If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Everyone is entitled to human rights, even the people you don’t like.

Someone should explain that to the NYT & the UK & US Supreme Courts. History will judge this moral panic harshly.

Solidarity | Dlúthpháirtíocht

Good. Get in the fucking bin!

Nicola Sturgeon says law must 'change' to support trans people Nicola Sturgeon has said UK law "needs to change" to better support trans people in a speech over the weekend.

🧵 The former First Minister of Scotland & the former Supreme Court Justice Baroness Hale have both spoken out against the application of the Supreme Court ruling regarding trans ppl.

Meanwhile the Labour govt is indifferent to having breached the European Convention on Human Rights [1]

Handwritten quote on a white sheet with an illustrated face at the bottom and pink hearts around the text. The quote reads: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting." — Liana Brooks Illustration and lettering by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. A paintbrush lies across the page on a wooden surface.

If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social

#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.

Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

Please sign this petition to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy across the EU. Only three countries, Finland, France & Ireland, have reached the minimum threshold. So if you are an EU citizen please sign & share. The UN considers conversion therapy torture: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…

If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes

thehill.com/homenews/cam...

The window is not in the same country, never mind the same building

Had no idea you wrote this. So cool! Gotta watch it with the kids again this weekend!

Genocide is the ultimate act of racism.
Democrats enthusiastically sponsor genocide.
Democrats will not save us.

OpenAI: China stole our tech!!

Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place

OpenAI: 😡

Thread: Harry Kernoff (1900-74) was one of Ireland’s greatest artists. He was important in that he introduced European modernism to Ireland & remained in the country despite its hostility to modern art. His art evolved from realism to surrealism & finally, form based abstraction.

Nyx,aka Nyxie (left) and Korra, aka Korradorra (right)

As a free thinker alpha male one of my highest values is unquestioning obedience to authority. Boss knows best, that's why he's the boss

Stay safe everyone. Please reach out to any elderly relatives or neighbours to make sure they are ok during the storm

RESIST.
Don't quit.
Don't stop fighting.
Don't obey in advance.
Don't stop calling them out.
Keep raising your voices as loudly as you can.
Keep organizing your friends, family, everyone.
Keep supporting orgs that are leading the fight.

RESIST.

So much for “Justice is blind”

DoJ report says “The law doesn’t apply to the rich and powerful, duh!”

Collective punishment - like cutting off humanitarian aid - is a fucking war crime and unforgivable under any circumstances.

I will never ever stop saying this.

So, building homes in an area that has increased chances of catching fire? And these buildings will likely not get fire cover in their insurance…

Exactly. They’ll be paying to promote false information and silence the people trying to provide factual information

drjasonhickel Jason Hickel @jasonhickel Israel is annexing large areas of Syria and bombing Syrian military and civilian infrastructure, violating the UN Charter with total impunity and zero outrage from Western politicians and media.

Israel is annexing large areas of Syria and bombing Syrian military and civilian infrastructure, violating the UN Charter with total impunity and zero outrage from Western politicians and media.

–Dr. Jason Hickel

Would love to attend this, the course looks great!
Can’t make Tuesdays, so following in the hopes you will run the course again.
Best of luck with the course!

Let’s Get Philosophical: Writing Philosophical Fiction with Rachel Handley - Irish Writers Centre In-person at the Irish Writers Centre (Dublin), this course introduces key philosophical themes found in literature and philosophy. Starts Tues 11 Feb 2025

I'll be running a creative writing course for the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in February on philosophical fiction. From sci-fi to Iris Murdoch, there will be something for everyone!

It's in-person and you can sign-up/find out more here: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/lets...

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