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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Keith Tipton RIP. He was professor of biochemistry in TCD when I was in 1st year. His wit was sharp and often hilarious and sometimes savage.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I have battled Tobacco addiction for over 50.years. I finally got off it by vaping. The usual dose has 5 ingredients, none carcinogenic or known to be harmful and used to cost 4 euro. The Irishc**nts Government just raised to price to 11.5euro Thanks a load

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This is a 2 hour video that is part odyssey, part road trip, part investigation of why birders keep lists and is hilarious and witty and cleverly put together. What's not to like? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w...

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LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

YouTube video by owen reiser

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Excellent thread on how to consume stories about autism causes.

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𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎 @loulayorke.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

got a bit of light morning vintage procrastination viewing tee’d up. the opening segments look highly promising

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Percy Grainger's free music machine

YouTube video by Robotussin Vintage Synths

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Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Damn it all, their advantage is so huge that mildly athletic men have been switching gender in droves just to get to the Olympics. Like you DON’T, because that would be weird and much too much to do with your entire life if you weren’t actually trans. And, as the numbers prove, isn’t happening.

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I'm just back from 8 days seawatching from the Bridges of Ross in the west of Ireland. 355 sabine's gulls on one of the days.

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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

She's an Irish woman - Kitty O'Brien is her name.

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Spookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

You really aren't going to get a better example of how the British media works than the contrasting coverage of two Irish authors this week. The brave and sensitive transphobe John Boyne vs the vile and hateful opponent of genocide Sally Rooney.

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KevTheRev @kevtherev.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The entire journalistic team from Al Jazeera stationed in and reporting on Gaza, has been killed. 💔💔💔 🙏🕯️

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10/08/2025

I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 07/08/2025

📣 Palm oil is a *terrible* climate solution! I don’t repeat topics in my column, but this month I made an exception. HVO is being marketed even more aggressively as a miracle “drop in” fuel for everything from homes to buses to data centres. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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HVO is a climate ‘quick fix’ that could be worse than fossil fuels

At a Time of Climate Crisis: There are serious questions over the sustainability of hydrotreated vegetable oil and the industries that are promoting its use

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

So I'm watching a modern London version of a Sherlock Holmes story and I see a front door with the number 221b. I Google the address of SH and I see variants of the search including "Where did the real Sherlock Holmes live"? And there I was thinking it was fiction

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

First day this year seawatching. 31 wilson's petrels seen from the Bridges of Ross from 6.30am until 6.30pm

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Suzanne Beech @suzannebeech.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The Irish Border, almost invisible except for the two different tarmacs. North on the right, South on the left.

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Unfortunately it’s clear that the Israeli people can’t topple the government or change its ways. Seems like the attorney general, the last gate keeper, will be fired soon. As long as we’re stuck with this government, the war won’t stop. Only international intervention (=the U.S) might do it.

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

RIP Ozzy. This was the sound of my mid teens complete with guest piano by Rick Wakeman. youtu.be/noUYAPdLMp0?...

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Black Sabbath "Sabbra Cadabra"

YouTube video by waapli

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

800 Palestinians killed waiting for food in the past 6 weeks. Am I anti-semitic in finding this appalling

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Marcas Tardigrade-17 Ó Doibhilin @marcasofadad.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It’s heartening to see that @deshiggins.bsky.social’s influence in the world of men’s fashion is as strong as ever.

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I went past this view hundreds of times over the past 55 years and never looked up. You can smell the malt being roasted at certain times of the day. Those big vertical white tanks are full of Guinness. This is on the western outskirts of Dublin City centre upriver along the Liffey.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Hey people with platforms , they are starting to take the trans positive books out of the libraries. Now is the time to stand up or just accept that you don’t care - and here is to the millionaire comedians who have helped oil the wheels of hatred

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 30/06/2025

Do you use EMBL-EBI data resources? We would really appreciate your feedback! Our Interim Director Jo McEntyre explains how you can help us demonstrate the value of our data resources: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a... Survey closes on 16 July: www.surveymonkey.com/r/QGFMBH8?ch... Thank you!

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User survey to understand the value of open data resources

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This is it. It is the endgame. Once established it gives absolute power. Expect arrests at polling stations. It is all so prosaic and easy and happening in front of everyone and everyone will do their "duty" or look away

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valentine @dozygay.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Twitch to Tory Island, 10km off N coast of Ireland today to see Ireland's first ever Song Sparrow (n American passerine). Found by @robertvaughani.bsky.social

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

@squidgerugby.bsky.social you are at the match in Dublin!!! I just saw the pair of you on Irish TV

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Be like Gary Lineker, don't be silent, don't be complicit.

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Letof30 @letof30740.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

#MusicChallenge #MayMusicMasterpieces 19 | American Gothic - Grant Wood Hurt - Johnny Cash youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI?...

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Johnny Cash - Hurt

YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO

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Paul Carroll @paulcarroll15.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

After Hamas realised a high-profile hostage, Israel bombed a hospital. And of course we are way past the stage that they have to pretend it was a mistake, bombing hospitals and killing medics is just what they do on a daily basis. Monsters.

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Israel hits Gaza hospitals in deadly strikes after pause to allow release of Edan Alexander

The strikes reportedly killed at least 18 people and came after Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter the strip ‘with full force’

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Tom Shevlin @tertials.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

White Stork near Tacumshin, and Hoopoe on Great Saltee Island today, both in in Co. Wexford, Ireland

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Tom Shevlin @tertials.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

European Bee-eater near Tacumshin Co. Wexford today

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Over in the other place there's a heated and earnest (?) debate taking place about whether 100 men could successfully beat a gorilla in a fight and I feel like I've lost IQ points just typing this.

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I have seen lots of these abroad but this morning I managed to see a Bee-eater in Ireland, in Donegal. Photo taken using phone and scope.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/04/2025

They might be exposed to science that hasn't been pre-approved by the administration

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Nightingale twitch on Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. Saw it for 2 seconds after 4 hour stakeout.

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Sophie @anxi0usvirgo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I was behind a Skoda Superb at traffic lights and got to thinking about the name was a bit ostentatious for Ireland. I came up with the more restrained: Skoda Not Too Bad Skoda Grand Skoda Fuckin Deadly In order of increasing cost

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Jawdropping. You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States. This country is unrecognizable.

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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 18/03/2025

The Irish have started calling Conor McGregor, ‘Andrew Tayto’.

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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A very Happy 15th of March to one and all.

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Declan Murphy @wicklownature.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Gorse is so overlooked as a native plant. Land covered in gorse is usually described as wasteland. But this early flowering plant is great for bees and butterflies and invaluable for nesting birds.

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Higgins is derived from the viking (and current Norwegian) word for viking (Uigin). Dublinia viking museum offerering free entry for Paddy's Day.

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Des Higgins @deshiggins.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This is from Kilkee Co. Clare a year ago. It was a sunny day and I was relieving my suffering using conventional methods.

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