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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
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This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
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if you get to make art today, add something fucking dumb that cracks you up
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
if you get to make art today, add something fucking dumb that cracks you up
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
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Writers and works quoted in Irish Presidential inauguration speeches include (in no particular order):
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Writers and works quoted in Irish Presidential inauguration speeches include (in no particular order):
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
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I really need playwrights to take improv or at least study it. You learn right away that two of the laziest choices you can make are (1) to bicker and (2) to talk about things that happening offstage.
I promise your particular brand of bickering about things happening offstage is not interesting.
I promise your particular brand of bickering about things happening offstage is not interesting.
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I really need playwrights to take improv or at least study it. You learn right away that two of the laziest choices you can make are (1) to bicker and (2) to talk about things that happening offstage.
I promise your particular brand of bickering about things happening offstage is not interesting.
I promise your particular brand of bickering about things happening offstage is not interesting.
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anyway wwwobble.org is very cool - a Downpour-like but on the web. and it's Olivia Jack who's working on it! (she made Hydra). and she's got funding for it! so nice to see!
Wobble Web
wwwobble.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
anyway wwwobble.org is very cool - a Downpour-like but on the web. and it's Olivia Jack who's working on it! (she made Hydra). and she's got funding for it! so nice to see!
Medvedenko: Why do you always wear black?
Masha: I am in mourning for my life. I am unhappy.
standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton...
Masha: I am in mourning for my life. I am unhappy.
standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton...
The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov. Translated by Constance Garnett - Free ebook download
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of The Seagull: A has-been actress, her ambitious playwright son, a male writer, and an aspiring young actress struggle to realize their romanti...
standardebooks.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Medvedenko: Why do you always wear black?
Masha: I am in mourning for my life. I am unhappy.
standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton...
Masha: I am in mourning for my life. I am unhappy.
standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton...
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a year of free games !!
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
a year of free games !!
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I've just received word that my beloved #printer (a Brother HL-2140) has apparently succumb to years and years of use.
This was a B&W only printer that served me well through much of grad school and into general use with kids.
This was a B&W only printer that served me well through much of grad school and into general use with kids.
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I've just received word that my beloved #printer (a Brother HL-2140) has apparently succumb to years and years of use.
This was a B&W only printer that served me well through much of grad school and into general use with kids.
This was a B&W only printer that served me well through much of grad school and into general use with kids.
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Anyway, I'm super annoyed at Heather Humphreys this morning setting her prerequisite of being President as motivation to learn Irish, so here's a code 'creidimionat' to get my Irish language ebook of 150 resources for free. I've set aside 20 slots for that code.
payhip.com/b/bm0ZI
payhip.com/b/bm0ZI
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Anyway, I'm super annoyed at Heather Humphreys this morning setting her prerequisite of being President as motivation to learn Irish, so here's a code 'creidimionat' to get my Irish language ebook of 150 resources for free. I've set aside 20 slots for that code.
payhip.com/b/bm0ZI
payhip.com/b/bm0ZI
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One of my favorite episodes of Motherfoclóir. Manchán Magan talking about all the wonderful thing that Manchán was prone to talk about. @theirishfor.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social @thekavofficial.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
#144 | Three Whales and the Universe: Motherfoclóir Meets Manchán Magan
Podcast Episode · Motherfoclóir · 09/17/2020 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
One of my favorite episodes of Motherfoclóir. Manchán Magan talking about all the wonderful thing that Manchán was prone to talk about. @theirishfor.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social @thekavofficial.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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For those of you interested, this research report on barriers to studying and working as an ISL interpreter is available now, done in partnership with the Irish Deaf Society and @ihrec.bsky.social Also available in ISL format at the link
www.irishdeafsociety.ie/publications...
www.irishdeafsociety.ie/publications...
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
For those of you interested, this research report on barriers to studying and working as an ISL interpreter is available now, done in partnership with the Irish Deaf Society and @ihrec.bsky.social Also available in ISL format at the link
www.irishdeafsociety.ie/publications...
www.irishdeafsociety.ie/publications...
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Gail: Free Irish Catholic marriage and death records made available on MyHeritage
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46195
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46195
Free Irish Catholic marriage and death records made available on MyHeritage - Genealogy à la carte
MyHeritage has added two free Irish collections, Ireland Catholic Parish Deaths and Burials, 1795-1881 and Ireland, Catholic Parish Marriages, 1742-1912, totalling more than 3.5 million records. Both ...
genealogyalacarte.ca
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Gail: Free Irish Catholic marriage and death records made available on MyHeritage
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46195
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46195
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Breaking news: The new, revised, updated Ogham in 3D website is now live:
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
Ogham
ogham.celt.dias.ie
September 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Breaking news: The new, revised, updated Ogham in 3D website is now live:
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
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Yeah it's super easy to implement
August 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Yeah it's super easy to implement
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I'll have old, including a new edition of "Seeing Scabby," and new stuff, like "What You See is What You Get."
August 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I'll have old, including a new edition of "Seeing Scabby," and new stuff, like "What You See is What You Get."
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ok this is actually pretty cool! sauronhenge in full glory
August 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ok this is actually pretty cool! sauronhenge in full glory
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Worried about the move from libraries owning books to just renting temporary access to eBooks? @MariaBustillos.com & the Brick House team have launched BRIET, inviting publishers to sell, not license, eBooks to libraries!
More ⤵️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
@ftrain.bsky.social
More ⤵️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
@ftrain.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Worried about the move from libraries owning books to just renting temporary access to eBooks? @MariaBustillos.com & the Brick House team have launched BRIET, inviting publishers to sell, not license, eBooks to libraries!
More ⤵️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
@ftrain.bsky.social
More ⤵️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
@ftrain.bsky.social
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www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p... - I find these photos strangely moving.
Play pride.
Fujio Kito has been documenting Japanese playgrounds at night for some time. We still love them, you can see more here
www.presentandcorrect.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p... - I find these photos strangely moving.
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If you have friends who are job hunting, the most meaningful way to help is by making introductions and opening doors for them. Don't try and give advice because unless you’ve searched for a job in the last couple of years, it’s hard to grasp how drastically AI has upended the market.
Disrespectfully, I need anyone who has not looked for a job within the past year to shut up because shit has changed. Your advice and experience doing this in the past means nothing. You have not job hunted like people are job hunting right now, don’t give people false hope with your outdated ideas
August 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you have friends who are job hunting, the most meaningful way to help is by making introductions and opening doors for them. Don't try and give advice because unless you’ve searched for a job in the last couple of years, it’s hard to grasp how drastically AI has upended the market.
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how different would academia be if we valued community impact more than perceived global impact. What if the distinguished professors were distinguished first by making their region / state / students' lives directly better rather than the acceptance quality of an Elsevier journal article.
July 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
how different would academia be if we valued community impact more than perceived global impact. What if the distinguished professors were distinguished first by making their region / state / students' lives directly better rather than the acceptance quality of an Elsevier journal article.