Elaine Dobbyn
@edobb.bsky.social
Teacher, book-reader, sea-swimmer- posts my own.
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Compare Vonnegut buying an envelope with this tech bro running from his life
May 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Compare Vonnegut buying an envelope with this tech bro running from his life
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Breda O’Brien is spot on in her article in today’s @irishtimes.com - the Department have decided that bullying teachers into reform is easier than actually funding or supporting it properly.
May 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Breda O’Brien is spot on in her article in today’s @irishtimes.com - the Department have decided that bullying teachers into reform is easier than actually funding or supporting it properly.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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To the tune of Eric Carmen's 1975 hit All By Myself:
May 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
To the tune of Eric Carmen's 1975 hit All By Myself:
May 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"
May 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"
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“Orkneyinga Saga… is at once a historical chronicle & a literary fantasy. It is a Christian book of bloodshed that celebrates saints alongside murderers. Rich in paradox, invention & embellishment…”
—Simon Hall on the c.1200 CE Orkneyinga Saga
#BookWormSat
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nors...
—Simon Hall on the c.1200 CE Orkneyinga Saga
#BookWormSat
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nors...
Norse Past, Victorian Present: Orcadian readings of 'Orkneyinga Saga' - The Bottle Imp
I am privileged to work in a school in the village of Pierowall on the Orkney island of Westray, and my Monday morning commute is pretty spectacular. At Kirkwall airport, I board the little eight-seat...
www.thebottleimp.org.uk
April 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Orkneyinga Saga… is at once a historical chronicle & a literary fantasy. It is a Christian book of bloodshed that celebrates saints alongside murderers. Rich in paradox, invention & embellishment…”
—Simon Hall on the c.1200 CE Orkneyinga Saga
#BookWormSat
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nors...
—Simon Hall on the c.1200 CE Orkneyinga Saga
#BookWormSat
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nors...
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They banned drink on good Friday, see, on account of the Romans. So we'd all buy cans on the Thursday. "Gimme a bag o cans", you'd say. 'Course back then they were a pound a can, so you could fill a bag. A pound was what they called Euros...
April 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
They banned drink on good Friday, see, on account of the Romans. So we'd all buy cans on the Thursday. "Gimme a bag o cans", you'd say. 'Course back then they were a pound a can, so you could fill a bag. A pound was what they called Euros...
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I can never forget that ending. Stays with you like the Arctic wastes themselves.
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I can never forget that ending. Stays with you like the Arctic wastes themselves.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
April 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
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“Teachers will not teach what they do not know.” - from my interview In today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social with Jess Kelly
#edchatie #aieducation
#edchatie #aieducation
April 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“Teachers will not teach what they do not know.” - from my interview In today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social with Jess Kelly
#edchatie #aieducation
#edchatie #aieducation
All the new Leaving cert sample papers for Tranche 1 subjects are 2 hours 30 mins across the board 🤮
Exactly the same mistakes as JC are being repeated- give students time to THINK! Less time only increases stress and pressure!! #edchatie
Exactly the same mistakes as JC are being repeated- give students time to THINK! Less time only increases stress and pressure!! #edchatie
April 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
All the new Leaving cert sample papers for Tranche 1 subjects are 2 hours 30 mins across the board 🤮
Exactly the same mistakes as JC are being repeated- give students time to THINK! Less time only increases stress and pressure!! #edchatie
Exactly the same mistakes as JC are being repeated- give students time to THINK! Less time only increases stress and pressure!! #edchatie
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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For all its flaws, be thankful where you live.
April 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
For all its flaws, be thankful where you live.
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Another week & while the numbers are rising, the numbers don’t add up yet. It’s really important to have your voices included. Please encourage all stakeholders to have their say-
How many English teachers are there currently teaching in Post Primary schools? That’s how many voices should be heard. forms.office.com/pages/response…
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Another week & while the numbers are rising, the numbers don’t add up yet. It’s really important to have your voices included. Please encourage all stakeholders to have their say-
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This post is so apt👇
Here’s a link to our podcasts from University of Galway Archive on the Tuam Institution
www.universityofgalway.ie/tuam-oral-hi...
Here’s a link to our podcasts from University of Galway Archive on the Tuam Institution
www.universityofgalway.ie/tuam-oral-hi...
March 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This post is so apt👇
Here’s a link to our podcasts from University of Galway Archive on the Tuam Institution
www.universityofgalway.ie/tuam-oral-hi...
Here’s a link to our podcasts from University of Galway Archive on the Tuam Institution
www.universityofgalway.ie/tuam-oral-hi...
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I wrote about the workplace culture in various TV shows from Severance to Paw Patrol www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
March 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wrote about the workplace culture in various TV shows from Severance to Paw Patrol www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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So grateful that Ireland doesn’t have a perceived Golden Age we could enjoy again if only we’d listen to the racists and homophobes. Wax lyrical about the 1950s in an Irish pub and people will assume you’ve suffered a head injury.
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So grateful that Ireland doesn’t have a perceived Golden Age we could enjoy again if only we’d listen to the racists and homophobes. Wax lyrical about the 1950s in an Irish pub and people will assume you’ve suffered a head injury.
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