Jess Hayden
@teabutton.bsky.social
Designing fairer futures for all forms of life on this planet via The Brave Lab and teaching NCAD’s MA Circular by Design.
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Website: and your postcode?
Me: my address is—
Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?
Me: *enters postcode*
Website: is it no. 132?
Me: no
Website: is it no. 134?
Me: it’s 1—
Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
Me: my address is—
Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?
Me: *enters postcode*
Website: is it no. 132?
Me: no
Website: is it no. 134?
Me: it’s 1—
Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Website: and your postcode?
Me: my address is—
Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?
Me: *enters postcode*
Website: is it no. 132?
Me: no
Website: is it no. 134?
Me: it’s 1—
Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
Me: my address is—
Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?
Me: *enters postcode*
Website: is it no. 132?
Me: no
Website: is it no. 134?
Me: it’s 1—
Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
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Government to offer free training to all adults to help them learn to enjoy the smooth smooth taste of Benson and Hedges
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Government to offer free training to all adults to help them learn to enjoy the smooth smooth taste of Benson and Hedges
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'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
'Dancing through it all' by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #WomensArt
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I'm completely out of my depth. I'm one of 3 people responsible for investment fund of £2bn. I got here by blagging, incompetence of my superiors, and good timing. I rely on advisors and repeating keywords I've heard from others. I need an exit strategy before I get found out
January 24, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I'm completely out of my depth. I'm one of 3 people responsible for investment fund of £2bn. I got here by blagging, incompetence of my superiors, and good timing. I rely on advisors and repeating keywords I've heard from others. I need an exit strategy before I get found out
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
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Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born artist, known for her large scale murals of wild flowers connecting to environmental concerns #WomensArt
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born artist, known for her large scale murals of wild flowers connecting to environmental concerns #WomensArt
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bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
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Trump paramilitary ICE forces are going house to house in Minneapolis terrorizing families, pointing guns at children and mothers, illegally rounding up people in their homes despite their legal status or any prior criminal activity.
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump paramilitary ICE forces are going house to house in Minneapolis terrorizing families, pointing guns at children and mothers, illegally rounding up people in their homes despite their legal status or any prior criminal activity.
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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I like this poem of the beauty of everyday things by the late Freda Downie from her 1995 @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Collected Poems.
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I like this poem of the beauty of everyday things by the late Freda Downie from her 1995 @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Collected Poems.
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I have met so many Dans, and female Dans, and they always blow my mind
![[Scene is a SCIENCE RESEARCH FACILITY where two white coated scientists are standing at a desk of instruments and controls in front of a one way mirroe, looking at a mocked-up drinks party scene in the next room. In that room is a man named Dan and a woman, holding glasses of wine and apparently having a conversation. Dan, however, has a hi tech helmet strapped to his head, with wires extruding from it and leading to the instruments next door. Dan when we see him close up has a slightly dull expression and is droning on, while the lady listens, smiling politely].
[Scientists looking through the glass]
SCIENTIST 1:
And is this one of your patients?
SCIENTIST 2:
Yes
SCIENTIST 1:
This is Dan.
Dan was born completely incapable of asking people about themselves at parties.
DAN [close up, droning on while the woman listens]:
...So yeah 1 like implement creative solutions... and I work with clients to design a... and I'm writing a novel about like this guy...
SCIENTIST 1 [Looking at a screen showing Dan's brain with a hole in the middle]:
As you can see, despite talking about himself for the past two hours, the part of the brain which gives a toss about other people's lives shows no activity at all.
SCIENTIST 1 [bending over a microphone on the desk and pressing the intercom button]:
Dan...
Ask the lady... what her job is.
[Dan pauses.]
[Dan continues to pause]
DAN:
What's your job.
LADY [smiling humbly]:
Oh, I'm a murderer?
Well, contract killer, you know, haha...
[Show dan, silent]
[Show lady, smiling, waiting for a response]
[Show dan, still silent]
[Show Dan, slowly opening his mouth to speak
DAN:
And-
[But Dan falls silent again]
[Show Lady looking slightly desperate now, silently willing him to continue]
[Still nothing from Dan. But then...]
DAN:
...And yeah part of my job is I coordinate media content to across platforms to create -
SCIENTIST 1:
Fascinating
SCIENTIST 2:
Isn't it
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January 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I have met so many Dans, and female Dans, and they always blow my mind
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TIME GOES INTO REVERSE FOR HUMPTY DUMPTY
The King’s horses,
The King’s men
Rushing backwards
From the scene
As piles of shards
And smithereens
Resolved themselves
Into an egg
On a wall
Pre-fall
The King’s horses,
The King’s men
Rushing backwards
From the scene
As piles of shards
And smithereens
Resolved themselves
Into an egg
On a wall
Pre-fall
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
TIME GOES INTO REVERSE FOR HUMPTY DUMPTY
The King’s horses,
The King’s men
Rushing backwards
From the scene
As piles of shards
And smithereens
Resolved themselves
Into an egg
On a wall
Pre-fall
The King’s horses,
The King’s men
Rushing backwards
From the scene
As piles of shards
And smithereens
Resolved themselves
Into an egg
On a wall
Pre-fall
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Indigenous Australian artist Loongkoonan, who started painting at 95, and first exhibited her work at age 105 #womensart
January 6, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Indigenous Australian artist Loongkoonan, who started painting at 95, and first exhibited her work at age 105 #womensart
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'The witch's hideout' embroidery and textile collage by Turkish textile artist Irem Yazici #WomensArt
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
'The witch's hideout' embroidery and textile collage by Turkish textile artist Irem Yazici #WomensArt
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"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
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Opinion | The US cannot be pulled into an endless war in Venezuela. Democrats must end their Epstein inquiry NOW.
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Opinion | The US cannot be pulled into an endless war in Venezuela. Democrats must end their Epstein inquiry NOW.
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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Mary Delany (1700-1788), English artist used decoupage to make botanical 'Paper Mosaiks'.
Mistletoe, in certain folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt 🎄
Mistletoe, in certain folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Mary Delany (1700-1788), English artist used decoupage to make botanical 'Paper Mosaiks'.
Mistletoe, in certain folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt 🎄
Mistletoe, in certain folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt 🎄
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'Silent Night' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'Silent Night' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
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Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has said the expectation that the EU will scrap a planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars is 'disappointing' and will be bad for both consumers and EU industry jrnl.ie/6905210
Expected scrapping of planned EU ban on combustion-engine cars 'disappointing', says O'Gorman
Roderic O’Gorman said that as the number of Irish consumers choosing to purchase EVs rises, it’s a ‘disappointing decision’ by the EU.
jrnl.ie
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has said the expectation that the EU will scrap a planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars is 'disappointing' and will be bad for both consumers and EU industry jrnl.ie/6905210
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My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods