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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12h

Brilliant

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Alan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 15h

A joke? He knew exactly what he was doing and what he hoped the impact would be. It is a lie in image form but a drliberate lie nonetheless. #Wanker

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Rascal 🐾 📷 🌿 🎨 @badrascal.bsky.social · 16h

He should be made to step down & barred from politics for this level of dishonesty.

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 15h

🧵 If there’s adequate documentation/sufficient witnesses to all this, I’d say take legal advice. And take it to the media, as well. I took a real scunner to thon fella the first time I ever saw him tv, and it’s been downhill all the way since. Completely unacceptable.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 17h

People casually using genAI instead of their own creativity or capacity for thought genuinely feels like a huge values difference now, on a very fundamental level. We do not hold the same things to be important or worthwhile.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 22h

We're back, baby - this month's free newsletter features a reminder to get to the blackberries before the púca does, why black cats are useful for fungal infections, and Dublin's 17th century "bisexual witch" - for more of the nonsense below, sign up for the next one: www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19h

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 926: Don’t try to control every stage of the process. Make room for other people to do their job; and make room for surprise and spontaneity when doing yours.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 22h

An amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me

A thick bundle of dried plant roots, tightly rolled into a ring and secured with fibrous ties, displayed on a dark grey museum plinth.

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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 29/09/2026

A green, a white and an orange shark walk into a Kneecap gig.

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 29/09/2026

Generative #AI as accelerator: Not only nixing intellectual property and creativity, reducing global water resources and devastating the environment - but also erasing #Indigenous history: 🏺 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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False claims about Aboriginal rock art and aliens were once fringe. Researchers fear AI could push them mainstream

Archeologists warn AI summaries can repeat false claims about 12,000-year-old rock art from Western Australia’s Kimberley region being painted by aliens

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

I am still buzzing about this day. Look at the beautiful work Grainne created! 💜💚

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Gráinne Knox Art @grainneknoxart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"There has always been a deep fear of the power of women because women speak for peace, for truth and for change." -Catherine Connolly, Uachtarán na hÉireann

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Yerma Zaguddin @yermazaguddin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There needs to be a new commission with a new rationale for approval. No or minimal impact on local or wider communities. If organisations want a large gathering, they take it somewhere like any other event. A few weeks ago most of Newry was closed off on both the Fri and Sat night. It’s 2026 FFS.

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alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Just to be clear, all 3 of these full-time bigots are in breach of the Parades Commission determination, which excludes anyone not part of the Orange Order District to assemble with the marchers.

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“As Ireland’s national academy for the sciences, humanities and social sciences, we stand with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Institutions dedicated to research, learning and the advancement of knowledge must be protected.” #SpeirGorm

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having one of those days today.

In the Park

In the park,
the tall trees are waving
in the morning breeze.

I wave back
only to realize they are waving
at the person behind me.

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, let’s all buy shares in our own demise. If the human race is stupid enough to connive at its own destruction, then it deserves nothing less.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Timeline cleanse! 🐕✨ A charming Egyptian dog figurine made of faience, dating 2120–1795 BC. An adorable glimpse into the past 😊 On display at Neues Museum Berlin.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New discovery: Tableware found in 2,100-year-old shipwreck located off coats of Adrasan, Türkiye It's believed that the cargo contained luxury tableware produced in Rhosus, modern-day Arsuz, and was intended for markets such as Rome. www.dailysabah.com/life/history...

Underwater photo of numerous pottery vessels across the sandy seabed, including bowlss and plate. A measuring scale is visible in the background.

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

I'll be in Ballymoney Museum this Thursday evening with a beautiful collection of archive films celebrating the Giant's Causeway. FREE event!

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The Giant’s Causeway On NI Screen

The Giant’s Causeway on NI screen film screening.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 710: In this, as in everything worthwhile, remember: No one ever promised you it was going to be easy.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What a wonderful image of a Roman face pot from Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt! Found in settlements, forts, graves, and ritual contexts, these mysterious vessels still leave archaeologists wondering about their original purpose. Foto: LAD/Sarah Roth

Close-up of a Roman face pot held in someone’s hands. The dark gray vessel features a molded human face with a prominent nose, eye, mouth, and textured hair or headpiece around the rim.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To all the people saying: "How can I find time to read to my kid when I have a high-powered full-time job?" I taught high school full time; marked A-level exam papers in my spare time; wrote a bestseller in 4 months and still found time to read to my kid every night. I did give up dusting, though.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

I cannot ever forget how the marching bands refused to be silent, as requested, going past the house where the mother of those three murdered boys took refuge in the weeks after her unthinkable loss. A small detail that exposes everything this march is for.

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was nowhere near the Garvaghy Road in the 90s and am nowhere near it now. But talking about it earlier made me suddenly feel like I was about to cry. If that's how this makes me feel I can only imagine the feelings of the people who lost loved ones or experienced direct trauma.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2600: Write what you feel. Research what you don't know. Read critically. Edit ruthlessly. Take advice without ego.

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Kate @katemck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Are you looking to be outraged, are you? www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jul/...

So last weekend in Portadown, when Orangemen were receiving plaudits for restraint, an American woman observer on Garvaghy Road was pulled over a wall and hospitalised by marchers. Saturday evening mass at St John's was disturbed by bandsmen who decided that the roundabout was a traditional and, of course, endless route. One of their newer traditions was to shout the name of Rosemary Nelson, along with those of Robert Hamill, who was kicked to death two years ago and Gavin Tennyson, one of several young Catholics who have committed suicide on the estate in recent months. A year under siege has taken its toll on people's spirits.

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Rascal 🐾 📷 🌿 🎨 @badrascal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Folk with legal knowledge in Northern Ireland. With us having no health power of attorney yet, how do we ensure that a named person is the only person who gets to make health decisions for us if we are incapacitated? (shares would be appreciated)

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A truly marvellous object: a 16th-century incense storage container in the shape of a #ship. Coins of the #Roman Emperor Nero, minted between 64 and 68 AD, have been attached as wheels. 📷️ Landesmuseum Württemberg

A intricately crafted incense storage container shaped like ship, made of bronze with a weathered patina. The container features a central lighthouse-like structure rising from its deck and is supported by Roman coins serving as decorative wheels, on is missing. The ship’s bow and stern are elevated and adorned with geometric carvings and porthole-like cutouts, enhancing its detailed, miniature design.

A Roman bronze coin, used as one of the ship's wheels, depicting Emperor Nero.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺

A translucent blue glass vessel shaped like a boat, with a curved hull, upturned ends, and small protruding feet for support. The surface has visible cracks. A soft shadow is cast beneath the object on a neutral background.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.

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Rascal 🐾 📷 🌿 🎨 @badrascal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Commercial hedgehog food is not suitable for wild hogs. Dry ktten food with meat as the first ingredient is better for them. Hedgehogs are endangered thanks to modern farming methods. So support feeding them greatly helps their survival rate 🦔 🤎

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New discovery: An archaeological complex with colourful mosaics and wall paintings dating to the 4th century AD has been discovered in Qesarat, Albania. 👉 www.finestresullarte.info/de/archaolog... #archaeology 🏺

An ancient geometric mosaic partially exposed in an archaeological excavation, featuring interlocking red, cream, gray, and yellow patterns.

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Alan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"We need to ask what the maybes want, not what the nevers want." As a 'planter' I couldn't agree more. Some people will never leave their trenches, like those long lost Japanese soldiers on Pacific Islands they will keep fighting their forever war blinded to reality. cf Drumcree 🙄

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mary Lacy (1740 – 1801) was a British sailor, shipwright and memoirist. She was the first woman to have been given an exam and a pension from the British admiralty as a shipwright. #CelebratingWomen

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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Devil's Bits Scabious is such an important late bloomer for our insects 💕 I love when it is on the cusp of bursting into bloom, like a little purple pincushion! @peatlandecr.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been in shock since early this morning, when I learned of the death of Dr. Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social We never did meet in person, but over the past few years she became a cherished friend just the same. I will dearly miss her warmth, compassion, incredible generosity, and humour. /1

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sit tibi terra levis @justrena.bsky.social She will be deeply missed

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Alan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It hasn't "gone rogue" a significant issue with their product has been exposed. To say it has "gone rogue" is an attempt to absolve them of responsibility, both financially and criminally. That must not be allowed. They want all the money but none of the liability.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 918) ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. #CelebratingWomen

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The waterlogged, anaerobic environment within prehistoric pile dwellings provided ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials like #wood. This bucket-like vessel made of oak wood and two smaller bowls (maple and ash wood) were found in In Reute Schorrenried. Dating 3900-3500 BC.

Three wooden vessels displayed on a neutral background: one tall, roughly carved bucket-like container with a flared rim and two smaller bowl-shaped vessels in front, showing worn surfaces and natural wood texture.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg

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