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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 23m

I tried to explain vegetarianism

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 32m

I am not surprised, but I am disgusted at the betrayal of Ukraine

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 2h

‘I imagine untroubled dust, A loosening gravity, Christ weighing by his hands‘

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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 20h

Can't stop thinking about this kid, man. Five years old, watched his dad get shot in the neck and taken away. Now no one knows where his dad is, what sort of condition he's in, any of it. All across the country, every day, we are destroying children's lives.

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Guy Shammguy @guyshammguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Grok, make me fren. Make me lot of fren and me happy

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Isn’t the bee a symbol of industrial Manchester

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Is it likely a person wearing a t shirt that says self-aware is self-aware

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ah Jaysus the Halloween turnip is back

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Please share widely !!

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Next Thursday night I’ll be in discussion at the Belfast Exposed gallery with poet & ex-journalist Angela Graham. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has described her latest collection, inspired by the horrors of the Ukraine War, as “exceptional”. Free🎟️below:

belfastexposed.org

Truth Be Told: Journalism & Poetry - Belfast Exposed

Sam McBride and Angela Graham in conversation: fact and fantasy; rhyme and reason – can there be common ground between journalism and poetry?

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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's alive! The long-awaited issue #19 of the Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies is now available on our website. Huge thanks to our contributors for making this such an amazing issue. irishgothicjournal.net/latest-issue...

irishgothicjournal.net

Latest Issue (#19)

Read the latest issue of the Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies: Issue #19 (Autumn 2026)

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Zuishinin Monzeki, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto, Japan

A vibrant songbird perches upon a delicate, bare branch, framed by a breathtaking cascade of fiery scarlet and burning amber Japanese maple leaves (momiji). The dense crimson foliage forms a glowing, layered backdrop, transitioning seamlessly from intense vermilion at the top to variegated shades of orange and gold near the base. The photograph evokes an immersive autumn sensory atmosphere: the crisp, invigorating chill of a late November afternoon, the subtle rustle of falling leaves drifting across temple moss (chiru momiji), the gentle chirping of wild birds echoing through quiet groves, and the grounding aroma of damp earth and aged cedar in a secluded sanctuary.
Zuishin-in Temple, located in Yamashina Ward on the eastern edge of Kyoto, is an imperial-head (monzeki) temple of the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism, established in 991 AD by the high priest Ninkai. The temple precincts are historically renowned for their deep association with Ono no Komachi, the celebrated Heian-period waka poetess and legendary beauty, who is said to have spent her later years in quiet seclusion here. Komachi's legacy endures across the grounds through historic sites like her fumi-zuka (letter burial mound) and Komachi-no-i (water well). In late autumn, the temple gardens become a tranquil haven for momijigari (autumn leaf viewing), where traditional landscape gardening showcases the heritage craft of Japanese horticulture (monozukuri), carefully framing natural trees against sacred temple architecture.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Via Nobel Prize: "New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland."

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Please at some future reading when you’re asked what makes your books so special say it’s the way I tell em

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I do wonder when I read these statements by British politicians about Northern Ireland and veterans, are there two classes of British subject? Is a soldier entitled to different and better representation than a civilian? It wouldn’t stand anywhere else.

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Robert Rubsam @robrubsam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How I'm trying to be

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More confirmation that Northern Ireland should not be governed by a British Secretary of State; once again the issue of veterans is used to conceal the allied actions of other arms of the state, except where that state has already confirmed its own innocence. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.uk

We’ll protect Troubles military veterans, cabinet minister promises

Exclusive: Following revelations about the role of special forces in Northern Ireland as revealed in The Independent’s podcast ‘SAS: The Shadow War’, Sir Chris Bryant says his government is committed ...

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the so-called bluntness of the Northerner is no more than a kind of demoralised honesty Seamus Deane

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thoreau made it work! I appreciate them

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John Hughes @johnmelhughes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A large Canadian Coast Guard buoy has washed ashore on Achill Island.

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Seen from the viewpoint of politics, truth has a despotic character. It is therefore hated by tyrants, who rightly fear the competition of a coercive force they cannot monopolize Hannah Arendt

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There is only one thing that seems to be discernible: we may say that radical evil has emerged in connection with a system in which all men have become equally superfluous. Hannah Arendt

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The asters never last long, but I’m always glad to see them, end of summer

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Harvest Moon night the weather in the northlands unpredictable meigetsu ya/ hokkoku biyori/ sadamenaki Autumn, 1689. Bashō Trans. Andrew Fitzsimons

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There was a golden moment this evening when the valley took on the contrast of Connemara, but for the string of mule deer, and the elk above.

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘The soil you see is not ordinary soil, it is the dust of the blood, the flesh and bones of our ancestors’ Wendy Redstar, The Soil You See Tippet Rise, MT

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Incredible photo by Rich Fury in the Irish Times of U2 on Grafton Street this evening

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

God of this mountain, May you be kind enough To show me your face Among the dawning blossoms? Bashō

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bidding farewell, Bidden good-bye, I walked into The autumn of Kiso. Bashō

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