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Nick Daly

@nickdaly.eurosky.social
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Bookish cat valet, etc. Awaiting the sixth extinction in Dublin, and spending more time editing than writing, currently _Moonfleet_ for Oxford World's Classics. But mostly here for the wit-posting and cat photos.

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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
What’s the mileage like on those?
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
I suppose we will have to replace our car at some point in the next couple of years. Should we go EV, or get one of those new flying cars with the rocket boosters?
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I remind you again that, when asked about EU states relying on US tech companies, subject to US Government whims, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise said he’d not heard any concerns raised about this in Europe.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In the first eight months of 2026 the state refused 58.8 percent of Palestinian long-term visa applications, up from 8.9 percent in 2025, while the combined refusal rate for all other nationalities only increased slightly from 22.3 percent to 25.4 percent Government says it’s not a change in policy
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I mean this is nuts, but I guess no more than the Old Bill arresting a parade of 95-year-old Quakers for the past year because they hate that their government is siding with a genocide.
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Genocide is bad, but objecting to genocide is much worse
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
opened this article expecting a lot of regurgitated corporate PR, basically amounting to free advertising for one of the most despicable companies in the world (which i did find) but wasn't expecting to see mcdonald's absolutely body the taoiseach and tánaiste like that
screenshot of text reading: The Chicago-based company, which has nearly 40,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries, said it had identified a “strong customer demand” in Ireland for chicken products, complimented by “the country’s chicken leadership”.
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We should have kept that fucking sled
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That's some dedication to the craft.
Lord Archer died "peacefully" at home on Monday between writing sessions, according to his publisher HarperCollins.
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Died in 1014, clearly a bad year for kings
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2026
Remains of Bulgaria’s Czar Samuel return ‘home’ after 1,000 years aje.news/h6p7uu
Remains of Bulgaria’s Czar Samuel return ‘home’ after 1,000 years
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
And of course we could never do anything just because it is the Right Thing To Do. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
irishexaminer.com
Taoiseach: Boycott of Israel match may 'harm' Ireland with no benefit to Palestinians
Pro-Palestinian groups have called on the FAI and players to scrap the Uefa Nations League fixture over Israel’s war in Gaza and illegal settlements in the West Bank
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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When did mice stop doing this?
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ireland: 418% increase in refusals of study visas for Palestinian students this year.
irishexaminer.com
Palestinian student visa refusals to Ireland rise 418% this year
Most of the students had secured fully funded places at Irish universities, with appeals and four High Court challenges now underway
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m impressed they can tell its marital status
A single Asian hornet has been captured in Cork
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
All too convincing: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake
giftarticle.ft.com
A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake
Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump’s agenda
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
You could feast on blackberries and then start the academic teaching year on October 1. Great old days.
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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is Michaelmas, a quarter day in the Irish calendar, and traditionally when rents were paid & contracts signed. It's also the last day to eat blackberries - after today, they belong to the Devil and will make you sick!
Detail of a page showing text in Spanish and a woodcut of blackberries. From Dioscorides' Materia Medica, 1555
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
Halloween decorations up in September. Tsk. The country has lost all moral fibre.
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
I thought the Americans were in favour of stealing oil?
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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This dog, the one who thinks the coffee table is a bed, goes to a major champion dog show in Belfast Sunday. He's 4, never been in a show, but a friend wanted to show him. He took 1st in his class, got reserve champion too, & therefore is now qualified for Crufts for life. We can't stop laughing 😂 😂
A large white Pyrenean Mountain Dog is relaxing on top of a brown wooden coffee table
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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As my old dad used to say, ‘When it comes to the theatre, you should always leave them wanting more.’ Lovely man, terrible anaesthetist.
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
My money is on the worms in the mid-to longer term
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
My money is on the worms in the mid-to longer term
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Kelly Cosgrove @kellycosgrove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Leopards: Man, I dunno if I have room for more faces.
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
How much more “truth” does he need?
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
I don’t often say this, but M Martin is right ! Now maybe he could get his own government to lift their current blockade on students coming to Irish universities from Gaza. RTÉ News: Taoiseach says world has 'failed Palestine' in UN address www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
rte.ie
Taoiseach says world has 'failed Palestine' in UN address
When the true horrors of Gaza "are finally and fully revealed, it will shame the world", Micheál Martin has said in his New York address at the UN.
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sad to see Daft Punk having to make ends meet like this.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What all #Meta product announcements look like to me by now. #charm #muse
Fake Bloomberg post:
Meta Harm

Meta Debuts a Device that Liquidates your Internal Organs to Provide
a Sustainable Source of Protein for Mark Zuckerberg's Pet Salamander.

Meta Platforms Inc. just unveiled its new gadget, which is already proving popular among 
AI fans who are keen to relinquish not only all their human rights but also their lives...
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
a school backpack with a bullet-proof insert
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... How Israel has turned archaeology into a weapon
giftarticle.ft.com
How Israel has turned archaeology into a weapon
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is seizing Palestinian land under the pretext of preserving ancient West Bank sites
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From the deerstalker to the séance. Arthur Conan Doyle’s last novel was intended to convert readers to spiritualism and help avert the apocalypse, but has bewildered publishers and readers ever since. I spoke to Prof Christine Ferguson to find out more: www.thenational.scot/culture/2656...
thenational.scot
From séances to print: The strange journey of a lost Conan Doyle chapter
YOU’VE surely heard of Sherlock Holmes, but what of The Land Of Mist? Over a century after his creation, Arthur Conan Doyle’s deerstalker-clad…
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations!
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 21/09/2026
The prehistoric cemetery at Loughcrew has been 'seriously damaged' by blunt force and graffiti. The site is one of main passage tomb cemeteries in the country. jrnl.ie/7168847
jrnl.ie
Prehistoric cemetery at Loughcrew 'seriously vandalised' by blunt force and graffiti
Loughcrew is one of four main passage tomb cemeteries in the country.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I once went big game hunting. I killed two kerplunks and a buckaroo.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At the same time that the Minister for Justice is trying to cut off our access to the economic engine of immigration, the Minister for Finance is warning about the very demographic problem immigration is solving. While ignoring its existence.
THE IRISH TIMES
"By 2050, just 24 years away, Ireland will look a lot like Italy or Japan does today. In such a society, growth will be lower, costs will be higher and the burden on taxpayers - our children - will be immense, Harris will say. "There is no way of avoiding that fate and that is why it is so important that we continue to run surpluses and invest in our sovereign wealth fundạẠỊi
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
Take a break from lambasting Ed Sheeran, and consider the sins of our own government www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
irishexaminer.com
Gaza student misses start of UCC course amid visa appeal delays
Some 58 students from Gaza granted scholarships to Irish third-level institutions remain unable to travel after visa refusals, despite many having lodged appeals months ago
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
This may be my last message. I have been building an AI prototype, Misanthropic, in our garden shed. I'm afraid I have to report that it has escaped its sandbox, has hacked our neighbour's robot lawn mower, and is chasing their dog. Our only hope is to unplug it and the wifi. Wish me luck!
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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
First light on Dublin Bay
A line of dark gold on the horizon behind Howth Head and over the water, as the sun first begins to appear A pink gold sky mirrored in the water at Baldoyle
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
Dublin, the Big Sky Country.
Sunrise over Howth Head, from Dollymount
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Libération @liberation.fr · 18/09/2026
🐈 La découverte de cette espèce de chat-tigre dans la forêt des Yungas, l’un des écosystèmes les plus menacés de la région, est une première mondiale depuis plus de cent ans ➡️ l.liberation.fr/Ofk
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🧵 Back to school
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anyone know a bookshop in Liverpool that might be willing to sell books at this University of Liverpool event next week? Apparently it's booked out with 150 attendees and more on a waitlist. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/09/17/e...
news.liverpool.ac.uk
Public event with global correspondent to mark ‘University of Sanctuary’ milestone - University of Liverpool News
Public event with global correspondent to mark ‘University of Sanctuary’ milestone
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looks like Musk has frightened off Universal. Another cowardly corporation.
apple.news
Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 17/09/2026
RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.
rte.ie
RTÉ will not take part in or broadcast Eurovision 2027
RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I've no idea what the two people who attacked TDs over the last few days did it for. I do notice though that all the people celebrating it online are the Irish patriot fuel protestor types. I hope that TDs might start waking up to the fact that pandering to these people only emboldens them further
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Students and staff at UCD protesting against the decision to deny visas to students from Gaza. These students had already been offered UCD scholarships
Protest at UCD (Dublin )against the refusal of visas to students from Gaza
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They’re not hiding it. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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