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Mostly Beyond Friday for now. Writer things: ✍🏼 https://homelesswriting.substack.com/

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 12h

Aoife Moore: Fine Gael texts out attack lines to journalists. They’re often forwarded on to me by colleagues in journalism and minutes later the very queries Fine Gael direct them to ask appear in the Connolly press inbox. If you didn’t laugh, you’d cry.
#Áras25
ereader.irishnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

Aoife Moore: Why I offered to help Catherine Connolly and why the Irish establishment won’t stop her

The most desperate times call for the most desperate measures and Fine Gael have reached a new level of desperation

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 1d

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software

FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software. When …

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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 1d

I've written a newsletter on why the FG attack video is both bad content, and bad strategy

(If you subscribed you'd have gotten this in your inbox with the heading "Why that FG ad is giving you the ick")

(It's free)

www.thebriefing.ie/fine-gaels-a...

Fine Gael's Attack Ad: Áras25 in Content

By burying the lede and handing over airtime, have Fine Gael committed an own goal?

www.thebriefing.ie

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

Last note here, once you realise almost every single person around you (including you) is suffering from addiction and essentially tweaking in plain sight, people's shite behaviour and reactive rage becomes more understandable if not excusable. Yes I do mean we're all addicted to phones & socials.

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

*aren't ALLOWED ffs this stupid phone keyboard

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in Taiwan the metros were all but silent because it's a cultural expectation that you don't make noise on public transport and people aren't allow eat on them either. Fuckin' blissful and I miss it every day

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

*ponytail

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

More recently two older people sitting opposite us were doing this on a packed bus that was held up in traffic (so everyone's patience already on the brink) and the guy had a white dreads pony that was so long and disgusting it was trailing off the floor

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget being on a DMZ tour earlier this year and while the guide was trying to explain security protocol and inform us on the history, a bunch of Mexicans were loudly video calling their child back in Mexico

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 1d

I will add "people having extremely loud video calls without at least earphones in" to this list also

tinybaby @tiny.baby · 2d

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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fae⁷ @onthistangent.bsky.social · 2d

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

exwife-of-frankenstein on tumblr:

Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. This app only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call.

#IM GOING INSANE #NOTHING WORKS NOTHING

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

A good way to keep your protest high going is to make a donation today to a group that's been doing the work. An abortion fund, a group that feeds the unhoused, a group that assists immigrants...Lots of fascism fighters out there stay needing your money.

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 2d

What we’re seeing here is a media class struggling to come to terms with their own irrelevance. They thought they could just strongarm Steen onto the ballot without her doing the groundwork and not only did they fail, the only people that share their anger about it are loopers and bots

Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 2d

In the final week of campaigning the Indo decide to go all out on a theme

4 pieces in a row on the Irish Independent website warning of the dangers of Catherine Connolly winning

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daryl "treehouse of hormones" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 3d

this is how everyone should sign off

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

🎥 Vanity Fair

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

So that was...OK? Enjoyable, but not great. Could have done with a lot more slashing tbh. The only person who got butchered was the dog!! I do not sign up for that!! #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

Hahaha

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

Was gonna say, be gas if he just lobbed her off the roof as well but I guess we're wrapping up there? #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

GREAT fall. Kudos to the mannequin. #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

This movie went downhill when they offed Mary, just saying #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

OMG a pitchfork, Orlando Bloom was in an episode of Midsomer Murders before he was famous and he too was killed with a pitchfork, it was quite legendary #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

Jaysus this is getting quite profound. If it were me personally I'd just ride the werewolf man and make a decision tomorrow. #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

This isn't the time to get bitchy, Barbara #BeyondFriday

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St-evil Kill-iams @hardcut.bsky.social · 4d

Jesus. This old couple look like that American Gothic painting.

#beyondfriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

I have been (ironically) dreaming of this for months. #BeyondFriday

The Hand that Rocks the Jaydle @jaycoyle.bsky.social · 4d

Deep and dreamless sleep sounds great tbh. #BeyondFriday

Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 4d

Captured, messaging interrupted #BeyondFriday