@masto_ie_support

I'd like to "move house" to be among the mastodaoine, but it looks daunting, who has the clearest foolproof set of instructions to move from .social to .ie ?

⬆️those words, as well as being a perfect rallying reminded me of here

"we must not isolate, we must stay in community, we must protect the vulnerable, we must find ways to project an inspiring vision of the future, one that is beckoning and welcoming … let's make it so" - Jane Fonda on accepting her lifetime achievement award.

mood

#blogginh4life ⬆️

#fosdem25 3/4 Education track, FOSDEM Junior track, and unexpected Hallway track

Thanks to Peter Mathijssen and Bart Mathijssen from Coderdojo Tilburg, this is the second year that FOSDEM has had a Junior track, where families could come and experience lots of different coding and making […]

I am looking forward to the whole conference, but especially biased towards these parts (I have to be as I'll be taking part!):

GASTA - lightning talks with audience participation - looking forward to being MC. Think [<span class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#teachmeet on rollercoaster]

"Hey AI" Open Forum facilitated by Tony Riley […]

>>> checking the checklist for #cesicon which will be over by this time next week >>>

Sat 1st March is the date;

Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh in Limerick City is the venue;

Details of schedule and speakers is at this link - https://www.cesi.ie/conferences/conference-2025/

Registration is at this […]

Hup, well worth the watch. #biird

Love a book with an evocative soundtrack, as listed at the back in Val McDermid's 1979 and 1989, or in this charmer set in 70s Yorkshire with Elton John classics woven thru.

CS teacher and doctoral student Irene Stone reminding us of how little research has been done on what *students* think around the genAI in *their* education. RQ - what are the attitudes, understandings, experience of students regarding AI and programming […]

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Education after the Algotithm - the rapid elevator session ... #dcu
@Eamon @bryanmmathers

I never see the Friday night Late Late show on Irish TV #rtetv, but I'm breaking that habit tomorrow night to watch Biird, the glorious new band of 11 women playing traditional Irish music #biird 🎶

https://www.lisacanny.com/biirdpager

New to me today - zero plastic sticky tape. Does exactly as it says on the tin - easy tear, very sticky. I bit icky to handle but hey, it's one move forward.

Very appropriate as it is for a workshop based on SDGs. There will be #glowies

@makeratschool and I just got 'beatiful' 🪞

@makeratschool absolutely I'm open to all ... I found three more after those 5 🙀

haha, that's life

write post
post post
check post
spot at least five typo errors
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#blogging4life

#fosdem25 2/4 Field trip to Textile Museum Tilburg

Thanks to our friend and chauffeur Joek, a bunch of us Turtlestitch friends went on a field trip from Brussels where we were attending Fosdem'25 to spend a day at the Textile Museum in Tilburg in the Netherlands. First stop was the café where […]

this morning in the local public library we had that time of week where *everyone* ends up smiling and full of hope & joy

a crococdile lind of tiny humans in hi-vis jackets walk in with their minders and huddle down to listen to the librarian read to them […]

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The Battle of New Orleans was a hit the year I was born ... all my life I've heard people singing the chorus " ... down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico".
#gulfofmexico

#silentsunday #stormeowyn

@cymplecy thanks for the boost Simon - you'll be lining out in 4!

#fosdem25 1/4 Remote Keynote

This is to be the first of four interconnected posts. A hyperlink highway under construction. Send shovels! Last weekend was my first time to attend FOSDEM'25. Fosdem is "a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community", "organised by […]