Stephanie Rains 🪼
@acidrains.bsky.social
Mainly politics and cute animals, with occasional images from the archives. For the day job, follow the Irish Cultural and Media History blog at irishmediahistory.com
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The shoes. The SHOES.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The shoes. The SHOES.
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Captivated by these tiny, crocheted, ceramic vessels by Jeremy Brooks
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jere...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Captivated by these tiny, crocheted, ceramic vessels by Jeremy Brooks
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jere...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jere...
This has an academic parallel. There’s a certain kind of syntax breakdown and other forms of language chaos you occasionally see in student essays that you come to recognise as signs of disordered thinking and more in need of pastoral care than standard marking. AI will flatten all that out.
The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This has an academic parallel. There’s a certain kind of syntax breakdown and other forms of language chaos you occasionally see in student essays that you come to recognise as signs of disordered thinking and more in need of pastoral care than standard marking. AI will flatten all that out.
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The real tragedy in this whole Enoch Burke thing remains that, all this foolishness aside, he clearly has the exact temperament, judgement, humour, and cool vibes you'd want in your child's teacher.
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The real tragedy in this whole Enoch Burke thing remains that, all this foolishness aside, he clearly has the exact temperament, judgement, humour, and cool vibes you'd want in your child's teacher.
First we have Altman claiming he needs “more electrons” and now this physics word salad. I know what’s motivating the AI grifters saying this stuff, but could fintech journalists please not just repeat it as if it makes sense??
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November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
First we have Altman claiming he needs “more electrons” and now this physics word salad. I know what’s motivating the AI grifters saying this stuff, but could fintech journalists please not just repeat it as if it makes sense??
Another bit of evidence for the theory that the return of the SAHM (especially in the US) is partly driven by the need for a full-time family administrator just to manage daily life. Obvs it being the woman of the family that does this involves other forces, but it does seem to be an issue.
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Another bit of evidence for the theory that the return of the SAHM (especially in the US) is partly driven by the need for a full-time family administrator just to manage daily life. Obvs it being the woman of the family that does this involves other forces, but it does seem to be an issue.
My first academic job was in DKIT, and I had a great time working there - this seems like a really exciting move for them.
Ireland is getting its first cross-border college as Queen's and DkIT partner up
Dundalk Institute of Technology will be established as a university college of Queen’s University Belfast.
www.thejournal.ie
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
My first academic job was in DKIT, and I had a great time working there - this seems like a really exciting move for them.
If you've ever wondered what it would look like if Hieronymus Bosch had designed Christmas cards, you're in luck!!
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you've ever wondered what it would look like if Hieronymus Bosch had designed Christmas cards, you're in luck!!
muttering darkly to myself about ineffective college heating now the weather's finally turned cold and then realised that I have my office radiator turned off 😳
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
muttering darkly to myself about ineffective college heating now the weather's finally turned cold and then realised that I have my office radiator turned off 😳
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Tutor struggling to tell if absolutely dogshit essay is AI buff.ly/9yyPrOA
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tutor struggling to tell if absolutely dogshit essay is AI buff.ly/9yyPrOA
This was (as far as I know) an exclusively north American practice. When I first heard references to it in the 90s I genuinely thought people were joking. It’s absolutely unfathomable!!
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This was (as far as I know) an exclusively north American practice. When I first heard references to it in the 90s I genuinely thought people were joking. It’s absolutely unfathomable!!
I’ll admit that I actually gasped slightly as I read that first paragraph.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’ll admit that I actually gasped slightly as I read that first paragraph.
Ban all private education, give every state school the same per capita funding/staffing, and everyone goes to their local school.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ban all private education, give every state school the same per capita funding/staffing, and everyone goes to their local school.
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I especially don’t appreciate this as someone who remembers the Berlin Wall falling.
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I especially don’t appreciate this as someone who remembers the Berlin Wall falling.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
These are just gorgeous
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
These are just gorgeous
Yeah, but we all try to look tidy and organised in our first week of a new job!
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Yeah, but we all try to look tidy and organised in our first week of a new job!
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At last science has established how old a small boat has to be for a Brexit-voting area to be proud of it
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory
Well-preserved oak and maple boats used for transport and fishing to be displayed in Peterborough
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
At last science has established how old a small boat has to be for a Brexit-voting area to be proud of it
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Technically it’s ephebophelia’s monster.
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Technically it’s ephebophelia’s monster.
I’m picturing this being a direct quote from the cops currently surveying the road with despair.
Motorists have been told to avoid travelling north on the A9 at Dunblane due to 'chickens all over the place'
A9 closed due to 'chickens all over the place' as motorists told to avoid area
www.thenational.scot
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m picturing this being a direct quote from the cops currently surveying the road with despair.
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SATAN: So what makes you want to work here? Isn’t it a bit of a sideways move for you?
ME: Well, sideways and down, haha
SATAN: Haha
ME: But I’ve been working in the sector for a while, and I feel this is where the action is
SATAN: Your most recent role was…
ME: Cinema website designer
SATAN: Sweet
ME: Well, sideways and down, haha
SATAN: Haha
ME: But I’ve been working in the sector for a while, and I feel this is where the action is
SATAN: Your most recent role was…
ME: Cinema website designer
SATAN: Sweet
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
SATAN: So what makes you want to work here? Isn’t it a bit of a sideways move for you?
ME: Well, sideways and down, haha
SATAN: Haha
ME: But I’ve been working in the sector for a while, and I feel this is where the action is
SATAN: Your most recent role was…
ME: Cinema website designer
SATAN: Sweet
ME: Well, sideways and down, haha
SATAN: Haha
ME: But I’ve been working in the sector for a while, and I feel this is where the action is
SATAN: Your most recent role was…
ME: Cinema website designer
SATAN: Sweet
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Deadloch S2 alert 🚨 the first season was probably the most enjoyable tv I’d seen since S1 of Rake. There’s something about Australian tv 🤔
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Deadloch S2 alert 🚨 the first season was probably the most enjoyable tv I’d seen since S1 of Rake. There’s something about Australian tv 🤔