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Alvean E. Jones @mysticvean.bsky.social · 2d

@irisharchitecturef.bsky.social fb.watch/CCC-erJXG0/ ISL tours Open House Dublin Saturday 18 October 2025: #OpenHouseDublin
#OHD25
#FutureHeritage Watch Video for ISL information.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Jun 3

You can read more about this wonderful site in our article here:
www.tuatha.ie/gallarus-ora...

Gallarus Oratory • Visitor Guide 2025 • Archaeology • Dingle

Gallarus Oratory is one of our most iconic examples of early Irish Christianity and a popular highlight of the Dingle Peninsula.

www.tuatha.ie

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Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social · Jun 3

'Against stupidity we are defenseless.' - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

I've been thinking about that quote a lot recently.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Jun 3

One of my favourite places on the Dingle Peninsula, Gallarus Oratory, is always worth a visit.

The church was constructed some time around the 9th—11th century, from a single continuous corbelled vault, with the splayed walls of the base supporting the roof, giving it the shape of an upturned boat.

Gallarus Oratory on a sunny day on the Dingle Peninsula

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · Jun 2

Anyone in need of some ancient art to brighten up your day? In need of some _cute_ ancient art?

How about this marvel from (probably) the first century CE Rome, currently held in the Getty museum, of a bronze mouse nibbling away!

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · May 1

The perfect combo: the entrance to the steps to the Chapter House at Wells Cathedral is fronted with a delightful medieval door. I don't think I've seen any photographs that include it. So it took a pic..📸

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · Apr 23

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · Apr 16

Goddamn.

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · Mar 31

You have to actually SAY THE THING for change to occur. No more friendly acronyms or umbrella euphemisms. Say "Anti-Black racism". Stop trying to create soft and gentle terms for what is actually happening and ungently harming real people.

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Alvean E. Jones @mysticvean.bsky.social · Mar 20

Giving a talk on Deaf people in the long 18th century, you're more than welcome to attend. This would be of interest to those into Georgian history, those into Irish Deaf history. 14henriettastreet.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Leland Renato Grigoli, PhD @mappermundi.bsky.social · Mar 13

I promise this is an actual photo I took

#Nikon Z7ii | 57mm | f/7.1 | 1/400 | 1000 ISO

#photography #sunset #landscapephotography

Prints: kerrigorsnaps.darkroom.com

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Alvean E. Jones @mysticvean.bsky.social · Mar 8

Looking for experts in early Victorian Irish working class clothing, I have a few questions. would a carpenter renting a shop for his business necessarily wear a waistcoat?

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An Average Joe @kokomojoe.bsky.social · Mar 8

Exactly.
The US ceased to exist on January 20th.

Now we have this clown show of a musical comedy dictatorship, with no adults in charge of anything. Wanna be autocrats, two-but grifters, psychopaths, drug addicts, drunks, all low IQ racist homophobes.

That's how fast things can fail.

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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · Mar 7

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Nov 20

A few years ago I made a series of mini drawings of interesting Irish women (available as a print here www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...) - this thread is a little information on the women featured, partly because it's useful, but mostly because I'm trying to be sustainable by recycling content.

Illustration featuring all the women of the Mini Mná series.

#art #blueskyart #speirgorm

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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · Mar 3

And that it causes your immune system to forget what it's learned about other diseases, making you much more vulnerable to everything else. Fun! 🙃

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Mar 2

A thing I wish more people knew is that measles is basically the most contagious disease in the world

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · Feb 26

Everything is off the rails right now, but news of physical intimidation at scientific conferences by MAGA shows how far things have already gotten. #StandWithScience

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PG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century, a rare glimpse into the intellectual and cultural life of medieval Romania. www.medievalists.net/2024/11/lost...

The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church - Medievalists.net

Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century. This extraordinary discovery of manuscripts, b...

www.medievalists.net

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · Feb 26

🖖

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sta...

Starfleet Eliminating All Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs

To all Starfleet personnel, It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and i...

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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · Feb 23

Amazing picture of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander languages as per the 2021 census, from HotsanGget on Reddit:

www.reddit.com/r/Linguistic...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 16

ZELENSKYY: The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100 percent

WELKER: If the US pulls out of NATO, Russia will occupy Europe?

ZELENSKYY: Yes

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · Feb 17

My co-author, @FancyNahyan.bsky.social, and I are happy to announce that, after an 8-month delay, our essay “Plague History, Mongol History, and the Processes of Focalisation Leading Up to the Black Death” has finally been published. It’s open-access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #histmed 🧪

Plague history, Mongol history, and the processes of focalisation leading up to the Black Death: a response to Brack et al. | Medical History | Cambridge Core

Plague history, Mongol history, and the processes of focalisation leading up to the Black Death: a response to Brack et al.

www.cambridge.org

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Feb 16

A face from the past.

A 12th century Hiberno-Romanesque head incorporated into a wall at Kilteel Church, Kildare.

An ornately decorated architectural feature depicting a human face with a moustache set within a wall

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Feb 11

We are a day or two away from the United States Constitution being a dead letter. This is not hyperbole. This is not me be being a doomer. This is a basic legal and political fact. The math, as I see it. 🧵

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Feb 11

It's called fashion look it up

Cartoon showing a slick ponytail on fashionable young woman and a tightly pulled one of a very frumpy squashed looking me, captioned "Low Ponytail On Gen Z" and "Low Ponytail On Me"

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