Patrick Freyne
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social
Irish Times writer & author of OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea & now, out in June, Experts in a Dying Field. You can preorder here: https://linktr.ee/expertsinadyingfield
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Patrick Freyne
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social
· Nov 27
I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
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I'm the only poster brave enough to say Jeffrey Epstein seemed stupid and boring and annoying.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm the only poster brave enough to say Jeffrey Epstein seemed stupid and boring and annoying.
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#CochlearImplant support group for adults in Ireland: aim is to create a patient-focused space where people can:
• share experiences,
• ask questions,
• support others on the same path,
• help each other navigate the health system &
• advocate for optimal long-term support/services. Please share!
• share experiences,
• ask questions,
• support others on the same path,
• help each other navigate the health system &
• advocate for optimal long-term support/services. Please share!
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
#CochlearImplant support group for adults in Ireland: aim is to create a patient-focused space where people can:
• share experiences,
• ask questions,
• support others on the same path,
• help each other navigate the health system &
• advocate for optimal long-term support/services. Please share!
• share experiences,
• ask questions,
• support others on the same path,
• help each other navigate the health system &
• advocate for optimal long-term support/services. Please share!
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"Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Babies among 53 dead or missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya, UN says
The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya's coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing
abcnews.go.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
"Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I don’t know if I trust people who have written more books than they’ve read
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I don’t know if I trust people who have written more books than they’ve read
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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“For authors, the loss cuts even deeper. When journalism shrinks, arts and culture coverage disappears first, and with it, one of the last spaces where books and ideas can reach readers outside the grip of algorithms and corporate marketing."
www.ifj.org//media-centr...
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US: The Washington Post sacks a third of its workforce / IFJ
On 4 February, The Washington Post announced the firing of more than 300 employees, approximately one third of its staff. This followed weeks of uncertainty and rumours about widespread layoffs, durin...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
“For authors, the loss cuts even deeper. When journalism shrinks, arts and culture coverage disappears first, and with it, one of the last spaces where books and ideas can reach readers outside the grip of algorithms and corporate marketing."
www.ifj.org//media-centr...
www.ifj.org//media-centr...
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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I wrote about Bridgerton and the lot of the worker under sexy feudalism
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Patrick Freyne: What do the women want? Nice frocks, good sex and, as Nicola Coughlan knows, one key element
Thankfully, the Irish Bridgerton star is engaged in a psy-op to bring down the sexy empire from within
www.irishtimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I wrote about Bridgerton and the lot of the worker under sexy feudalism
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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I was at Lord of the Dance last night and I used a terrible pun www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
Lord of the Dance at 3Arena: The whole Celtic kitschen sink plays out under Flatley’s watchful eye
This story of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with dark forces could almost be a metaphor for creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travails
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I was at Lord of the Dance last night and I used a terrible pun www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
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I interviewed Lisa McGee and the stars of her excellent new show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Lisa McGee on her new Netflix mystery comedy: ‘A messed-up cousin of Derry Girls’
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast stars Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three friends investigating another’s death
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I interviewed Lisa McGee and the stars of her excellent new show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I interviewed Lisa McGee and the stars of her excellent new show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Lisa McGee on her new Netflix mystery comedy: ‘A messed-up cousin of Derry Girls’
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast stars Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three friends investigating another’s death
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I interviewed Lisa McGee and the stars of her excellent new show How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I suspect so but their dislike of me wasn’t linked directly to any article. for all I know it’s from a relative
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I suspect so but their dislike of me wasn’t linked directly to any article. for all I know it’s from a relative
Hmm, I wonder if this email with the subject line “annoying twat” will be positive
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Hmm, I wonder if this email with the subject line “annoying twat” will be positive
I was at Lord of the Dance last night and I used a terrible pun www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
Lord of the Dance at 3Arena: The whole Celtic kitschen sink plays out under Flatley’s watchful eye
This story of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with dark forces could almost be a metaphor for creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travails
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I was at Lord of the Dance last night and I used a terrible pun www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
I was at Lord of the Dance last night www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
Lord of the Dance at 3Arena: The whole Celtic kitschen sink plays out under Flatley’s watchful eye
This story of a simple dance aristocrat’s battle with dark forces could almost be a metaphor for creator Michael Flatley’s recent court travails
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I was at Lord of the Dance last night www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
Thanks Tom! That's lovely to hear.
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Thanks Tom! That's lovely to hear.
I stuck some of the stuff up on the streamers recently!
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I stuck some of the stuff up on the streamers recently!
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Kind of obsessed with my 11-year-old's drawing of a black hole barfing out a rainbow and creating the earth.
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Kind of obsessed with my 11-year-old's drawing of a black hole barfing out a rainbow and creating the earth.
As a professor of sexy history in a sexy prestige university my speciality is sexy feudalism.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
As a professor of sexy history in a sexy prestige university my speciality is sexy feudalism.
I wrote about Bridgerton and the lot of the worker under sexy feudalism
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Patrick Freyne: What do the women want? Nice frocks, good sex and, as Nicola Coughlan knows, one key element
Thankfully, the Irish Bridgerton star is engaged in a psy-op to bring down the sexy empire from within
www.irishtimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I wrote about Bridgerton and the lot of the worker under sexy feudalism
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...