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Perfused With Signs / Paradoxographorum Reliquiae

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Jackdaws flitting through the echoing halls of an ill-furnished mind. Editorial/admin @bibliorefuses Paradoxography at sites.google.com/site/paradoxography/ πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀέλπτως κραίνουσι θεοί· καὶ τὰ δοκηθέντ᾽ οὐκ ἐτελέσθη, τῶν δ᾽ ἀδοκήτων πόρον ηὗρε θεός.

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Perfused With Signs / Paradoxographorum Reliquiae@perfusedwithsigns.bsky.social · 5d ago

Genre doth never prosper: what's goin' on there? Why, if it prosper, none will call it genre.

Susan Maxwell @ Bibliothèque des Refusés@bibliorefuses.bsky.social · 5d ago

A vast, dramatic painting—by John Martin, perhaps—forms in my mind: The Gates of Literature Open to China Miéville. [As an aside, both the ISFDB & @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social, less interested in policing literary borders, contain entries on Bolaño & Cărtărescu.] www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

Screen snippet from a (positive) review of China Miéville's The Rouse, by Stuart Kelly in The Guardian. The highlighted text reads as follows: 'It means that rather than classifying Miéville with "the new weird" or "speculative fantasy", he ought to be compared to Roberto Bolaño or Mircea Cărtărescu.'
Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

theguardian.com

Perfused With Signs / Paradoxographorum Reliquiae@perfusedwithsigns.bsky.social · 2w ago

DVD for 👇 came in the post yesterday - another discovery via @antbit.projectedfigures.com. Old(er) people (esp. women) as heroes/villains - or at least as protagonists with agency, autonomy, & predilections normally reserved for the young on screen - is a favourite micro-genre in our household...

Anton Bitel@antbit.projectedfigures.com · last mo.

Never too late: in Min Kyu-dong’s vigilante action thriller THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE (Pagwa, 2025), "an ageing assassin struggles with how she wants to go out" projectedfigures.com/2026/09/09/t...

Peter Kröner@sirpepe.bsky.social · 3w ago

"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection." noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...

AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies

In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.

noyb.eu

Mateusz Fafinski@calthalas.bsky.social · 4w ago

After finding the secret herbal garden of Prester John, picking mint sprinkled with dew in the deserts of Inner Mongolia and soaking the tomatoes for three full moons in the lapis lazuli from the slopes of Tien-Shan I have cooked the Ottolenghi pearl-barley stew.

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David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

Loki@lokideburca.bsky.social · last mo.

Dear Irish journos,don't mimic yank media when Trump lands,don't ask him about his trip,don't ask him how he feels about being in "Oireland",detach yerselves from the schmaltz and bs,ask him about Epstein,ask him the difficult questions,and if one of your colleagues is shut down pick up the baton.

Cethan Leahy@cethanleahy.com · last mo.

This Is Just To Say I have taken your man who was the only one for you with whom you were probably sharing your breakfast Forgive me I’m beyond compare nice hair and all that.

Neil Jackman@neiljackman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As well as the damage to artists, the tidal wave of AI is totally drowning out educational and good travel accounts. We are being buried alive by it. For me to do one post for @tuatha.ie I have to visit the site, edit the images, research info and write a post balanced to a general audience...

An AI post of Poulnabrone Dolmen, though this one is reasonably realistic and not as obvious, you can tell it's AI as Poulnabrone does not have a sea view, also the gentians dont flower there like in the image. But this shows how difficult it is becoming to tell the real from fakeAnother AI image, this time I think it is supposed to be Knowth in the Boyne Valley, this is more obviously fake but only if you know the real siteAnother AI image supposedly representing the Grianán, this is pretty rubbishA truly terrible AI representation of Newgrange
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.