Oisín Murphy-Lawless
@bikesnbukes.eurosky.social
LLM in Human Rights. Opinions are my own, reposts not an endorsement. Cyclist, da, flatmate to Finrod (friend to man). Cat pics, Phillies, some law, tech and internet policy (day job), the odd Bucky/Klaes gif. Oh! And RPG stuff (mainly Call of Cthulhu).
@battingaround.bsky.social fully endorse the props given to Universal Baseball Association and its bleak nature. Great read. I met Robert Coover at a QPR game at home in Loftus Road. Can safely say it was not something I expected or appreciated till I read the buke later. It’s a hell of a novel.
Russia withdrew from the @coe.int ‘s convention against torture a year ago - meaning the decision comes into effect today. Yes, the prohibition of torture is the only absolute prohibition www.coe.int/fi/web/cpt/-...
Russia officially withdraws from the Council of Europe’s Anti-Torture Convention - CPT - www.coe.int
01/11/2026
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I haven't made any cheap jokes about AO3 being down in the hopes that that solidarity will be shared in reverse if there's a prolonged MLB lockout next year
At the end of September, I was given one month’s notice that my consultancy contract with Chaosium would end, appropriately enough, on Saturday 31st October. So, as of now, I am officially unemployed and looking for work. If anyone needs a writer, editor, proofer, etc., get in touch. Thank you!
Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/
Lovely — William Eggleston / Eudora Welty's kitchen in Jackson, Miss., c. 1983-86.
AO3 went down and within 24 hrs the NYT started doing real reporting I refuse to believe this is a coincidence
Interesting read to hear Mozilla’s approach to funding projects and the kind of people they want to fund - they are looking for what they call ‘defiant optimism.’
Rudy Fraser@rude1.blacksky.team · 2d ago> Do you see any open spaces that still have that ethos? > Rudy Fraser from Blacksky is one of our fellows. We’re actively celebrating him as a fellow and supporting his work as a fellow. I think there are experiments there, and we want to encourage them. @nabiha.bsky.social for @fastcompany.com
Happy birthday, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, first released forty years ago, in November 1986. #WFRP #Oldhammer #Warhammer #TTRPG
What if you fell and bumped your head, then woke in an alternative timeline where Ireland had won the Battle of Kinsale? Charlotte McManus’s The Professor in Erin was serialised in the early 1900s and published in 1918.
It's out! On Boing Boing. On Halloween. New story by Rudy with fellow cyberpunk master Bruce Sterling. Don't be scared. boingboing.net/2026/10/30/t...
“The Bottle Imps” — new short fiction by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling
Two divers pull a chunk of bubble jade from Big Sur's Jade Cove and free two wish-granting imps in a new story by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling.
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Holy shit the Mexico City Dia De Los Muertos parade this year is stunning stuff www.instagram.com/popular/mexi...
Hooklanders don't make Halloween the be all and end all of their hauntings. That's because most folk walk with ghosts, brush up against them on a near daily basis. You encounter spirits and all sorts of strange coming back from the shops. It's commonplace. – Molly Draper #VOH
Of course the great Marisa Kabas found him, and of course he has a lot more fun stuff to say and this interview and clip will restore your faith in white guys in baseball caps with weird facial hair in mid-size southern towns.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d agoNEW — I spoke to Tom, the guy at the South Carolina Trump rally who compared the president's supporters to the Jonestown Massacre. We talked about his loathing for Trump, his love of death metal, and where he learned his impeccable comedic timing. Read our full chat here:
Of his many, many roles, to me, he will always be Gurney Halleck. He taught us that pugs are essential in Future War.
Dune: Long Live Duke Leto Atreides!
Alt: Gurney Halleck, wielding a battlepug, gives his rallying cry “Long Live Duke LETO!”
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On Sunday evening, we lost a pillar of the VO community & dear friend, Eric Bauza. On Monday, we lost our sweet Walter Koenig. Today, we lost a Captain to us all, Patrick Stewart. So much loss in such a short time. 💔 My heart breaks for my Star Trek family. 🖖🏼
I am shocked - shocked! - that giving unwanted AI-driven search results by default, means Google has stopped receiving revenue for the results they are paid to show.
This by Stephen Graham Jones, edited by @datlow.bsky.social sticks with me. There’s not enough horror written about cycling. I don’t get why. We’ve got it all. Body horror. Strange paranoia. Obsession. Masochism. The relentless presence of uncaring death. reactormag.com/the-night-cy...
The Night Cyclist - Reactor
"The Night Cyclist" by Stephen Graham Jones is a horror novelette about a middle-aged chef whose nightly bicycle ride home is interrupted by an unexpected encounter.
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Harare Review of Books@hararereview.com · 6d agoWhat's the most memorable short story you've ever read?
I loved this surprise 💕 #gulliver300
Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈@alexwilcock.bsky.social · 6d agoOTD 1726: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift But for such a large and famous book 300 years ago, you probably aren’t familiar with the particulars of his adventures These days it’s mostly known for one tiny, almost Lilliputian element: Yes, of course, he was in Doctor Who – The Mind Robber
I am for the witchcraft of hierarchical disruption, the witchcraft of connective relationships to the spirits of place. I am for guerilla covens, feral magics and a community of radical strangeness. In root, thorn and salt-wind kisses I find my truths, I find my powers. – #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky
New favourite internet abbreviation: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)
Right. Bedtime, to sleep, perchance to dream of owners failing to break a players strike and the smiling spirit of Marvin Miller.
Yes, the players of the Brewers have just won their first world series, but sure, let’s interview the owner who is busy giving thanks to a former baseball commissioner. Good fucking Jesus. If it wasn’t so late I would just watch 8 men out now.
