Finbarr O'Reilly
@finoreilly.bsky.social
Irish science fiction writer (possibly the world's slowest). Squid, spaceships, síntí fada -- what's not to like? https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/finbarr-oreilly/
Make it self-replicating... make it self-replicating... make it self-replicating... @finoreilly.bsky.social
A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea
Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river
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Who tf is advising this guy? If he is running as an alternative to Starmer, doesn't he have to alter something? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration
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Finally, someone willing to stand up for the haunted portraits of Victorian governesses www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...
GB News commentator to sue charity for not offering internships to white people
Sophie Corcoran challenging 10,000 Interns Foundation, which works with people from under-represented groups
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The fuel protests in Ireland are a Trojan Horse that aim to bring fascism to Ireland. We are witnessing the birth of an Irish version MAGA. The more you look, the more obvious it is that many of the key spokesmen (and they are all men) are dangerous anti-immigrant far right agitators.Wake up.
The Guardian likely weren't allowed to ask Jack Whitehall about choosing to appear at the Riyadh comedy festival. It will be interesting to see if SNL UK has the backbone, or if we'll all just join in with the 'ooh posh people, aren't they funny' schtick. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘My background cringes me out’: Jack Whitehall on poshness, comedy and his lockdown romance
‘After every tour, I hate the sound of my voice,’ Whitehall says. Yet here he is, working on a new standup act and about to host Saturday Night Live. What does he have to talk about this time, apart f...
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there has never ever been another man with this many photos where he looks like his mom just walked in on him jerking off
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 4mo agoPutting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies constantly, this is an amazing example of what I mean when I talk about how GenAI is replacing *extremely low energy* digital tasks with *WAY WAY HIGHER ENERGY* replacements that *do not even work* Why TF is anyone using ChatGPT as a timer!
And they're off. Genuinely exciting. I didn't exist the last time people did this. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Nasa’s Artemis II rocket lifts off for historic moon mission
Mass of spectators cheers dazzling Florida launch as astronauts head to moon for first time in almost 54 years
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Sooner or later, the deregulation dickheads always reach this point. That British people are planning to vote in droves for people who literally wouldn't care if they burned to death is baffling.
The i Paper @theipaper.com · 4mo agoReform UK’s Simon Dudley says post-Grenfell safety rules go too far - 'everyone dies in the end' and safety regulation is choking housebuilding 🔴 @vickyspratt.bsky.social reports Read more: trib.al/3kh8lvT
When I was a child my mother bought a hostess trolley. It looked insane in our cramped little house. But she'd spent the cash and insisted we use it all the time, bumping and scratching as we went. It was, in every way, a worse experience than just carrying stuff yourself. This is a post about AI.
1/4 One of my English teachers, Jim 'The Basher' Quinlan, died recently in Cork. When I was 14, I challenged his view that all poetry meant *something*. So he challenged us to write a poem that meant nothing. The only two lines I remember are: (1/n)
Rules to curb trans people's rights to participate in anything opens up everyone's manner, clothing, physical appearance to intrusive scrutiny and potential challenge. A worked example. History also shows allowing erasure of rights for one group soon sees others targeted. This is not a 'them' issue.
Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · last yr.Transphobia as justification for subjecting all women athletes to intrusive medical tests and someone else's definition of who they 'really' are. Cursory searches online indicate presence of the SRY gene has a complex range of effects, including none. This is nonsense. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
There's a lot of competition for the worst person but the thing about Rowling that sometimes pushes her to the top of my list is that she has absolutely *nothing* to gain from her grim awfulness to - and campaign against - trans people. It's pure unbridled hate for its own sake. She just enjoys it.
Birbalsingh also teaches a kid who jumped his BMX over his whole house one time
This is really shit behaviour, sort yourselves out. Afghan women deserve an education. And in all cases restricting student visas to throw some red meat to the Reform knuckle-draggers is both garbage behaviour and self-defeating. @labouruk.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4mo agoAfghan women have now been banned from applying to study in British universities by the Labour government www.gov.uk/government/s...
The book banning school in Manchester has now been named, the Lowry Academy. Some of the books have been returned to the shelves but not all. Glad to hear CILIP are supporting the librarian ://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/greater-manchester-school-library-censorship-who-is-accountable/
Greater Manchester school library censorship: who is accountable? - Index on Censorship
Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story
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Between this and the homophobic George Michael 'joke' the other day from Reform's Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord, it certainly seems that Welsh and Scottish journalists are doing a damn sight better at exposing these fascist shitheels than their English counterparts. I wonder why?
Cheryl Morgan@cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 4mo agoThings going well for Reform in Wales… nation.cymru/news/reform-...
For anyone who has loved Small Prophets, these book covers are perfection, every single one 💖
Sean Coleman@colemandesign.bsky.social · 4mo agoMackenzie Crook’s magical suburban folk tale, #SmallProphets published by #PenguinBooks and #PuffinBooks down the years. A 🧵 1/
