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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 5d

I only found the man himself with some help from Wikipedia 😄 Fascinating painting.

This painting is one of the most iconic images from Wales's visual culture – but can you spot the devil in the shawl? 😈

Read more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/salem-337662

'Salem' by Sydney Curnow Vosper (1866–1942) 📷 Lady Lever Art Gallery

A woman in a tall black hat and colorful shawl stands inside a wooden church with seated people around her.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 17d

This is great, I never knew about the app!

Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 17d

I found this useful for avoiding the AI overview: tenbluelinks.org

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Sep 27

Niche content, but his story is SO interesting. Thinking of telling next season. A

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Sep 15

Looking forward to it, especially 10 books you should read with @rickoshea.bsky.social and @hazelgaynor.bsky.social.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sea turtle 😍

See Through Canoe @seethroughcanoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Sep 1

Feeling better about my commute this week because I can listen to this 😊

Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Sep 1

🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦

Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.

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MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Aug 13

There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Screenshot of the first two questions in the survey - there's only six to answer.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Aug 13

I absolutely love this about the library, picking up books on spec. Often gems but if not, I just return guilt-free and onto the next book.

Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Aug 13

Oh thank you for this idea! I use the library all the time but never thought of looking for sheet music. And I just checked the catalogue and they have lots, I'm delighted 😊

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's so depressing to remember how good Google search used to be. I used the instructions here to hide that awful AI overview, it works pretty well tenbluelinks.org

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Laura Cumming @lauracummingart.bsky.social · Jul 27

The Scot from Paisley who photographed The Bear - way back in the 1880s! My bit on the great William Notman @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social @timadamswrites.bsky.social @englishsettlement.bsky.social @allanjenkins21.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/phot...

William Notman and the invention of Canada | The Observer

The pioneering Scot documented the wildernesses of the young nation through the embryonic medium of photography. But it was in the studio that his true g...

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Jul 26

🆕 AESOP II: A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other 🐬

Is truth a set of facts? Might something fake be authentic? Can you contruct a truth out of lies? And why are unreliable narrators more compelling?

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8. AESOP II - A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jul 23

AI overviews are destroying search, destroying websites, and are easy to game. Really bleak stuff here: www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain

Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is good for hiding the ai overview on Google - doesn't mean the search results are better beyond that but I was fed up scrolling quickly past the AI overview to get to proper Web pages. tenbluelinks.org

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · Jul 21

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Now Ye're Talkin'

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · Jul 19

Greetings and good morning it’s the Saturday rush hour with Mo & Letty-Lou

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Jul 17

Me too, beautiful and compelling. I also loved Jenny Odell's How to do nothing - resisting the attention economy. Also beautiful and meditative.

Cover of Jenny Odell's How to do nothing - resisting the attention economy.

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · Jul 16

Greetings and good morning it’s the Wednesday farm rush hour with baby donkey Letty-Lou & mum Nutmeg

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Jul 13

This podcast is wonderfully crafted, can't recommend it highly enough. Delighted the new episode is up!

Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Jul 13

📜 New AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant? 🏛️

Part One of Three: Stories have had a moral for as long as we've had stories. So why is Aesop, enduringly, one of the few moralists we accept can dish it out?

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7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant?

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 13/07/2025 · 44m

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Jul 13

📜 New AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant? 🏛️

Part One of Three: Stories have had a moral for as long as we've had stories. So why is Aesop, enduringly, one of the few moralists we accept can dish it out?

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0lP7...

🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant?

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 13/07/2025 · 44m

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Jul 12

Let joy be unconfined!*

After weeks of sleepless battle that nearly broke me, with the story and fables of Aesop, a Nolanesque epic trilogy is coming atcha.

"Aesop, Part I" drops tomorrow, Sunday, lunchtime, with Part II and Part III the following two weekends.

Or should that be "unconfirmed"?

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · Jul 10

No advice that hasn't already been suggested but seeing sweet dogs, especially older ones and rescues, is one of the best things about bluesky 💓