Nina Shiel
@nshiel.bsky.social
Always somewhere between things: countries, disciplines, genders, societal expectations. Research Development Manager. Living History practitioner. Critter. Digital native. Touch of the 'tism. Neutral good. IE/FI.
(Dr/She/her/they/them).
Agnes all along
(Dr/She/her/they/them).
Agnes all along
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
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The shorteste daye
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
December 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The shorteste daye
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
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14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Social cohesion? My immediate social circle is rupturing because people can't afford to rent or buy a place to live in. That has nothing to do with people of different colour that the minister is clearly referring to.
We will have about 13,000 in 2025. About half will be allowed stay. I don't think 6,500 extra people in a population of 5 million is a threat to "social cohesion". Not being able to afford a home or to see a doctor or not having to wait 3 years for my kid's needs to be assessed is.
High asylum seeker numbers are a threat to ‘social cohesion’, says Jim O’Callaghan
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Social cohesion? My immediate social circle is rupturing because people can't afford to rent or buy a place to live in. That has nothing to do with people of different colour that the minister is clearly referring to.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
Hey Stranger Things, love ya but what's with the fat kids coded evil and stupid?
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hey Stranger Things, love ya but what's with the fat kids coded evil and stupid?
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Ehh.
Elk
Dolphin
Monkey
Hummingbird
Sea eagle
Elk
Dolphin
Monkey
Hummingbird
Sea eagle
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Hammerhead shark
Quenda
Quokka
Dugite
Racehorse goanna
Hammerhead shark
Quenda
Quokka
Dugite
Racehorse goanna
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Tundra swan
Barn owl
Blue whale
Bufflehead
California condor
Tundra swan
Barn owl
Blue whale
Bufflehead
California condor
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Ehh.
Elk
Dolphin
Monkey
Hummingbird
Sea eagle
Elk
Dolphin
Monkey
Hummingbird
Sea eagle
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what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
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Again, I’ll repeat.
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
'Responding to the decision, Devine, 80, said: “In principle I am opposed to changing historic artefacts to suit today’s tastes. To do so is presentism, imposing 20th-century values on those of the distant past.'
'20th-century'? Bit of an own goal Sir T.
'20th-century'? Bit of an own goal Sir T.
Historian attacks ‘ludicrous’ changes to statues with slavery links
Professor Sir Tom Devine, an emeritus professor at Edinburgh University, said he was opposed to changing artefacts to suit modern sensibilities
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Again, I’ll repeat.
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
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The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.
You don't get to say you hate speaking into a microphone. There's folks who hate not being able to hear what's going on.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
You don't get to say you hate speaking into a microphone. There's folks who hate not being able to hear what's going on.
Do it. Can we do a thread about nicknames too? #speirgorm
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Do it. Can we do a thread about nicknames too? #speirgorm
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Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
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I am commandir Shepard and thys ys my favourite blue sky on the citadel.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I am commandir Shepard and thys ys my favourite blue sky on the citadel.
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Happye N7 daye. Ich celebratid by doinge some calibraciouns. Ich hope we get anothir Mass Effecte.
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Happye N7 daye. Ich celebratid by doinge some calibraciouns. Ich hope we get anothir Mass Effecte.
This is indeed what occurred to me too.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is indeed what occurred to me too.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Now do the show but only with senior academics.
The Traitors is a very different game when the players are either friends already or in an industry where, if you’re making a project together, you are used to quickly bonding and making fast friends for the duration.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Now do the show but only with senior academics.
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sat down at my desk in the office and counting my blessings, when I like the physical office I work in (stairs to the top floor in a historical building not withstanding), the people I work with, and the work I do.
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sat down at my desk in the office and counting my blessings, when I like the physical office I work in (stairs to the top floor in a historical building not withstanding), the people I work with, and the work I do.
I'm so disappointed with Simon Harris.
No love, an immigrant
No love, an immigrant
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I'm so disappointed with Simon Harris.
No love, an immigrant
No love, an immigrant
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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It takes a strange sort of worldview to watch the Irish public elect a socialist, with the largest mandate in the history of the state, and conclude that what they really want is a tougher line on immigration.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It takes a strange sort of worldview to watch the Irish public elect a socialist, with the largest mandate in the history of the state, and conclude that what they really want is a tougher line on immigration.