Louise
@selkies.bsky.social
Illustrator & melt of Dublin, now in Brussels.
Please assume I am not talking about the US.
selkiesstudio.com
Please assume I am not talking about the US.
selkiesstudio.com
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Louise
@selkies.bsky.social
· Apr 9
Hello a chairde, this is my shop and these are my prints, you should buy some 🤠
selkiesstudio.com/shop
selkiesstudio.com/shop
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In Ireland, we don't call it Home Alone. We call Mo Chónaí Culkin and I think that's beautiful
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
In Ireland, we don't call it Home Alone. We call Mo Chónaí Culkin and I think that's beautiful
The grocer's at my tram stop are selling the most SCALDED tragic looking daisies for €39 if anyone's looking
February 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The grocer's at my tram stop are selling the most SCALDED tragic looking daisies for €39 if anyone's looking
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Funny how there's a pretty consistent editorial campaign aimed at getting Ireland to "pull our weight" in Europe's defence, but there isn't one asking us to pull our weight in addressing our fair share of climate emissions #spéirgorm
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Funny how there's a pretty consistent editorial campaign aimed at getting Ireland to "pull our weight" in Europe's defence, but there isn't one asking us to pull our weight in addressing our fair share of climate emissions #spéirgorm
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"Colonial Actions have Indigenous Consequences"
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.
February 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM
"Colonial Actions have Indigenous Consequences"
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.
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[Into dictaphone] An app that tells you how slippy the paths are in your area
February 14, 2026 at 10:24 AM
[Into dictaphone] An app that tells you how slippy the paths are in your area
My St Valentine story is when I went to collect the wedding rings on Aungier St, my mam goes "sure cross the road and we light a candle at Valentine's shrine" only to ambush bamboozle hoodwink me into getting a blessing off the sassiest priest going, dismayed I wasn't getting married in the church
February 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
My St Valentine story is when I went to collect the wedding rings on Aungier St, my mam goes "sure cross the road and we light a candle at Valentine's shrine" only to ambush bamboozle hoodwink me into getting a blessing off the sassiest priest going, dismayed I wasn't getting married in the church
I like to think I'm a literary girlo but then again I thought Clarice Lispector was yerwan from Silence of the Lambs until last week
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I like to think I'm a literary girlo but then again I thought Clarice Lispector was yerwan from Silence of the Lambs until last week
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if someone is saying shit like "it's lowkey biphobic that you support AOC even though she won't legalize cannibalism" or "you realize that expecting your room to have windows a luxury belief right" what you're seeing are the charged particles being shot off from polycule fission
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
if someone is saying shit like "it's lowkey biphobic that you support AOC even though she won't legalize cannibalism" or "you realize that expecting your room to have windows a luxury belief right" what you're seeing are the charged particles being shot off from polycule fission
Hold on are all swords not double edged? just sharpen the other side like
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Hold on are all swords not double edged? just sharpen the other side like
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While the rest of the world is (rightly) focusing on #ICE atrocities, it's worth remembering that Sweden is expelling teenagers, and in some cases babies, to the likes of Iran and El Salvador.
ICYMI - the govt is only able to stay in power thanks to the votes of the far-right Sweden Democrats.
ICYMI - the govt is only able to stay in power thanks to the votes of the far-right Sweden Democrats.
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
While the rest of the world is (rightly) focusing on #ICE atrocities, it's worth remembering that Sweden is expelling teenagers, and in some cases babies, to the likes of Iran and El Salvador.
ICYMI - the govt is only able to stay in power thanks to the votes of the far-right Sweden Democrats.
ICYMI - the govt is only able to stay in power thanks to the votes of the far-right Sweden Democrats.
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FAI Boycott Israel Games!
Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree
my.uplift.ie
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Scaiptear an scéal my.uplift.ie/petitions/fa... @uplift.ie
Something that comes up in big abuse cases is this idea that "the victim should gave known better" and I would like us all to get on board with the idea that even people who show poor judgment when they should know better don't deserve to be abused
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Something that comes up in big abuse cases is this idea that "the victim should gave known better" and I would like us all to get on board with the idea that even people who show poor judgment when they should know better don't deserve to be abused
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Man it is a great time to be a toxic fume
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Man it is a great time to be a toxic fume
Passed a set of little girl twins dressed the same and did a double take and a big grin only to then lock eyes with their ma who was also grinning and giving me a big nod
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Passed a set of little girl twins dressed the same and did a double take and a big grin only to then lock eyes with their ma who was also grinning and giving me a big nod
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you missed the best one
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
you missed the best one
Man I'm listening to an audiobook while I'm working today and the author is doing the reading but can only do so in spurts of three or four words at a time so the emphasis of each sentence is all over the place
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Man I'm listening to an audiobook while I'm working today and the author is doing the reading but can only do so in spurts of three or four words at a time so the emphasis of each sentence is all over the place
I'd love to clap eyes on a moose
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I'd love to clap eyes on a moose
Just saw someone say "well she was speaking so matter-of-fact about (witnessing someone's death) I don't see how she could have been in shock"
Truecrime podcasters who have no idea how trauma works: I mean that's a traumatic experience, I'm preeeetty sure you'd remember the details
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Just saw someone say "well she was speaking so matter-of-fact about (witnessing someone's death) I don't see how she could have been in shock"
When schools stopped beating children for writing with their left hand were there truthers going around braying "oh so eeeeveryone's left-handed now? Back in my day no one was left-handed"
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
When schools stopped beating children for writing with their left hand were there truthers going around braying "oh so eeeeveryone's left-handed now? Back in my day no one was left-handed"
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Going to email Phizzfest and suggest a luchador battle royale wrestling match to settle this Phibsboro/Phibsborough question once and for all
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Going to email Phizzfest and suggest a luchador battle royale wrestling match to settle this Phibsboro/Phibsborough question once and for all
I hate it when I go to the paper shop and the man fights with me and insists that the paper is A2 because it's on the A2 shelf and it is CLEARLY A3 because I have eyeballs and know what A3 looks like
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I hate it when I go to the paper shop and the man fights with me and insists that the paper is A2 because it's on the A2 shelf and it is CLEARLY A3 because I have eyeballs and know what A3 looks like
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Some EU leaders are meeting the chemical industry in Antwerp today, and then all EU heads of state/government are meeting in a Belgian castle tomorrow to discuss "competitiveness"
What do they really mean when they say that? 👇
What do they really mean when they say that? 👇
We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad
February 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Some EU leaders are meeting the chemical industry in Antwerp today, and then all EU heads of state/government are meeting in a Belgian castle tomorrow to discuss "competitiveness"
What do they really mean when they say that? 👇
What do they really mean when they say that? 👇
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It literally takes one minute to sign this petition to stop mass harvesting of seaweed from the west coast of Ireland without proper public consultation. I signed and it’s at 12,222 out of 15,000 rn — please sign:
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
It literally takes one minute to sign this petition to stop mass harvesting of seaweed from the west coast of Ireland without proper public consultation. I signed and it’s at 12,222 out of 15,000 rn — please sign: