Colette Willis
@colettewillis.bsky.social
Ghost writer. Corporeal reader. Semi-solid watcher of stuff.
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From Vanity Fair’s Dictionary for the Motion Pictures, March 1922
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
From Vanity Fair’s Dictionary for the Motion Pictures, March 1922
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It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition.
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
Climate projects too small to secure funding, says report
Finance for climate adaptation projects is below what is required to address the escalating risks posed by climate change, according to a new report.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition.
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
#SpéirGorm #ClimateChange
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Neutrinos are the second mot common subatomic particles in the Universe, after photons.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
Wild
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Neutrinos are the second mot common subatomic particles in the Universe, after photons.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
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Sometimes sitting-lying & doing nothing is the best something you can do;)
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sometimes sitting-lying & doing nothing is the best something you can do;)
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
Wishing you a restful Sunday 🦋🌞🫂🩵
#LazySunday #BlueSkyFriends
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I sleep with a bat under my bed in case someone breaks in and wants to learn about echolocation
December 25, 2024 at 6:36 AM
I sleep with a bat under my bed in case someone breaks in and wants to learn about echolocation
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Live hearts
Live hearts
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Bitterfinger
Bitterfinger
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
S&Ms
S&Ms
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Live hearts
Live hearts
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Manannán Mac Lir - son of the sea, ancient warrior, powerful sea god, and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology - commands the sea on a stormy day 🌊
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Manannán Mac Lir - son of the sea, ancient warrior, powerful sea god, and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology - commands the sea on a stormy day 🌊
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
I HOWLED
I was looking up the Cliff Richard Wuthering Heights and found some clips. I laughed so hard I cried and have not stopped laughing. A clip. I really tried not to laugh. The boat remains a mystery.
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I HOWLED
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check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
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There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. ~Edgar Allan Poe
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. ~Edgar Allan Poe
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ME: What’s the first rule of bite club?
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
October 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
ME: What’s the first rule of bite club?
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
DRACULA: Is it biting?
ME: That’s right, Dracula, it’s biting.
RATTLESNAKE: [quietly to himself] I was gonna say biting.
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I mean, leaving babies out in the woods because you thought the fairies had swapped them for demons used to be a rural
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I mean, leaving babies out in the woods because you thought the fairies had swapped them for demons used to be a rural
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
pursuit too, but we managed to move on from that.
Apparently Dalmatians were often used as circus dogs…
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Apparently Dalmatians were often used as circus dogs…
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Stunning poem by Anne Tannam 💙
#amreading
#amreading
October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Stunning poem by Anne Tannam 💙
#amreading
#amreading
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Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
I love this ❤️
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I love this ❤️
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This Dirty Dancing sequel is underwhelming.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This Dirty Dancing sequel is underwhelming.
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Imagine for a moment a world so dependent on data centers that every aspect of municipal infrastructure must be reshaped. Not around human need, but maintaining GPU farms that use exponentially more power and water with each build. Models are only growing, and our resources are only diminishing.
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Imagine for a moment a world so dependent on data centers that every aspect of municipal infrastructure must be reshaped. Not around human need, but maintaining GPU farms that use exponentially more power and water with each build. Models are only growing, and our resources are only diminishing.
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Sharing a piece I wrote for @writing.ie on writing and timing - being accidentally zeitgeisty, finding ‘the dead hour’, chaos vs order as a parent. Plus, the vital role played by my dishwasher in the writing of my debut novel, ‘Chaos Theory’!
www.writing.ie/interviews/c...
www.writing.ie/interviews/c...
Chaos Theory by Sylvia Leatham
Debut author Sylvia Leatham writes about making the most of limited time to work on her first book, Chaos Theory.
www.writing.ie
September 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Sharing a piece I wrote for @writing.ie on writing and timing - being accidentally zeitgeisty, finding ‘the dead hour’, chaos vs order as a parent. Plus, the vital role played by my dishwasher in the writing of my debut novel, ‘Chaos Theory’!
www.writing.ie/interviews/c...
www.writing.ie/interviews/c...
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If this is not reflected in the actions of our governments, then we can no longer say that we live in democracies.
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
October 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If this is not reflected in the actions of our governments, then we can no longer say that we live in democracies.
Come for the political smackdown, stay for the UNBEARABLY moving call to to action
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Come for the political smackdown, stay for the UNBEARABLY moving call to to action
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This is brilliant.
October 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is brilliant.
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Today is the 63rd anniversary of the London premiere of Dr. No, which means (well, obviously) it’s time to tell you a ridiculous shaggy dog story about the theft of not one but two portraits of the Duke of Wellington
October 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the London premiere of Dr. No, which means (well, obviously) it’s time to tell you a ridiculous shaggy dog story about the theft of not one but two portraits of the Duke of Wellington
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If you're coming to the Púca Festival to celebrate Samhain, look out for the book that brings a púca to Tlachtga. Mythology, horror, farming, the celebration of life, death and spirituality, all explored in a story inspired by the origins of #Halloween.
#SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain #Tlachtga
#SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain #Tlachtga
Is this the MOST Halloween book you'll ever read? Maybe, but it IS set around the Irish hill where the bonefires were first lit. It is a story about the very roots of Halloween; the horror, mythology, and the harvest festival that lies between life and death.
#Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm
#Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you're coming to the Púca Festival to celebrate Samhain, look out for the book that brings a púca to Tlachtga. Mythology, horror, farming, the celebration of life, death and spirituality, all explored in a story inspired by the origins of #Halloween.
#SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain #Tlachtga
#SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain #Tlachtga