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Derek Brauders
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Explorer of new horizons. Irish, EU, Retd Irish Military. Interests in politics, wine, photography, and really anything else of interest. On Mastodon, Threads, IG. Same name.
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Northern Ireland's public transport operator has confirmed it is investigating a claim that one of its drivers prevented three young people from boarding a bus this morning because they were students at an Irish language school
Claim Irish language students refused from Belfast bus
Northern Ireland's public transport operator has confirmed it is investigating a claim that one of its drivers prevented three young people from boarding a bus this morning because they were students ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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fascinatorfun.bsky.social
“When the CIA makes an assessment of whether someone is likely to want to spy for them, to risk everything and betray their country in order to pass secrets to America, they talk about “MICE”…namely: Money, Ideology, Compromise and Ego.“

Which applied to Gill?
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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irishlittimes.bsky.social
How could we not recommend! 👇
anniewestdotcom.bsky.social Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 2d
Mad about Literature? Not mad about literature? Shopping for something for the Bluestocking in your life? Looky here!
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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nmireland.bsky.social
🎄✨ Make Memories This Christmas! ✨🎄
Looking for a festive family day out?
Join us for Snowflakes and Songs, a fun-filled, Christmas open day
📅 Sunday, 30th November- 13:30-16:00
📍 Collins Barracks Admission Free, all welcome
🎨 Crafts, music, & festive cheer for all ages
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
#Speirgorm #Spéirghorm hive mind shoutout.

Is "bang to rights" an expression you'd hear these days in Ireland?

All reposts/responses appreciated
Thanks
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
derekbrauders.bsky.social
👇 This is some thread from @devezer.bsky.social . Drama, popcorn, incredulity, FedEx, and more besides! 😀👏👏👏.
Would you trust your parcels with these ?
devezer.bsky.social Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 2d
Oh no! The sudden noises outside weren't for nothing. The FedEx truck fell into the ditch. On a totally normal, dry day with no water, snow or ice on the ground. I drive up that hill every day and I don't get it. How did they do that?
A white FedEx truck stopped short of completely falling sideways into the woods as seen from the radio. It's stuck at a 45⁰ish angle, with the majority of the truck dangling over the drop on the side.
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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shannonvallor.bsky.social
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.

Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
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November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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jjoque.bsky.social
This is why it's very important that the first thing you do when you review a manuscript or paper is to ctrl-f and search for your own name (also this stinks sorry)
shannonvallor.bsky.social Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 1d
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.

Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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orla-hegarty.bsky.social
Again with the “seomra” shed-sit www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Orla Hegarty: No. Without careful handling, this could be less 'Dermot Bannon' and more 'hermit cabin' The proposal to permit small homes in back gardens is the offer of a hospital trolley when you really need a bed. In some circumstances it suits people to live in close quarters with others, and the planning system can accommodate this. But the risk is that this proposal represents the continued erosion of hard-won standards, with potential unintended consequences in the housing sector, and new challenges for State authorities. Currently, a greenhouse, garage, store or shed up to 25sq m is generally exempt from planning permission, but it may not be lived in. The Government's proposal is to increase this to 40sq m for a separate residence. Worryingly, no no minimum has been mentioned, so how low can we go? Irish apartment regulations specify at least 37sqm) equivalent to just three standard parking spaces) for a one-person studio, and 45sq m for a two-person unit. This is important. Space is critical to wellbeing and health, and for human needs, activities, hygiene, comfort, safety, socialising, disability and so on. This is why the recent “co-living” experiment of 15sq m rooms was ended just two years after its introduction. The small size of a garden cabin suggests the initiative is intended for single people, although the reality will likely mean they are used by couples and families, and overcrowding may ensue. Not being “officially” available for rent will put them outside the scrutiny of the Residential Tenancies Board and inspection of minimum standards. It is already evident from rental and holiday websites that unauthorised “chalets” are in use, some costing more than €100 per night. A 2021 US study by the National Association of Realtors found that accessory dwelling units (ADUs) added 35 per cent per cent to the value of a home. So, whether the new “site” is developed or not, there could be an inflationary effect in some residential neighbourhoods.
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
This is a 52-pound 9000+ page accordion-bound artist’s book of Donald Trump’s lies, conceived, printed, and bound by Jill and Ray Nichols of @leadgraffiti.bsky.social in Delaware. Each of the 9000 pages has the text (per the Washington Post) of one or more of Trump’s lies; none are repeated.
The 9000-page 52-pound book, entitled LIAR, LIAR, on display today at the University of Maryland. Sample interior page. Front of a postcard describing the project. Photo of postcard describing project: “9,296 pages document 3o,573 false or misleading claims by Donald Trump from his first day in office, 2017, to his final day on January 20, 2020, when Joe Biden was sworn in as the country's next president. All that verbiage is s3" thick, weighs 52 pounds, and it started like this. The disolution of the Delaware College of Art & Design, to whom Lead Graffti had donated 1oos of design books over the past decade, brought an invitation to redaim them. We found a few, which brought us another interesting find — a blank Coppic-stitched book with a spine about 36 inches wide bound by Ema Ishii Holdredge for her BEA show at the Corcoran School of Art in 2008. That book haunted us for several weeks, and we decided it was too audacious not to give ita Lead Graffiti shot. For a while, we pondered how to fill a several thousand-page book with content that made a serious point. The notion of the presidential untruths came to mind, so maybe there was some documentation we could "borrow?" Sure enough, in a few Safari minutes, we found a downloadable PDE from The Washington Post that we could massage into a typographic form we could use. We were off. Ray undertook the ink-jet printing of the pages, folding and inserting the red cover-weight sheets for structural support, and gathering and punching the folds for sewing. Jill did 99.8% of the sewing. At a 3o2 United gathering, we encouraged attendees to give the book a stroke. Shown at right is the head of the Delaware ACLU, who has excellent technique. LEAD GRAFFITI | NEWARK, DELAWARE| LEADGRAFFITI.COM|RAY@LEADGRAIETTI.COM”
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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irishtimes.com
Seán Moncrieff: My daughter and her family have moved to France. On a recent visit they found Ireland depressing
My daughter and her family have a quality of life in rural France they could only dream of having here
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November 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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denisebreen.bsky.social
On this day in 1970, Anne Murray received a gold record for her single "Snowbird".
She was the first Canadian artist to receive a gold record.
A picture of the cover of the single "Snowbird"
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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extremetemps.bsky.social
Big change ahead in EUROPE
After a historic warm spell in the West,the heat will move to Eastern Europe.

Next week, let's expect 30C in Turkey, tropical nights in Greece (Rhodes,South Crete,Kastellorizo,Kasos) and >25C on the Black Sea.

35C in North Africa and Israel,38C on the Red Sea!
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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liznugent.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/op...
Open Letter to the Screen Industry in Ireland: Don't Undermine Union Agreements
As the screen sector in Ireland continues to grow in size, talent, and global recognition, it is more vital than ever that we uphold the standards, protections, and rights that underpin fair and susta...
www.megaphone.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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nmireland.bsky.social
One of our Sheela-na-gigs is now on display at @immaireland.bsky.social. This piece from Seir Kieran, Co. Offaly (2206:W13) features in Cecilia Vicuña’s Reverse Migration Exhibition, on view until 5 July 2026.
Explore more online:
#SheelaNaGig #IMMA #IrishArt www.museum.ie/en-ie/collec...
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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asls.org.uk
“What are ye, little mannie? And where are ye going?”
“Not of the race of Adam,” said the creature; “the People of Peace shall never more be seen in Scotland.”

—The fairies’ farewell to Scotland, at Eathie, in Cromarty, c.1780. From Hugh Miller’s THE OLD RED SANDSTONE (1841)
#BookWormSat #folklore
On a Sabbath morning, nearly sixty years ago, the inmates of this little hamlet had all gone to church, all except a herd-boy and a little girl, his sister, who were lounging beside one of the cottages; when, just as the shadow of the garden dial had fallen on the line of noon, they saw a long cavalcade ascending out of the ravine through the wooded hollow. It winded among the knolls and bushes; and, turning round the northern gable of the cottage beside which the sole spectators of the scene were stationed, began to ascend the eminence towards the south. The horses were shaggy, diminutive things, speckled dun and gray; the riders, stunted, misgrown, ugly creatures, attired in antique jerkins of plaid, long gray cloaks, and little red caps, from under which their wild, uncombed locks shot out over their cheeks and foreheads. The boy and his sister stood gazing in utter dismay and astonishment, as rider after rider, each one more uncouth and dwarfish than the one that had preceded it, passed the cottage and disappeared among the brushwood, which at that period covered the hill, until at length the entire rout, except the last rider, who lingered a few yards behind the others, had gone by. "What are ye, little mannie? and where are ye going?" inquired the boy, his curiosity getting the better of his fears and his prudence. "Not of the race of Adam," said the creature, turning for a moment in his saddle; "the People of Peace shall never more be seen in Scotland."
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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politico.eu
COMMENTARY: Ukraine faces a hazardous winter war — one that heroism and improvisation may not be enough to overcome.

But its fate won’t be entirely in its own hands, with much now resting on Western allies as Kyiv grapples with three huge challenges. 

🔗 politi.co/4i2dms7/
Ukraine’s most perilous winter so far
The big question is whether the country will emerge in good enough shape to resist a bad peace deal being foisted on it. 
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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matthewchampion.bsky.social
legal documents cite a WIRED investigation from earlier this year, which revealed that scam compounds in Myanmar have been using Starlink

www.wired.com/story/doj-is...
DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound
A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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thestudyofwar.bsky.social
Russian advances in Pokrovsk resulted not from a sudden breakthrough but rather from months of dedicated battlefield shaping.

Read more in the November 14, 2025, report by @katstepanenko.bsky.social: isw.pub/RussianBAIBST
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
Why musicians are leaving Spotify – and what this means for the music you love www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why musicians are leaving Spotify
These protests are driven by both ongoing structural problems with music streaming business models and recent political events
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers.

Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.

Everything is for sale.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially withdrawing a Biden-era plan to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by the airlines.
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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deptrcdg.bsky.social
Minister Dara Calleary has announced the onboarding of the 400th Connected Hub — the Monksland Innovation Hub in Co. Roscommon.

This milestone highlights continued progress in expanding remote working and enterprise spaces across Ireland.

🔗 https://loom.ly/EOqq5vw

#ConnectedHubs #OurRuralFuture
Minister Calleary at the Monksland Innovation Hub in Co. Westmeath - the 400th Connected Hub to open in Ireland. Minister Calleary at the Monksland Innovation Hub in Co. Westmeath - the 400th Connected Hub to open in Ireland. Minister Calleary at the Monksland Innovation Hub in Co. Westmeath - the 400th Connected Hub to open in Ireland. Minister Calleary at the Monksland Innovation Hub in Co. Westmeath - the 400th Connected Hub to open in Ireland.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
Rain, floods & storms: why Irish weather conditions are getting wetter www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Rain, floods & storms: why weather conditions are getting wetter
We can all clearly see the effects of climate change on Ireland's severe weather events as damaging rainfall and flooding becomes commonplace
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November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM