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I have at least a dozen dead contacts on FB now. As in people who are dead. I expect this % to only rise.

I don't know how empty your soul has to be to claim that something you paid an AI to ghost-write for you is "yours" but there's clearly millions of people out there with empty souls. So farewell, self-publishing. It was nice knowing you, for that brief droplet of time.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 7h

... when it's so clear that the word-guessing machine did it for them. And it's doubly obvious when they show the actual level of their language skills in their angry replies and promotional material. If you can't guess, it's shit.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 7h

But now there is an avalanche of so-called "authors" promoting the books that they "wrote", all displaying the same teflon monotony, icily perfect grammar, oceans of em-dashes, and utter lack of soul. And these "authors" are shameless in insisting they wrote them...

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 7h

The self-published book industry has been utterly nuked by AI. While self-published books were never much to write home about, you'd occasionally find a good one.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 9h

I did a stand-up course a couple of weeks ago and while it was excellent we learned basically nothing about standing.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 20h

I heard some podcaster mention that his child calls it Jacqueline Pee-pee and that's what I go with.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I mean, it can sometimes take a while to work it out.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We need a new "Are you are robot?" to prevent AI bots from scraping our websites. Perhaps require visitors to write a LinekdIn post that isn't incredibly fucking boring.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I knew a few of the goths at Fibbers when I worked there ... lovely crew!

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bragolin appear several times ... man I bloody love Bragolin.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just had Deezer recommend me a playlist of goth music based on a few songs I like and it is tremendous. Such a lot of great old-school drum-machine goth being made these days! If anyone is on Deezer: www.deezer.com/en/playlist/...

deezer.com

Auto-goth

spongepaddy

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It does! As long as you slam the Mark and Zuck together... Superb!

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did I forget the ALT text? Yes I did, sorry ... Mark Zuckerberg in Meta glasses, with the caption "Pervert glasses - for perverts".

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I never pass up the opportunity to spread this image a little wider...

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They want to prove how easy it is and, by extension, how clever they are and how dumb everyone else is.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bam! www.amazon.com/Hollow-Oaks-...

amazon.com

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you want to know what working in IT is like in 2026 picture the most boring people in your company saying the word "agentic" over and over until the end of time.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He looks like a dead body on the Expanse that's stuck to the hull by its magboots.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Narrative designers! Writers! Your dream gig is here!

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If I ever use AI to write my "farewell and thanks" post when I leave a job, you have my permission to shoot me.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am a happy middle-aged man after discovering this browsable database of every single well in Sweden including stats on depth, lining, year, and much more. Joy! apps.sgu.se/kartvisare/k...

apps.sgu.se

SGUs Kartvisare

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The new "My hovercraft is full of eels".

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stop thinking about the train-wreck that is Swedish politics for a minute and enjoy the cosmic madness of Henge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dvi...

youtube.com

HENGE - Tardigrades

YouTube video by HENGE

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll dive into this. Hope I'm tagging correctly. My poem for #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters Ping to @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A NEW CAR

He always liked a new car
endlessly patrolling town
to ferret out the best deal

after he’d stopped driving
and then walking
and then sitting
he still talked about it

as if life were a circle that
always returned on itself
given enough time
and not a tightening knot

to grin in blazing sun
to roar on open roads
a hope for better times
or for any times at all

Paddy Kelly

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I suspect it's the same with the old men in my Kerry village. When I go home these days it feels like they are just taking the piss.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I live close enough to work that I can walk there through the woods. It has its moments.

Woodland path with a building in the distance obscured by glowing fog. The windows have a golden colour.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I recommend NOT drinking the acorn wash as tea, it will cause horrendous constipation, and also taste vile. And since I once ate improperly leached acorns, me and my butthole can both testify to that ...

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down!

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Those "detectors" have always been, and continue to be, complete crap.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm very glad I left King when I did 6 years ago and avoided this unceasing shitstorm...

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just realised I don't give the slightest shit what anyone's subway take is.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The real victim in the whole Macklemore situation is of course the millionaire whose friends were mean to him.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't know how people manage to read AI-written posts. My eyes and mind glaze over the moment I see there's no human intention behind the text, that it was assembled by the most-likely-word machine. Stop, people. I know it FEELS like writing, but it isn't. Just say what you want to say. In words.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Swedish populists: "Immigrants need to integrate!" Immigrants go to vote in large numbers. Swedish populists: "No, that's too much integrating!"

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

OH NOES WHAT HAVE THE BAD PEOPLE DONE TO ME.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Men hur många saker? 3? 17? 20000? Frågor kvarstår ...

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I loved the World War Z movie. I re-watched it yesterday since I've seen loads of people saying it was shit, just to check. No, still great. I suspect those people were mostly "THE BOOK WAS SO MUCH BETTER" people. Obviously Israel being nice to Arabs was unbelievable, but otherwise it was solid.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Is there anything to be said for having a raffle?

Ad for becoming the opening act for Ed Sheeran. "You could open for Ed Sheeran!"

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm sure Musk could provide a backing band of shit robots for Sheeran. Just gotta ask.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If I knew any Sheeran songs I'd do a clever pun. But I don't know a single fucking one.

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Well now THAT notches things up a little ...

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Next his clothes will be walking out on him ...

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