the primary filter, anything that resists compression — institutional reform, behavioural change, long-run capacity building — begins to feel faintly suspect, even dull."
"When legibility becomes the primary filter, anything that resists compression — institutional reform, behavioural change, long-run capacity building — begins to feel faintly suspect, even dull."
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
bloody hell it is. makes me even more fearful for the world the thing I'm working on will be born into!
"When legibility becomes the primary filter, anything that resists compression — institutional reform, behavioural change, long-run capacity building — begins to feel faintly suspect, even dull."
"When legibility becomes the primary filter, anything that resists compression — institutional reform, behavioural change, long-run capacity building — begins to feel faintly suspect, even dull."
sorry, I don't tend to advertise my precise location on this!
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
sorry, I don't tend to advertise my precise location on this!
It's so clear that the exhibit became a piece of art <when the student ate it>.
January 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It's so clear that the exhibit became a piece of art <when the student ate it>.