Bizarre headline of the day (Irish Times, Aug 11: "Senior camogie final fireworks continue after whistle as managers give it both barrels"

Kafenio Podcast Episode · Stories by Gerry Gaffney · 05/14/2025 · 10m

In my latest short story, Kafenio: "To save costs, a small Greek cafe engages the services of an android and discovers that 98% performance is not good enough.

On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3eXZ...

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It's a bit sad to see Skype closing down. It was quite groundbreaking in its time. Mind you the UI and UX ranged from quirky to awful. And Microsoft never seemed to know what to do with it.

Interesting to see the word "slightly" used to refer to a distance of 2 billion miles:

"Voyager 1 is more than 15 billion miles from Earth; Voyager 2 is trailing slightly behind at 13 billion miles"

-The Times (London) today.

Very clear piece on the nature of trade between US & Canada and the so-called "subsidisation" of Canada by the US.

An excellent book & now even better value!

Thanks Caroline!

Maura's Ashes Stories by Gerry Gaffney · Episode

My latest short story was spiked by the Spotify AI, a decision then reversed by another AI, so it's back.

It's a comedic tale about good intentions, rash promises, lying and redemption. If you prefer RIY (Read It Yourself): gerrygaffney.com/stories/Ashes.html

open.spotify.com/episode/5ZyZ...

Stories by Gerry Gaffney Fiction Podcast · 18 Episodes · Updated Monthly

My book-as-podcast consists of 18 short stories. It's free so may not be what you had on mind.

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(Also available as text at gerrygaffney.com
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Apparently Barnier also lost a confidence vote in 1958!
"The president's opponents
immediately call for his resignation after Barnier became the
shortest-lived prime minister since 1958 when he losta confidence vote" (Times)

Thanks Caroline. I've been missing the good old Twitter. I see from your photos that you got to Tower Hill, a lovely spot