Ali Mack

@alimack13.bsky.social

Does Theatre, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, books of all kinds, a bit of IT, some environental caring and a touch of emergency planning. Worries about keeping freedom of choice, how we treat refugees and each other. She/Her

Looking to book tickets for the Pantheon in Rome ? Don't do it via the Basilica's own site for €17 but rather go to the Ministry of Culture (link buried deep in the Basilica's site) and get them for €7. www.museiitaliani.it/musei/33f771... #Speirgorm

Pantheon e Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres

El Panteón, templo dedicado a todos los dioses, fue fundado ... Descubre el patrimonio italiano gracias a Musei Italiani. Visita el sitio museiitaliani.it o descarga la app.

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If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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Meanwhile: time to go fall over, as it's been a longish day. Please buy my new ebook! *Thank you.* (And if you're in the UK, please go buy it at Amazon: I put the co.uk link in the article there JUST FOR YOU.) 🙂 bit.ly/LionessMane

At Ebooks Direct: The Adventure of the Lioness's Mane - Out of Ambit

It’s 1895, but not as you know it! The planet Earth experienced its first shattering contact with alien life in the year 1690 AD. Only the inspired genius of Sir…

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By the by, at #Ebooks Direct, our Summer Reading #Sale is still on (because it's not #LaborDay yet). And this is probably the best deal in the place. (Before you ask: no, the "Lioness's Mane" novelette isn't in there. New releases enter that package after 90 days.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...

Ebooks Direct Whole Store Bundle

This ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD lifetime replacement guar...

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Ok, here's a Sunday scary for you - did you know that in every county in Ireland, women are earning less? I've categorised the company pay gap reports by location, and everywhere has a mean pay gap in favour of men, and almost everywhere a median pay gap in favour of men.

From Wednesday, I'll be offering a free slot each week for the mastering of 1 track. I'll be running it on Instagram. I'm fitztony on there. I'll post every week to open a slot, you just need to reply to enter. Winner picked at random. Only requirement: track needs to be ready for mastering. 3/4

🧵Introducing Moopsy*, the little stray that I have mentioned quite a bit lately. We're bunkered down getting our next book to the printers today while sorting a writing festival, so I haven't left the house and am verging on turning into a giant swear beast, BUT we spotted something today...(1)

Short description, a fluffy black cat sitting amongst winter-bare ivy on a wooden fence. Long description: A fluffy black cat is looking at the camera with half narrowed green eyes. He's nested up with the air of a comfortable fence potato, or a nesting chicken, depending on your preference. His nest is a hodgepodge of scraggly branches from a winter bare ivy vines which dominate half my garden. Behind the cat are some green shoots of a cabbage tree that our neighbour has been unsuccessfully trying to murder for three years to no avail. In the far background, you get a glimpse of mountains, hills and greenery. If viewed in the right way, you could well imagine this small black cat being the guardian of those mountains, hills and greenery. He certainly has the fierceness of an ancient guardian. Oh and in the foreground you can see a bit of our open gate. Moopsy is nesting right next to this gate. It's the only way to reach our front door. This cat is effectively guarding our front door with the determination of Cerberus guarding the gates of hell.

While looking at this picture, please also imagine my lovely partner Tony reminding me that Moopsy isn't a little hell fiend as I was insisting out loud, but that he is an adorable softy really who just needs more pats.

“You know, if a field of dead potatoes doesn’t strike fear into every Irish heart, I don’t know what the fuck will”. We’re in catastrophic times, on the road to devastation & still, the Irish government refuses to change course 🤦🏾‍♀️ Floods & fires. #spéirghorm #IrishPol #Drought #Heatwave

Daryl Feehely@darylfeehely.com · 3w ago

This is why we should all be shouting about the Climate Emergency. Why we should vote out FFG & other politicians that not only refuse to do anything to fix it, but actively want to make it worse #IrishPol #Speirgorm 📸 Lorraine O'Dwyer Instagram:gallavanting.ie www.instagram.com/reel/Db6H-qx...

Just spent the night putting together a social media post and realised it probably won't work well. Promoting and marketing books can be exhausting when all writers really want is to write stories and have people read them. So if you are anyway inclined, you can check my book below. Thanks 😊

Magical Bounty Hunters – Mark Kielty

Magical Bounty Hunters: Out 3 October 2026 Preorder ebook on amazon Paperback available on Amazon 3 October 2026 If novels are like the written form of movies, then this will feel like bingeing on …

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