Alvean E. Jones
@mysticvean.bsky.social
Interested in many, MANY things.
* Irish Deaf History, Dublin History, Georgian Ireland, Medieval Dublin, Ancient Ireland
* Freelance performance artist and actress
* Deaf interpreter and Translator
* Philosophy
* Postcrossing
* Irish Deaf History, Dublin History, Georgian Ireland, Medieval Dublin, Ancient Ireland
* Freelance performance artist and actress
* Deaf interpreter and Translator
* Philosophy
* Postcrossing
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🏛️ An Ottoman Glass Hanging Lamp, 17th Century
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🏛️ An Ottoman Glass Hanging Lamp, 17th Century
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Just pointing out like an awful pedant that this isn't daylight savings time. The summer is daylight savings time. We have returned to standard time. And I love it.
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Just pointing out like an awful pedant that this isn't daylight savings time. The summer is daylight savings time. We have returned to standard time. And I love it.
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I enjoyed yesterday's tours as the guide, thanks to @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social Open House Day, they enjoyed the visit to the Eavan Boland Library and Nellie's Flat, thanks, IAF.
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I enjoyed yesterday's tours as the guide, thanks to @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social Open House Day, they enjoyed the visit to the Eavan Boland Library and Nellie's Flat, thanks, IAF.
Watching the canvassers knock on each door in the neighbourhood and bypass my house, not even saying hello, I was in the front garden. I must be on a list somewhere, DEAF HOUSE, DO NOT BOTHER WITH THIS PERSON,. It happens quite regularly to Deaf people at election time. I know who NOT to vote for.
October 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Watching the canvassers knock on each door in the neighbourhood and bypass my house, not even saying hello, I was in the front garden. I must be on a list somewhere, DEAF HOUSE, DO NOT BOTHER WITH THIS PERSON,. It happens quite regularly to Deaf people at election time. I know who NOT to vote for.
@irisharchitecturef.bsky.social fb.watch/CCC-erJXG0/ ISL tours Open House Dublin Saturday 18 October 2025: #OpenHouseDublin
#OHD25
#FutureHeritage Watch Video for ISL information.
#OHD25
#FutureHeritage Watch Video for ISL information.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
@irisharchitecturef.bsky.social fb.watch/CCC-erJXG0/ ISL tours Open House Dublin Saturday 18 October 2025: #OpenHouseDublin
#OHD25
#FutureHeritage Watch Video for ISL information.
#OHD25
#FutureHeritage Watch Video for ISL information.
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You can read more about this wonderful site in our article here:
www.tuatha.ie/gallarus-ora...
www.tuatha.ie/gallarus-ora...
Gallarus Oratory • Visitor Guide 2025 • Archaeology • Dingle
Gallarus Oratory is one of our most iconic examples of early Irish Christianity and a popular highlight of the Dingle Peninsula.
www.tuatha.ie
June 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You can read more about this wonderful site in our article here:
www.tuatha.ie/gallarus-ora...
www.tuatha.ie/gallarus-ora...
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'Against stupidity we are defenseless.' - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
I've been thinking about that quote a lot recently.
I've been thinking about that quote a lot recently.
June 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
'Against stupidity we are defenseless.' - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
I've been thinking about that quote a lot recently.
I've been thinking about that quote a lot recently.
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One of my favourite places on the Dingle Peninsula, Gallarus Oratory, is always worth a visit.
The church was constructed some time around the 9th—11th century, from a single continuous corbelled vault, with the splayed walls of the base supporting the roof, giving it the shape of an upturned boat.
The church was constructed some time around the 9th—11th century, from a single continuous corbelled vault, with the splayed walls of the base supporting the roof, giving it the shape of an upturned boat.
June 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One of my favourite places on the Dingle Peninsula, Gallarus Oratory, is always worth a visit.
The church was constructed some time around the 9th—11th century, from a single continuous corbelled vault, with the splayed walls of the base supporting the roof, giving it the shape of an upturned boat.
The church was constructed some time around the 9th—11th century, from a single continuous corbelled vault, with the splayed walls of the base supporting the roof, giving it the shape of an upturned boat.
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Anyone in need of some ancient art to brighten up your day? In need of some _cute_ ancient art?
How about this marvel from (probably) the first century CE Rome, currently held in the Getty museum, of a bronze mouse nibbling away!
How about this marvel from (probably) the first century CE Rome, currently held in the Getty museum, of a bronze mouse nibbling away!
June 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Anyone in need of some ancient art to brighten up your day? In need of some _cute_ ancient art?
How about this marvel from (probably) the first century CE Rome, currently held in the Getty museum, of a bronze mouse nibbling away!
How about this marvel from (probably) the first century CE Rome, currently held in the Getty museum, of a bronze mouse nibbling away!
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The perfect combo: the entrance to the steps to the Chapter House at Wells Cathedral is fronted with a delightful medieval door. I don't think I've seen any photographs that include it. So it took a pic..📸
May 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The perfect combo: the entrance to the steps to the Chapter House at Wells Cathedral is fronted with a delightful medieval door. I don't think I've seen any photographs that include it. So it took a pic..📸
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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You have to actually SAY THE THING for change to occur. No more friendly acronyms or umbrella euphemisms. Say "Anti-Black racism". Stop trying to create soft and gentle terms for what is actually happening and ungently harming real people.
March 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
You have to actually SAY THE THING for change to occur. No more friendly acronyms or umbrella euphemisms. Say "Anti-Black racism". Stop trying to create soft and gentle terms for what is actually happening and ungently harming real people.
Giving a talk on Deaf people in the long 18th century, you're more than welcome to attend. This would be of interest to those into Georgian history, those into Irish Deaf history. 14henriettastreet.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Ticketbooth
14henriettastreet.ticketsolve.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Giving a talk on Deaf people in the long 18th century, you're more than welcome to attend. This would be of interest to those into Georgian history, those into Irish Deaf history. 14henriettastreet.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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I promise this is an actual photo I took
#Nikon Z7ii | 57mm | f/7.1 | 1/400 | 1000 ISO
#photography #sunset #landscapephotography
Prints: kerrigorsnaps.darkroom.com
#Nikon Z7ii | 57mm | f/7.1 | 1/400 | 1000 ISO
#photography #sunset #landscapephotography
Prints: kerrigorsnaps.darkroom.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I promise this is an actual photo I took
#Nikon Z7ii | 57mm | f/7.1 | 1/400 | 1000 ISO
#photography #sunset #landscapephotography
Prints: kerrigorsnaps.darkroom.com
#Nikon Z7ii | 57mm | f/7.1 | 1/400 | 1000 ISO
#photography #sunset #landscapephotography
Prints: kerrigorsnaps.darkroom.com
Looking for experts in early Victorian Irish working class clothing, I have a few questions. would a carpenter renting a shop for his business necessarily wear a waistcoat?
March 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looking for experts in early Victorian Irish working class clothing, I have a few questions. would a carpenter renting a shop for his business necessarily wear a waistcoat?
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Exactly.
The US ceased to exist on January 20th.
Now we have this clown show of a musical comedy dictatorship, with no adults in charge of anything. Wanna be autocrats, two-but grifters, psychopaths, drug addicts, drunks, all low IQ racist homophobes.
That's how fast things can fail.
The US ceased to exist on January 20th.
Now we have this clown show of a musical comedy dictatorship, with no adults in charge of anything. Wanna be autocrats, two-but grifters, psychopaths, drug addicts, drunks, all low IQ racist homophobes.
That's how fast things can fail.
March 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Exactly.
The US ceased to exist on January 20th.
Now we have this clown show of a musical comedy dictatorship, with no adults in charge of anything. Wanna be autocrats, two-but grifters, psychopaths, drug addicts, drunks, all low IQ racist homophobes.
That's how fast things can fail.
The US ceased to exist on January 20th.
Now we have this clown show of a musical comedy dictatorship, with no adults in charge of anything. Wanna be autocrats, two-but grifters, psychopaths, drug addicts, drunks, all low IQ racist homophobes.
That's how fast things can fail.
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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A few years ago I made a series of mini drawings of interesting Irish women (available as a print here www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...) - this thread is a little information on the women featured, partly because it's useful, but mostly because I'm trying to be sustainable by recycling content.
November 20, 2024 at 8:32 AM
A few years ago I made a series of mini drawings of interesting Irish women (available as a print here www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...) - this thread is a little information on the women featured, partly because it's useful, but mostly because I'm trying to be sustainable by recycling content.
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And that it causes your immune system to forget what it's learned about other diseases, making you much more vulnerable to everything else. Fun! 🙃
A thing I wish more people knew is that measles is basically the most contagious disease in the world
March 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
And that it causes your immune system to forget what it's learned about other diseases, making you much more vulnerable to everything else. Fun! 🙃
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Everything is off the rails right now, but news of physical intimidation at scientific conferences by MAGA shows how far things have already gotten. #StandWithScience
February 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Everything is off the rails right now, but news of physical intimidation at scientific conferences by MAGA shows how far things have already gotten. #StandWithScience
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Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century, a rare glimpse into the intellectual and cultural life of medieval Romania. www.medievalists.net/2024/11/lost...
The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church - Medievalists.net
Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century. This extraordinary discovery of manuscripts, b...
www.medievalists.net
February 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century, a rare glimpse into the intellectual and cultural life of medieval Romania. www.medievalists.net/2024/11/lost...
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Amazing picture of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander languages as per the 2021 census, from HotsanGget on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/Linguistic...
www.reddit.com/r/Linguistic...
February 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Amazing picture of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander languages as per the 2021 census, from HotsanGget on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/Linguistic...
www.reddit.com/r/Linguistic...