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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I've only started listening recently but The Tortoise and the Hare (Elizabeth Jenkins) episode with Carmen Callil was wonderful.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I just reserved it on audiobook from the library, if Meta are making this much effort to suppress it, it must be interesting!

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

There's a relatively new pub in the town called The Fox in the Bunditch but that's on the main street, it's just named after the placename.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It's not Bunditch is it? That's an old placename in Dunlavin, some pics here PURE MILE - DUNLAVIN Co. Wicklow | A miscellany of places | Our Irish Heritage share.google/suDJJwzdrqbk...

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PURE MILE - DUNLAVIN Co. Wicklow

From Market House to Blind Lane on Station Road

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Ah tá sé ann anois, grma 👍

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

@tg4.bsky.social an mbeidh cluiche Dé Domhnaigh idir Maigh Eo agus Monaghan ar fáil le féachaint air arís ar an seinnteoir?

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I only found the man himself with some help from Wikipedia 😄 Fascinating painting.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This is great, I never knew about the app!

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Niche content, but his story is SO interesting. Thinking of telling next season. A

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Looking forward to it, especially 10 books you should read with @rickoshea.bsky.social and @hazelgaynor.bsky.social.

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

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Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Feeling better about my commute this week because I can listen to this 😊

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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...

Screenshot of the first two questions in the survey - there's only six to answer.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I absolutely love this about the library, picking up books on spec. Often gems but if not, I just return guilt-free and onto the next book.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Oh thank you for this idea! I use the library all the time but never thought of looking for sheet music. And I just checked the catalogue and they have lots, I'm delighted 😊

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

It's so depressing to remember how good Google search used to be. I used the instructions here to hide that awful AI overview, it works pretty well tenbluelinks.org

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How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🆕 AESOP II: A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other 🐬 Is truth a set of facts? Might something fake be authentic? Can you contruct a truth out of lies? And why are unreliable narrators more compelling? 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4hZ8... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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8. AESOP II - A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 26/07/2025 · 1h 13m

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This is good for hiding the ai overview on Google - doesn't mean the search results are better beyond that but I was fed up scrolling quickly past the AI overview to get to proper Web pages. tenbluelinks.org

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How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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John Breslin @cloud.eurosky.social · 21/07/2025

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Greetings and good morning it’s the Saturday rush hour with Mo & Letty-Lou

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Me too, beautiful and compelling. I also loved Jenny Odell's How to do nothing - resisting the attention economy. Also beautiful and meditative.

Cover of Jenny Odell's How to do nothing - resisting the attention economy.

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Greetings and good morning it’s the Wednesday farm rush hour with baby donkey Letty-Lou & mum Nutmeg

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This podcast is wonderfully crafted, can't recommend it highly enough. Delighted the new episode is up!

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

📜 New AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant? 🏛️ Part One of Three: Stories have had a moral for as long as we've had stories. So why is Aesop, enduringly, one of the few moralists we accept can dish it out? 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0lP7... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant?

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Let joy be unconfined!* After weeks of sleepless battle that nearly broke me, with the story and fables of Aesop, a Nolanesque epic trilogy is coming atcha. "Aesop, Part I" drops tomorrow, Sunday, lunchtime, with Part II and Part III the following two weekends. Or should that be "unconfirmed"?

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

No advice that hasn't already been suggested but seeing sweet dogs, especially older ones and rescues, is one of the best things about bluesky 💓

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

After a self-care break for both me and the contributors the slate is 12/7, 26/7, 9/8. Thank you for asking. A x

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I used the instructions here as I was getting fed-up of the AI result appearing. tenbluelinks.org I use duckduckgo on my phone (it has ai search too but you can disable it easily enough) but for college research I prefer Google search.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Just started listening and Rosemary MacCabe also got her book free with a magazine, glad to know I wasn't misremembering that magazines used to include free stuff back in the day. Not necessarily good stuff but hey, free 😀

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Libraries are the best ❤️ I love audio books for commuting and other journeys, it's amazing to have access to so many good ones for free.

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I Think You Should Read Podcast @itysrpod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

New episode tomorrow with the superb Rosemary McCabe, and it's a good one as we encounter possibly the worst book that Áine and I have ever encountered.... Venus Envy by Louise Mensch (neé Bagshawe).

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a close up of venus 's surface with a black background

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Oh that takes me back - in the 90s, I read her book The Movie (I think we got it free with a magazine) and laughed so much with my friend about the most absurd parts. Looking forward to the episode!

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I would recommend reading it despite the effort required, it deepened my connection to Dublin as a city and the literary styles of the different chapters make it fascinating to study/mull over.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I finally read it a few years ago with @ulysses80.bsky.social. I did have several other books to help me through it (Annotations and chapter summaries and analysis) so it was a bit of a project, definitely time-consuming.

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

@seanronayne.bsky.social a wonderful show tonight in Newbridge; fascinating, moving and thought-provoking. Also at times infuriating to realise how much more we should be doing in Ireland to protect nature.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

BOOK NEWS! Susie Dent @susiedent.com has a new book coming out in September. "Words for Life". Offering year's supply of verbal vitamin shots guaranteed to entertain and enlighten! And Susie will be doing SIGNED & DEDICATED copies exclusively for us! Order HERE. tinyurl.com/3b2rtkc4

Front cover of Susie Dent's new book "Words For Life"

The blurb for Susie's new book.

"Did you know that the Scots have over 400 words for snow or what a binfluencer is? What about the medieval invention of Lubberland as a place for lazy teenagers or how Mayday became a request for help? Lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent does. From wabbit to dust bunnies, from the strange history of arse to the best ways to describe moonlight, WORDS FOR LIFE offers a full year's supply of verbal vitamin shots guaranteed to entertain and enlighten, to brighten and boost every single day. From a Mother-in-Law's Dream to a Yuleshard, in Susie Dent's hands these amazing expressions can fix (or at least nail) the problems of modern life, whether it's dealing with unrequited love or an unsatisfactory politician, eating a whole packet of biscuits or forgetting someone's name.

From starting January 1 with your best foot forward (qualtagh) to leaping happily into the unknown (with a drink in your hand) on 31 December, every year is a journey and now you have the perfect guide all the way through. And 365 words you'll want to keep for life."

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Here you go. Thank you! ko-fi.com/podyssey

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Delighted that @ulysses80.bsky.social is back again this year. It helped me to finally read Ulysses, after several unsuccessful attempts over the years. And the weekly talks were so interesting. A set few pages a day over 80 days was manageable for me, it was just too intimidating otherwise!

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Another wonderful book by @lauracummingart.bsky.social beautiful writing and fascinating subject matter. I love books that help you see the world differently.

Screenshot of audiobook of Thunderclap by Laura Cumming showing the book cover with the famous goldfinch painted by Carel Fabritius

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Just under a month ago I rescued Maria as she was about to die. She hadn’t been to the toilet in weeks and she could no longer eat. Things look bleak. To see her today is just remarkable… (1/10) 🧵

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Sharing my article on Erskine Nicol’s fascinating painting of a St Patrick’s Day celebration in nineteenth-century Ireland, & why Irish Catholic devotion was depicted in a certain way! Painting in the National Gallery of Ireland. #SpeirGorm #OpenAccess #StPatricksDay academic.oup.com/jvc/article/...

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Erskine Nicol and the representation of national and religious identities in nineteenth-century Ireland

Abstract. This article investigates the visual representation of Irish Catholicism in mid-nineteenth century genre painting through a close analysis of St

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Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

So interesting, thanks for sharing. A visit to look this painting up in @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social is on my list!

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