Gerard Cunningham
@faduda.bsky.social
Formerly a productive member of society. Denied a 2023 Hugo.✒️
#journalist #writer #podcasts
Occasionally here, but mostly https://mastodon.ie/@faduda
Recent(ish) project https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gerard-Cunningham/e/B002FZ5UG2/
#journalist #writer #podcasts
Occasionally here, but mostly https://mastodon.ie/@faduda
Recent(ish) project https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gerard-Cunningham/e/B002FZ5UG2/
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Gerard Cunningham
@faduda.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Time to give this another boost [now available outside the Amazon ecosystem]
Space Navigator and other stories: short stories and short short stories from the lockdown
www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Naviga...
www.draft2digital.com/book/3033557
Space Navigator and other stories: short stories and short short stories from the lockdown
www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Naviga...
www.draft2digital.com/book/3033557
Bugger, I'm still a struggling journalist
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Bugger, I'm still a struggling journalist
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December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Betteridge's Law: any news headline in the form of a question can be answered with the word No*
*Because if they answer was yes, they'd just state the fact.
*Because if they answer was yes, they'd just state the fact.
NEW: Did Trump Just Confess to Attacking Venezuela?
“They have a big plant or a big facility where the ships come from. Two nights ago, we knocked that out. We hit them very hard.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/29/t...
“They have a big plant or a big facility where the ships come from. Two nights ago, we knocked that out. We hit them very hard.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/29/t...
Did Trump Just Confess to Attacking Venezuela?
“They have a big plant or a big facility where the ships come from. Two nights ago, we knocked that out. We hit them very hard.”
theintercept.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Betteridge's Law: any news headline in the form of a question can be answered with the word No*
*Because if they answer was yes, they'd just state the fact.
*Because if they answer was yes, they'd just state the fact.
So anyway, I think it might be a good idea to always publish advice from the AG on transparency grounds
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
AG felt FF ministers intended to mislead Dáil on Smyth
The attorney general in 1994 believed Fianna Fáil ministers had withheld information and deliberately intended to mislead the Dáil during a controversy surrounding the extradition of paedophile priest...
www.rte.ie
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So anyway, I think it might be a good idea to always publish advice from the AG on transparency grounds
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Well, what else could we mark on 29 December but the 97th anniversary of the birth of that gift to the world, Bernard Cribbins? (small🧵)
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Well, what else could we mark on 29 December but the 97th anniversary of the birth of that gift to the world, Bernard Cribbins? (small🧵)
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie
No to online surveillance
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie
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Wow just wow
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Wow just wow
Long shot: any journos here who are going through the NI pfficial archives this week?
December 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Long shot: any journos here who are going through the NI pfficial archives this week?
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hheres the thing about AI. its for goobers
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
hheres the thing about AI. its for goobers
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“Is féidir freagrú sa diúltach a thaibhairt do cheannlíne ar bith a chríochnaíonn le comhartha ceiste.”
December 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“Is féidir freagrú sa diúltach a thaibhairt do cheannlíne ar bith a chríochnaíonn le comhartha ceiste.”
Betteridge's Law remains undefeated
Can Artficial Intelligence write poetry? Could it write a poem in Irish? #Gaeilge This is the question being discussed today at a century old Cork Gaeltacht institution, Dáimh Scoil Mhúscraí. jrnl.ie/6904263t
Dáimh Scoil Mhúscraí ag fiafraí an féidir leis an intleacht shaorga dán Ghaeilge a chumadh?
Tá cúirt filíochta a athbunaíodh céad bliain ó shin ag tabhairt slán traidisiún filíochta Mhúscraí i gContae Chorcaí go fóill.
jrnl.ie
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Betteridge's Law remains undefeated
Burn. The. Servers.
The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive. www.wired.com/story/expire...
Billion-Dollar Data Centers Are Taking Over the World
The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive.
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Burn. The. Servers.
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As an occult scholar I am obligated to remind everyone that most of contemporary Wicca was made up in the sixties
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
As an occult scholar I am obligated to remind everyone that most of contemporary Wicca was made up in the sixties
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"The prosecutor stated that she was weary of charging Bardot with offences related to racial hatred"-
- a very happy Saturday to this very weary French lawyer, who definitely deserves a nice lie-in.
- a very happy Saturday to this very weary French lawyer, who definitely deserves a nice lie-in.
I knew Bardot was controversial in her later years. I did not know that she was in court so frequently for racism that the prosecutors complained about how frequently they had to charge her.
December 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"The prosecutor stated that she was weary of charging Bardot with offences related to racial hatred"-
- a very happy Saturday to this very weary French lawyer, who definitely deserves a nice lie-in.
- a very happy Saturday to this very weary French lawyer, who definitely deserves a nice lie-in.
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Fascinating aspect of Irish politics currently is that the groups who
1. Want to invest millions in an air force actually able to police our airspace, and
2. Want Irish laws regarding arms trafficking through our airspace actually enforced
have 0% overlap
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
1. Want to invest millions in an air force actually able to police our airspace, and
2. Want Irish laws regarding arms trafficking through our airspace actually enforced
have 0% overlap
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Plans to inspect aircraft suspected of carrying weapons to Israel in doubt
Officials conscious of the reaction of Trump administration to any efforts to inspect Israel-bound flights from the US
www.irishtimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fascinating aspect of Irish politics currently is that the groups who
1. Want to invest millions in an air force actually able to police our airspace, and
2. Want Irish laws regarding arms trafficking through our airspace actually enforced
have 0% overlap
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
1. Want to invest millions in an air force actually able to police our airspace, and
2. Want Irish laws regarding arms trafficking through our airspace actually enforced
have 0% overlap
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u... via @NYTimes
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u... via @NYTimes
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Four years and 415560 XP in Irish and finally that fucking owl gives me a sentence I can use.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Four years and 415560 XP in Irish and finally that fucking owl gives me a sentence I can use.
There's a regular pattern in Ireland where the political journalists all start a chorus telling you some dull, uninspiring minister with unpopular policies is actually fierce gas crack behind closed doors.
Anyway, Jim O'Callaghan is in the news again.
Anyway, Jim O'Callaghan is in the news again.
December 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There's a regular pattern in Ireland where the political journalists all start a chorus telling you some dull, uninspiring minister with unpopular policies is actually fierce gas crack behind closed doors.
Anyway, Jim O'Callaghan is in the news again.
Anyway, Jim O'Callaghan is in the news again.
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Important to remember that if you step through this portal you will emerge in 1987. That's just how Donegal works.
Kilclooney Dolmen • Donegal
One of Ireland's finest examples of a portal tomb, Kilclooney Dolmen is situated close to a number of other Neolithic monuments, suggesting this part of Donegal was an important landscape to Ireland's first farmers.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Donegal #WildAtlanticWay
One of Ireland's finest examples of a portal tomb, Kilclooney Dolmen is situated close to a number of other Neolithic monuments, suggesting this part of Donegal was an important landscape to Ireland's first farmers.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Donegal #WildAtlanticWay
December 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Important to remember that if you step through this portal you will emerge in 1987. That's just how Donegal works.
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
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The other problem with the shift to video is that it highlights how bad most of the top podcast hosts today are at interviewing.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The other problem with the shift to video is that it highlights how bad most of the top podcast hosts today are at interviewing.
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With my tinfoil hat on, I detect an effort to normalise talk on immigration that would have been considered extreme a few years ago. No mention of any achievements or the like, just wishy washy statements like "he hasn’t shied away from the thorny issue of immigration"
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
With my tinfoil hat on, I detect an effort to normalise talk on immigration that would have been considered extreme a few years ago. No mention of any achievements or the like, just wishy washy statements like "he hasn’t shied away from the thorny issue of immigration"
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It's the cultural capital of Hell.
December 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's the cultural capital of Hell.
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy..."
Now showing: Where Eagles Dare, with an important Christmas message about how to deal with nazis
Now showing: Where Eagles Dare, with an important Christmas message about how to deal with nazis
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy..."
Now showing: Where Eagles Dare, with an important Christmas message about how to deal with nazis
Now showing: Where Eagles Dare, with an important Christmas message about how to deal with nazis