Dr Robert Bohan
@robertbohan.bsky.social
Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
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Dr Robert Bohan
@robertbohan.bsky.social
· Dec 12
🧵 After 48 hours I finished decorating my Christmas tree. This year I’m going minimal with just 40% of my baubles hung 👀 Here’s my tree & some of my art library.
Now I can focus on drawing again! Here’s a thread of my one-off drawings & how you can get them for Christmas! [1]
Now I can focus on drawing again! Here’s a thread of my one-off drawings & how you can get them for Christmas! [1]
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Flying to New Hampshire. Flew the heli and ran into a bunch of mountain flyers. Had to meet with social workers here dealing with ICE! It cleared up and was sunny on my return flight!
#FlyingTheHeli #NewHampshire #MeetingAboutICE #ColderUpHere
#FlyingTheHeli #NewHampshire #MeetingAboutICE #ColderUpHere
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Flying to New Hampshire. Flew the heli and ran into a bunch of mountain flyers. Had to meet with social workers here dealing with ICE! It cleared up and was sunny on my return flight!
#FlyingTheHeli #NewHampshire #MeetingAboutICE #ColderUpHere
#FlyingTheHeli #NewHampshire #MeetingAboutICE #ColderUpHere
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Cúis mhór bhróin dom a chloisteáil go bhfuil an t-amhránaí cáiliúil agus an Gaeilgeoir Seán Ó Sé imithe uainn ar Shlí na Fírinne.
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Cúis mhór bhróin dom a chloisteáil go bhfuil an t-amhránaí cáiliúil agus an Gaeilgeoir Seán Ó Sé imithe uainn ar Shlí na Fírinne.
Imagine a world without Dracula or the Picture of Dorian Gray, Orlando, Cabaret**, Rubyfruit Jungle, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, the Line of Beauty, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women & Feminism; And the Band Played On; & Howl & Other Poems*.
A stolen world:
A stolen world:
Publishers are rejecting queer books amid bans and Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ stance
Publishers in the US are passing on LGBTQ+ works, amid book bans and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment from the current administration.
gcn.ie
January 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Imagine a world without Dracula or the Picture of Dorian Gray, Orlando, Cabaret**, Rubyfruit Jungle, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, the Line of Beauty, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women & Feminism; And the Band Played On; & Howl & Other Poems*.
A stolen world:
A stolen world:
I put Christmas tree branches into the coffin-sized box. Wouldn’t fit, so I stacked the remainder beside the box, in the wardrobe. Worried they’d get dusty, I wrapped them in a long detective overcoat & zipped it up. One day I’ll open the door, see the hidden PI & give myself a festive coronary.
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I put Christmas tree branches into the coffin-sized box. Wouldn’t fit, so I stacked the remainder beside the box, in the wardrobe. Worried they’d get dusty, I wrapped them in a long detective overcoat & zipped it up. One day I’ll open the door, see the hidden PI & give myself a festive coronary.
Note to self: Stop advising foreign powers, even your siblings ignore your shopping advice.
The thing that Iranian protesters definitely do NOT want is the US, or its allies, making statements like this. The US has done horrific things to Iran to help the moronic Shah, before the Revolution, & Iranians don’t forget. The Shah’s offspring should STFU too. That’s the ONLY help they need.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Note to self: Stop advising foreign powers, even your siblings ignore your shopping advice.
The thing that Iranian protesters definitely do NOT want is the US, or its allies, making statements like this. The US has done horrific things to Iran to help the moronic Shah, before the Revolution, & Iranians don’t forget. The Shah’s offspring should STFU too. That’s the ONLY help they need.
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The thing that Iranian protesters definitely do NOT want is the US, or its allies, making statements like this. The US has done horrific things to Iran to help the moronic Shah, before the Revolution, & Iranians don’t forget. The Shah’s offspring should STFU too. That’s the ONLY help they need.
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John Singer Sargent | The Old Chair, 1886, Oil on Canvas, Private Collection.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
John Singer Sargent | The Old Chair, 1886, Oil on Canvas, Private Collection.
So I’ve taken the tree apart & have unstrung & unentangled the lights & then did a CSI Dublin on what was living in my tree. Those of you familiar with the 2025 sacred tree [bile] will be aware that it started having a life of its own on Christmas Day! And here’s what happened!
It’s taking a while to pack this behemoth away. But then again having half my flat back would be nice!
January 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
So I’ve taken the tree apart & have unstrung & unentangled the lights & then did a CSI Dublin on what was living in my tree. Those of you familiar with the 2025 sacred tree [bile] will be aware that it started having a life of its own on Christmas Day! And here’s what happened!
Something to look forward to! Keep in mind, some exhibitions have reduced price hours. If your museum does not, write to them. Exhibits cost a lot to set up & insurance is nuts, so free entry might not be possible. IMHO it should always be free to see a museum’s permanent collection!
5 Essential Old Masters Shows for 2026 | Artnet News
Old Masters shows 2026: Five essential museum exhibitions—from Raphael at the Met to Zurbarán in London—plus tarot and Ovid-themed highlights.
news.artnet.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Something to look forward to! Keep in mind, some exhibitions have reduced price hours. If your museum does not, write to them. Exhibits cost a lot to set up & insurance is nuts, so free entry might not be possible. IMHO it should always be free to see a museum’s permanent collection!
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It's a pity you can't go on a little trip to the US and buy things for people because secret police and stuff
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
It's a pity you can't go on a little trip to the US and buy things for people because secret police and stuff
Breaking: Musk has renamed Twitter, yet again. In line with corporate policy the site was to be now be called XXX. However given pending prosecutions for child abuse imagery, the new name is Alleged XXX
All Twitter users may not be child abusers; but all child abusers use Twitter.
All Twitter users may not be child abusers; but all child abusers use Twitter.
January 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Breaking: Musk has renamed Twitter, yet again. In line with corporate policy the site was to be now be called XXX. However given pending prosecutions for child abuse imagery, the new name is Alleged XXX
All Twitter users may not be child abusers; but all child abusers use Twitter.
All Twitter users may not be child abusers; but all child abusers use Twitter.
Sometimes a photo of infrastructure is not just utilitarian, very rarely it’s an example of a perfect aesthetic composition. The more you look, the more you see & the more aesthetically balanced it becomes. Red indicator - green bridge; gray closet - gray fence - gray roof etc. The photo…
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Sometimes a photo of infrastructure is not just utilitarian, very rarely it’s an example of a perfect aesthetic composition. The more you look, the more you see & the more aesthetically balanced it becomes. Red indicator - green bridge; gray closet - gray fence - gray roof etc. The photo…
I think getting out of bed is where I went wrong. I’m going back up the wooden hill…
If you need me knock gently, as I’m still asleep. I’m planning to stay in bed, until 2027, just sleeping, drawing pictures* & shaking a walking stick at passing clouds, that I can see from my bed. Just have to convince DHL to collect & ship from my boudoir. Hopefully they have no feather allergies.
January 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I think getting out of bed is where I went wrong. I’m going back up the wooden hill…
They paved paradise & put up a parking lot.
1968 Dub City decides to build HQ
1969 Discover well-preserved remains of ancient Viking city of Dublin
1981 Annihilate Viking city to build ugly concrete HQ called ‘the bunkers’.
2026 Abandon ugly HQ
1968 Dub City decides to build HQ
1969 Discover well-preserved remains of ancient Viking city of Dublin
1981 Annihilate Viking city to build ugly concrete HQ called ‘the bunkers’.
2026 Abandon ugly HQ
Destroyed our history to build their offices and now they don't even want the offices.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Concern as council plans to leave Wood Quay offices
Councillors have called for more details about plans by Dublin City Council to leave its headquarters on Wood Quay and replace the controversial office block with social housing.
www.rte.ie
January 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
They paved paradise & put up a parking lot.
1968 Dub City decides to build HQ
1969 Discover well-preserved remains of ancient Viking city of Dublin
1981 Annihilate Viking city to build ugly concrete HQ called ‘the bunkers’.
2026 Abandon ugly HQ
1968 Dub City decides to build HQ
1969 Discover well-preserved remains of ancient Viking city of Dublin
1981 Annihilate Viking city to build ugly concrete HQ called ‘the bunkers’.
2026 Abandon ugly HQ
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me
#Archaeology
It’s no surprise that the Trump regime’s paramilitary army, ICE, is behaving like a lawless hit squad. They’re advertising for recruits using far white White supremacist iconography. Interestingly a search for ‘far right groups joining ICE’ brings up claims that anti-ICE protesters are being paid! 😳
DHS deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit
The Department of Homeland Security’s deportation efforts under Trump have energized and validated some hate groups.
www.splcenter.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It’s no surprise that the Trump regime’s paramilitary army, ICE, is behaving like a lawless hit squad. They’re advertising for recruits using far white White supremacist iconography. Interestingly a search for ‘far right groups joining ICE’ brings up claims that anti-ICE protesters are being paid! 😳
Reposted by Dr Robert Bohan
Stirrup spout vessel with bird (Moche (Peru), 200-600 CE)
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Stirrup spout vessel with bird (Moche (Peru), 200-600 CE)
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
If you need me knock gently, as I’m still asleep. I’m planning to stay in bed, until 2027, just sleeping, drawing pictures* & shaking a walking stick at passing clouds, that I can see from my bed. Just have to convince DHL to collect & ship from my boudoir. Hopefully they have no feather allergies.
January 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If you need me knock gently, as I’m still asleep. I’m planning to stay in bed, until 2027, just sleeping, drawing pictures* & shaking a walking stick at passing clouds, that I can see from my bed. Just have to convince DHL to collect & ship from my boudoir. Hopefully they have no feather allergies.
Opened social media, saw ‘the enemies of free speech’ & closed it, this morning.
The thing is every major platform is dominated by far right mindlessness’ they’re the ones who lie that they care about ‘free speech’. They won*, the grift is over. Will someone tell these clowns?
The thing is every major platform is dominated by far right mindlessness’ they’re the ones who lie that they care about ‘free speech’. They won*, the grift is over. Will someone tell these clowns?
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Opened social media, saw ‘the enemies of free speech’ & closed it, this morning.
The thing is every major platform is dominated by far right mindlessness’ they’re the ones who lie that they care about ‘free speech’. They won*, the grift is over. Will someone tell these clowns?
The thing is every major platform is dominated by far right mindlessness’ they’re the ones who lie that they care about ‘free speech’. They won*, the grift is over. Will someone tell these clowns?
It’s taking a while to pack this behemoth away. But then again having half my flat back would be nice!
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It’s taking a while to pack this behemoth away. But then again having half my flat back would be nice!
Nice work if you can get it! 😜
Paschal Donohoe gave the World Bank an extra €10 million while he was still a government minister.
Donohoe resigned as Irish finance minister last November to take up a job at the World Bank.
Paschal Donohoe gave the World Bank an extra €10 million while he was still a government minister.
Donohoe resigned as Irish finance minister last November to take up a job at the World Bank.
Sinn Féin says Paschal Donohoe's decision to give World Bank extra €10m raises 'serious questions'
Pearse Doherty today called on the government to provide “full transparency” about how the decision was made.
www.thejournal.ie
January 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Nice work if you can get it! 😜
Paschal Donohoe gave the World Bank an extra €10 million while he was still a government minister.
Donohoe resigned as Irish finance minister last November to take up a job at the World Bank.
Paschal Donohoe gave the World Bank an extra €10 million while he was still a government minister.
Donohoe resigned as Irish finance minister last November to take up a job at the World Bank.
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The bear was trying to take possession of the honey reserves owned by the bees. The outcome was not good for the bear.
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The bear was trying to take possession of the honey reserves owned by the bees. The outcome was not good for the bear.
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
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'Self-reflection at a red signal’ (2013) by Holly Brodie
hollybrodie.com
hollybrodie.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
'Self-reflection at a red signal’ (2013) by Holly Brodie
hollybrodie.com
hollybrodie.com
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January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Net
Always a flutter of a poem
On a bus or climbing down steps
In a musem, talking to attendants
Walking down a dark street
Strung with twinkling lights of white
Or two men, leaning on a fence
Talking the nonsense of friends
Heard and swept away
The net cannot catch the butterflies
#PegsPoyums
Always a flutter of a poem
On a bus or climbing down steps
In a musem, talking to attendants
Walking down a dark street
Strung with twinkling lights of white
Or two men, leaning on a fence
Talking the nonsense of friends
Heard and swept away
The net cannot catch the butterflies
#PegsPoyums
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Net
Always a flutter of a poem
On a bus or climbing down steps
In a musem, talking to attendants
Walking down a dark street
Strung with twinkling lights of white
Or two men, leaning on a fence
Talking the nonsense of friends
Heard and swept away
The net cannot catch the butterflies
#PegsPoyums
Always a flutter of a poem
On a bus or climbing down steps
In a musem, talking to attendants
Walking down a dark street
Strung with twinkling lights of white
Or two men, leaning on a fence
Talking the nonsense of friends
Heard and swept away
The net cannot catch the butterflies
#PegsPoyums