Siobhán McElduff
@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social
1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler and academic in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í
siobhanmcelduff.com
siobhanmcelduff.com
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The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
Moderating With Humans, For Humans - Trust Issues
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
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Hello friends, please help me support my family. I'm appealing to those with a conscience, to the humanity in your hearts. I'm not well. Share my story so it reaches others. Be the reason my family is saved. /Radishes grow
bit.ly/help-mohamed
bit.ly/help-mohamed
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hello friends, please help me support my family. I'm appealing to those with a conscience, to the humanity in your hearts. I'm not well. Share my story so it reaches others. Be the reason my family is saved. /Radishes grow
bit.ly/help-mohamed
bit.ly/help-mohamed
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Every element of this is comedic perfection.
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Every element of this is comedic perfection.
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Here's the book's store page.
As I said in my quoted thread, if you've done a Garfield parody strip/image that went any way viral, there's a fair chance your work may be in this book too.
There's a contact link at the top of the page.
libritosjenkins.bigcartel.com/product/garf...
As I said in my quoted thread, if you've done a Garfield parody strip/image that went any way viral, there's a fair chance your work may be in this book too.
There's a contact link at the top of the page.
libritosjenkins.bigcartel.com/product/garf...
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Here's the book's store page.
As I said in my quoted thread, if you've done a Garfield parody strip/image that went any way viral, there's a fair chance your work may be in this book too.
There's a contact link at the top of the page.
libritosjenkins.bigcartel.com/product/garf...
As I said in my quoted thread, if you've done a Garfield parody strip/image that went any way viral, there's a fair chance your work may be in this book too.
There's a contact link at the top of the page.
libritosjenkins.bigcartel.com/product/garf...
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Tomorrow is the only opportunity for the public to speak out on this tragedy of a budget. Over 300 people have signed up so far. If enough people speak out, the hope is that the vote will be delayed. Please sign up! You can speak over the phone; it’s easy. Deadline to sign up is today at 5pm.
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tomorrow is the only opportunity for the public to speak out on this tragedy of a budget. Over 300 people have signed up so far. If enough people speak out, the hope is that the vote will be delayed. Please sign up! You can speak over the phone; it’s easy. Deadline to sign up is today at 5pm.
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I never thought I would see the day when Ireland would have a female president who isn't called Mary. This is a great day for women everywhere who aren't called Mary!
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I never thought I would see the day when Ireland would have a female president who isn't called Mary. This is a great day for women everywhere who aren't called Mary!
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I would quite like his high-collared winter overcoat. And those natty little yellow gloves.
The Orange Fruit Dove decorates the treetops with its flame-like plumage. This species lives in forests on the islands of Fiji, where it munches on fruits and berries. Only males display bold orange plumage; females are green.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I would quite like his high-collared winter overcoat. And those natty little yellow gloves.
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Love your work Nathaniel, but saying that Watson believed in and promoted racial pseudoscience, but also that he personally didn't have hatred in his heart for Black people, is a meaningless qualifier. That's just describing how racism operates
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Love your work Nathaniel, but saying that Watson believed in and promoted racial pseudoscience, but also that he personally didn't have hatred in his heart for Black people, is a meaningless qualifier. That's just describing how racism operates
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Student life was basically boys wearing hats in lectures, according to this one source.
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Student life was basically boys wearing hats in lectures, according to this one source.
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Hard to imagine a better articulation of how fannish brain has broken Hollywood. How is Bond back after dying in the last movie? Because he’s a fictional character and we’re not done telling stories about him.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hard to imagine a better articulation of how fannish brain has broken Hollywood. How is Bond back after dying in the last movie? Because he’s a fictional character and we’re not done telling stories about him.
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This is what the EHRC's shitty Code will result in.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is what the EHRC's shitty Code will result in.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
All. The. Time.
It's already happening, but if the Code becomes statutory this kind of gender-policing-based-on-appearance will become an order of magnitude or two worse.
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Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library):
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
In praise of small presses: Ireland's indie publishers celebrated
Ahead of the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair this November, co-founders Tim Groenland and Éireann Lorsung salute a golden age for independent publishing in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library):
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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In a demoralizing world it does warm the heart to see an eighty seven year-old lady repeatedly burn the world’s richest man to a crisp in a manner that clearly gets right under his skin and provokes him to flailing, compensatory exertions that only affirm the point she was making.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In a demoralizing world it does warm the heart to see an eighty seven year-old lady repeatedly burn the world’s richest man to a crisp in a manner that clearly gets right under his skin and provokes him to flailing, compensatory exertions that only affirm the point she was making.
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"A limited number of tickets remain for a one-of-a-kind dining experience." Only €65
"vibrant dishes ... signature noodles ... delicate desserts - each perfectly paired with wines hand-selected by The Irish Times wine columnist, John Wilson."
...
Hand-selected?
Can the bubble burst be far off?
"vibrant dishes ... signature noodles ... delicate desserts - each perfectly paired with wines hand-selected by The Irish Times wine columnist, John Wilson."
...
Hand-selected?
Can the bubble burst be far off?
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"A limited number of tickets remain for a one-of-a-kind dining experience." Only €65
"vibrant dishes ... signature noodles ... delicate desserts - each perfectly paired with wines hand-selected by The Irish Times wine columnist, John Wilson."
...
Hand-selected?
Can the bubble burst be far off?
"vibrant dishes ... signature noodles ... delicate desserts - each perfectly paired with wines hand-selected by The Irish Times wine columnist, John Wilson."
...
Hand-selected?
Can the bubble burst be far off?
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Gonna tell my kids this was Fleetwood Mac
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Gonna tell my kids this was Fleetwood Mac
I have managed to banjax the back somehow. Currently have taken to the bed.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I have managed to banjax the back somehow. Currently have taken to the bed.
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Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us!
No more genocide. Shut it down.
No more genocide. Shut it down.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us!
No more genocide. Shut it down.
No more genocide. Shut it down.
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Let the alt text do the work
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Let the alt text do the work
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
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i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook
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It will never not be funny to me that an important writer like Joyce Carol Oates who writes captial S Serious Literature is also really good at posting. It's like if Stravinsky had lived long enough to be really good at Animal Crossing too.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It will never not be funny to me that an important writer like Joyce Carol Oates who writes captial S Serious Literature is also really good at posting. It's like if Stravinsky had lived long enough to be really good at Animal Crossing too.
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Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
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Well, now that there is no chance Gavin will become president, it's smooth sailing ahead!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Well, now that there is no chance Gavin will become president, it's smooth sailing ahead!
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I'm getting some very aggro replies to this post so I would like to clarify that I believe reading books in any circumstances is a bad idea.
There is no winning. Read a book in public, you get accused of being performative. Don't read a book in public, Joyce Carol Oates says you are a human shell with no inner life. 😞
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm getting some very aggro replies to this post so I would like to clarify that I believe reading books in any circumstances is a bad idea.
I present to you the greatest show about the Romans trying to invade Ireland filmed in New Zealand. There are some Brad Pitt levels of accent work displayed.
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
Roar (1997) - S01E01 - Pilot - Full Episode - 4K HD AI Remaster
YouTube video by Owen Davies
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I present to you the greatest show about the Romans trying to invade Ireland filmed in New Zealand. There are some Brad Pitt levels of accent work displayed.
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm