EveleenMc
@eveleenm.bsky.social
Interested in the environment, botany, history, architecture, opera, classical music, the EU, and lots more. Please don't follow me if you're already following thousands!
'God rest ye merry gentlemen
So drunken with dismay
You’d not be so belligerent
Should Christ come back today
If he were forced to choose a side
I tell you without doubt
That he’d embrace the refugee
And cast the fascist out'
From Billy Bragg's song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
So drunken with dismay
You’d not be so belligerent
Should Christ come back today
If he were forced to choose a side
I tell you without doubt
That he’d embrace the refugee
And cast the fascist out'
From Billy Bragg's song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
December 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
'God rest ye merry gentlemen
So drunken with dismay
You’d not be so belligerent
Should Christ come back today
If he were forced to choose a side
I tell you without doubt
That he’d embrace the refugee
And cast the fascist out'
From Billy Bragg's song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
So drunken with dismay
You’d not be so belligerent
Should Christ come back today
If he were forced to choose a side
I tell you without doubt
That he’d embrace the refugee
And cast the fascist out'
From Billy Bragg's song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
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In a move that will anger everybody, we've rewritten the lyrics to Zombie to be about Christmas
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In a move that will anger everybody, we've rewritten the lyrics to Zombie to be about Christmas
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Under new plans to be unveiled by Labour, UK citizenship test has a whole section on Northern Ireland. If you get any of them right, you don't get citizenship.
I'm forever reminded that I'm not truly British because I constantly forget to forget about Northern Ireland
What Americans don't understand is 'crassly forgetting Northern Ireland' is a core part of British culture, like cueing and only being able to communicate via laconic understatement.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Under new plans to be unveiled by Labour, UK citizenship test has a whole section on Northern Ireland. If you get any of them right, you don't get citizenship.
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17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
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This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.
Steen claims the political consensus has never been so out of kilter with the grassroots desire for an alternative voice
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.
This is infuriating! So much damage from nitrates to sites like Lady's Island Lake and the farmers organisations/Agriland pretend the derogation is vital to all farmers, not just 5% of them. Meanwhile they ignore the whole range of agri-environmental schemes.
7000 farmers (5%) are under Nitrates Derogation in Ireland
50,000 farmers (38%) are involved in ACRES agri-environmental scemes
The risk of cuts to agri-environmental schemes in the next CAP & the failure of the government to ringfence funding for Nature Resoration is a massive issue #Ploughing25
50,000 farmers (38%) are involved in ACRES agri-environmental scemes
The risk of cuts to agri-environmental schemes in the next CAP & the failure of the government to ringfence funding for Nature Resoration is a massive issue #Ploughing25
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is infuriating! So much damage from nitrates to sites like Lady's Island Lake and the farmers organisations/Agriland pretend the derogation is vital to all farmers, not just 5% of them. Meanwhile they ignore the whole range of agri-environmental schemes.
A beautifully written slap down of Ryanair, admitting its 'operational excellence' and blasting its communications.
'No supernatural demonic force compels Ryanair to be one of Aena's biggest customers and to sell its tickets to more than 60 million people travelling to and from Spain.'
'No supernatural demonic force compels Ryanair to be one of Aena's biggest customers and to sell its tickets to more than 60 million people travelling to and from Spain.'
It sounds like Spanish national airport operator AENA is very much over Ryanair and MOL.
Haven’t seen something this… forthright in quite some time, and goodness me, forthright it is.
www.aena.es/en/press/sta...
Haven’t seen something this… forthright in quite some time, and goodness me, forthright it is.
www.aena.es/en/press/sta...
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A beautifully written slap down of Ryanair, admitting its 'operational excellence' and blasting its communications.
'No supernatural demonic force compels Ryanair to be one of Aena's biggest customers and to sell its tickets to more than 60 million people travelling to and from Spain.'
'No supernatural demonic force compels Ryanair to be one of Aena's biggest customers and to sell its tickets to more than 60 million people travelling to and from Spain.'
A very worthy cause
September 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A very worthy cause
I'm surprised I haven't seen more about this! At Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the whole airport GPS went dark due to jamming as the plane was approaching to land. The pilot circled for an hour before landing the plane manually using paper maps. I wonder what other world leaders will be targeted like this.
Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference. The pilot landed the plane using paper maps. Paper Maps. www.ft.com/content/3c33...
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September 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm surprised I haven't seen more about this! At Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the whole airport GPS went dark due to jamming as the plane was approaching to land. The pilot circled for an hour before landing the plane manually using paper maps. I wonder what other world leaders will be targeted like this.
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For no particular reason, here's a lovely island off the coast of Kerry.
An Fear Marbh - the Dead Man.
An Fear Marbh - the Dead Man.
August 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
For no particular reason, here's a lovely island off the coast of Kerry.
An Fear Marbh - the Dead Man.
An Fear Marbh - the Dead Man.
A really clear guide to 5 plant species from Irish temperate rainforest.
Five species from Ireland's temperate rainforest in five minutes, presented by me! I am super happy with how this turned out, so do take a look. And a huge thank you to Michelle, Daniel, Peter L, and Jenny for making this happen!
youtu.be/xHRUBeukH6E
youtu.be/xHRUBeukH6E
Ireland's Temperate Rainforest
YouTube video by Trinity College Dublin
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A really clear guide to 5 plant species from Irish temperate rainforest.
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Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
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Old Crocan Man
Jaysus, they look like someone's hacked the feet off a bog body.
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Old Crocan Man
Interesting to compare the NI parties: Sinn Fein income at roughly £1 million; Alliance £475,000; SDLP £474,500; DUP £442,000 and the UUP presumably late with their accounts. Doesn't look good for Unionism.
UK political party income and expenditure in 2024, out today from the Electoral Commission:
![Party Income Expenditure
Total £90,879,328 £90,888,325
Conservative and Unionist Party £50,174,000 £52,027,000
Liberal Democrats £12,580,154 £11,516,811
Reform UK £10,832,716 £9,314,587
Green Party £5,217,767 £4,985,310
Scottish National Party (SNP) £4,506,027 £4,961,281
Co-operative Party £1,816,732 £1,754,930
Sinn Féin £1,068,608 £1,490,829
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales £1,033,111 £1,045,798
Scottish Green Party £544,939 £597,724
Communist Party of Britain £494,906 £276,853
Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland £475,562 £500,017
The Reclaim Party £475,061 £837,959
SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) £474,574 £442,380
Women's Equality Party [De-registered 31/12/24] £471,464 £501,318
Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. £441,985 £436,146
UK Independence Party (UKIP) £271,722 £199,382](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6laekojw3whqu64tlaxopvgx/bafkreih4dfafhrtb536om4c2ld2lp4vabgdubb3tpso7m2lwscmmiuvb5y@jpeg)
August 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Interesting to compare the NI parties: Sinn Fein income at roughly £1 million; Alliance £475,000; SDLP £474,500; DUP £442,000 and the UUP presumably late with their accounts. Doesn't look good for Unionism.
Furthest
N: Helsinki
S: Melilla (Spanish enclave in Morocco)
E: Tashkent
W: New York
N: Helsinki
S: Melilla (Spanish enclave in Morocco)
E: Tashkent
W: New York
N: Stockholm
S: Sydney
E: Also Sydney
W: Toronto
S: Sydney
E: Also Sydney
W: Toronto
Furthest I've been
N: Reykjavik
S: Christchurch
E: Wellington
W: Honolulu
N: Reykjavik
S: Christchurch
E: Wellington
W: Honolulu
August 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Furthest
N: Helsinki
S: Melilla (Spanish enclave in Morocco)
E: Tashkent
W: New York
N: Helsinki
S: Melilla (Spanish enclave in Morocco)
E: Tashkent
W: New York
The journalist writing this clearly had fun. Some great snark: 'Visitors' staging the march, 'behind Irish, Ivory Coast and Offaly flags', the Welsh-born immigrant St Patrick, marchers taking shelter in the nearby Brazilian café and Korean restaurant, the IFP candidate with 450 1st pref. votes ...
A great article by Maxim Kelly at the Galway Advertiser on this weekend's racist & fascist march through town and our corresponding anti-racist & anti-fascist counter-protest from the people of Galway.
www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
#Galway #Antiracism #Antifascism #Antifa #Antiracist
www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
#Galway #Antiracism #Antifascism #Antifa #Antiracist
Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway
Galway city centre was especially busy last Saturday, with racegoers, summer tourists and the unusual addition of a march by far-right agitators, met by an anti-fascist counter demonstration, causing ...
www.advertiser.ie
August 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The journalist writing this clearly had fun. Some great snark: 'Visitors' staging the march, 'behind Irish, Ivory Coast and Offaly flags', the Welsh-born immigrant St Patrick, marchers taking shelter in the nearby Brazilian café and Korean restaurant, the IFP candidate with 450 1st pref. votes ...
The World Happiness Ranking shows just how oblivious people can be. Right up there with the Nordics and the Netherlands is Israel at number 8, as happy as can be.
August 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The World Happiness Ranking shows just how oblivious people can be. Right up there with the Nordics and the Netherlands is Israel at number 8, as happy as can be.
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Today we’ve turned a new illuminated page in the Irish Gospels of St Gall (Cod. Sang. 51).
Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave
📍 National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave
📍 National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
July 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today we’ve turned a new illuminated page in the Irish Gospels of St Gall (Cod. Sang. 51).
Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave
📍 National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave
📍 National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
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Always bears repeating - only 7,000 of Ireland's 133,000 farmers are derogation farmers. Continually presented as something that will impact the entire sector.
July 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Always bears repeating - only 7,000 of Ireland's 133,000 farmers are derogation farmers. Continually presented as something that will impact the entire sector.
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The more I see those videos of #ICE in the US, the more I find myself thinking of the Black and Tans and B-Specials back in 1920-21 in Ireland; men with no police training given weapons and token uniforms, who took that authority as a license to terrorise local populations. Not a model to follow.
July 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The more I see those videos of #ICE in the US, the more I find myself thinking of the Black and Tans and B-Specials back in 1920-21 in Ireland; men with no police training given weapons and token uniforms, who took that authority as a license to terrorise local populations. Not a model to follow.
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Google AI thinks the best photo for Bumblebee Anatomy is my stupid Bum Blebee Joke
June 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Google AI thinks the best photo for Bumblebee Anatomy is my stupid Bum Blebee Joke
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Spotted in Co. Kildare today…
June 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Spotted in Co. Kildare today…
I love Eleanor Morton's sketches!
June 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I love Eleanor Morton's sketches!