CarolC
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Before she died, Alice Wong was kind enough to give me an interview for my book, Who Wants Normal?
Here’s her wonderful advice to disabled women (from the Guardian extract): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Here’s her wonderful advice to disabled women (from the Guardian extract): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Before she died, Alice Wong was kind enough to give me an interview for my book, Who Wants Normal?
Here’s her wonderful advice to disabled women (from the Guardian extract): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Here’s her wonderful advice to disabled women (from the Guardian extract): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.
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In these busiest shopping weeks of the year, with everyone under horrible pressure over money, job security etc, try to be nice to retail staff (who likely have unreasonable sales targets from HQ to make up for a lousy retail year). Far too many stressed customers will behave appallingly right now.
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In these busiest shopping weeks of the year, with everyone under horrible pressure over money, job security etc, try to be nice to retail staff (who likely have unreasonable sales targets from HQ to make up for a lousy retail year). Far too many stressed customers will behave appallingly right now.
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Do NOT license your voice to ElevenLabs.
Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine sign voice deal with AI company
The voices of the Oscar-winning actors can now be used to create AI-generated versions in a new deal with ElevenLabs
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Do NOT license your voice to ElevenLabs.
Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
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Heavens forbid they invest in community housing for older folks to move into. #supergluedpockets #Speirgorm
The Housing Minister's reported plan to push for older people to split their homes into flats in an effort to boost supply has been defended by the Minister for Older People.
'What we’re looking to provide is choice for older people,' Kieran O'Donnell said today jrnl.ie/6876584
'What we’re looking to provide is choice for older people,' Kieran O'Donnell said today jrnl.ie/6876584
Minister for Older People defends plan to encourage older people to split homes into flats
The Housing Minister is reportedly drafting a policy to enable older people to split their homes into separate flats in a new approach to downsizing.
jrnl.ie
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Heavens forbid they invest in community housing for older folks to move into. #supergluedpockets #Speirgorm
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A Broad Left alliance will only work if and when it provides a warm house for principled people, who will insist on a laser-focus on the bottom-line issues that affect the people it's supposed to serve - and deliver in the manner in which it's supposed to serve them.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
I am far more concerned about Labour trying to heavy PBP-Solidarity out of the Left alliance than I am about whatever they are saying about Sinn Féin this week.
The party of JobBridge and privatising water need to cop themselves on.
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/labour-unite...
The party of JobBridge and privatising water need to cop themselves on.
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/labour-unite...
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A Broad Left alliance will only work if and when it provides a warm house for principled people, who will insist on a laser-focus on the bottom-line issues that affect the people it's supposed to serve - and deliver in the manner in which it's supposed to serve them.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Pretty certain that offering much needed support to 0.001% of the population isn't why the wage for my job has dropped 25% in real terms since 2009 whilst in the same period the wealth of uk billionaires has tripled.
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system
Ukrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.
If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Pretty certain that offering much needed support to 0.001% of the population isn't why the wage for my job has dropped 25% in real terms since 2009 whilst in the same period the wealth of uk billionaires has tripled.
I am far more concerned about Labour trying to heavy PBP-Solidarity out of the Left alliance than I am about whatever they are saying about Sinn Féin this week.
The party of JobBridge and privatising water need to cop themselves on.
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/labour-unite...
The party of JobBridge and privatising water need to cop themselves on.
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/labour-unite...
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I am far more concerned about Labour trying to heavy PBP-Solidarity out of the Left alliance than I am about whatever they are saying about Sinn Féin this week.
The party of JobBridge and privatising water need to cop themselves on.
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/labour-unite...
The party of JobBridge and privatising water need to cop themselves on.
#spéirghorm
www.thejournal.ie/labour-unite...
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Penguin Random House emailed me last night because their ebook team was going through the citations on TRUE BELIEVER and found like 40 URLs that no longer went anywhere
I had to correct them, and luckily most were caught by the Wayback Machine, but some are just… gone
Dead Internet Theory is real
I had to correct them, and luckily most were caught by the Wayback Machine, but some are just… gone
Dead Internet Theory is real
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Penguin Random House emailed me last night because their ebook team was going through the citations on TRUE BELIEVER and found like 40 URLs that no longer went anywhere
I had to correct them, and luckily most were caught by the Wayback Machine, but some are just… gone
Dead Internet Theory is real
I had to correct them, and luckily most were caught by the Wayback Machine, but some are just… gone
Dead Internet Theory is real
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Tabletop game playing pals. Can you recommend a four player game that's focused on cooperation towards a common aim rather than doing down the other people around the table? Please and thank you.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Tabletop game playing pals. Can you recommend a four player game that's focused on cooperation towards a common aim rather than doing down the other people around the table? Please and thank you.
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Masks have been an important tool to protect from wildfire smoke or allergy dust since before COVID-19 hit. Mask bans are not only dangerous for people with #LongCOVID but leave everyone more vulnerable to the harmful impacts of air pollution. Read more from @adiehl.bsky.social: bit.ly/3LVDusC
![“[Masking is] the most fundamental freedom one could think of — altering your behavior to protect your own health." - Brian Moench, executive director of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:age5xvis2s2vy5qiz2tjxoc6/bafkreidvnobmyobltqckeo4lyyzgbpuhcw5vfxl7g2n67i2m7kvh337ece@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Masks have been an important tool to protect from wildfire smoke or allergy dust since before COVID-19 hit. Mask bans are not only dangerous for people with #LongCOVID but leave everyone more vulnerable to the harmful impacts of air pollution. Read more from @adiehl.bsky.social: bit.ly/3LVDusC
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👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
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With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream.
Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.
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In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
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Alice's work at Teen Vogue:
www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
(I saw a post going around—that I can't reply to—saying her column has been deleted, but I found her words via this page.)
www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
(I saw a post going around—that I can't reply to—saying her column has been deleted, but I found her words via this page.)
Her last post was about being laid off from Teen Vogue. Terrible.
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Alice's work at Teen Vogue:
www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
(I saw a post going around—that I can't reply to—saying her column has been deleted, but I found her words via this page.)
www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
(I saw a post going around—that I can't reply to—saying her column has been deleted, but I found her words via this page.)
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Found a BUTTernut squash at the farmers market
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Found a BUTTernut squash at the farmers market
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This is a masterclass in rage bait, because if you read the article it’s a legit question and if you don’t it’s the stupidest thing imaginable
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is a masterclass in rage bait, because if you read the article it’s a legit question and if you don’t it’s the stupidest thing imaginable
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It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
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I was at a metal clubnight in Manchester wearing this jacket. The Irish guy queuing at the bar next to me loudly says to the barmaid "Nah, Judge Dredd here was ahead of me"
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I was at a metal clubnight in Manchester wearing this jacket. The Irish guy queuing at the bar next to me loudly says to the barmaid "Nah, Judge Dredd here was ahead of me"
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At a family wedding, my uncle was making introductions to the distant relatives. One cousin wore a red dress, my uncle says "and this is Aine, as you can see, she eats Special K"
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
At a family wedding, my uncle was making introductions to the distant relatives. One cousin wore a red dress, my uncle says "and this is Aine, as you can see, she eats Special K"