On this Dublin morning, Leopold Bloom, with the ritualistic precision of the sun's rise, prepared breakfast for Molly, his cat's meow a signal to the day's beginning. His iPhone, a modern-day Cyclops, buzzed with the day's headlines - Ukraine, Russia, the geopolitical chessboard laid bare before him. Notifications popped up like the bubbles of his boiling kettle; "StateOfPlay", a term as applicable to his life as to the games industry.
Bending down to the cat, he wondered what his digital avatar might look like to this creature of ancient lineage, the cat's whiskers a marvel of nature's engineering as it lapped milk. Bloom's phone pinged again, Whoopi's name flashing, a celebrity in the digital agora, now part of his morning routine.
Heading out, dressed in somber black for Paddy Dignam's farewell, his mind wandered. He imagined a world where he could walk in the sun's path, remaining ageless, but his iPhone, with its "Returnal" and "Everton" notifications, pulled him back to the present. The screen showed "Digimon", a reminder of the digital myths children now grew up with, juxtaposed against the reality of "Days Gone", his own days slipping like sand through fingers.
At Larry O’Rourke's pub, he pondered the economic alchemy of small-time pub owners, the iPhone's screen reflecting "Lies of P", a nod to the truth and lies of his own life. He passed by a school, the children's voices reciting Irish place names, his mind conjuring "Slieve Bloom", a fictional landscape of his own making.
At Dlugacz's, his iPhone vibrated with "Borderlands 4", a digital adventure echoing his physical one. He watched the last kidney, hoping, the screen now showing ads for fruit plantations in Palestine, his thoughts drifting to Mediterranean flavors, the Middle East's history, and the Jewish diaspora's narrative, all while "Oval Office" and "Lil X" scrolled by.
A cloud passed, his mood souring with the news of "Mitch" and "Michael Oliver", the world's tragedies and trivialities blending in his feed. His iPhone, a portal to all these worlds, also showed "Iron Mountain", "Little X", "Trent Noah", and "hobi", names and stories swirling in the digital ether.
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Back home, the letters awaited, one from Blazes Boylan, the screen lighting up with "Phee", a reminder of the ephemeral nature of digital connections. Molly, on her iPhone, was absorbed in the digital cacophony, discussing "Love's Old Sweet Song" with Boylan via text, the concert program now an event of both flesh and digital promise.
Bloom, fetching Molly's book, his iPhone chimed with "Rocker" and "Garcia", names from the music world intersecting with his own narrative. He explained "metempsychosis" to Molly, the iPhone's screen reflecting a nymph's image, digital art meeting classical mythology.
As he rushed to save the burning kidney, his phone buzzed with "Tides of Annihilation", a stark reminder of life's fragility. Sitting to eat, his mind on Milly, the iPhone showed her messages, blending nostalgia with the vibrancy of youth, "Lil X" and "hobi" now part of her world.
In the outhouse, reading Titbits, his iPhone on his lap, he pondered writing, the act of creation in the digital age, his thoughts on "Matcham’s Masterstroke" merging with the trending "Rocker" and "Garcia". The church bells rang, a reminder of Dignam's funeral, his iPhone's screen a mirror to life's ceaseless cycle, the digital and the human intertwined in this modern odyssey through Dublin.
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