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@mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social

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NYC scholar/writer/professor from Louisville and Greenwich Village; I survive on tea, vanilla fudge, poetry, and the love of my friends; she / her. Hon MRIA.

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · Sep 5

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book cover: grey cat with mysterious eyes

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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 9d

Wow... this window stopped me in my tracks today! 😍 #maynooth #MaynoothCampus #speirgorm #spéirgorm #spéirghorm

An old long window inside Maynooth South Campus. Two plants right front on a ledge and greenery, like indoor ivy around the inside of window.

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 14h

Awful news. She was wonderful, and not old at all. Huge loss.

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 14h

Anita Hill: one of my heroes. ❤️

Daniel Bastiaanse @indodragon.bsky.social · 1d

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15h

I knew it! saw her there once. #smearthebajaysis

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15h

Catherine Connelly once took a Kerry county shirt off Molly Malone. #smearthebajaysis

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15h

the Great Irish Splits:
the Parnell Split
the Volunteer Split
the Border
#smearthebejaysus and #smearthebejaysis

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15h

Catherine Connolly got off the Luas at Broombridge but she'd only paid to Grangegorman. #smearthebejaysis

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15h

...and doesn't put them in the compost bin. #smearthebejaysis

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 16h

#smearthebejaysus

mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 17h

Catherine Connolly forgot a fada on her Leaving Cert.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8d

A court has upheld the block on the Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.

We will keep fighting to uphold the rights of our nation’s constitution.

Second US appeals court rejects Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump's effort to curtail birthright citizenship was declared unconstitutional by a second U.S. appeals court on Friday, handing him another defeat on a core piece of his hardline immigration agenda whose ultimate fate may lay with the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.reuters.com

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 7d

In February, Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its competition and stop competing for apartment advertisements.

My office is suing to stop this illegal deal that could drive up costs for advertisers and leave New Yorkers with fewer options to find an apartment.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3d

My office is ordering three different companies to immediately stop selling skin-lightening products that contain dangerous and illegal mercury levels.

Mercury is poison, not a beauty treatment. We won't let companies put profits over New Yorkers’ health.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 2d

LBJ, not FDR, got us Medicare.

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Yugo Limbo @yugsly.bsky.social · 3d

I am watching American Horror Story and I can't tell if it's cheese camp or Ass. Perplexing. It's got some very interesting things happening but the relationship drama is so over the top that it makes me feel like a total alien. I'm having fun though lol and maybe that's all that matters

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 5d

So beautiful. Maybe we should all have vegetarian Thanksgivings.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5d

In early December, a man confined at a state prison outside of Utica died after an encounter with correction officers. Such deaths can be hard to investigate, but in this case, there was evidence: body-camera footage.

A Year of Convulsions in New York’s Prisons

Jennifer Gonnerman reports on how two murders and a strike exposed a system at its breaking point.

www.newyorker.com

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15d

How did you get that stunning shot? It could be an expensive Japanese fabric (the image, not the insect).

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 15d

Kevin Abu’! And what great hair he has; blessings on the photographer who aimed to show it to advantage.

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 19d

Some little skulking hearts for you ♥️

Agata Maslowska @agatamaslowska.bsky.social · 19d

Jessica Traynor, from “New Arcana” @jesstraynor.bsky.social

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you for posting what so many of us have been thinking. It's really important.

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Daniel Bastiaanse @indodragon.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Dr Leeann Lane @lloislanel.bsky.social · 29d

My exhibition on the afterlives of Cork revolutionary women who did not marry is in the final stages.
I want to thank so much @sostudiodesign.bsky.social for all their work - brilliant design and attention to detail - a truly positive experience. Thank you the @ria.ie for funding this.

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