Ellen Dillon
@drnollid.bsky.social
bleached like the skeleton of a stranded walrus
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Ellen Dillon
@drnollid.bsky.social
· Jan 23
UCC and the Arts Council announce 2025 Artists in Residence
Director and writer Tom Hall; plurilingual poet Ellen Dillon and multi-instrumentalist and composer Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K) announced as recipients of 2025 awards.
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
Director and writer Tom Hall; plurilingual poet Ellen Dillon and multi-instrumentalist and composer Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K) announced as recipients of 2025 awards.
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
Still thrilled by this honour, which hasn't quite sunk in yet, and shouting it from the rooftops now that the 'spam' label has vanished from my account as mysteriously as it appeared 👻❤️
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UK HE be like what else can a university be 🕳️💀
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
UK HE be like what else can a university be 🕳️💀
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I chose seven poems from new books I’ve been enjoying recently. They’re quite wintry and Welsh substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pinks #38: A Crop of Frost
A week of poems from books I'm enjoying
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I chose seven poems from new books I’ve been enjoying recently. They’re quite wintry and Welsh substack.com/home/post/p-...
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In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
You'd 'get Ireland moving'™️ fair fast with a 90% marginal tax rate on gowl billionaires. Roast those chestnuts on yr open fire, boss
A briefing for the Taoiseach ahead of a 'fireside chat' with Stripe warned the company’s co-founder billionaire John Collison was likely to be critical of Ireland’s 'red tape'.
The Taoiseach’s briefing ran to more than 25 pages for the one-on-one meeting jrnl.ie/6883478
The Taoiseach’s briefing ran to more than 25 pages for the one-on-one meeting jrnl.ie/6883478
Stripe billionaire would likely be critical of Ireland's 'red tape', Taoiseach warned ahead of chat
The Taoiseach’s briefing ran to more than twenty-five pages for the pre-arranged one-on-one ‘fireside chat’ between him and John Collison.
jrnl.ie
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You'd 'get Ireland moving'™️ fair fast with a 90% marginal tax rate on gowl billionaires. Roast those chestnuts on yr open fire, boss
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"small-press publishers are the spirit that animates our literature. [They] put on the most community-led, exciting and engaging literary events, forming life-giving networks that sustain the industry at large"
yes! yes!
yes! yes!
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"small-press publishers are the spirit that animates our literature. [They] put on the most community-led, exciting and engaging literary events, forming life-giving networks that sustain the industry at large"
yes! yes!
yes! yes!
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
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WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒
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you should not bring arsonists to a fire-fighting conference, and if you do then you can expect people to start saying the fire isn't the problem
COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
you should not bring arsonists to a fire-fighting conference, and if you do then you can expect people to start saying the fire isn't the problem
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'he brought much-needed groundedness to a project that tirelessly announced itself to be about aping the resurrection...and breaking into heaven. While this was all well and good, there had to be some element that would stop the Roses from disappearing up their own fundament. That element was Mani.'
A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
'he brought much-needed groundedness to a project that tirelessly announced itself to be about aping the resurrection...and breaking into heaven. While this was all well and good, there had to be some element that would stop the Roses from disappearing up their own fundament. That element was Mani.'
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A fantastic photo from the Catflap launch as part of the Outburst Festival. Thank you Eoin Campbell for the pictures!
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A fantastic photo from the Catflap launch as part of the Outburst Festival. Thank you Eoin Campbell for the pictures!
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I'm 100 pages into the budget.
I mention this because on page 106, the council promises to "Enable secure, governed use of productivity AI tools (Microsoft 365 Copilot) under the Council’s AI Acceptable Use Policy to support efficiency and quality of work."
I mention this because on page 106, the council promises to "Enable secure, governed use of productivity AI tools (Microsoft 365 Copilot) under the Council’s AI Acceptable Use Policy to support efficiency and quality of work."
the wizard of oz is walking down the yellow brick road .
ALT: the wizard of oz is walking down the yellow brick road .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm 100 pages into the budget.
I mention this because on page 106, the council promises to "Enable secure, governed use of productivity AI tools (Microsoft 365 Copilot) under the Council’s AI Acceptable Use Policy to support efficiency and quality of work."
I mention this because on page 106, the council promises to "Enable secure, governed use of productivity AI tools (Microsoft 365 Copilot) under the Council’s AI Acceptable Use Policy to support efficiency and quality of work."
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at a loss because I forgot my to do list for today so just started writing another book
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
at a loss because I forgot my to do list for today so just started writing another book
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Good morning to the wronged poets only
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good morning to the wronged poets only
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With council rents and private rents both rising, HAP tenants are squeezed from two directions. “I think in some cases it could be more than half their income. I don’t see how the sums will add up.”
With council rents and private rents both rising, HAP tenants are squeezed from two directions
“I think in some cases it could be more than half their income. I don’t see how the sums will add up.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
With council rents and private rents both rising, HAP tenants are squeezed from two directions. “I think in some cases it could be more than half their income. I don’t see how the sums will add up.”
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“Adversarial poetry.”
Love this. Obvs.
Love this. Obvs.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Adversarial poetry.”
Love this. Obvs.
Love this. Obvs.
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Good morning with a Diane Seuss sonnet
All things remind me now of what love used to be. Swollen cattails in lonely places. Gluey conditioner in my hair.
All things remind me now of what love used to be. Swollen cattails in lonely places. Gluey conditioner in my hair.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Good morning with a Diane Seuss sonnet
All things remind me now of what love used to be. Swollen cattails in lonely places. Gluey conditioner in my hair.
All things remind me now of what love used to be. Swollen cattails in lonely places. Gluey conditioner in my hair.
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We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
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sally out in canoes to give chase to the Leviathan
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
sally out in canoes to give chase to the Leviathan
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'It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot, with AI'
Jesus. Fucking. Christ on a pogo stick
Jesus. Fucking. Christ on a pogo stick
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
'It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot, with AI'
Jesus. Fucking. Christ on a pogo stick
Jesus. Fucking. Christ on a pogo stick
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ICCL invites members of the public to contact us if they have received wrong answers from the AI chatbots used by the Department of Justice, and have suffered adverse consequences as a result.
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ICCL invites members of the public to contact us if they have received wrong answers from the AI chatbots used by the Department of Justice, and have suffered adverse consequences as a result.
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
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he had been a great prophet; in their cracked, secret meetings having several times descended from heaven by the way of a trap-door, announcing the speedy opening of the seventh vial
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
he had been a great prophet; in their cracked, secret meetings having several times descended from heaven by the way of a trap-door, announcing the speedy opening of the seventh vial
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Comrade Oates understands
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Comrade Oates understands