Ellen Brickley
@ellenbrickley.bsky.social
Writer, reader, Dubliner, historian. Strong opinions about chai lattes. Grateful recipient of 2x Agility Awards + 2x Bursary Awards from the Arts Council. Essays, YA and history.
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Made my first ever visit to EPIC museum today, enjoyed it very much!
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Made my first ever visit to EPIC museum today, enjoyed it very much!
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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incredible headline
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
defector.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
incredible headline
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Lovelies, drop everything, I have the perfect timeline cleanse:
A PUFFIN LIVECAM.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03P6...
I cannot express how much I need this right now.
A PUFFIN LIVECAM.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03P6...
I cannot express how much I need this right now.
Watch our LIVE camera from the puffin colony on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK
YouTube video by National Trust
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May 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lovelies, drop everything, I have the perfect timeline cleanse:
A PUFFIN LIVECAM.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03P6...
I cannot express how much I need this right now.
A PUFFIN LIVECAM.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03P6...
I cannot express how much I need this right now.
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22nd May 2015: Ireland becomes the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote, with 62% voting "Yes" in a historic referendum. Today marks 10 years of Marriage Equality in Ireland. #OnThisDay #Queerstory
Same-sex marriage is finally legal in Ireland! Here's everything you need to know
From 2:15 PM on Monday, November 16, same-sex couples will finally be able to wed in Ireland. Here is everything you need to know.
gcn.ie
May 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
22nd May 2015: Ireland becomes the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote, with 62% voting "Yes" in a historic referendum. Today marks 10 years of Marriage Equality in Ireland. #OnThisDay #Queerstory
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My open access article on the public history of allyship and solidarity between Native American and Irish people has just been published. It draws on thousands of comments published on a GoFundMe page between 2020 and 2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
My open access article on the public history of allyship and solidarity between Native American and Irish people has just been published. It draws on thousands of comments published on a GoFundMe page between 2020 and 2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mine was: actions have consequences, and if someone's behaviour has changed the way you feel about them, that's a consequence they have to accept.
What’s something you heard once that changed your brain chemistry instantly?
CW: disordered eating
Mine: "You can leave some sweet treats for the next day."
This was when I had an issue with eating in my twenties. Hearing that pretty much solved it, and I haven't had issues like that since.
CW: disordered eating
Mine: "You can leave some sweet treats for the next day."
This was when I had an issue with eating in my twenties. Hearing that pretty much solved it, and I haven't had issues like that since.
What’s something you heard once that changed your brain chemistry instantly?
Mine: The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference
Mine: The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference
May 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Mine was: actions have consequences, and if someone's behaviour has changed the way you feel about them, that's a consequence they have to accept.
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i will never apologize for a post
May 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
i will never apologize for a post
I went to the Trans Image/Trans Experience film festival today in the @lighthousecinema.bsky.social - saw Soft by Joseph Amenta and a short cakes Adult Child by Hugo Francker. Great event, I hope it endures! We need trans stories and voices now more than ever.
April 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I went to the Trans Image/Trans Experience film festival today in the @lighthousecinema.bsky.social - saw Soft by Joseph Amenta and a short cakes Adult Child by Hugo Francker. Great event, I hope it endures! We need trans stories and voices now more than ever.
Say what you like about Dublin (and as a Dubliner, I do), but I get to see writers of the calibre of *Shon Faye* for €14 and *Roxane Gay* for €20 (plus small booking fee) at the @ilfdublin.bsky.social , in a venue I can reach by affordable public transport. We have a wonderful cultural landscape.
April 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Say what you like about Dublin (and as a Dubliner, I do), but I get to see writers of the calibre of *Shon Faye* for €14 and *Roxane Gay* for €20 (plus small booking fee) at the @ilfdublin.bsky.social , in a venue I can reach by affordable public transport. We have a wonderful cultural landscape.
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Really love these www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Royal Mail launches mythical creatures stamp collection
Myths and fables from across the UK are illustrated in the set of stamps.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Really love these www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The head of state played guitar, everybody drove a car, music didn't matter and radio wasn't king.
Accountants had control, the media could buy your soul, computers weren't still scary and we knew everything.
Accountants had control, the media could buy your soul, computers weren't still scary and we knew everything.
2. Everyone always talks about how good the 90s were. What was bad about the 90s?
March 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The head of state played guitar, everybody drove a car, music didn't matter and radio wasn't king.
Accountants had control, the media could buy your soul, computers weren't still scary and we knew everything.
Accountants had control, the media could buy your soul, computers weren't still scary and we knew everything.
I remember having a teacher who bullied me at school. That feeling of absolute powerlessness.
And my bully never made it to the White House.
And my bully never made it to the White House.
March 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I remember having a teacher who bullied me at school. That feeling of absolute powerlessness.
And my bully never made it to the White House.
And my bully never made it to the White House.
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‘We’re in dire straits’: St Michan’s appeals for public support as it plans crypt reopening after arson www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
‘We’re in dire straits’: St Michan’s appeals for public support as it plans crypt reopening after arson
Mummified remains burnt in medieval crypt left church facing up to €100,000 loss
www.irishtimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
‘We’re in dire straits’: St Michan’s appeals for public support as it plans crypt reopening after arson www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
I've finally cracked how I want to use BlueSky to add value to my life in a post-X world.
Welcome to the campaign page for Microwaves To Have Their Fucking Wattage Clearly Displayed On the Front of the Fucking Microwave movement.
Welcome to the campaign page for Microwaves To Have Their Fucking Wattage Clearly Displayed On the Front of the Fucking Microwave movement.
February 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I've finally cracked how I want to use BlueSky to add value to my life in a post-X world.
Welcome to the campaign page for Microwaves To Have Their Fucking Wattage Clearly Displayed On the Front of the Fucking Microwave movement.
Welcome to the campaign page for Microwaves To Have Their Fucking Wattage Clearly Displayed On the Front of the Fucking Microwave movement.
I saw 15 magpies in the park.
I can't tell if I'm getting
- five letters 💌
- three pieces of silver 🩶
- a kiss and gold 💋⚜️
- a secret and a wish 🤐🌠
- fourteen joys and a sorrow 🎭
- the devil and one piece of silver 😈🩶
What I know I am getting is a lot of workable romantasy novel titles.
I can't tell if I'm getting
- five letters 💌
- three pieces of silver 🩶
- a kiss and gold 💋⚜️
- a secret and a wish 🤐🌠
- fourteen joys and a sorrow 🎭
- the devil and one piece of silver 😈🩶
What I know I am getting is a lot of workable romantasy novel titles.
February 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I saw 15 magpies in the park.
I can't tell if I'm getting
- five letters 💌
- three pieces of silver 🩶
- a kiss and gold 💋⚜️
- a secret and a wish 🤐🌠
- fourteen joys and a sorrow 🎭
- the devil and one piece of silver 😈🩶
What I know I am getting is a lot of workable romantasy novel titles.
I can't tell if I'm getting
- five letters 💌
- three pieces of silver 🩶
- a kiss and gold 💋⚜️
- a secret and a wish 🤐🌠
- fourteen joys and a sorrow 🎭
- the devil and one piece of silver 😈🩶
What I know I am getting is a lot of workable romantasy novel titles.
I've been hearing that newsletters are replacing social media as the go-to for content discovery (which makes sense as so many social media feeds are unusable now!).
I'd love to hear thoughts about reading newsletters. I can't get into them, personally. Unless they're Anne Helen Petersen or
I'd love to hear thoughts about reading newsletters. I can't get into them, personally. Unless they're Anne Helen Petersen or
February 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I've been hearing that newsletters are replacing social media as the go-to for content discovery (which makes sense as so many social media feeds are unusable now!).
I'd love to hear thoughts about reading newsletters. I can't get into them, personally. Unless they're Anne Helen Petersen or
I'd love to hear thoughts about reading newsletters. I can't get into them, personally. Unless they're Anne Helen Petersen or
I only realised this week that Sarah Kendzior and Sarah Kurchak are not the same person. I thought she had *range.*
Anyway this is happy discovery because two interesting writers cns produce more books than one!
Anyway this is happy discovery because two interesting writers cns produce more books than one!
January 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I only realised this week that Sarah Kendzior and Sarah Kurchak are not the same person. I thought she had *range.*
Anyway this is happy discovery because two interesting writers cns produce more books than one!
Anyway this is happy discovery because two interesting writers cns produce more books than one!
Why not spread some joy?
This is a pleasing meme..I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
This is a pleasing meme..I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
I would also like to participate in the thing about the things I love.
This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
I think I could use this. I will also add pictures if I can!
This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
January 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why not spread some joy?
This is a pleasing meme..I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
This is a pleasing meme..I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.
1 like = 1 thing I love
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‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
Exclusive: Wiener Holocaust Library has digitised more than 150,000 items including letters, pamphlets and photos
One of the world’s largest Holocaust archives is accessible online for the first time after a three-year digitisation of much of the…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
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Please send this information to any trans writer you know. We need their voices now more than ever.
We are delighted to announce a new Six-Week Workshop scholarship for Trans writers. The Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for the Six-Week Workshop, has been offered by an anonymous donor and will be available for the first time this year.
Announcing a Scholarship for Trans Writers
We are delighted to announce the Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for our flagship Six-Week Workshop, offered by an anonymous donor, which will be awarded each year to one…
www.clarionwest.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Please send this information to any trans writer you know. We need their voices now more than ever.
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A date for your 2025 diaries!
Join us online for our AGM on Wednesday 5th February at 7pm. Enjoy a talk by Nora Thornton and Joanne Carroll about the @nlireland.bsky.social collections, get updates on our #ASL2025 conference and learn more about what we do.
Zoom registration details to follow.
Join us online for our AGM on Wednesday 5th February at 7pm. Enjoy a talk by Nora Thornton and Joanne Carroll about the @nlireland.bsky.social collections, get updates on our #ASL2025 conference and learn more about what we do.
Zoom registration details to follow.
January 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A date for your 2025 diaries!
Join us online for our AGM on Wednesday 5th February at 7pm. Enjoy a talk by Nora Thornton and Joanne Carroll about the @nlireland.bsky.social collections, get updates on our #ASL2025 conference and learn more about what we do.
Zoom registration details to follow.
Join us online for our AGM on Wednesday 5th February at 7pm. Enjoy a talk by Nora Thornton and Joanne Carroll about the @nlireland.bsky.social collections, get updates on our #ASL2025 conference and learn more about what we do.
Zoom registration details to follow.