midweshterner
@watermemory.bsky.social
R Mumble-Mumble: a caffeinated Internet owl, a quaintrelle, a flaneuse. Big on mudita. A Friend.
she/her/sí/í, Tipp & Dublin, IE
she/her/sí/í, Tipp & Dublin, IE
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Terrifying to see AI being used like this, it was always gonna be the way. Big part of why I refuse to engage with it
Look at the companies making it. Look at the people pushing it. Did you expect it to be regulated to any meaningful degree? Gotta think beyond "best get used to it!" with this stuff
Look at the companies making it. Look at the people pushing it. Did you expect it to be regulated to any meaningful degree? Gotta think beyond "best get used to it!" with this stuff
So much of it is just people undressing normal photos of real women without their consent, including young girls. Can we please just stop posting on that extremely creepy platform.
If you want to see what the main use case for AI is to the average consumer, open Twitter, go to the @grok account and click on the "Media" tab
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Terrifying to see AI being used like this, it was always gonna be the way. Big part of why I refuse to engage with it
Look at the companies making it. Look at the people pushing it. Did you expect it to be regulated to any meaningful degree? Gotta think beyond "best get used to it!" with this stuff
Look at the companies making it. Look at the people pushing it. Did you expect it to be regulated to any meaningful degree? Gotta think beyond "best get used to it!" with this stuff
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So much of it is just people undressing normal photos of real women without their consent, including young girls. Can we please just stop posting on that extremely creepy platform.
If you want to see what the main use case for AI is to the average consumer, open Twitter, go to the @grok account and click on the "Media" tab
December 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
So much of it is just people undressing normal photos of real women without their consent, including young girls. Can we please just stop posting on that extremely creepy platform.
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This is harrowing. But please do read it. We owe more to people like Seána than can be expressed. And there were so many of them.
It’s been 6 yrs since my sister rang me about the respiratory illness that she and her colleagues in respiratory medicine, were terrified of. That’s the last time I knew that version of her, the next 18 months traumatised her forever. I know the world had to move on, but its hard to see the erasure
December 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is harrowing. But please do read it. We owe more to people like Seána than can be expressed. And there were so many of them.
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
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This is the perfectly observed piece of comedy. Auld Fella’s from the North love telling stories that are just surprisingly emotionally devastating.
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is the perfectly observed piece of comedy. Auld Fella’s from the North love telling stories that are just surprisingly emotionally devastating.
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Ah here. What an incredible way to start Christmas week, míle, míle buíochas Richard💗 We've had the most amazing December of community spirit and this is the cherry on the cake.
Thanks also to @conorpope.bsky.social, and @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social for sharing💕
Thanks also to @conorpope.bsky.social, and @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social for sharing💕
A lovely shout out for Louisa in @ravenbooks.bsky.social in Pricewatch @conorpope.bsky.social in @irishtimes.com today!
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Ah here. What an incredible way to start Christmas week, míle, míle buíochas Richard💗 We've had the most amazing December of community spirit and this is the cherry on the cake.
Thanks also to @conorpope.bsky.social, and @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social for sharing💕
Thanks also to @conorpope.bsky.social, and @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social for sharing💕
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If you are pissed off about the defeated foxhunting bill, spend 5 mins telling the government just how pissed off you are, about this and other cruel 'sports'
Deadline: 2nd Jan 26, by email or post!
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social
#SpeirGhorm
Deadline: 2nd Jan 26, by email or post!
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social
#SpeirGhorm
Non-Statutory Public Consultation on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s next Animal Welfare Strategy for the period 2026 to 2030
www.gov.ie
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you are pissed off about the defeated foxhunting bill, spend 5 mins telling the government just how pissed off you are, about this and other cruel 'sports'
Deadline: 2nd Jan 26, by email or post!
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social
#SpeirGhorm
Deadline: 2nd Jan 26, by email or post!
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social @ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social
#SpeirGhorm
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Guys Ernie is still missing, he's the sweetest little boy who enjoys the company of humans. If you see him around Richmond Road/Clonliffe Road, please call his mam on 0892533727🙏🏽
Here's a couple more. Please keep an eye out for this sweetie. 😭😭
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Guys Ernie is still missing, he's the sweetest little boy who enjoys the company of humans. If you see him around Richmond Road/Clonliffe Road, please call his mam on 0892533727🙏🏽
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Disgusting. Fianna Fail, Sinn Fail and Fail Gael, all voted for foxhunting, despite 70% of people polled saying they were against it.
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Disgusting. Fianna Fail, Sinn Fail and Fail Gael, all voted for foxhunting, despite 70% of people polled saying they were against it.
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
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O'Callaghan and Fianna Fáil are aligning themselves with the absolute worst people and politics in Europe, and journalists need to start asking them about it.
To date, I have seen little evidence that Irish media is prepared to meet this moment, and I fear the worst.
To date, I have seen little evidence that Irish media is prepared to meet this moment, and I fear the worst.
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Precedent could have far-reaching consequences. Who is to say the rights of gay citizens won’t be the next target by a coalition of hostile states?
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
O'Callaghan and Fianna Fáil are aligning themselves with the absolute worst people and politics in Europe, and journalists need to start asking them about it.
To date, I have seen little evidence that Irish media is prepared to meet this moment, and I fear the worst.
To date, I have seen little evidence that Irish media is prepared to meet this moment, and I fear the worst.
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We will have about 13,000 in 2025. About half will be allowed stay. I don't think 6,500 extra people in a population of 5 million is a threat to "social cohesion". Not being able to afford a home or to see a doctor or not having to wait 3 years for my kid's needs to be assessed is.
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister ‘not setting any numbers’, but says population growth is too high, putting services under pressure
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We will have about 13,000 in 2025. About half will be allowed stay. I don't think 6,500 extra people in a population of 5 million is a threat to "social cohesion". Not being able to afford a home or to see a doctor or not having to wait 3 years for my kid's needs to be assessed is.
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🚨 The sold-out Christmas cards are now back for a FINAL limited time restock, grab 'em before they're gone! #SpéirGorm
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Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
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An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨 The sold-out Christmas cards are now back for a FINAL limited time restock, grab 'em before they're gone! #SpéirGorm
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"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
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The cruelty of this is sadly unsurprising.
Trump aims to slash all access to disability lawyers,
Trump's proposed cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out all of its lawyers who worked on their issues.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump's proposed cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out all of its lawyers who worked on their issues.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump admin aims to slash access to disability lawyers, advocates say
The Trump administration proposed cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say DOJ pushed out many of its lawyers.
www.usatoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The cruelty of this is sadly unsurprising.
Ah, how I miss @hallmarksnark.bsky.social! It might be time for a rerun of some of my favourite episodes.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ah, how I miss @hallmarksnark.bsky.social! It might be time for a rerun of some of my favourite episodes.
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Save The Complex!!! If you could boost, @pantibliss.bsky.social ?
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Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
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December 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Save The Complex!!! If you could boost, @pantibliss.bsky.social ?
Stop the eviction! Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...
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This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
Silent Monks Sing the Hallelujah Chorus
YouTube video by ProudSKParent
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December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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A #painting I finished and sold last year. "Connemara Boats", a view from a small but storied bridge in south Connemara, east to the Rosmuc peninsula - a stunning part of the world. I painted it because I like the organic mish-mash punctuated by human made moments. #art #stunday #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A #painting I finished and sold last year. "Connemara Boats", a view from a small but storied bridge in south Connemara, east to the Rosmuc peninsula - a stunning part of the world. I painted it because I like the organic mish-mash punctuated by human made moments. #art #stunday #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm
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I have just heard an advert for Amazon Black Friday WEEK.
How in God's name are small businesses meant to compete with this crap?
Will you all do me a favour and support a small business today. Share the love.
#SLATED #Boycottamazon
Slated.ie
How in God's name are small businesses meant to compete with this crap?
Will you all do me a favour and support a small business today. Share the love.
#SLATED #Boycottamazon
Slated.ie
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I have just heard an advert for Amazon Black Friday WEEK.
How in God's name are small businesses meant to compete with this crap?
Will you all do me a favour and support a small business today. Share the love.
#SLATED #Boycottamazon
Slated.ie
How in God's name are small businesses meant to compete with this crap?
Will you all do me a favour and support a small business today. Share the love.
#SLATED #Boycottamazon
Slated.ie
RTE Radio 1- Brenda Power off on her usual anti-trans tear. Well done Brendan O'Connor and Catherine Prasifka for meaningfully challenging this brand of specious, bad-faith nonsense.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
RTE Radio 1- Brenda Power off on her usual anti-trans tear. Well done Brendan O'Connor and Catherine Prasifka for meaningfully challenging this brand of specious, bad-faith nonsense.
I love these responses. As for mine.. I am sort of, somewhat at least, in the process of doing it?? Watch this space..
What's your absolutely unworkable plan to drop out of your current life (or at least work life) and do something completely different?
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I love these responses. As for mine.. I am sort of, somewhat at least, in the process of doing it?? Watch this space..
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A reminder that there are still a lot of people on this planet who could probably better use the large amount of time they have on their hands.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A reminder that there are still a lot of people on this planet who could probably better use the large amount of time they have on their hands.