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Nigel Quinlan

@nigellicus.bsky.social

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Writer, The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox and Cloak Of Feathers. Repped by The Nuremberg Agency.

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Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · Feb 28

My short story - you know, for kids - The Hungry Giant is up on Ember Journal if anyone wants something a bit odd and scary and sad but also hopeful to read....

#speirgorm #kidlit #mglit

The Hungry Giant | Ember

There was no safe place in the entire world from the rain of stars. The fox fled to the one place he knew, the one place he remembered, where he had felt safe and secure and happy. He ran to the…

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 6h

The Iona Institute isn't based on Iona, and isn't an institute. It doesn't pay tax as the authorities accept the claim that it isn't political😶. It has 3 columnists in the Irish press. Its foreign donors include weird organisations with Latin names and a pro Russia donor who served time for bribery.

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Iona is closely linked with Agenda Europe; a secretive network of European ultra-conservative organisations which oppose LGBT rights, abortion, contraception, assisted reproduction technologies, surrogacy, euthanasia and divorce.[78][79]

The activity of the group was exposed in a leak to the television channel Arte in 2017; a cache of documents revealed that Agenda Europe was founded in a "strictly confidential" meeting in London in January 2013; that it held annual "summits" and that it has a common manifesto called Restoring the Natural Order: an Agenda for Europe.

The first summit was held in Fürstenried Castle, outside Munich in 2014. David Quinn attended and gave a talk on opposition to same-sex marriage.

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 9h

This is ecocide.

And what’s with the ‘alleged’ removal of trees? Surely it’s clear they are gone.

Seems that Coillte knows who did it. We need consequences for crimes like this.

#SpeirGorm

Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 10h

Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 15h

BURRRRNNNNN THEMMMMMMM
The wood from the trees?
Uh, sure. That'll get the fire going anyway.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 15h

An investigation has been launched after more than 30 acres of native trees over 200 years old were alleged to have been illegally felled in Co Cork.

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 16h

It's not a question, it's a club, but the best way to block it is to step right into it.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 17h

Look what Catherine Connolly did to my glasses.

Also: FECK.

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 1d

Very refreshing to see a left wing politician not treat this question like some kind of minefield that needs to be carefully negotiated

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 1d

People say that James Joyce is difficult to read. Sure.

But you should still read his short story The Dead which is accessible as heck. It's also some of the most beautiful and devastating prose ever written in English.

Just read The Dead by James Joyce. Do it.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 1d

€2,400 for excavating 750m of river leading to a Special Area of Conservation. This is not a fine, it's simply a cost associated with the works (no mention of remediation)

www.independent.ie/regionals/we...

Kilkenny landowner ordered to pay €2,400 for damaging a tributary of the River Barrow

A landowner in Co Kilkenny has been convicted for habitat damage after he was found to have damaged a tributary of the River Barrow.

www.independent.ie

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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 1d

The Derryadd Bog complex supports nationally important populations of wintering Whooper Swan, a qualifying interest of the Lough Ree SPA. BNM should be allowing these bogs to restore themselves instead of pumping them dry to facilitate a wind farm that’s already been quashed in the High Court

Mid Shannon wilderness Park - Awareness Group @midshannon.bsky.social · 1d

Whoopers return to the bogs for 2025. As usual, BNM continues to remove their habitats through unauthorised methods with the blind eye from local authority & Gov.

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 1d

“It was, as you might suppose, a person of antiquarian pursuits who said this, but, since he merely appears in this prologue, there is no need to give his entitlements.” MRJ invented Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Film nearly a century before Monty Python? 😱

Frame from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” showing what looks like an illuminated manuscript with an illustration of “the aptly named Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-film,” with a picture of a medieval knight with a baby’s face.

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Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton directed episode 15 of season 2 of Twin Peaks and Nicky reckons she singlehandedly turned the entire season around in that episode and saved it for Lynch's later return.

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1d

The Oscar-winning actress has died, People first reported on Saturday.

Actress Diane Keaton Dead At 79

The Oscar-winning actress has died, People first reported on Saturday.

www.huffpost.com

Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 1d

The kids went to #octocon and for some reason got me this

Sticker saying 'serving caint' which is Irish for 'giving you lip.'

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

GOD BLESS ETHICAL PEOPLE.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 25d

1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Science for society" blurb from the paper:

In a future with clean electricity and full electrification of buildings and private vehicles, the United States would emit about half the greenhouse gas pollution than it does today. However, buildings and vehicles would also use much more electricity, especially in the coldest weather. Here, we show that reinforcing distribution grids to accommodate these new peaks in electricity demand could cost Americans $2,800–$6,400 per household. We also show that “smart electrification”—accompanying electrification with measures that mitigate electricity demand peaks, such as reducing thermal demand, improving equipment efficiencies, and coordinating device operation—could reduce grid reinforcement costs by over two-thirds. We believe that achieving an affordable, all-electric future will require cooperation between engineers to develop enabling technologies, social scientists to guide technology development toward people’s wants and needs, and policymakers to pass laws or incentives that shape technology adoption.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 1d

I went to see The Word For World Is Map and I would just like to observe that Ursula K. LeGuin was a gift to humanity in so many ways.

A print of Ursula's map of the Labyrinth of The Tombs of Atuan.

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Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly doxxed Elena Ferrante.

#SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis #SpéirGorm #Áras25

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly thinks Godfather III is the best of the trilogy.

#SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis #SpéirGorm #Áras25

Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly's favourite Star Wars character is Jar-Jar Binks. #SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis

Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Twix pic

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 1d

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

www.rte.ie

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 1d

"Through their own negligence, Fianna Fáil have given us a presidential election with an asterisk — the last thing that any state needs at a time when democracy across the world is being undermined."

This week's column. Fair warning, the first few paragraphs are me saying I told you so.