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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell

@jfennellauthor.bsky.social

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Writer, anthologist, geek. Anthologies: "A Brilliant Void," "It Rose Up" and "Your Own Dark Shadow" published by Tramp Press; academic tomes "Irish Science Fiction" and "Rough Beasts" by LUP. He/him for convenience's sake.

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · Jun 17

You can read the intro to Your Own Dark Shadow, in which I discuss a time I got haunted and wax philosophical about horror, on the Tramp Press website:
tramppress.com/everybody-wa...

Everybody Wants to Ruin the World

tramppress.com

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Dude! Duude! That is some fuggin' *rough* beast slouching towards Bethlehem to be born, bro.

🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · Nov 19

Bro. Bro. Listen! Bro, shit is turning, bro, turning in the widening gyre, man.
The falcon, dude, cannot hear the fuckin falconer, I swear it's true bro,
Things fall apart man; the centre? The center cannot fuckin hold bro, not even a little bit
It's just anarchy, bro, loosed upon the world, man

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Reminded of the one bit from "Hot Tub Time Machine" that made me actually lol:

"Are you on Facebook? Snapchat? ...Bebo?"

"I don't know what you're saying."

"How will I find you later?"

"I dunno, just look for me."

"That sounds exhausting."

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 2d

LOL, 3 hours and 27 minutes.

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 2d

The first time I submitted to them, I got a rejection email in 8 hours; the second time, it was 9.5. Will this one survive longer than 10?

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 2d

What's got two thumbs and just submitted a story to The Dark for the laugh?

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 3d

The replies section under the Clare/Limerick EuroPride announcement rn:

An image of an angry white man crying and clenching his teeth, with an empty speech balloon above his head (to mock whatever angry post happens to be above it)

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 4d

Stella O'Malley (7 years experience of well-funded anti-trans rhetoric) & Genspect (4 years of well-funded anti-trans advocacy) have taken legal action against 70-year-old Leonie O'Dowd (40+ years experience of counselling & supporting trans people) to shut her up. www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so sorry, David. It's an awful thing.

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 6d

You asked. 👍

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 7d

Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 6d

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 7d

I call for universal basic income and a free fursuit for every citizen.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 7d

Maria Steen calls for presidential election to be cancelled over Jim Gavin’s departure

Conservative campaigner missed out on required signatures to make the ballot

www.irishtimes.com

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 7d

I laugh every single time I see the phrase 'the Primate of All Ireland."

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 7d

Masterful shitposting.

Thomas Violence from twitter, in response to someone assuming that he's in the US: "I'm one of the dozens of people worldwide that live in a country that's not America"

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 7d

(Different white house)

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Ah c'mon, you ape! You wanna live forever???

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely vile.

Not that I want to overload the fine people at @booksupstairs.bsky.social with work at this fraught moment, but consider sending some business their way to show support.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 8d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 10d

The first season of "Dark Winds" is on Netflix, and it's great. Check it out if you like whodunnits/crime stories; you won't be disappointed. I hope the other seasons are added soon.

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 10d

That video of the gawky lil' prick going into a lecture hall, shouting 'H*il H*tl*r' and calling everyone slurs, and then shitting himself as the entire class chases him across the campus...

a close up of a man 's face with a blue sky in the background

Alt: Antonio Banderas in "Assassins," upon seeing something satisfying on his laptop, leans back in a state of bliss, eyes closed, putting one hand to his mouth.

media.tenor.com

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Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 11d

You might not want to hear this but
*tepid non-controversial take*
and I don't care who hears me say it.

You have to speak up about the important things like
*nearly universally accepted pop culture phenomenon*

I might get shadow-banned for saying it, but
*the thing everybody's already said today*

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 11d

Tickled at the image of Manchán Magan and Hyacinth Bucket arriving in the Aftlerlife on the same train.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 12d

CEO: we're all trying to improve this place

You: so you're gonna kick out the guy who keeps trying to kill me, right

CEO:

You: You're gonna kick out the guy who has literally helped kiwifarms target me personally, right

CEO: WAFFLES

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 12d

Love, light and peace to everyone impacted by the synagogue attack in Manchester today.

Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 12d

It should go without saying, of course, that material circumstances and social awkwardness are not important to this equation. The only true losers here are the ones who fall for it and join up, and they can stop being losers by leaving that shite behind.