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@ciara2001.bsky.social
A lapsed moment of reasonableness
She/Her
Lover of utter randomness
Irish
(something pithy. poignant and wird will probably fill this space at some point, yes I am doing a little experiment)
"For I have manifested my darkness and become god"
Pinned
Oooh, a pinned post!
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Imagine going back to the 90s & telling everyone this would be a 2026 headline
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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And the whole article is also free to read:
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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The UK Ghost Story Festival is back. A landmark event built over years by @alexdavis1981.bsky.social This February offers two packed weekends of spectral tales

WANT TO WIN A FULL PASS?

Here’s your chance to join the haunting. #GhostStoryFestival #HorrorCommunity

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Ghouls, Gatherings & Giveaways: Your Chance To Win Pass To The UK Ghost Story Festival - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Alex Davis's UK Ghost Story Festival. Win a full pass for Derby or online. Join Catriona Ward, Laura Purcell & more.
gnofhorror.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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Happy Nollaig na mBan to all the great women, feminists, activists, historians, family, friends and colleagues in my life #nollaignamban #speirgorm
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...

Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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As we’ve reached more people in recent months, and are approaching 80k signatures, we of course receive push-back against our core message.

We simply won’t engage where that feedback debates trans identities, positions trans people as a harmful group, or suggests they are something to be fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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Thinking idly about how there was a time in the past where the Grok CSAM scandal would lead to a huge exodus off X to Bluesky and elsewhere but how now everyone who cared about such things has already left
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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US naval aircraft flew over Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
US naval aircraft flew over Ireland during pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker
Irish policy forbids foreign military aircraft use of Irish airspace while on active military operations
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Even if she does have to give it up, she can be content in the knowledge she'll be a shoo-in for the Nobel Dignity Prize next year.
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?

Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.

Once upon a time, Europe was at war.

Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
There's a wrong answer?
As a trans woman, what's going to get you run off social media and/or socially murdered?

Wrong answers only.
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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I just want everyone to step back and realize how often it's a trans woman getting bullied off social media.
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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NGL, telling people "what's meant for you won't pass you by" hasn't gone down all that well at this bus-stop
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?

MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO

T: So force is on the table?

M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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NEW from Important Context:

Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.

www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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This feels like the most important story I’ll write all year.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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More than a photobook, this is a revolutionary exploration of trans masc identity and intimacy. Read 👉 buff.ly/JuNJDcM #GCNnews
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Dropdown and give me... nothing
January 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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This factoid is actually just a statistical error. Only 7 families use Twitter for news. “Twitters Graham”, who lives in a cave & tweets from over 10,000,000 accounts each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.
If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
January 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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RESISTANCE IS TEXTILE
January 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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this is why i worry about what Rowling's ideology is going to look like by the next UK general election
Whenever British journalists talk about including more GC voices on Bluesky, what they fail to account for is that many GCs would rather meet with open racists who agree with them on gender neutral toilets than with centrist liberals who don’t. This is from Maya Forstater’s review of the last year.
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Whenever British journalists talk about including more GC voices on Bluesky, what they fail to account for is that many GCs would rather meet with open racists who agree with them on gender neutral toilets than with centrist liberals who don’t. This is from Maya Forstater’s review of the last year.
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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And here it is. Little bit (by the water) damaged #photopaper, but still nice.
365 days #solargraphy taken by #beerCan #pinhole #photography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social #longExposure #ShittyCameraChallenge
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM