@janedone.bsky.social
Interested in children and families, breastfeeding, life long learning, books and libraries, nature, climate. Anything really as long as it's respectful and kind. Lives in Ireland.
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“Learning is work. Caring for children is work. Community action is work. Once we accept the concept of work as something meaningful—not just as the source of a buck— you don’t have to worry about finding enough jobs." In conversation with Studs Terkel in his book Working.
So very true
For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So very true
Shame on @rteone.rte.ie for allowing Helen McEntee to cast a shameful attack on Catherine Connolly, especially as she wasn't there to defend herself. When will they learn that people hate dirty politics and smear tactics.
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Shame on @rteone.rte.ie for allowing Helen McEntee to cast a shameful attack on Catherine Connolly, especially as she wasn't there to defend herself. When will they learn that people hate dirty politics and smear tactics.
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One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
October 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
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#RecipeOfTheDay is Pappardelle with Lamb Ragù. It’s a big favourite on nigella.com, as you can see by the comments below the recipe, one of which being “I couldn't have believed anything so delicious could be so easy!” My heart is gladdened and grateful. www.nigella.com/recipes/papp...
Pappardelle With Lamb Ragu
‘Ragout’ is French, ‘ragù’ Italian, and this meat sauce is certainly inspired by the Sicilian combination of sweet lamb, dried wild mint and crushed chilli flakes, though I’ve added an Anglo note with...
www.nigella.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is Pappardelle with Lamb Ragù. It’s a big favourite on nigella.com, as you can see by the comments below the recipe, one of which being “I couldn't have believed anything so delicious could be so easy!” My heart is gladdened and grateful. www.nigella.com/recipes/papp...
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Education is not memorizing that Hitler killed six million Jews.
Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required.
Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.
~Noam Chomsky
Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required.
Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.
~Noam Chomsky
September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Education is not memorizing that Hitler killed six million Jews.
Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required.
Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.
~Noam Chomsky
Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required.
Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.
~Noam Chomsky
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Cauvery is one of the nicest people you could ever meet, and I hate that she has to write this. We need leadership and firm action now before the very worst of us succeed in dragging us all down with them
When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan
When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan
People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Cauvery is one of the nicest people you could ever meet, and I hate that she has to write this. We need leadership and firm action now before the very worst of us succeed in dragging us all down with them
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Evergreen wisdom from Howard Zinn
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Evergreen wisdom from Howard Zinn
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
Let Them Play
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine
my.uplift.ie
July 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
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Every Gujarati African I have ever met identifies as African first, and probably Indian second but possibly not Indian at all. Indians certainly consider us African, to a point where more traditional Indians will not intermarry with us, even if they are ethnically and religiously identical.
July 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Every Gujarati African I have ever met identifies as African first, and probably Indian second but possibly not Indian at all. Indians certainly consider us African, to a point where more traditional Indians will not intermarry with us, even if they are ethnically and religiously identical.
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Your reminder that the Irish government has known about this for YEARS, yet refuses to implement it in Ireland.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Your reminder that the Irish government has known about this for YEARS, yet refuses to implement it in Ireland.
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On our capacity to resist, political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the human mind in our free film of the week.
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
June 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
On our capacity to resist, political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the human mind in our free film of the week.
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
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“Men fight for liberty, and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.”
— D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
— D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
June 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Men fight for liberty, and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.”
— D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
— D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
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❤️ 5 in 6 boys think andrew tate is a prick ❤️
I absolutely love this poem by @holliemcnish.bsky.social – 5 in 6 boys think Andrew Tate is a prick
May 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
❤️ 5 in 6 boys think andrew tate is a prick ❤️
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He said this in 2018, but this is exactly what is happening in the UK with the Labour Government and elsewhere
May 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
He said this in 2018, but this is exactly what is happening in the UK with the Labour Government and elsewhere
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Today is the day! Follow along this thread for all the latest from the 2025 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2025. Stream the event here
www.crowdcast.io/c/cbi-awards...
Or
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www.crowdcast.io/c/cbi-awards...
Or
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May 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today is the day! Follow along this thread for all the latest from the 2025 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2025. Stream the event here
www.crowdcast.io/c/cbi-awards...
Or
fb.me/e/3ftoXrKIa
www.crowdcast.io/c/cbi-awards...
Or
fb.me/e/3ftoXrKIa
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3 months ago, I wrote this about centrist parties aping the far right, and how it's not just immoral, but suicidal. This is not secret knowledge. It's the most reliable effect in world politics. It's watching 40 guys getting killed by the same gorilla, one by one, and stepping up to take your turn.
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
3 months ago, I wrote this about centrist parties aping the far right, and how it's not just immoral, but suicidal. This is not secret knowledge. It's the most reliable effect in world politics. It's watching 40 guys getting killed by the same gorilla, one by one, and stepping up to take your turn.
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In the days of lovely Twitter I often put out a call for help with research in writing my books. So here goes, Bluskiers.
I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better.
Please share :)
I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better.
Please share :)
May 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In the days of lovely Twitter I often put out a call for help with research in writing my books. So here goes, Bluskiers.
I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better.
Please share :)
I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better.
Please share :)
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Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
May 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt
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Just to say, if like me your feed is alot of US politics to the exclusion of UK/Ireland accounts, then reposting content you like - even if it's just the picture of a beach - rather than just liking it, really works. My feed has improved (along with some judicious muting) immeasurably.
April 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Just to say, if like me your feed is alot of US politics to the exclusion of UK/Ireland accounts, then reposting content you like - even if it's just the picture of a beach - rather than just liking it, really works. My feed has improved (along with some judicious muting) immeasurably.