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Celine Kiernan

@celinekiernan.bsky.social
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Award winning author, cynical optimist, and social media sloth. Can't spell - get used to it. she/her @celine_kiernan on insta

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
Knocking at the door of $18k; just about 2 weeks left to subscribe to THE SKULL & LAUREL and help us plan for a long-term home for short New Weird Fiction in its infinite guises🖤☠️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
You have to love Irish snow. ‘Imagine water, but like, it’s freezing cold and can gather in piles before it soaks in:’
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 15/02/2024
I’m so smug about this I can barely stand to be in the same room as myself.
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ClimateEcho 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 @climateecho.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
"Native grasses and flowering plants were reintroduced in early 2018. Five years later, total insect abundance had tripled, while native bee numbers were up 20-fold. The most numerous insect groups observed were beetles, flies and moths."
theprogressplaybook.com
Study shows how solar farms can revive insect populations
Within five years, insect abundance tripled at these two solar farms.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
It's Nollaig na mBan here in Ireland! (Jan 6th!) The twelfth and final day of Christmas, January 6, is known in Ireland as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas / Little Christmas. Time to take down the decorations! www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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The roots and traditions of Nollaig na mBan
There are many Irish folk rituals associated with January 6th, the last day of Christmas and the day known as Nollaig na mBan
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
Hootenannyyyyyyyy
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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 15/12/2023
So RTÉ refused to broadcast TENI statement. You can réad it here. teni.ie/teni-stateme... If you need support Gender Identity Family Support Line +353 (0)1 907 3707
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TENI Statement to RTÉ Prime Time – TENI
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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 14/12/2023
Simon Harris tried when he was Minister for Health started to try reform Trans Healthcare, these two gatekeeper refused to engage with the Minster or take part in the process, causing the committee and working group to collapse. #Transrightsarehumanrights.
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James Brophy @jamesfbrophy.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
It's super important that allies stand up for trans folks here as trans people often have their own social media posts shown to them by ther service and are threatened with the withdrawal of care if they talk about their bad experiences.
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
I had no idea Ian Gibson was dead. A huge influence on me as an artist. Go in peace and thank you for enriching my mind.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Ian Gibson’s family are having a GoFundMe for funeral costs and a proper headstone. Comic artists don’t die rich, even the very best ones. Reckon all the joy the man gave might make it worth throwing some pennies in the hat, if he made your growing up cooler, funnier, richer. gofund.me/40276a97
2000AD Halo Jones launch cover, 1984
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 20/08/2023
As someone with severe nearsightedness, I wish more folks knew this trick. Focal point focusing using nature's camera obscura: Your hand. By squeezing your pointer finger in an okay-like hand position, you can generate a hole small enough that looking through helps akin to wearing glasses.
A hand with the thumb squeezing the pointer finger down until it makes a pinhole.
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
😂😭😂😭😂😭
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Dear GOD people don’t ask a writer how their sales are going. Unless you’ve seen them on the NYT bestseller list, that’s a declaration of war.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/12/2023
Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, said it had come under a powerful cyberattack on Tuesday that knocked out service and affected internet access for millions of people. The country relies on phone alerts to warn of close Russian bombardments.
nytimes.com
Huge Cyberattack Knocks Ukraine’s Largest Mobile Operator Offline
The interruption could pose real danger in a country where many rely on phone alerts to warn them of impending Russian bombardments.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 12/12/2023
Preliminary results from the first 6 months of the basic income pilot in Ireland are out and artists spent 3.5 hours more per week on their art and 3 hours less doing other work (in other words 0.5 hours more work per week overall). Depression and anxiety also significantly decreased by 10%.
journalofmusic.com
Recipients of Basic Income for the Arts Report a 10% Decrease in Depression and Anxiety
Research on the first six months of the pilot scheme shows that artists and arts workers spend more time on their practice, less time working in other sectors, and have improved life satisfaction.
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
Thanks to Kunak McGann for letting me know about this. Please pass it on
The UN General Assembly is voting on the Uniting for Peace resolution this evening. If you want Ireland's Ambassador to the UN to vote in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, you can call the Department of Foreign Affairs on 01-4082000 and tell them that. A lovely, patient woman answers your call and asks you to say your name and the above, and it is recorded.
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Judith @j-t.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
A huge chunk of clients I see as a therapist wouldn’t need me if they had UBI. It’s soul-destroying work to be a counsellor when someone’s mental health is impacted by their material situation because no amount of talking can lift someone out of poverty.
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Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
I wonder how many more times we need to prove that the only people who collectively work LESS with UBI are new parents and students, aka the people we hypothetically WANT to be able to work less I’m sure it will perpetually be “after the next study is complete”
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
This is something very dangerous for him to say as the president of the country with the second largest Jewish population. Jewish safety in the US does not depend on other countries; it depends on democracy and fighting back the creep of fascism and religious fundamentalism.
“Were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world that is safe,” Biden says at the White House Hanukkah party as he reaffirms support for Israel against its war against Hamas.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/12/2023
The children of Narges Mohammadi, Iran’s most prominent human rights activist, who is locked inside an Iranian prison, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. In a speech Mohammadi prepared, she called for a “globalization of peace and human rights.”
nytimes.com
Children of Jailed Narges Mohammadi Accept Her Nobel Peace Prize
At the ceremony in Oslo, the Iranian activist’s twins also read a speech from their mother calling for a “globalization of peace and human rights.”
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Daniel @danielrembrandt.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
I have to agree with the New European
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Alejandra Pinal (commissions open) @alejandrapinal.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
Imma keep it short this time: Companies are using our work without compensation. That's the point of AI The endless debates over whether this is "true art" or not, or whether it's gonna take over the world some day, are a distraction from the indisputable fact that this is pure exploitation
arstechnica.com
Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos
"Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
“Looking closely at Putin’s recent speech, it’s clear he’s more confident and willing to escalate the flames of war beyond Ukrainian borders. Dismissing his statements as just propaganda…as was done in 2021, would be a mistake.” euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/08/p...
euromaidanpress.com
Putin declares goal to reshape global order, funds major military surge
In his previous speeches, Putin laid bare his intention to destroy Ukraine. Unfortunately, he was not taken seriously
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
One of the most exhausting things about being a freelance artist can simply be the lack of routine. Routine actions save on decision-making, which is mentally tiring. If your work day changes all the time, and you have to constantly initiate different kinds projects, it can drain you long-term.
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
You, child
Your downy softness will not protect you,
Your perfect feet,
The fragile circumference of your brand new neck.
You, grandmother,
You, grandfather,
Your work polished hands
Will not protect you,
The many kindnesses of your life,
Your stories.

Lost, the young.
Lost, the elder.

We must go mad.
We must go mad.
How else can we face tomorrow
With any pride?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
The last native Irish rainforests are being killed by invasive sika deer + goats eating every last tree seedling. The EU is planning to classify sika as invasive, but here, deer hunting orgs are opposed. Why? They just want lots of stuff to shoot, and to *hell* with ecosystems. 🌍
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
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Lionella @lionella.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
he’s gone 🥲
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 07/12/2023
[ENQUÊTE] Une enquête de l'Agence France-Presse sur la frappe dans le sud du Liban qui a tué un journaliste de Reuters et blessé six autres, dont deux de l'AFP, désigne un obus de char uniquement utilisé par l'armée israélienne dans la région #AFP 1/8 ➡️ u.afp.com/enquete13oct
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Ruth Ní E @rowfas.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
Every time I hear the business news on morning Ireland I wonder why we can’t have a three minute Arts update before or after. Imagine the potential impact: shows opening this week, books being published, what’s in cinemas. Read a poem! It might… bring joy? And support thousands of jobs and the like
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 05/12/2023
Good piece. This was such an appalling unforced error by Amazon. They didn't just ruin the very interesting and worthwhile business they'd acquired, which had an enormous market share in a culturally vital industry, they persisted in ruining it for years upon years until it finally just keeled over.
comicsbeat.com
The Rise and Fall of Comixology
With the official end of the Comixology app, a look back at its history and gradual absorption into Amazon's Kindle program
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 11/11/2023
I've had to really start defining my own success metrics, cause whew boy, this biz gives you bar after bar without end
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
The wildest part of that interview wasn't even the GFY. It was Musk saying "The only reason I am here, Jonathan, is because you are a friend." And the interviewer, Andrew Sorkin, responding: "I am Andrew."
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
I keep finding myself having to message people - who I know are well meaning - saying "please don't boost this person you have promoted/quoted/RT'd, they are an anti-semite" PLEASE check who you are promoting. There are a lot of awful people abusing the Palestinian cause to launder their own racism
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
FFS
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
I regularly buy movies from Youtube. Just went to buy Something in the Dirt there, and realised that it costs €3 extra to buy from my iPad than from my mobile phone. Why??
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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Thanks for the supportive comments. Want to make a real difference? Seek out human artists whose work speaks to you. Share their work and shop links. Buy their stuff if you are able. Vote with your $ and your engagement. THAT is how we will win. 🙏
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
...and the response is columns about how we need to 'debate' immigration and gifting the guards widespread surveillance powers through facial recognition that's probably against EU law and a possible human rights violation. That's what we learned? Tafuk!?!?
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
...Then a senior guard leaks the national origin of the attacker to a far right publication which incites a riot ring led by the same fascists the guards were permitting into libraries to intimidate staff, create vigilante checkpoints outside towns and burn asylum seekers tents...
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
🧵So an Irish citizen - with a history of legally documented violent outbursts related to serious MH difficulties and who received no help - stabs multiple people including a child of immigrants and is stopped by an immigrant, a contributor to the stardust inquiry and someone visiting from the US...
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Celine Kiernan @celinekiernan.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
The thrill I got when those revered names popped up on screen
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Angie Wang @okchickadee.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
I made a long, long comic about AI and my toddler. It's a repudiation of techno-solipsism and it’s in The New Yorker. Is my toddler a stochastic parrot?
newyorker.com
Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?
The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
The Irish media bears no responsibility for the rise of far-right mobs and the Dublin riot, it must have been completely organic, now to take a massive gulp of coffee and look at a random editorial from this Monday’s edition of the Irish Independent
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