Culture
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The Meadow
A deserted industrial park might not seem like the most obvious place to find a state of zen, but that’s precisely the state Evan experienced as he ambled through the now overgrown paths that traced their way through a place he called BC. The world wasn’t deserted but this particular place at this particular time…
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It’s everyone’s responsibility to try harder.
Ireland’s society is steeped in values that have withstood the test of time—values that for thousands of years emphasise family cohesion, community support, and a deep sense of integrity. These principles are not relics of the past but living elements that continue to guide us. As modern policies increasingly influence our lives, it’s crucial to…
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Robert Molesworth Research – Can you help?
Robert Molesworth, 1st viscount of Swords was a well known, active Baller (whig) in Swords Co. Dublin Ireland. He was part of the aristocracy and from what I read, appears on a occasion, to have been a thorn on the side of England’s Rose. Born in Dublin in Fishamble street, his life has been well…
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Developing Storytelling Characters.
Currently 4 Characters developing.Dan Dopée, Evan Even, Parker and Betty Blast.A selection of their stories and a bio for each Author Story Research & Development. HTC is developing characters that tell stories. In this section, the characters are emerging from the content, or is it the content that is emerging from the characters? Stories are…
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There’s 8 months not 12
The more I study things, the more instances I find of things that started simple and became unnecessarily complex. Counter intuitively a lot of things start out simple and become complicated. The health service is a good example or an iPhone. The calendar is a great example – the calendar we used in the past…
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Culture: Be careful what you wish for
You’d be forgiven for peering out from under the sheets when someone mentions culture in your organisation. Culture is another one of those terms like ‘teamwork’ that has become a parody of itself, it has devolved into a HR controlled, rule oriented, cesspit of demotivational bullshit – and that’s putting it lightly. I won’t tell…
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Getting Coffee – Flash fiction AI images
This short story explores the protagonists struggle to complete a simple task like getting a coffee. The struggle is representative of the wider problem she has interacting with the world. She finds it hard to relate to the reality in which she finds herself and feels disconnected. The caffeine is the drug she uses to…
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Hunger – Flash fiction with AI images
The short story explores the protagonists need to eat, their problem is the feelings and pain they deal with as they struggle to ultimately satisfy their hunger. As an additional experiment the accompanying images were generated by the AI at https://www.unstability.ai/ The AI was fed a bullet point list of the description of the scenes.…
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W.B. Yeats v AI
A poem written By William Butler Yeats in 1899.What will AI in 2023 make of it?I wonder what Willie would think of the result?Here is it… Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light…
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The magic happens in the mistakes
A recent jam after years. can’t sing can’t dance You’ll go along way In the mistakes there was magic Magic to me Magic in my reality I’m which I interact with sound I am not good at the defined patterns of music, but you don’t need to be of you just use your instrument to…
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Anonymous
RV: In the woods. Original: Friday 3rd February 2023 13:11 Revised: Friday 10th February 2023 10:30 Lyrics: Style: Punk, The Clash, The Rats, Ian drury, Eaton Riffles, Madness… but not really… The accent is different, it’s Irish. V1: In the act of blending in. Being on your phone with ear plugs in is a perfectly…