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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

NYT is always "progressives should abandon their principles! Sell out! Sell out! SELL OUT!" This is something you will constantly find at the NYT, a piece dressed up as a news article that is editorializing frantically for a political position, not neutrally presenting the facts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/climate/democrats-climate-change-oil-gas.html

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 03/06/2026

You can’t collaborate with a tool.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Yes, I use dashes. Yes, I use the Oxford comma. Yes, I sometimes say: “Not… but.” Fuck anyone who thinks those things belong to AI. Who did you think they were stolen from in the first place?

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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

virgin mary punching the devil, england, 13th century

a medieval illustration of the virgin mary punching a horned, claw-footed, bestial devil

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

It comes across clearly how very much I enjoyed this long and expansive chat with @martindoyle.bsky.social

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"No matter how you feel about ketamine, its use is growing more widespread and it's important that educators understand how they could integrate it as a tool in their classrooms"

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Looking forward to this tonight, all welcome

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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Labour is bringing back inequality in more and more inventive ways. (Also, "fewer")

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

the invaluable @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social explains the nuts and bolts of writing that many of us who've been working with those nuts and bolts all our lives have never understood (or maybe it's jut me)

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National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

📢 The Denis Donoghue Award 2025 is now open for applications! 🎓 For NUI undergrads (FT/PT) from under-represented groups 💶 €2,000–€5,000 available ⏰ Deadline: 24 Oct 2025 Generously funded by author Emma Donoghue in memory of her father, Denis. Apply now 👉 www.nui.ie/awards/Grant...

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Liz Thurmond @countmystars.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:

Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by Al

Settings -> Apps -> Photos -> Enhanced Visual
Search (all the way at the bottom)

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Back in Dublin to celebrate the launch of The Correction of Taste, and learning yet another lesson from my beloved dad: death is no reason to stop publishing.

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I so enjoyed this erudite and immersive response to #TheParisExpress.

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Hey Toronto, come chat with me on 8 June

photos of Emma Donoghue and Natalie Davey and Rebecca Davey of Ceres Productions

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Oh hey, NYT, is it men they want barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen? So hard to determine.....

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Flawless script, #TheBalladofWallisIsland made me laugh and cry simultaneously for an hour and a half

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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Okay, here is why I HATE AI. I'm trying to research poems about going into space, or famous quotes about escaping gravity. As the FIRST RESULT, Google gives me this SHITTY poem IT'S WRITTEN ITSELF, like it's fucking Adrian Mole and I'm John Tydeman at the BBC. HATE HATE HATE.

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 03/04/2025

I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌

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M Lonergan @mlonergan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

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Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

91 results. That's every book I've published since 1993, in multiple languages, scraped without permission to train AI. They're robbing us in hopes of replacing us.

screenshot of search for 'Emma Donoghue' in LibGen

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Remember that a character saying something is not exactly the author saying it. It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

TODAY. ONE DAY ONLY. Don't buy anything today if you can--wait until tomorrow (or if you must, buy from a small business and use cash). Send a message. 👇👇👇

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

hey can anyone tell me what this place name (probably in Virginia or Pennsylvania) on a 1915 military attestation might be? click for full view

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If your boss or company tells you to do something unethical: don't say yes. Make them write it down.

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

It's Epiphany, which means it's time for Cuddling Kings in Medieval art

Gislebertus
Dream of the Magi
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Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun

"Master Gislebertus was one of the greatest sculptors of the Middle Ages, who inscribed his name on the tympanum of the main portal of the Sainte-Lazare Cathedral at Autun. The majority of the capitals in the interior of the cathedral are also ascribed to him; most of them are on pilasters and therefore remain firmly connected to the surface. His sculptures are some of the most human, touching works that exist in Romanesque sculpture. The original capitals were removed and are on display in the Musée Rolin near to the Cathedral.

The Dream of the Magi, the capital originally on the east side of the north-east crossing pillar, shows the three crowned figures together under a large, round cover. Two of them are still asleep, but the third has already been woken by the movingly gentle touch of the angel who is pointing the star out to him." (WGA)

Three Magi cuddle under a blue blanket as an angel appears in their dream
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Three kings sleep inside the letter E
BnF Latin 7586; Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiarum libri XX; 11th century; France; f.45r (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

The Dream of the Magi, from the Queen Mary Psalter, England, 1310-20. (British Library)

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 18/12/2024

Residency for a writer at any stage of their career who is writing a new piece of work for theatre, with private studio, on-site accommodation, and a weekly stipend of £350. DunsPlayFest will stage a scratch reading or rehearsed reading as part of PlayFest 2025. Other awards also. Please share

hugoburgefoundation.submittable.com

Hugo Burge Foundation Submission Manager

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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

"What's it like?" "Watching incredible actors playing me and my friends and loved ones in an adaptation of my life?" "Yes" "Uh, beyond wild, tbh" web.archive.org/web/20241110...

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

and Victorian London postal delivery 12 times a day!

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Currently my favourite Bluesky account - just about every post suggests a novel I'd eagerly read.

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Yeah, as an emigrant I miss my Irish days of being able to vote according to my heart.

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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

If you live in Pennsylvania, California, Nevada or Arizona (or anywhere a vote was cast by mail) it is critical that you spread the word about ballot curing. It could determine the outcome of the House, 2 Senate seats, and more. A state-by-state guide: t.co/O2xarCGB3x

t.co

https://www.voteamerica.org/ballot-curing/

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

You can register to vote on Election Day in: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NV, NH, NM, RI, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY; get a say in: - open primaries and ranked choice elections - reproductive rights - swing districts to determine control of Congress! learn more: votemaximizer.org

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

A friendly reminder that we all thought the 2016 election would be a no-brainer. If you're registed, please, don't listen to the polls, don't assume - vote.

screenshot from the 2016 US presidential election results showing that 46.9% of registed voters didn't vote.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

The new ad from the Harris/Walz campaign. Brilliant.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

My son says he wants to be a writer. To prepare him, I’ve made him redo his homework 9 times, then told him ‘I’m sorry but I can’t work out how to market this’ and thrown it out the window.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/10/2024

Got undecided voter friends or family members with kids? Please send them this comic to show them what Project 2025 Republicans want to do to their children! stopproject2025comic.org/comic/childr...

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Children - Stop Project 2025 Comic

Project 2025 affects kids, too.

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Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Trains are always, in some sense, a class thing!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

well, this poem just wrecked me in the absolute best way, so I'm sharing it with you do that it can wreck you too. ❤️‍🩹

poetryfoundation.org

Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you.

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Coming March 2025 from Emma Donoghue

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

I’m a nonpartisan election official in North Carolina. Take it from me: vote at early voting (One-Stop). They can fix ANYTHING. They can register you on the spot, even. Take your ID, go midweek to early voting, and you won’t have to stress. On Election Day, your and my options are limited. #voting

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