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Kit (they/them) 🍉
@kit-m.bsky.social
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Grumpy, mixed race, anarchist, vegan, queer, non-binary, trade-unionist, prison abolitionist. Neurospicy of some flavour. Into books, trad/folk music, history. Gaeilgeoir sa Tuaisceart. Also a(n unpublished) writer of pure shite. Saoirse don Phalaistín! 🇵🇸
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I see from my last post a couple of months ago i was writing three novels at once. Well i'm now writing eleven novels and a play. Also working full-time, learning two more languages and trying to remember to eat and sleep. If #StormAmy doesn't get me... please send help!
#booksky #spéirghorm
October 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
It's #Pridemonth so instead of being normal i've wrecked my head writing THREE queer historical novels. That and a f/t job means i jettisoned sleeping/eating, lol

Unlikely i'll publish as it looks an awful faff but just a minor rant before i collapse!

#booksky (& as they're set in NI) #spéirghorm
A version of the 'Is this a pigeon?' meme where the boy is labelled 'historians', the butterfly is labelled 'men writing each other love letters, living together and not showing any interest in women' and the text at the bottom reads, 'is this friendship?'
July 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Do other would-be writers just go completely bonkers and obsessed and unable to eat/sleep properly when they're writing something or is that just me?

Curious to know if there are any other aspiring historical fiction writers out there on #booksky or, for that matter, sa #SpéirGhorm?
June 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Íosa Críost, how did i just write an entire first draft of a 500-page novel in a week and immediately write another in two days?!

*Collapses from sleeplessness/hunger*

(I'm starting to think that second one might actually be quite good - or could be once i've had a proper go-through.)

#booksky
May 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
kit-m.bsky.social
An scéim cham is Éireannaigh ar domham 😅

Is ríléir gur cleas Bodhrán Mór atá ann, GOA

#SpéirGhorm #speirgorm #whathappensinCorkstaysinCork
(1 of 3) Alright lads, I need some help making sense of this because my brain is absolutely scrambled. I think I might have been catfished in the weirdest way possible, and I don’t even know what the end goal was. So, I match with this girl on a dating app – let’s call her Sarah. She’s gorgeous, like properly stunning, but also has that kind of quirky energy, very quirky. Our chat is great, full of banter, good vibes, all that. We decide to meet up, and I suggest something simple – a coffee or maybe a pint. But no, Sarah wants something different. She says she’s always wanted to learn how to play the bodhrán (very specific, but alright). She asks if I can play. I tell her no, obviously. Next thing I know, she’s found a bodhrán instructor and has booked us both a lesson. At this point, I’m kind of bewildered but also intrigued. It’s a weird first date, sure, but I like her, and maybe this is just one of those fun, spontaneous things you lean into. We text back and forth a bit over the next few days, and on the day of the lesson, she confirms it’s still happening. So I rock up to the... (continues) (2 of 3) she confirms it’s still happening. So I rock up to the place, and just as I’m about to go in, she texts saying she’s running a few minutes late but to go inside, and she’ll meet me there. I go in, knock on the door, and a middle-aged man (the bodhrán instructor) greets me. He lets me in, sits me down, and we both just kind of… sit there, waiting for Sarah. It’s awkward. After about ten minutes, the instructor suggests we start without her, and I don’t know how to politely decline, so I just… do a bodhrán lesson. For an hour. And Sarah never shows up. I finish the lesson (because what else am I meant to do I got anxious idk?), leave, and try to get in contact with her. No response. Completely ghosted. Whatsapp is gone, number is blocked. At this point, I assume she’s either dead or this was some kind of mad prank. Either way, I try to move on, chalking it up as the weirdest dating app experience of my life. Then, about a week later, I’m walking past the bodhrán place, and my curiosity gets the better of me. I figure I’ll pop in, ask the instructor if he ever heard from her – just to make sure she’s not in a ditch somewhere. I open the door… and the instructor is in the middle of a lesson with another guy. (Continues) (3 of 3) I start apologising for interrupting, but then I just say feck it and ask the instructor about Sarah. I explain that she never showed up, I can’t get in contact, and I’m a bit worried. Before the instructor can even respond, the other guy turns to me, looking confused, and tells me that he's waiting on a "Sarah" she's booked this lesson and also hasn't shown up. At this point, my brain fully short circuits. So now, I’m standing there, staring at this guy, realising we were both independently lured into taking bodhrán lessons by the same girl, who has now disappeared off the face of the earth. What the actual f*ck happened here? My friends are telling me to forget about it (probably because it's the only thing I've talked about for a week straight) but I feel like if you actually EXPERIENCED this you would feel exactly how I feel and would not be able to rest until you've got some sort of answer. Any theories? I'm almost afraid to ask if this has happened to anyone else. Please tell me I’m not losing my mind. (This was all in Cork btw)
March 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
✨Seachtain na Gaeilge✨

#SpéirGhorm #Gaeilge #seachtainnagaeilge
Stadán ó scannán atá ann - bean ag doirteadh fíona ar aghaidh fear ceangailte. Is í an bhean "mise", an buidéal fíona "memes na Gaeilge" agus an fear ceangailte "daoine ag rá gur theanga mharbh í an Ghaeilge"
March 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Can't argue with that.
A four-panel comic from THEJENKINSCOMIC In the first image a big person in a bright pink T shirt speaks to a smaller person in yellow who's sitting at a desk. Person-in-pink says, "Hey, can i get your opinion on this shirt?" In the next image person-in-yellow, holding a marker pen, says, "Sure". In the third panel that person is seen writing the following words on the pink T shirt: Farage is a twat In the last image they are both smiling as the person in pink says, "Thanks".
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
🚨 STAILC 🚨

26ú Feabhra 2025

Físeán anseo:

www.instagram.com/reel/DGd-EJ6...

#Gaeilge #tógRAIC #spéirghorm
🚨 STAILC 🚨 26ú Feabhra 2025 Tá an stailc á heagrú le héilimh ar an dá Rialtas thuaidh ⁊ theas aisiompú a dhéanamh ar na ciorruithe is déanaí de €820,000 a d’fhógair Foras na Gaeilge ar na mallaibh tríd an maoiniú cuí a chur ar fáil don Fhoras anois agus le réiteach fadtéarmach do mhaoiniú na Gaeilge a fhorbairt ar bhonn práinne. #TógRAIC Réiteach Anois Infheistíocht Chothrom
February 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Ní raibh mé i Nua Earc riamh ach is féidir liom é seo a chreidiúint
New York isn't real. Just saw two women kissing on a crowded train and a guy looked at them and said, "you can't do that at home?" He got some weird looks so he felt the need to clarify to everyone: "I'm not a homophobe, just a hater."
February 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
Hatie Katie Hopkins brings her racist propaganda to Ireland from 13th June to 17th June 2025. These are the hotels that are hosting her. Feel free to politely remind them who and what she is. She's not wanted on this island at all.
February 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Más maith leat finscéal an Rí Arthur, seans go mbainfidh tú sult an podchraoladh seo. Ba bhreá liomsa é!

If you enjoy the legend of King Arthur you might enjoy this podcast as much as i did:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#kingarthur #kernow #cymru
You're Dead to Me - Legends of King Arthur: from medieval literature to modern myth - BBC Sounds
Join Greg and his guests in medieval Europe to learn about the legends of King Arthur.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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duineuasal.bsky.social
#SpéirGhorm #Gaeilge
#Irish #India
January 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Tá mé BEAGNACH ródhéanach do #NationalPunDay

(yeah yeah, giota beag conspóideach "national" a rá - tá mé sa tuisceart)

#spéirghorm #Gaeilge #tábrónorm #nílbrónorm
Why can you only get coffee in the Gaeltacht? Because there's a bean an tí
February 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Scaoil saor é! Tá sé neamhchiontach i ngach cúis! Cóir dár gcomrádaí clúmhach ✊🏽🐾

#spéirgorm #spéirghorm #gaeilge
#speirgorm #catsky
Leagadh planda ar an urlár agus coinnítear cat dubh agus bán ar an urlár agus tá cuma chiontach air A plant has been knocked over and a black and white cat with a guilty look on him is being held down on the floor
February 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Don't say it...
don't say it...
don't say it...

CAN'T PARK THERE M8
A Specsavers van is improbably positioned with its back half raised above the ground on top of a metal bollard on a fairly deserted pedestrianised shopping street at night
February 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Íosa Críost, a leithéid de ghaoth inné!

#StormÉowyn #stormeowyn #Gaeilge
Mapa na hÉireann agus na Breataine Móir ach tá Éire suite amach ó chósta thuiadh an Alban.
January 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
kit-m.bsky.social
Ná déanaigí dearmad ar mhná na Palaistíne 🖤💚♥️🤍

#palestine #leathbhádóirí #gaeilge
Plaiceard ag rá "ná déanaigí dearmad at mhná na Palaistíne" sna dathanna an bhratach na Palaistíne.
January 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Ceann de na scéalta ab fhearr riamh 😅
seamas.bsky.social The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Jan 20
For the record.

bsky.app/profile/seam...
seamas.bsky.social The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · May 3
For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today....

This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.

🧵
January 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Tá an uair beagnach linn - Derry's annual Radical Bookfair is nearly here!
Amharc tuilleadh anseo - find out more at - derryradicalbookfair.wordpress.com

#derryradicalbookfair #books #zines #derry #gaeilge
A poster promoting the upcoming bookfair in Derry. At the top in red letters on a yellow background which, if you look closely, is actually a map of Derry City, are the words Derry Radical Bookfair. Beneath that in white it says Educate, Agitate, Organise. Followed by five symbols in red or red-and-black: a red star, the antifa symbol of red and black flags overlapping, the trans power/liberation symbol, the circle-A anarchist symbol denoting Anarchy is Order and the starry plough. An iconic black and white photo of women and children making petrol bombs follows this and then at the bottom on a black background it says: stalls, books pamphlets, magazines & much more. Sat. 1st Feb. Pilots Row Community Centre, Rossville St, Derry. 12 PM - 5 PM. More info. derryradicalbookfair.wordpress.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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gxldsociety.bsky.social
"Not every single woman has a scary story about a man" Yes they do. I promise you that they do.
January 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Hahahahaha #meta
Screenshot of a totally legit Business News article titles Facebook Founder and Convicted Paedophile Mark Zuckerberg, Dead at 36, Says Social Media Sites Should Not Fact-Check Posts Followed by the usual photo of this grown man's smarmy mug Underneath that the caption reads, Zuckerberg, who died of coronavirus and complications from syphilis at his home near Facebook headquarters in Lincoln
January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
Irish is literally a phonetic language. 'Aoi' is pronounced like 'ee'. Unlike english there aren't forty different ways to pronounce the same thing lol. Even when there are exceptions to rules, Irish has the good grace to have a reason. Irish is better than english. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
beckymullen.bsky.social Becky @beckymullen.bsky.social · Jan 11
If you can learn to pronounce Tchaikovsky I reckon you can probably learn to pronounce Aoife
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
kit-m.bsky.social
The 2001 film H3 is currently available on Youtube, if any of you are interested. Fucking amazing film, highly recommend. Also i love Laurence McKeown more than i can tell you.
The actor Brendan Mackey playing blanketman Séamus Scullion stands before three smirking screws in the H blocks of Long Kesh.
January 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Don't let #thehorrors put you off living your best life.
Three images of a woman drinking tea - first image is faint and stoic, second is a little brighter, last one is bright and smiling. The caption between the first and second images is "waking up to deal with The Horrors" and the caption beneath the third is "realising that The Horrors will have the deal with you"
January 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM