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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 6h

Look I've seen the Aristocats, I know those felines have rhythm

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 7h

Me when I see Elon Musk screen caps on here:

A woman in a dark coat in a living room saying "Have you been on Twitter again? Well, don't."

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 6h

Oh for art it's a different kettle of fish, but the videos I'm talking about are incredibly realistic fake AI videos of celebrities, politicians etc, or just made up events or news. That's the concern.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 6h

Heard it in my head as soon as I read it

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 6h

With the way things spread on WhatsApp and social media and the tiny amount of people who do actually bother to check, I don't think there's enough people doing it to limit the damage

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 6h

Saw a few of those new Sora AI videos pop up on Instagram and hoo boy are we cooked. Don't know how we're going to be able to trust any visual media in the near future.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 6h

Goodnight Mairéad

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 1d

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the Global Sumud Flotilla. I'm home safe & will be followed by the other Irish people today. I'm just catching up and have much more to share but for now I am so so grateful for everyone's attempts to free us. Remember that Gaza is the story not us.

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

Gorgeous!

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

I've never come across you before, so no, it's not. It's about the many people who are assuming all posts are about the US.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Feb 18

A cost-of-living crisis isn't the easiest time to sell art, but: www.ciaraioch.com is where you can support my work, with each archival-quality print on textured heavy paper being produced here in Ireland, shipping internationally in eco-friendly packaging, with free mini-treats in every order 🎁

Collage of different prints from my online store

Close up of the Irish Aquatic Life print

Linocut print of Men Of The Blaskets, with small flowers beside it

Imbolc print next to purple flowers

#speirgorm #speirghorm #art #traditionalart #artist

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

This is it!

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

I think in general the way straight sized clothes are sized up just doesn't work either, like they get the proportions all wrong

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

Fáilte! Better late than never!

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

Parents, please teach your offspring to swim and to drive before they're in their 20s because it's SO much harder (and consequently more expensive) as adults. Ideally, they should be swimming comfortably as a young child and able to drive an articulated lorry cross country by age six

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

It's only a small few but they're LOUD

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

Just posted about the same things after you without seeing this, the impulse is STRONG

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

Reject modernity, embrace tradisiún

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 1d

Tusa
An bhfuil an ríomhlóid á cur chun cinn agat?

Saighdiúir Rúiseach le suaitheantas an dreama dearg ar a hata Budjonny

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

Don't you mean our mumbo jumbo

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Siobhán M @nocontextsiobhan.bsky.social · 1d

Tír le Teanga , Tír gan yankaí

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

At this stage, my main motivation for trying to learn enough Gaeilge to be able to post on here in it is to no longer receive replies from the specific type of North Americans that are all over the timeline at the moment having an absolute meltdown in Irish people's mentions. We can free ourselves.

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

At this stage, my main motivation for trying to learn enough Gaeilge to be able to post on here in it is to no longer receive replies from the specific type of North Americans that are all over the timeline at the moment having an absolute meltdown in Irish people's mentions. We can free ourselves.

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Dave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

This is just such a no-brainer win for everybody that I hope that it gets rolled out in a much bigger way.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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

I'm in Ireland, but we don't have it here (don't think it's in the UK either)

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 2d

Needs cut-outs for fearsome boobs but otherwise the price really is the only obstacle

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