Michael Huggins
@miceal.bsky.social
Former historian, retired bolshevik, ex italofilo and one-time fell runner. Currently very grumpy about the state of the world; birding to maintain my sanity. Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Academic conferences: see also ‘long-winded critiques of points the speaker hadn’t made’.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Academic conferences: see also ‘long-winded critiques of points the speaker hadn’t made’.
A Sarah Pochin-approved image?
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A Sarah Pochin-approved image?
The apposite Yeats quotation for Orr and those fuckers is from Meditations in time of civil war:
‘We had fed the heart on fantasies,
The heart’s grown brutal from the fare’.
‘We had fed the heart on fantasies,
The heart’s grown brutal from the fare’.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The apposite Yeats quotation for Orr and those fuckers is from Meditations in time of civil war:
‘We had fed the heart on fantasies,
The heart’s grown brutal from the fare’.
‘We had fed the heart on fantasies,
The heart’s grown brutal from the fare’.
#donegalbirding
Great video. I had what I call a ‘family break’ from birding between 1990 and 2020. When I restarted during lockdown I was all excited to come across little egrets near home on Lough Swilly - until I realized they’re everywhere nowadays.
Great video. I had what I call a ‘family break’ from birding between 1990 and 2020. When I restarted during lockdown I was all excited to come across little egrets near home on Lough Swilly - until I realized they’re everywhere nowadays.
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
#donegalbirding
Great video. I had what I call a ‘family break’ from birding between 1990 and 2020. When I restarted during lockdown I was all excited to come across little egrets near home on Lough Swilly - until I realized they’re everywhere nowadays.
Great video. I had what I call a ‘family break’ from birding between 1990 and 2020. When I restarted during lockdown I was all excited to come across little egrets near home on Lough Swilly - until I realized they’re everywhere nowadays.
#donegalbirding
It’s a new arrival. There was a marsh harrier present for a long time over the summer. Perhaps you’re thinking about that bird?
It’s a new arrival. There was a marsh harrier present for a long time over the summer. Perhaps you’re thinking about that bird?
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#donegalbirding
It’s a new arrival. There was a marsh harrier present for a long time over the summer. Perhaps you’re thinking about that bird?
It’s a new arrival. There was a marsh harrier present for a long time over the summer. Perhaps you’re thinking about that bird?
Not sure why you use the word ‘even’. If you care to examine the demography of Brexit, it’s precisely those eastern/southern counties that were the Brexit heartlands, so Reform success there is hardly unexpected.
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Not sure why you use the word ‘even’. If you care to examine the demography of Brexit, it’s precisely those eastern/southern counties that were the Brexit heartlands, so Reform success there is hardly unexpected.
Tories and DUP between them had 314; Lab and LD had 315 between them. It would have depended on SNP (6), PC (5), SDLP (3) Green (1) and Alliance (1) support or some form of ‘confidence and supply’. The LDs had a choice.
October 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tories and DUP between them had 314; Lab and LD had 315 between them. It would have depended on SNP (6), PC (5), SDLP (3) Green (1) and Alliance (1) support or some form of ‘confidence and supply’. The LDs had a choice.
#donegalbirding
A good eyeful of white rump there.
A good eyeful of white rump there.
October 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
#donegalbirding
A good eyeful of white rump there.
A good eyeful of white rump there.
If the criteria were scrupulously constructed and equitably applied they might find the results surprising.
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If the criteria were scrupulously constructed and equitably applied they might find the results surprising.