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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Red Sky at Morning! Stunning sunrise this morning, and indicative of the change in weather; temperatures being at least 10°C below that of the last few days. Maybe we'll now get some badly-needed rain!

An early morning view eastwards showing an orange sky above the silhouette of rooftops.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What now? Can the Irish Govt. explain themselves please?

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Mr Kindness @itsallgood303.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

UEFA is treating the Irish football team a neutral country as though they are Russia. The terms and conditions around the fixtures are put in place to protect Israel as peaceful protest against genocide may offend them. Israel has a history hooliganism. Ireland has the opposite with regards fans

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There is strenght in numbers! At last people are standing up for the people of Gaza! #Mackelmore #Beoga #Aaron_Rowe #Fineas #Lukas_Graham All standing together against Genocide!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Last night I looked up Mackelmore's music on qobuz and listened to his songs for the first time ever. Not normally what I'd listen to, but I will play it again and again and again!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Great to see lots of people out protesting the Dump - but disappointed not to see all those who blocked the roads in April - surely they could have repeated their protest for the perpetrator!

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 03/09/2026

🟢 GO for MTM separation. The Mission Control Team has the green light to proceed with #BepiColombo's MTM separation. ✅ The spacecraft is configured, the team is ready, and the first milestone of #Mercury arrival is underway. 🛰️ @esa.int #JAXA

The BepiColombo flight control team assembled in the Main Control Room at ESOC

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 03/09/2026

ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL CONFIRMED! 🎉🛰️ #BepiColombo telemetry shows the Mercury Transfer Module has successfully separated from the spacecraft stack! ✅ First step of Mercury arrival phase - complete! 👏 Next stop: Mercury orbit insertion for MPO and Mio in November! @esa.int #JAXA #Mercury

First signal after seperation from BepiColombo

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I have been wanting to capture Ben Bulben in wool for some time, and over the last 2 weeks I did just that! I love how it's turned out and am very proud of it! At 40 x 50 cm, it's the largest needle-felted picture I"ve made to date. It is for sale! Pm for details!

A needle felted picture, depicting The mountain Benbulben, framed and standing on an easel.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The best news of the day is that it is raining in our little corner of Germany - for the first time in 2 mts! Yesterday we we concerned about the smell of smoke reaching us from various wildfires in Pfalz und Bayern, today I've dragged all my plants out of the shade, to catch as much as they can!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ireland burying 2 of it's Oscar winners within 2 days of each other is not something that any of us had on our plan for this summer!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Go to that concert, see that show, attend that festival - because one day the artist you love may not be there any more. Most of the artists we've been to see lately are over 70. We jokingly say we want to see them while we - and they - still can. We never expected this!💔 RIP Glen Hansard.

A paper ticket to Glen Hansard live in Concert, which took place in the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt Höchst on 6th November 2023

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=oOtM... So saddened snd shocked by the news just in. This is my personal favourite song of his. RIP Glen Hansard!

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Glen Hansard - "Time Will Be The Healer"

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There are some buildings so unique, that they can be identified by just one section; the Waldspirale in Darmstadt is one such building. Designed by the Architect/Artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser (who sadly passed away before it's completion), it is one of my favourite buildings in the city.

A needle-felted picture depicting a section of the building in Darmstadt known as the Waldspirale or Hunderwasserhaus.
This segment shows a large golden sphere, divided into segments by black lines. Behind this is a smaller golden sphere. They both sit atop a colourful building, with curved walls and trees on various levels.

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ChristineAa @christineaa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a cold-blooded murderer. His ethnic cleansing of Palestinians should be condemned by the world. He should be in prison, not on FOX. As of late July 2026, the death toll in Gaza has exceeded 73,300 Palestinians. The number of children killed has surpassed 21,289.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Sometimes compound German words go a bit awry! I'm sure WOW could have found some other title for this genre!😂

A picture taken of a partial tv - screen, showing the German word "Publikumshits"!

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We have the right to know why. #Iran

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Aer Lingus have just cancelled flights we had booked home for a wedding in November. There are no airlines left that I trust!

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Amen. #BookSky

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Who do you shout for when you don't want either team to win?

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Wordle are now scraping the bottom of the barrel!🙄🙄

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Verify your age" The first telephone I can remember my folks having, had a crank handle which we used to reach the operator, who would put us through to the number we wanted. To reach us, others would also have to ring the operator and ask for our 2-digit number! Rural Ireland early 1970s!😁

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My six-year-old niece dropped her fork the other evening and exclaimed, "Biscuits!". My sister told me that's her "Swearword" and I love it - and thinking of adopting it for myself!😃

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

To the FAI - of an 8-year-old can, so can you!

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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

People who can barely afford food or rent are stuck paying a trillionaires bills. Fuck that.

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

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DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It is at times like this when I really do appreciate our old house. At 10 mins to midnight it is presently 28°C outside. Our sitting room stays lovely and cool (I'm too lazy to bring the thermometer inside - but I'm guessing it's maybe 20 - 22° right now) - even when it's almost 40° outside!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm usually a knit-in-all-weather person! I even take my knitting on sun holidays with me (learned that way that white yarn and SFP50 don't mix!), but today I had to lay my knitting down! At 37°C in the car with the A/C on, my needles had expanded and I couldn't move my stitches over them! A first!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

In a series of books that I thought couldn't be topped, this one topped them all! If you haven't read any of Jodi Taylor's books yet, I envy you - because you get to experience them all for the first time! Start at "Just One Damned Thing After Another" and hold on tight - it's one helluva ride!!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In a world full of [insert any male billionaire's name here] - be a Dolly!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Used the wet bank holiday to visit the museum in Darmstadt today. I had wanted to see the #shotbyadams exhibition for a while - and it was very good. But I'm very curious if this would be successful in Ireland under this title. To be honest, Bryan with a camera was not the 1st thing came to mind!

A large advert outside a museum with the words #SHOTBYADAMS. In smaller lettering is written "Photography Bryan Adams"

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Andreas Kötzing @akoetzing.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Wim Wenders nimmt „Falsche Bewegung“ aus dem Umlauf. Und endlich eine vernünftige Stellungnahme, die nicht mehr nach Ausreden sucht.

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Wim Wenders Stiftung

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Stephan A. Glienke @glienkestephan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

3. Juni 1998 Zugunglück in Eschede #otd #Geschichte

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Susan @suziqleathers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Fck Data Centers!!

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The lesson Israel has learned, time and again, is that it can commit genocide and other atrocities with near-total impunity. Now it's exporting the Gaza playbook to Lebanon. Israel's war in Lebanon is killing thousands and displacing millions. NO MORE U.S. AID TO ISRAEL.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

"Damaged, Not Broken" I went a little outside of my comfort zone with this latest piece - and am very glad I did! The original statue, on which I based this picture, is called "Seherin" and sits just off to the side of the Kapellplatz in Darmstadt. 1/4

A needle-felted picture depicting a statue of a woman, holding one leg below the knee, while her other leg is crossed underneath her.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

"The world that rich people live in is so different from ours. I wonder if it rains there." Remember this next time you read a quote from a tech bro or precarious-job billionaire. They live in a different world, & some (if not most) have forgotten what it's like in ours. #GoodMorning, everyone

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Human artists, use one piece only to convince people to follow you!

A needle felted picture made 100% from wool and framed in a black frame with a cream coloured passepartout. The scence in the picture depicts the Cliffs of Moher, on the west coast of Ireland, as viewed from a further cliff.

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Dear #Aldi, why would anyone think that this is a good idea? I can only bake my sweet potato fries after taking a picture and zooming in to read the instructions!

A finger pointing to, what I can only presume are the cooking instructions on the back of a packet of Sweet Potato Fries. The lettering is ca. 2mm in height and written in white on a mint green background!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Help needed #spéirghorm Please nominate T.E.A.M. - it is a very worthy cause. "Temporary Emergency Accommodation Mullingar" is a hostel for women and children experiencing homelessness in the Midlands. Their charity number is: 20052515 and location is Rest of Leinster. GRMA aib.ie/community-fund

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Community Fund

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The chatter of a group of kids reaches me from the street (unusual for this time of day), but I knew right away what it was; every year a local historian brings groups of kids from 3rd class on walking tours of the village - and teaches them the history of the village where they live! So important!

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Irish Wasp - Orla Howard @irishwasp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wordle 1,797 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I may have been waiting for this word to come up!!😄

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I cannot for the life of understand why pay in RTE is dubbed a national scandal while man chocked to death outside Arnotts in broad daylight isn’t.

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The world is shocked by how the Gaza flotilla activists were treated, as if this were something new. But if they feel confident enough to do this in front of cameras, imagine what Palestinians endure when nobody is watching.

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