Flynn Fitzgerald

@babyleafsaladd.bsky.social

Playwright, Producer, Eldritch Horror etc. 🇮🇪🌈 Artistic Director @DogmouthTheatre.bsky.social MA Drama Writing @ Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ‘26 CURRENT: The Script's The Thing 3 💿✨ https://linktr.ee/dogmouththeatre

The next time you consider making a flier with AI, please also consider that the most intriguing ad I’ve seen this week is a garage sale sign made of particle board with spray painted writing that reads, “GOOD SHIT —>”

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

Ah yes, the time of year when you get 8 billion Instagram followers requests from people’s individual pages dedicated entirely to their fringe show, that they WILL take personally if you don’t follow them back

don't think non-Brits have been following the Spycops scandal, but it's nuts; not only was the government spying on entirely peaceful and legal activism , cops were regularly forming relationships with activists including in some cases fathering children. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner

Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship

theguardian.com

I have made so many varieties of pickles and savouries! I went on a big walk and got ice cream! I returned those heels I bought for the ball that were way too narrow for my feet! I read 150 pages of the self-published vampire erotica I have to read for work! POST-UNI DEPRESSION CAN’T CATCH ME!!!!1!

instead of forming a coherent and principled political ideology a lot of people prefer to fall in love with some guy

The only advice I can offer you is this: stay creative. Don’t get swallowed up by industry thinking. If the business is your business, you’re gonna lose the joy that makes you fall in love with the work, and that makes others fall in love with you. Make. Love. Trust. Or get out while you can.

The oldest known instance of the "Cool S", a symbol of unknown origin, on a tenth century Viking runestone. This sigil has persisted through the centuries and is still found today. Scholars believe its origin is unrelated to the letter S, and that it may have originally been part of a ritual.

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I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!