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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · 12h

I picked this one up recently, haven't read it yet, good to hear a recommendation

DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · 12h

Oh goodness, more books for me to find! Simon Winchester also has a good book on Krakatoa, and I enjoyed Eruption (Steve Olson) about the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption. Marcia Bjornrud has some lovely books too (Timefulness; Reading the Rocks; Geopedia). Anything by Richard Fortey too!

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · 7d

Oh no, your morning coffee? I did get pigeon sh*t down my face one time and although I love my coffee I do feel my close encounter was worse (if that makes you feel better 😀)

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · 14d

I read 'The Bell of Nendrum' when I was a child, and it (a) amazed me that someone had written a book about my neck of the woods (well, Co Down) and (b) it emphasised the fact that these old ruins were once vibrant communities - it brought archaeology alive.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 16d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · 15d

Fair enough, I just never imagined kyanite scattered all over the ground like that! Australia continues to amaze me (I've never been though)

DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · 17d

Wow, where are these kyanites, just scattered around like ordinary bits of rock? I want some 😀

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Nice gift "Plate Tectonics Flip Book" from the author Ch. Scotese to our tectonist J. Lazauskienė 😀

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not impressed, I'm eating my lunch 🤢

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Sep 1

'Tis the season 🍁

Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Watercolour painting/pencil drawing of two cartoon rooks frolicking in autumn leaves while picking up blackberries

#Art #TraditionalArt #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 29

Some charity shops are happy to get bags to be able to offer their customers, in my experience - but I always check first, rather than leave them off in the donations section.

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hi, from the west coast of Ireland (Galway) - wondering if you'd be willing to give an online lecture for the local geology association here and/or undergrads in geology/geography? Can't message you directly here. TIA

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Chris Rowan @allochthonous.bsky.social · Aug 20

Felt I should alt-text this, although it kind of destroyed my soul to do so.

Anyway, see thread by @cbdawson.bsky.social: making your class make conceptual diagrams with LLMs in the first class of the semester is possibly your best bet for convincing them they don't actually understand anything.

Pseudo-3D cross-section of a generic landscape with blue ocean on the left and a flat green plain in front of a steep-sided, snow-capped mountain on the right. In the blue sky, a sun is on the left and a white cloud on the right.

On the plain, a puddle-shaped lake is directly juxtaposed against by a vaguely meandering river-shaped water body that flows into the subsurface when it reaches the front edge of the picture. Further to the right, a single small plant growing on the plain is scaled up to gargantuan proportions.

Superimposed on this is text and arrows meant to show the water cycle. Starting from the sun in the top left, an arrow labelled "evaporation 97%" heads down to the oceans. Then an arrow points from the oceans to a "surface water 0.01% label" in the subsurface underneath the alleged lake and river. And arrow with only half a head then finished on a "transpiration" label underneath the giant mutant plant.

Meanwhile, an arrow labelled "atmosphere 0.001%" heads from the sun to the cloud in the top right of the figure. The cloud and giant mutant plant are linked by a non-directional line labelled "Condination".

Two "groundwater 0.6%" labels hang around, unconnected and unloved, in the bottom left and bottom right.

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ah, thank you. I'm really short sighted so am used to squinting to help bring things into focus when not wearing my glasses, hadn't thought of the dark and light aspects too.

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yes, why does squinting let you see the correct version?

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Aug 16

Please watch this video with Jon Stewart and Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 11

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social emphasizes the power of listening to Palestinians in preserving their humanity.

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Denman Rooke @denmanrooke.com · Aug 25

Hey 2D artists! JOB ALERT! 📣 Especially those who do cozy cartoony or pixel art.

I have some game dev friends here in Galway from Psychic Software (Just released Necromancer's Tale) that are looking for an artist to team up for their next game.

Send your portfolio over to [email protected]

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'll be on sabbatical starting January 1, 2026, and if anyone is looking for a guest speaker for department seminars, I'm happy to discuss possible dates. Reskeet widely! 🧪⚒️

A man kneeling on a glacier and working on a laptop next to a stupid, fallen-over weather station, and with a US Army Blackhawk helicopter in the background.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is the voice of our President, using the limited but powerfully symbolic position of the Presidency to speak truth to power - we wil miss him when he retires. As far as I can see only Catherine Connolly would be a true replacement #speirgorm #aras25 president.ie/en/media-lib...

Statement by President Higgins following declaration of Famine in Gaza City and surrounding areas | President of Ireland

Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.

president.ie

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Irish Universities Association @iua-official.bsky.social · Aug 21

Students and their families are urged to check if they’re eligible for expanded SUSI supports ahead of the new academic year!

Students planning on attending college in the next academic year, should go to www.susi.ie and check out the Eligibility Indicator.

Home | SUSI

SUSI is Ireland’s national awarding authority for further and higher education grants.

www.susi.ie

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you like my doodles, you can see them all over here www.instagram.com/ciaraioch/
If you don't like my doodles, I'm usually walking around Tralee and available to be hissed/booed at when convenient.

Screenshot of my doodles on Instagram.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 21

I always have to remind myself that just because pyrope starts with 'pyr' it is NOT the Fe rich garnet (pyrite is misleading again!) I know both names are related to fire, rather than iron, but still...

DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 20

Above definition from teanglann.ie

DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 20

From Irish (I'm pretty sure): piseog, f. (gs. -oige, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Charm, spell. Ag déanamh ~, compounding charms, casting spells. 2. (Usually pl.) Superstitious practices, superstition.

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DrSadhbh @drsadhbh.bsky.social · Aug 19

@bobgooday.bsky.social are you enjoying the concert? Do you understand Swedish?