Nigel Quinlan
@nigellicus.bsky.social
Writer, The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox and Cloak Of Feathers. Repped by The Nuremberg Agency.
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Nigel Quinlan
@nigellicus.bsky.social
· Feb 28
The Hungry Giant | Ember
There was no safe place in the entire world from the rain of stars. The fox fled to the one place he knew, the one place he remembered, where he had felt safe and secure and happy. He ran to the…
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My short story - you know, for kids - The Hungry Giant is up on Ember Journal if anyone wants something a bit odd and scary and sad but also hopeful to read....
#speirgorm #kidlit #mglit
#speirgorm #kidlit #mglit
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its (undisclosed) use of generative AI in public documents www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its (undisclosed) use of generative AI in public documents www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
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Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour,
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals, 20% more than previously thought
Climate crisis: Scientists concerned additional freshwater pouring into Atlantic may collapse ocean currents with severe consequences
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour,
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Earth protectors
In Ecuador’s Pastaza province, the Kichwa community of Pakayaku has kept 400 km² of Amazon rainforest free from mining, oil and logging through a self-organised guardian force. buff.ly/tmtqu4s
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests
PAKAYAKU TERRITORY, Ecuador — Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha Gayas spreads out a hand-drawn map across her…
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Earth protectors
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Better known to us as one half of literary partnership Somerville & Ross. A trained artist too. She was good wasn’t she!
Today we’re spotlighting A Holy Place of the Druids or Grave of a Chieftain.
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
Edith Somerville employs a limited colour palette for this undated work of Drombeg Stone Circle. Also known as ‘The Druid’s Altar’, Drombeg is oriented towards the setting sun on the Winter Solstice.
#CrawfordArtGallery
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Better known to us as one half of literary partnership Somerville & Ross. A trained artist too. She was good wasn’t she!
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There are many medications which are over the counter in the redt if the EU which are prescription only here.
Changing this will free up GPs.
#speirgorm
Changing this will free up GPs.
#speirgorm
Pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe medicines for common conditions such as shingles and cold sores.
All interested pharmacies must sign up to the service by 1 December and must deliver the service to the public by 31 March 2026.
jrnl.ie/6875278
All interested pharmacies must sign up to the service by 1 December and must deliver the service to the public by 31 March 2026.
jrnl.ie/6875278
Pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe for common conditions like shingles and cold sores
The Department said it’s anticipated that the service will be made available to the public over the next few months.
jrnl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There are many medications which are over the counter in the redt if the EU which are prescription only here.
Changing this will free up GPs.
#speirgorm
Changing this will free up GPs.
#speirgorm
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This is one of the last known images of the now extinct Slender-billed Curlew taken by Chris Gomersall in 1995.
Chris will kindly be donating £10 from every print sold to Curlew Action.
Find out more and purchase yours now: www.chrisgomersall.co.uk/slender-bill...
Chris will kindly be donating £10 from every print sold to Curlew Action.
Find out more and purchase yours now: www.chrisgomersall.co.uk/slender-bill...
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is one of the last known images of the now extinct Slender-billed Curlew taken by Chris Gomersall in 1995.
Chris will kindly be donating £10 from every print sold to Curlew Action.
Find out more and purchase yours now: www.chrisgomersall.co.uk/slender-bill...
Chris will kindly be donating £10 from every print sold to Curlew Action.
Find out more and purchase yours now: www.chrisgomersall.co.uk/slender-bill...
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick. wapo.st/47Slsij
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick. wapo.st/47Slsij
How the fuck do we get other countries, OUR OWN COUNTRY EVEN, to take it this seriously?
In Ironic news: Iceland is freaking out about… checks notes…
Ice! 🧊
News at 11…
It’s funny. But there’s truth here.
The Atlantic circulation is in danger of collapse in the next couple of decades due to global warming, as per many new studies… 1/
Ice! 🧊
News at 11…
It’s funny. But there’s truth here.
The Atlantic circulation is in danger of collapse in the next couple of decades due to global warming, as per many new studies… 1/
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How the fuck do we get other countries, OUR OWN COUNTRY EVEN, to take it this seriously?
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Georgia at Mayo Dark Skies/Dark Sky Ireland taught me so much about this when I worked in tourism, and about the negative effects of light pollution on our ecosystem, some of which I'd never have imagined - and what we can individually do.
Some great resources here: www.darksky.ie
Some great resources here: www.darksky.ie
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Georgia at Mayo Dark Skies/Dark Sky Ireland taught me so much about this when I worked in tourism, and about the negative effects of light pollution on our ecosystem, some of which I'd never have imagined - and what we can individually do.
Some great resources here: www.darksky.ie
Some great resources here: www.darksky.ie
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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The Irish fossil fuel industry welcoming a politician on board as their paid lobbyist.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Irish fossil fuel industry welcoming a politician on board as their paid lobbyist.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
Until recently he was Fine Gael's spokesman on Climate Action.
In many democracies this wouldn't even be legal, let alone acceptable.
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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Thinking about how one of the first Epstein victims was trans and got relentlessly mocked in the media when she spoke up www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/when...
When a trans woman first accused Jeffrey Epstein of rape, the media mocked her - LGBTQ Nation
The New York Post called her a "man" and a "gender-bend shocker."
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thinking about how one of the first Epstein victims was trans and got relentlessly mocked in the media when she spoke up www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/when...
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THE WORKS OF VERMIN OUT NOW!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
THE WORKS OF VERMIN OUT NOW!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
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Conrad Veidt appreciation post
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Conrad Veidt appreciation post
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Next week! Please join us...this is sooo important.
Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance?
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Next week! Please join us...this is sooo important.
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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If you're a Sinn Féin member and you wish to ensure the party takes the correct direction at this vital juncture I encourage you to write to them today asking them to be much more careful in their language and policies regarding immigration. Particularly Matt Carthy. Please. #Spéirgorm
Was interested to read SF announcing they expelled a party member as their partner is implicated in the recent Far Right terrorist bombing plans - yet no mention of taking Carthy's dog whistle away.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
SF member expelled after partner's arrest in terror probe
A Sinn Féin member has been expelled from the party after her partner was arrested as part of the garda investigation into far-right extremism.
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you're a Sinn Féin member and you wish to ensure the party takes the correct direction at this vital juncture I encourage you to write to them today asking them to be much more careful in their language and policies regarding immigration. Particularly Matt Carthy. Please. #Spéirgorm
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For 'simplification' read 'deregulation' + for 'deregulation' read removing all the rules that protect us from polluted air, water, soil, + just relying on those fine chaps at the corporations to do the right thing out of the goodness of their hearts
🗳️ @europarl.europa.eu has voted to 'simplify' corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence.
Sounds technical but it's bad news.
Diluting rules designed to keep big business honest about its impact on people and planet will make it harder for consumers to invest their money sustainably.
Sounds technical but it's bad news.
Diluting rules designed to keep big business honest about its impact on people and planet will make it harder for consumers to invest their money sustainably.
Sustainability reporting and due diligence: MEPs back simplification changes | News | European Parliament
On Thursday, Parliament endorsed reduced reporting duties and due diligence requirements for companies.
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For 'simplification' read 'deregulation' + for 'deregulation' read removing all the rules that protect us from polluted air, water, soil, + just relying on those fine chaps at the corporations to do the right thing out of the goodness of their hearts
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Highly entertaining, as always.👏
I hope these get made into a play or something 😂
I hope these get made into a play or something 😂
There's a (special) Limerick Council meeting this afternoon at 4pm.
IT'S ABOUT WINDMILLS
You bet your nelly I'm watching that one for the lols
🧵#CouncilMeetingThread
IT'S ABOUT WINDMILLS
You bet your nelly I'm watching that one for the lols
🧵#CouncilMeetingThread
a video game shows a compass pointing to the northwest
ALT: a video game shows a compass pointing to the northwest
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Highly entertaining, as always.👏
I hope these get made into a play or something 😂
I hope these get made into a play or something 😂
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Fuck racist pols, scapegoating immigrants for problems actively created by government policies.
As an honorary Clare man (aka blow-in), I second Rob's call that the people of Clare deserve better leadership.
Clare has a strong history of welcoming immigrants, be they intercounty like myself, Northerners escaping the troubles, or of Indian, Asian, or African descent, or from anywhere else.
1/3
Clare has a strong history of welcoming immigrants, be they intercounty like myself, Northerners escaping the troubles, or of Indian, Asian, or African descent, or from anywhere else.
1/3
My letter in today's Clare Champion calling out the xenophobic dog-whistling from our local TD, Timmy Dooley, as well as Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy.
Immigrants are not the reason I've struggled to retain housing or buy my own home - Government policies are. Landlords like Timmy Dooley are. #Spéirgorm
Immigrants are not the reason I've struggled to retain housing or buy my own home - Government policies are. Landlords like Timmy Dooley are. #Spéirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fuck racist pols, scapegoating immigrants for problems actively created by government policies.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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It's Jean Seberg's birthday.
For those who don't know, Seberg supported Black and Native American civil rights in the 1960s, and because of this the FBI stalked and harassed her, got her blacklisted in Hollywood, and probably helped drive her to an early death.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Se...
For those who don't know, Seberg supported Black and Native American civil rights in the 1960s, and because of this the FBI stalked and harassed her, got her blacklisted in Hollywood, and probably helped drive her to an early death.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Se...
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's Jean Seberg's birthday.
For those who don't know, Seberg supported Black and Native American civil rights in the 1960s, and because of this the FBI stalked and harassed her, got her blacklisted in Hollywood, and probably helped drive her to an early death.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Se...
For those who don't know, Seberg supported Black and Native American civil rights in the 1960s, and because of this the FBI stalked and harassed her, got her blacklisted in Hollywood, and probably helped drive her to an early death.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Se...
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"The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while treating every ungrazed acre as a missed opportunity to squeeze and extract." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/u...
USDA’s beef industry plan sells out public lands • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while degrading recreational experiences like hunting and fishing.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while treating every ungrazed acre as a missed opportunity to squeeze and extract." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/u...