No one could have anticipated this says institutions that were explicitly warned of this after
- burned refugee tents on Sandwich St
- attacked libraries all over the country
- journalists, TDs and their staff were assaulted outside the Dáil

That's just the most recent stuff
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I see your carved Hallowe’en pumpkin, and raise you the traditional carved Irish Samhain turnip head

Episode 4 is a response to last week's flooding, offering some context to terms that you might see used in discussions of watercourse management in Ireland. Articles by Anthea Lacchia and @thinkorswim.bsky.social were particularly helpful in putting this week's episode together

It’s okay not to be a sword lesbian yourself. Some lesbians are simply meant to have their chin tilted gently upward by the tip of a seductress’s blade and be asked “do you surrender?” in a voice both soft yet darkly woven with delicate threads of menace.

winnie the pooh gets so much of my fantasies that i don't get to have. wanders around with his pussy out, smeared with honey, eats it right out of the jar. gets stuck in holes

For Friday the 13th I cut my middle finger open, got it glued shut, and was given a tetanus shot……ALL BEFORE NOON

Come at me!!!!

No don’t really I’ve already gone fetal

Ep3: why don't we just plant more trees? works through the issues which makse tree planting a simple answer but not always the ecological sound one. It is up now wherever you listen to podcasts.

You can read all the scripts as blog posts and find the sources for each episode on fromtherootspod.com

it is October, my friends

This is a weird complaint but has anyone who's on fanfic tiktok got the impression that some of the big accounts doing fic recs havent read half the fics they're recommending?

This isn't a quality question btw, I mean the fic they describe bares no resemblance to what's written

From the Roots is an upcoming environmental podcast discussing Ireland's biodiversity, natural history and climate action (or inaction) in fifteen minutes or less, helping give you the context for Irish environmental news headlines. Our first episodes will be published on September 29th.

Don't mention the Coddle Wars

A lovely and nostaligic eulogy for Irish Twitter by @darach.bsky.social

which steddie fan has watched Conan Gray's new music video and is gonna write the exes to lovers fic where this is Eddie's break up song video where he trashes an RV as the symbol of the domestic life he thought Steve chose over him meanwhile Steve's just on a pining, heartbroken roadtrip alone

Bluesky skews towards shitposters but that’s because shitposters are the first settlers of a new website, the terminally online folks that pave the way for normies. We are the lichens clinging to a newly formed volcanic island to create dirt for trees and birds to live on

Grey star 🌟

Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) are an environmental NGO taking the government to court over their Climate Action plan being insufficient to meet Ireland's emission targets. Some background to this case will be discussed in From the Roots first episode on September 25th.

I tried to write something snarky about how I'm glad we're increasing Garda numbers to deal with "addiction and anti-social behaviour", since a senior garda thinking fear is their best tool is a great sign for the internal culture, but honestly there isnt enough sarcasm in the world

Some people start celebrating Halloween in September & some people don't believe in happiness or joy. How you choose to live your life is up to you. The world is a diverse and interesting place.