emma q burns [festive mode]
@betaburns.bsky.social
Mother of mongrels. Researcher: PhD political participation & disability; advocacy; DPOs; repro justice. Autistic community organiser. Lover of bogs, stray dogs and odd sods. Found at CDLP Galway or in #Tipperary. #SpéirGorm She/they/yer wan ♾️🇮🇪🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
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Your boyfriend small as hell
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Your boyfriend small as hell
Eeeeeeeeeee our queen showing exactly the appropriate amount of enthusiasm I feckin love her #LateLateToyShow
Most excellent song choice. But is CMAT coming on? Omg. #LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Eeeeeeeeeee our queen showing exactly the appropriate amount of enthusiasm I feckin love her #LateLateToyShow
Most excellent song choice. But is CMAT coming on? Omg. #LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Most excellent song choice. But is CMAT coming on? Omg. #LateLateToyShow
Bonnie giving kick-ass Elle Woods vibes
#LateLateToyShow
#LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Bonnie giving kick-ass Elle Woods vibes
#LateLateToyShow
#LateLateToyShow
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Yeah, yeah, video message to this, VIP guest signings that... but only real ones know this moment...
#latelatetoyshow
#latelatetoyshow
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Yeah, yeah, video message to this, VIP guest signings that... but only real ones know this moment...
#latelatetoyshow
#latelatetoyshow
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Omg those two friends on the toy show. That's positive masculinity there. We're all crying here #SpéirGorm #LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Omg those two friends on the toy show. That's positive masculinity there. We're all crying here #SpéirGorm #LateLateToyShow
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Time is a flat circle
December 12, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Time is a flat circle
Stories of people becoming Irish citizens only ever fill me with pride that they think we are a decent enough country to want to become part of us. As is right, the settlement of Ireland has always been a story of folk coming & going, it's what has made us.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
'This completes the family unit': Keith Wood's wife among those celebrating Irish citizenship
Applicants from more than 132 countries will make a declaration of loyalty to the State and become Irish citizens at the INEC Killarney on Monday and Tuesday
www.irishexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Stories of people becoming Irish citizens only ever fill me with pride that they think we are a decent enough country to want to become part of us. As is right, the settlement of Ireland has always been a story of folk coming & going, it's what has made us.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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a shop that sells plus sized hats exclusively for irish people called Big Irish Head On You is this anything
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a shop that sells plus sized hats exclusively for irish people called Big Irish Head On You is this anything
After a long stop-and-start history of higher ed - drop out, mediocre results, finally success via distance & small classes - here I am yrs overdue finally finishing PhD with my autism dx still in a drawer & no notion of registering with access office. Sure I'm grand... (history suggests otherwise).
I once talked to a student who self-described as having a "mild" ADHD diagnosis about why they hadn't sought accommodations. The literal first thing that they said was "I'm not ADHD enough to need them," which was something that I've kept in mind as I listen to this "discourse" about accommodations.
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
After a long stop-and-start history of higher ed - drop out, mediocre results, finally success via distance & small classes - here I am yrs overdue finally finishing PhD with my autism dx still in a drawer & no notion of registering with access office. Sure I'm grand... (history suggests otherwise).
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Hardiman PhD Scholarship. 📝 These generous scholarships are funded for four years, with a stipend of €25,000 p.a. plus tuition fee covered.
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Hardiman PhD Scholarship. 📝 These generous scholarships are funded for four years, with a stipend of €25,000 p.a. plus tuition fee covered.
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
›https://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
#Hardiman #Scholarship #StudyinGalway #UniversityofGalway
Woke up exhausted after a whole night of those dreams where one has to do slightly stressy yet utterly mundane tasks like laundry and tax returns and being in a queue in a German store except it was all set in a dark and twisted Jim Henson universe. I need so much coffee now.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Woke up exhausted after a whole night of those dreams where one has to do slightly stressy yet utterly mundane tasks like laundry and tax returns and being in a queue in a German store except it was all set in a dark and twisted Jim Henson universe. I need so much coffee now.
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Very cool. Every local authority should have at least one.
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Very cool. Every local authority should have at least one.
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
That wanders high o'er hill and coomb
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of dull and grey mushrooms
Bethought myself, what if combined
The lowly fungus and lofty vapour
A towering mushroom shape defined
When atoms split against their nature.
Worth a try.
That wanders high o'er hill and coomb
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of dull and grey mushrooms
Bethought myself, what if combined
The lowly fungus and lofty vapour
A towering mushroom shape defined
When atoms split against their nature.
Worth a try.
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That wanders high o'er hill and coomb
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of dull and grey mushrooms
Bethought myself, what if combined
The lowly fungus and lofty vapour
A towering mushroom shape defined
When atoms split against their nature.
Worth a try.
That wanders high o'er hill and coomb
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of dull and grey mushrooms
Bethought myself, what if combined
The lowly fungus and lofty vapour
A towering mushroom shape defined
When atoms split against their nature.
Worth a try.
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Sat down to write a Santa letter with my 3 year old last night, she thought for ages and decided what she most wants for Christmas is ‘a fry’
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Sat down to write a Santa letter with my 3 year old last night, she thought for ages and decided what she most wants for Christmas is ‘a fry’
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
#BuyIrish - An Seol atá Fút by local author Annemarie Nugent, who describes it as "A little bit of adventure, a little bit gay, a little bit autistic." YA/€8, stick a copy in the stocking of every Irish learner you know.
sheelaghnagig.com/an-seol-ata-...
sheelaghnagig.com/an-seol-ata-...
An Seol atá Fút
Ar fáil Deireadh Fómhair 2025. Buaileann Ríona le Mealla ag campa seoltóireachta samhraidh, agus bíonn seachtain iontach acu le chéile amuigh ar an bhfarraige. Is scéal corraitheach seoltóireachta é s...
sheelaghnagig.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#BuyIrish - An Seol atá Fút by local author Annemarie Nugent, who describes it as "A little bit of adventure, a little bit gay, a little bit autistic." YA/€8, stick a copy in the stocking of every Irish learner you know.
sheelaghnagig.com/an-seol-ata-...
sheelaghnagig.com/an-seol-ata-...
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
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In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
Honoring Alice Wong: Reprinting Bitch Magazine's Access Series
Alice Wong, who reshaped the world of disability media, joined our ancestors on November 14, 2025. The Flytrap is proud to reprint her curated Access Series for Bitch Magazine.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
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Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...
I'm a 'historical medical fryrmblai' with contributing 'legs keep melting through solid surfaces' kind of autist. How about you?
#Unscience
#Unscience
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm a 'historical medical fryrmblai' with contributing 'legs keep melting through solid surfaces' kind of autist. How about you?
#Unscience
#Unscience
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my mom merged with a rectangle when she was pregnant with me & that’s why i’m autistic.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
my mom merged with a rectangle when she was pregnant with me & that’s why i’m autistic.
I was wearing hiviz the day a pedestrian stepped off the footbath without looking, the T-ruler he was carrying jammed into my bike spokes tipping me over the handlebars and cms from the tyres of a Dublin Bus. Closest I've come to death. Segregated bike paths, please.
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I was wearing hiviz the day a pedestrian stepped off the footbath without looking, the T-ruler he was carrying jammed into my bike spokes tipping me over the handlebars and cms from the tyres of a Dublin Bus. Closest I've come to death. Segregated bike paths, please.
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The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
Summerhill Vets in Nenagh are having the most ridiculously cute Christmas fundraiser in aid of Billy Goulding's Recovery Fund and the Tipperary Friends of Animals (local rescue). Great causes both. More details on FB:
www.facebook.com/summerhillvet/
www.facebook.com/summerhillvet/
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Summerhill Vets in Nenagh are having the most ridiculously cute Christmas fundraiser in aid of Billy Goulding's Recovery Fund and the Tipperary Friends of Animals (local rescue). Great causes both. More details on FB:
www.facebook.com/summerhillvet/
www.facebook.com/summerhillvet/