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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors!

Lee Chilld:
The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow.

Sally Rooney:
The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He
ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.

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H 🍉🌿 @helendublin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Get your flu and covid jabs, I got mine today 💪🏼 #speirgorm

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'All In' by Peter O'Mahony is a captivating and honest memoir on his rugby career, leadership and family. The book gives a candid insight of the life experiences that helped shape who he is, on and off the pitch. 🏉 #rugby #westcork #clonakilty #kerrsbookshop

A stack of books titled 'All In' by Peter O'Mahony with a portrait photo of him on the cover

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Artist Oonagh Hurley whose beautiful work 'Saturday's Child' is featured on the cover of Swerve magazine, popped in during the week to say Hi Just a few copies left of this stunning magazine, edited by Mich Maroney, showcasing the work of local artists and writers www.instagram.com/reel/Dcicuqy...

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Voting is open for An Post Bookshop of the Year 2026. We’ve only been looking after Kerr’s since July, so your vote would be a lovely recognition of everything Trish built over the years. We’d be very grateful for your support: www.anpost.com/Irish-Booksh... #speirgorm

An Post Bookshop of the Year public vote now open. Have your say, vote now!

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We get lots of customer orders in person, by phone and by email. Now we've added a little form on our website for customer orders www.kerrsbookshop.ie/customer-ord...

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

c.org/LXF7TMFsk5 Small businesses need a way to comply with the PPWR that works. Please sign the petition to save EU deliveries from small businesses

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Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thanks to all the Clonakilty residents and visitors who called in today. We hope you found a warm, dry spot to enjoy your books! #kerrsbookshop #clonakilty #westcork #speirgorm #booksky

The front of Kerr's Bookshop with a title "A rainy day in Clonakilty"

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Reminder: we are open today, Bank Holiday Monday 3rd August from 11am to 4pm #speirgorm #clonakilty #westcork #bookshop

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

We were delighted to provide copies of Harry Baker's new book of poetry 'Tender' for his event at Camus Farm yesterday. We are still taking orders for 'Tender' and any of Harry's other titles #westcork #clonakilty #kerrsbookshop #harrybaker #camusfarm #tender #poet

A long queue of people waiting in the sunshine at Camus Farm to have their copies of 'Tender', supplied by Kerr's Bookshop, signed by poet Harry Baker

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What a lovely surprise from our neighbours "The Flowerbasket". Many thanks, Sinead and Paraic. #clonakilty #westcork #kerrsbookshop #speirgorm

Paraic and Sinéad pictured in the bookshop with a beautiful flower bouquet from The Flowerbasket, Clonakilty

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Not official offers from @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social but we do operate a loyalty card!

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Bhí áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh Naoise ó 'Kneecap'. Seo é le Síofra os comhair ár rannóige fairsinge Stair na hÉireann. We were delighted to welcome Naoise from 'Kneecap’. Here he is with Síofra in front of our extensive Irish History section. #kneecap #kerrsbookshop #clonakilty #gaeilge

Naoise from Kneecap with Síofra standing in front of our Irish History section

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Courtmacsherry Festival's storyteller, Angela, was busy collecting new books to read at 'The Teddy Bears Picnic' 28th July 2pm at the Courtmacsherry Park. Everyone (and their teddy) is welcome! 🧸 #teddybear #courtmacsherry #childrensbooks #independentbookshop #clonakilty

Angela, the Courtmacsherry Festival storyteller with Sinéad showing some great kids’ books “It’s Too Dark, Puffling”, “The Dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate!” and “Hairy Maclary”

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I will be signing at The ARC festival this Sunday from 1-2pm at the @goshcomics.bsky.social table. @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social is an exciting, new, free comics festival in London on the 11th and 12th of July. Come along! www.arc-london.uk

We see a stick figure running through a ravaged desert pursued by a mechanical claw. The text begins "2050ad: Society has collapsed and the book festivals have gone rogue. Their terrifying motorized venues patrol the wastelands, hunting for audience members" We can now see that the claw is on the front of an enormous, mad-max-style battle-rig, adorned with spikes, skulls and armour. The text continues "Programmer-Warlords brutally preside over a relentless series of interviews, discussions and poetry readings.” In the trailer of the truck, a poetry reading is taking place, in a tower above it, the huge, muscular, horned programmer raises his fists and yells orders to his minions. The monstrous vehicle thunders on leaving one lone stick figure behind The text concludes "Occasionally, dazed survivors are found wandering with a signed hardback book in a cotton tote bag."

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Kerr's Bookshop Clonakilty @kerrsbookshop.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A little addition to the window display for the Clonakilty Old Time Fair today

A bookshop window display with an old suitcase, a box of woodworking tools and a black and white photograph of three young men from the 1940s

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

We are all extraordinary people but most of us are just living ordinary lives

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Operation ‘Epic Folly’ you mean? #Iran

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Ugh. Accidentally read a Finn McRedmond article

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

True love is seeing someone exactly as they are and loving them anyway That is why it is so difficult to love ourselves

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I was idly listening to the BBC TV news at 6pm yesterday. There was a report on gender identity guidelines in schools which involved a conversation with the education conversation and a package featuring Dr Hilary Cass. No trans people’s voices were included.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Irish people are very familiar with so-called non-lethal “rubber bullets” and “baton rounds” and the deaths and maimings they were responsible for in the hands of Empire in the North of our country

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US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions

Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.eurosky.social · 10/01/2026

Oh hey, Discord is taking a survey on whether users want generative ai slop machines crowbared into every crevice. They obviously want to but this is an opportunity to hurt a shareholders feelings and that's rare enough these days. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

These people are the current worst of humanity and they will keep doing more and worse. History will judge them for the lying, cruel, bigoted, corrupt, cowardly self-serving thieves they are. I cannot hold the Peace Testimony so I lay it down. Miserere mei

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The more I think about it, the more I incline to the opinion that the most important thing of all is not to lose hope and faith in life itself. Anyone who does so is lost, regardless of what good fortune may befall him.

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar. from ‘Shapechangers in Winter’ By @margaretatwood.bsky.social

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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 15/12/2025

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...

Bracket showing the 32 names in the Worst Person in Tech 2025

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Just remembering now I had a dream during the week where I was explaining the concept of eventual consistency and CRDTs

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Having flown from Cork to London to Hong Kong to Brisbane, from Gold Coast to Sydney and now gone through security for my flight from Sydney to Melbourne, an eagle-eyed security person has finally spotted the nail scissors I didn’t know I had with me all that time 😳

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We know that the Sun is male and the Earth is female because the Sun gets all the credit for rising and setting but it’s the Earth doing all the work

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Top 5 on shuffle 20/10/25: Anyone Can Play Guitar, Radiohead Wonderful Life, Black Missed the Boat, Modest Mouse Pulling Mussels (From the Shell), Squeeze Like Water, Steve Mason

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Top 5 songs on shuffle 19/10/25: Survive It, Ghostpoet Mirror in the Bathroom, The (English) Beat No Hard Feelings, Wolf Alice I Love You, Fontaines DC Houses in Motion, Talking Heads

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Top 5 songs on shuffle 18/10/25: All My Days, Alexi Murdoch Play for Today, The Cure Ruin, Cat Power Heartbeat City, The Cars Duel, Propaganda

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Paraic Hegarty @paraichegarty.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The ability to hide people’s comments for everyone and then block them is perfection

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