@meabhdebrun
Writer&Actor for page stage audio and screen. Two-time IWG Zebbie Award Nominee. New Irish Writing winner. Shortlisted for the Women's Playwriting Prize. Screams in fury in The Silt Verses, Omen, The Secret of St Kilda. meabhdebrun.org/about
In this current harsh world, let's warm a few hearts remembering the events of 7-8 March 1991, when the 90,000 people of Brindisi woke up to find 25,000 Albanians roaming the streets of their town. For perspective, that's roughly equivalent to 25k people suddenly landing in Hastings [Thread] >> 1
"The Collector" sounds like the Paul Williams nickname of a Dublin gang lord. But no, he was a rich pervert in World War II who could've bought war bonds but instead...
Nin's response is, of course, a compelling blend of light and dark, a touch with words that lingers.
They say:
- the government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement
- the government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms
3/5
also what a BANGER of a sentence: "By integrating archeological radiocarbon database, archeological evidence, oracle bone scripts, and paleo-typhoon proxies, our study first reveals the links between coastal typhoon activity, inland extreme rainfall, flooding, and social changes"
All of this. Plus their makers stole all our work, are trying to change our IP laws to lionise this theft, took a sledgehammer to the creative economy and successfully reframed predictive text generation as the zenith of artistic achievement
Also, the fascism
One day of sun and it said “well that’s enough”
It blessedly ceased at around 3pm so not quite the 12 hour mark. I look forward to hearing it my fecking dreams
From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 3: The Captive Castaways Mickey, covered in chains, looks down at a tube that rolled over to him, Opium written on the side. Mickey: Good gosh! Opium!
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
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A car alarm has been going off down the street since 5am, which set off next door’s dog, and it’s STILL GOING
I dust my house. My AI robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
Doing some posts for Seachtain na Gaeilge over in IG until my assets for the game! Check that out if you are interested! The bsky 4 image limit per post is a bit limiting here! #handdrawn #indiedev
Congrats to "TOM FROM COLORADO" by Nicola Eddy, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 #PublicDomain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A poetic montage of indeterminacy & fleeting meaning using confessional text to evoke evanescent memory.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/tom-...
#PublicDomainDay
Women In Horror:
1) The Hollow Places, by @tkingfisher.com
2.) In That Endlessness, Our End, by @gemmafiles.bsky.social
3.) Where The Soul Goes, by @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social
4.) Girl On Fire, by @manylittlewords.bsky.social
#wihm #womeninspiringwomen #womeninhorror #horror #authors
My novella, THE APOLOGISTS, is a finalist for the BSFA awards.
You can read and/or listen to at. @clarkesworldmagazine.com Link below.
On the one hand, yay!
On the other hand, I've been nominated for the BSFA many times. I never win. So, boo!
But you can still enjoy the story.
Had an energy drain of a weekend so the 'aul post is going up today. I'm banging on about your precious, precious brain, labours of love, and not settling for outsourcing your life.
www.patreon.com/posts/152138...
I woke up today for the last 12hrs of The Deepest Dark Zine Month campaign to see that we are just *£9* away from our stretch goal, which will let us order more cassette tapes! Please consider heading over and giving us your support!
Just had the harrowing/humbling experience of being unable to find my (chunky! over the ear!) earphones despite having them in hand “five minutes ago“, being forced to run an errand with my ears RAW AND EXPOSED and then returning home to find out that my earphones were under my scarf the whole time
I am a sucker for lies and bones
A mere 12 hours left on zinetopia, which means 12 hours left to back Lie To Him!
I haven't been pushing the crowdfunder too hard in this last week because frankly it has performed better than I ever dared hope, but hey here's one last push:
Buy my game. It's good. Honest.
Philosophers have queried for centuries, can it be #onlymakemonday if it's Thursday? To which I say, actually, I thought it was Wednesday. So.
TODAY I am talking about my discovery that being a try-hard poser is good, and useful, and fun! www.patreon.com/posts/person...
Here's my first opinion piece in the @galwayadvertiser talking about the upcoming protest happening in Dublin
As always, thank you very much Patrick Freyne for the support 🫶🏼
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A line graph with three points of information. At left, the word "Writing." In the center: "I haven't written in too many days, it's over, it's so over, I'm never finishing this and I'll never write again." To the right of that: "Writing again" with a happy face
The Graph of Eternal Hope is cross disciplinary.
WOOP it’s out!!! Thank you! ❤️
This show is so much fun! I got to do a silly voice and was thrilt with myself
This is just a really a beautifully written piece.
I’m going to da THEATRE tonight, to see The Crucible at the Abbey. First time in a long time due to the spinal explosion situation and I’m happy and excited!
It’s NO MISTAKE ONLY MAKE Monday! #onlymakemonday I’m talking about Amie McNee’s new book, artists being adamant about their work, artists being equally “idk man” about their work (delightful) and Fishamble opening for subs! www.patreon.com/posts/150842...
