Dr Katie Cairns
@drkatiecairns.bsky.social
@gregjenner.bsky.social
Could I request some Irish history for You’re Dead to Me, please?
Brian Boru
Strongbow
St Patrick
The Famine
The Easter Rising
I really don’t mind what you do, but barring Grainne O’Malley, it feels…like a blank space currently.
Could I request some Irish history for You’re Dead to Me, please?
Brian Boru
Strongbow
St Patrick
The Famine
The Easter Rising
I really don’t mind what you do, but barring Grainne O’Malley, it feels…like a blank space currently.
April 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@gregjenner.bsky.social
Could I request some Irish history for You’re Dead to Me, please?
Brian Boru
Strongbow
St Patrick
The Famine
The Easter Rising
I really don’t mind what you do, but barring Grainne O’Malley, it feels…like a blank space currently.
Could I request some Irish history for You’re Dead to Me, please?
Brian Boru
Strongbow
St Patrick
The Famine
The Easter Rising
I really don’t mind what you do, but barring Grainne O’Malley, it feels…like a blank space currently.
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Pollling in the Irish #GE24 is now open!
Make sure to check your polling station, and bring some ID with you!
There are a lot of dangerous candidates on the ballot, so after you #VoteLeftTransferLeft, consider continuing preferences to parties that are not actually fascist.
Make sure to check your polling station, and bring some ID with you!
There are a lot of dangerous candidates on the ballot, so after you #VoteLeftTransferLeft, consider continuing preferences to parties that are not actually fascist.
November 29, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Pollling in the Irish #GE24 is now open!
Make sure to check your polling station, and bring some ID with you!
There are a lot of dangerous candidates on the ballot, so after you #VoteLeftTransferLeft, consider continuing preferences to parties that are not actually fascist.
Make sure to check your polling station, and bring some ID with you!
There are a lot of dangerous candidates on the ballot, so after you #VoteLeftTransferLeft, consider continuing preferences to parties that are not actually fascist.
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I’m sure your local Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael or Green Party TD’s are lovely people. But lovely people don’t collude in a vote to bury the State’s responsibility for what happened in Mother and Baby Homes. Don’t forget that when you vote today.
November 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM
I’m sure your local Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael or Green Party TD’s are lovely people. But lovely people don’t collude in a vote to bury the State’s responsibility for what happened in Mother and Baby Homes. Don’t forget that when you vote today.
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In the last week I have read ALL of SJM’s Throne of Glass Series (5008 pages), Martha Wells’ Wheel of the Infinite, Alix E Harrow’s Starling House and am 27% of the way through Sue Burke’s Usurpation.
So…my insomnia is currently winning, but the books are great!
So…my insomnia is currently winning, but the books are great!
November 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM
In the last week I have read ALL of SJM’s Throne of Glass Series (5008 pages), Martha Wells’ Wheel of the Infinite, Alix E Harrow’s Starling House and am 27% of the way through Sue Burke’s Usurpation.
So…my insomnia is currently winning, but the books are great!
So…my insomnia is currently winning, but the books are great!
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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With not one but two magick-related books out at the moment, I spoke with Alan Moore about fiction, sorcery and why, in the end, all art is just pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Fantasy writer Alan Moore: ‘Magic is not this big, spooky, dark thing that’s full of nightmares’
The legendary storyteller – who has two new books out – says the act of creation is the purest essence of magic itself
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:48 AM
With not one but two magick-related books out at the moment, I spoke with Alan Moore about fiction, sorcery and why, in the end, all art is just pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
We have SF authors inventing xenobiology, when earth biology is already legitimately mind-boggling.
Day 21 of posting cool mushrooms every day:
The Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) has both teeth on its underside and "blood" on its top!
The "blood" is extracellular fluid, which is squeezed out when the fungus absorbs water, increasing pressure until the red fluid is squeezed out!
The Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) has both teeth on its underside and "blood" on its top!
The "blood" is extracellular fluid, which is squeezed out when the fungus absorbs water, increasing pressure until the red fluid is squeezed out!
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
We have SF authors inventing xenobiology, when earth biology is already legitimately mind-boggling.
This is a beautiful piece of writing.
I wrote about Irish English and the nature of dialects in an essay for @stingingfly.bsky.social a few years ago: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
You can read an abridged version in @irishtimes.bsky.social: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... #dialect #linguistics
You can read an abridged version in @irishtimes.bsky.social: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... #dialect #linguistics
November 27, 2024 at 7:39 PM
This is a beautiful piece of writing.
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If I built cars that randomly went on fire and ran people down, I too would be concerned about consumers having too many rights.
Elon Musk called Wednesday for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the nation’s most powerful watchdog agencies, signaling it could be scrapped as part of a planned review of government spending ordered by President-elect Donald Trump.
Elon Musk wants to ‘delete’ federal financial watchdog as ‘DOGE’ begins work
“Delete CFPB,” the billionaire tech executive running the “Department of Government Efficiency” said in an early-morning post on X.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:34 PM
If I built cars that randomly went on fire and ran people down, I too would be concerned about consumers having too many rights.
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Following my post yesterday - there is no "middle ground" on abortion when the opposition wants no abortion, full stop. Also @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's substack abortion everyday is the best place in the universe for US abortion news.
Read the full story and subscribe to my Substack here: jessica.substack.com/p/anti-abort...
Anti-Abortion Activists Say Life-Saving Abortions Are 'Elective'
11.12.24
jessica.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Following my post yesterday - there is no "middle ground" on abortion when the opposition wants no abortion, full stop. Also @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's substack abortion everyday is the best place in the universe for US abortion news.
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Psset if Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk and big corporations paid their fair share we could support everyone in need AND have universal health care AND living wage for everyone AND care economy protections AND so much more
November 25, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Psset if Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk and big corporations paid their fair share we could support everyone in need AND have universal health care AND living wage for everyone AND care economy protections AND so much more
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All I gotta say is that the people here insisting that reading must involve the eyes have clearly never read somebody for filth.
Apropos of nothing, anybody who says that audiobooks aren’t “real” reading or that people who use them aren’t “real” readers can kiss both my ass and my royalty statement.
November 24, 2024 at 12:52 AM
All I gotta say is that the people here insisting that reading must involve the eyes have clearly never read somebody for filth.
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Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.
November 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.
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“Ladies, ladies. Calm down about this Kavanaugh appointment. They’re not going to overturn Roe. That’s ridiculous. Don’t be so hysterical.”
Journalists /editors need to frame better & we need to talk more about “if likely, then what’s our game plan”?
Journalists /editors need to frame better & we need to talk more about “if likely, then what’s our game plan”?
Could the Supreme Court roll back same-sex marriage during a Trump administration?
Good article, generally, but I also have a bone to pick.
www.vox.com/politics/385...
Good article, generally, but I also have a bone to pick.
www.vox.com/politics/385...
Could the Supreme Court roll back same-sex marriage during a Trump administration?
There are key protections for same-sex marriage. Some LGBTQ couples are worried they could be undone.
www.vox.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
“Ladies, ladies. Calm down about this Kavanaugh appointment. They’re not going to overturn Roe. That’s ridiculous. Don’t be so hysterical.”
Journalists /editors need to frame better & we need to talk more about “if likely, then what’s our game plan”?
Journalists /editors need to frame better & we need to talk more about “if likely, then what’s our game plan”?
"I don't know anything about womenswear and have no opinion on how women dress." @dieworkwear.bsky.social
If only more people who have minimal knowledge about womenswear shared this opinion, the world's happiness levels would noticeably increase.
If only more people who have minimal knowledge about womenswear shared this opinion, the world's happiness levels would noticeably increase.
November 19, 2024 at 8:06 PM
"I don't know anything about womenswear and have no opinion on how women dress." @dieworkwear.bsky.social
If only more people who have minimal knowledge about womenswear shared this opinion, the world's happiness levels would noticeably increase.
If only more people who have minimal knowledge about womenswear shared this opinion, the world's happiness levels would noticeably increase.
Reposted by Dr Katie Cairns
As I read back over relevant sections of Project 2025, a reminder of the kind of people we're dealing with:
"What is the proper balance of lives saved versus
souls saved?"
I don't even know where to begin with the levels of ableism, theocracy, brazen greed, & chutzpah this statement encapsulates.
"What is the proper balance of lives saved versus
souls saved?"
I don't even know where to begin with the levels of ableism, theocracy, brazen greed, & chutzpah this statement encapsulates.
November 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM
As I read back over relevant sections of Project 2025, a reminder of the kind of people we're dealing with:
"What is the proper balance of lives saved versus
souls saved?"
I don't even know where to begin with the levels of ableism, theocracy, brazen greed, & chutzpah this statement encapsulates.
"What is the proper balance of lives saved versus
souls saved?"
I don't even know where to begin with the levels of ableism, theocracy, brazen greed, & chutzpah this statement encapsulates.
Watched the Kneecap movie. What a wild ride!
Recommend
Recommend
November 17, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Watched the Kneecap movie. What a wild ride!
Recommend
Recommend
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The recipe for soda bread from a well-established Irish chef casually includes the instruction to cut a cross on it "to let the fairies out", because there's only two things people correctly fear on this island: open slurry pits, and angering the Aos Sí
November 16, 2024 at 2:17 PM
The recipe for soda bread from a well-established Irish chef casually includes the instruction to cut a cross on it "to let the fairies out", because there's only two things people correctly fear on this island: open slurry pits, and angering the Aos Sí
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A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 AM
A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
I have a 9 year old who actively dislikes ALL music except 3 songs:
Killing In the Name: Rage Against The Machine
Du Hast: Rammstein
And, a recent addition,
We Care A Lot: Faith No More
Apparently anything else is “hard to listen to”.
Anyone have anything else he might like?
Killing In the Name: Rage Against The Machine
Du Hast: Rammstein
And, a recent addition,
We Care A Lot: Faith No More
Apparently anything else is “hard to listen to”.
Anyone have anything else he might like?
November 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I have a 9 year old who actively dislikes ALL music except 3 songs:
Killing In the Name: Rage Against The Machine
Du Hast: Rammstein
And, a recent addition,
We Care A Lot: Faith No More
Apparently anything else is “hard to listen to”.
Anyone have anything else he might like?
Killing In the Name: Rage Against The Machine
Du Hast: Rammstein
And, a recent addition,
We Care A Lot: Faith No More
Apparently anything else is “hard to listen to”.
Anyone have anything else he might like?
Reposted by Dr Katie Cairns
It takes until the *tenth paragraph* in this piece to introduce the phrase “thousands of children may die”
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:22 PM
It takes until the *tenth paragraph* in this piece to introduce the phrase “thousands of children may die”