Siobhán McElduff
@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social
1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í
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If this is the case I'm going to be *really* upset I didn't try and get a ticket.
Prediction: the London fireworks will feature a giant floating drone Paddington head like in Zardoz.
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If this is the case I'm going to be *really* upset I didn't try and get a ticket.
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As is traditional on this day: Samuel Beckett’s thoughts via telegram on the coming New Year of 1984
December 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As is traditional on this day: Samuel Beckett’s thoughts via telegram on the coming New Year of 1984
I see it's sympathy for a disgraced scholar day today. Again.
December 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I see it's sympathy for a disgraced scholar day today. Again.
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A not-so-brief summary of where we are at heading into the new year in terms of polling, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael trending down, an Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats trending up. Featuring analysis for every constituency, read below 👇
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/12/30/e...
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/12/30/e...
End of 2025 Projections Update
2024 Result Fianna Fáil 48Sinn Féin 39Fine Gael 38Independents 16Social Democrats 11Labour 11Independent Ireland 4PBP/Solidarity 3Aontú 2Green Party 1100% Redress 1 Current Projection Fianna Fáil 4…
irishelectionprojections.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A not-so-brief summary of where we are at heading into the new year in terms of polling, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael trending down, an Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats trending up. Featuring analysis for every constituency, read below 👇
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/12/30/e...
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/12/30/e...
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It's true. Last time I went to the movies Carney charged me $15 for a small pack of Nibs.
December 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's true. Last time I went to the movies Carney charged me $15 for a small pack of Nibs.
On this last day of 2025, I'd like to remember the forgotten: Lizzy II. Remember how mere years ago how we were told the loss of her was an epochal event? And now there's her son in there and the epoch seems to be rolling on to its likely disastrous conclusion.
That somehow cheers me up a bit.
That somehow cheers me up a bit.
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On this last day of 2025, I'd like to remember the forgotten: Lizzy II. Remember how mere years ago how we were told the loss of her was an epochal event? And now there's her son in there and the epoch seems to be rolling on to its likely disastrous conclusion.
That somehow cheers me up a bit.
That somehow cheers me up a bit.
Nice of 2025 to remind me on its last day that it truly is a cursed year.
December 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Nice of 2025 to remind me on its last day that it truly is a cursed year.
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An tusa an chéad Láithreoir Aimsire eile ar TG4? 🌟📺🎤
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais:
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/corporate/foluntais/
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais:
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/corporate/foluntais/
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
An tusa an chéad Láithreoir Aimsire eile ar TG4? 🌟📺🎤
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais:
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/corporate/foluntais/
🔗 Tuilleadh eolais:
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/corporate/foluntais/
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for all the talk about this being the next transformative technology, there is an awful lot of forcing from above. no one ever met with a country's PM to tell them smart phone adoption was too low. what are we doing here?
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
for all the talk about this being the next transformative technology, there is an awful lot of forcing from above. no one ever met with a country's PM to tell them smart phone adoption was too low. what are we doing here?
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New Zealand always has the right idea for New Year's Eve: get it out of the way by lunchtime, really free up the rest of the day www.independent.co.uk/news/world/n...
December 31, 2024 at 11:28 AM
New Zealand always has the right idea for New Year's Eve: get it out of the way by lunchtime, really free up the rest of the day www.independent.co.uk/news/world/n...
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Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Homeless executive chief rejects Tánaiste’s view, saying people who ‘can’t establish a right to housing ... are sent on their way’
www.irishtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
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Update: I emailed the opt-out address listed on their website and got a reply. But, I never. Should. Have. Had. To. Opt. Out. I’m so tired of these tech companies & their entitlement. DoorDash putting small restaurants on their apps w/o permission, AI scraping our sites, & now this? It’s exhausting
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December 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Update: I emailed the opt-out address listed on their website and got a reply. But, I never. Should. Have. Had. To. Opt. Out. I’m so tired of these tech companies & their entitlement. DoorDash putting small restaurants on their apps w/o permission, AI scraping our sites, & now this? It’s exhausting
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someone raged at me for saying king charles looks like a "mister potato head."
apparently i'm nae supposed to make comments about appearances because it's degrading.
nevertheless... king charles looks like a bloody "mister potato head."
i'll die on this hill, haters...
DIE. ON. THIS. HILL.🤨
apparently i'm nae supposed to make comments about appearances because it's degrading.
nevertheless... king charles looks like a bloody "mister potato head."
i'll die on this hill, haters...
DIE. ON. THIS. HILL.🤨
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 AM
someone raged at me for saying king charles looks like a "mister potato head."
apparently i'm nae supposed to make comments about appearances because it's degrading.
nevertheless... king charles looks like a bloody "mister potato head."
i'll die on this hill, haters...
DIE. ON. THIS. HILL.🤨
apparently i'm nae supposed to make comments about appearances because it's degrading.
nevertheless... king charles looks like a bloody "mister potato head."
i'll die on this hill, haters...
DIE. ON. THIS. HILL.🤨
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If you haven't landed on the side of social media where parents are complaining that the formula fed to their babies in the NICU contained corn syrup solids and not "clean ingredients" I'm honestly envious of you.
That a generation ago their baby would have died is lost on them.
That a generation ago their baby would have died is lost on them.
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
If you haven't landed on the side of social media where parents are complaining that the formula fed to their babies in the NICU contained corn syrup solids and not "clean ingredients" I'm honestly envious of you.
That a generation ago their baby would have died is lost on them.
That a generation ago their baby would have died is lost on them.
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Someone stole my wife's maroon Raleigh Motus bike in Dublin City Centre this afternoon. If you see it, give me a shout
December 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"What was your biggest impact on the Internet?"
I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")
I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"What was your biggest impact on the Internet?"
I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")
I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")
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What is wrong with your country that you think Jews shouldn’t gather outside?
Begs the question: Why did they go ahead or not move the event indoors or organize more of their own security.
Jewish security group assessed the event as high- risk and asked for stronger police presence at Bondi Hanukkah festival.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw... #auspol #nswpol
Jewish security group assessed the event as high- risk and asked for stronger police presence at Bondi Hanukkah festival.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw... #auspol #nswpol
Jewish community asked for stronger police presence at Hanukkah festival
A security group deemed the celebration as a high-risk event ahead of the deadly shooting.
www.smh.com.au
December 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
What is wrong with your country that you think Jews shouldn’t gather outside?
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Here goes: My fierce, funny, impossibly supportive badass mom died in Aug. It feels weird to share here but I want ppl to know how great she was. I wrote this notice at the time—the barest glimpse of her awesomeness, incl her decades of work in an academic dept www.abbeycremation.com/post/pamela-...
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Here goes: My fierce, funny, impossibly supportive badass mom died in Aug. It feels weird to share here but I want ppl to know how great she was. I wrote this notice at the time—the barest glimpse of her awesomeness, incl her decades of work in an academic dept www.abbeycremation.com/post/pamela-...
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Spread the word, eh? Next year, we'll be watching the original film together!
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Spread the word, eh? Next year, we'll be watching the original film together!
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AI RACISTS
I said chatgpt doesn't have a soul and got put on this list
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
AI RACISTS
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I said chatgpt doesn't have a soul and got put on this list
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I said chatgpt doesn't have a soul and got put on this list
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Not much went right this year but to hear of fresh sightings bringing the total to 14 new documented calves for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is most welcome news in these final days of 2025 (photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #26919)
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Not much went right this year but to hear of fresh sightings bringing the total to 14 new documented calves for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is most welcome news in these final days of 2025 (photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #26919)
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A Vancouver violinist who was threatened with legal action by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra after breaking a non-disclosure agreement and speaking out about an alleged sexual assault by one of its former senior musicians says she won't be "intimidated" into silence.
Violinist undeterred by Vancouver orchestra’s legal threat over sexual assault claim
A Vancouver violinist who was threatened with legal action by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra after breaking a non-disclosure agreement and speaking out about an alleged sexual assault by one of its former senior musicians says she won't be intimidated into silence.
cheknews.ca
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A Vancouver violinist who was threatened with legal action by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra after breaking a non-disclosure agreement and speaking out about an alleged sexual assault by one of its former senior musicians says she won't be "intimidated" into silence.
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis https://theonion.com/israel-agrees-to-go-back-to-killing-palestinians-on-less-frequent-basis/
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis https://theonion.com/israel-agrees-to-go-back-to-killing-palestinians-on-less-frequent-basis/
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If you have no plans for New Year's Eve, Taney will be ringing in 2026 on a livestream from our tower in Dundrum at approx 11:45pm tomorrow. Join Ireland’s leading teaching tower as we sound the bells to welcome the New Year! bit.ly/TaneyLivestr... #newyear #newyear2026 #speirgorm #newyearseve2026
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you have no plans for New Year's Eve, Taney will be ringing in 2026 on a livestream from our tower in Dundrum at approx 11:45pm tomorrow. Join Ireland’s leading teaching tower as we sound the bells to welcome the New Year! bit.ly/TaneyLivestr... #newyear #newyear2026 #speirgorm #newyearseve2026