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Faolan McEain
@faolanmcean.bsky.social
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Just another neurodivegent queer trying to leave the world a little better than they found it.
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BREAKING: John Cena has retired from professional wrestling after learning, to his disgust, that the sport was rigged
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Being awake is just a conspiracy by Big Coffee to sell more caffine.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
I really wish I didn't have to care about US politics, but seeing Mamdani run on an explicitly pro-LGBT, pro-immigrant platform and win has been the first little glimmer of hope I've seen in a long time. Maybe y'all aren't quite as utterly fucked as I thought.
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Bluesky be like
A manga-style illustration of a teacher hitting a whiteboard for emphasis. The board says "Take memes seriously and get into fights with internet strangers"
October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
A rare moment of blue sky and sun over Edinburgh.
St Andrew's House in Edinburgh sits in the sunlight with a cloudy blue sky above. The picture is taken from across the railway, and the street at the bottom of the picture is in shadow.
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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enbycriphistorian.bsky.social
This is absolutely fucking reprehensible.

I don’t know if this applies outside the US, but if you’re connected to any nonprofit org, or any group that could be *considered* a nonprofit org, I’m going to suggest checking this out, because this is horrific.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Dina Flockhart. Some of you who work in nonprofits may have heard about this, but if you don't it likely hasn't crossed your radar. That's not surprising; it's very recent and relatively obscure. links in comments. GoFundMe just made a -huge- move into the nonprofit fundraising space; a power grab, really. They scraped data from state and federal public databases to create GFM pages for every nonprofit for which they could find information; literally hundreds of thousands. This was done without the permission or even knowledge of any of these organizations. GoFundMe -claims- that this is an altruistic effort intended to make it as easy and possible for nonprofits to accept donations and raise funds. They-claims- that they are trying to help the entire sector in a time when traditional funding streams are impacted by tightening budgets and changing priorities. They-claim- that this move was widely discussed and publicized at conferences and in professional publications. There are some major problems with this. First of all, GoFundMe is a for-profit company imposing itself into the nonprofit space. It doesn't really understand how nonprofit fundraising works nor does it care. What it cares about is collecting a percentage of donations, which is true of many payment processors. The difference here is that GFM is soliciting -on behalf of- most of the nonprofits in the country, without the knowledge of virtually any of them. That's the second problem. While many larger organizations are aware of the GFM fiasco, most smaller ones that aren't chronically online are not. 90+% of nonprofits are one-or-two person operations, and they are too busy focusing on mission and immediate, known-successful fundraising tactics to even have the opportunity to find out a out something like this, much less incorporate it into their fundraising strategy. The third issue is visibility. GoFundMe has staggering SEO capacity, which means that wh n you search for a particular nonprofit, … The fourth problem is that there's no clear path for donations from unclaimed pages to get to the organization to which donors -think- they are sending them. If people are making donations online that aren't reaching their intended recipients, that's extremely bad both for the recipient org, who has lost out on revenue, and for the nonprofit world as a whole as people lose faith in online payment systems and donation solicitations. One of the most powerful tools available to small non-profits to help raise revenue goes away all because GoFundMe got greedy. Multiple legal professionals have already weighed in, and the opinion is that what GoFundMe is doing is, strictly speaking, legal. There are some states that might bar this conduct, but whether it remains to be seen whether a challenge stands up in state court. Ethically, what they're doing is repugnant. It's no exaggeration to say that this is going to smother a bunch of small non-profits - their online visibility is going to suffer, and ones that are reliant on individual small donors are going to see their revenue streams dry up and they won't know why. This is ultimately damaging to the world of nonprofits as a whole - the organizations that work to fill the gaps in our society and provide desperately needed services are already struggling. We don't need another burden added to what we already deal with every single day. I will no longer use GoFundMe not will I donate to GoFundMe campaigns, because I will not contribute to their profit margins. It's not much, but at the moment it's all I can do.
October 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Replaying FF12, and Balthier is doing a really solid job of making me question my sexual orientation.
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Found this delightful chonk on the way through town yesterday.
An old-and-grumpy looking ginger cat loafing on a felt roof on top of a wooden shed.
September 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Man, I could go for some perogis right now.
I have no idea where I could get them, guess I'll need to look up some recipies.
September 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
You people do not have any concept of what communism actually is JFC.
August 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
On the one hand, the world is burning, but on the other, we get views like this while it does.
A picture of a stretch of water at low ride with a bright blue sky. The Forth Rail Bridge is just visible in the distance.
August 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
OK, I didn't get kidnapped by the fae at the last mist gate, here's hoping for more luck with this one.
An empty tarmac road in a wooded valley. The end of the road is shrouded in mist.
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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As a foodie, there are some dishes that you just always love, and some venues that you will always defend. This is neither of them.
This came out of left field and blew me away. The last dish I had from this restaurant was pedestrian, but this version steak was exquisite.
A plate on a table with a yellow cloth on it. On the plate are two venison fillet steaks with mixed vegetables, chanterelle mushrooms and roast potatoes.
July 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Some more amazing scenery.
A picture of a lake with a forested shore. The sky is overcast.
July 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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This video is under-performing for some reason (legit no idea why, the people who are seeing it seem to be digging it) so you enjoyed it, please do us a favour and share it around.
wib.bsky.social Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · Jul 25
✨New Codex Compliant✨

In this episode we take a look at the many minis used to represent Eldar Guardians over the years!

youtu.be/RYj3lDw65xo
Eldar Guardian Miniature Retrospective - Codex Compliant
YouTube video by Snipe and Wib
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
At times like this, it's difficult to find the words yourself, and one feels the need to reach out and borrow the eloquence of a legend.
Fuck the Hulk Hogan.
July 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Pretty sure that I'm going to get kidnapped by faries here.
A green hillside with a path leading into an evergreen forest. The whole area is clouded in mist.
July 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
I've been busy, but I'm now free again, and visiting the Black Forest
A forested hillside, with the tops of the hills shrouded in mist and clouds.
July 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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the leftist infighting will continue until morale improves
July 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Got a pretty sweet haul from the second hand shop.
Three DVDs, titled: Bret Hart - Hitman, Laputa - Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away
June 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Found this little insect on the street, any ideas what it might be?
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Some fantastic graffiti in Edinburgh.
June 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Today's mood:
A placard reading: Trans rights are human rights, written in the colours of the trans flag
June 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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dryohanjohn.bsky.social
"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
faolanmcean.bsky.social
Just a little guy. Off to do garden crimes.
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM