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Dr Mary Ann Bolger

@maryannbolger.bsky.social
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Design historian, typography botherer

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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Was very happy to beam into QUB today to launch the Africans in Ireland website that I and a number of colleagues have been working on for years. Maps, database, & other resources documenting the African presence in Ireland from the late 16th to early 20th centuries. africansinireland.com
A right-facing silhouette of the Black preacher and seaman John Jea, Methodist preacher and seaman, from his 1816 book The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 12/09/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a sequel
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Dr Mary Ann Bolger @maryannbolger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wish I was teaching the Ornament and Culture module this semester… @sorchao.bsky.social
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Terribly sad to hear of the death of Frank McDonald. His granular knowledge of planning, Dublin’s architectural heritage, and the built environment was second to none. His journalism was an act of hope for a better place, and his passion and fastidiousness made a real difference. A man who cared.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 30/08/2026
‘Print is a great way of delivering powerful, direct messages. It’s more meaningful than looking at a screen’
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‘Print is a great way of delivering powerful, direct messages. It’s more meaningful than looking at a screen’
Celebrating its 30th birthday, Ireland’s National Print Museum passes on knowledge about a highly skilled – and sometimes dangerous – profession and art form
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The moment anyone tells you you shouldn’t join a union, urgently look around for a union to join.
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granshancom.bsky.social @granshancom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The GRANSHAN Bloom Award is a Communication Design award for scripts that go beyond Latin, proving design is a language of its own. Judged by native experts in your script. Show us how your script communicates. All details - gr.hn/bloom/specifics
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
this thread is amazing
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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Outrageously neat typography seen on @c20society.bsky.social Blackheath walk with architect Ana Sutherland.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 09/08/2026
Artefacts of life: a treasure trove of Ireland’s architecture turns 50
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Artefacts of life: a treasure trove of Ireland’s architecture turns 50
From Georgian Dublin to the 20th century, the headquarters on Merrion Square boasts a staggering collection of photographs and drawings
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Graduates have had a fantastic track record of success. Alumni highlights this year include: • Eamon Hughes - Tin Castle & The Three Urns • Evan Horan - Lesbian Lines • Roisín Geraghty - Magilligan • Anna Mannion, Sam Atwell - You'll Never Believe Who's Dead • Zoë Brennan-Whitmore - Try!
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🎬 The deadline for emerging producers to apply for the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Producing is this Friday, 7th August! This level 9 programme co-developed by @tudublin.bsky.social & Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is funded through Springboard+ Learn more & apply ➡️ bit.ly/3RedZQV
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My favourite fact about Catherine Storr saying of JG Ballard's Crash "This author is beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish" is that she wrote Marianne Dreams, the scariest novel of all time.
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
⚡ Take your producing career to the next level with the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Producing starting in late September 2026. Master modules in film financing, legal affairs, budgeting and scheduling, production management, distribution & more. Apply by Friday, 7th August ➡️ bit.ly/3RedZQV
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I'm supporting Spain but I don't have a Spanish jersey so me and five of my friends are going to walk up and down Grafton Street wearing identical schoolbags instead.
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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026
We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.
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TypeTogether @typetogether.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
‘How to Create Typefaces’ book /// The revised and updated and second edition of ‘How to Create Typefaces,’ by Cristóbal Henestrosa, Laura Meseguer, and José Scaglione, is now available, and we’re excited! Get yours: shop.itemzero.com/products/how... #typography #fonts #graphicdesign #fontsky
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The Crackdown Cat @the-crackdown.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
An update of the Dublin's leading listings spreadsheet! docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #Speirgorm #DublinGigs #DublinListings
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The Crackdown
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/07/2026
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
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Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Italian academic and author who challenged traditional approaches with his pursuit of microhistory
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Julian an Mhaighdean Mhara by Jessica Love translated by Shanna Ní Rabhartaigh and Gillian Nic Ionmhain, published by An Gúm💗 #ReadWithPride #ReadTheRainbow
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Dr Mary Ann Bolger @maryannbolger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I like to think the library is matchmaking with this combination of genres. Imagining Old Tex assisting a damsel in distress who can’t reach the Georgette Heyers.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/06/2026
Farewell to Penelope Keith. ❤️
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A fantastic example of what machine learning/ AI can do really well - which has nothing to do with LLMs.
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
They're all anuses! velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...
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Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 23/06/2026
Dublin council to run free 'Sofa to saddle' course for 55s and over who want to get back cycling irishcycle.com/2026/06/19/d...
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Dublin council to run free ‘Sofa to saddle’ course for 55s and over who want to get back cycling
Fingal County Council is running a ‘Sofa to saddle’ course for people aged 55 and over who want to get back cycling. The Sofa to Saddle course is a 10-week course run by the Age & O…
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Daniel Bentley @danielbentley.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, they’re all a vaguely off-white background, purple/blue text with gold accents. Liberal use of dividing lines and small decorative crosses.
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Dr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com · 10/06/2026
And today, on the centenary of Gaudí's death (10 June 1926), the central tower is to be inaugurated (it was actually topped out on 20 Feb)
La Sagrada Família from the NW (liturgical south, facing the Nativity Facade), topped out with the cross with arms in cardinal directions. The major tower crane remains, anchored to its structure, and one to the right)
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
especially pissed off to learn they’ve been making delicious salty butter out of our most famous horse
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Dr Mary Ann Bolger @maryannbolger.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Filling in bike-to-work scheme form Right Now.
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Sorcha O’Brien @sorchao.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Still getting the occasional ‘I will delve into’ over here, despite not being dwarves
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Lord of the Rings: Dwarves Delved Too Deep
Alt: Lord of the Rings gif: Closeup of Saruman saying the Dwarves Delved Too Greedily and too Deep
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tech Bros are lyke "oh man do not go to college it ys too manye bookes - instead, just use generaciounal wealthe to create a startup that doth helpe companyes charge more for watir on hot dayes"
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
On a totally unrelated note, I once wrote to Dee Forbes when she was RTE DG and offered to come to Dublin to hold a workshop for journalists on how the far right has inserted itself into media and the public sphere in other countries, growing their vote share as a result. She never replied.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
In 2020 @yaelrice.bsky.social and I authored this article to dispute this kind of pseudo-scientific research, which regularly gets press attention, precisely so that others don't have to cope with the tedium of refuting it. Here's the refutation you need! hyperallergic.com/how-scientis...
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How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture
Many scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ask yourself if the media environment has reflected these numbers since 2024: - 66% agree that immigrants contribute positively to Irish culture and community, up from 64% in 2024. - 75% agree that, Trans individuals should have the freedom to live their lives, up from 70% in 2024 Now ask why.
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edgar wallace presents @ew-presents.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Jimmy Giuffre Trio / The train and the river (1958)
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Dr Mary Ann Bolger @maryannbolger.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A perfect episode of Team Titans Go for the type nerd: “When Robin selects the last font on the list for his presentation, it sets off the typocolypse.” Been there, buddy. teen-titans-go.fandom.com/wiki/Zimdings
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Michael Pierse @michaelpierse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Great to get hands on the first print copies of our new book, the product of many "notions", edited by @ionaburnellreilly.bsky.social @stephenbaker.bsky.social and yours truly. Official launch 8 May at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!
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Typegirl @typegirl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Anyone else rebelliously using em dashes to prove a point? No? Just me?
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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
No voice more haunting, no voice more vulnerable, no voice more inimitable. youtu.be/26HFvPmuzRw?...
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Coinleach Glas an Fhómhair
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Sticker
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I know the point of protest is disruption, but that disruption also usually comes because of all the people joining, because it represents so many people. Not because a handful of racist tractor owners are grumpy.
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Benjamin Casey @benjamin-casey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Excited to announce that my journal article on women printsellers in early nineteenth-century Dublin has been published in @eshsi.bsky.social It explores the gendered dynamics of the family print shop and how labour was divided in these domestic and commercial spaces.
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Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Tag yourself. I'm bottom left hand corner startled looking candy necklace lamb. www.reddit.com/r/Baking/com...
a 4 x 4 box of small images of attempted lamb-shaped Easter cakes that have violated the basic biomechanics of a lamb or any carbon based life form.The one in the lower left hand corner is a bit lumpy, chocolate lamb-ish shaped cake with ear-ish bits on the head, oddly startled looking yellow eyes, a smoothed snout and a candy necklace
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