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Amy Hayes

@thehames.bsky.social
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Live in The Hague, but I’m from Ireland. More importantly, from Cork.

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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My Mum maintains there’s nothing worse than a country snob. She’s a city snob and I think she disproves her own theory.
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very much enjoying the story of AI bros going to religious leaders and asking them to say that machines have souls, only to be told: a) no they obviously don’t and b) if they did then what the AI guys are doing is literally slavery and that would be BAD.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ahhh!! And lovely table manners to boot. That’s pure class.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ahh. Salade nature. Always a massive disappointment. Le sad face.
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no. @joles.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
applying for jobs again
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.
 
it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Apropos of nothing: Dara, I saw your first show about finding your birth Mum in Brussels and then watched the recent one about finding your Dad the other night. I GASPED and went ‘No fuckin’ WAY’ when you got to *that bit* — so good.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Those of us who speak Irish do. It’s a different language with different spelling rules and it is far more grammatically rigorous than English.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Shouldn’t take too long to ‘establish a motive’ in this case. I mean, I’m no detective but…
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You think ‘Time to switch to the less problematic Signal’ but nobody else uses it so it’s The Land of Tumbleweed.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tbh it IS a bit brown. 😁
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, wearing a brown polka dot dress
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s easy to do: he’s despicable. Have a nice day.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s not the kids’ fault: ‘brats’ is unkind.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Puppet Dog Says 'We're Just Normal Men' Meme
Alt: 'We're Just Normal Men' Meme
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Boyle Boomer
Alt: Charles Boyle Boom
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Around 9 million people watched it. That is huge for the BBC these days: buckle up.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Drink Drank Drunk
Alt: Many shots of JD
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’d drink it. But that’s no boast, tbh.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m just listening to Rise to the Occasion for probably the first time since around 1989. It’s phenomenal how lyrics stick in your head when I can’t ever remember where I left my AirPods, 5 mins ago.
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gravewalker @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
photo of werner herzog with a speech bubble added so that it looks like he is saying the quoted post
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
Alt: Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quality.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I pronounced it eth-her-real until, in my late teens, I heard someone saying it and had an ‘Ah, shit’ moment.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Volkswagen again? After the first issue years ago I vowed never to buy one. Ha!! I showed them.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez, that brings back memories. I wonder whether my copy is still in my parents’ house. I’ll text them to see.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Do you think the old Stasi/ex Nazi thing is a driver here? I worry that they buried their true beliefs rather than dealing with them. I don’t know enough about it to state anything with great certainty though. Old East Germany is an outlier for me.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The newly weds and the nearly deads, as my Dad says.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My Mum just rang me out of the blue and told me to order it for her. 😀
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It was this chump.
Siegbert Droese
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hopefully. One on one, Carney would make mincemeat of any of those fools.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I dread to think. I hope it’s not one of ours.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jawohl!
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Awful!! I’d question their ‘2 servings claim’ though.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Edjamin Sheeranyahu. A hellish mishmash of Ed and Netanyahu’s faces.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran rehearsing for his next gig.
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Milhouse Throwing Frisbee
Alt: Milhouse Throwing Frisbee by himself
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We’re screwed.
Trump says a smart president is all that’s needed to rein in AI. God help us all.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
JARED KUSHNER CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I love them. Not so much those massive poop machine fruit bats in Oz, but the little fellas who flit around the eaves of houses at twilight. I find them strangely comforting.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Unusual remark for an orange man
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Salt ‘n’ vinegar is best with an egg sandwich.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I mean, he’s just awful.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🤔 I haven’t practised in decades but when I did, ‘end times’ were never mentioned. This guy is a spoofer. Smart, mind, but a spoofer.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/08/2026
Normalise saying 'fascist propaganda' instead of 'culture wars'
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Funny: we were watching Gary Oldman playing Churchill the other night and I was bemoaning the lack of quoting done by people in these days. I love it and wish there was more of it. I suffer from a a crap memory so it’s often l’esprit d’escalier in my case.
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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is the Red Cross donation link for the dreadful situation in Nepal, if anyone's looking for a way to help. There are more appeals out there. Such an awful thing to happen. donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/gener...
donate.redcross.org.uk
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Aye. Roberts isn’t batshit crazy.
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