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Marian Hurley
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Lecturer; interested in film, culture, language, HE. Here for the inoffensive cat memes I've been promised.
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Grateful to the editors of @nplusonemag.com for the clarity and force of this editorial.

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Black text on a sepia background: "As we train our sights on what we oppose, let’s recall the costs of surrender. When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We abet the acceleration of a social media gyre that everyone admits is making life worse. We accept the further degradation of an already degraded educational system. We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts. We dig ourselves deeper into crises that have been made worse by technology, from the erosion of electoral democracy to the intensification of climate change. We condone platforms that not only urge children to commit suicide, they instruct them on how to tie the noose. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."
September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
September 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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If you're in Cork on Friday, 23 May and you're interested in what's going on in Higher Education, come along to our symposium at MTU's Bishopstown campus! Enquiries welcome, etc.
May 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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P.S. All reskys of this much-appreciated. I'd love to have these all gone by the end of the day as our house currently has 5,000+ of my backlist in it (you'll know why if you check out my Substack) and we'd like to clear less convoluted routes to our fridge, bed and kitchen sink.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Mar 17
Decided to give away this entire pile of my 2022 book Notebook for the price of postage today. If you can pay more, great. If not, no problem. Pop a reply below if you'd like one. It's a short, silly book, but sometimes a bit serious, too, and people tell me it's a good easy gateway to my writing.
A big pile of Notebook paperbacks. The back cover of my book Notebook.
March 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM