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A Feral Autistic Aphant. Award winning ttrpg writer Writes fiction, ttrpg's and freelance articles, commissions considered. legendgerry.com patreon.com/legendgerry

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h
Since 9/21, high schoolers across France have shut down more than a thousand schools, demanding teachers, smaller classes, and buildings that aren't falling apart. The state answered with tear gas and nearly 2,000 arrests in a single day. Here, a right-wing reporter getting schooled by a HS student
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21h
https://www.instagram.com/goattoself?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 18h
A reminder: Fianna Fáil promised to cap fees at €200 in their 2024 election campaign. Shortly after getting a government together in 2025 they approved fee hikes at nearly 900 childcare facilities.
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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 18h
the miracle of artificial intelligence!
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 18h
Libro came up a lot during discussions about audio books over the weekend at @octocon.bsky.social Might be worth a look during their indie appreciation day.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 18h
Friendly reminder that megacorporations like Amazon are ruining the world, and you can instead support small independent businesses that make weird little things like today's Low Quality Ad, this Glocktopus Pin. collabs.shop/ion9he
An enamel pin of an orange octopus holding various firearms in its tentacles, with smoke and muzzle flashes coming from some of the guns.
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Antiqueight @antiqueight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The closing ceremony at @octocon.bsky.social
Catie, Adrian,  Catherine,  Kat at a table
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Mark Kielty @markkieltywriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just want to say a big thanks to those who attended my reading, bought a book, and dropped by to say hi. Had another great year @octocon.bsky.social. It's truly a great convention. #Octocon2026 #Octocon #Fantasy #SciFi #Horror #YAFantasy #ReadingCommunity #SpéirGhorm ##SpéirGorm
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Jonny Nexus @jonnynexus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Panel at @octocon.bsky.social went well, but god it’s a depressing subject to debate.
Screenshot of panel item: The Importance of Human Created Work in This Age of AI Slop

Pegasus 1, Starts: 14:30 Duration: 60 mins
Jack-John Kirwan, Alex McKenzie, Emma Newman, Jonny Nexus, Edmund Schluessel (moderator)
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Velga The Observer @velgatheobserver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I just published my ANTI-AI brushes on my VGen and they're free! You can download them there or on my Gumroad store, which is also free. The brushes are textured with words that AI companies would consider to be profanity. Which they will not reproduce. #digitalart #freebrushes #procreate
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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ever wished you could have your own incredibly cute Octo? Well why not crochet your very own member of the Octo collective? (Basic crochet knowledge required!) Find out how here: octocon.com/2026/10/croc... #octocon2026
photo of cute crochet octos in various colours.
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That guy in yellow looks familiar... :) Great panel btw.
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Marguerite @marguerites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@ickletayto.bsky.social just conducted a great interview with @aptshadow.bsky.social at @octocon.bsky.social, and I have to say that now I want a story all about the goblin tailors assigned to an Ork battalion. Possibly as a musical.
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Had a great and happily weird weekend doing panels and running games at @octocon.bsky.social Great to see all the old faces and meet some of the new. Next convention on my list to attend is Warpcon I'll see some of you there and the rest of you maybe at @norncon.bsky.social ?
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gaza Friendly: the French label turning consumer choices into Palestine solidarity - www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-fri…
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Gaza Friendly: the French label turning consumer choices into Palestine solidarity
In France, a unique app certifies shopkeepers boycotting products linked to Israeli settlements while promoting alternative brands
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Fatima O'Hara @cabbagesandkings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Found it www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Orangemen on the Equator - BBC Sounds
Journalist Chris Page travels to Africa and meets members of the Ghanaian Orange Order.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#author #indieauthor #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They are still finding the bodies of children abused by these nuns. This institution was open until the 60’s. Some of the laundries were open as late as the 90’s. Never forget More infant remains uncovered at former mother-and-baby home www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tuam: Remains of 10 more infants uncovered at former mother-and-baby home
Experts who are carrying out the dig at Tuam in County Galway have published their latest regular update.
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Behold a cup of coffee purchased from a train trolley. Been years since I've done that! Sadly the flavour has not improved over the years..
A paper cup of below bog standard coffee with a plastic lid.
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On the blurb for my D.A.M.N.I.T. demo at @octocon.bsky.social it says "Brought to you by the minds behind Pew Pew, Cocaine Owlbear and other assorted silliness." Behold some of the assorted silliness! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pew...
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Broomtilting: Full Moon Jousting for Witches
A zine RPG about witches on brooms, three hundred feet up, settling a grudge
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Futurism @futurism.com · 27/09/2026
"Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand."
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AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have Feelings
The Associated Press Stylebook posted a reminder not to anthropomorphize AIs because they can't think, trigger a meltdown among AI bros.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."
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Rosethorn Ranger 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @rosethornranger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our experiences are not just the opposite of whatever transphobes say. Until we have the ability to tell our own stories in our own way we will still be defined around their beliefs. I am someone new #meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme #trans #transgender #lgbtq #lgbt
 A tumblr post by AssaultMystic made on Jul 29th 2023 that says "What's cool about being trans is my parents are totally right. I did kill their beautiful son. Im the thing that animates his corpse in an ever more convincing parody of a appy girl. I devoroured him from the inside out and now there is nothing left of him and he is dead dead dead adn there is only me, with my hollow eyes and dark eyeliner and long hair, and my big smile. My limp, effeminate gestures belie the marionetting of the boy they loved. My fagginess is his death. Already his body becomes a fitter home for my parasitism in full; the tits, the hips, the thighs. Sorry about your kid. Thanks for the biomass <3
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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's a bummer that all the people currently writing novels about rogue AI agents won't get to see their novels published because the rogue AIs will have killed us all before the pub date.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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Stíofán Mhac an Bhaird (Stephen Ward) @stephencward.com · 24/09/2026
Not surprising, but still bonkers all the same Link: www.instagram.com/reel/Ddo6JWX...
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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Announcing our Trade Hall in the Clayton Hotel Cork City for #Octocon2026! First up, we are delighted to announce that Waterstones Cork will be bringing all the books, all weekend!
An Octocon card announcing that Waterstones will be in the trade hall all weekend. The large W logo of Waterstones appears in the centre of the card, on a white background with details of the Cork skyline in black at the bottom, along with a purple giant robot and a green UFO.
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PhunkyPunk Ⓐ @phunkypunk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It didn't spark outrage here, it sparked uncontrollable laughter. If someone needs their fridge to be smart, then that's a sure sign that they are as dumb as a dried fuck. www.notebookcheck.net/The-refriger...
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"The refrigerator is dead": Samsung's AI fridges shut down after update, sparking outrage
Samsung has stopped a SmartThings update after Bespoke AI 4-Door fridges shut down when it was installed. As per reports, internal test software reached customers by mistake. Samsung has apologized an...
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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Octocon is less than 2 weeks away! Whether you're coming to Cork or joining us online, you'll get plenty of chances to hear & see our Guest of Honour @cemurphy.bsky.social talking about her writing life, her many many SFF (and mystery) books, & lots more! #Octocon2026 octocon.com/2025/10/c-e-...
An Octocon card announcing our Guest of Honour C.E. (Catie) Murphy. Catie's face appears in the centre of the card, against a purple background that has details of the Cork skyline in black at the bottom, along with a white giant robot and dragon and a green UFO. Catie is a white woman with short brown hair.
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 23/09/2026
Ick.
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Stíofán Mhac an Bhaird (Stephen Ward) @stephencward.com · 23/09/2026
Fate Book Two: Roof and Cloud, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ant...
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Fate Book Two: Roof and Cloud
Book Two of Anthea West's fantasy adventure webcomic is coming to print!
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Ash @fishyash.com · 21/09/2026
Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...
If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Typo of the day "then he shat straight up" I meant "shot" when I typed that, three days ago, somehow only saw it now!
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026
We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:
form.jotform.com
Centenary event planning
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Exchange on Twitter:

fattys_revenge

Every season of Reacher so far has been great, and I understand that they may be avoiding the earlier novels due to their slightly less standalone nature, but every year I'm sad to learn that next season won't be the book where he kills his way through a white supremacist militia camp.

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My favorite book. Fun fact: I had it approved until someone got re-elected.

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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I will be at Octocon: The Irish National Science Fiction Convention in Cork, October 3rd and 4th I'll be on some panels and of course running a demo game of D.A.M.N.I.T. Behold my glorious schedule! prog.octocon.com/people/Z0088
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ConClár Program Guide
ConClár Programme Guide
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We’re sort of accidentally discovering that there is some core psyco-neurological or even bio-neurological need to have someone around who is going to call you on your bullshit with some regularity
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Legendgerry @gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Younglings. It doesn't matter what job you're in if management ask for a meeting and say don't bring a Union rep. YOU BRING A UNION REP. Also get the contact details for the last law firm they lost a case to so if they do get shirty about the rep being there, offer the firm as an alternative rep.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
i'm laughing www.404media.co/ed-sheeran-m...
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Contest to Open for Ed Sheeran Flooded With Free Palestine Videos and Fart Memes
Guitar Center's 'Open for Legends' contest page was seemingly unmoderated for hours on Wednesday.
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is insanity. Irish Presidency's draft text of amendments to the GDPR allows training & operation of any AI without safeguards & tough legal basis (under "legitimate interest" a company claims what it is doing is OK. Up to you to find out and challenge in court). This is a free pass for US Tech.
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good morning to everyone, except Englishman Ed Sheeran. “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” - Dr. Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King Jr. Stare
ALT: Martin Luther King Jr. Stare
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Jess Bradley @jessbradley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Has anyone used Shmup Creator at all here? My son is obsessed with Gradius at the moment and I've read some good things about it. He's really good with Doom Builder and while he's learning basic coding, he just wants to make a game! It sounds like the kind of thing I would have loved as a kid.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
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@realizingerin
I went to an rationalist/EA Al doomer event last night with the goal of meeting someone who could calmly explain to me the argument for how they get to the conclusion that Al will kill everyone.
Because these are rationalists, I expected to find people who could lay out a serious extinction pathway, walk through the assumptions and intermediate steps, identify choke points where negative pathways could potentially be regulated, and entertain disagreement about where their assumptions might break down.
My experience was the exact opposite.
The people I spoke to seemed psychologically unable to entertain the possibility that their conclusion (that Al literally kills everyone, which was a point that many would not even budge on) might be wrong.
Their most extreme conclusion was treated as an axiom.
I had multiple people walk out of conversations with me when I questioned their inevitable extinction premise.
At one point during a panel, the moderator asked everyone in the audience who was still skeptical of Al doom to raise their hands. About half the room did. He then told all of the skeptics to leave the panel and go with one of the speakers, who would answer their questions separately. They filtered out all the skeptics, and continued the panel only with the subset who accepted their extreme position.
I genuinely felt like a heretic just for questioning whether superintelligent Al inevitably leads to the extinction of humanity, or entertaining the possibility that the future might actually turn out well.
That does not mean Al safety is fake. Obviously there are serious questions about rapidly advancing Al systems and what happens as they become much more capable. Those are exactly the conversations I went there hoping to have.
But what I encountered was an apocalyptic death cult. These people are not rational. They are deeply afraid, they reinforce that fear in one another, and they have become so emotionally committed to apocalypse
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Rainey Robertson @nightcourtliker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
a picture of two pig statues on a blue blanket. there is a placard in front of them that says PIGS WITH NO SPECIFIC DUTIES
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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A pattern i've noticed since working on opening a radical bookshop: Troskyites get in touch to donate books while Stalinists get in touch to sell you books.
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Jog Brogzin | CRIT Award Nominee 2025 @jogbrogzin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Crown & Courage is a solo board game by @tompetgames.bsky.social with artwork by myself and my daughter. It has just launched on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Map of South East Norway, with Oslo in the South and many trees, mountains and rivers
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 15/09/2026
Copernicus Sentinel-3C has been successfully launched! 🚀 The new satellite will provide vital Earth observation data to monitor our oceans, land, atmosphere and climate, supporting disaster response and environmental monitoring. More: link.europa.eu/3T9Nnk
Graphic showing the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite being launched into space above Earth. Text reads: “We Have a Signal! Copernicus Sentinel-3C Successfully Launched”. The Copernicus Sentinel-3C and EU ESA logos appear in the top right, with the European Commission logo in the bottom right.
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Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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