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UCU @ QUB @ucuatqub.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The UCU Northern Ireland Regional AGM/Conference took place today. We were pleased to welcome the Gen Sec Jo Grady to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social campus. Not surprisingly, the voluntary severance scheme and ongoing related issues were a key topic for discussion.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

8 minutes in, and it's already a classic. The TV trolley. Thanks! #Taskmaster

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

That's the one he wanted! He loved Sabotage and No Sleep til Brooklyn before I tried Fight for your Right, and he's loving it

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Thom wants to listen to the song 'Beastie Boys Oh Yeah'. Delighted he wants Beatie Boys, but what song could that be? Help!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Like a borebag, I've decided to work late, so I can have a mini-lie in tomorrow morning. With no child asking for Paw Patrol and another yogurt. I am so excited.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Honestly, my younger self is enraged that I'm asking this at 5pm, when she thought 11:30am was fine because bars were open

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Jonny has taken Thom to Portstewart for the night to spend time with his Nanny. The work day is over. Do I start drinking now, or do I have to wait for a socially acceptable time?

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Thom and I are doing this. I direct him to the correct pieces and sometimes I'll find a wrong piece beside the right one, as a guide. Last time he said 'Mummy, it is so kind when you try so hard to find the right piece. But I think you want to try again and then you can do better'.

An incomplete Snakes and Ladders jigsaw.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

At the Oh Yeah Centre for Acoustic Picnic which is lovely. But I think this is the first time I've been here sober. Life has changed a bit over the last few years.

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Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) is a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland. We are here on BlueSky now, please give us a follow :)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Which makes me wonder how she ended up being the person who led that service, as her politics might not have suited Trump's.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Absolutely. He clearly does not care about God or faith. He uses the language to pander to religious voters. Which is also just disrespectful to any actual faith. It's just a tool to gain votes and they are being played for fools.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is what religion was to me when I was young. I'd love to know more about this bishop. How did they end up being the person leading this prayer service. Did they request it? Were they nervous? Did they see their Christian duty here, as Jesus demanded in Matthew 25: 34-36

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Absolutely fantastic. I'm not a practising Catholic now but I was raised on Liberation Theology and that's what this sounds like to me.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

He seems like a deeply unserious person, who is a massive troll, and that may be what's happening here. But this remains incredibly serious. It's being welcomed by actual Nazis, even if he isn't one. And I can't imagine a politician from here not being immediately sacked if this happened.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I guess, except I don't know what mindset he must have been in for that particular gesture to come to mind.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

And that's not me saying this means Musk is definitely a Nazi or anything like that. I just think that if my grandparents were actually Nazis, I'd be pretty vigilant about things that are related to Nazis.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I only just read that Musk's maternal grandparents had to leave Canada and relocate to South Africa because they were Nazi Sympathisers in Canada, so you'd think he'd be aware of the weight of the gesture. Aside from the other, more general reasons for why most people don't use it.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I dunno, that little cat moustache is pretty suss

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I just heard about this and thought it was going to be one of those situations which could raise eyebrows but you couldn't be sure. Nope. I can't see how this is interpreted any other way.

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The Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 13/01/2025

I think instead of saying “namaste” at yoga we should say “ohhh BIG stretch” like we do with our pets

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The article is about how too many 'elites' have created a 'woke' attitude that means comedians like himself get cancelled for politically incorrect jokes. Same boring nonsense as usual.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

When was he cancelled? He's on TV constantly and has several really well paid Netflix specials. Nothing changed except he got some criticisms.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I'd be so screwed if I was in the cage. Wouldn't have remembered a single name #TheTraitors

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/12/2024

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Elected to take on a wee bar shift today because extra money in January is always welcome. Good lord. How did I mange this ever? So tired!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I know, *for a fact* that I found it a few years back on YouTube, while trying to (drunkenly) prove the point. IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Right, so I went to find the 'Primark, got a whole lot of things for Christmas' advert, because that's proof. And I could only find the Penneys one. We're being gaslit by Big Pry-mark.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

We did play Final Fantasy VII for a bit, so there's hope for him yet. And it felt like a logical way to check for concussion, I guess?

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

And don't get me wrong, cuddling Thom as the old year leaves and new one arrives is just what I want. But Paw Patrol? Really? Get some taste, kid.

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year's! Thom decided to crack his head off the end board of the bed while jumping on it. Tiny cut. Loads of blood. One call to the Beldoc. So, prosecco in bed while watching Paw Patrol. Wooooo

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GFBricks🇨🇦 @gfbricks.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Things like this are why I love LEGO so much! Fun family activity that brings everyone together. Enjoy the day!

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Lovely #Taskmaster NYT, but I would have loved to have the new cast announcement too. Can't wait to find out!

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Niamh Ní Cheallaigh 🇮🇪 ♿️ 🇵🇸 @niamhnicheallaigh.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

In true Christmas spirit, DCC plans to ban feeding the poor. "Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?"

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

My little son played Final Fantasy VII with me tonight for the first time. The *emotions* that I felt. Wow. #FinalFantasy #FFVII

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Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill @coifsh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I just love it. The stress this teenager must have felt, god love him. And then the relief. And fair play to the dad for eventually going with it. I always wonder if the parents had a back up chicken hidden somewhere.

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