@juliethecranky.bsky.social for when the bows come out...
And also remembering your corning visit...
And also remembering your corning visit...
Join our drinking game—how do you drink from this without spilling?
ANSWER IN THIS 🧵⬇️
ANSWER IN THIS 🧵⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
@juliethecranky.bsky.social for when the bows come out...
And also remembering your corning visit...
And also remembering your corning visit...
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Q. Where would you get two bestselling Irish authors in one utterly charming bookshop on Tuesday?
A. Ennistymon, Co Clare
Q: For?
A: A FREE event! Conversation, book signing, readings refreshments and Q&A
Join @roisinm.bsky.social and me in Banner Books on Tuesday at 7pm ...
#spéirgorm 📚 💙
A. Ennistymon, Co Clare
Q: For?
A: A FREE event! Conversation, book signing, readings refreshments and Q&A
Join @roisinm.bsky.social and me in Banner Books on Tuesday at 7pm ...
#spéirgorm 📚 💙
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Q. Where would you get two bestselling Irish authors in one utterly charming bookshop on Tuesday?
A. Ennistymon, Co Clare
Q: For?
A: A FREE event! Conversation, book signing, readings refreshments and Q&A
Join @roisinm.bsky.social and me in Banner Books on Tuesday at 7pm ...
#spéirgorm 📚 💙
A. Ennistymon, Co Clare
Q: For?
A: A FREE event! Conversation, book signing, readings refreshments and Q&A
Join @roisinm.bsky.social and me in Banner Books on Tuesday at 7pm ...
#spéirgorm 📚 💙
White workshirts choked closed at the collar under green shirts
#irelandjersey #IreVNZ #Ireland #Rugby
#irelandjersey #IreVNZ #Ireland #Rugby
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
White workshirts choked closed at the collar under green shirts
#irelandjersey #IreVNZ #Ireland #Rugby
#irelandjersey #IreVNZ #Ireland #Rugby
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Deep within his cave, asleep atop a pile of money, tinsel and Lynx Africa sets, Noddy Holder stirs.
"Soon," he thinks.
"Soon," he thinks.
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Deep within his cave, asleep atop a pile of money, tinsel and Lynx Africa sets, Noddy Holder stirs.
"Soon," he thinks.
"Soon," he thinks.
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I've played 3 hours of The Seance of Blake Manor from #Galway based #indiegames devs @spookydoorway.bsky.social so far, and it's excellent.
Great mix of Irish myth,history,paganism,occult (wasn't expecting the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to appear, but given when it's set, that makes sense)
Great mix of Irish myth,history,paganism,occult (wasn't expecting the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to appear, but given when it's set, that makes sense)
The Seance of Blake Manor is now live on Steam.
Check out our launch trailer!
💀 store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
#indiegames
Check out our launch trailer!
💀 store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
#indiegames
October 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I've played 3 hours of The Seance of Blake Manor from #Galway based #indiegames devs @spookydoorway.bsky.social so far, and it's excellent.
Great mix of Irish myth,history,paganism,occult (wasn't expecting the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to appear, but given when it's set, that makes sense)
Great mix of Irish myth,history,paganism,occult (wasn't expecting the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to appear, but given when it's set, that makes sense)
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Love #IndieGames? Love games made in #Ireland? Love games set in Ireland? Love Irish voice casts? Love co-op games?
Whatcha waiting for?! Come play Eyes of Hellfire with your friends (only one person needs to buy, and the others play for freeeeeeee)
#gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
Whatcha waiting for?! Come play Eyes of Hellfire with your friends (only one person needs to buy, and the others play for freeeeeeee)
#gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Love #IndieGames? Love games made in #Ireland? Love games set in Ireland? Love Irish voice casts? Love co-op games?
Whatcha waiting for?! Come play Eyes of Hellfire with your friends (only one person needs to buy, and the others play for freeeeeeee)
#gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
Whatcha waiting for?! Come play Eyes of Hellfire with your friends (only one person needs to buy, and the others play for freeeeeeee)
#gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
@juliethecranky.bsky.social love this
When your cat is knighted for gallantry in mouse-catching and commissions a new coat of arms. 🐈🐁
Actually, these arms belonged to Sir Isaac Pennington (1745-1817). They were charmingly sketched by Richard Relhan (1797-1838).
Cambridge Antiquarian Society / CUL (Views.Relhan.78)
Actually, these arms belonged to Sir Isaac Pennington (1745-1817). They were charmingly sketched by Richard Relhan (1797-1838).
Cambridge Antiquarian Society / CUL (Views.Relhan.78)
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
@juliethecranky.bsky.social love this
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My piece @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
on the Bord na Móna peat briquette, a once popular fuel for Irish people & an Irish industrial design icon.
Their memory is the source of much nostalgia and their demise, while good for the environment, represents the end of an era.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
on the Bord na Móna peat briquette, a once popular fuel for Irish people & an Irish industrial design icon.
Their memory is the source of much nostalgia and their demise, while good for the environment, represents the end of an era.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Bord na Móna peat briquette became an icon of Irish design
The briquettes were not only once a convenient, inexpensive fuel for Irish people, they were also an industrial design icon
www.rte.ie
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My piece @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
on the Bord na Móna peat briquette, a once popular fuel for Irish people & an Irish industrial design icon.
Their memory is the source of much nostalgia and their demise, while good for the environment, represents the end of an era.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
on the Bord na Móna peat briquette, a once popular fuel for Irish people & an Irish industrial design icon.
Their memory is the source of much nostalgia and their demise, while good for the environment, represents the end of an era.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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This week, I offer a SNEAK PEEK at my son's new novel, and remember a tale from my own time as a precocious child scribe.
On time travel, stone age tools, and Idelandic fish festivals.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
On time travel, stone age tools, and Idelandic fish festivals.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
My son’s stories remind me of my own early literary works
His creative writing leads me to retell the time I invented an entire fish festival
observer.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This week, I offer a SNEAK PEEK at my son's new novel, and remember a tale from my own time as a precocious child scribe.
On time travel, stone age tools, and Idelandic fish festivals.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
On time travel, stone age tools, and Idelandic fish festivals.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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It was, if the spirit of Iain Banks will forgive me, the day the pope exploded
Or, to be strictly accurate, today is the 67th anniversary of the day a botched embalming saw Pius XII’s rotting torso break open while he was lying in state
(Yes, sorry*. This thread is disgusting)
(*Well, kind of)
Or, to be strictly accurate, today is the 67th anniversary of the day a botched embalming saw Pius XII’s rotting torso break open while he was lying in state
(Yes, sorry*. This thread is disgusting)
(*Well, kind of)
October 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
It was, if the spirit of Iain Banks will forgive me, the day the pope exploded
Or, to be strictly accurate, today is the 67th anniversary of the day a botched embalming saw Pius XII’s rotting torso break open while he was lying in state
(Yes, sorry*. This thread is disgusting)
(*Well, kind of)
Or, to be strictly accurate, today is the 67th anniversary of the day a botched embalming saw Pius XII’s rotting torso break open while he was lying in state
(Yes, sorry*. This thread is disgusting)
(*Well, kind of)
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A man who has spent forty years tending to the graves of the only two victims of the Air India disaster who were left unclaimed has been honoured by an Indian cultural group in Cork
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-honoured-graves-air-india-victims-cork-6829839-Sep2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-honoured-graves-air-india-victims-cork-6829839-Sep2025/
Man who spent 40 years tending to graves of Air India disaster victims honoured in Cork
Finbarr Archer has cared for the untended graves of an unclaimed mother and daughter.
www.thejournal.ie
September 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A man who has spent forty years tending to the graves of the only two victims of the Air India disaster who were left unclaimed has been honoured by an Indian cultural group in Cork
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-honoured-graves-air-india-victims-cork-6829839-Sep2025/
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-honoured-graves-air-india-victims-cork-6829839-Sep2025/
youtu.be/oxGxHIJFQVA?... @juliethecranky.bsky.social even a look at the back! #cushioncut #millegrain
Exploring a glittering diamond Cartier brooch 💎
YouTube video by Victoria and Albert Museum
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
youtu.be/oxGxHIJFQVA?... @juliethecranky.bsky.social even a look at the back! #cushioncut #millegrain
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
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From 1969 to 2008 John Margolies photographed the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of the US. @librarycongress bought the lot, a total of 11,710 colour slides, and lifted all copyright restrictions on them. Here's our highlights: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...
September 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From 1969 to 2008 John Margolies photographed the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of the US. @librarycongress bought the lot, a total of 11,710 colour slides, and lifted all copyright restrictions on them. Here's our highlights: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...
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I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you
By Alex Andreou
bestforbritain.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
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This thing here, exhibit A in "the danger of leaving our ships to melt in the hot sun", is HMS Glatton.
And on this day in 1918 things went even more pear-shaped than they already were...
And on this day in 1918 things went even more pear-shaped than they already were...
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This thing here, exhibit A in "the danger of leaving our ships to melt in the hot sun", is HMS Glatton.
And on this day in 1918 things went even more pear-shaped than they already were...
And on this day in 1918 things went even more pear-shaped than they already were...
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May be of interest to maths teachers - the Irish Maths Olympiad Round 1 will run Sep 15-19. If you are a teacher and you want to run it, see details here: www.irmo.ie/Round-1.html - letters are also being sent to schools.
Homepage of the Irish Mathematical Olympiad
www.irmo.ie
September 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
May be of interest to maths teachers - the Irish Maths Olympiad Round 1 will run Sep 15-19. If you are a teacher and you want to run it, see details here: www.irmo.ie/Round-1.html - letters are also being sent to schools.
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This is a fantastic new tool for anyone involved in reporting on or researching local government as-it-happens, allowing users to search auto-generated transcripts of Council meetings across the UK and Ireland.
@samtranum.bsky.social - might be of interest!
h/t @lizstokoe.bsky.social
@samtranum.bsky.social - might be of interest!
h/t @lizstokoe.bsky.social
My latest Bellingcat tool is out!
It lets you search what was said in council meetings across the UK and Ireland, and takes you directly to the right part of the video session to verify.
Check it out and let me know what you think! 👇
council-search.bellingcat.com
It lets you search what was said in council meetings across the UK and Ireland, and takes you directly to the right part of the video session to verify.
Check it out and let me know what you think! 👇
council-search.bellingcat.com
Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search
Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.
council-search.bellingcat.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This is a fantastic new tool for anyone involved in reporting on or researching local government as-it-happens, allowing users to search auto-generated transcripts of Council meetings across the UK and Ireland.
@samtranum.bsky.social - might be of interest!
h/t @lizstokoe.bsky.social
@samtranum.bsky.social - might be of interest!
h/t @lizstokoe.bsky.social
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⚠️ Seminar announcement: in semester 2 of the new academic year (Feb-May 2026), I will be teaching a
𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 (SG648)
in the Dept. of Early Irish (@ceilteachomn.bsky.social) at Maynooth University.
Guests from outside are very welcome.
More info ⬇️
𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 (SG648)
in the Dept. of Early Irish (@ceilteachomn.bsky.social) at Maynooth University.
Guests from outside are very welcome.
More info ⬇️
August 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
⚠️ Seminar announcement: in semester 2 of the new academic year (Feb-May 2026), I will be teaching a
𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 (SG648)
in the Dept. of Early Irish (@ceilteachomn.bsky.social) at Maynooth University.
Guests from outside are very welcome.
More info ⬇️
𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 (SG648)
in the Dept. of Early Irish (@ceilteachomn.bsky.social) at Maynooth University.
Guests from outside are very welcome.
More info ⬇️
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love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.
IG nytimes
IG nytimes
August 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.
IG nytimes
IG nytimes
This is fab
@juliethecranky.bsky.social with your botany hat on...
@juliethecranky.bsky.social with your botany hat on...
The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
July 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This is fab
@juliethecranky.bsky.social with your botany hat on...
@juliethecranky.bsky.social with your botany hat on...
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Final week to see Mary Fahy’s Brigid's Well paintings, Portumna Castle until 31 July. My essay on her work is in gallery and at www.rte.ie/culture/2025... A % of painting sales to Palestine Children's Relief Fund and The Sameer Project. Price list via Mary on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DMerLMZ...
July 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Final week to see Mary Fahy’s Brigid's Well paintings, Portumna Castle until 31 July. My essay on her work is in gallery and at www.rte.ie/culture/2025... A % of painting sales to Palestine Children's Relief Fund and The Sameer Project. Price list via Mary on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DMerLMZ...
Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.
July 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM