Amy
@amypotato.bsky.social
Security Engineer, Communist, Gay, trans, gamer, wifed, etc
Oh and cynic and pessimist but nihilism can suck my tiny gay dick
Oh and cynic and pessimist but nihilism can suck my tiny gay dick
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Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
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i am still in utter disbelief that someone called me a transmed over this post
*deep breath* YOU HAVE TO TRANSITION YOU HAVE TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN YOUR OWN FUCKING FUTURE IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO YOU IT WON’T COME FROM FUCKING WALLOWING AWAY NO AMOUNT OF SELF-LOATHING AND THINKING ABOUT THE PROCESS WILL EVER MAKE UP FOR NEGLECTING THE PROCESS THIS ISNT SOME FUCKING WI
okay maybe this wasn’t loud enough let me try this again
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
i am still in utter disbelief that someone called me a transmed over this post
Its entirely reasonable to hold the opinion that the BBC and news media in general should not edit clips together out of context AND to recognise and be concerned by the fact that no similar consequence could happen if the subject was any real threat to the establishment
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Its entirely reasonable to hold the opinion that the BBC and news media in general should not edit clips together out of context AND to recognise and be concerned by the fact that no similar consequence could happen if the subject was any real threat to the establishment
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Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
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We have to keep shoveling all money, labor, water, and the environment into this mulcher so it will one day attain sentience and solve climate change, the first of which is impossible and the latter is a problem we have known the cause of and solution to for over a hundred years
is it better for countries to invest in boring things like transport and energy infrastructure or should they invest all their money in useless chatbots that talk in reddit-voice on the vague and completely unsubstantiated hope that they'll be able to do something profitable one day
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We have to keep shoveling all money, labor, water, and the environment into this mulcher so it will one day attain sentience and solve climate change, the first of which is impossible and the latter is a problem we have known the cause of and solution to for over a hundred years
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This is quite possibly the whitest sentence I have ever read in a national publication
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is quite possibly the whitest sentence I have ever read in a national publication
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"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
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A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.
Some of us have been crying out about a campaign of far-right terror for years.
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A shockingly well-developed plan to disrupt and destroy facilities. Right-wing terrorists are terrorists. From demos outside the Dáil with a guillotine, to terrorising library staff, to vigilantes on the streets beating people, to pipe bombs. It’s an escalation and FFG need to take it seriously.
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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"The far left are just as bad as the far right" is a thing I'd imagine every Government TD believes to be true, and as long as that's the case they'll be unable to take the threat of the far right as seriously as it needs to be taken
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"The far left are just as bad as the far right" is a thing I'd imagine every Government TD believes to be true, and as long as that's the case they'll be unable to take the threat of the far right as seriously as it needs to be taken
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For starters - no Irish State/Gov agencies/politicians should be on Twitter. None. They could do this today and it would actually be more than just empty words.
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others"
Call for action against spread of hatred on social media
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others".
www.rte.ie
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For starters - no Irish State/Gov agencies/politicians should be on Twitter. None. They could do this today and it would actually be more than just empty words.
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Good news #Kawaiicon friends! Slides are now up on my site:
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Keep your eyes out for raw data, zines and recordings! Which should be there 🔜
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Keep your eyes out for raw data, zines and recordings! Which should be there 🔜
Is My Job Even Real? Bullshit Jobs in Infosec – errbufferoverfl, enthusiastic zinester & artist, reluctant security engineer
Notes about society, microfarming, and sometimes security engineering.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Good news #Kawaiicon friends! Slides are now up on my site:
garden.errbufferoverfl.me/soapbox/bull...
Keep your eyes out for raw data, zines and recordings! Which should be there 🔜
garden.errbufferoverfl.me/soapbox/bull...
Keep your eyes out for raw data, zines and recordings! Which should be there 🔜
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The Government lurching to the right was 100% inevitable after the presidential election; this is how they deal with failure rather than any form of reflection.
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Government lurching to the right was 100% inevitable after the presidential election; this is how they deal with failure rather than any form of reflection.
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
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Fuck all of these people - craven, opportunist pigs every one of them, completely devoid of compassion or principles who, when threatened, choose to attack the most vulnerable.
May they all rot.
May they all rot.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Fuck all of these people - craven, opportunist pigs every one of them, completely devoid of compassion or principles who, when threatened, choose to attack the most vulnerable.
May they all rot.
May they all rot.
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Dick Cheney won't see your mean jokes about his death, but Tony Blair will, hopefully.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Dick Cheney won't see your mean jokes about his death, but Tony Blair will, hopefully.
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"YOU'RE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION"
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"YOU'RE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION"
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
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It's good to see Simon's intentions being stated so plainly
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It's good to see Simon's intentions being stated so plainly
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The Government is going to set up a system to make working asylum seekers pay for their accommodation, despite knowing it'll cost more to run the scheme than they'll make from it. Meanwhile, of course, it will incentivise people not to work, at a time when we are in desperate need of workers.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Government is going to set up a system to make working asylum seekers pay for their accommodation, despite knowing it'll cost more to run the scheme than they'll make from it. Meanwhile, of course, it will incentivise people not to work, at a time when we are in desperate need of workers.
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I wrote an email to Simon Harris, politely asking him to stop offering help and support to the people who are setting fire to buildings where women & children live.
He's on simon.harris@oireachtas.ie if you want to say something about this to him.
He's on simon.harris@oireachtas.ie if you want to say something about this to him.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I wrote an email to Simon Harris, politely asking him to stop offering help and support to the people who are setting fire to buildings where women & children live.
He's on simon.harris@oireachtas.ie if you want to say something about this to him.
He's on simon.harris@oireachtas.ie if you want to say something about this to him.
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Space pundit Moore ordered to pay compensation as ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim
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www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim at WRC
Space commentator David Moore has been held personally liable for multiple employment rights breaches against a former manager at Astronomy Ireland who said she was forced to quit due to a "toxic" wor...
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Space pundit Moore ordered to pay compensation as ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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The brass neck of this man is astonishing. Only two Sundays ago he was standing over Wolfe Tone's grave banging on about how he was a hardliner for "a strong and effective European Union".
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The brass neck of this man is astonishing. Only two Sundays ago he was standing over Wolfe Tone's grave banging on about how he was a hardliner for "a strong and effective European Union".
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Bullshit, pure bullshit.
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Bullshit, pure bullshit.
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
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People have literally been posting their full names saying they’ll burn down IPAS centres. They’ve been crowding outside, shouting they’ll set them alight and now someone actually does it and the politicians act SO surprised. GTFO.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
People have literally been posting their full names saying they’ll burn down IPAS centres. They’ve been crowding outside, shouting they’ll set them alight and now someone actually does it and the politicians act SO surprised. GTFO.
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'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.
No?
Funny, that.
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.
No?
Funny, that.
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For those keeping count, Simon Harris "took to social media" to decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk the following day. He's gone cycling today, apparently.
'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.
No?
Funny, that.
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For those keeping count, Simon Harris "took to social media" to decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk the following day. He's gone cycling today, apparently.