Kara Ghobhainn Smith

'Masons are careful to test out the scaffolding; secure ladders, tighten joints.
When the job's done - walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me, never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall. Confident that we have built our wall.'

🥃The #Hearach has arrived! 1st thing I saw walking through #GLA ✈️ #DutyFree this morning! Slàinte! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🇻🇪🕊️María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize: 'barred from running in presidential elections won by Nicolás Maduro, Machado was recognised for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" #BBC 👏☮️

Hungarian writer, László Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature

"Devices are not dangerous for literature.
People can be dangerous for literature.
People, for example, who do not read."
🖋️László Krasznahorkai

A flyer from Bylines Network's webinar: Hope aganist hate: how citizens and journalists can reclaim democracy on 4 November 2025 7pm

✏️ Something worthwhile to pencil in into your diaries!
4 November 2025 at 7pm!
Register by scanning the QR code!

'Colleges are driven by chasing colonial money, rather than producing robust & confident youth. Until we who HAVE serve our communities, we will never have youth who feel they #belong, are connected. & can contribute.'
🎙️RSA's Mo Isap on
'Breaking the #NEET Cycle'

🤷Farage: 40yrs behind: "Waiting For The Wave is not a new book, nor is it about Farage; it details the rise of the Reform party of Canada. Starting in Alberta in 1986, Preston Manning cultivated a growing dissatisfaction with the political classes." 📰AndyMaciver in TheHerald

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#RSA Leilani Farhan discusses SHELTER AS A HUMAN RIGHT: #housing reflects the interests of #Finance where national banks reward BigInvestors by offering lower interest rates to 🤑 who acquire buildings where rents are likely to be raised, resulting in tenants being displaced👉
lnkd.in/gkrE9fgB

♀️Reading Nicola Sturgeon's 'Frankly' I found myself asking, in every section was: 'Would this have happened to a man?' The unclouded focus she has for issues is still so impressive. ALL the betrayals & losses in one place is overwhelming. Alan Cumming said it best, 'How did it not break her?'🤔❤️

'You can still buy advantage, massively increasing your chance of getting the most powerful roles in 🇬🇧. This is a waste of talent. If we want a fair, strong economy, employers & policymakers must create space where privilege is no longer a passport to power'
🗞️CarlCulliane #SuttonTrust

"Why would a Billionaire close a school for poor kids? CZI announced it will pivot its focus towards AI efforts. This shift reflects broader trends where tech philanthropy gravitates toward cutting-edge tech rather than community." 😓

"To thrive in the modern world requires, if not full-scale Sapolskian determinism, then at least a level of realism about the limits of free will."
🗞️James Marriott, TheTimes

"What is the future of the novel? We haven't yet invented an instrument that has the penetration to describe the intricacies of thoughts & feelings that genuine characters have like the novel."
🖋️Ian McEwan speaking in Bath 16.9.2025 #Cli-Fi

Chatbots can be trained to police other chatbots & deepfake; track accounts to check that they correspond w ONE IP. Algorithms can prioritise quality, relevance & harm reduction over profits. Address bias in datasets & enforce restrictions on AI in recruitment, finance & justice...(pp.264-275)

✊'Instead of enabling ruthless pursuit of profit, we need to start from a place of true sustainability-to consider the needs & consequences of the global community, not the bank accounts of the super rich. There's NO acceptable level of human sacrifice for the launch of a new platform or product.'

'Make peace with all of the women you once were;
Lay flowers at their feet; offer them incense & honey & forgiveness.
Honour them. Listen.
Bless them & let them be; for they are the bones of the temple you sit in now.
They are the rivers of wisdom leading you towards the sea.' 🌊
🖋️Emory Hall

📽️Just re-watching an old film tonight: STILL one of the BEST Soundtracks I've ever heard.🎶
🎙️#BigChill

"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment we created a lot of value for shareholders." 🌐😓
🖌️TomToro, 2015

🌌A metaphor for new beginnings: Dr Roberto Maiolino's work in experimental physics QSO1 has discovered that black holes _preceded_ the formation of universes & stars (not the other way around, from the collapse of them) - 'out of darkness comes the dancing stars' ✨

🌐🎌Wonderful how the SDGs have been incorporated in every part of #WorldExpo this year:
1. Stewardship planning;
2. Inclusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
3. Acting with Integrity for a future society;
4. Green procurement Transparency. 🌱

You just saved $26.00 by using your library. You have saved $2,160.24 this past year and $6, 122.52 since you began using the library! Thank You!

Just noticed this on the checkout notification I get from the Chicago Public Library. I think it’s new and I love it!

⚽♀️Well done Pauline Hamill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏟️

🌅'I will return because I belong to this landscape.This magical place holds my most ancient roots, the roots of my indigenous, Spanish & mestizo ancestors, running deep.'
🖋️p.278

The Maclean Brothers - Rowing for Clean Water We are a team of three brothers - Ewan, Jamie & Lachlan Maclean - currently rowing across the Pacific Ocean, raising funds for clean water projects. Together as brothers, we combine our passions with...

Congratulations to the #Macleanbrothers from Edinburgh who have successfully completed their unsupported row across the #Pacific in record time. Help them reach their fundraising target of £1m for clean water projects in Madagascar. www.themacleanbrothers.com

$1 Trillion in earnings? (& I use to think $1B was greedy - how behind the times am I?) 😮‍💨😞

YouTube video by University of Oxford Does deleting old emails really save water? Oxford expert explains...💧

👩‍💻 'Training LLMs can use 22 million litres of water' 🌊
much more than email storage 🤔
~Dr Ana Valdivia #OxfordInternetInstitute

youtube.com/shorts/ela5C...

Bad Algorithm loop?

"In a competition of love we would not be running against one another, but with one another. We would be trying to gain victory for all humanity."
❤️ Muhammad Ali