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Dr Talia Abu @drtaliaabu.bsky.social · 4d

Today we harvested many olive trees in Ramallah. Wothout Israeli and international volunteers, the Palestinian farmers are prohibited from harvesting their own orchards. This is their livelihood, and we stand in solidarity with them.
#IsraeliOccupation

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 4d

Ep. 164 - Puck Mulligan

In which, we discuss Buck Mulligan's role as a Shakespearean fool within Ulysses, tormenting poor Stephen Dedalus.

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Ep. 164 - Puck Mulligan — Blooms & Barnacles

You will serve that which you laugh at.

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 11d

Great suggestions, thanks!

Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 11d

I'm beginning my research phase for "Sirens" and I'm not sure what to cover in this episode. I'm considering covering it in a single episode and then moving onto "Cyclops," which I have A LOT to talk about. What would you want me to cover from "Sirens?"

Leave your thoughts in the comments!

Chappell Roan dances with a Siren in an undersea paradise that looks like decorations for a high school dance.

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 12d

New blog post: Stephen Dynamo

Why is Stephen Dedalus afraid of electricity?

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In the thirteenth section of “ Wandering Rocks, ” Ulysses ’ tenth episode, we meet Stephen Dedalus once again, gazing into the window of Old Russell the lapidarist. We last saw Stephen descending the...

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Get Behind Me, Cethan! @cethanleahy.com · 12d

Finally, I can softly recall Michael Furey in glorious 4K!

The Criterion Collection's cover for John Huston's The Dead.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16d

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 19d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Books R' Me @booksrme.bsky.social · 20d

The whispers of doubt dance around the genius of Shakespeare. Each play feels like a tapestry woven from many voices, urging us to explore the depths of collaboration and creativity. #booksky #books

Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 20d

Ep. 163 - The Spirit of Reconciliation

Shakespeare couldn't have possibly written all those plays all by himself... right?

#booksky

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Bitches love sonnets.

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 20d

Ep. 163 - The Spirit of Reconciliation

Shakespeare couldn't have possibly written all those plays all by himself... right?

#booksky

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Bitches love sonnets.

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 22d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · 27d

This month on Patreon, we're discussing Djuna Barnes' classic novel about 1920's Paris and lesbian longing, Nightwood

#booksky

Listen or watch the video at patreon.com/barnaclecast

A portrait of woman, head turned three quarters to the left, wearing a hat that comes down just over her eyebrows, a polka-dotted shirt with a high collar covering her neck, and a dark jacket

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 25

Make sure to read and share the post far and wide. That'll show 'em

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 19

@moderation.bsky.app has suppressed my Sweets of Sin post!

To read the blog post that's too hot for Bluesky, please visit bloomsandbarnacles.com

It's what James Joyce would want you to do

#booksky

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 25

Ep. 162 - Quaker Librarian

We discuss an especially an especially obscure passage of Ulysses and @animatewithdermot.bsky.social 's most obscure illustration

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I, for one, think geese really do have souls. Topics in this episode include librarian Thomas Lyster and his Quaker faith, why Lyster always seems to be dancing in “Scylla and Charybdis,” the journal...

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 19

@moderation.bsky.app has suppressed my Sweets of Sin post!

To read the blog post that's too hot for Bluesky, please visit bloomsandbarnacles.com

It's what James Joyce would want you to do

#booksky

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 18

New blog post -- Sweets of Sin

On the influence of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs, and Victorian flagellation literature on Ulysses

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“... a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin, anonymous author a gentleman of fashion…”  “...I wonder what kind is that book he brought me Sweets of Sin by a gen...

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ep. 161 - Yogibogeybox

If you'd like to know about the various uncouth antics of a young James Joyce and Oliver St. John Gogarty, we've got you covered.

#booksky

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Ep. 161 - Yogibogeybox — Blooms & Barnacles

We finally learn the weirdest thing that Joyce and Gogarty got up to.

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're talking Giacomo Joyce, James Joyce's only story set outside of Dublin. We talk about the poetry of the work, how it influenced his later work, and of course the controversy surrounding this work

Here's a preview. You can find the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

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Bonus Ep. 32 - Giacomo Joyce [TEASER]

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 2

Being on social media is fine but if it’s getting in the way of you doing deep reading and deep thinking, then your balance of how you spend your time is off

Lots of interesting threads here and none of them are a substitute for reading a good book or essay

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 2

Try Not to Breathe from Automatic for the People

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're talking Giacomo Joyce, James Joyce's only story set outside of Dublin. We talk about the poetry of the work, how it influenced his later work, and of course the controversy surrounding this work

Here's a preview. You can find the full episode at patreon.com/barnaclecast

youtu.be/sshBjDtpf-o

Bonus Ep. 32 - Giacomo Joyce [TEASER]

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks for the tip. I will check that out!

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Blooms & Barnacles Podcast @bloomsandbarnacles.bsky.social · Aug 27

Episode 160: Anne Hath a Way

Stephen Dedalus would have you think that Shakespeare's wife Anne was an Elizabethan Yoko Ono. Is he right?

(Spoiler: No, he's not. Also, Yoko didn't break up the Beatles.)

#booksky

Ep. 160: Anne Hath A Way — Blooms & Barnacles

No, not that Anne Hathaway. The Shakespearean one.

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