Jean
@jeano.bsky.social
JMOBrien_Dublin in the Bad Place. Reader & writer (Novel Fair 2024). Lover & hater. Day job: digital for non-profits, founder @digitalcharitylab.bsky.social
Dublin, Ireland. She/her ☺️
Dublin, Ireland. She/her ☺️
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"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
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November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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Now that the left has had a huge victory in Ireland I guess the centrist parties must promise to listen to the electorate and move to the left. I mean they feel compelled to ape the right whenever those headbangers win a few council seats.
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Now that the left has had a huge victory in Ireland I guess the centrist parties must promise to listen to the electorate and move to the left. I mean they feel compelled to ape the right whenever those headbangers win a few council seats.
Can some band please record a song called ‘Put in Your F*cking Headphones’, so I can play it out loud on the Luas as needed
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Can some band please record a song called ‘Put in Your F*cking Headphones’, so I can play it out loud on the Luas as needed
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stop fucking replying to this about headphone jacks. i don't give a shit about if you have to figure out bluetooth. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE WATCHING A VIDEO AT ALL TIMES. JUST FUCKIN PUT IT DOWN. READ A FUCKIN BOOK OR SOMETHING
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
stop fucking replying to this about headphone jacks. i don't give a shit about if you have to figure out bluetooth. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE WATCHING A VIDEO AT ALL TIMES. JUST FUCKIN PUT IT DOWN. READ A FUCKIN BOOK OR SOMETHING
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people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
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Major election coming up in Ireland next week, and election interference is a real concern. I contributed to this online resource to help inform voters about how to spot and report illegal election interference - please use and share!
sites.google.com/view/electio...
sites.google.com/view/electio...
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Major election coming up in Ireland next week, and election interference is a real concern. I contributed to this online resource to help inform voters about how to spot and report illegal election interference - please use and share!
sites.google.com/view/electio...
sites.google.com/view/electio...
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
Our dog found an actual string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆
October 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our dog found an actual string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆
Writer @jmcm.bsky.social gives such generous support to the writing community in Ireland, through Frazzled Lit & the creative community sessions she organises - please consider supporting her in raising the funds she needs for a learning opportunity gofund.me/6663f9001
Donate to Get me to the University of Limerick Winter School, organized by Jennifer McMahon
Hi, my name is Jennifer McMahon. I'm an Irish writer, and have a p… Jennifer McMahon needs your support for Get me to the University of Limerick Winter School
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October 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Writer @jmcm.bsky.social gives such generous support to the writing community in Ireland, through Frazzled Lit & the creative community sessions she organises - please consider supporting her in raising the funds she needs for a learning opportunity gofund.me/6663f9001
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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If your Klein be Naomi, then listen, homie;
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
September 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If your Klein be Naomi, then listen, homie;
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra
At this Stand Up for Palestine gig in Vicar Street, there’s a deadly raffle with lots of gig tickets as prizes, and turns out you can enter it from anywhere - grab a ticket and support the cause ☺️🇵🇸 raffall.com/397084/enter...
Enter Raffle to Win Stand Up For Gaza - Raffle in aid of PCRF hosted by Cherry Comedy
After a hugely successful fundraiser at Whelan’s in November of last year, Cherry Comedy have announced a second Stand-Up For Gaza gig, this time at Dublin’s iconic Vicar Street.
A stacked line up ...
raffall.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
At this Stand Up for Palestine gig in Vicar Street, there’s a deadly raffle with lots of gig tickets as prizes, and turns out you can enter it from anywhere - grab a ticket and support the cause ☺️🇵🇸 raffall.com/397084/enter...
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i think how we got here is that the right's favorite move is working the ref and the radical centrist's favorite move is self flattery that they could never be worked
September 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i think how we got here is that the right's favorite move is working the ref and the radical centrist's favorite move is self flattery that they could never be worked
This is VERY funny www.thejournal.ie/presidential...
'Dragon's Den has a lot to answer for': Dublin City Council bewildered by presidency pitches
It wasn’t the Conor McGregor show in Dublin City Hall today, but it was hectic all the same.
www.thejournal.ie
September 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is VERY funny www.thejournal.ie/presidential...
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
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feel like slim and fat chance should be a different amount of chance
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
feel like slim and fat chance should be a different amount of chance
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I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
August 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
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“You can’t simply proscribe Sally Rooney and be done with it. You can’t reach into the London Underground and pull her books out of the hands of commuters who want to live vicariously and cathartically through her throuples and hunks on the verge of tears.”
This week’s Surrealing.
This week’s Surrealing.
Surrealing in the Years: Starmer has chosen the wrong opponent in Sally Rooney
The Irish author will make mincemeat of the UK’s prime minister should it come to that.
jrnl.ie
August 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“You can’t simply proscribe Sally Rooney and be done with it. You can’t reach into the London Underground and pull her books out of the hands of commuters who want to live vicariously and cathartically through her throuples and hunks on the verge of tears.”
This week’s Surrealing.
This week’s Surrealing.
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I'm not right wing but some of this "woke" stuff is a little over the top [6 months later] Slavery was fine. Your city is under martial law
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm not right wing but some of this "woke" stuff is a little over the top [6 months later] Slavery was fine. Your city is under martial law
Saw 28 Years Later last night. It’s not unenjoyable but it’s a giant mess. Anyone else seen it?
August 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Saw 28 Years Later last night. It’s not unenjoyable but it’s a giant mess. Anyone else seen it?
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No interviews with anyone who knows anything about LLMs. No indication the author understands that LLMs are designed to tell you what you want to hear, not necessarily what you need to hear.
If you substituted "tarot cards" for "ChatGPT" you'd end up with the exact same story, beat for beat.
If you substituted "tarot cards" for "ChatGPT" you'd end up with the exact same story, beat for beat.
August 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
No interviews with anyone who knows anything about LLMs. No indication the author understands that LLMs are designed to tell you what you want to hear, not necessarily what you need to hear.
If you substituted "tarot cards" for "ChatGPT" you'd end up with the exact same story, beat for beat.
If you substituted "tarot cards" for "ChatGPT" you'd end up with the exact same story, beat for beat.
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You know when a work meeting ends early and your boss says, "I'll give you back your time"? I found out what not to reply is, "What about my soul?"
July 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You know when a work meeting ends early and your boss says, "I'll give you back your time"? I found out what not to reply is, "What about my soul?"