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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hideo Kojima acquires the IP for GTA 7

Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

www.experimentlog.com/blog/buildin... I find it fascinating to think of the tens (hundreds?) of millions of people who have been killed in the last 100 years over fuzzinesses in this map. 25000 for every bit?

Somewhat low res ASCII art map of the Earth

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Holy shit @jasonschreier.bsky.social you just entered the pantheon of the gods by getting featured in the best thread on BlueSky.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Karthik I’m fiercely impressed you know this book.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’m late to this but I’ve long maintained that Teletubbies and In The Night Garden take place in the Culture universe.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This came up again in conversation, am I mad or do these seem like ludicrously high default suggested spending limits?

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

@sandertordoir.bsky.social where is the passage in the first post from?

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Jaysis he’s some man to still be putting out the albums!

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Though I see Achebe in there too so perhaps I’m missing something?

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

You could safely cut Joyce from your British fiction class anyway.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

‘Poor Mexico - so far from god, and so close to the United States’

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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

What about Vincent Browne? I think he'd be a nice change in the #Aras25, he has tons of experience, charm, wit and personality and shur I have the badges already #vinb

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

> It's a thriving subgenre in literature Recommendations please!

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

AMKNOB-1 - first pharaoh of Dublin.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Must have been some mad display, I’m 6km away and it was loud even from indoors.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I was just asking myself the same question - sounded too deep to be fireworks!

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

You’re a founding member of my “funny hoors” list which migrated from Twitter and continues to deliver over here.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

God yes - in my dreams I drive a Ford Taurus down a rain-slicked road overhung by towering evergreens, drinking black filter coffee in diners and sleeping in roadside motels.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I’d love some recommendations if any specifics come to mind? I’m thinking along the lines of Ballard but maybe there are others that would be interesting to take on.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I think I speak for all your Irish followers when I thank you for your dual-function apology.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

It’s great stuff en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(d... - I spent a few months in Argentina - it’s omnipresent there.

en.wikipedia.org

Mate (drink) - Wikipedia

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This is like if Starship Troopers was set in the Idiocracy universe.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Not to defend them (because I wouldn’t buy one if you paid me - and am the happy owner of an EV from a different manufacturer) the monthly data often looks like this as some months they don’t have a ship come with deliveries. Might not be the case here - but I suspect it is.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I just spent 30 minutes experiencing the same practice under a cold and slightly hazy sky in Dublin.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

And that’s it! It was a bit of an atypical year’s reading for me - very sci-fi heavy which is something of a return to youth for me. I really liked pairing things up, I’ve a feeling I’m going to more consciously do this in 2025 to see where it takes me.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Been meaning to read for a while but had it queued behind The Ambassadors, it got mentioned a few times in A Thread of Violence so I said feck it I’d go ahead (bonus points for potentially queuing up a series). Unsettling and tense read which I enjoyed.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère I liked Liminov by Carrère and this seemed a good pairing with ‘A Thread of Violence’ (similarly exploring a high profile set of murders but through a self-consciously considered and mediated account involving the author themselves), it was good! Awful story.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Nova Swing by M John Harrison. Sequel to Light - probably not _quite_ as good but still very much enjoyed it.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A Thread of Violence by @mrkocnnll.bsky.social Somehow the first book I’ve got around to reading by Mark O’Connell. Wonderful! See ‘pairings’ below also.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Canada by Richard Ford What can I say - I love Richard Ford. I’m still rationing out Bascombe novels (with only Call me Frank left). I liked it, but I’m not sure what someone unfamiliar with Ford would make of it.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis Took this on after seeing it mentioned in context of Trump election win. It’s an interesting if weirdly unfocused and free-roving book. I don’t read much long-form American current affairs but the slightly weird and broad set of subjects here made for a good read.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Call for the Dead by John Le Carré First of the George Smiley books - attempting to queue up another series I’ll enjoy - pretty good!

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Book club) Has been on my list for yonks - I loved it, but I was surprised how mixed the opinions of others were on it. Might not be your thing - but worth a punt I’d say.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Blood, Sweat and Pixels by Jason Schreier Intriguing and insightful set of case studies following a set of video games from inception to bitter-end/glory. As someone who has spent lots of time adjacent to the industry but am now back in it more firmly I feel I learned quite a bit from it!

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Light by M John Harrison. Stunning. Sometimes you start reading a book and know within 30 mins you’ve found an entire bibliography to explore. I honestly don’t believe I’ve ever read anything like it.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Fatherland by Robert Harris A more sweeping take on the same alternate history driving SS-GB, hard not to feel a bit morbid reading the likes of it, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy the read if that’s the right word.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

SS-GB by Len Deighton Pretty good!

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Ok here goes another pairing:

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The Trees by Percival Everett (Book club) Started great but for my money went a bit off the rails (though I could see clever structural arguments why it goes that way). Still - worth a read and I’m interested in reading his other work. Book is Pynchon-esque and really very funny in parts.

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Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

#18 Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds Big ideas space opera well rendered and memorable - recommended. I think I did this to dip my toes in the water on the road to M John Harrison later in the year…

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