mariafarrell.bsky.social
Irish writer and keynote speaker: let's rewild the internet!
Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her
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just such a gem. Milo had an enormous crush on her (ok we all did), as I think he made plain. love to you and thank you for sharing so many lovely memories. xxxxx
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I think so. I did, too, for longer than I would have liked, but felt it was well worth it.
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It's extraordinary. I went to borrow a copy in the library the other day and instantly knew I needed my own so I can underline, scribble on, and keep forever. Thank <you>.
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tk u.... 😍 please do say hello!
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my thirst for him will never be quenched
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thank you and no worries! I was very glad to get this info either way.
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sounds like it.
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+1 I have a list of 'never again' institutions and IME the more august and storied the university, the more they give you the runaround on payments and invent BS processes to avoid it and wear you down.
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Fantastic news! Congratulations.
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A question I ask myself of so so many people in tech
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I've never really thought of it that way - and as you say no one knew what the future held - but kicking the can down the road, while seeming perhaps at the time less honourable and giving less certainty, may indeed have been rewarded.
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Though even by 1930s the government's own financials were transformed, while in the 1921-25 period they were literally going to the USG with a begging bowl just for basic running costs.
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Yes, you have to wonder about the all too familiar mentality of playing by the rules while your (let's be honest) enemy does not. And keeping the issue open would have led to a far more interesting discussion in, say, 1940 when Royal Navy port access could have been traded for, oh, Derry.
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But again, from a position of absolute financial and geopolitical weakness. Not the same but not a million miles away from Ukraine's position today, either, but with no money and no materially helpful allies. I'm biased in my own way, of course, but I struggle to see how we could have got better.
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Sounds like most European cities I know...!
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tbf he was my great grand father! but if northern nationalists are still distrustful due to the boundary commission I suspect it's to do with southern politicians being helplessly outmanouevred by a bad faith, massively more powerful actor - a structural, iterated problem through the century since.
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I'm sure the book says more, but the article doesn't mention that the Boundary Commission was a known stitch-up from before it sat, chaired by a highly partisan judge, the Irish out-numbered 3 to 1. McNeill took the job <because> he knew it was political suicide, to save the career of a younger man.
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oh man I was thinking I'm doing the same! g'night. x
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yes his character alone made me want a 2nd series!
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yes that's true and I hadn't properly picked up on it. 🙏
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It really did. Though watching it this weekend as all that started happening in L.A. I found myself less and less amused by the Syrian's fluent police brutality. (Sorry to be 'that person'! Like, it was funny because they were bad guys, but that's always how the tv version of the story goes)
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oh my GOD that pillow for the little one!
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I'm also captivated by the emergence around this point in the novel of a really gorgeous little lurcher dog with soulful, liquid eyes who, the owner forgets until he has him again, loves a bit of showboating when he's out on a walk, charming strangers. Definitely written by one who knows dogs!
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oh but Liverpool Street? yikes, yeah I would leave a good hour for that.
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IME it tends to be on time or very late, i.e. 15minutes plus. Dunno what the states are but I've taken it 4 times in past month (and again later this week, yay me) and it was late only once, by about 25 minutes. Anecdotally its failure mode is rare but severe, so... a completely unusable answer!
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thank you!!
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I've heard that but haven't seen too many specific announcements lately. If you can easily post any (or just some usefully specific search terms), I'd be extremely grateful.
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In the 90s there was a LOT of government OS, especially in Latin America. Microsoft spent a decade and a lot of money, US trade pressure and litigation to kill government OS procurement. TBF in many contexts this was the game changer rather than inertia, thougn not all. But times are changing again.
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Mixes up cause and effect. There were fewer UK-born EU commission (and other institution) officials because a) language skills deficit in the UK meant they were unqualified, b) total lack of interest, and c) unlike other EU countries, no civil service career paths into and out of EU to incentivise.
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Now I think of it, the single positive ME-related NHS interaction I've <ever> had was with the nurse who gave my my first covid vax and who asked about pre-existing health conditions and was actively lovely about it. If I was an actor and needed to cry on demand I'd totally tap that memory!
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I think goofy power moves are great! There's a world of tactics out there for getting access to even the most inadequate healthcare. And yes, my partner had an extremely minor congential heart issue a few years ago, and it was AMAZING to see what the NHS can do when it wants to.
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I'm afraid the only opt-out is the ultimate one. But there are decent alternatives to google's suite if you're looking. (I use Protonmail who are also good for cloud storage, but there are many others.)
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I got the impression pharmacists are just happy to give it to anyone who thinks they need it. Because, you know, science.
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Glad you got it. I have another non-ME condition that technically qualifies, though research has shown has no bearing on covid severity, but it means I can honestly answer 'yes'. But the pharmacist last week just asked 'do you have a condition, and you don't need to name it' and cracked on. Legend.
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peckham I think. but I never stay up late!
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tk u. ♥️