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Mr Brightside enthusiast. CSI expert. Bookworm. My views are my own. (she/her) Co-host of I Think You Should Read https://bsky.app/profile/itysrpod.bsky.social

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · Apr 16

"The yearn for something mindless calls like a siren urging me to come back to her. Yes, the siren is Candy Crush and yes you can assume that the app is dressed like a mermaid in this incredibly tortured metaphor."

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She Yearns for Mindlessness

I (like everyone else in the universe) am in an endless battle with mindless phone use. I was so proud of myself when I deleted Twitter a few months ago because I thought smugly, ‘well that&#…

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 18h

Domino toppling meme; the tiny one at the beginning says “accidentally only studying captive wolves” and the end one says “grown men losing their shit about eating soy”

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kevin @beirne.bsky.social · 1d

Using 20 litres of clean drinking water to get the computer give me increasingly generic messages to send to someone I am trying to make a personal human connection with

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 1d

God bless the French. They do everything in the funniest way possible.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu appointed by Macron for the second time yesterday is already threatening to resign if “conditions are no longer met”. (France Elects)

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 1d

Also can journalists stop giving Maria Steen attention. She’s a failed candidate like why are we still hearing from her?

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 1d

The problem with there only being 2 candidates is that there’s nothing else to talk about. I am so tired of this election like can we please just vote already?

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 1d

Being nominated or not doesn't seem to have had any bearing on how much I'm hearing about Maria Steen.

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 1d

JUSTICE

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 1d

I’m at a christening and we only got the match put on in the pub after the baby went home. The baby should not have to suffer.

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 3d

A comedian trying to unsuccessfully donate their Riyadh Festival blood money like Adam West's Batman madly dashing around trying to unload a cartoonish bomb

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about playing a good team like Portugal is that the existential dread is less because you just expect you’re going to get absolutely smashed anyway.

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 2d

83. I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There by Róisín Lanigan

This was good but also quite depressing and sad and a bit close to the bone at times. Could have leaned into the creepiness more. 💙📚

A copy of I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There by Róisín Lanigan.

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 2d

10 months after turning 30, I’ve finally run out of all the gin I got for turning 30. We had a good run lads.

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 3d

Trains are packed again and the driver keeps trying to make announcements and it sounds like he’s stuck down a well.

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 4d

Have a great.

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 4d

I’m generally pretty good at recognising actors from their other work I’ve seen. Outdid myself last night by recognising Jay in Task as Eric from Kin despite only watching 2 episodes of it. Jack genuinely looked proud of me when I showed him.

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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 4d

Right. No that’s true thank you

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 4d

Gods speed 🫡

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 4d

I just think if you bring a bike or don’t take off your backpack on a packed rush hour train, you should be tried in The Hague.

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 4d

I am like a sardine on the Maynooth line. Reduced capacity on a load of services.

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 5d

82. The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

Love the writing in this. The callbacks to West Cork reminded me so much of my grandparents. A really lovely yet sad story with an incredible line of ‘there was an air of Protestants’. 📚💙

A copy of the Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry.

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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 5d

I suspect he didn't say it, and that this is an Urban myth.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 7d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Tweet from Daily Mail Celebrity @DailyMailCeleb
How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
ALISON BOSHOFF

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 6d

If we can fashion a story about Jim Gavin and buckfast we should be able to completely break the Americans brains.

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Film In Dublin @filmindublin.bsky.social · 7d

He's had a few.

Poster for the Irish film Small Things Like These, edited to add Benicio Del Toro's happy face, a can of cerveza and the title changed to Small Beers Like These

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Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 7d

At least I have therapy tomorrow to prepare.

Ronzo @ronronzo.bsky.social · 7d

Do you think Catherine Connolly would take time out of campaigning to play for us against Portugal on Saturday? She seems like she could do a job in midfield.

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