Geraldine Lavin
@geraldinelavin.bsky.social
Transforming SMEs by 50X | Educator | Consultant | Director @ 3rd i & the 50X Program | Lecturer @ Maynooth University and UCD | Consultant in L&D, Education, Training & Business
#parkrun ambassador | Lucan Harriers #Kiltimagh #Mayo #Lucan #Irish ❤️💚
#parkrun ambassador | Lucan Harriers #Kiltimagh #Mayo #Lucan #Irish ❤️💚
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This is my education & training starter pack. Let me know if I’ve missed you or another a/c & I’ll edit the pack
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The Catherine Connolly campaign has reignited my urge to learn Irish. I have the Now You're Talking book and tapes from 25 odd years ago, but of course no tape player. Someone has handily converted the tapes to audio files you can listen to here: www.tripswithkevin.com/irish-on-you... #speirgorm
Irish On Your Own - Trips With Kevin
The audio for the excellent book Irish On Your Own (also known as Now You're Talking).
www.tripswithkevin.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Catherine Connolly campaign has reignited my urge to learn Irish. I have the Now You're Talking book and tapes from 25 odd years ago, but of course no tape player. Someone has handily converted the tapes to audio files you can listen to here: www.tripswithkevin.com/irish-on-you... #speirgorm
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I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
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Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.
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Great shot from Edward. And my hawk moth version from 2005.
September 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great shot from Edward. And my hawk moth version from 2005.
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So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it?
It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
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It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
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www.fisheriesireland.ie
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it?
It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
🧵
It would be better to label it a river kill.
Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.
🧵
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Oh man. I miss when propaganda felt a little inspirational 💀
Just watched MI8 (super fun)but made me think about the much used story line of the potus being the person with the most integrity who must be protected and deferred to as they have the final word as the nations moral arbiter in moments of crisis
and i started laughing
and i started laughing
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Oh man. I miss when propaganda felt a little inspirational 💀
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Wouldn't it be great if we could hand experienced, expert investigators large pots of money (congrats!) and let them focus their efforts on that study rather than expecting them to immediately start looking for more money? Do funders really believe the FTEs they are told? What are we doing?
September 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Wouldn't it be great if we could hand experienced, expert investigators large pots of money (congrats!) and let them focus their efforts on that study rather than expecting them to immediately start looking for more money? Do funders really believe the FTEs they are told? What are we doing?
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Well I never... a rainbow appeared before sunrise, created just by the light of an orange and red glow in the east. There's a first time for everything. I've certainly never see such a thing before.
September 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Well I never... a rainbow appeared before sunrise, created just by the light of an orange and red glow in the east. There's a first time for everything. I've certainly never see such a thing before.
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I'm trialling a new work schedule: I'll be working compressed hours in September, i.e. an hour longer Mon-Thu, and half-day on Fridays. Let's see how it goes. If you have any experience with this kind of work schedule, please share. What are common pitfalls/benefits & how well does it work for you?
September 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm trialling a new work schedule: I'll be working compressed hours in September, i.e. an hour longer Mon-Thu, and half-day on Fridays. Let's see how it goes. If you have any experience with this kind of work schedule, please share. What are common pitfalls/benefits & how well does it work for you?
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If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.
Follow me for more recipes.
Follow me for more recipes.
August 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.
Follow me for more recipes.
Follow me for more recipes.
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Mariam Dagga, a journalist killed yesterday by the IDF left behind two sets of instructions: that her colleagues not cry at her funeral, and asked her 11-year-old son to make her proud.
Murdering journalists. Bombing hospitals. Causing a manmade famine. Slaughtering children. This horror has to end.
Murdering journalists. Bombing hospitals. Causing a manmade famine. Slaughtering children. This horror has to end.
August 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Mariam Dagga, a journalist killed yesterday by the IDF left behind two sets of instructions: that her colleagues not cry at her funeral, and asked her 11-year-old son to make her proud.
Murdering journalists. Bombing hospitals. Causing a manmade famine. Slaughtering children. This horror has to end.
Murdering journalists. Bombing hospitals. Causing a manmade famine. Slaughtering children. This horror has to end.
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Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.
August 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.
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Absolutely brilliant 👇😀😀😀
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Absolutely brilliant 👇😀😀😀
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There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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I'm thinking 1 decent #LemaRanch pic deserves another. Here's a #cloudscape #reflection for #WetWednesday
#nature #outdoors #ponds #sunset
#nature #outdoors #ponds #sunset
July 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm thinking 1 decent #LemaRanch pic deserves another. Here's a #cloudscape #reflection for #WetWednesday
#nature #outdoors #ponds #sunset
#nature #outdoors #ponds #sunset
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This is my education & training starter pack. Let me know if I’ve missed you or another a/c & I’ll edit the pack
go.bsky.app/2UEaY6G
#Education #Training #StarterPack #LearningAndDevelopment #LandD
go.bsky.app/2UEaY6G
#Education #Training #StarterPack #LearningAndDevelopment #LandD
December 2, 2024 at 2:09 PM
This is my education & training starter pack. Let me know if I’ve missed you or another a/c & I’ll edit the pack
go.bsky.app/2UEaY6G
#Education #Training #StarterPack #LearningAndDevelopment #LandD
go.bsky.app/2UEaY6G
#Education #Training #StarterPack #LearningAndDevelopment #LandD
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"Hi, Momma... Hello, my dear. Mom, I'll come home and protect you, take care of you. Try to forget all the bad things, please..." — the first call of a #Ukrainian Defender returned from Russian captivity to his mother.
📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine
📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine
July 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Hi, Momma... Hello, my dear. Mom, I'll come home and protect you, take care of you. Try to forget all the bad things, please..." — the first call of a #Ukrainian Defender returned from Russian captivity to his mother.
📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine
📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine
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❗️⚡️Ukrainian Defenders return from Russian captivity!
July 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
❗️⚡️Ukrainian Defenders return from Russian captivity!
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If the Union is incapable of wielding such hard power as it has - and it’s strongest in trade and regulation - it has no shadow of hope of developing or wielding other more traditional tools of hard power in the defence of itself and its member states.
The EU is willing to back down and accept an interim trade arrangement with the US featuring a 10 percent universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports — provided the US commits to lower rates on items such as pharmaceuticals and alcohol, and to cutting levies on vehicles.
EU moves towards accepting 10-percent US tariff deal as 'new normal'
The EU is willing to back down and accept an interim trade arrangement with the US featuring a 10 percent universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports — provided the US commits to lower rates on items such as pharmaceuticals and alcohol, and to cutting levies on vehicles.
euobserver.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If the Union is incapable of wielding such hard power as it has - and it’s strongest in trade and regulation - it has no shadow of hope of developing or wielding other more traditional tools of hard power in the defence of itself and its member states.
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Seems like if you have as much money as Chan and Zuckerberg do, more money than thousands of people could spend in all their lifetimes, you should probably be able to find a way to make the world a better place rather than screwing over children who are already struggling
I am so over billionaires
I am so over billionaires
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Seems like if you have as much money as Chan and Zuckerberg do, more money than thousands of people could spend in all their lifetimes, you should probably be able to find a way to make the world a better place rather than screwing over children who are already struggling
I am so over billionaires
I am so over billionaires
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I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.
June 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.