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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December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I had my first proper near miss driving back from Cork tonight & so so thankful the person behind me was alert and taking it slow. Completely my fault, a perception glitch caused by rain, insane Christmas lights and heavy traffic. No harm done except to my nerves, probably the other driver's too :(
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I had my first proper near miss driving back from Cork tonight & so so thankful the person behind me was alert and taking it slow. Completely my fault, a perception glitch caused by rain, insane Christmas lights and heavy traffic. No harm done except to my nerves, probably the other driver's too :(
🥰🥰 I don't know where I would be without my emotional support Eilís. Well, I do, I'd be rocking back and forth in a dark room sobbing every time I caught sight of my laptop. Don't struggle alone, kids!
Day 13 of #ResearchAdvent is Friends, so this is a shout-out to @betaburns.bsky.social.
Both of us are in the final stretch of our PhD (Emma's is on support for self-advocacy groups for people with intellectual disabilities).
I don't know where I would be without our body doubling/vent sessions!
Both of us are in the final stretch of our PhD (Emma's is on support for self-advocacy groups for people with intellectual disabilities).
I don't know where I would be without our body doubling/vent sessions!
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🥰🥰 I don't know where I would be without my emotional support Eilís. Well, I do, I'd be rocking back and forth in a dark room sobbing every time I caught sight of my laptop. Don't struggle alone, kids!
This question has potential to go the way of the ones about bedsheet-changing frequency or washing your legs.
You mean you don’t clean your glasses daily?
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This question has potential to go the way of the ones about bedsheet-changing frequency or washing your legs.
Does Dublin-based newspaperman Stephen Collins not know that Shannon airport is generally jammers with US troops? Why would Russian troops land in the one place in Ireland most likely to be equipped for battle?
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Does Dublin-based newspaperman Stephen Collins not know that Shannon airport is generally jammers with US troops? Why would Russian troops land in the one place in Ireland most likely to be equipped for battle?
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Saw the Northern Lights
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Saw the Northern Lights
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“I RIP’ed them.” A woman on the bus earlier, talking about replying to a wedding invitation. #speirgorm
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“I RIP’ed them.” A woman on the bus earlier, talking about replying to a wedding invitation. #speirgorm
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Have helped organise a Christmas party for Sun for the children in my building & the person who was meant to be Santy is sick, anyone know anyone with a dream of being Santa in the #Cork area 😂🎅
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have helped organise a Christmas party for Sun for the children in my building & the person who was meant to be Santy is sick, anyone know anyone with a dream of being Santa in the #Cork area 😂🎅
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Posting this just made me remember something and I’m angry with myself bc I should have said this sooner
I have a lot used for testing that ends up not being used, and I have this Xbox adaptive controller and the full kit. Happy to ship it to any gamer who HAS THE NEED for the full controller
I have a lot used for testing that ends up not being used, and I have this Xbox adaptive controller and the full kit. Happy to ship it to any gamer who HAS THE NEED for the full controller
December 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Posting this just made me remember something and I’m angry with myself bc I should have said this sooner
I have a lot used for testing that ends up not being used, and I have this Xbox adaptive controller and the full kit. Happy to ship it to any gamer who HAS THE NEED for the full controller
I have a lot used for testing that ends up not being used, and I have this Xbox adaptive controller and the full kit. Happy to ship it to any gamer who HAS THE NEED for the full controller
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I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
ReCalibri
They always make us do everything ourselves, anyway
Dr.eamer.dev
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
There are only 2 types of dogs, collies and setters.
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There are only 2 types of dogs, collies and setters.
I have been watching this gorgeous pupper on Dog's Trust for over a year - we're not in a position to adopt a second dog right now - and he has finally been reserved. Really hope it works out, he is such a little dote. #AdoptDontShop #Spéirgorm
www.dogstrust.ie/rehoming/dog...
www.dogstrust.ie/rehoming/dog...
Adopt a Collie (Border) Cross Rescue Dog | Nick | Dogs Trust
Nick, the Collie (Border) Cross Rescue Dog is looking for a new home. Find out more about Nick and all of our dogs for rehoming today.
www.dogstrust.ie
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I have been watching this gorgeous pupper on Dog's Trust for over a year - we're not in a position to adopt a second dog right now - and he has finally been reserved. Really hope it works out, he is such a little dote. #AdoptDontShop #Spéirgorm
www.dogstrust.ie/rehoming/dog...
www.dogstrust.ie/rehoming/dog...
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Folks this is the new Speir Ghorm or #Speirgorm feed. It should be identical. Not sure what happened
#Irishpol #IrishSky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#Irishpol #IrishSky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Folks this is the new Speir Ghorm or #Speirgorm feed. It should be identical. Not sure what happened
#Irishpol #IrishSky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#Irishpol #IrishSky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
The cat has taught my dog how to purr.
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The cat has taught my dog how to purr.
@markruffalo.bsky.social Mark, you are following 135 people, what do you expect? Follow some Palestinians. Believe me they are talking about it.
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
@markruffalo.bsky.social Mark, you are following 135 people, what do you expect? Follow some Palestinians. Believe me they are talking about it.
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No disrespect to @deanbuckley.bsky.social, who is a genuinely good journalist, but it is absolutely mental that he's the one who has had to pick up this Gareth Sheridan shit, as opposed to seeing some accountability from the much more high profile people who initially gave him positive attention
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
No disrespect to @deanbuckley.bsky.social, who is a genuinely good journalist, but it is absolutely mental that he's the one who has had to pick up this Gareth Sheridan shit, as opposed to seeing some accountability from the much more high profile people who initially gave him positive attention
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Literal years of disabled people BEGGING senators and MPs to listen to them that death would be offered before the necessary care, and they brushed us off.
Only for the obvious inevitable to happen.
We fucking told you. Multiple times.
What now?!
Only for the obvious inevitable to happen.
We fucking told you. Multiple times.
What now?!
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Literal years of disabled people BEGGING senators and MPs to listen to them that death would be offered before the necessary care, and they brushed us off.
Only for the obvious inevitable to happen.
We fucking told you. Multiple times.
What now?!
Only for the obvious inevitable to happen.
We fucking told you. Multiple times.
What now?!
The absolutely most ridiculously cute couple 🥰🤩😍🤩🥰
Totally lost track of #ResearchAdvent over the last few days, so I have a couple to catch up on.
Engagement - funnily enough, @frankiegolucky.bsky.social and I got engaged recently, and I'm afraid that's the only meaning I can take from that at the moment! 💍
Engagement - funnily enough, @frankiegolucky.bsky.social and I got engaged recently, and I'm afraid that's the only meaning I can take from that at the moment! 💍
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The absolutely most ridiculously cute couple 🥰🤩😍🤩🥰
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Her: 🎶 I really can't stay...
Him: 🎶 But baby it's cold outside
Her: 🎶 I've got pepper spray...
Him: 🎶 But baby it's-- wait what? AHHHHHHHHGHFUCK
Him: 🎶 But baby it's cold outside
Her: 🎶 I've got pepper spray...
Him: 🎶 But baby it's-- wait what? AHHHHHHHHGHFUCK
December 21, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Her: 🎶 I really can't stay...
Him: 🎶 But baby it's cold outside
Her: 🎶 I've got pepper spray...
Him: 🎶 But baby it's-- wait what? AHHHHHHHHGHFUCK
Him: 🎶 But baby it's cold outside
Her: 🎶 I've got pepper spray...
Him: 🎶 But baby it's-- wait what? AHHHHHHHHGHFUCK
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"Gareth Sheridan went to Tucker Carlson's Christmas party" is already crazy, but "Gareth Sheridan took a photo with the world's most famous antisemitic conspiracy theorist, then voluntarily posted it on the Internet" is blowing my fucking mind
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Gareth Sheridan went to Tucker Carlson's Christmas party" is already crazy, but "Gareth Sheridan took a photo with the world's most famous antisemitic conspiracy theorist, then voluntarily posted it on the Internet" is blowing my fucking mind
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👀If you get your friend Let This Radicalize You by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social, you can also let them know that they can access 'zines, a handy discussion/reading guide, a workbook, and more resources related to the book, all for free, here:
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
👀If you get your friend Let This Radicalize You by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social, you can also let them know that they can access 'zines, a handy discussion/reading guide, a workbook, and more resources related to the book, all for free, here:
Who is the audience for these Kingsman films? This WW1 nonsense is possibly the worst thing I have ever accidentally witnessed.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Who is the audience for these Kingsman films? This WW1 nonsense is possibly the worst thing I have ever accidentally witnessed.
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Your boyfriend small as hell
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Your boyfriend small as hell