Dara (Dí) Howley
@didihowley.bsky.social
I’m Irish living in London, I work in museums. Feminism, accessibility, sustainability, LGBTQ+ rights & cats are important to me. Recent masters in history focused on representation of sexuality & gender in 1930s pop. press. 🌈 ♾️🦻🏻🤕 🏳️🌈 She/her
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Hey Bluesky, send us your best ducks
(Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)
(Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)
January 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Hey Bluesky, send us your best ducks
(Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)
(Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)
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Today is the twelfth and final day of Christmas, known as Little Christmas or Nollaig na mBan.
Will you do anything to mark the occasion? jrnl.ie/6919170
Will you do anything to mark the occasion? jrnl.ie/6919170
Will you do anything to celebrate Nollaig na mBan?
Historically, 6 January has been a day for women to rest after the busy Christmas period.
jrnl.ie
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Today is the twelfth and final day of Christmas, known as Little Christmas or Nollaig na mBan.
Will you do anything to mark the occasion? jrnl.ie/6919170
Will you do anything to mark the occasion? jrnl.ie/6919170
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Happy New Year everyone! We're back for another year and still in our celebrating era because we just turned 75, which is a grand age for anyone, even a museum
Happy New Year to everyone and a very happy 75th birthday to @themerl.bsky.social, which came into being officially on 1 January 1951 (the same day as the first national broadcast of The Archers).
January 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Happy New Year everyone! We're back for another year and still in our celebrating era because we just turned 75, which is a grand age for anyone, even a museum
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This makes Marco Rubio the Sec. of State, Acting National Security Advisor, Acting National Archivist, and now the Co-Viceroy of Venezuela? He must be really good at time management.
Q: Who will run Venezuela?
TRUMP: Well it's largely going to be for a period of time the people standing right behind me. We're gonna be running it.
TRUMP: Well it's largely going to be for a period of time the people standing right behind me. We're gonna be running it.
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This makes Marco Rubio the Sec. of State, Acting National Security Advisor, Acting National Archivist, and now the Co-Viceroy of Venezuela? He must be really good at time management.
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Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
The Larry the Cat social account condemned the US action in Venezuela faster and more definitively than Kier Starmer. @number10cat.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The Larry the Cat social account condemned the US action in Venezuela faster and more definitively than Kier Starmer. @number10cat.bsky.social
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Men will invade Venezuela before going to therapy
January 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Men will invade Venezuela before going to therapy
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"Have the creators of each new iteration followed Mary Shelley’s Promethean lead, nurturing a beloved creation, or have they followed Victor’s, embracing their ambition above their creation’s well-being?"
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
To Invent Immortality
Frankenstein yearns to live.
contingentmagazine.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Have the creators of each new iteration followed Mary Shelley’s Promethean lead, nurturing a beloved creation, or have they followed Victor’s, embracing their ambition above their creation’s well-being?"
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
The first in our series A Time Of Monsters, from
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
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Future episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? Will be like
I've found some new information on your great grandfather from his online kink survey. It says here that he was 75% Brat Tamer.
Wow. Okay. I never knew this about him.
I've found some new information on your great grandfather from his online kink survey. It says here that he was 75% Brat Tamer.
Wow. Okay. I never knew this about him.
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Future episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? Will be like
I've found some new information on your great grandfather from his online kink survey. It says here that he was 75% Brat Tamer.
Wow. Okay. I never knew this about him.
I've found some new information on your great grandfather from his online kink survey. It says here that he was 75% Brat Tamer.
Wow. Okay. I never knew this about him.
I was pleased to facilitate a workshop on fostering a volunteering community & identity across multiple sites & departments this morning.
There were some great ideas & resources discussed & shared via whiteboards & chats which attendees will receive after the conference. #HeritageVolunteering25
There were some great ideas & resources discussed & shared via whiteboards & chats which attendees will receive after the conference. #HeritageVolunteering25
Day 2 of Heritage Volunteering 2025 is here! 🌟 We're diving into workshops to explore new ideas and tools to support volunteers and communities. Let us know what you're learning and plan to bring back to your organization 👇
#HeritageVolunteering2025 #Volunteering #Heritage
#HeritageVolunteering2025 #Volunteering #Heritage
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I was pleased to facilitate a workshop on fostering a volunteering community & identity across multiple sites & departments this morning.
There were some great ideas & resources discussed & shared via whiteboards & chats which attendees will receive after the conference. #HeritageVolunteering25
There were some great ideas & resources discussed & shared via whiteboards & chats which attendees will receive after the conference. #HeritageVolunteering25
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Happy to take your spare penguins.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Happy to take your spare penguins.
Can we all not just agree on where to put the switch on lamps?
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Can we all not just agree on where to put the switch on lamps?
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🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄
My book on Christmas films, McCarthyism, and how our cultural media works comes out on November 17th!
I'd love to come talk about it on podcasts, blogs, and history sites in essays, film spaces, and more! In person in eastern MA, online everywhere!
My book on Christmas films, McCarthyism, and how our cultural media works comes out on November 17th!
I'd love to come talk about it on podcasts, blogs, and history sites in essays, film spaces, and more! In person in eastern MA, online everywhere!
Selling Out Santa
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for ...
indiepubs.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄
My book on Christmas films, McCarthyism, and how our cultural media works comes out on November 17th!
I'd love to come talk about it on podcasts, blogs, and history sites in essays, film spaces, and more! In person in eastern MA, online everywhere!
My book on Christmas films, McCarthyism, and how our cultural media works comes out on November 17th!
I'd love to come talk about it on podcasts, blogs, and history sites in essays, film spaces, and more! In person in eastern MA, online everywhere!
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Yeah, ID, that's why I can't buy a house 🤪
It is of course almost 100% certain that *every single word* of this post is a lie.
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Yeah, ID, that's why I can't buy a house 🤪
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✈️ Join us on 22 Oct for our next Dementia Friendly Tour at RAF Museum London! Explore our First World War in the Air exhibition in a relaxed, hands-on session for people with early-stage dementia & their carers. 💙
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
✈️ Join us on 22 Oct for our next Dementia Friendly Tour at RAF Museum London! Explore our First World War in the Air exhibition in a relaxed, hands-on session for people with early-stage dementia & their carers. 💙
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
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🪧 No Kings Protest Tips
Stay peaceful. Don’t engage. 🕊️
Record safely. Evidence protects everyone. 🎥
Bring water, ID, emergency contact. 💧
Stay with friends. 👥
Know your rights. ⚖️
#NoKings #HumanRights
Stay peaceful. Don’t engage. 🕊️
Record safely. Evidence protects everyone. 🎥
Bring water, ID, emergency contact. 💧
Stay with friends. 👥
Know your rights. ⚖️
#NoKings #HumanRights
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🪧 No Kings Protest Tips
Stay peaceful. Don’t engage. 🕊️
Record safely. Evidence protects everyone. 🎥
Bring water, ID, emergency contact. 💧
Stay with friends. 👥
Know your rights. ⚖️
#NoKings #HumanRights
Stay peaceful. Don’t engage. 🕊️
Record safely. Evidence protects everyone. 🎥
Bring water, ID, emergency contact. 💧
Stay with friends. 👥
Know your rights. ⚖️
#NoKings #HumanRights
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Love meeting people & sharing stories?
✈️ Help deliver STEM & history activities, co-create projects with local groups & connect diverse communities.
Meet new people, learn new skills & make a difference ❤️
For more information and to apply, please visit:
👉 search.volunteero.org/9e2ed3/d3777...
✈️ Help deliver STEM & history activities, co-create projects with local groups & connect diverse communities.
Meet new people, learn new skills & make a difference ❤️
For more information and to apply, please visit:
👉 search.volunteero.org/9e2ed3/d3777...
October 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Love meeting people & sharing stories?
✈️ Help deliver STEM & history activities, co-create projects with local groups & connect diverse communities.
Meet new people, learn new skills & make a difference ❤️
For more information and to apply, please visit:
👉 search.volunteero.org/9e2ed3/d3777...
✈️ Help deliver STEM & history activities, co-create projects with local groups & connect diverse communities.
Meet new people, learn new skills & make a difference ❤️
For more information and to apply, please visit:
👉 search.volunteero.org/9e2ed3/d3777...
Cucumber
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Unwritten
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Unwritten
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Cucumber
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Unwritten
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Unwritten
Making a parody video to celebrate murder is a disgusting and obscene flex.
"This f*cking political system sucks," –Jon Favreau on Kristi Noem's AI parody of The Love Boat.
October 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Making a parody video to celebrate murder is a disgusting and obscene flex.
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Would anyone be interested in either a couple-hour writing club or a reading group (academic article or book)? Maybe once a week or every two or once a month?
Full disclosure: I am sad about being unemployed and I am in need of academic community and conversation to feel like me again.
Full disclosure: I am sad about being unemployed and I am in need of academic community and conversation to feel like me again.
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Would anyone be interested in either a couple-hour writing club or a reading group (academic article or book)? Maybe once a week or every two or once a month?
Full disclosure: I am sad about being unemployed and I am in need of academic community and conversation to feel like me again.
Full disclosure: I am sad about being unemployed and I am in need of academic community and conversation to feel like me again.
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My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
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It's absolutely wild that we are heading to a world where old queers will sit the young uns down to tell them tales of freedom and rights rather than how it used to be with the elders speaking of the horrors they fought through to get those freedoms and rights for the young uns.
October 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It's absolutely wild that we are heading to a world where old queers will sit the young uns down to tell them tales of freedom and rights rather than how it used to be with the elders speaking of the horrors they fought through to get those freedoms and rights for the young uns.
Pete Hegseth is a guy who has walked into his dream job and can now reform the entire military based on the wish list he formed while on active duty. Not only is he removing the “woke” but he’s issuing commandments conceived around the day-to-day of commanders and NCOs.
September 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Pete Hegseth is a guy who has walked into his dream job and can now reform the entire military based on the wish list he formed while on active duty. Not only is he removing the “woke” but he’s issuing commandments conceived around the day-to-day of commanders and NCOs.
There’s an opportunity here to join some dots and make small leaps for those who support Trump and his administration - whether that be passively or fervently. The Administration is holding the public hostage by refusing to negotiate the budget, or even consider Democrats’ amendments
September 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There’s an opportunity here to join some dots and make small leaps for those who support Trump and his administration - whether that be passively or fervently. The Administration is holding the public hostage by refusing to negotiate the budget, or even consider Democrats’ amendments