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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1h

One thing that’s funny about how we react to stuff like this is how earnest we are. Workers were as likely to think “census? I’m gonna fuck with this guy” then as now. Taking the piss was not invented in the 20th century

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 5h

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 20h

I heard that Catherine Connolly puts the after eight wrappers back in the box.

#SmearTheBejaysis

Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Someone told me Catherine Connolly replies to long text messages with a '👍'

#SmearTheBejaysis

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 21h

Guy here in Galway told me that Catherine Connolly did this to his tin foil.

#Smearthebejaysus

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Pank 🦑 @pankraru.bsky.social · 21h

Some one hit the nail on the head with this comment.

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 22h

Like the BIGGEST danger of Generative AI, particularly in Journalism, isn’t in it’s ability to fabricate lies, its instead a side-effect of that: that people will doubt the truth, even when presented hard evidence. AI is pushing us toward a dangerous cultural psychosis, where reality doesn’t exist.

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Sarah @sarahmccrann.bsky.social · 21h

I didn't follow you yet back then, but I guess i must have been getting close cos I def saw pics of your wedding! Happy Anniversary!

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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 21h

"in fairness, Catherine Connolly could spend her entire seven years in the office doing nothing but going from school to school doing keepy-uppies and it would probably have a better effect on social cohesion than almost anything else that the president can actually do"

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.

Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences

Jim Gavin’s catastrophic campaign was predictable, but the Taoiseach couldn’t predict it.

www.thejournal.ie

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 1d

One time my therapist asked me if I'd rather be mentally healthy or have people think I'm funny and, considering the *flurry* of scribbled notes afterwards, I don't think my response was what he was looking for.

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Simon Boyne @simonb84.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly takes out the wrong bin on purpose to throw her neighbours off then in the dead of night she puts out the right one
#SmearTheBejaysis
#SpéirGorm

Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly once left her bins out beside the kerb for a whole day.
#Spéirgorm

__________ @jenbren.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly signs her emails "Best"

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

"Fires the bigotry neuron" is one of the ways that process is described! Engaging in bigoted patterns of thought and speech at inapposite targets genuinely does alter a speaker's patterns of thinking! Or, to put it differently, "ironic" racism incepts people into real racism.

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Niall McAuley @niall-mcauley.bsky.social · 1d

In video recorded by a citizen journalist, Catherine Connolly can be heard saying Misneach is a "bad dog".

#smearthebejaysis

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 1d

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Sarah @sarahmccrann.bsky.social · 1d

I loved it, Sue! It's fun and there's bangin tunes.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Prize committee have a lot of questions to answer about giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado.

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Public Universehell Girlfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @girlfriend.bsky.social · 1d

> hear about a new girl boss fighting for peace and freedom
> ask if the girl boss is greta or thatcher
> they don't understand
> pull out a complicated chart showing what is greta and what is thatcher
> they laugh, she's a good girl boss miss
> check wikipedia
> she's thatcher

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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.

Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences

Jim Gavin’s catastrophic campaign was predictable, but the Taoiseach couldn’t predict it.

www.thejournal.ie

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 1d

The Irish Times has a credible witness who saw Goody Connolly dancing with the devil.

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Fi @fifyfofum.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly saw a dog stretching and did not say "oh big stretch". #speirgorm

Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 1d

I saw Catherine Connolly buy a bottle of coke a cola water, drink it and not recycle the bottle!

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 1d

Driver pulled over to give way for Catherine Connolly on rural road and Connolly did *not* give awkward little wave of acknowledgement

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, an antichrist would definitely try to deflect blame and frame other people as being the antichrist. That would be a core job function. And certainly would be trying to gin up a witch hunt against those who would oppose him.

Just saying.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 1d

I saw Catherine Connolly label a pan au chocolat as a plain croissant in the self checkout

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 1d

I'm loving these Catherine Connolly posts. We should use a hashtag for them ? #SmearTheBejaysis #SpeirGorm

Brendan Palmer @bapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly didn't raise her index finger from the steering wheel to acknowledge me when I pulled in to let her continue on!

Niamh Ní Cheallaigh 🇮🇪 ♿️ 🇵🇸 @niamhnicheallaigh.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly never thanked the driver when she got off bus 10 years ago.

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d

McSweeney's doing the Lord's work here.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

We're close to completing our list for September. Look for it on our site next week. If you need a refresher, or, you know, lean toward masochism, here are all 416 atrocities committed by the Trump administration since the reality TV star/steak salesman/convicted felon took office.

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 3d

the only solution here is to point out that no minority group is causing shit. What’s causing problems is an exploitative system geared at making some people richer than god at the expense of everyone else

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