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Stephen McCarthy
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Latin, Epicureanism, data protection and AI, dogs, photography, legislation, science fiction. (he/him). Fervently #TransRightsAreHumanRights.

📷 photography is currently without a home, having left Meta's evil influence.
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Hah! Some kind of map of my most used words on this site. Shows me I need to spend less time being angry about GenAI. From anisota.net/harvest - don't even have to log in to get it.
A word map of my most used words, retrieved from https://anisota.net/harvest. I have highlighted the words, 'Fuck OpenAI'. But my most used words are: gene, book, reading, thinking, marvellous (hah), photography, gdpr. Words are bigger or smaller depending on frequency of use. This is more useful than I expected, giving me a pointer towards things I could concentrate on more for my own peace of mind.
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Just now inserting a gif of relevance to my feelings on GenAI, and the auto-generated Alt text committed this heinous monstrosity of a mistake.

No. You AI muppet. That is not a man in a jacket. That is the goddess Sigourney Weaver.
Screenshot of auto-generated Alt text mistaking Sigourney Weaver in Aliens for "a man in a jacket".
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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My keyboard in work has a copilot key. It opens "The Gobshite", as I affectionately call it, instantly. Which means when I try to turn it off, or end the relevant processes, nothing is actually turned off. I dislike this intensely.
Close up photo of black keys on a desktop key board. The visible symbols are for the ? key, the fn key, and the new copilot key which displays the copilot logo. This.key is placed to the left of the ctrl key on the right side of the keyboard, under the shift key.
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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I've received @marcwilson.co.uk's marvellous new photobook, The Edge of Ruin. Both scarred and recovering landscapes, I'm struck by how he shows human effects without any humans. Really good. Worth buying. #photography #landscapes #buyrealbooks
Photo of the from cover of Marc Wilson's new photobook, The Edge of Ruin. The title and author text are indented on the front cover, and the cover displays a misty landscape.
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Four panel meme from CSI, with the main character putting on sunglasses and saying something neither funny nor intelligent. The text reads: "I've pulled together a deck. Of Slides. YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!"
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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I like this impression of the river Acheron.
Screenshot from the videogame Hades. On the left is the river Acheron with hands reaching up out of it. On the right are souls waiting to be ferried across by Charon.
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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This is not an acceptable situation. A vending machine branded with a Galaxy logo should be selling chocolate in various forms and perhaps some sweets. Every option on this one is Grenade Carb Killa [sic] bars. Yet another strike against working on site. #thisisthebadplace
Photo of a vending machine that should be selling chocolate etc. But instead every option is "Grenade Carb Killa bars.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Linkedin lol
A screenshot of a Linkedin recommendation. The texts reads: "You might like Pages for you Government of Ireland Government Administration 102,185 follwers"
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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I actually think it's quite a worrying approach. #AI
Photo of a Dell slide with the text, "Innovation that stops at nothing Enter the AI era with confidence"
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Brian is looking rather "Agent 47" tonight.
Photo of Brian O'Donavan on RTE news, wearing a black suit, white shirt, red tie, and with his bald head looking like the character Agent 47 from the Hitman videogames.
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The Anakin and Padme four panel meme with the following text: Panel 1: Anakin, "OpenAI completes restructuring, creating a public benefit corporation" Panel 2: Padme, "Oh, so they'll start behaving ethically, right?" Panel 3: Anakin says nothing. Panel 4: Padme, "Right?"
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The girl from the kombucha girl meme looks on, half-approvingly, as if to say, "Hey, that could work!"
October 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Very nice. Aldi's own brand Sicillian Lemon and Pistachio ice cream.
Photo of a tub of ice cream from Aldi. Sicilian Lemon and Pistachio.
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Shocking dog snog attack.
Me and my border collie Riley. She is black and white. In the background are books. Me and my border collie Riley. She is black and white. In the background are books. She is looking at me. Me and my border collie Riley. She is black and white. In the background are books. Riley has gone in to lick my ear.
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Just got a mail advertising a new range of Harry Potter Lamy fountain pens. I guess that's the end of me ever buying another Lamy! Big fat NO to anything linked to JK Rowling.
Screenshot of an ad for Lamy Harry Potter fountain pens.
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Saw this marvellous portrait of a distinguished doggy earlier today.
Photo of a painted portrait of a distinguished doggy in a very old fashioned military uniform.
September 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Of course, that marvellous Herzog article had to be read 5 lines at a time, partly due to my eyesight needing a higher font, and partly due to the screen real estate being overwhelmed with nefarious ads.
Five lines of text of an article are visible in a phone screen capture of an article. The rest of the screen space is overwhelmed by ads.
September 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Geldof and Fianna Fail? I'm shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
Photo of Bob Geldof, with the text: "Bob Geldof 'I probably WOULD have run for Fianna Fáil as President'"
September 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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#bnwphotography #forest #donadea #blackandwhite #photography
Black and white photograph of light shining through trees in a forest. Taken in Donadea forest in Kildare.
September 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I've been using this Asvine V200 fountain pen from Amazon for the last two months. It has held up very well. The EF nib hasn't clogged up with Diamine Oxblood like the Lamy EF did. It's got more flow than a Kaweco EF too. I like it a lot, suits my writing size. Would happily get this brand again.
Photo of a clear see through fountain pen, the vacuum filling kind which fills up the body with ink, instead of using cartridges. The ink is a dark blood red from Diamine, called Oxblood. The fountain pen brand is Asvine.
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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This book is really good, especially if you're a fellow migraineur. Tom Zeller Jr., "The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction — and a Search for Relief".
Photo of the front cover of a book by Tom Zeller Jr., "The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction — and a Search for Relief". The cover has a colour of red turning into blue from top to bottom with the title and author listed above and below a diagram of a human head. There are small explosions in yellow in the head, and electrical lightning bolt symbols in red. There's also a review quote by Mary Roach: "Required reading for anyone with a head."
September 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Saw a magpie strolling in the garden.
Black and white photo of a magpie walking in grass, right to left.
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
A photo of Batman and Robin from the original tv series, running in the street, saying "It'll very faster if we run!!!"
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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If anyone's curious about the future, I'm starting to feel more and more like this is a genuine possibility.
Poster for the movie "Civil War". The poster features the Statue of Liberty surrounded by fires and clouds of smoke, military helicopters in the background.
September 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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This is a beautiful photography book, "Silver Haikus", by Michael Kenna. Highly recommended.
Picture of the front cover of "Silver Haikus", by Michael Kenna. The cover is a very light green with a square format photograph insert in the centre. The photo is black and white, of a tree in snow, surrounded by what look like fence panels. The text on the cover is partly in French. The English text reads: "Silver Haikus. Asia Photographer by Michael Kenna". There is also a publisher logo saying 'Skira Guimet'.
August 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM