Claire Nolan
@drclairenolan.bsky.social
Researcher, archaeologist, heritage & wellbeing, social & ecocultural value of archaeology, prehistory/early history, landscape, peatlands, trees, mindfulness, ecopsychology, music…………
Web: https://ucc-ie.academia.edu/ClaireNolan
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Claire Nolan
@drclairenolan.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Here it is.
The newborn book.
My thanks as always to #Trivent Publishing for a beautiful job.
trivent-publishing.eu/home/214-404...
The newborn book.
My thanks as always to #Trivent Publishing for a beautiful job.
trivent-publishing.eu/home/214-404...
Knock Iveagh: Memory and Materiality in a Community Landscape Cover eBook
Edited by Rena Maguire, Veronica Kelly, Arlene Pattison, Anne Harper
Publication date: September, 2025
Pages: 159, 29 images
ISBN 978-615-6696-92-2 Paperback, €31.00
ISBN 97...
trivent-publishing.eu
Honoured to have contributed to this awesome volume! Well done to @justrena.bsky.social and @saveknockiveagh.bsky.social!
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Between and Beyond Nature, Culture and Agency / Joanna Godlewicz-Adamiec, Monika Stobiecka, eds. www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/book/10.... #openaccess @drclairenolan.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Between and Beyond Nature, Culture and Agency / Joanna Godlewicz-Adamiec, Monika Stobiecka, eds. www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/book/10.... #openaccess @drclairenolan.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
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As a species, we really do seem to fall for a damaging con as long as it is shiny and looks clever
#AI
#Electricity
#AI
#Electricity
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Tesla’s engineering exodus and helping the electric truck market expand
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
As a species, we really do seem to fall for a damaging con as long as it is shiny and looks clever
#AI
#Electricity
#AI
#Electricity
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This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
share.google
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
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One of the larger remaining stones on Machrie moor, part of a circle known as Fingal's Cauldron, one of six standing stone circles in the vicinity. Picture credit: John Mason. #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
One of the larger remaining stones on Machrie moor, part of a circle known as Fingal's Cauldron, one of six standing stone circles in the vicinity. Picture credit: John Mason. #StandingStoneSunday
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Looking forward to chatting about my book #AnotherEngland at the forthcoming Folkestone book festival - exploring issues of national identity, meaning & belonging feels more important than ever👇
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Looking forward to chatting about my book #AnotherEngland at the forthcoming Folkestone book festival - exploring issues of national identity, meaning & belonging feels more important than ever👇
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If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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If you’re wondering why archaeologists were upset about the Lost King film, you should read this and ask yourself how you would feel if someone misrepresented your profession and professionalism in this way. I also recommend @pittsmike.bsky.social book Digging for Richard III.
Updated thread on The Lost King film:
I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten
So what’s the real story? 1/15
I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten
So what’s the real story? 1/15
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you’re wondering why archaeologists were upset about the Lost King film, you should read this and ask yourself how you would feel if someone misrepresented your profession and professionalism in this way. I also recommend @pittsmike.bsky.social book Digging for Richard III.
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🎃As Oíche Shamhna approaches @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social urge you to #ProtectOurPast by not lighting fires🔥 at heritage sites.
Help to preserve our monuments for future generations to enjoy and learn from.🎃
👉 tinyurl.com/3pn7cnkr
#LeaveNoTrace #StaySafe #HappyHalloween
Help to preserve our monuments for future generations to enjoy and learn from.🎃
👉 tinyurl.com/3pn7cnkr
#LeaveNoTrace #StaySafe #HappyHalloween
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🎃As Oíche Shamhna approaches @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social urge you to #ProtectOurPast by not lighting fires🔥 at heritage sites.
Help to preserve our monuments for future generations to enjoy and learn from.🎃
👉 tinyurl.com/3pn7cnkr
#LeaveNoTrace #StaySafe #HappyHalloween
Help to preserve our monuments for future generations to enjoy and learn from.🎃
👉 tinyurl.com/3pn7cnkr
#LeaveNoTrace #StaySafe #HappyHalloween
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Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...
Saving The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts nationally and Northumberland Wildlife Trust have an opportunity to secure the future of the historic Rothbury Estate in Northumberland. But in order to make this happen, we need y...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...
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Well thank fuck for some good news. Keep it coming.
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Well thank fuck for some good news. Keep it coming.
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Did u know? Queen bumblebees are looking for places to hibernate, right now: loose mud, leaf piles, plant pots or, in this case, my ceramic organic wool-filled skep. If you do accidentally disturb a sleeping beauty, just gently cover her back up again, so she can complete her winter's rest.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Did u know? Queen bumblebees are looking for places to hibernate, right now: loose mud, leaf piles, plant pots or, in this case, my ceramic organic wool-filled skep. If you do accidentally disturb a sleeping beauty, just gently cover her back up again, so she can complete her winter's rest.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝
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Mary Concepta Lynch, an Irish nun and skilled calligrapher, who spent 16 years (1920-1936) decorating the Oratory of the Domincan Convent, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland #womensart
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Mary Concepta Lynch, an Irish nun and skilled calligrapher, who spent 16 years (1920-1936) decorating the Oratory of the Domincan Convent, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland #womensart
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Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar
Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pod of this morning’s interview on NewsTalk Breakfast on Hallowe’en excesses is now available.
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
“The most frightening thing about Halloween is the waste" | Newstalk
“The most frightening thing about Halloween is the waste. From plastic decorations to synthetic...
www.newstalk.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pod of this morning’s interview on NewsTalk Breakfast on Hallowe’en excesses is now available.
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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Hi All
I'm taking part in Walk 60 Miles in November to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Research UK.
If your able to donate, no matter how much, I'd be eternally grateful.
www.justgiving.com/page/dan-her...
I'm taking part in Walk 60 Miles in November to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Research UK.
If your able to donate, no matter how much, I'd be eternally grateful.
www.justgiving.com/page/dan-her...
Walk 60 Miles in November
Help Dan Herbert raise money to support Prostate Cancer Research
www.justgiving.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hi All
I'm taking part in Walk 60 Miles in November to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Research UK.
If your able to donate, no matter how much, I'd be eternally grateful.
www.justgiving.com/page/dan-her...
I'm taking part in Walk 60 Miles in November to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Research UK.
If your able to donate, no matter how much, I'd be eternally grateful.
www.justgiving.com/page/dan-her...
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Lunch time quick read is a new blog @archscot.bsky.social: "This is the first in a series of blog posts where I will take you with me as I follow in the footsteps of Audrey Henshall & other women who pioneered archaeological research into the Neolithic of the west coast of Scotland." bit.ly/3IVkxWb
Setting Sail: Henshall Project Beginnings and the Journey to Ardnamurchan | Archaeology Scotland
bit.ly
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Lunch time quick read is a new blog @archscot.bsky.social: "This is the first in a series of blog posts where I will take you with me as I follow in the footsteps of Audrey Henshall & other women who pioneered archaeological research into the Neolithic of the west coast of Scotland." bit.ly/3IVkxWb
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Derrycunnihy is thought to have been the first place in Beara where the natural temperate rainforest was cleared for farming in the Neolithic, approx. 4000 BC.
Elsewhere on the peninsula (like where I am), it didn't happen until the Bronze Age, circa 1500 BC.
Only very tiny fragments now remain.
Elsewhere on the peninsula (like where I am), it didn't happen until the Bronze Age, circa 1500 BC.
Only very tiny fragments now remain.
October 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Derrycunnihy is thought to have been the first place in Beara where the natural temperate rainforest was cleared for farming in the Neolithic, approx. 4000 BC.
Elsewhere on the peninsula (like where I am), it didn't happen until the Bronze Age, circa 1500 BC.
Only very tiny fragments now remain.
Elsewhere on the peninsula (like where I am), it didn't happen until the Bronze Age, circa 1500 BC.
Only very tiny fragments now remain.
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The Standing Stones of Lundie courtesy of Michael Murray. #StandingStoneSunday
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Standing Stones of Lundie courtesy of Michael Murray. #StandingStoneSunday
A dreamy Autumn day at Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset with @mikemenhirmclean.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A dreamy Autumn day at Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset with @mikemenhirmclean.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday
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This week is Climate Action Week — check out everything happening from the great new site ClimateActionWeek.ie
#ClimateActionWeek
#ClimateAction
#ClimateActionWeek
#ClimateAction
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This week is Climate Action Week — check out everything happening from the great new site ClimateActionWeek.ie
#ClimateActionWeek
#ClimateAction
#ClimateActionWeek
#ClimateAction
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Why do I hear the Jaws theme playing...? 😦🦈
#StandingStoneSunday
📍 Callanish II stone circle on the Isle of Lewis
🏺 #archaeology #scotland #landscape #photooftheday
#StandingStoneSunday
📍 Callanish II stone circle on the Isle of Lewis
🏺 #archaeology #scotland #landscape #photooftheday
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Why do I hear the Jaws theme playing...? 😦🦈
#StandingStoneSunday
📍 Callanish II stone circle on the Isle of Lewis
🏺 #archaeology #scotland #landscape #photooftheday
#StandingStoneSunday
📍 Callanish II stone circle on the Isle of Lewis
🏺 #archaeology #scotland #landscape #photooftheday
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Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
www.thejournal.ie
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...
An appropriate time to remind ourselves of the vital benefits of trees: www.ucc.ie/en/tree-expl... @eoinlettice.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
An appropriate time to remind ourselves of the vital benefits of trees: www.ucc.ie/en/tree-expl... @eoinlettice.bsky.social