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Ellen Dillon

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Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · Jan 23

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 👻❤️

University College Cork @ucc.ie · Jan 21

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...

Tom Hall, Ellen Dillon and Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K) pictured at special event to announce 2025 Artists in Residence. Image: Mark Stedman

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · Sep 10

So Micheál Martin has time as Taoiseach to critique a drone incursion by Russia but has not critiqued a actual drone attack by Israel, on a ship with many Irish citizens and elected representatives, on a peaceful humanitarian mission? #Spéirgorm

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Sep 10

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called Russia's drone incursion into Poland's airspace a "reckless and unprecedented act"

Russian drones in Polish airspace 'reckless' - Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called Russia's drone incursion into Poland's airspace a "reckless and unprecedented act".

www.rte.ie

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guerin @ontopoetic.earth · Sep 10

There is no shame in reserving empathy for the downtrodden and withholding it from the wearer of the boot.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Sep 10

WE NEEDED ONE - dashare.zone ADMIN

GOOD DAY TO B E ONLINE "NUFF SAID" - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · Sep 10

you see the wonderful thing about *my* petard is that it's used exclusively to hoist only *other people*

allow me to demonstrate

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the karyn in the woods @karynmoy.bsky.social · Sep 7

the vague, made-up sounding job titles on #traitorsirl are so great. logistics therapist. vibe consultant. estate agent.

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the karyn in the woods @karynmoy.bsky.social · Sep 8

so obsessed with paudie, they can’t catch you out if you don’t know what the fuck is going on #traitorsIRL

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Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · Sep 10

‘Rather than defend and protect the norms of the genetic family against the predations of the market, we can and should advance a critique of private property radical enough to posit neonatal humans as people who are a collective responsibility’

Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's too easy to hear the story of Cindy Bi suing her surrogate for murder & infer that what we need to get rid of is surrogacy (rather than the way parenthood is organized under capitalism).
So many ppl sent me the Wired article that I ended up writing my response: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy

It’s a horror story about Silicon Valley, and an extreme example of what happens when we conceive of children as property.

www.thenation.com

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Sep 10

And I’m thinking Moby Dick doesn’t bite so much as he swallows.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Sep 9

the sharks, also, with their jewel-hilted mouths, are quarrelsomely carving away under the table at the dead meat

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Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · Sep 9

He's also the lad who was bemoaning the 6000 'dead babies' since repeal, in his spirited defence of the nun's of Tuam. LAST WEEK! But the country's crammed...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Sep 9

Consider that the whale has nothing that can properly be called a neck; on the contrary, where his head and body seem to join, there, in that very place, is the thickest part of him.

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Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’re excited to be co-hosting a special event at The Broadway Bookshop as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, with Chloe Aridjis, whose story and essay collection, Dialogue with a Somnambulist, we published in 2021.

Thurs 9 Oct, 7–9pm

RSVP: [email protected]

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Sep 9

They left a great, wide wake, as though continually unrolling a great wide parchment upon the sea.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Sep 8

A steak, a steak, ere I sleep!

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Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · Sep 8

I promise not to do this tonight at O'Bhéal go béal 😉
www.obheal.ie/blog/

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · Sep 7

Can’t believe* I get to use this again

*I can believe it

Poster:

Tonight Fri 5 August 1932

Lord Haw-Haw in conversation with Ryan Tubridy

Late Late Variety Show

“William Joyce is one of Mr Hitler’s most vocal supporters in the UK.
He’ll be giving his take on why his message resonated with German voters and his promise to move to Germany in the event of a Hitler victory.”

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Sep 6

CAPTALISM - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELETEN BEING HALF WAY GRIDED UP IN A MEAT GRIDER AND IT SAYS "MAYBE IF I SACRIFICE ENOUGH OF MY BODY TO THE GRINDER , THELL LET ME CRANK THE HANDLE SOME DAY " - JUST WORK HARD AND YOUR GONNA BE APPRECIATED LOL, JUST HIT THE STREET'S AND HAND OUT YOUR RESUME LOL, JUST BUY A USED CAR LOL, JUST BUY FOOD LOL, ETC - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · Sep 6

If anyone (@thebaffler.com @nplusonemag.com @publicbooks.bsky.social) might be interested in an article
offering an ideological post-mortem of almost four decades of The Best American Poetry anthology as a conservative publishing project, I'm yr guy.

Scribner Books @scribnerbooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

For thirty-eight years, The Best American Poetry series showcased the nation’s most influential and vital poetry. The 2025 landmark edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman—and to the enduring power of poetry.
Available now. https://bit.ly/3I2kwyZ

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · Aug 31

I am excited for the Traitors Ireland but still have some concerns.
This country is too small. Like I'm worried I'll spend two weeks calling someone a conniving psychopath on here, only to learn that they're my cousin.

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Breezy (they/them) @abitchislive.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying.
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry

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Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · Sep 5

Can't believe nobody mentioned @cmatbaby.bsky.social rendering Bertie unelectable with a single song

www.thejournal.ie/bertie-ahern...

Bertie Ahern rules himself out of presidency, citing lack of support from Fianna Fáil leadership

Ahern said he wouldn’t consider running as an Indpendent because he respects Fianna Fáil too much.

www.thejournal.ie

Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · Sep 4

Timeline’s full of the worst men in the world using the legal systems of 2 countries to draw attention to their mantrums over the existence of trans people. May they die roaring. Solidarity with everyone in the trans community, always 🏳️‍⚧️

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Sep 4

This whole story is so telling of the weaselly ways the Irish Government negotiates its complicity with the genocide in Gaza.

They know there is popular appetite for action but they evade and obfuscate, terrified of the US reaction to unilateral moves on Israel.

thecurrency.news/articles/200...

Hollow victory: Central Bank retains key role for Israeli bonds approval - The Currency

A feeling of victorious jubilation spread fast among Palestinian solidarity activists and on opposition benches on Monday morning as news spread that the Central Bank would not be approving the new pr...

thecurrency.news

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