JC
@jc-ie.bsky.social
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Imagine skills honed for years, finally holding folded samurai steel blades to the dawn's light to capture the essence of the ineffable
Then anyone can toss it into Calvin's cardboard box with Duplicator scrawled on it and make identical copies
That's the AI industry
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
Then anyone can toss it into Calvin's cardboard box with Duplicator scrawled on it and make identical copies
That's the AI industry
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imagine skills honed for years, finally holding folded samurai steel blades to the dawn's light to capture the essence of the ineffable
Then anyone can toss it into Calvin's cardboard box with Duplicator scrawled on it and make identical copies
That's the AI industry
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
Then anyone can toss it into Calvin's cardboard box with Duplicator scrawled on it and make identical copies
That's the AI industry
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
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I am at Novacon! I contributed a short story set in the same universe as Some Desperate Glory to the programme and I’m very happy to see it so beautifully in print, with cover art by Alex Storer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am at Novacon! I contributed a short story set in the same universe as Some Desperate Glory to the programme and I’m very happy to see it so beautifully in print, with cover art by Alex Storer.
Creepy Santa is watching you...
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Creepy Santa is watching you...
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we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
June 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Remember Remember the 5th of November....1955. Great Scott!
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Remember Remember the 5th of November....1955. Great Scott!
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On it's way to me, I gather!
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On it's way to me, I gather!
75%?!? Ah here.
This is hoarding in a supply emergency.
This is hoarding in a supply emergency.
79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "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 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
75%?!? Ah here.
This is hoarding in a supply emergency.
This is hoarding in a supply emergency.
There was an accident with the clocks going back. It's actually 2026 now....
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
There was an accident with the clocks going back. It's actually 2026 now....
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October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works?
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works?
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
You know that feeling when it's been a long day and you realise you washed your sheets and didn't put the spares on.
Which is the entire reason you have in a ready kit to avoid exactly this situation.
Which is the entire reason you have in a ready kit to avoid exactly this situation.
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
You know that feeling when it's been a long day and you realise you washed your sheets and didn't put the spares on.
Which is the entire reason you have in a ready kit to avoid exactly this situation.
Which is the entire reason you have in a ready kit to avoid exactly this situation.
Trying to cross Dublin by bus to get back to Octocon might have been mistake.... Heavy traffic in parts.
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trying to cross Dublin by bus to get back to Octocon might have been mistake.... Heavy traffic in parts.
Rugby! (And #Octocon2025)
And being in multiple places at once...
And being in multiple places at once...
October 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rugby! (And #Octocon2025)
And being in multiple places at once...
And being in multiple places at once...
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Wakey wakey, everybody. It's #Octocon time!
#Octocon2025 #Fantasy #Scifi #Fandom #Cosplay #ScifFiConvention #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #comics
#Octocon2025 #Fantasy #Scifi #Fandom #Cosplay #ScifFiConvention #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #comics
a penguin in a snowflake sweater is holding a mirror and spoon
Alt: a penguin in a snowflake sweater is holding a mirror and spoon
media.tenor.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Wakey wakey, everybody. It's #Octocon time!
#Octocon2025 #Fantasy #Scifi #Fandom #Cosplay #ScifFiConvention #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #comics
#Octocon2025 #Fantasy #Scifi #Fandom #Cosplay #ScifFiConvention #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #comics
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Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
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Catherine Connolly saw a dog stretching and did not say "oh big stretch". #speirgorm
I saw Catherine Connolly buy a bottle of coke a cola water, drink it and not recycle the bottle!
Driver pulled over to give way for Catherine Connolly on rural road and Connolly did *not* give awkward little wave of acknowledgement
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Catherine Connolly saw a dog stretching and did not say "oh big stretch". #speirgorm
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