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the samsara enjoyer @rubot.ie · 24/09/2026

"so what's your take?" "I think the private sector can solve all of a nations problems and the government doesn't have to do anything" "100% disagree"

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Warning: The "man-bun musician" on Traitors looks A LOT like the reconstructed head of Clonycavan Man, the 2000-year-old bog body of a murdered man with man-bun that now resides in the National Museum on Kildare Street. Have we checked

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Karl McDonald @karlusss.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The fella from Sherry FitzGerald sells his house for under asking! Elena Kagan reads Land! The Irish international Rocket League team! Some jobs! It's: my column this week. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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Overheard: Sherry FitzGerald chief’s own €3.75m Victorian house goes for 10% under asking

Plus: Maggie O’Farrell fan Justice Kagan, Micheál Martin’s gamer protegés and two jobs putting out fires

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Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

156. Frida Slattery As Herself by @anakinsella.bsky.social I loved this novel following a creative partnership - and the sacrifices and betrayals it entails -across nearly two decades. A must-read for any theatre-lovers.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"how were people writing 10 page papers before AI???" we were smarter than you. you could've been smart, too. but you sold your brain for nothing

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/06/2026

‘It isn’t enough simply to condemn attacks after they occur. A response centred solely on policing is treating the symptoms while ignoring the causes, and may even contribute to further alienation.’ Luqman Saeed in Belfast, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

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Luqman Saeed | In Belfast

It isn’t an exaggeration to say that we are living under a kind of house arrest, unable to go out, with an oppressive...

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

only six years into algorithmic short-form infinite scrolling video rotting our brains and souls everyone. what happens in the next six years?

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A-list couples and also ME

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Ana Kinsella is in the window with Frida Slattery As Herself, smouldering away! Love, ambition, art, theatre, power, Dublin, London, New York, LA - it begins as a love story - it doesn’t end that way. Signed copies available! Ana K @gillhessassociates

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sorry, this is too close to my surname for me. please have another go

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Deeply funny to me that my novel FRIDA SLATTERY AS HERSELF is one of THREE Irish novels about people making television published today. THREE! Please buy all THREE and spend your summer immersed in this strange microworld

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today is publication day for my book, Prestige Drama. It's a funny, angry book about Derry, memory and Troubles-scented television. I think it's quite good, however I can *confirm* that it's quite short. But don't take my word for how great it is, look at all these lovely people saying that.

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

this brilliant, funny and romantic book about sexy, bickering writers is by @urchinette and is published today. you should all go out now and buy it

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I made a playlist for my novel for Largehearted Boy. I am listening to the playlist now and genuinely distraught over how much I love Revelator by Gillian Welch largeheartedboy.com/2026/05/05/a...

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Ana Kinsella’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Frida Slattery As Herself – Largehearted Boy

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Max Liu @maxjliu.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Strange to wake up today in December 2019 and again see the sensible and serious throwing everything they can at a politician who wants to redistribute wealth because his politics are a bigger threat to their privates schools and second homes than the far right

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I think about this all the time.

@depthsofwiki

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

tucked at the end of this is my one great idea to save the UK. Ok I'll just say it. We should nationalise Nigella anakinsella.substack.com/p/seven-thin...

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Seven things I liked this week, 22nd April

And one single thing I can't stop thinking about

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I love the 1926 census. I love this period of Irish history! I love the fervour with which people translate their English names into Irish. I love when people write 'single' for their baby's marital status and then frantically cross it out. I love finding a woman with a job that isn't domestic help

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My main takeaway from the past week is that I really love living in a high-tax society that allows things like agriculture and the arts to be subsidised! (genuine and earnest tweet)

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

are you gonna have time to make any good art if you're so busy being concerned with whether or not your housemate is engaged in active artistic practice? www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

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Basic income for arts scheme ‘causing segregation’ and open to abuse, officials told

One artist says housemate is availing of the scheme even though they do ‘not appear to be actively engaged in any creative practice’

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

perhaps a small group of self-employed people dissatisfied with their profession's trade unions and organisations shouldn't be able to shut down the city centre for days on end... perhaps...

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Myles na gCup O'Lean. @executivesteve.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Fun to see all the reactionary elements the government has spent years stoking in order to destroy any chance of a united opposition to the housing crisis turning on the government because of the fallout of a war the government refused to really condemn. Politics eh?

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If climate protesters had blocked roads for as long as the fuel protesters did, there would be people on the radio demanding the army be called in to shoot them all

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I love the Unhedged podcast. 25 mins of doom about how death raining from the skies is impacting the markets and then "... and now it's time for Long/Short. This week I'm LONG on shorts in the office and SHORT chewing gum."

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I'm delighted to see more and more voters in the UK wake up to the fact that the Green Party is a well-organised, big thinking, progressive party - a real party!!! - that represents their interests. Go on Hannah Spencer!

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This week you can get 25% off your preorder of my forthcoming novel from Waterstones. 25% off! With code FEB26 www.waterstones.com/book/frida-s...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The Internet, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/02/2026

exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I've unfortunately become obsessed with this and can't stop worrying about it. Two things are urgently needed 1) signs in many languages telling you not to feed the deer 2) on-the-spot €100 fines for anyone who does www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

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Phoenix Park deers’ behaviour ‘altered by people feeding them chocolate and crisps’

Stags fed low-quality food have smaller antlers, impacting their mating success, according to UCD study

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Everyone’s a critic

A Truth Social post

Donald J. Trump * @realDonaldTrump

Phillip "BROKEN" Glass, one of the all-time Boring Composers in the History of Music, has decided to grandstand by "pulling" the world premiere of his latest SNOOZEFEST from the "TRUMP"-Kennedy Center. Fine by me!

11:11 AM . 1/27/26

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I had this idea years ago but still back it. 'Community bonds', saving scheme, you buy £100, govt invests £100 in the high street, you get £110 back in five years' time.

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Ash Ponders is looking for quick photo gigs @ashponders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

A screenshot of WhatsApp:

Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question.
Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know
Ash: Are jaguar soft?
Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Common Travel Area means I should be able to use BBC Sounds in Ireland

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I love the Traitors. I love it so much. I really do. But on the UK show, every season, they get rid of anyone older, anyone smarter, anyone who seems posh (?), in that order. It's very predictable!!!!

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I am obsessed with this nonsense plotline <3 #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #Traitors

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 13/01/2026

How long does it take for a fuel source to regenerate to be considered renewable? Caitlín Doherty writes on the problem with peat.

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Bog Trouble | Caitlín Doherty

In Ireland, a preference for a traditional fuel source is overridden by a Green Party more concerned with household emissions than poverty.

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This feels like a misrepresentation of how much it costs to learn Irish. Online classes from the Conradh are €150. Gaeltacht tuition is about €250 a week. Learning is massively subsidised already, and she needs the qualifications in Irish to teach, so of course that part is going to cost money.

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