Pól Ó Gráda
@polrua.bsky.social
Cuntas pearsanta é seo nach bhfuil m'fhostóir, mo theaghlach ná mo shinsear freagrach as ar bhealach ar bith
Uasdátú 2: bhí an mortadella i bhfad níos fearr lá i ndiaidh don phlaisteach a bheith bainte de.
Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil aon teacht aniar i ndán don chumannachas áfach.
Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil aon teacht aniar i ndán don chumannachas áfach.
Uasdátú ☹️: Theip ar an chumannachas agus ní raibh an mortadella blasta.
Chuamar go Bologna is thugamar na rudaí is Bolognesi amuigh abhaile linn
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Uasdátú 2: bhí an mortadella i bhfad níos fearr lá i ndiaidh don phlaisteach a bheith bainte de.
Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil aon teacht aniar i ndán don chumannachas áfach.
Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil aon teacht aniar i ndán don chumannachas áfach.
Uasdátú ☹️: Theip ar an chumannachas agus ní raibh an mortadella blasta.
Chuamar go Bologna is thugamar na rudaí is Bolognesi amuigh abhaile linn
November 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Uasdátú ☹️: Theip ar an chumannachas agus ní raibh an mortadella blasta.
'An bhfuil tú aayiz uisce tání?' adúirt mé leis an tachrán. B'fhéidir gur mithid srian a chur leis an chódaistriú sa teach seo!
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
'An bhfuil tú aayiz uisce tání?' adúirt mé leis an tachrán. B'fhéidir gur mithid srian a chur leis an chódaistriú sa teach seo!
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All of this, also an obsession with controversialism over substance on large parts of political coverage such that the best writing often appears in blogs and newsletters
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
All of this, also an obsession with controversialism over substance on large parts of political coverage such that the best writing often appears in blogs and newsletters
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“Now that the dictator is gone, the people of Tadamon are breaking their silence. As they have begun to share their stories, it is becoming clear that the atrocities in the neighbourhood were far worse than initially reported…”
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?
The long read: During the conflict, the Damascus suburb became a killing field. But some of Assad’s henchmen are still around – and even working with the new government
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“Now that the dictator is gone, the people of Tadamon are breaking their silence. As they have begun to share their stories, it is becoming clear that the atrocities in the neighbourhood were far worse than initially reported…”
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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He keeps doing it. Every time somebody gets beheaded in this text, the word "head" is replaced with a little hand-drawn emoticon. And considering how many people get beheaded in this story, that's a lot of lil face drawings.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
He keeps doing it. Every time somebody gets beheaded in this text, the word "head" is replaced with a little hand-drawn emoticon. And considering how many people get beheaded in this story, that's a lot of lil face drawings.
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🧵 Wisdom I have obtained after a whole decade of learning Irish (i mBéarla toisc go bhfuil sé ceadaithe uaireanta)
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧵 Wisdom I have obtained after a whole decade of learning Irish (i mBéarla toisc go bhfuil sé ceadaithe uaireanta)
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A (extensive) collection of maps showing how the YPG and later SDF ended up in control of almost all of eastern Syria
akmckeever.substack.com/p/weekend-no...
akmckeever.substack.com/p/weekend-no...
Weekend notes
How the YPG/SDF ended up in control of eastern Syria, a visualization
akmckeever.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A (extensive) collection of maps showing how the YPG and later SDF ended up in control of almost all of eastern Syria
akmckeever.substack.com/p/weekend-no...
akmckeever.substack.com/p/weekend-no...
Chuamar go Bologna is thugamar na rudaí is Bolognesi amuigh abhaile linn
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Chuamar go Bologna is thugamar na rudaí is Bolognesi amuigh abhaile linn
We spirantize differently in Ireland
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We spirantize differently in Ireland
Béile an-dheas caite againn i mBologna anocht. Riail na n-athbhreithithe Google: is iad na háiteanna is fearr iad na háiteanna a bhfuil neart athbhreithnithe 4 réalt acu lán dea-thuairimí.
maps.app.goo.gl
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Béile an-dheas caite againn i mBologna anocht. Riail na n-athbhreithithe Google: is iad na háiteanna is fearr iad na háiteanna a bhfuil neart athbhreithnithe 4 réalt acu lán dea-thuairimí.
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Back in the late twelfth century Al-Baghdadi saw your post about how ancient aliens built the pyramids and is embarrassed for you.
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Back in the late twelfth century Al-Baghdadi saw your post about how ancient aliens built the pyramids and is embarrassed for you.
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Achainí ar pholaiteoirí agus lucht aistrithe óráidí polaiteoirí:
Tá sé ceart go leor an uimhir 10 a athrú go 20 scaití.
Is deise i bhfad 'na scórtha blianta' in áit 'na deicheanna de bhlianta'. Scaoiligí uaibh 'decades' an Bhéarla.
Tá sé ceart go leor an uimhir 10 a athrú go 20 scaití.
Is deise i bhfad 'na scórtha blianta' in áit 'na deicheanna de bhlianta'. Scaoiligí uaibh 'decades' an Bhéarla.
October 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Achainí ar pholaiteoirí agus lucht aistrithe óráidí polaiteoirí:
Tá sé ceart go leor an uimhir 10 a athrú go 20 scaití.
Is deise i bhfad 'na scórtha blianta' in áit 'na deicheanna de bhlianta'. Scaoiligí uaibh 'decades' an Bhéarla.
Tá sé ceart go leor an uimhir 10 a athrú go 20 scaití.
Is deise i bhfad 'na scórtha blianta' in áit 'na deicheanna de bhlianta'. Scaoiligí uaibh 'decades' an Bhéarla.
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Syria announces that March 18 will be its official Revolution Day:
sana.sy/en/presidenc...
For years, celebrations were held on March 15, despite the fact that the Deraa uprising happened on March 18, 2011.
Here’s my 2021 essay on how that came to be:
tcf.org/content/comm...
sana.sy/en/presidenc...
For years, celebrations were held on March 15, despite the fact that the Deraa uprising happened on March 18, 2011.
Here’s my 2021 essay on how that came to be:
tcf.org/content/comm...
The Politics of Memory: Ten Years of War in Syria
The crisis that began in Syria in 2011, first as a peaceful uprising but then spiraling into civil war, has been among the most tragic and destructive
tcf.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Syria announces that March 18 will be its official Revolution Day:
sana.sy/en/presidenc...
For years, celebrations were held on March 15, despite the fact that the Deraa uprising happened on March 18, 2011.
Here’s my 2021 essay on how that came to be:
tcf.org/content/comm...
sana.sy/en/presidenc...
For years, celebrations were held on March 15, despite the fact that the Deraa uprising happened on March 18, 2011.
Here’s my 2021 essay on how that came to be:
tcf.org/content/comm...
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Ilan Stavans and Peter Gilliver discuss the art of creating a dictionary: “The size of the task of compiling a comprehensive dictionary…has now grown far beyond what a single individual could hope to achieve in a lifetime.”
lithub.com/how-to-build...
lithub.com/how-to-build...
How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography
At the end of the first quarter of the twenty-first century, about 400 million people are native English speakers. With those for whom English is a second language, the number reaches far above: betw…
lithub.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ilan Stavans and Peter Gilliver discuss the art of creating a dictionary: “The size of the task of compiling a comprehensive dictionary…has now grown far beyond what a single individual could hope to achieve in a lifetime.”
lithub.com/how-to-build...
lithub.com/how-to-build...
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Oh, wait, I've got one take with no canceling counter-takes that's good to go right now:
DON'T. WATCH. GORE.
DON'T. WATCH. GORE.
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Oh, wait, I've got one take with no canceling counter-takes that's good to go right now:
DON'T. WATCH. GORE.
DON'T. WATCH. GORE.
Mise ceartaithe ag leanaí éigipteacha an cheantair toisc go ndúirt mé 'maith' seachas 'go math'. Is cosúil nach bhfuil deireadh go fóill le forlámhas Chuige Mumhan ar na múinteoirí bunscoile.
September 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Mise ceartaithe ag leanaí éigipteacha an cheantair toisc go ndúirt mé 'maith' seachas 'go math'. Is cosúil nach bhfuil deireadh go fóill le forlámhas Chuige Mumhan ar na múinteoirí bunscoile.
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Gareth Roberts, Associate Professor of Linguistics, presents "How Old is Language?" at today's first 60-Second Lecture of the fall semester. @upenn.edu @garicgymro.bsky.social #60Second #language #linguistics
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Gareth Roberts, Associate Professor of Linguistics, presents "How Old is Language?" at today's first 60-Second Lecture of the fall semester. @upenn.edu @garicgymro.bsky.social #60Second #language #linguistics
Cad é a tharla do na siopaí rothar in Éirinn, táthar ag rá liom nach bhfuil sliotán ar fáil go ceann seachtaine le mo rothar a dheisiú!
August 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Cad é a tharla do na siopaí rothar in Éirinn, táthar ag rá liom nach bhfuil sliotán ar fáil go ceann seachtaine le mo rothar a dheisiú!
Beannachtaí na Cásca ó Chaireo na hÉigipte
April 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Beannachtaí na Cásca ó Chaireo na hÉigipte
An bhfuil 'Scéal' ar fáil ar shuiomh/aip an Irish Times? Tá síntiús agam ach ní fheicim áit ar bith é.
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
An bhfuil 'Scéal' ar fáil ar shuiomh/aip an Irish Times? Tá síntiús agam ach ní fheicim áit ar bith é.
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Dans la série, y a des comptes qui ne postent toujours pas ici et c'est un scandale, voici : @ami-ininteressant.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Dans la série, y a des comptes qui ne postent toujours pas ici et c'est un scandale, voici : @ami-ininteressant.bsky.social
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“To return home requires humility in the face of friends and family who stayed behind in Syria with so much dignity and strength. Those of us who are returning owe them compassion and a willingness to listen.”
✍Tamara Alrifai
bit.ly/4hrQ2Cu
#damascus #syria
✍Tamara Alrifai
bit.ly/4hrQ2Cu
#damascus #syria
January 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“To return home requires humility in the face of friends and family who stayed behind in Syria with so much dignity and strength. Those of us who are returning owe them compassion and a willingness to listen.”
✍Tamara Alrifai
bit.ly/4hrQ2Cu
#damascus #syria
✍Tamara Alrifai
bit.ly/4hrQ2Cu
#damascus #syria
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Fieldwork tip: if, in the course of a long elicitation session, your consultant translates "black pepper" as "may it get into your eyes", it may be time for a break.
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Fieldwork tip: if, in the course of a long elicitation session, your consultant translates "black pepper" as "may it get into your eyes", it may be time for a break.
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
Does anyone know of anywhere in Brussels to get good children's books in Arabic?
January 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Does anyone know of anywhere in Brussels to get good children's books in Arabic?