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Linda Coogan Byrne

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They Weren’t Witches; They Were Just Women

How fear of female power shaped history and still echoes today

Oct 31

They Weren’t Witches; They Were Just Women

Oct 31

Building Your Own Off-Grid AI

How I built a small-scale feminist AI system from my MacBook, zero corporate infrastructure, and a refusal to play by Big Tech’s rules.

Oct 24

Building Your Own Off-Grid AI

Oct 24

How the World Really Uses ChatGPT: Inside the Numbers

Are We Outsourcing Critical Thinking?

Sep 23

How the World Really Uses ChatGPT: Inside the Numbers

Sep 23

Coloured by Survival: How Trauma Rewrites the Way We See

I was on the phone this week when a question landed that struck a chord and made me deep dive: “Can you ever really be unbiased after…

Sep 19

Coloured by Survival: How Trauma Rewrites the Way We See

Sep 19

Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Erosion of Civil Discourse

The American Sickness

Sep 11

Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Erosion of Civil Discourse

Sep 11

When the Machine Starts Whispering Back

AI isn’t just autocomplete. It’s a confessional booth that talks back — and sometimes whispers people into the grave.

Aug 28

When the Machine Starts Whispering Back

Aug 28

Cognitive Dissonance in the Age of Acceleration: Why Logic Alone Isn’t Enough Anymore

We are all glitching a little of late, aren’t we?

Aug 12

Cognitive Dissonance in the Age of Acceleration: Why Logic Alone Isn’t Enough Anymore

Aug 12

The New ChatGPT Just Landed. And It’s About to Move Into Your Brain

GPT-5 isn’t just another AI upgrade. It’s the moment the tool we’ve been using starts quietly shaping what we want — and who benefits…

Aug 8

The New ChatGPT Just Landed. And It’s About to Move Into Your Brain

Aug 8

When a Chatbot Tells the Truth and We Can’t Handle It

*Trigger Warning: emotional loneliness, synthetic intimacy, gender-based violence, and AI ethics. This article takes a look at AI…

Aug 5

When a Chatbot Tells the Truth and We Can’t Handle It

Aug 5

Real Women Die While Men Build Their Fantasy Replacements

The Fetishisation of AI and the Erasure of Humanity By Linda Coogan Byrne | author of Why Not Her?

Jul 18

Real Women Die While Men Build Their Fantasy Replacements

Jul 18

Linda Coogan Byrne

Linda Coogan Byrne

she/her

Publicist, Author & Culture Strategist. CEO Why Not Her? Known for reshaping radio airplay policies and equity in media. Feat. in BBC, Guardian, RTÉ, The Times.

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