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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 19h

Some independent Irish bookshops you can support rather than Amazon. And most offer free postage in 🇮🇪too.
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com
www.marrowbone.ie/shop
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
#Spéirghorm

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 1d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 2d

Yang Hao in conversation in Dublin on 15 October at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation. I reviewed her fascinating new novel Diablo's Boys (tr Nicky Harman and Michael Day) in the Irish Times recently.

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Select tickets – Writing, Translation, and the Changing World: Yang Hao in Conversation – Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation

Writing, Translation, and the Changing World: Yang Hao in Conversation – Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - Chinese novelist Yang Hao, whose Diablo’s Boys was rece...

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

Roy: "...being friends with failure does not mean accepting it."

Fragoso: "What does that mean?"

Roy: "It means you may be defeated, but you'll never be on their side. You may go down, but you'll never be on their side."

Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

I could listen to Arundhati Roy all day. Echoes in here of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ conversation with Ezra Klein - holding a historical rather than a purely individualistic worldview as it relates to “winning”, and how that long view informs how we act in our own lifetime podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

And In Our Hour of Darkness, Writer Arundhati Roy

Podcast Episode · Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 28/09/2025 · 1h 5m

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

I was 8 years old the first time I was the one to pick which film to watch at the cinema. I remember staring back and forth at posters of The Princess Bride and Three Men & a Baby as though my very life hinged on this momentous decision. Of course I picked TPB (inconceivable that I didn't).

The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 4d

Surround yourself with the kind of people who consider The Princess Bride to be one of the greatest films of all-time.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

I could listen to Arundhati Roy all day. Echoes in here of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ conversation with Ezra Klein - holding a historical rather than a purely individualistic worldview as it relates to “winning”, and how that long view informs how we act in our own lifetime podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

And In Our Hour of Darkness, Writer Arundhati Roy

Podcast Episode · Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 28/09/2025 · 1h 5m

podcasts.apple.com

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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 5d

What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2

Poets and Poetry with Dr Elizabeth Boyle

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

(As far as I can tell, the winds rocking the van from side to side right now are White & Greyish Green.)

Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

As well as the various words for wind, the chapter notes the 10th Century text “Saltair na Rann” (Psalter of Quatrains) which lists the colours of wind from each direction.

Manchán elaborates on the cosmology of the colours, but here is an image I found online that simply depicts the compass

Simple diagram of the wind's 12 colours. A circle with short arrows marking the four main compass points and two points between each, like on a clock. The arrows point to the colour words inside the circle. Clockwise, the colours are: Black (North), Speckled, Dark, Purple (East), Yellow, Red, White (South), Greyish Green, Green, Pale (West), Dark Brown, and Grey.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

I’m relieved you and your family are safe, Ahmedd 🙏🏻

Please share this fundraiser and give what you can, if you can.

Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

Love the chapter on wind(s) (which are often regarded as the mischief of other worldly beings in Irish folklore and mythology).

Tá an buíon sí ag séideadh inniu.

The fairy horde are blowing today.

A page from the book Thirty Two Words for Field, from the chapter on Winds.

“Let’s return to the fiery steeple that appeared in the sky above Ros Deala in AdmD 1054 to explore why, if it was simply a storm, it was not referred to as a síon, spéirling, eachan, dárdál, gailfean, confadh, garbhuaic or any of the other words for strong storms. Maybe it was an anfa (a tempest or a disturbance in the elements) with aibhleacha in it, which are flying sparks of fire or thunderbolts with the power to split trees and ignite them.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

Storm Amy has hit Norway & it doesn’t feel safe to drive the van so I’m hunkered down in the car park of a lovely bird sanctuary. Thirty Two Words for Field was one of the books I had to bring on the road with me and I’m glad to have something tangible of Manchán’s to hold in my hands today.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 4d

Like many Irish folks I’m deeply saddened by the loss of Manchán Magan. The loss of the man himself and the loss of the many beautiful contributions I know he would have made to the world. How lucky we are that he left us with so much of himself, his unique perspective, his curiosity, wonder & awe 🕯️

Photograph from my bed of a book by Manchán Mangan and a little grey and white cat resting her head beside it. The book is Thirty Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 5d

I love him so much! I almost stepped on him on the trail, so glad I spotted him and was able to pop him into a safer spot nearby 🥹

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 5d

Gah! I can’t with this world sometimes 🖤

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 7d

It makes me believe in fairies lol

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 7d

A gift for you from a recent ramble in the woods 🍄‍🟫

A large clump of moss with dozens of tiny beige mushrooms growing from it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

If you want to call your senator or representative, you can do so here. Tell them that anti-LGBTQ+ provisions are a red line for the final negotiated budget bill and for any compromises around it.

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Find Your Representative

Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night.

All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.

Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.

Here is your shutdown guide.

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Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 8d

"This is cowardice dressed up as diplomacy." #Sumud

mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 8d

New statement from the flotilla says that the Italian navy is about to offer participants the "opportunity" to abandon ship and return to shore. The volunteers are accusing them of attempting to sabotage the humanitarian mission and demoralize the participants.

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 14d

#SpéirGhorm! If you can, please share a few quid with Menna, a young student who was evacuated to Ireland and will need some support as she adjusts to living in a new country having survived horrific circumstances. Míle buíochas! 🇮🇪

#SpéirGorm #SaoirseDonPhalaistín

Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 15d

Some of you might remember Menna? Well, as @mommunism.bsky.social announced recently, she was evacuated to Dublin to continue her studies. She is so relieved, but will need some help with living expenses. She's very determined and I know she'll go on to help others.
chuffed.org/project/1263...

Help Dr. Menna's family in Gaza

Menna's message:

chuffed.org

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 12d

Many members of the UN General Assembly have walked out ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in New York.

There were repeated calls for order as people cheered those leaving the hall.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

www.whatimreading.net

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 13d

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

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