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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 5h
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An essay on the hunting cult and healing the land, on Bella Caledonia. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/29/b...
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Reflections on hunting and the Scottish psyche. ‘The Cone Gatherers’, performed by Communicado at Tramway in 1991, was one of my earliest and most affecting theatrical experiences. It was performed…
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An Eighteenth-Century Poem In Praise of Gaelic by Iain MacGriogair of Glenlyon, Perthshire gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/an-eightee...
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An Eighteenth-Century Poem In Praise of Gaelic
By Iain MacGriogair of Glenlyon, Perthshire
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The @irishexaminer.bsky.social had an article by me about the new edition of Nauigatio St Brendani on the weekend.
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Og(h)am of the day: Taoiseach Mícheál Martin exchanged ogham version of their names with the Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump is preparing to impose “sweeping sanctions” on the International Criminal Court, WSJ reports. Nothing says “we are international criminals” more.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/09/2026
“If we don’t connect those dots between the struggles, we’re never going to get anywhere,” says acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. “That’s what music is for."
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“Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Rhiannon Giddens on New Album, AI, Ed Sheeran, Macklemore & Trump
“If we don’t connect those dots between the struggles, we’re never going to get anywhere,” says Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. “That’s what music is for. … ...
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Angus J. Macdonald: Radical Gaelic Voice - Understanding the motives of a bearer and forger of tradition gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/angus-j-ma...
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Angus J. Macdonald: Radical Gaelic Voice
Understanding the motives of a bearer and forger of tradition
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sail to Quebec, Lochaber Warriors! A Highland song-poem of emigration c.1802 gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/sail-to-qu...
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Sail to Quebec, Lochaber Warriors!
A Highland song-poem of emigration c.1802
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 29/08/2026
Word of Mouth: Gaelic Currently on BBC Sounds: Michael Rosen in conversation with Roddy Maclean about Gaelic in Scotland. Michael learns that Gaelic has no single word for Yes or No & that the landscape of the Highlands can be better understood through Gaelic placenames www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Word of Mouth - Gaelic - BBC Sounds
Gaelic in Scotland with writer and broadcaster Roddy Maclean talking to Michael Rosen.
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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
An excellent blog with many interesting ideas for all of us thinking about what 'became' of the Picts and their language.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Gaelic Perceptions of Ethnicity and Color Codes: Contrasting “traditional” and racialized concepts of ethnicity and race in the Gaelic world gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaelic-per...
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Gaelic Perceptions of Ethnicity and Color Codes
Contrasting “traditional” and racialized concepts of ethnicity and race in the Gaelic world
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Congress and Trump stripped away federal protections for the Boundary Waters. Walz just threw up a massive state-level roadblock in their way. Thank you, Gov. Walz, for fighting to protect one of America’s most incredible wild places!
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Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order banning nonferrous mining near Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer
No Democrat will reverse it,Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday banning nonferrous mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in what may prove to be one of the most significant...
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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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What Does Brehon Law Say About the Sea? Muirbretha—Sea Judgements - The Brehon Academy
Muirbretha, the “sea-judgements,” is the main surviving Brehon law text on maritime affairs, and it survives only because a handful of scribes thought it worth copying fragments of it into other colle...
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Gaelic College that could have been (Part 2): Aonghus MacDhonnchaidh’s vision for a Gaelic university in Scotland gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-gaelic...
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The Gaelic College that could have been (Part 2)
Aonghus MacDhonnchaidh’s vision for a Gaelic university in Scotland
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community. Prof Hugh Cheape. Saturday 12 Sept 2026, 14:00 - 15:00, RSE Edinburgh. #gaelic #LocalHistory #skystorians #Curious #Scotland rse.org.uk/event/sluagh...
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Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community
Discover the story of a West Highland community through the objects they left behind.
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Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org · 13/08/2026
Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.
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It’s time for movements to rethink social media
Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and that's the part we keep skipping.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Loss, Grief, and Re-/Creating Traditions for an Uncertain Future: Approaching Gaelic traditions of keening and lamentation gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/loss-grief...
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Loss, Grief, and Re-/Creating Traditions for an Uncertain Future
Approaching Gaelic traditions of keening and lamentation
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This should be getting FAR more attention. An American oil company with ties to Trump’s orbit is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in Greenland. Some drilling-related equipment has already been brought ashore even though Greenland says the necessary approvals have NOT been granted.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
What Would Scottish Gaelic Studies in the US Look Like? Envisioning the development of a long-neglected field of scholarship gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/what-would...
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What Would Scottish Gaelic Studies in the US Look Like?
Envisioning the development of a long-neglected field of scholarship
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Pope Leo in Assisi: “Rejecting the culture of power and building a civilization of love are choices that are not immediately understood or accepted. Saint Francis, however, teaches that radicalism of the Gospel is the very opposite of fundamentalism.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Forging Fenian Fragments Anew: Reflections about creative retellings of Gaelic folktales gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/forging-fe...
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Forging Fenian Fragments Anew
Reflections about creative retellings of Gaelic folktales
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
History shows that authoritarian governments rarely begin by shutting down the press overnight. Instead, they pressure news organizations, reward favorable coverage, discourage criticism, and normalize political messaging in place of independent reporting. Over time, journalists
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Ballad of Diarmaid and the Wild Boar in Glenshee: One of the literary masterpieces of Gaelic Scotland, set in Eastern Perthshire gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-ballad...
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The Ballad of Diarmaid and the Wild Boar in Glenshee
One of the literary masterpieces of Gaelic Scotland, set in Eastern Perthshire
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This should concern anyone who believes our courts should make decisions based on evidence instead of politics. Federal judges use technical reference manuals to better understand complicated subjects that come up in court, including engineering, medicine, cybersecurity, and climate science.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Gaeldom as a Model of Sustainable Living: Creating a sustainable future entails rebuilding community and the cultural values and practices that sustain it gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaeldom-as...
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Gaeldom as a Model of Sustainable Living
Creating a sustainable future entails rebuilding community and the cultural values and practices that sustain it
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En Bee @enbeearound.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I have very bad luck with backing video games on kickstarter, but sometimes i just can't help myself. It looks lovely, and sincere. @caraellison.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/rat...
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Bibdu - Irish Mythology RPG
Hand-painted RPG set in Ancient Ireland where you unravel myths and legends through open world exploration and strategic card battles.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
ICE is rapidly expanding its surveillance capabilities. The agency has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on vehicles equipped to support cell-site simulators, also known as fake cellphone towers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The DOJ is conducting a fishing expedition in an attempt to manufacture criminal cases against election workers. We’re thankful that a federal judge in Georgia blocked the Trump administration from subpoenaing the names and identifying information of election workers in Fulton County.
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Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
American Exceptionalism:1 God-given manifest destiny:4 If ever nemesis followed hubris. The theology of this has played through American history and most of its modern presidents. I explored jts roots in “Poacher’s Pilgrimage”. www.breitbart.com/politics/202...
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American Exceptionalism: Trump Gives 4th of July Speech for The Ages
Trump called America "the crowning achievement of human history" and declared "Our destiny is written by God," during his keynote remarks.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The White House has released a report accusing the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution (particularly at the National Museum of American History) of being “radical activists” who cannot be trusted. The report is fueling speculation that the
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Interview with Dr A. R. MacKinnon about Gaelic in Bruce County: Memories of a Gaelic-speaking immigrant community in Ontario, Canada gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/interview-...
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Interview with Dr A. R. MacKinnon about Gaelic in Bruce County
Memories of a Gaelic-speaking immigrant community in Ontario, Canada
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Tha mi beagan fadalach, ach seo òran air son Latha Chanada: beatoninstitutemusic.ca/gaelic/canad...
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Canada A Thìr An Àigh
Cape Breton's Diversity in Unity
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This isn’t just a story about one agency. It’s about whether the system Congress created to protect civil servants can continue to function as intended and whether the federal courts will need to play a larger role since that system is falling apart.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Supreme Court has significantly expanded presidential power, allowing Trump to remove the heads of most independent federal agencies even while legal challenges continue. The ruling marks a major shift in the balance between the White House and
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Something we just found with a lot more details: thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Balmoral, Anglocentrism, and Britishness: The imperial facades that erase distinct ethnic identities and voices in the British Isles gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/balmoral-a...
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Balmoral, Anglocentrism, and Britishness
The imperial facades that erase distinct ethnic identities and voices in the British Isles
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Argyllshire Tradition in Canadian Exile: Eóghann MacColla’s Gaelic traditions in the Alexander Fraser papers in the Ontario Archive gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/argyllshir...
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Argyllshire Tradition in Canadian Exile
Eóghann MacColla’s Gaelic traditions in the Alexander Fraser papers in the Ontario Archive
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We wanted to post some more detail about this because it deserves far more attention. The Trump administration’s Justice Department has intervened in litigation involving Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, asking a court to dismiss a pollution lawsuit against the company.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
COP26 in Scotland: Scottish reactions to the challenges of a more just and sustainable way of life and being in the world gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/cop26-in-s...
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COP26 in Scotland
Scottish reactions to the challenges of a more just and sustainable way of life and being in the world
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk’s xAI has expanded their gas-powered infrastructure fueling its AI operations in Memphis without permits. According to recent reports, the company has added 11 more methane gas turbines since mid-May, bringing the total at the site to at least 57 turbines.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Trump is now calling for the SAVE America Act to be included in Budget Reconciliation 3.0. Why does that matter? Unlike most legislation in the Senate, reconciliation bills can pass with a simple majority vote rather than the usual 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Trump posted on Truth Social is demanding Congress give him a short-term extension of FISA Section 702, a surveillance authority that allows the government to monitor foreign targets overseas without a warrant.
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Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org · 09/06/2026
To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.
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10 reasons to resist AI
To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.
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MN @gaelicmichael.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Latha Chaluim Chille sona dhuibh uile! Seo agaibh annasan-làimhe Thòmais. // Happy St Columba Day. Enjoy Thomas Keyes’s amazing artwork. scribalstyles.net/colmcille-15...
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colmcille 1500 celtic manuscript art
colmcille 1500 columba calumcille book of kells insular celtic
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