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Felicity Hayes-McCoy
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USA Today Bestselling Irish author. Fiction/non-fic. Upcoming standalone novel #OnceAYear HachetteBooks Irl Oct 2025

Lives London, UK/Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland (Gaeilge agus fáilte).

Rep: Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates UK

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 13h
I do love a bookseller review

www.waterstones.com/book/9781399...

#books #booksky📚💙 #festive #fiction #OnceAYear @gaiabanks.bsky.social
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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This is excellent by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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blipstress.bsky.social
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Former US military lawyers speak out:

"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."

Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes

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• If the U.S. military operation to interdict and destroy suspected narcotraFicking vessels is a “non-international armed conflict,” as the Trump Administration suggests, orders to “kill everybody,” which can reasonably be regarded as an order to give “no quarter,” and to “double-tap” a target in order to kill survivors, are clearly illegal under international law. In short, they are war crimes. • If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder. Highlighted sentence at the end of the document reads: Again, the bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are “patently illegal,” anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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annewalker.bsky.social
Tom Stoppard, one of the mightiest playwrights ever, has passed. We are fortunate he has left us with a bounty of genius works. History will not forget him, such a legacy and such a personal story from which to draw.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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tomasjmurray.bsky.social
“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.”

📸 Mark Gerson (June, 1969)
Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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ravenbooks.bsky.social
Over the past five years, we've seen a steady increase in our sales of books in Irish, especially kids books. In January there was significant surge and the last two weeks have been astonishing with so many customers saying they want to revive their cúpla focail. These are the stongest sellers⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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He’s done it again. How joyous.

Like an apple itself this episode fills your brain with juicy sweet knowledge and reflection.

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alexpodyssey.bsky.social Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 3d
BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎

From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.

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BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?
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November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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In honour of Tom Stoppard, my favourite clip from the absolute genius that is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
youtu.be/7C6LjfE5FTA?... #TomStoppard #GaryOldman
Newton's Cradle - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
YouTube video by chiswickscience
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November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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theryangeorge.bsky.social
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙‍♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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russincheshire.bsky.social
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.

So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I discussed Tom Stoppard’s TV play ‘Professional Foul’ in this column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social ‬⁩ (no paywall) www.thenewworld.co.uk/everyday-phi...
Everyday Philosophy: Professional fouls and ethical dilemmas
The epidemic of cynical tackles at the Euros evokes Søren Kierkegaard’s concept of the ‘teleological suspension of the ethical’
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
There you go.

Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK ‣ More details Sign this petition 100,000 signatures Show on a map 100,000 Parliament will consider this for a debate Parliament considers all petitions
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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ravenbooks.bsky.social
Also in today's Indo, a fab double-page spread of kids books recommendations from @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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barbarascully.bsky.social
Tickets for my OLDER BOLDER WISER Show in The Civic Theatre, Tallaght on 18th February are SOLD OUT….. so we have added a second show on 19th February. Grab tickets here.

www.civictheatre.ie/whats-on/old...
Older Bolder Wiser - The Civic
An evening of stand up comedy and story telling. Barbara Scully is a well known writer, author and broadcaster, who is regularly published in the press and is a familiar voice on radio, where she has ...
www.civictheatre.ie
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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barbarascully.bsky.social
Tickets for my OLDER BOLDER WISER show in The Harrison Hotel in Belfast on 9th January have SOLD OUT. So we have added a second show on 10th January.
And book an overnight stay & the hotel will deduct the cost of your ticket!! You’re welcome!!!!!
olderbolderwiserbelfast2.eventbrite.ie
OLDER BOLDER WISER
Barbara Scully's hilarious one woman show on the joys of getting older
olderbolderwiserbelfast2.eventbrite.ie
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
I do love a bookseller review

www.waterstones.com/book/9781399...

#books #booksky📚💙 #festive #fiction #OnceAYear @gaiabanks.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
If you're planning to shop for books this Black Friday weekend, Ireland's iconic @kennysbookshop.bsky.social - which is family-owned/ run & ships abroad - has several of my novels & non-fic titles at special prices

Check them out on this dedicated page on their website
shorturl.at/dFyQ4

#booksky
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Trump migration pause is ‘racist anti-immigration agenda’ – Former head of Human Rights Watch

www.channel4.com/news/trump-m...
Trump migration pause is ‘racist anti-immigration agenda’ – Former head of Human Rights Watch
We spoke with lawyer and former head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth after Trump vowed to pause migration from ‘third world countries’.
www.channel4.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Books of the year 2025: 36 Authors and critics pick their favourites. Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites
Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices
www.irishtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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🗣️ They are praying for rain in Iran, where drought, over-consumption and mismanagement have forced the president to warn residents they may need to evacuate the capital.

📩 Read our latest FourGround newsletter from Kiran Moodley:
Iran drought: Tehran facing existential crisis as taps run dry
They are praying for rain in Iran, where drought, over-consumption and mismanagement have forced the president to warn residents they may need to evacuate the capital, writes Kiran Moodley.
channel4news.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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chronotope.aramzs.xyz
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.

But there's an even more important reason...
dnl.ink daniel @dnl.ink · 1d
the internet is now a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy and so on
graph from Graphite showing 'AI-generated content has surpassed human-written articles' — shows ChatGPT launching just before 2023 and then shooting upwards as human articles shoot down
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM