Oisín McGann

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Over 30 years in commercial art and more than 20 as a published author – mostly children's and young adult. No hope of ever getting a proper job. Lifelong nerd who's concerned about climate change. No AI data scraping. He/Him. http://oisinmcgann.com/

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Guy in Scotland continuously flying the flag of whoever's playing against England in the Euros

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Me: no thanks Holmes I’m already high as fuck Officer: no, you blow into it

Man, ‘The Meatles’ was *right there*.

Make a band meatier Spam, Spam, Hall, Oates and Spam

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When Nigel Kneale is right, he's fucking right.

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Door fetish, no. 156 Aveiro, Portugal

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Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too

The French result is an excellent reminder for elections: Always assume the worst people you know are voting for their dream government and act accordingly.

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Here's some fashy tears for your Sunday.

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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largest french turnout in 40 years, to keep the nazis down. fascism sucks up power left unattended

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*in numbers not seen in decades*

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And arguably what I am enjoying most is that this is not the hero theory of history. We’re not seeing a charismatic leader carry the election through rhetoric and force of personality. We’re seeing populations say: nope. I like the power of nope.

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Huge sigh of relief. It's going to be a big mess (no majority so coalitions are being formed) but going to enjoy the relief rn

I am enjoying this week a lot.

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Polish PM Donald Tusk: “In Paris enthusiasm, in Moscow disappointment, in Kyiv relief. Enough to be happy in Warsaw.”

Yay!

I am enjoying this week a lot.

Can everyone just STOP?

Also known as “training your replacement.” 😩

Morehouse to be the first university to use virtual AI teaching assistantswww.axios.com The Atlanta HBCU will have AI teaching assistants this fall.

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Maybe it's because of Cut Off at the Throat, but two of my promotional novellas are back on the 'bestseller' lists. If you'd like one of my shorter books as a free sample, Spoil the Kill is at No.10 in YA Science Fiction Mystery in the UK and The Vile Desire to Scream is at No.12 in YA Steampunk.

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The Irish government is asking people to take a survey on climate change action. If you live in Ireland, this affects you. Please take the survey. It's pretty detailed, but it'll be time well spent. www.gov.ie/en/consultat... #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Climate Conversations 2024www.gov.ie

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Fascination. www.amazon.com/Cut-Off-Thro... #YA #YADystopia #ClimateChange

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In what is certain to be a shock to everybody who has vociferously denied that the IOF used the Hannibal Directive on October 7, Haaretz reports that the IOF used the Hannibal Directive on October 7

So, for now, Cut Off at the Throat has peaked in the UK at: #16 in Teen & Young Adult Sci-Fi Mystery eBooks (it dropped to #17 before I took the screenshot) #33 in Teen & Young Adult Sci-Fi Action & Adventure And #21 in Teen YA SF Mystery on Amazon.com. Now . . . how the hell do I keep it up there?

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Yeah, I felt they were loaded toward "it's THE PEOPLES' JOB to fix this" and I am furious about that. I saved the screed and just made it a blog post: mizkit.com/irish-govt-c...

Irish govt climate crisis survey - the essential kitmizkit.com The Irish government is asking people to take a survey on climate change action. If you live in Ireland, this affects you. It took me about 20 minutes including the screed I had to cut down because it...

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Let Ai in to education is like getting a local drunk who loves to tell tall tales become a teaching assistant. “You see this scar Timmy? I got that in World War One when I went back in time to kill hitler”

Climate Conversations 2024www.gov.ie

Fascination. www.amazon.com/Cut-Off-Thro... #YA #YADystopia #ClimateChange

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Saw this on mastodon and it is fantastic. AI in medicine

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—by Marv Wolfman, Marie Severin and John Costanza, 1974

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Let's have an honest conversation about the election result: No party should secure 63.2% of MPs on 33.7% of the popular vote. And that's as true for Labour as it was for the Tories. shorturl.at/Yl3FK

Election 2024: This could be the birth of a powerful new electoral reform movementshorturl.at The election result might be wonderful, but it is not strictly tolerable.

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Despite what some are saying, EV sales continue to grow, displacing ICE vehicles, decreasing fossil fuel consumption and emissions. With the availability of smaller cheaper models, the rate of change will accelerate. 🧪🔌💡 www.iea.org/reports/glob...