Dr Clare Marie
@clarem212.bsky.social
Historian of Irish and Asian history. PhD from TCD: Ulstermen and Identity in the Chinese Customs Service. Derry Girl working in HE and EdTech. I love bad movies, good TV, and wrestling.
How do the minimalist professional girlies do it with their tiny bags?
I was down for an overnight in Dublin for work and I didn't need my laptop. This meant I didn't need to bring my rucksack.
It nearly ruined the entire trip. As it transpires, I do not know how to function travelling without it.
I was down for an overnight in Dublin for work and I didn't need my laptop. This meant I didn't need to bring my rucksack.
It nearly ruined the entire trip. As it transpires, I do not know how to function travelling without it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
How do the minimalist professional girlies do it with their tiny bags?
I was down for an overnight in Dublin for work and I didn't need my laptop. This meant I didn't need to bring my rucksack.
It nearly ruined the entire trip. As it transpires, I do not know how to function travelling without it.
I was down for an overnight in Dublin for work and I didn't need my laptop. This meant I didn't need to bring my rucksack.
It nearly ruined the entire trip. As it transpires, I do not know how to function travelling without it.
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On this day, 5 Oct 1968: a banned civil rights march on Duke Street, Derry, met violent RUC attacks – filmed and broadcast worldwide. It ignited a movement for change. #CivilRights68
On this day, 5 Oct 1968: a banned civil rights march on Duke Street, Derry, met violent RUC attacks – filmed and broadcast worldwide. It ignited a movement for change. #CivilRights68
October 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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On this day, 5 Oct 1968: a banned civil rights march on Duke Street, Derry, met violent RUC attacks – filmed and broadcast worldwide. It ignited a movement for change. #CivilRights68
On this day, 5 Oct 1968: a banned civil rights march on Duke Street, Derry, met violent RUC attacks – filmed and broadcast worldwide. It ignited a movement for change. #CivilRights68
In this house, we trust the clairvoyance of Queen Oyin #TheTraitorsIRL
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In this house, we trust the clairvoyance of Queen Oyin #TheTraitorsIRL
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Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
the entire media ecosystem is just not built or ready for events like this and far right billionaires like larry ellison buying news orgs will only make this worse
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
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I challenge some hero to make the sky scroll. I lack the technical chops.
September 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I challenge some hero to make the sky scroll. I lack the technical chops.
No, YOU lost your copy of Thomas Bartlett's "Ireland: A History" and had to buy a replacement one.
August 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
No, YOU lost your copy of Thomas Bartlett's "Ireland: A History" and had to buy a replacement one.
Marisa Tomei taking the stand in My Cousin Vinnie is one of the greatest scenes in cinema history.
And Marisa is being called as a witness! Hurrah! Even though it would almost certainly force Vinny to withdraw due to the mahoosive conflict of interest!
He’s applying to treat her as hostile.
Wonderful.
Fun* fact: #TheCutThroatTrial has a whole chapter about hostile witnesses.
*May not be fun
He’s applying to treat her as hostile.
Wonderful.
Fun* fact: #TheCutThroatTrial has a whole chapter about hostile witnesses.
*May not be fun
August 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Marisa Tomei taking the stand in My Cousin Vinnie is one of the greatest scenes in cinema history.
A lot of things happening on the news front this morning where "laughs in Northern Irish" is the only response. People are having a totally normal one.
August 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A lot of things happening on the news front this morning where "laughs in Northern Irish" is the only response. People are having a totally normal one.
A baby flamingo is called a flamingling.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A baby flamingo is called a flamingling.
At Euston Station. Most of London is actually fine, a lot of it is quite nice.
Not Euston. God really turned a blind eye when this was being built.
Not Euston. God really turned a blind eye when this was being built.
a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
Alt: Eleanor from The Good Place saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
Because Euston Station is one of the circles of hell.
media.tenor.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
At Euston Station. Most of London is actually fine, a lot of it is quite nice.
Not Euston. God really turned a blind eye when this was being built.
Not Euston. God really turned a blind eye when this was being built.
The London water + London weather combo is doing an absolute number on my hair. It has the texture and consistency of a used brillo pad. More power to the insta girlies because I truly don't know how they do it.
August 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The London water + London weather combo is doing an absolute number on my hair. It has the texture and consistency of a used brillo pad. More power to the insta girlies because I truly don't know how they do it.
65% of people are lying.
August 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
65% of people are lying.
I'd like to offer my personal apologies for the thunderstorms in London. I wore shorts, and brought a coat that wasn't fully fully waterproof. God was never letting that level of Irish hubris stand.
August 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'd like to offer my personal apologies for the thunderstorms in London. I wore shorts, and brought a coat that wasn't fully fully waterproof. God was never letting that level of Irish hubris stand.
Yeah NYT, they just started a genocide instead.
It has been almost two years since Hamas led the deadliest attack on Israel in the country’s history.
Not a single person has been charged or prosecuted for it, and the entire subject is shrouded in secrecy.
Not a single person has been charged or prosecuted for it, and the entire subject is shrouded in secrecy.
Israel Hasn’t Prosecuted a Single Suspect for the Oct. 7 Attack
Israel has extensively documented the 2023 Hamas-led assault and is believed to be holding at least 200 Palestinians suspected of involvement. Not one has been charged or put on trial.
nyti.ms
August 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yeah NYT, they just started a genocide instead.
I walked 9 miles yesterday for touristy reasons and now my app is trying to tell me its a good day for running.
Not in this life or the next, app.
Not in this life or the next, app.
August 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I walked 9 miles yesterday for touristy reasons and now my app is trying to tell me its a good day for running.
Not in this life or the next, app.
Not in this life or the next, app.
In a contemporary art exhibition and the prams in London are so fancy I can't tell which ones are for actual babies and which ones are displays.
August 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In a contemporary art exhibition and the prams in London are so fancy I can't tell which ones are for actual babies and which ones are displays.
Out here fighting the good fight in 32°C, trying to be cute.
So far, I've had to clip my hair up to stop it from welding to my face, I've progressed from "shiny" to "sticky" (powder be damned) and I dropped a knife on my skirt so now its stained. Give me a chance here.
So far, I've had to clip my hair up to stop it from welding to my face, I've progressed from "shiny" to "sticky" (powder be damned) and I dropped a knife on my skirt so now its stained. Give me a chance here.
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Out here fighting the good fight in 32°C, trying to be cute.
So far, I've had to clip my hair up to stop it from welding to my face, I've progressed from "shiny" to "sticky" (powder be damned) and I dropped a knife on my skirt so now its stained. Give me a chance here.
So far, I've had to clip my hair up to stop it from welding to my face, I've progressed from "shiny" to "sticky" (powder be damned) and I dropped a knife on my skirt so now its stained. Give me a chance here.
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A number of Four Courts Press books can now be borrowed on archive.org. Four Courts is a key publisher of works on Irish history, and this means some out of print edited collections on early modern history are now more readily available. And you can read some of my articles there too! For example:
August 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A number of Four Courts Press books can now be borrowed on archive.org. Four Courts is a key publisher of works on Irish history, and this means some out of print edited collections on early modern history are now more readily available. And you can read some of my articles there too! For example:
I know everyone disagrees over ranking lists, it's why they're so popular etc etc etc...
but this list is actually unhinged.
but this list is actually unhinged.
Prompted by this completely insane ranking from Variety of the MCU projects
variety.com/lists/marvel...
variety.com/lists/marvel...
Ranking the MCU: Every Marvel Studios Movie and Show, From Worst to Best
Every Marvel movie and TV show ranked from worst to best.
variety.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I know everyone disagrees over ranking lists, it's why they're so popular etc etc etc...
but this list is actually unhinged.
but this list is actually unhinged.
Devastated to say mine would also be wrestling booker.
What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at?
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
July 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Devastated to say mine would also be wrestling booker.
Happy All Ireland Sunday to all who celebrate. As a Derry woman, I'm backing Donegal to the end. Sam's coming back to Ulster lads.
July 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Happy All Ireland Sunday to all who celebrate. As a Derry woman, I'm backing Donegal to the end. Sam's coming back to Ulster lads.
Discord also being subject to the OSA is hilarious because it can only go one of two ways; a systemic collapse of the UK user base OR a mass exodus of UK users to be replaced by "international" accounts.
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Discord also being subject to the OSA is hilarious because it can only go one of two ways; a systemic collapse of the UK user base OR a mass exodus of UK users to be replaced by "international" accounts.