Colette Carroll ♑️
@carrcole.bsky.social
Set the controls for as far as the mind can think. All hail bright futures. Don't feed trolls. Bluesky thinks I'm rude. 🇮🇪 🇪🇺
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
Reposted by Colette Carroll ♑️
Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
Safely delivered to @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social this morn, to be seen under glass in May. I'm happy and proud to add a little to the story they're planning to tell.
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Safely delivered to @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social this morn, to be seen under glass in May. I'm happy and proud to add a little to the story they're planning to tell.
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And they’re off. The annual mass escape from Dublin Castle, commemorating the real jailbreak of 1592 by Red Hugh O’Donnell & the O’Neill Brothers. Competitors will cover 62km through the night, across the mountains to Glenmalure Valley. That’s if they make it, unlike Art O’Neill, who died en route.
January 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
And they’re off. The annual mass escape from Dublin Castle, commemorating the real jailbreak of 1592 by Red Hugh O’Donnell & the O’Neill Brothers. Competitors will cover 62km through the night, across the mountains to Glenmalure Valley. That’s if they make it, unlike Art O’Neill, who died en route.
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
Dan Savage doing the Lord's Work #HeatedRivalry
Bonus Lovecast! For those of you who are obsessed with the Canadian homo hockey romance Heated Rivalry, here’s a convo for you. We chat with sex therapist Claire Perelman and dish, discuss and swoon over the super-horny show. Enjoy! savage.love/lovecast
Photo: Sabrina Lantos
Photo: Sabrina Lantos
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Dan Savage doing the Lord's Work #HeatedRivalry
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Delete Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Delete Spotify
So, she gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, just like I’ve seen two Vietnam War veterans give him their Purple Hearts? I know people who’d call that stolen valour.
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
So, she gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, just like I’ve seen two Vietnam War veterans give him their Purple Hearts? I know people who’d call that stolen valour.
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Today is 2026-01-15, the sun sets at 16:36:33 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 30 mins and 50 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Today is 2026-01-15, the sun sets at 16:36:33 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 30 mins and 50 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
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I wrote a letter to Simon, Jack and Patrick about the shuttering of The Complex. Please take a minute to do the same! Don't let them off the hook for abandoning the arts!
@dublincomicarts.bsky.social is on the hunt for a new venue now. All leads welcome!
littledeercomics.ie/blogs/news/t...
@dublincomicarts.bsky.social is on the hunt for a new venue now. All leads welcome!
littledeercomics.ie/blogs/news/t...
The Complex is shuttered, now what?
Here's a copy of an email I just sent to Simon HarrisJack ChambersPatrick O'DonovanI encourage everyone to please do the same. There are very few venues left in Dublin that could host a DCAF (without...
littledeercomics.ie
January 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I wrote a letter to Simon, Jack and Patrick about the shuttering of The Complex. Please take a minute to do the same! Don't let them off the hook for abandoning the arts!
@dublincomicarts.bsky.social is on the hunt for a new venue now. All leads welcome!
littledeercomics.ie/blogs/news/t...
@dublincomicarts.bsky.social is on the hunt for a new venue now. All leads welcome!
littledeercomics.ie/blogs/news/t...
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All power to the Palestine Action Hunger Strikers ✊🏾
Their courageous actions of putting their lives on the line in the most brutal of ways have prevented the uk government from continuing with a £2billion arms deal to the nazis of Israel.
Heroes.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Their courageous actions of putting their lives on the line in the most brutal of ways have prevented the uk government from continuing with a £2billion arms deal to the nazis of Israel.
Heroes.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused opt not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
All power to the Palestine Action Hunger Strikers ✊🏾
Their courageous actions of putting their lives on the line in the most brutal of ways have prevented the uk government from continuing with a £2billion arms deal to the nazis of Israel.
Heroes.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Their courageous actions of putting their lives on the line in the most brutal of ways have prevented the uk government from continuing with a £2billion arms deal to the nazis of Israel.
Heroes.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Beidh Darren ag caint le Amy Ó Ríordáin ó @wikimediaireland.bsky.social faoi seo ar @nearfm.ie amárach as Béarla agus as Gaeilge.
#Wikipedia25
#Wikipedia25
Beidh Wikipedia 25 bliain d'aois amárach, 15 Eanáir. Tá ceiliúradh fíorúil saor in aisce á reáchtáil ag @wikimediafoundation.org chun an lá seo a cheiliúradh!
📅 Cathain: Déardaoin 15 Eanáir
🌍 Cá háit: Ar líne (saor in aisce)
🔗 Cláraigh: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
#SpéirGhorm #Wikipedia25
📅 Cathain: Déardaoin 15 Eanáir
🌍 Cá háit: Ar líne (saor in aisce)
🔗 Cláraigh: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
#SpéirGhorm #Wikipedia25
Event:Wikipedia 25 Virtual Celebration - Meta-Wiki
meta.wikimedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Beidh Darren ag caint le Amy Ó Ríordáin ó @wikimediaireland.bsky.social faoi seo ar @nearfm.ie amárach as Béarla agus as Gaeilge.
#Wikipedia25
#Wikipedia25
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The $1,000 fellowship is for graduate students who are writing their dissertation on any topic involving Italian emigrant and/or Italian ethnic labor and/or working-class life either in the United States or in the wider Italian diaspora.
calandrainstitute.org/2026/01/14/a...
calandrainstitute.org/2026/01/14/a...
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The $1,000 fellowship is for graduate students who are writing their dissertation on any topic involving Italian emigrant and/or Italian ethnic labor and/or working-class life either in the United States or in the wider Italian diaspora.
calandrainstitute.org/2026/01/14/a...
calandrainstitute.org/2026/01/14/a...
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Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
stereogum.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
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Hello Bluesky!
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Hello Bluesky!
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The Complex arts centre in Dublin is set to close today barring a last-minute funding breakthrough.
‘One lifeline left’: Last-minute breakthrough needed to save The Complex arts centre
Government intervention in form of multimillion euro acquisition required to prevent Dublin facility’s closure
www.irishtimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The Complex arts centre in Dublin is set to close today barring a last-minute funding breakthrough.
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Today, 5.30pm at the Dáil. #FreeThemAll
IPSC Chairperson Zoë Lawlor:
“We stand in solidarity with the hunger strikers. We demand.....that Keir Starmer and the British Government to take immediate steps to stop the deaths, in their prisons, of these young people."
IPSC Chairperson Zoë Lawlor:
“We stand in solidarity with the hunger strikers. We demand.....that Keir Starmer and the British Government to take immediate steps to stop the deaths, in their prisons, of these young people."
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Today, 5.30pm at the Dáil. #FreeThemAll
IPSC Chairperson Zoë Lawlor:
“We stand in solidarity with the hunger strikers. We demand.....that Keir Starmer and the British Government to take immediate steps to stop the deaths, in their prisons, of these young people."
IPSC Chairperson Zoë Lawlor:
“We stand in solidarity with the hunger strikers. We demand.....that Keir Starmer and the British Government to take immediate steps to stop the deaths, in their prisons, of these young people."
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RIP Claudette Colvin, subject of the episode of History Revision i'm most proud of. Her story is a fascinating insight into how we see activism, and i weep at how her actions would be seen by much of the media today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudet...
Claudette Colvin - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
RIP Claudette Colvin, subject of the episode of History Revision i'm most proud of. Her story is a fascinating insight into how we see activism, and i weep at how her actions would be seen by much of the media today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudet...
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Folks, report X to Apple for hosting illegal content on their AppStore. Unlike the Irish Government who have responsibility for governing X’s activities, they appear to be actually doing something.
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Folks, report X to Apple for hosting illegal content on their AppStore. Unlike the Irish Government who have responsibility for governing X’s activities, they appear to be actually doing something.