Cristiona Maire
@cristionamaire.bsky.social
Web & UX by day, history grad by night with interest in family history & migration. Yorkshire lass with a heap of Irish 🇮🇪 thrown in for good measure.
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A little bit about me: I'm a UX Lead by day but in my spare time I research family history (my own & other peoples), basically one foot in the present, one foot in the past 😁
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The reason why I cry listening to these old songs isn't because I want to return to the past.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
May 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The reason why I cry listening to these old songs isn't because I want to return to the past.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
Got out & about in the sunshine today, gorgeous views up at Holme 😍
March 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Got out & about in the sunshine today, gorgeous views up at Holme 😍
After yesterday's horror show, this makes me happy.
Keir Starmer embraces President Zelensky as he arrives at Downing St.
March 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
After yesterday's horror show, this makes me happy.
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literally every time I talk to friends
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
literally every time I talk to friends
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He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
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You know what’s important? History teachers. My Dad was a history teacher. I think his work was vital for a healthy society.
February 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You know what’s important? History teachers. My Dad was a history teacher. I think his work was vital for a healthy society.
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Twin Peaks was this massive thing when I was a kid & I remember watching, not necessarily understanding, but scenes were still burned into my brain. Rewatched as an adult & was blown away. David Lynch was a creative genius #RIPDavidLynch
January 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Twin Peaks was this massive thing when I was a kid & I remember watching, not necessarily understanding, but scenes were still burned into my brain. Rewatched as an adult & was blown away. David Lynch was a creative genius #RIPDavidLynch
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It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
January 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
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My head hurts reading the Israeli interpretations of Irish history. It’s disturbing to see so much pseudohistory deployed in order to [as our president noted] declare everyone Irish, everywhere, ‘antisemitic’.
December 22, 2024 at 12:23 PM
My head hurts reading the Israeli interpretations of Irish history. It’s disturbing to see so much pseudohistory deployed in order to [as our president noted] declare everyone Irish, everywhere, ‘antisemitic’.
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The times nomierte Mister Mysogyn- Trump als Person of the year.
Die Antwort einer Künstlerin⬇️
Die Antwort einer Künstlerin⬇️
December 19, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The times nomierte Mister Mysogyn- Trump als Person of the year.
Die Antwort einer Künstlerin⬇️
Die Antwort einer Künstlerin⬇️
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On the commercial-political-emotional success of the alternative, evidence-free wellness movement:
"You can look like us, feel like us, their chorus goes, if you follow our rules and purchase our powders"
from @elainegodfrey.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"You can look like us, feel like us, their chorus goes, if you follow our rules and purchase our powders"
from @elainegodfrey.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Wellness Women Are on the March
Behind MAHA, RFK Jr.’s alternative-health movement, is a legion of Instagram influencers with millions of followers.
www.theatlantic.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:46 AM
On the commercial-political-emotional success of the alternative, evidence-free wellness movement:
"You can look like us, feel like us, their chorus goes, if you follow our rules and purchase our powders"
from @elainegodfrey.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"You can look like us, feel like us, their chorus goes, if you follow our rules and purchase our powders"
from @elainegodfrey.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Hello 🌞
I seem to have a few new followers! 👋
I am a social historian specialising in death, psychiatry, and working-class histories in Wales 🏴
I hope you'll enjoy my ramblings ✨️
• linktr.ee/louvainrees
• hellohistoria.substack.com
• instagram.com/louvainrees
#Wales #History
I seem to have a few new followers! 👋
I am a social historian specialising in death, psychiatry, and working-class histories in Wales 🏴
I hope you'll enjoy my ramblings ✨️
• linktr.ee/louvainrees
• hellohistoria.substack.com
• instagram.com/louvainrees
#Wales #History
November 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Hello 🌞
I seem to have a few new followers! 👋
I am a social historian specialising in death, psychiatry, and working-class histories in Wales 🏴
I hope you'll enjoy my ramblings ✨️
• linktr.ee/louvainrees
• hellohistoria.substack.com
• instagram.com/louvainrees
#Wales #History
I seem to have a few new followers! 👋
I am a social historian specialising in death, psychiatry, and working-class histories in Wales 🏴
I hope you'll enjoy my ramblings ✨️
• linktr.ee/louvainrees
• hellohistoria.substack.com
• instagram.com/louvainrees
#Wales #History
Another family research adventure:
My 2x Great Gran, Kate O'Leary who won't go down in history, anywhere other than in my family but I will attempt to tell her story.
#genhour #genealogy #familyhistory #historyfrombelow
My 2x Great Gran, Kate O'Leary who won't go down in history, anywhere other than in my family but I will attempt to tell her story.
#genhour #genealogy #familyhistory #historyfrombelow
November 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Another family research adventure:
My 2x Great Gran, Kate O'Leary who won't go down in history, anywhere other than in my family but I will attempt to tell her story.
#genhour #genealogy #familyhistory #historyfrombelow
My 2x Great Gran, Kate O'Leary who won't go down in history, anywhere other than in my family but I will attempt to tell her story.
#genhour #genealogy #familyhistory #historyfrombelow
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im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.
November 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.
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It’s fantastic & a little surreal going to my newsfeed on @bsky.app and seeing posts from all the people I’ve followed for years on Twitter/X which have oddly been missing from my newsfeed on X for the past 18 months. This is going to be an amazing platform👏
November 16, 2024 at 1:22 PM
It’s fantastic & a little surreal going to my newsfeed on @bsky.app and seeing posts from all the people I’ve followed for years on Twitter/X which have oddly been missing from my newsfeed on X for the past 18 months. This is going to be an amazing platform👏
A little bit about me: I'm a UX Lead by day but in my spare time I research family history (my own & other peoples), basically one foot in the present, one foot in the past 😁
November 16, 2024 at 11:09 AM
A little bit about me: I'm a UX Lead by day but in my spare time I research family history (my own & other peoples), basically one foot in the present, one foot in the past 😁
Duting Nov I try & post a little something about one of my relatives who served in The Great War. Like most families, multiple members of the young men of my family ended up fighting in the trenches. Thomas Dalton, born 4th July 1895 in Gort, Galway, Ireland was one of them. 🧵
November 16, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Duting Nov I try & post a little something about one of my relatives who served in The Great War. Like most families, multiple members of the young men of my family ended up fighting in the trenches. Thomas Dalton, born 4th July 1895 in Gort, Galway, Ireland was one of them. 🧵
Niall was one of my favourite accounts on the other place. He & his team work little miracles every day (& Liam G got his doggo, Buttons from him ❤️)
I post a lot of good news about dogs on Twitter but A lot of people asking to also post here now.
Struggle to find the time but if I get over 20k followers here I'll find a way to post daily.
🎤 Mic check. Is this thing on?
Struggle to find the time but if I get over 20k followers here I'll find a way to post daily.
🎤 Mic check. Is this thing on?
November 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Niall was one of my favourite accounts on the other place. He & his team work little miracles every day (& Liam G got his doggo, Buttons from him ❤️)
This is absolutely spot on. I don't want to be worried about posting just in case it attracts the antagonists or lady bots. I just want to read about interesting things & connect with interesting people.
It also misses that for most of us this is a hobby, and Twitter stopped being fun. I don't have some kind of moral obligation to broaden the debate/ communicate for my team/ whatever. It's my phone, it's my time, and they're my thumbs, if I prefer Bluesky its no-ones business but mine.
Some people cannot comprehend that the exodus from X is not 'liberal flight' but a lot of people deciding that the content on the platform - hate/extremism, disinformation, violent/nsfw content, low quality ads, lax responses to user reports, suppression of content - just can't be ignored any more.
November 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
This is absolutely spot on. I don't want to be worried about posting just in case it attracts the antagonists or lady bots. I just want to read about interesting things & connect with interesting people.
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why is there stuff to do every week. every week there's new stuff, or stuff i didn't get to last week, or stuff i completely forgot about. something has got to be done about this
November 13, 2024 at 10:02 PM
why is there stuff to do every week. every week there's new stuff, or stuff i didn't get to last week, or stuff i completely forgot about. something has got to be done about this
Finding so many lovely accounts that I'd 'lost' on the other place, either because they'd left or the algorithm didn't show them anymore, it's like stumbling on a treasure trove.
November 13, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Finding so many lovely accounts that I'd 'lost' on the other place, either because they'd left or the algorithm didn't show them anymore, it's like stumbling on a treasure trove.
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So I'm here 🌞 & it already feels so much nicer.
November 13, 2024 at 4:23 PM
So I'm here 🌞 & it already feels so much nicer.