Oisín Murphy-Lawless
@bikesnbukes.bsky.social
LLM in Human Rights. Opinions are my own, reposts not an endorsement. Cyclist, da, flatmate to Finrod (friend to man). Cat pics, Phillies, some law, tech and internet policy (day job), the odd Bucky/Klaes gif. Oh! And RPG stuff (mainly Call of Cthulhu).
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My avatar pic was taken last August. It is me back at one of the most important places in my life, cycling or otherwise.
My thread about the Best Bike Shop I have ever had the good fortune to be in. (Although Edinburgh’s Bike Craft come a close second and have never let me down)
@tgk.bsky.social @battingaround.bsky.social the riffs on quackery were cool and all, but Bryce is just following in the footsteps of the 1984 us cycling team, Lance Armstrong and the good Dr Ferrari.
Ah, blood oxygenation therapy. A way to separate a fool and his money.
The full series of transfusion articles I wrote for @cyclingnews.com is here:
Pt 1 www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-h...
Pt 2 www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-h...
Pt 3 www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-h...
The full series of transfusion articles I wrote for @cyclingnews.com is here:
Pt 1 www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-h...
Pt 2 www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-h...
Pt 3 www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-h...
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
@tgk.bsky.social @battingaround.bsky.social the riffs on quackery were cool and all, but Bryce is just following in the footsteps of the 1984 us cycling team, Lance Armstrong and the good Dr Ferrari.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Like, obviously it rains a lot, but Glasgow does look nice when it rains
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Like, obviously it rains a lot, but Glasgow does look nice when it rains
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I’m glad there’s a discussion of EA in here. It’s a bigger deal than you might realize. Four years ago, @joejerome.com and I wrote about invasive surveillance using video games in terms of hypermonetization, but it is also a national security and user privacy issue as well.
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I’m glad there’s a discussion of EA in here. It’s a bigger deal than you might realize. Four years ago, @joejerome.com and I wrote about invasive surveillance using video games in terms of hypermonetization, but it is also a national security and user privacy issue as well.
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Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
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Harlow––winner of the drag competition in 1968's THE QUEEN, subject of Crystal LaBeija's epic rant––did get the hell back to Philadelphia. There, she dated Grace Kelly's brother, ran nightclubs, and was treated as a local trans celebrity.
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
www.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Harlow––winner of the drag competition in 1968's THE QUEEN, subject of Crystal LaBeija's epic rant––did get the hell back to Philadelphia. There, she dated Grace Kelly's brother, ran nightclubs, and was treated as a local trans celebrity.
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
www.inquirer.com/life/a/harlo...
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The Long Neolithic persists in a legion of ways, but its lithic manifestations and undismissable earthworks have peculiar power to infect the imagination. For it is harder to anchor folklore to ditches and droveways than it is to a stone. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Long Neolithic persists in a legion of ways, but its lithic manifestations and undismissable earthworks have peculiar power to infect the imagination. For it is harder to anchor folklore to ditches and droveways than it is to a stone. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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25 years of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights! 🎉
📜 Enshrining political, social and economic rights, the Charter plays a key role in protecting the rights of citizens and companies across the #EU.
A living commitment to a free, fair and democratic Europe 🇪🇺
📜 Enshrining political, social and economic rights, the Charter plays a key role in protecting the rights of citizens and companies across the #EU.
A living commitment to a free, fair and democratic Europe 🇪🇺
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
25 years of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights! 🎉
📜 Enshrining political, social and economic rights, the Charter plays a key role in protecting the rights of citizens and companies across the #EU.
A living commitment to a free, fair and democratic Europe 🇪🇺
📜 Enshrining political, social and economic rights, the Charter plays a key role in protecting the rights of citizens and companies across the #EU.
A living commitment to a free, fair and democratic Europe 🇪🇺
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24 Hour Party People
Good Vibrations
Beats
Kneecap
That’s it.
That’s the list.
Good Vibrations
Beats
Kneecap
That’s it.
That’s the list.
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
24 Hour Party People
Good Vibrations
Beats
Kneecap
That’s it.
That’s the list.
Good Vibrations
Beats
Kneecap
That’s it.
That’s the list.
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Facial recognition notification in the big supermarket. "Don't worry, the technology is designed to only recognise known offenders who have committed acts of violence, aggression or theft. For everyone else any data generated by the software is deleted instantly."
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Facial recognition notification in the big supermarket. "Don't worry, the technology is designed to only recognise known offenders who have committed acts of violence, aggression or theft. For everyone else any data generated by the software is deleted instantly."
I know nothing of coding and find this funny.
I know this is the least nerdy of the social media networks but I can't deny you this gem.
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I know nothing of coding and find this funny.
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77 BILLION DOLLARS and all they achieved was a particularly bad Second Life knockoff. The waste is literally incomprehensible.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
77 BILLION DOLLARS and all they achieved was a particularly bad Second Life knockoff. The waste is literally incomprehensible.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
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Sometimes, the very concept of big-business money makes my head hurt. So, Facebook's Metaverse fell through, wasting 77 billion.
You could hire 10,000 of the smartest people in the games industry, paying them each $100k a year, for an entire decade, and only spend $10bn.
You could hire 10,000 of the smartest people in the games industry, paying them each $100k a year, for an entire decade, and only spend $10bn.
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Sometimes, the very concept of big-business money makes my head hurt. So, Facebook's Metaverse fell through, wasting 77 billion.
You could hire 10,000 of the smartest people in the games industry, paying them each $100k a year, for an entire decade, and only spend $10bn.
You could hire 10,000 of the smartest people in the games industry, paying them each $100k a year, for an entire decade, and only spend $10bn.
Can’t remember who amongst ye pointed me to @djfrancois.bsky.social bluesky, but it cheers up early 20s me a lot that I can still get techno recommended to me by yer man after 30 odd years. And read about his horror of going to smyths before chrimbo.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Can’t remember who amongst ye pointed me to @djfrancois.bsky.social bluesky, but it cheers up early 20s me a lot that I can still get techno recommended to me by yer man after 30 odd years. And read about his horror of going to smyths before chrimbo.
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In a few hours I'll be hosting this fabulous discussion panel on Horror in Non-Traditional Settings for @illusionhorror.bsky.social!
Ft. Matt Sanderson, @paulbaldowski.bsky.social, Michael Petersén, @kgodwin.bsky.social and D Lauzon!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4qh_...
Ft. Matt Sanderson, @paulbaldowski.bsky.social, Michael Petersén, @kgodwin.bsky.social and D Lauzon!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4qh_...
Illusion Horror & Con 2025 Slot 8.5 || Horror in Non-Traditional Settings
YouTube video by The Illusion Horror & Con
m.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In a few hours I'll be hosting this fabulous discussion panel on Horror in Non-Traditional Settings for @illusionhorror.bsky.social!
Ft. Matt Sanderson, @paulbaldowski.bsky.social, Michael Petersén, @kgodwin.bsky.social and D Lauzon!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4qh_...
Ft. Matt Sanderson, @paulbaldowski.bsky.social, Michael Petersén, @kgodwin.bsky.social and D Lauzon!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4qh_...
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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In further "was not expecting this" news, first Lidl Christmas jumper of the season sighted. On Warren Ellis.
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In further "was not expecting this" news, first Lidl Christmas jumper of the season sighted. On Warren Ellis.
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I love pre-dawn winter mornings. In my imagination those apartment lights would be hearth fires and torches at rath entrances of the past. And how heartsome that would have been across bogland and lake.
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I love pre-dawn winter mornings. In my imagination those apartment lights would be hearth fires and torches at rath entrances of the past. And how heartsome that would have been across bogland and lake.
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You gotta love the Sunday Life. Every week they're like Exclusive: Top Drug Dealer, "Hula Hoop," on the run after getting kicked out of local estate by "Big Jez."
December 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
You gotta love the Sunday Life. Every week they're like Exclusive: Top Drug Dealer, "Hula Hoop," on the run after getting kicked out of local estate by "Big Jez."
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I wonder why they never did a Driving Home For Christmas / Road To Hell mashup? It was right there.
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I wonder why they never did a Driving Home For Christmas / Road To Hell mashup? It was right there.
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Les Earnest had these cartoons about it on his site:
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Les Earnest had these cartoons about it on his site:
Goddamit, I missed the anniversary.
This day 10 years ago Teresa Mannion was telling us not to make unnecessary journeys as Storm Desmond hit.
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Goddamit, I missed the anniversary.
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My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
Predator Killer of Killers was solid. And the flying sequences in the third story were lovely.
This fella Trachtenberg knows a good action sequence.
This fella Trachtenberg knows a good action sequence.
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Predator Killer of Killers was solid. And the flying sequences in the third story were lovely.
This fella Trachtenberg knows a good action sequence.
This fella Trachtenberg knows a good action sequence.