Feeling this in my bones.
All of this in less than a week.
I am so, so tired.
#spéirghorm
#FFGOUT
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I know writing on Substack for the first time in 2026 is equivalent to starting a Blogspot in 2012. Here I am, anyway.
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The fake ads are the best part of subscribing to The Onion print version.
“The Presidency, we are told, is largely symbolic. Symbols matter. Actions taken under those symbols matter even more. The President should be a unifying presence—a steady hand, but also a spark. A reminder of what is possible. A moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle."
This is what the 24-hour news cycle has stolen from us.
Thoroughly enjoyed opening the news today to a good old-fashioned heist story.
They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …
Manchán Magan 1970 - 2025 💔
Craoltóir, scríbhneoir agus Gael. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Thar na blianta, chruthaigh sé & chuir sé i láthair an t-uafás cláracha do TnaG & TG4. Tá oidhreacht shaibhir fágtha aige dúinn a thabharfaidh inspioráid don chéad ghlúin eile 🕯️
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Such an enormous loss. Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís. 🕯️
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
Lads, I'm going to be back in Dublin full-time (ish) from next week. I'm not on most socials so just wondering if there are any decent event guides etc these days? Where do I find out what's going on? I need ways to alleviate being a Billy-Fewer-Mates.
Well done, headline writer.
The irony at genocide’s heart.
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"We begin this hour with a United Nations backed inquiry finding that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza strip... the UN investigators warned Israels allies they must act to stop the killing or risk being complicit"
BBC News, Now 👇
Well, he's withdrawing himself from the Presidential Election Race in the same sense I'm withdrawing myself from winning the Booker Prize.
Always a good time to rewatch this speech. I forgot she called out the publishers for charging libraries so much for ebooks. Sad she’s gone, but happy she left us with so much fantastic work to discuss and think about at every read.
Reading about this brought to mind a piece I wrote two years ago, inspired by one of my favourite authors.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
Three years ago some people were paying £50,000 for a picture of a cartoon monkey
Women’s health data has become a goldmine for tech giants – and the data you input into menstruation or fertility apps is not as safe as you may think
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What stage of capitalism is this?
Big Tech or big technology companies like Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple influence how we access and interact on the internet.
Here's why Big Tech companies are a threat to human rights ⬇️
This is deeply serious.
'Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds'.
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
