Eoin McFadden
@eoinmcfadden.bsky.social
Husband, dad and best bud of Trent the Lurcher. R&D Policy, @matrixni.bsky.social, Innovation (especially public sector), open data, History, Archaeology, and food. https://wordpress.com/post/eoinmcfaddenwordpress.wordpress.com/4
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It looks like an ancient dance floor, aching for lights and .music, the swish of silk and perfume and flirting again
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It looks like an ancient dance floor, aching for lights and .music, the swish of silk and perfume and flirting again
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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Series 3 of the Northern Ireland cop show Blue Lights ends tonight - I've written about why it's so good but why the portrayal of intelligence or the military on TV struggles to match it t.co/IACsiRgTaX
https://markurban.substack.com/p/take-a-beat
t.co
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Series 3 of the Northern Ireland cop show Blue Lights ends tonight - I've written about why it's so good but why the portrayal of intelligence or the military on TV struggles to match it t.co/IACsiRgTaX
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We’d love people’s input to this! 👇 Where are the UK public sector reformers?
Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it.
Grateful for RTs
Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it.
Grateful for RTs
Where are the public sector reformers? Can you help us find them?
At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We’d love people’s input to this! 👇 Where are the UK public sector reformers?
Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it.
Grateful for RTs
Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it.
Grateful for RTs
Are fireworks in back gardens worth terrifying pets? 🤬🤬
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Are fireworks in back gardens worth terrifying pets? 🤬🤬
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@seidodge.bsky.social One for your collection
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@seidodge.bsky.social One for your collection
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Where are the public sector reformers? Can you help us find them?
At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Where are the public sector reformers? Can you help us find them?
At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
At @kinship.works, we thought we'd try to map the different public sector reform 'tribes' & where to find them (orgs, events, networks/communities, online spaces, newsletters/publications/podcasts etc) - but we need your help!
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Porthaw Beach near Buncrana in Inishowen, Donegal.
For more details, visit → www.inishview.com/activity/por...
#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
For more details, visit → www.inishview.com/activity/por...
#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Porthaw Beach near Buncrana in Inishowen, Donegal.
For more details, visit → www.inishview.com/activity/por...
#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
For more details, visit → www.inishview.com/activity/por...
#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
Fireworks… just torture for poor frightened pets. Poor Trent is terrified 😞
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Fireworks… just torture for poor frightened pets. Poor Trent is terrified 😞
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Reminder that two #RiversOfLondon novellas by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social are included in Audible UK’s “Spooky Listens” 2-for-1 sale at the moment…
• THE OCTOBER MAN: www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Octob...
• WINTER’S GIFTS: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Winters-G...
Published by @orionbooks.bsky.social.
• THE OCTOBER MAN: www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Octob...
• WINTER’S GIFTS: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Winters-G...
Published by @orionbooks.bsky.social.
October 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Reminder that two #RiversOfLondon novellas by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social are included in Audible UK’s “Spooky Listens” 2-for-1 sale at the moment…
• THE OCTOBER MAN: www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Octob...
• WINTER’S GIFTS: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Winters-G...
Published by @orionbooks.bsky.social.
• THE OCTOBER MAN: www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Octob...
• WINTER’S GIFTS: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Winters-G...
Published by @orionbooks.bsky.social.
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I don't think enough people talk about how great BBC Bitesize is. Secondary school textbooks are now vanishingly rare and Bitesize content is (a) not in a terrible app, (b) engaging and interesting and easy to understand, and importantly (c) FREE. A properly great digital public good.
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I don't think enough people talk about how great BBC Bitesize is. Secondary school textbooks are now vanishingly rare and Bitesize content is (a) not in a terrible app, (b) engaging and interesting and easy to understand, and importantly (c) FREE. A properly great digital public good.
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Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
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Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
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Matt Stout's map indicating the widespread distribution of over 47,000 early medieval ringforts - raths, cashels and enclosures throughout Ireland. There are also at least c.2,000 crannógs, and c.5,500 early medieval church sites, and probably 1000s of early medieval burial or cemetery sites)
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Matt Stout's map indicating the widespread distribution of over 47,000 early medieval ringforts - raths, cashels and enclosures throughout Ireland. There are also at least c.2,000 crannógs, and c.5,500 early medieval church sites, and probably 1000s of early medieval burial or cemetery sites)
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Stand six to ten feet back from the baggage carousel and move forward when you spot your bag coming, rather than all rushing up to block access and crowd the conveyor belt.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Stand six to ten feet back from the baggage carousel and move forward when you spot your bag coming, rather than all rushing up to block access and crowd the conveyor belt.
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We keep being told "there are no silver bullets". Nonsense. There are plenty of silver bullets. If they're not working as well as you hoped, perhaps you're not shooting at a werewolf.
on.ft.com/42JHpyB
on.ft.com/42JHpyB
The silver bullet fallacy
[FREE TO READ] The idea that a lot of problems are difficult to fully solve doesn’t mean we should stop trying
on.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We keep being told "there are no silver bullets". Nonsense. There are plenty of silver bullets. If they're not working as well as you hoped, perhaps you're not shooting at a werewolf.
on.ft.com/42JHpyB
on.ft.com/42JHpyB
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There's no weird like Saab weird.
1971 Saab 96 V4
Saab 96 1.5 V4 1971 Origineel Nederlands geleverde Saab
Saab 96 1.5 V4 1971 Origineel Nederlands geleverde Saab
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's no weird like Saab weird.
Fireworks in Four Winds on 5th October terrifying pets. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Fireworks in Four Winds on 5th October terrifying pets. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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For anyone who enjoys watching wind speeds earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
earth.nullschool.net
October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For anyone who enjoys watching wind speeds earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
@claireallan.bsky.social coincidently this was the post above yours on my timeline
I love science.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saskatoon police identify century-old remains of 'woman in the well' found in 2006 | CBC News
The remains of an unknown female were discovered in a well shaft in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood in 2006. Now she has been identified as Alice Spence (nee Burke), a woman of Irish ancestry, ab...
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@claireallan.bsky.social coincidently this was the post above yours on my timeline
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And here we go!!!
The official cover reveal for PEOPLE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR which will be released on November 29...
A BRAND NEW utterly gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Andrea Mara and Department Q.
Now available for pre-order!
The official cover reveal for PEOPLE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR which will be released on November 29...
A BRAND NEW utterly gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Andrea Mara and Department Q.
Now available for pre-order!
October 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
And here we go!!!
The official cover reveal for PEOPLE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR which will be released on November 29...
A BRAND NEW utterly gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Andrea Mara and Department Q.
Now available for pre-order!
The official cover reveal for PEOPLE DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR which will be released on November 29...
A BRAND NEW utterly gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Andrea Mara and Department Q.
Now available for pre-order!
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TV tonight: Belfast’s brilliant cop show is back on the beat
TV tonight: Belfast’s brilliant cop show is back on the beat
Northern Irish police drama Blue Lights returns for season three. Plus, Prof Jim Al-Khalili gets inside our heads in a Horizon two-parter on the human brain. Here’s what to watch this evening
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
TV tonight: Belfast’s brilliant cop show is back on the beat
Big red sky this morning
September 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Big red sky this morning