Susan G
@susangriff.bsky.social
🇮🇪Limerick born & back now. Ex-Wales & ex-Cork. Likes film, good tv, books, music, Munster Rugby. Wife, mother, dog mama, ex-academic. Retired early. Living with Heart Failure. Anti-racist. Anti-fascist. I care about our world. Worried about it right now
Pinned
Susan G
@susangriff.bsky.social
· Sep 21
A timeline cleanser for your Sunday. 15 seconds of the "sounds of the sea" today at Doughmore Beach, Co Clare. I wish I could share the sea air too!
Bjork turns 60 - yes, sixty(?!) - today! I feel old. This video has a great "kick-start the weekend" vibe. ❤️ it. Happy Birthday Bjork.
youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU?...
youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU?...
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet
YouTube video by BjorkVEVO
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bjork turns 60 - yes, sixty(?!) - today! I feel old. This video has a great "kick-start the weekend" vibe. ❤️ it. Happy Birthday Bjork.
youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU?...
youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU?...
Reposted by Susan G
MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Reposted by Susan G
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Reposted by Susan G
![1
[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
2
[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
3
SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
4
SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
5
JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
6
SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
7
JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
8
JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
9
SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
10
JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
11
SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
12
SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
13
SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
14
JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
15
SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
16
SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
17
JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
18
SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
19
JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
Reposted by Susan G
First up, well done to this scholar.
Secondly. If men want to know why women cant be arsed with them these days, maybe they need to reflect on why....
Secondly. If men want to know why women cant be arsed with them these days, maybe they need to reflect on why....
In case anyone wonders how things are going in The Other Place
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
First up, well done to this scholar.
Secondly. If men want to know why women cant be arsed with them these days, maybe they need to reflect on why....
Secondly. If men want to know why women cant be arsed with them these days, maybe they need to reflect on why....
Reposted by Susan G
Trump has reportedly been in conversation with Paramount and his billionaire ally Larry Ellison about a potential takeover of CNN that would include firing journalists he dislikes.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump has reportedly been in conversation with Paramount and his billionaire ally Larry Ellison about a potential takeover of CNN that would include firing journalists he dislikes.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
Billionaire control of the media is a danger to us all.
Reposted by Susan G
Anyone in Dooradoyle, Limerick lose a set of keys up around Oakfield/Father Russell road?
Retweet please and thank you 😊
Retweet please and thank you 😊
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Anyone in Dooradoyle, Limerick lose a set of keys up around Oakfield/Father Russell road?
Retweet please and thank you 😊
Retweet please and thank you 😊
Reposted by Susan G
🏗️Buildings Beo
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🏗️Buildings Beo
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
📆 Ag tosú Dé Céadaoin 19/11 ~ 20:30
👷Téann Carrie Crowley ar aistear timpeall na tíre ag feiceáil mar a chuireann pobail beocht i bhfoirgnimh thréigthe.
This was my morning coffee read. Nice little piece, 'though I may never look at Cary Grant in the same way again.
"He is like a bronzed Homer Simpson in a well-tailored suit."
"He is like a bronzed Homer Simpson in a well-tailored suit."
North by Northwest: Hitchcock’s funniest, most ambitious film
North by Northwest: Hitchcock’s funniest, most ambitious film
Every scene in Cary Grant’s mistaken identity caper is pure absurdity – including that famous cornfield chase. You can’t look away
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This was my morning coffee read. Nice little piece, 'though I may never look at Cary Grant in the same way again.
"He is like a bronzed Homer Simpson in a well-tailored suit."
"He is like a bronzed Homer Simpson in a well-tailored suit."
Reposted by Susan G
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
Reposted by Susan G
“It was a chance to be innocently happy.”
- the late great Nell McCafferty, describing how Italia 90 was for Ireland, recalled today by Malachy Clerkin.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer... #coybig #CaoimhinKelleher #TroyParrott #happy
- the late great Nell McCafferty, describing how Italia 90 was for Ireland, recalled today by Malachy Clerkin.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer... #coybig #CaoimhinKelleher #TroyParrott #happy
Troy Parrott gave us a chance to be innocently happy. Whatever happens from here, that lasts forever
Over the campaign, this Ireland side showed themselves to be all the things you’d want from a team representing the country
www.irishtimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“It was a chance to be innocently happy.”
- the late great Nell McCafferty, describing how Italia 90 was for Ireland, recalled today by Malachy Clerkin.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer... #coybig #CaoimhinKelleher #TroyParrott #happy
- the late great Nell McCafferty, describing how Italia 90 was for Ireland, recalled today by Malachy Clerkin.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer... #coybig #CaoimhinKelleher #TroyParrott #happy
Reposted by Susan G
"Children’s toymaker FoloToy says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” after a safety group found that the cuddly companion was giving wildly inappropriate and even dangerous responses, including tips on how to find and light matches, and detailed explanations about sexual kinks"
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Children’s toymaker FoloToy says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” after a safety group found that the cuddly companion was giving wildly inappropriate and even dangerous responses, including tips on how to find and light matches, and detailed explanations about sexual kinks"
Reposted by Susan G
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
Reposted by Susan G
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Reposted by Susan G
Love that my entire timeline on here is currently some version of OH MY FUCKING GOD (positive)
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Love that my entire timeline on here is currently some version of OH MY FUCKING GOD (positive)
Reposted by Susan G
10 years in the wilderness of international football and now within the space of 4 days, I've witnessed two of the greatest results in my life. COYBIG.
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
10 years in the wilderness of international football and now within the space of 4 days, I've witnessed two of the greatest results in my life. COYBIG.
Reposted by Susan G
Football’s coming Heim.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Football’s coming Heim.
Reposted by Susan G
The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Reposted by Susan G
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Reposted by Susan G
Reposted by Susan G
Fiadh, running on a mirrored sky.
"This might be heaven."
County Clare, Ireland.
"This might be heaven."
County Clare, Ireland.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Fiadh, running on a mirrored sky.
"This might be heaven."
County Clare, Ireland.
"This might be heaven."
County Clare, Ireland.
Today is the *first anniversary* of me joining Bluesky.🎉 My first post on 14th Nov '24 was a pic of my "smiley" doggo, and me saying "happy to be here". I'm still happy to be here, and thankful for the communities discovered (special mention : #speirgorm), and for all the interactions along the way.
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Today is the *first anniversary* of me joining Bluesky.🎉 My first post on 14th Nov '24 was a pic of my "smiley" doggo, and me saying "happy to be here". I'm still happy to be here, and thankful for the communities discovered (special mention : #speirgorm), and for all the interactions along the way.
Reposted by Susan G
These are just gorgeous
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
These are just gorgeous