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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I’ve spent the last year working on a project called “Islands of Accessibility”. It seeks to highlight the experience of non-drivers in a world not designed for them. I’ve started an archive space on instagram if you fancy following along there. www.instagram.com/islands_of_a... #speiregorm

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Why you should follow Islands of Accessibility?

You love Cork!
You care about people, especially people who are seldom heard in decision-making.
You care about our future, our descendants, and climate change.
You are a transport nerd who would like to see people move more gently through the world.
You like little stories and other viewpoints.
You like being surprised!

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Someone (me) took way too long to pull this one down from my dusty to-be-read pile. An incredibly accessible rad so I shouldn’t have let myself be put off: “Theory as Liberatory Practice” and “Language” stand out chapters for me that I will revisiting over and over again #booksky

Front cover of “Teaching to Transgress” by bell hooks

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I watched the “Take That” documentary on Netflix last night. I played one song this morning… and now my playlist algorithm has become a pure millennial dopamine hit… highly recommend if you need a music boost!

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Anne Healy @annehealy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Its that time of year again when we will all be overwhelmed with Black Friday offers from multinationals with questionable ethos. Any definitive lists to support local? #Cork #Ireland #beatthetarriffs

Joanna D @jo-anna-d.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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Please help Good Day Cork going. Slides attached to this post give you more details about our work, why we need help & why you could donate? Transparency is key here. Donate here: gooddaycork.com/aboutus/ @orlaburke.bsky.social Please help me spread the word! #Ireland

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

That draft that might come out. By mad co-incidence came out this morning bsky.app/profile/tupp...

Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

You should try to get it published somewhere. I had a friend tell me that O’Sullivans reasoning is sound because neurodivergent kids do well in school, but not the workplace… That wouldn’t be because schools work hard at being neuro-inclusive, and most workplaces are way behind.

Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

“If people show you who they are; believe them” Prof Amanda Kirby over on LinkedIn referring to Suzanne O’Sullivan’s book “The age of diagnosis” as “excellent”. If you need any references on the book search the author’s name on here, and decide for yourself if you think it’s “excellent”.

Amanda Kirby on LinkedIn commenting on Suzanne O’Sullivan’s article in the BMJ: “This weeks reading in British Medical Journal highlights the excellent book by Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan - ‘ The Age of Diagnosis’ - it’s even worth reading and certainly reflecting on more than once !”

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Imagine if instead of providing passenger ferry service we just made everyone own their own small boats. It would be chaos and totally unsafe on days like today. And obviously not everyone could afford one. Plus imagine the dock space required! But that’s basically what we do with cars 🤣

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

That is uncanny! Also, what a gorgeous dog. I think there are certain dogs that are ready made children’s book characters… Definitely giving Eeyore vibes!

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/05/2025

Bloomberg News has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for a collection of essays by contributor @langealexandra.bsky.social. The series published in Bloomberg CityLab explores how urban design and architecture impact parents and kids 🧵

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How to Better Design Cities for Families

The architecture of housing, transportation and public space could support children and caretakers, writes design critic Alexandra Lange in her Pulitzer Prize-winning series.

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

My mother in law always asked my partner to get Christmas presents from her for the kids: “You know what they want” She died suddenly in December 2023. On Christmas Day we opened her last presents to the kids without her there. A strange but poignant moment. Give future you a gift from past you.

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Joanna D @jo-anna-d.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Tickets : events.mtu.ie/index.cfm?pa... Workshop is open to people of all gender identities from all cultural & social backgrounds who are interested in representation, and anyone who holds space for change. Thank you @mtu.ie Creativity & Change + Crawford College of Art and Design

DEI Under Threat Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Global Citizenship Education Matters More Than Ever
Deep Dive with Joanna Dukkipati
10 May 2025
Cork City
Creativity & Change
MTU
Coldiste Ealaine Is Deartha Crawford Crawford College of Art and Design
Irish Aid
Department of Foreign Affairs An Roinn Gnothai Eachtracha

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This breaks my heart: Spanish bluebells (left) spreading out of gardens into the wild, now a common sight across Ireland. Native bluebells (right) are so lovely, but will be pushed out. Why are non-native species known to be invasive STILL being sold in garden centres?

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“Moist” is not there so how accurate is the poll?

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He technically played the straight man in that sketch, with incredibly funny lines that he played straight. It was Ferrell’s sketch. I think it just adds to his repertoire that he could act so well in it. (SNL seems to have no problem with their regular cast members corpsing constantly)

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Anyway, feel free to spend the day scheming away. #BadFriday is an inclusive holiday, that seems to appeal to the impish nature in all of us, and especially little kids. Remember there are no good ideas on Bad Friday, only bad ones and all are welcome! #SpeirGorm

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6th grader's science experiment answers, 'Do cat buttholes touch every surface they sit on?'

Unfortunately some research has emerged in the last few days that brings into question whether Pink Eye Pillow is physically feasible: www.upworthy.com/cats-butthol...

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A question no one knew they needed answered.

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While there has been some great contenders: one of the favourites to emerge has been “Pink Eye Pillow”. This is where we get the dog (with her jaunty upward pointing tail) to go around sitting on the bed pillows of family members. #Speirgorm #BadFriday

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It’s more of an intellectual exercise, we won’t do the mean things. The last two weeks have been great craic at dinner, imagining all the bad things you could think up. One rule is you must “riff” on ideas, so build it up and add layers rather than tearing anything down. #Speirgorm #BadFriday

So it’s “Bad Friday” in our house: a new tradition a bit like the way Festivus is a holiday for the rest of us. You have to think up bad things to do to those you love: Putting blackberry thorns in your frenemy’s bed, that kind of thing… so much joy for two little girls! #Speirgorm

Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Good thread here from @susanmadigan3.bsky.social on neurodivergence and “overdiagnosis”.

Cork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

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Need some inspiration today?✨ Check out the newly resurfaced Marina Promenade, stop by the Marina Market & Cortado Coffee, and explore the beautiful, family-friendly Blackrock Greenway! 💚 New to cycling? TFI Bikes are the perfect way to start: www.bikeshare.ie @cyclingincork.bsky.social

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

How do you holiday when you don’t drive? For most, people it will be hopping on a flight to a place that has active or sustainable transport. We are really missing a beat when it comes to tourism without a car through lack of safe connections.

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

SHAMEFUL! This is from today's @financialtimes.com. On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of. Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸. The Irish government has choices to make.

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My auntie and her husband check out RIP.ie regularly to find remotely connected acquaintances who have died and attend their funerals for the free lunch. Apparently this is quite a common practice!

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RIP.ie - most recent death notices | rip.ie

Discover the most recent death notices from Ireland. A reliable source to be informed of the passing of those close to you.

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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We’re hiring a Communications & Network Officer at IWT. Are you passionate about protecting nature? Would you like to use your communication skills to help us grow our membership community and amplify our advocacy. Then why not apply to join our team? Details here👇 iwt.ie/communicatio...

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IWT are hiring a Communications & Network Officer - Irish Wildlife Trust

We’re hiring a Communications & Network Officer Download job ad here Job Title: Communications & Network Officer Organisation: The Irish Wildlife Trust Location: Coleraine House, Coleraine Street,...

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I’ve MMA, UFC and any versions of wordle I come across. Wordle posts are a bit annoying, but blocking UFC/MMA seems to really improve my social media experience

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Cork Starter Pack reshare. Let me know if I have left you out… a few new additions in the last few weeks (for some reason people struggle to see themselves in the list, so you might be there and not realise!) #SpeirGorm

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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Has the Last Word at least had anybody else on to talk about autism since Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan said this?

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

With this stuff I go back to: who or what does this narrative serve? For me it allows certain people who are already primed for this, to have less sympathy for a minority group, in this case unwell, depressed or neurodivergent people.

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Then I quote Freire at it then… “Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.”

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Okay you sent me down the rabbit hole now. I went over for a chat that resulted in the bot eventually finding evidence of Zuck at the inauguration. I asked it about various meta controversies, values & ethics and asked it could be neutral if it was designed by a deeply flawed organisation.

Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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Addressing food loss & waste is one of the best things we can do to address climate change -- yet it is still largely ignored. Here are some excellent resources on how to address this issue, thanks to Project Drawdown and ReFED. drawdown.org/programs/dra...

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Reducing Food Waste

Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.

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Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I think sprawl/spatial planning impacts on how we purchase our food. Big distances to the shop, more likely to do “the big shop” in a car, and then have food expire in the fridge.

Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

It’s very interesting. In Ireland, we don’t have a lot of all-you-can-eat buffets. (We have work canteens and “carvery” restaurants where you queue for food but the staff plate you up.) The no trays/small plates is such a low tech adjustment for the US scenario.

Orla Burke @orlaburke.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine” is a great historical breakdown of what led us to here. I get a lot of my heavy going non-fiction via audiobooks.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The most resilient people on earth walk around feeling like the most fragile people on earth, because our culture refuses to let go of the assumption that if someone is struggling they must just be doing life "wrong" on some level. Wounded is not "doing life wrong."

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Tom Hollander’s “A life in the day” as an eyeball cleanse.

An feature piece in the Sunday Times Magazine “A life in the day” with Tom Hollander

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Riffing on people's posts should follow the rules of improv. You're not allowed to go "no this is actually that other thing" and "why would you put it like that when I'd prefer it this way". Build on what's there or else make a post of your very own

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I’m about 2/5s through. It is brilliant! I usually need a “cleanse-the-palette” fiction book between the heavy non-fiction books, so I get you!

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I’m reading Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine” at the moment. Have you read that?

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As a cringe person if you choose cremation, your final destination can be both a cringe urn and cringe ashes. *Orla thinks to herself “that went dark very quickly” she looks out the window and sees it’s beautiful day and decides to bring the dog for a walk.

What if the golden results urn is just “More Cringe”? I could definitely get behind that.