Oonagh Montague
@oonaghmontague.bsky.social
Writer. Solo parent. Lecturer. Trainer. Exjournalist. Mostly nice, unless you kick the dog.
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Old enough to remember when this kind of thing would end up being an April Fools hoax story
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Woman 'subjected to restrictive measures' by police for speaking Irish during protest in Berlin
The protest, which took place on Wednesday outside the Irish embassy, was in support of the Palestinian people.
www.thejournal.ie
April 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Old enough to remember when this kind of thing would end up being an April Fools hoax story
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Beautiful things on our Ring doorbell.
April 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Beautiful things on our Ring doorbell.
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There’s a city of 237,000 refugees on the Chadian/sudanese border in Adre. The Sudan war is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. 150,000 dead and 12 million displaced. Chris Maddaloni and I spent a week in refugee camps in east Chad.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
‘My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest’: Patrick Freyne in Chad’s desert camps
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Mad...
www.irishtimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
There’s a city of 237,000 refugees on the Chadian/sudanese border in Adre. The Sudan war is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. 150,000 dead and 12 million displaced. Chris Maddaloni and I spent a week in refugee camps in east Chad.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Utah!!
"The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..."
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...
"The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..."
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...
Bernie Sanders, AOC and the ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour cheered by 20K in deep red Utah • Utah News Dispatch
Bernie Sanders and AOC brought their "Fight Oligarchy" tour to deep red Utah, where they were cheered on by 20,000 frustrated Democrats.
utahnewsdispatch.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Utah!!
"The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..."
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...
"The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..."
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...
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Timeline cleanse: US Postal Service is selling Goodnight Moon Stamps.
April 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Video emerges of aid workers being fired on in Gaza - contradicting Israeli account of deadly attack
Video emerges of aid workers being fired on in Gaza - contradicting Israeli account of deadly attack
Footage has emerged of the moment 15 aid workers were killed in Gaza last month - showing their ambulances and fire insignia were clearly visible when Israeli troops are believed to have opened fire on them.
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April 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Video emerges of aid workers being fired on in Gaza - contradicting Israeli account of deadly attack
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Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
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April 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
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Get Creative: On writing poetry - pinning the poem to the page www.rte.ie/culture/2025... @jesstraynor.bsky.social
Get Creative: On writing poetry - pinning the poem to the page
Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap?
www.rte.ie
April 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Get Creative: On writing poetry - pinning the poem to the page www.rte.ie/culture/2025... @jesstraynor.bsky.social
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They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds. Steff Reed singing to the #HandsOff crowd as people patiently waited in the rain before the joyous march down fifth avenue
April 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds. Steff Reed singing to the #HandsOff crowd as people patiently waited in the rain before the joyous march down fifth avenue
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WOW! Today was amazing. Proud to join over 100,000 people marching in New York City.
Disabled folks want to protest too! I had my stool and took breaks, not easy. Let’s not forget the MILLIONS disabled by #LongCOVID and others, who are marching with us in spirit.
#HandsOff #HandsOffMedicaid
Disabled folks want to protest too! I had my stool and took breaks, not easy. Let’s not forget the MILLIONS disabled by #LongCOVID and others, who are marching with us in spirit.
#HandsOff #HandsOffMedicaid
April 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
WOW! Today was amazing. Proud to join over 100,000 people marching in New York City.
Disabled folks want to protest too! I had my stool and took breaks, not easy. Let’s not forget the MILLIONS disabled by #LongCOVID and others, who are marching with us in spirit.
#HandsOff #HandsOffMedicaid
Disabled folks want to protest too! I had my stool and took breaks, not easy. Let’s not forget the MILLIONS disabled by #LongCOVID and others, who are marching with us in spirit.
#HandsOff #HandsOffMedicaid
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April 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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@bansheepress.bsky.social 2025 titles announcement day!
🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to share Harbour Doubts, a new collection by @bebeashley.bsky.social & Filly, a novel in verse by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social with you all!
🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to share Harbour Doubts, a new collection by @bebeashley.bsky.social & Filly, a novel in verse by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social with you all!
We're very excited to publish new work from @bebeashley.bsky.social and @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social later this year! 📚
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Announcing the next two books from Banshee Press — Banshee Press
We are delighted to announce the next two books from Banshee Press, due later in 2025: Harbour Doubts , a second collection of poetry by Bebe Ashley; and Filly , the debut novel-in-verse by poet Ros...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@bansheepress.bsky.social 2025 titles announcement day!
🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to share Harbour Doubts, a new collection by @bebeashley.bsky.social & Filly, a novel in verse by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social with you all!
🔥🔥🔥
Can't wait to share Harbour Doubts, a new collection by @bebeashley.bsky.social & Filly, a novel in verse by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social with you all!
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Your occasional gentle reminder that this place is not the other place.
💪🙂 Giving a post a Like on Bluesky won't boost its visibility (ie there's no Twitter-style algorithm here). If your intention is to draw wider attention to a post, you need to repost (and/or tag).
💪🙂 Giving a post a Like on Bluesky won't boost its visibility (ie there's no Twitter-style algorithm here). If your intention is to draw wider attention to a post, you need to repost (and/or tag).
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Your occasional gentle reminder that this place is not the other place.
💪🙂 Giving a post a Like on Bluesky won't boost its visibility (ie there's no Twitter-style algorithm here). If your intention is to draw wider attention to a post, you need to repost (and/or tag).
💪🙂 Giving a post a Like on Bluesky won't boost its visibility (ie there's no Twitter-style algorithm here). If your intention is to draw wider attention to a post, you need to repost (and/or tag).
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How is it right that big tech and bad actors simply steal work that writers have poured their (very living) hearts into?
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training - Sign the Petition! chng.it/npMY55XsYP via
@UKChange
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training - Sign the Petition! chng.it/npMY55XsYP via
@UKChange
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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April 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
How is it right that big tech and bad actors simply steal work that writers have poured their (very living) hearts into?
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training - Sign the Petition! chng.it/npMY55XsYP via
@UKChange
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training - Sign the Petition! chng.it/npMY55XsYP via
@UKChange
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I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
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March 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
Spring sprang Sunday, so Sid and I headed out for a balmy read of the last saucy @bansheepress.bsky.social edition.
I'll be honest, Sid peed on the daffs. I read.
#spring #bansheelit #irishwriting
I'll be honest, Sid peed on the daffs. I read.
#spring #bansheelit #irishwriting
March 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Spring sprang Sunday, so Sid and I headed out for a balmy read of the last saucy @bansheepress.bsky.social edition.
I'll be honest, Sid peed on the daffs. I read.
#spring #bansheelit #irishwriting
I'll be honest, Sid peed on the daffs. I read.
#spring #bansheelit #irishwriting
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Feeling Brigidy? You can buy ‘Fire: Brigid and the Sacred Feminine’ in Ireland, UK, now USA, and 📦 worldwide. You’ll find links and more info on this anthology, to which @oonaghmontague.bsky.social and I contributed a collaborative poem called ‘Here’, here: shaunagilliganwriter.com/publications...
February 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Feeling Brigidy? You can buy ‘Fire: Brigid and the Sacred Feminine’ in Ireland, UK, now USA, and 📦 worldwide. You’ll find links and more info on this anthology, to which @oonaghmontague.bsky.social and I contributed a collaborative poem called ‘Here’, here: shaunagilliganwriter.com/publications...
Oh dear. I can feel a pile of time wasting ahead. Quick. No one be interesting on here.
#Irishwriters
#Irishwriters
January 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh dear. I can feel a pile of time wasting ahead. Quick. No one be interesting on here.
#Irishwriters
#Irishwriters
Finally joined. I have no clue how to find all my writer friends.
WHERE IS YOU PEOPLES?
WHERE IS YOU PEOPLES?
She’s here! Hello @oonaghmontague.bsky.social 👋
Fantastic news 🙌 Really happy to be part of this anthology with my collaborator Oonagh Montague, who I have yet to persuade to join Bluesky. Here we are at the Sept 2024 launch looking delighted with ourselves entirely.
January 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Finally joined. I have no clue how to find all my writer friends.
WHERE IS YOU PEOPLES?
WHERE IS YOU PEOPLES?