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davidmccullough.bsky.social
@davidmccullough.bsky.social
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Nearly all of my followers are Irish people I don't know. aka #FloridaDave in #Ireland #speirgorm
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bencanham.bsky.social
I’ve been through things that could’ve
broken me but they didn’t. Because it’s
not about what you go through, it’s about
what you grow through. It’s about turning
struggle into strength. #NeverGiveUp
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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robertbohan.bsky.social
President-Elect Catherine Connolly, meets President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin

The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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eolai.bsky.social
Last weekend I was in Barcelona sketching and generally having an amazing time. This is Barceloneta, in the large Plaça del Poeta Boscà with its wonderfully funky market building. #urbansketching
A panorama sketchbook is opened with a colour sketch across both pages making an extra-long panorama. Paper is rag cotton with deckled edges. Sketch is done using black ink line in various fineliners, water based media of vivival color sheets and viviva pan set, inktense coloured pencils, white gel pen, posca pens, Liquitex acrylic paint markers, Faber Castell grey brush pens, and Derwent paint pens. View across a large square at a line of buildings mostly narrow and 5 or 6 stories high, though a wide orange one on the right half is just 3 stories high. Most of its windows have some form of green shutters or cloth coverings, and the large ones have balconies. At street level it has shops and many bicycles are locked in stands outside. Adjoining it on the right is a tall pink building, 3 window bays wide and darker at street level. A green building to its right is obscured by green foliage on the right edge of the sketch. The other apartment buildings to the left are mostly creams and yellows, some with long balconies across all three windows of each story, and others with isolated balconies. Those buildings gradually go behind a large building in the square dominating the left half - that of an old market with a modern metal black covering of various planes sloping and arching. In front of the market are two large yellow umbrellas over people eating at a cafe or restaurant. The leftmost building behind the market is a glass tower of narrow blue and green windows. The sky is a bright blue, matching the blue of a metal square kiosk in the centre behind which is a gap in the buildings as there is a street leading to the square there.
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social
louis from family guy drink with vodka in her hand looking thru window from outside with leaves throughout her hair Me watching Ireland elect an independent leftist in a landslide while the people in my country idolize a far-right grifter and debate germ theory and the shape of the the earth
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
That's this year's baby on the left, fully grown now. Very soon, she will go off in search of a mate. Within a few months after that, her parents will begin their mating ritual and make preparations for next year's babies
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt
Print featuring a lush green wooded area next to a stream with reflections of tree trunks and dappled sunlight making long shadows
October 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
Hey #speirgorm, I'm seeing reports of an alarming number of "spoiled votes." What the heck is going on?
October 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
Okay Lads, time to show the rest of the world how a democratic republic works. Your vote is your voice, and it matters. Now go use it! 🇮🇪💚
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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bencanham.bsky.social
Watching part of the White House come
down feels like watching a piece of our
story disappear. The East Wing has always
stood for service, grace, and possibility
things no one can demolish. You can tear
down walls, but you can’t erase history.
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
When someone starts a sentence with the phrase, "not to sound like a racist, but..." I can guarantee that the words that follow will absolutely be the words of a racist. Every time
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
Take it from an American, vote as if the lives of people you care about depend on it 🇮🇪 💚
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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souldance.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Between the Leaves' by Brighton-based UK artist Emma Brownjohn #WomensArt
#Autumn #Fall
Painting of a tree with orangd leaves, some of which fall gently towards thd ground on which a stylisef slim figure and a dog walk
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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nicolahorgan.bsky.social
Paging @davidmccullough.bsky.social ...
October 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
Even I'm embarrassed by this
October 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
Sheri order the "Blueberry Scones". They don't have clotted cream 😏
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
I ordered the "Full Irish Breakfast" and asked them to keep the baked beans in the kitchen
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
davidmccullough.bsky.social
Johnson City, Tennessee 💚
October 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social
The world is WITH US...

No Kings in the USA
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
Grew up with Schoolhouse Rock and maybe it should be revived again. No more kings.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R1t...
No More Kings - Schoolhouse Rock Boston Tea Party
YouTube video by Schoolhouse Rock
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Betty Acquah, Ghanaian painter,
Heart of innocence, 2021 #WomensArt
October 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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bencanham.bsky.social
I used to think I had to
hide parts of myself to be
accepted. Now I see those parts
are what connect me to others
the most. Being yourself
really is your superpower.
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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eolai.bsky.social
#painting "Clontarf Shelter" came out of a cycle one morning from Howth harbour home to Dublin west, when I stopped a few times along the promenade at Clontarf to enjoy the architecture of the wind shelters, resolving to paint one when I got home. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #WindowsOnWednesday
Landscape format in acrylic, loosely painted and textured with a palette knife. A narrow horizontal strip of grey running across the centre is a promenade with a low dark brown wall on the far edge, a pale blue river on the other side of the wall, a narrow lilac band of land, and the top third being blue sky. The near side of the promenade is a lawn of various greens. In the centre at the promenade facing the river is a very pale green concrete shelter in 5 vertical segments, with two of them having a port hole through which we can see the river. The top is a brighter shade of green into yellow as the shelter curves into a roof. To the left of the shelter is a straight ornate lamp-post. Signed bottom right: Liam Daly
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM