Natalie
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A small jazz band of embroidered animals
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It looks like every Irish outlet (that I've seen so far) has just transcribed a wire services report about the Linehan trial that is *dripping* with anti trans bias, misgendering the victim, calling the teenage victim an "activist" but not Linehan, and eliding the fact that the victim was a child
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It looks like every Irish outlet (that I've seen so far) has just transcribed a wire services report about the Linehan trial that is *dripping* with anti trans bias, misgendering the victim, calling the teenage victim an "activist" but not Linehan, and eliding the fact that the victim was a child
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An appeal seeks to block a plan for a supermarket in a long-vacant space near the Fatima Luas stop. As of April, only nine of the 23 ground-floor units across the Herberton Complex were occupied.
Appeal seeks to block plan for supermarket in long-vacant space near Fatima Luas stop
As of April, only nine of the 23 ground-floor units across the Herberton Complex were occupied.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
An appeal seeks to block a plan for a supermarket in a long-vacant space near the Fatima Luas stop. As of April, only nine of the 23 ground-floor units across the Herberton Complex were occupied.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
A man on O'Connell Bridge heading towards Connolly Station asked me if he was going in the right direction for the train to the airport.
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A man on O'Connell Bridge heading towards Connolly Station asked me if he was going in the right direction for the train to the airport.
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Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
I see this logo so often I'm now convinced we don't need a new maternity hospital
Firefighter/Paramedics from D Watch North Strand along with our Swords Ambulance welcomed the latest member of the #DFBaby club last Wednesday.
Congratulations to the family and well done to all involved.
Congratulations to the family and well done to all involved.
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I see this logo so often I'm now convinced we don't need a new maternity hospital
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I understand the motivation for this apostrophe, but I do not share it.
(from "A Crack in Everything" by Marcus Chown, a fine new book about black holes)
(from "A Crack in Everything" by Marcus Chown, a fine new book about black holes)
!["For a short while, he sat in the tranquillity of his office, poured himself a schnapps from the drinks' cabinet, and looked out across the manicured gardens of the observatory." [There's an apostrophe at the end of the word "drinks" in the phrase "drinks cabinet".]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5umbpor2jx3i4a7g5gureesq/bafkreiamloa4brldvbkoxvqc7f7kbua3fxcaxsbd5hnujrw2d4xiovkvoi@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I understand the motivation for this apostrophe, but I do not share it.
(from "A Crack in Everything" by Marcus Chown, a fine new book about black holes)
(from "A Crack in Everything" by Marcus Chown, a fine new book about black holes)
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The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars…
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Escape at Bedtime”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
#WorldChildrensDay #poem #poetry
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars…
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Escape at Bedtime”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
#WorldChildrensDay #poem #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars…
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Escape at Bedtime”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
#WorldChildrensDay #poem #poetry
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars…
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Escape at Bedtime”
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)
#WorldChildrensDay #poem #poetry
C'est bizarre.
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
C'est bizarre.
The sales of crop tops will soar, watch.
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The sales of crop tops will soar, watch.
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
Do you like country music? Do you like Christmas songs? Well, you're in luck, because it turns out there are thousands of them and Heartland Public Radio are playing them all. hpr.org
Heartland Public Radio – Classic Country and Bluegrass Gospel
hpr.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Do you like country music? Do you like Christmas songs? Well, you're in luck, because it turns out there are thousands of them and Heartland Public Radio are playing them all. hpr.org
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#amwriting Trying to find the right word here. It's not 'nodule' nor 'node' (though both occurred to me) - I'm looking for the name of the (red) dot on the line. There must be a precise term for that sort of thing in maths? Help a humanities person out.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#amwriting Trying to find the right word here. It's not 'nodule' nor 'node' (though both occurred to me) - I'm looking for the name of the (red) dot on the line. There must be a precise term for that sort of thing in maths? Help a humanities person out.
I'm watching Game of Wool. Is the title supposed to be a pun?
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm watching Game of Wool. Is the title supposed to be a pun?
If your local jeweller doesn't stock the F91-W (for example), Casio's Irish distributor is Business Electronics Equipment and I can vouch for their excellent online customer service. www.bee.ie/product-cate...
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If your local jeweller doesn't stock the F91-W (for example), Casio's Irish distributor is Business Electronics Equipment and I can vouch for their excellent online customer service. www.bee.ie/product-cate...
Is it bad luck to hoover up small change?
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Is it bad luck to hoover up small change?
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 09,1946
November 09,1946
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 09,1946
November 09,1946
To shreds, you say?
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
To shreds, you say?
I went on one of these tours yesterday and it was great. 15 minutes per gallery, 4 different kinds of shows, the owner or artist gives an account of the work, and its nice being part of a horde. dublingalleryweekend.ie/gallery/dgw-...
DGW Guided Gallery Tours - DGW 2025
dublingalleryweekend.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I went on one of these tours yesterday and it was great. 15 minutes per gallery, 4 different kinds of shows, the owner or artist gives an account of the work, and its nice being part of a horde. dublingalleryweekend.ie/gallery/dgw-...
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exactly, it’s actually unlawful for a boy & girl over age 10 to share a bedroom. Also all the rooms sizes & expansion space has “shrunk” over time www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why new apartment standards won't mean housing more people
Half of the households in Ireland have children, yet there is no plan for where, and how, the next generations will live
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
exactly, it’s actually unlawful for a boy & girl over age 10 to share a bedroom. Also all the rooms sizes & expansion space has “shrunk” over time www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
I've been saying this for years. Average household sizes are smaller because people aren't having 10 or 12 kids anymore, they're having 2 or 3. But the small family still needs three bedrooms.
“Interrogating the arguments for small homes as a solution to the Irish housing crisis
“The paper critically interrogates main justifications & argues role of small homes as a potential solution to Irish housing crisis is overstated”
new research-Dr Mark Jordan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The paper critically interrogates main justifications & argues role of small homes as a potential solution to Irish housing crisis is overstated”
new research-Dr Mark Jordan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interrogating the arguments for ‘small homes’ as a solution to the Irish housing crisis
From 2015 onwards, successive Irish governments have promoted the proliferation of smaller homes through a range of measures including reductions in minimum floor size requirements and the removal ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I've been saying this for years. Average household sizes are smaller because people aren't having 10 or 12 kids anymore, they're having 2 or 3. But the small family still needs three bedrooms.
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