Thérèse
@teabiccy.bsky.social
Alright so... but all my bookmarks are on twitter
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In Ireland
• Nature is haemorrhaging
• Water bodies are sick and dying
• Greenhouse gas emissions from land are soaring
• Flooding is ever more catastrophic
• Etc...
Because we've turned nearly all wild, natural habitat into barren monocultures of grass or shitka.
Mass REWILDING is the solution.
• Nature is haemorrhaging
• Water bodies are sick and dying
• Greenhouse gas emissions from land are soaring
• Flooding is ever more catastrophic
• Etc...
Because we've turned nearly all wild, natural habitat into barren monocultures of grass or shitka.
Mass REWILDING is the solution.
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
In Ireland
• Nature is haemorrhaging
• Water bodies are sick and dying
• Greenhouse gas emissions from land are soaring
• Flooding is ever more catastrophic
• Etc...
Because we've turned nearly all wild, natural habitat into barren monocultures of grass or shitka.
Mass REWILDING is the solution.
• Nature is haemorrhaging
• Water bodies are sick and dying
• Greenhouse gas emissions from land are soaring
• Flooding is ever more catastrophic
• Etc...
Because we've turned nearly all wild, natural habitat into barren monocultures of grass or shitka.
Mass REWILDING is the solution.
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Star-shaped tile with a stylized flowering plant, anonymous, c. 1250 - c. 1299
Persia
(Rijksmuseum)
Persia
(Rijksmuseum)
October 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Star-shaped tile with a stylized flowering plant, anonymous, c. 1250 - c. 1299
Persia
(Rijksmuseum)
Persia
(Rijksmuseum)
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I can’t quite put it into words yet, but something is happening, a kind of global singularity—a fusion of tech/media/news/government/employment which allows the global elite to push single agendas: “You WILL care about Charlie Kirk. You will NOT care about Palestine. You WILL fear cancel culture.”
Think we are up to 8 bbc news alerts about charlie kirk.
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I can’t quite put it into words yet, but something is happening, a kind of global singularity—a fusion of tech/media/news/government/employment which allows the global elite to push single agendas: “You WILL care about Charlie Kirk. You will NOT care about Palestine. You WILL fear cancel culture.”
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graphite is carbon, compressed over high pressure over millions of years and transformed not into coal or diamond but into something even more precious, a pencil, into graphite, which can record everything you've known and seen . . . It is a greater miracle than diamonds
–Varlam Shalamov
–Varlam Shalamov
May 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
graphite is carbon, compressed over high pressure over millions of years and transformed not into coal or diamond but into something even more precious, a pencil, into graphite, which can record everything you've known and seen . . . It is a greater miracle than diamonds
–Varlam Shalamov
–Varlam Shalamov
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Lest we forget that leading Holocaust historian, Israeli scholar Raz Segal, called Israel's campaign in Gaza 'a textbook case of genocide' as early as 13 October 2023. Palestinians on the ground relayed this horrific reality from the beginning. Why is it only now that many are starting to speak out?
May 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Lest we forget that leading Holocaust historian, Israeli scholar Raz Segal, called Israel's campaign in Gaza 'a textbook case of genocide' as early as 13 October 2023. Palestinians on the ground relayed this horrific reality from the beginning. Why is it only now that many are starting to speak out?
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A devastatingly accurate and rightfully angry piece from
Colin Sheridan.
"He weighed..less than half what is normal on average. The boy had not grown any teeth...and was too weak to cry...The decapitated babies...The dogs eating the dead...The parents picking up the mangled flesh of their children"
Colin Sheridan.
"He weighed..less than half what is normal on average. The boy had not grown any teeth...and was too weak to cry...The decapitated babies...The dogs eating the dead...The parents picking up the mangled flesh of their children"
May 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A devastatingly accurate and rightfully angry piece from
Colin Sheridan.
"He weighed..less than half what is normal on average. The boy had not grown any teeth...and was too weak to cry...The decapitated babies...The dogs eating the dead...The parents picking up the mangled flesh of their children"
Colin Sheridan.
"He weighed..less than half what is normal on average. The boy had not grown any teeth...and was too weak to cry...The decapitated babies...The dogs eating the dead...The parents picking up the mangled flesh of their children"
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S E V E N Y E A R S
For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today....
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
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This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
🧵
May 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
S E V E N Y E A R S
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if Micheál Martin is worried about people supporting terror and violence, he might do literally one thing – one solitary single thing – about his own government's complicity in the genocide he claims to oppose
April 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
if Micheál Martin is worried about people supporting terror and violence, he might do literally one thing – one solitary single thing – about his own government's complicity in the genocide he claims to oppose
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Issue #1 of #TheInstitutions is live now.
Read it here: theinstitutions.substack.com/p/issue-1
Still hoping to make this a reliable outlet for people wanting to stay in the loop about Ireland's institutions, so if you found it helpful, please consider subscribing!
Read it here: theinstitutions.substack.com/p/issue-1
Still hoping to make this a reliable outlet for people wanting to stay in the loop about Ireland's institutions, so if you found it helpful, please consider subscribing!
April 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Issue #1 of #TheInstitutions is live now.
Read it here: theinstitutions.substack.com/p/issue-1
Still hoping to make this a reliable outlet for people wanting to stay in the loop about Ireland's institutions, so if you found it helpful, please consider subscribing!
Read it here: theinstitutions.substack.com/p/issue-1
Still hoping to make this a reliable outlet for people wanting to stay in the loop about Ireland's institutions, so if you found it helpful, please consider subscribing!
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Such an important read by @niallsargent.bsky.social in Tye Currency. Now un-paywalled.
Please share.
thecurrency.news/articles/184...
Please share.
thecurrency.news/articles/184...
Omissions, caveats and false balance: How media is failing Palestinians, the international order and our profession - The Currency
“Legal scholars tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent.” This is a line from an article penned by Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabe...
thecurrency.news
April 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Such an important read by @niallsargent.bsky.social in Tye Currency. Now un-paywalled.
Please share.
thecurrency.news/articles/184...
Please share.
thecurrency.news/articles/184...
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During a recent trip to Ireland, @franceskalbs.bsky.social held a mirror up to the media & asked if we were reporting accurately on Gaza. The clear answer is no.
As I write in The Currency this morning, we are failing Palestinians, the international order & our own profession:
t.co/hVQ5dLKHj0
As I write in The Currency this morning, we are failing Palestinians, the international order & our own profession:
t.co/hVQ5dLKHj0
https://thecurrency.news/articles/184892/youre-scared-of-doing-the-right-thing-because-the-right-thing-comes-with-a-price/
t.co
April 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
During a recent trip to Ireland, @franceskalbs.bsky.social held a mirror up to the media & asked if we were reporting accurately on Gaza. The clear answer is no.
As I write in The Currency this morning, we are failing Palestinians, the international order & our own profession:
t.co/hVQ5dLKHj0
As I write in The Currency this morning, we are failing Palestinians, the international order & our own profession:
t.co/hVQ5dLKHj0
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I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...
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Whether you realise it or not every single household in #Ireland has a connection to a #MotherandBabyHome, a #MagdaleneLaundry &/or an #IndustrialSchool!
In my household there are 6 connections!
When the details of the exclusions from the #MotherandBabyHome #RedressScheme were made public…..
Whether you realise it or not every single household in #Ireland has a connection to a #MotherandBabyHome, a #MagdaleneLaundry &/or an #IndustrialSchool!
In my household there are 6 connections!
When the details of the exclusions from the #MotherandBabyHome #RedressScheme were made public…..
March 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Whether you realise it or not every single household in #Ireland has a connection to a #MotherandBabyHome, a #MagdaleneLaundry &/or an #IndustrialSchool!
In my household there are 6 connections!
When the details of the exclusions from the #MotherandBabyHome #RedressScheme were made public…..
Whether you realise it or not every single household in #Ireland has a connection to a #MotherandBabyHome, a #MagdaleneLaundry &/or an #IndustrialSchool!
In my household there are 6 connections!
When the details of the exclusions from the #MotherandBabyHome #RedressScheme were made public…..
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Plaque of the day remembering the time Charles Dickens was in Limerick city. He found it “the oddest place of which nobody in any other part of Ireland seems to know anything."
The more things change...
limerickslife.com/charles-dick...
The more things change...
limerickslife.com/charles-dick...
March 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Plaque of the day remembering the time Charles Dickens was in Limerick city. He found it “the oddest place of which nobody in any other part of Ireland seems to know anything."
The more things change...
limerickslife.com/charles-dick...
The more things change...
limerickslife.com/charles-dick...
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Pat Ingoldsby ©️
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Pat Ingoldsby ©️
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New post 'Memento Mori' is out now. Read it here:
Substack: danielloftus.substack.com/p/memento-mori
WordPress: danielmloftus.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/m...
#Genealogy #MotherAndBabyHomes
Substack: danielloftus.substack.com/p/memento-mori
WordPress: danielmloftus.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/m...
#Genealogy #MotherAndBabyHomes
Memento Mori
A dignified burial (heck, even a memorial) would go a long way… Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Firstly, thank you to every single one of you that attended my talks at RootsTech over the past fe…
danielmloftus.wordpress.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New post 'Memento Mori' is out now. Read it here:
Substack: danielloftus.substack.com/p/memento-mori
WordPress: danielmloftus.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/m...
#Genealogy #MotherAndBabyHomes
Substack: danielloftus.substack.com/p/memento-mori
WordPress: danielmloftus.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/m...
#Genealogy #MotherAndBabyHomes
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I’d love to see the equivalent of the wild Atlantic way but in Irish forest form, the full length of the country so you could walk the whole way
March 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I’d love to see the equivalent of the wild Atlantic way but in Irish forest form, the full length of the country so you could walk the whole way
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Here is the letter addressed to the Taoiseach and signed by over 400 academics and university workers.
'It is easy to be neutral in times of peace, the real test, and where it matters most, is being neutral in times of war and heightened conflict.'
www.pana.ie/posts/open-l...
'It is easy to be neutral in times of peace, the real test, and where it matters most, is being neutral in times of war and heightened conflict.'
www.pana.ie/posts/open-l...
Open letter from Irish Academics on Triple Lock | PANA
Open letter from Irish academics and university workers regarding recent draft legislation to amend the State’s “triple lock”
www.pana.ie
March 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here is the letter addressed to the Taoiseach and signed by over 400 academics and university workers.
'It is easy to be neutral in times of peace, the real test, and where it matters most, is being neutral in times of war and heightened conflict.'
www.pana.ie/posts/open-l...
'It is easy to be neutral in times of peace, the real test, and where it matters most, is being neutral in times of war and heightened conflict.'
www.pana.ie/posts/open-l...
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I said it from the beginning, theMother and Baby Home redress scheme was designed in order to save money. Shameful but entirely predictable from @greenpartyie.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social and Fine Gael www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...
Only 7% of mother and baby home redress budget spent one year after applications opened
An MEP said the underspend shows that the exclusion of thousands of survivors from the scheme was an unneccesary “punitive measure”.
www.thejournal.ie
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I said it from the beginning, theMother and Baby Home redress scheme was designed in order to save money. Shameful but entirely predictable from @greenpartyie.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social and Fine Gael www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...
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It's a sign of the times that callousness is now dressed up as intellectualism. That empathy is framed as being as morally problematic as prejudice. That bigotry and hatred is just honesty. That solidarity is treason.
February 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's a sign of the times that callousness is now dressed up as intellectualism. That empathy is framed as being as morally problematic as prejudice. That bigotry and hatred is just honesty. That solidarity is treason.
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On foot of significant concerns regarding a major study on 'Experiences of Irish Mother and Baby Institutions' at the University of Limerick, I have published a critical analysis which can be downloaded here: criticaladoptiontheory.com/publications...
Experiences of Mother and Baby Institutions Study: A Critical Analysis – criticaladoptiontheory.com
criticaladoptiontheory.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On foot of significant concerns regarding a major study on 'Experiences of Irish Mother and Baby Institutions' at the University of Limerick, I have published a critical analysis which can be downloaded here: criticaladoptiontheory.com/publications...
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1) ℹ️ Some further facts about the scheme:
Examples of the thousands of excluded people:
❌24k people covered by the scheme who were separated from their mother before 6 months.
❌People who were confined in institutions not covered by the scheme
www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...
Examples of the thousands of excluded people:
❌24k people covered by the scheme who were separated from their mother before 6 months.
❌People who were confined in institutions not covered by the scheme
www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...
More than €44 million paid to mother and baby home survivors, but some waiting seven months
The average redress payment made to date is just under €15,500, with a minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €65,000.
www.thejournal.ie
November 26, 2024 at 11:29 AM
1) ℹ️ Some further facts about the scheme:
Examples of the thousands of excluded people:
❌24k people covered by the scheme who were separated from their mother before 6 months.
❌People who were confined in institutions not covered by the scheme
www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...
Examples of the thousands of excluded people:
❌24k people covered by the scheme who were separated from their mother before 6 months.
❌People who were confined in institutions not covered by the scheme
www.thejournal.ie/mother-and-b...
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No stone should be left unturned to find the #Tuam babies.
No stone should be left unturned to find the #Bessboro babies.
No stone should be left unturned to find the #SeanRossAbbey babies.
The government need to stop dragging their heels.
#Speirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
No stone should be left unturned to find the #Bessboro babies.
No stone should be left unturned to find the #SeanRossAbbey babies.
The government need to stop dragging their heels.
#Speirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
'We want no stone left unturned', say group campaigning for Sean Ross Abbey dig
The We Are Still Here group to continue campaign for archaeological dig after excavation at the site was ruled out
www.irishexaminer.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No stone should be left unturned to find the #Tuam babies.
No stone should be left unturned to find the #Bessboro babies.
No stone should be left unturned to find the #SeanRossAbbey babies.
The government need to stop dragging their heels.
#Speirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
No stone should be left unturned to find the #Bessboro babies.
No stone should be left unturned to find the #SeanRossAbbey babies.
The government need to stop dragging their heels.
#Speirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...