@deniseoc.bsky.social
Irish economist who has strong opinions and is working on her poker face as she hides them. She/her, big fan of breakfast foods and books.
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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Oh hey, if you’re just getting back into them, right now (and possibly ending today) Diane’s selling the entire inventory of her bookstore as a single bundle for 35.00
https://ebooks.direct/products/ebooks-direct-whole-store-bundle
So if you don’t already have it, Happy New Year!
https://ebooks.direct/products/ebooks-direct-whole-store-bundle
So if you don’t already have it, Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Oh hey, if you’re just getting back into them, right now (and possibly ending today) Diane’s selling the entire inventory of her bookstore as a single bundle for 35.00
https://ebooks.direct/products/ebooks-direct-whole-store-bundle
So if you don’t already have it, Happy New Year!
https://ebooks.direct/products/ebooks-direct-whole-store-bundle
So if you don’t already have it, Happy New Year!
One of my favourite series from childhood (which has aged well) was the Young Wizards - delighted to get myself a gift!
Today at #Ebooks Direct it's #CyberMonday, and we've saved the best #sale deal for last: our "Whole Store" Bundle, at the lowest its price will ever get! Need 36 SF and fantasy ebooks at a bit less than $1 each? Grab the bundle now! (Offer not valid in the UK: sorry.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...
Ebooks Direct Whole Store Bundle
This ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD lifetime replacement guar...
ebooks.direct
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
One of my favourite series from childhood (which has aged well) was the Young Wizards - delighted to get myself a gift!
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Today at #Ebooks Direct it's #CyberMonday, and we've saved the best #sale deal for last: our "Whole Store" Bundle, at the lowest its price will ever get! Need 36 SF and fantasy ebooks at a bit less than $1 each? Grab the bundle now! (Offer not valid in the UK: sorry.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...
Ebooks Direct Whole Store Bundle
This ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD lifetime replacement guar...
ebooks.direct
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today at #Ebooks Direct it's #CyberMonday, and we've saved the best #sale deal for last: our "Whole Store" Bundle, at the lowest its price will ever get! Need 36 SF and fantasy ebooks at a bit less than $1 each? Grab the bundle now! (Offer not valid in the UK: sorry.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...
Credit to these authors, especially those newest to the list!
The full list (in order of receiving their fourth prose Hugo): Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Harlan Ellison, Niven, LeGuin, Zelazny, Asimov, Connie Willis, Bujold, Haldeman, GRRM, Resnick, Swanwick, Vernor Vinge, Gaiman, Ted Chiang, N.K. Jemisin, Martha Wells, Ursula Vernon, & Naomi Kritzer
August 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Credit to these authors, especially those newest to the list!
@tkingfisher.com I was OBSESSED with the clockwork boys/wonder engine duology - amazing!
April 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@tkingfisher.com I was OBSESSED with the clockwork boys/wonder engine duology - amazing!
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New Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.
(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.
(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
April 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.
(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act.
(Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin)
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...
Oxfam books give free bookmarks and these are a sad wave of nostalgia #booksky #speirgorm
March 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Oxfam books give free bookmarks and these are a sad wave of nostalgia #booksky #speirgorm
Introducing a new generation to this (couldn’t get them into #GE24)
a man is doing a handstand in the rain while two other men are standing behind him .
Alt: a man is doing a handstand in the rain while two other men are standing behind him .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Introducing a new generation to this (couldn’t get them into #GE24)
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Worth another share, for the week that's in it…
How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24
(Part 1 of 4)
How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24
(Part 1 of 4)
November 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Worth another share, for the week that's in it…
How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24
(Part 1 of 4)
How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24
(Part 1 of 4)
Is there a hashtag for the debate?
November 26, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Is there a hashtag for the debate?
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🧵This is a thread about Reply Guys. I like it when posts go viral coz I'm a big show-off and the internet is responsible for most of my career. When you go viral you get new followers, fun replies, sometimes even industry interest omg. But you also get: Reply Guys.
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 AM
🧵This is a thread about Reply Guys. I like it when posts go viral coz I'm a big show-off and the internet is responsible for most of my career. When you go viral you get new followers, fun replies, sometimes even industry interest omg. But you also get: Reply Guys.
It’s just so nice to open a newsfeed and get to interact normally - yay!
November 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
It’s just so nice to open a newsfeed and get to interact normally - yay!
Saw a very strange bus ad today - support our veterans, the fuchsia appeal? It seemed like an ad written for a non Irish audience - any clues? #dublin
November 12, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Saw a very strange bus ad today - support our veterans, the fuchsia appeal? It seemed like an ad written for a non Irish audience - any clues? #dublin
My son (aged 3) just asked the next door neighbour if she has a little lamb. You can guess her first name. I think this indicates a future scientist (tests hypothesis). My friend thinks he’s trolling. Thoughts?
August 20, 2023 at 5:46 PM
My son (aged 3) just asked the next door neighbour if she has a little lamb. You can guess her first name. I think this indicates a future scientist (tests hypothesis). My friend thinks he’s trolling. Thoughts?