Laura Ní S
@ismiselaura.bsky.social
Lefty intersectional feminist with a habit of tripping over her own feet.
Cis Sí/Í She/Her
Books, Sims, history, feminism, tourguiding, storytelling, coffee.
Cúpla Focal, Táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge.
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉
📍Monaghan, Ireland.
Cis Sí/Í She/Her
Books, Sims, history, feminism, tourguiding, storytelling, coffee.
Cúpla Focal, Táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge.
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉
📍Monaghan, Ireland.
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Utterly insane that the fate of millions, even billions of living people is forever handcuffed to the whims of a handful of belligerent idiots with a God complex playing Jenga with humanity for personal gain during the blink of an eye that they're on this planet. The sheer pointlessness of it all.
June 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Utterly insane that the fate of millions, even billions of living people is forever handcuffed to the whims of a handful of belligerent idiots with a God complex playing Jenga with humanity for personal gain during the blink of an eye that they're on this planet. The sheer pointlessness of it all.
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
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Lots of people who haven't had word one to say about constant public displays of proscribed flags used to intimidate whole communities, even primary schools, for years on end are suddenly going to be frothing about one flag at a gig.
May 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lots of people who haven't had word one to say about constant public displays of proscribed flags used to intimidate whole communities, even primary schools, for years on end are suddenly going to be frothing about one flag at a gig.
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That being said, a massive thank you to anyone able to support artists by buying their work or hiring them - ye are literally keeping us going. The benefit of working as small artists is that we get to see and appreciate everyone who buys a print or supports the work. It's a lovely little community.
The amount of fairly established artists over the past few months revealing they're having to step back from creative work and look for work in non-art fields instead is disheartening. A career path in skilled work where it was possible to at least make ends meet now feels less and less possible.
May 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That being said, a massive thank you to anyone able to support artists by buying their work or hiring them - ye are literally keeping us going. The benefit of working as small artists is that we get to see and appreciate everyone who buys a print or supports the work. It's a lovely little community.
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This is disturbing… a single ChatGPT query uses 10x more energy than using a search engine. One 100-word email drafted by ChatGPT-4 uses about a water bottle’s worth of H2O, and enough electricity to power 14 LED lightbulbs for an hour.
yes, ChatGPT is in schools; there are K-12 school districts and DOEs entering into AI contracts, too. so rather than panicking over the death of academia as a foregone conclusion—particularly when LLMs are frequently wrong—why don't we talk about the climate costs of AI?
my latest @teenvogue.com
my latest @teenvogue.com
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is disturbing… a single ChatGPT query uses 10x more energy than using a search engine. One 100-word email drafted by ChatGPT-4 uses about a water bottle’s worth of H2O, and enough electricity to power 14 LED lightbulbs for an hour.
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sort of maybe want to write about it at some point but also ohhhhh my god as a woman and a feminist I actually just really don't want to be so defined by my gender, it's so BORING and reductive, there's so much more to being alive than your gender identity, who cares, WHO CARES
"Adult human female" always cracks me up. Yes, of course that's the definition of a woman. It's just that trans women also meet it.
April 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
sort of maybe want to write about it at some point but also ohhhhh my god as a woman and a feminist I actually just really don't want to be so defined by my gender, it's so BORING and reductive, there's so much more to being alive than your gender identity, who cares, WHO CARES
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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What Ireland needs is a housing tyrant, a ruthless builder of housing, prepared to sacrifice any number of ministers to build houses
April 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What Ireland needs is a housing tyrant, a ruthless builder of housing, prepared to sacrifice any number of ministers to build houses
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Aiming to be more like these tariffs (fought over by wealthy, powerful men while inspiring widespread panic)
April 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Aiming to be more like these tariffs (fought over by wealthy, powerful men while inspiring widespread panic)
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Happy April Fool's Day to all my fellow fools, óinseachs, amadáns, and eejits, we are the confused daughters of the witches that wouldn't learn 🩷
April 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Happy April Fool's Day to all my fellow fools, óinseachs, amadáns, and eejits, we are the confused daughters of the witches that wouldn't learn 🩷
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In advance of #stpatricksday, here's a thread of essential articles about Irish stuff which you can present to international friends who wish to understand us better.
First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...
First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...
A tale of two Taytos: How an anthropomorphic crisp became a symbol for Irish identity
How a half-man half-crisp in a suit became a symbol of the Irish diaspora—and an important part of the Brexit deliberations
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In advance of #stpatricksday, here's a thread of essential articles about Irish stuff which you can present to international friends who wish to understand us better.
First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...
First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...
Top tier bank holiday Sunday. Duvet day with a book that's only interrupted by runs to the kitchen for coffee, with a crackling fire on the TV. #booksky #spéirghorm #irishbluesky
March 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Top tier bank holiday Sunday. Duvet day with a book that's only interrupted by runs to the kitchen for coffee, with a crackling fire on the TV. #booksky #spéirghorm #irishbluesky
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Can we all just agree to ignore the Burkes by pretending they don't exist, like a stain on a sofa, or the later seasons of the Simpsons
March 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Can we all just agree to ignore the Burkes by pretending they don't exist, like a stain on a sofa, or the later seasons of the Simpsons
Absolutely well-deserved, it's one of my favourite books of all time!
Doireann Ní Gríofa has just this month won the Ireland Francophonie Ambassador’s Literary Award 2025 for A GHOST IN THE THROAT. This book has won so many awards, and been translated into loads of languages!
March 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Absolutely well-deserved, it's one of my favourite books of all time!
Monaghan County Museum has the best and simplest summation of the Civil War and Partition of Ireland. Just cuts to the heart of the matter. Though what teabag do you reckon is Pro/Anti-Treaty? I reckon Barry's is Anti-Treaty. #irishhistory #speirgorm #spéirghorm #irishbluesky
March 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Monaghan County Museum has the best and simplest summation of the Civil War and Partition of Ireland. Just cuts to the heart of the matter. Though what teabag do you reckon is Pro/Anti-Treaty? I reckon Barry's is Anti-Treaty. #irishhistory #speirgorm #spéirghorm #irishbluesky
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Whataboutery, Deflection and a Strawman Argument walk into a bar.
“Good evening, Taoiseach,” says the barman.
“Good evening, Taoiseach,” says the barman.
February 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Whataboutery, Deflection and a Strawman Argument walk into a bar.
“Good evening, Taoiseach,” says the barman.
“Good evening, Taoiseach,” says the barman.
I'm very late to the game, but I'm in love with reading this book, I never want it to end. The world building is top-notch, the different POVs are not too numerous and are distinct voices. It's a hefty book, 845 pages, but the writing has made me want it to be longer than that. #booksky #spéirghorm
February 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I'm very late to the game, but I'm in love with reading this book, I never want it to end. The world building is top-notch, the different POVs are not too numerous and are distinct voices. It's a hefty book, 845 pages, but the writing has made me want it to be longer than that. #booksky #spéirghorm
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This is an interesting way to conceal enormous wasted money on subsidising cruel and dying sports.
The government moved both the greyhound and horse funding out of sport into agriculture where it is hidden in all the other spending
February 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is an interesting way to conceal enormous wasted money on subsidising cruel and dying sports.
Doing a few things for International Women's Day next week, why not come along and hear me talk shite, it's free sure. #Internationalwomensday #spéirgorm #speirgorm #storytelling #tourguiding
February 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Doing a few things for International Women's Day next week, why not come along and hear me talk shite, it's free sure. #Internationalwomensday #spéirgorm #speirgorm #storytelling #tourguiding
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That no newspaper ran a “Government’s Shedsit plans go down like a shed balloon” headline is further proof that the mainstream media can no longer be trusted by the public.
Thank you for coming to my shed talk.
Thank you for coming to my shed talk.
February 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
That no newspaper ran a “Government’s Shedsit plans go down like a shed balloon” headline is further proof that the mainstream media can no longer be trusted by the public.
Thank you for coming to my shed talk.
Thank you for coming to my shed talk.
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TDs shouldn't be landlords and this shouldn't be an even remotely controversial thing to say.
So many simple solutions for the housing crisis that get shouted down as very controversial.
"People should be able to afford their rent"
"Lol check out this economically incoherent rube over here"
So many simple solutions for the housing crisis that get shouted down as very controversial.
"People should be able to afford their rent"
"Lol check out this economically incoherent rube over here"
February 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
TDs shouldn't be landlords and this shouldn't be an even remotely controversial thing to say.
So many simple solutions for the housing crisis that get shouted down as very controversial.
"People should be able to afford their rent"
"Lol check out this economically incoherent rube over here"
So many simple solutions for the housing crisis that get shouted down as very controversial.
"People should be able to afford their rent"
"Lol check out this economically incoherent rube over here"
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I'm not well so I'm watching Fleetwood Mac performances and, if it's been a while since you watched the Silver Springs video where Stevie Nicks flays Lindsey Buckingham alive with just her voice and her eyes while Mick Fleetwood is having the *time of his life*, you should watch it again.
January 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm not well so I'm watching Fleetwood Mac performances and, if it's been a while since you watched the Silver Springs video where Stevie Nicks flays Lindsey Buckingham alive with just her voice and her eyes while Mick Fleetwood is having the *time of his life*, you should watch it again.
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Sometimes I think about how makeup was invented, like one day some early human smeared some mud around their eyes and stepped into just the right light and everyone else was like okay, Grog, go off
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sometimes I think about how makeup was invented, like one day some early human smeared some mud around their eyes and stepped into just the right light and everyone else was like okay, Grog, go off
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Was interviewed by Silicon Republic about the use of GenAI for image creation, and its impact on artists. You can read Rebecca Graham's article at the link in their post below 👇
January 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Was interviewed by Silicon Republic about the use of GenAI for image creation, and its impact on artists. You can read Rebecca Graham's article at the link in their post below 👇