M Lonergan
@mlonergan.bsky.social
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Graphic art + visual communication | bit of Gaeilge | buddhist, queer, #actuallyautistic | diversity + intersectionality | she/her/they/them | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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mlonergan.bsky.social
Spotted the lad from Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’ sitting in the architect’s drawing of Dublin City Council’s new Merrion Square café. They need to raise the shelf height stat cos his elbow is just hovering in mid-air there. #spéirgorm
Architect’s drawing of cafe space Man sitting at café counter Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper Detail of Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper
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blindboyboatclub.bsky.social
New podcast. Remembering the legendary and irreplaceable Manchán Magan who died last week. And revisiting our first chat where he told me his life story. ❤️

open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
In memory of Manchán Magan
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filmireland.bsky.social
Eleanor McSherry has played a key role in facilitating the development of new guidelines to help neurodivergent workers operate in a more neuro-inclusive environment, a project years in the making.

Listen back to our podcast with Eleanor here: filmireland.net/2024/05/31/p...
mlonergan.bsky.social
Responsive web design uses fluid grids so layouts adjust dynamically to browser width. This ensures that text content views equally well on desktop, smartphone, and tablet: the columns scale up or down depending on the device. I think journals are uploading print layouts with fixed grids + columns.
mlonergan.bsky.social
Readability and copy-fitting. They make total sense in print formats, but don’t work on screens.
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childrensbooksireland.ie
"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar."

Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!

✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Best Irish Books of 2025: your Culture Night (and Christmas) guide to children’s literature
Elaina Ryan of Children’s Books Ireland on its latest guide to the best of Irish writing
www.irishtimes.com
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ucdpress.bsky.social
It’s here! We’re elated to share that WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell has arrived in the world.

Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement.

🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide
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irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Seo é 'Cosa ar an Deais' le Ciara Ní É, ar céad dán sa sraith 'FísDánta le Filí' atá faoi láthair againn leis an ngrúpa REIC

This is 'Cosa ar an Deais', by Ciara Ní É our first poem in the series 'FísDánta le Filí' with REIC

Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDN...
FísDán: Cosa ar an Deais le Ciara Ní É
YouTube video by Irish Writers Centre
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mlonergan.bsky.social
If you can give @marcasmac.bsky.social an assist here, please do.
marcasmac.bsky.social
Please Help Me On My Neurodiversity Journey

It's humiliating having to do this, but with #NHSLothian's inability to let me see a #neurodiversity specialist timeously, or recognise my private #diagnosis and medicate, I feel I am left with no choice but to take this route.

gofund.me/18d703ba
mlonergan.bsky.social
Had a cat who was addicted to Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Circle Game.’
mlonergan.bsky.social
Intersectionality is power.
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scs-dias.bsky.social
🎧 Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast yet? @hoireabhard.bsky.social explains the use of post-colonial theory to study Irish history & talks about his book, ‘Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion’ (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Listen here: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha...
mlonergan.bsky.social
My two favourite books telling the story of the relationship between the Irish state and the arts. To read them is to see many things change across time, and also to recognise that certain things just keep arising, over and over again in slightly different guises.
#speirgorm #artscouncil #arts
Two books side by side. Book on left is ‘A School of Art in Dublin since the 18th Century - A History of the National College of Art & Design’ by John Turpin. Book on right is ‘Dreams and Responsibilities - The State and the Arts in Independent Ireland’ by Brian P Kennedy. Excerpt from Dreams and Responsibilities by Brian P Kennedy. Text reads: After the Treaty, the Ministry of Fine Arts was abolished but nobody told the Secretary, Labhrás Breathnach. He wrote to Diarmuid O hEigeartaigh, Secretary to Dáil Eireann: 'Would you kindly let me know if anything has been definitely decided about this Dept. I have not received any official instructions yet as to its termination so I am undecided whether to stay or not'. O hEigeartaigh replied that the Department of Fine Arts had been merged with the Department of Education. It did not re-emerge for another sixty years.
mlonergan.bsky.social
It’s a very handy alt official photo-ID for anyone who doesn’t have a driving licence. That’s why I got one.
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histoftech.bsky.social
As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.
mlonergan.bsky.social
www.subset.ie in Smithfield, D7. #spéirgorm #streetart #streetphotography
Street art portrait of man’s face on cement wall in laneway. Dumped mattress and bed frame in front of mural.
mlonergan.bsky.social
Human cartographers and geographers marked safe from AI. #speirgorm
dmarshall.bsky.social
Unster, Londongrl, Aarmagh

This is what ChatGPT created what I asked it to create a map of Ireland - with the Ulster counties identified.

Can you spot any mistakes?

Watch full report about AI potentials & challenges - on BBC The View
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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childrensbooksireland.ie
Our Elaina is on IrelandAM this morning with some excellent teen and YA recommendations. Perfect for getting stuck into this summer ☀️😎📚

Tune in here (9:45am):
play.virginmediatelevision.ie/live/1240
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Live and On Demand on Virgin Media Play
play.virginmediatelevision.ie
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens.

After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
The Girl With The Cat Earring Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow Bridget Meets The Beatles On Abbey Road Bridget Does Edward Hopper
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imramfeile.bsky.social
Ócáid ar leith a bheidh againn ag Féile na Gealaí, 11 r.n. Dé Sathairn 14 Meitheamh...mura bhfuil ticéad na Féile ceannaithe agat cheana, déan anois é! feilenagealai.com #spéiríní
mlonergan.bsky.social
Bikes in the rain, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7. #spéirgorm #dublin7 #streetphotography
Rainy evening, Dublin. Four parked bikes reflected in puddles on water-logged street. Shops and restaurants in background.
mlonergan.bsky.social
This will be awesome: Diva Voces Summer Concert, with Cork Soprano Emma Nash as Soloist, Sat 24th May, 3 pm, St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. #spéirgorm #choralmusic Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/diva-voces...
Diva Voces presents Kim André Arnesen's Magnificat
Diva Voces female voice choir, joined by renowned soprano soloist Emma Nash, will present Kim Andre Arnesen’s evocative Magnificat
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