AineMcCaul ✍🏼
@ainemccaul.bsky.social
Currently writing my first novel: an urban fantasy steeped in Irish mythology for YA readers. Donegal-dwelling bodysurfer, baker, hiker, and mountain biker.
Thought I'd be all organised and get my Christmas pressies bought early. Now I am chasing parcels in limbo in what I can only assume was a Fastway delivery gone AWOL. Endless automated chatbot conversations later and still no parcels. Kill me now.
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Thought I'd be all organised and get my Christmas pressies bought early. Now I am chasing parcels in limbo in what I can only assume was a Fastway delivery gone AWOL. Endless automated chatbot conversations later and still no parcels. Kill me now.
Physics student: 'What's the point in poetry anyway? I'm never going to use it.'
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/superno...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/superno...
Ancient texts described a strange object in the sky. Astronomers have just worked out what it was | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A 'new star' in an ancient, 12th century poem by Ibn Sanā' al-Mulk could be a reference to a supernova that appeared in 1181.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Physics student: 'What's the point in poetry anyway? I'm never going to use it.'
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/superno...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/superno...
It's wild to see Irish and British commenters smugly congratulating themselves for not sliding down the same slippery political slope as the Americans. As if they consider such stupidity beneath us. They can't see we're already standing at the top of the slide, eager to jump on.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's wild to see Irish and British commenters smugly congratulating themselves for not sliding down the same slippery political slope as the Americans. As if they consider such stupidity beneath us. They can't see we're already standing at the top of the slide, eager to jump on.
And this, right here, is why I hate flying with an allergic child. Why do people laugh at parents trying to inform others of their child's life-threatening medical condition? Why don't they believe food allergy is real?
Toddler ends up in ICU after airline staff ‘mocks’ mom’s allergy warnings: lawsuit
Exclusive: A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized after a Qatar Airways flight attendant allegedly served her a Kit Kat bar, despite being told the child was severely allergic to dairy
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And this, right here, is why I hate flying with an allergic child. Why do people laugh at parents trying to inform others of their child's life-threatening medical condition? Why don't they believe food allergy is real?
This also got a 9/10 from the 11 year old. A little more teenage but it hit a chord with him, I think. It is a quirky, beautiful look at the exquisite horror of social anxiety.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This also got a 9/10 from the 11 year old. A little more teenage but it hit a chord with him, I think. It is a quirky, beautiful look at the exquisite horror of social anxiety.
My eldest is 11 and reading for pleasure has dropped off massively in the past year. I still read to him and his little brother at night and we listen to audiobooks on car journeys which he loves. Recently he picked this up in Waterstones and has devoured it, cover to cover in a matter of days.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My eldest is 11 and reading for pleasure has dropped off massively in the past year. I still read to him and his little brother at night and we listen to audiobooks on car journeys which he loves. Recently he picked this up in Waterstones and has devoured it, cover to cover in a matter of days.
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“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. Books are proof that humans are capable of working magic."
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. Books are proof that humans are capable of working magic."
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
The government make endless comments about the housing crisis and the need to build family homes but do they ever consider the need for small, safe, quiet, accessible bungalows surrounded by good infrastructure so the elderly can move out of the giant 4 bed mansion they no longer need or want?
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The government make endless comments about the housing crisis and the need to build family homes but do they ever consider the need for small, safe, quiet, accessible bungalows surrounded by good infrastructure so the elderly can move out of the giant 4 bed mansion they no longer need or want?
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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Who are these people telling us it's 'pro-rural' to be in favour of being allowed to keep on turning our rivers and lakes into stinking, dying, open sewers for private profit?
Oh, just a Fianna Fáil MEP.
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Oh, just a Fianna Fáil MEP.
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Cowen urges Taoiseach to seek better nitrates deal
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has called on the Taoiseach to pursue a better deal for farmers on the nitrates derogation.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Who are these people telling us it's 'pro-rural' to be in favour of being allowed to keep on turning our rivers and lakes into stinking, dying, open sewers for private profit?
Oh, just a Fianna Fáil MEP.
share.google/tBQc70fFRQIW...
Oh, just a Fianna Fáil MEP.
share.google/tBQc70fFRQIW...
That eejit who gave the interview about the meteor strike on Portmarnock beach must have left Dublin because of all the slagging and moved to Clare.
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Gardaí conclude that roaming ‘lion’ was actually a dog | BreakingNews
Concerns over a lion roaming around Irish woodlands have been allayed by gardaí who have concluded the animal was actually a dog.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
That eejit who gave the interview about the meteor strike on Portmarnock beach must have left Dublin because of all the slagging and moved to Clare.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
If anyone is shopping for a bike for ages 9-12 this Christmas, can I recommend the Rockrider 26" EXPL 500. We bought two from Decathlon last year and they've seen endless use both on and off road contributing to, 'the best summer ever.'
www.decathlon.ie/p/327187-343...
www.decathlon.ie/p/327187-343...
Kids' 9-12 years 26" EXPL 500 MTB - Orange
We have designed this mountain bike for 9- to 12-year-olds (135 to 150 cm) who want to regularly go mountain biking and easily tackle obstacles.
www.decathlon.ie
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If anyone is shopping for a bike for ages 9-12 this Christmas, can I recommend the Rockrider 26" EXPL 500. We bought two from Decathlon last year and they've seen endless use both on and off road contributing to, 'the best summer ever.'
www.decathlon.ie/p/327187-343...
www.decathlon.ie/p/327187-343...
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We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
I know The Roses is a dark comedy but that's not how EpiPens work. 😬 You don't inject them in the arm. They don't always work. And you still need to go to hospital for 24hours of observation due to the risk of secondary anaphylaxis. 🗣️📣 In the thigh people! You inject into the thigh!
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I know The Roses is a dark comedy but that's not how EpiPens work. 😬 You don't inject them in the arm. They don't always work. And you still need to go to hospital for 24hours of observation due to the risk of secondary anaphylaxis. 🗣️📣 In the thigh people! You inject into the thigh!
Very disturbing interaction with a trick or treater last night - a man accompanying his young daughter- started giving out about the 'fucking Ukrainians' coming behind them and suggested I should hand them out laxatives. They were two little girls aged 5 or 6. What the hell is wrong with people?
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Very disturbing interaction with a trick or treater last night - a man accompanying his young daughter- started giving out about the 'fucking Ukrainians' coming behind them and suggested I should hand them out laxatives. They were two little girls aged 5 or 6. What the hell is wrong with people?
Just had the most innocent little witch call to my door who danced with joy when I gave her a glowstick. I hadn't even given her any sweets yet. 🥰
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just had the most innocent little witch call to my door who danced with joy when I gave her a glowstick. I hadn't even given her any sweets yet. 🥰
When you'd rather die than talk on the phone #IntrovertProblems
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
GPs raise alarm as patients flag life-threatening symptoms via non-urgent form
A new poll found that more than two-thirds of GPs are concerned about patient safety
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
When you'd rather die than talk on the phone #IntrovertProblems
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Prepping for tomorrow's zombie apoca-choca-lolly-pse 🧟♀️
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Prepping for tomorrow's zombie apoca-choca-lolly-pse 🧟♀️
A productive afternoon 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A productive afternoon 🎃
There's an incredible irony in a white African, rich from the spoils of subjugation and land theft, lecturing others on the dangers of people coming to your land to steal, rape and murder.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There's an incredible irony in a white African, rich from the spoils of subjugation and land theft, lecturing others on the dangers of people coming to your land to steal, rape and murder.
Why is it always men who go trawling through your bio for a personal attack as a means to 'winning' their argument (which you only ever considered a conversation)? It's such odd and creepy behaviour.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Why is it always men who go trawling through your bio for a personal attack as a means to 'winning' their argument (which you only ever considered a conversation)? It's such odd and creepy behaviour.
Oh, I hear ya Emma!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh, I hear ya Emma!