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Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 1d

Gentle YA queer romance sailing adventure as Gaeilge! #spairgorm

An Seol atá Fút | Úrscéal do dhéagóirí. Is scríbhneoir cruthaitheach í Annemarie Nugent. Scríobhann sí úrscéalta, gearrscéalta agus splancscéalta.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent work, Ms Omer.

The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’

Mahnoor Omer hopes the case will put public pressure on the government to make sanitary products affordable in a country where they cost too much for most women

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 11h

no YOU'RE crying

Caleb 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈📚🎲🧶 @extracandy.bsky.social · 11h

there’s something special about loving @maureenjohnsonbooks.com’s books as a teen and then growing into a high school library worker who gets to share her new books with new teens
have this awful and ancient picture of teen-me with her at a book signing (in 2013 😵) vs now lol

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 5h

NF/BNP

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 7h

Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇

Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills

Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’

www.theguardian.com

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 5h

That's unspeakably awful. I'm so sorry.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h

Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows

Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas Babies born to black mothers in England and Wales and those from the most deprived areas are significantly more likely to die while in neonatal units, according to analysis revealing the “deeply concerning” figures. The study, led by academics at the University of Liverpool, examined data on more than 700,000 babies admitted to an NHS neonatal unit across England and Wales between 2012 and 2022. Continue reading...

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 7h

Ooh this looks like a GREAT book!

Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 7h

They could have little bats on instead of holly and then they'd be ok

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

Shocking anti-Irish racism on Coronation Street. Carla just got back from two weeks in Ireland and said “I haven’t had a decent cup of tea in ages”

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 8h

This is the best thing I’ve seen all day.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 10h

What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?

This.

This is what you get.

X Post by Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State:

"We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI my first piece for @thedailytism.com was published today. I warn you: if you find it funny you will also, by defintion, find it horrifying, and that also means you probably have some kind of weird brain.

Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 1d

This is, in every possible sense, me.
thedailytism.com/audhd-womans...

AuDHD woman’s driving lesson looming on horizon like macabre spectre of death

An AuDHD woman was forced to reckon with the transience of existence this morning when she remembered halfway through brushing her teeth that she has a driving lesson in three days, it has been rumour...

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 15h

I don't think I was even aware Budweiser was beer. But those big horses.

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 15h

Sorry. I mean I can view it on bluesky but I want more info - it looks like a onesie or an MRI machine or a spacesuit, and a photo of a vulva between someone's legs, and I'm intrigued

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 15h

It's astonishing so far

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 15h

Slightly jiggly leg for the first time today, 5 hours after taking the medication. But only slightly.

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 16h

What is this image? I can't find it when I click through

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16h

Just your daily reminder: carbon offsets are not only still a thing, they're still a global multi-million dollar business that seems to be immune to consequences!!

New @carbonplan.org post here on the absurd remediation plan from a carbon offset registry in response to 15 million (!!!) fake offsets

Verra doesn’t have a good solution for excess crediting – CarbonPlan

Verra recently acknowledged the existence of millions of excess credits issued to the Kariba REDD+ project. Rather than resolving the issue, Verra’s proposed solution exposes a fundamental structural ...

carbonplan.org

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 16h

Being a professional full-time "opinion columnist" is akin to a career as a Victorian hat maker.

It doesn't matter how stable, thoughtful, and intelligent you are at the outset; the working conditions will inevitably turn you into a dribbling, incoherent lunatic.

Spare a thought for those who don’t talk the (Irish) talk
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The Kneecap factor is making Irish trendy but there is a danger of creating a ‘them and us’ situation between those who understand it and those who do not

It’s impossible not to look at this in the context of how nationalism in various forms seems to be sweeping the globe. It is expressed varyingly. We see it with the weaponising of the tricolour in neighbourhoods as an anti-immigrant symbol. Clearly wanting to see more Irish spoken is of an entirely different order. Yet, given the times we live in, there were high levels of zealotry in the recent campaign. Whether people like to admit it or not, the shaming of Humphreys on the language front fed the sectarian abuse that was fomented by some during the campaign.
Those who wish to speak or relearn Irish should feel entirely free to do so. Some are doing it in ways that attempt to be inclusive. It would, I think, be a matter of regret to almost every Irish person if the language disappeared. But there is a danger of it being talibanised. There are so many of us out there who simply don’t understand it, no matter how beautiful the Irish being spoken. Some might even consider it rude to continue at length in a language in which statistically over half of those present in the room will not understand what is being said.

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Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social · 16h

I cannot recommend this series highly enough. Heart of Stone is the first novel, but there is so much more in this wonderful world, and I'm so glad they are being released again. Buy this book, and the one after it, and the one after that...

CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 20h

It's aaaaliiiiiive!!! HEART OF STONE is now available again! Vampires and dragons and djinn, oh my! Welcome to the world of the Old Races as Margrit Knight discovers her hot new client isn't just wanted for murder - he's also a gargoyle!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4MKZM...

The cover for CE Murphy's urban fantasy (modern romantasy) novel HEART OF STONE depicts a stylized green and gold stained glass window against a deep green brick background. The title, centered in the window, has a faint heart outline behind it, and below it are two stained-glass gargoyles facing one another. Cover art and design by Fakel Barros Studio.

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 18h

I'm so tired

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 18h

It might be this one, the close-up of a hoof pings a memory youtu.be/wz0diX7dsi8

Budweiser Christmas Advert 1987

YouTube video by irishradio

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 18h

All I remember, from watching telly sitting on the floor in the 1980s, is jingling bells and ENORMOUS horses, and snow (which we didn't have in Dublin, like, ever) and the horses' breath in the air.

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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 18h

I'm still feeling very calm. I'm stuck in bed for chronic fatigue/mecfs reasons but it's not making me antsy and fizzy. I'm just... resting.

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