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Fiona Doris

@fionadoris.bsky.social
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Rewilding 💚Nature, Ethnobotany, Neurodiverse, Chronically open-minded & Curious, Storyteller & Tour Guide, Mythologist, 📕 ❤️ , Scientist, Microscopist, Lapsed Botanist 🌸 🚴 Sea🏊🏼‍♂️ Human. here for the craic

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Christopher J Stevens @metaphysiology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fell to a mixed heritage Irishman to act on the majority will of the Irish people🙏 Bazunu (24) has secured his place among the heroes of Irish history, alongside the likes of Mary Manning, who was only 21 when she refused to be complicit in normalizing an apartheid regime, even though it cost her✊
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Concerns about failures of science journalism really amount to concerns about the collapse of institutional journalism more broadly. The social role of journalism—in a classic phrase, to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable—remains vital.” Mean while science communication is thriving
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Is science journalism dying? Comparing a 'science crash' 40 years ago to today
When two popular science magazines—out of about 17 in circulation—ceased publication in the same year, one commentator said, "The science magazines didn't shake out. They fell apart." The general mana...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thank you, Martyn Turner, you're a star.
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@ealadubh.bsky.social I 🤔 I got the 1000 follower spot.🎉
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Dolly knew that people needed to be literate to realise all of their dreams. Her Imagination Library has gifted 300 Million books to children in United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, and Ireland. Scott Santens suggests Dolly knew that “books are empathy machines.” #DollyParton #SpeirGorm
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Dolly Parton Knew What People Need
How the queen of country music gave unconditional cash to wildfire survivors — and proved basic income works
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 21/06/2024
Do you know that there is a Native American Ethnobotany searchable database? 🌱 Well you do now: naeb.brit.org
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BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026
Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Some great comments 🤣
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Well done Phoenix Law Firm, the denial of visas to these students in Gaza is an absolute disgrace by the Minister for Justice. #LetThemStudy Minister faces potential High Court action over visa refusals for Gaza scholarship students www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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Minister faces potential High Court action over visa refusals for Gaza scholarship students
More than 30 scholarship students due to study in Ireland have had visa applications refused over documentary requirements, lawyers say
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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
MNÁSOME 🥈
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Tuairisc @tuairisc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Lean grianghrafadóir Tuairisc, Seán Ó Mainnín, urú na gréine sna spéartha os cionn na Ceathrún Rua, Conamara, tráthnóna Dé Céadaoin.
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It doesn’t matter that my people are not from Tralee. Spiorad Ban Chiarraí stands for all defiant women; for me, my female ancestors and for our children and future generations. I will go to see Elizabeth O’Kanes creation. I may cry. Great storytelling, as ever @clodaghfinn.bsky.social #speirgorm
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Clodagh Finn: A lesson in how to reawaken the spirit of our revolutionary women
Clodagh Finn looks at Kerry’s revolutionary women whose spirit has been reawakened and honoured in a majestic bronze sculpture that stands 2.5m tall in the centre of Tralee Town Park
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Native Dialogs in Irish @nativedialogsga.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What to say in #Irish when you don't understand.
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I don't understand!
What to say in Irish when you don't understand.
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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Coffee, tea, ginseng. Lotta potential for smallholders here.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The IMF says we pay $5T/year to subsidize fossil fuels — that's $13M per MINUTE to destroy our future. Meanwhile solar & wind fight for scraps. We don't have a funding problem. We have a priority problem.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A woman from Mayo won the first Tour de France for women! How is this not common knowledge……oh, yeah cos it’s a woman. 🙄 What an incredible feat! 🚲 ♀️ 🙏 @clodaghfinn.bsky.social column For telling the ♀️stories #SpeirGorm
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Clodagh Finn: The Mayo woman who won the first Tour de France for women
The memory of the last time the Sam Maguire went west, 75 years ago, is etched in local consciousness, yet a remarkable international win by a Ballina cyclist just a few years later remains little-kno...
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 01/08/2026
Mother Jones baptised in #Cork #onthisday 1837. The union organiser & activist was described as 'the most dangerous woman in America' but is pictured here with President & Mrs Coolidge & Theodore Roosevelt Jr in 1924 womenshistory.org/education-re... B&W📷LOC
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Starting July 19, 2026, the European Union officially banned large fashion companies from destroying unsold clothes, shoes, and accessories. Instead of sending perfectly good products to landfills or burning them, companies must now donate, recycle, or repurpose them." via No one Cares
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Please ✍️ and share. 🇵🇸 #Gaza #Speirgorm
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Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog
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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Mayo fans! Get yours quick!This special (100 only) hand drawn by an actual human #Mayo All-Ireland Champions 2026 Limited Edition Fine Art Print. ALL profits from the sale of this print go to Temple St Children's Hospital #NoAI #ActualIllustration www.anniewest.com/other-images...
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Special limited edition 2026 Mayo All-Ireland Champions — Annie West
Commemorate that once-in-a-lifetime day with this special limited edition print. 100 only. All profits from the sale of this print go to Temple Street Children’s Hospital
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Would ya look at these fancy reeds strutting their stuff! Follow @tinaclaffey.bsky.social for regular shots of guaranteed gorgeousness Cosain ár dúlra. #SpeirGorm
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Conor O'Carroll @conorocarroll.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tonight, a new investigation reveals how much water each individual data centre campus has used in the past two years. But our findings also show how pharma plants have used more than double that of data centres. Story w/ @davidmacredmond.bsky.social Read just after midnight on thejournal.ie 🔜
A screenshot of an upcoming story on The Journal. The headline reads "Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year but another industry used far more".
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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mayoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Spare a thought for poor ol @donie.bsky.social we feel bad for you
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wherever you are in the world and no matter what county you hail from, this clip will make you smile. Pure class from Mhaigh Eo 💚❤️ #Speirgorm #MaighEo #TheFamineIsOver
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I miss our old currency especially the coins. Euro notes are ugly. ECB proposing new € banknote designs. We can all respond to the choices basically; birds or people. Glad to see female representation. Don’t like the colour combinations of any of them. Voted for birds. 🦅 #speirgorm
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Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu
I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Please ✍️ & share #speirgorm
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Dr Abu Safiya ran a hospital under bombs in Gaza. He saved the lives of newborns – yet he is now detained and reportedly tortured in an Israeli prison without charges. I just signed a global call for the release of him and his colleagues Please sign and share. #Speirgorm
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Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 07/07/2026
The CSO has released data on metered electricity consumption for 2025. The extraordinary headline figures: - Electricity consumption from data centres grew by nearly 10% last year, and now accounts for 23% of Ireland's electricity demand.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 07/07/2026
"Considering unpaid labour alone, research shows that approximately 7.8 million Canadians—one in five adults—are providing unpaid care to a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, disability, or age-related need… A basic income guarantee is the best option to value caregiving…"
saltwire.com
COMMENTARY: Choosing care: Implementing basic income guarantee
A basic income would give carers an assurance that they can leave the labour force and still be supported
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Dr Abu Safiya ran a hospital under bombs in Gaza. He saved the lives of newborns – yet he is now detained and reportedly tortured in an Israeli prison without charges. I just signed a global call for the release of him and his colleagues Please sign and share. #Speirgorm
secure.avaaz.org
Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for genocidal murderers. #Speirgorm
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Petition to #stopthegame
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g...
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Compensate Silk Road Café for forced closure of Dublin Castle during Irelands EU Presidency. Please sign & share #Speirgorm
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Compensate Dublin's Silk Road Café for Forced Closure for the EU Presidency
The beloved Silk Road Café at the Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle, is being forced to close for six months to facilitate the EU Presidency, with no compensation. Instead of celebrating the café's 25th a...
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is so Irish! #Speirgorm
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 28/05/2026
In a phone call last night my sister asked did my aunt have any news from the graveyard (after a funeral she was at last week, not because she's a neuromancer) and I think it's the most Irish thing she's ever asked me
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This is gorgeous work by Aches. Three outstanding singers with Irish souls and huge hearts ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ Dublin wall art. #speirgorm
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 04/07/2025
‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉 The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis. Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
A split-screen image. The left side shows a rhinoceros mother and calf in a savanna landscape with scattered trees. The right side depicts a forest fire scene with orange flames and silhouetted trees against a dark sky.
Text reads:
"Biodiversity is in crisis" followed by:
"1 million plant and animal species risk extinction
Ecosystems are collapsing
Misinformation slows progress." 
"Trust the science.
Conserve, restore and sustainably use biodiversity."
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Happy World Bee Day! Here’s a list of how bees buzz in ten different languages… 10. Bzzz (Czech) 9. Bzzz (Bulgarian) 8. Bzzz (French) 7. Bzzz (Slovene) 6. Bzzz (Catalan) 5. Bzzz (Polish) 4. Bzzz (Portuguese) 3. Bzzz (Italian) 2. Bzzz (Spanish) 1. Wing wing (Korean)
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So turns out now would be a VERY good time to treat yourself to a print, if you've had your eye on one - and there's 10% off when you use the discount code FECKINGCAR at checkout for a limited time. Shop here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints #SpéirGhorm
Collage of prints from my online shop


#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #BuyIrish
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@beyondthelab.bsky.social is a Mary Mulvihill Award, MMA winner. Eoin is a skilled science communicator; he talks about what inspires him to tell stories. The annual Science@Culture talk and MMA 🏆 is on Wed at 6:30pm Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ballsbridge. 🔗 tickets👇🏽 #speirgorm
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‘I just follow the story’: A tenacious teacher and his passion for science
Eoin Murphy talks science communication, the Mary Mulvihill Award and how we’re all interconnected if you think about it.
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Eoin Murphy @beyondthelab.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In an attempt to condense the Science of Time pieces I have been working on over the past few months, I have worked it into one short article. Here is everything I found out about the last 40,000 years. #science #time @siliconrepublic.bsky.social www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/t...
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The science of time: How horology developed through the ages
Tracking the ancient origins of time from early mankind up to our modern understanding of the concept, Eoin Murphy tells the story of how time came to be.
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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The most worrying aspect of this article on illegal selling of alien invasive plants is the attitude of this nursery owner: “Nurseries throughout the country have been growing plants ... the damage has already been done. If you call it damage.” #conservation #SpeirGorm www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...
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Illegal invasive plant species found for sale in Ireland
Several high-risk invasive plants that are illegal to sell in Ireland have been found for sale to Irish shoppers.
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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
For ten years we have celebrated the life of a remarkable friend and science communicator. On Wednesday, the Mary Mulvihill award will be presented to a third-level student. #scicomms #stem @klillington.bsky.social @fionadoris.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Clodagh Finn: A champion of science who had the gift of inspiring wonder
The memory of Mary Mulvihill's pioneering work and legacy still burns bright
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
How do you you mind the legacy of a brilliant woman? @clodaghfinn.bsky.social spills the tea in her @irishexaminer.bsky.social column today. 💚 @rememberingmary.bsky.social #Speirgorm
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Clodagh Finn: A champion of science who had the gift of inspiring wonder
The memory of Mary Mulvihill's pioneering work and legacy still burns bright
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Most people in Ireland cannot achieve the recommended daily amount of physical activity as roads and streets are too dangerous and hostile for walking, cycling, wheeling and play,” - Dr Caoimhe Clarke SVUH Dublin
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Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
😮‍💨 I’m so tired of it all. Navigating to reliable news and information is exhausting. My default response now; is this an AI generated image and deliberate mis- or disinformation. What are the sources and who ‘owns’ the channel. I won’t give in. I won’t give up but …… 🤷‍♀️
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