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Siobhán Dowling

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Dubliner, Ex-Berliner, Editor at Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social. Doing an MPhil in literary translation at TCD. @tclctdublin.bsky.social she/her

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 21m
I only went there once! I was however (in earlier years) frequently left in the shopping center creche with my sister. My dad recently confessed that he and mum would be in the Stillorgan Orchard having a pint after doing the big shop. 80s parenting...
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 37m
U2's The Unforgettable Fire - Can clearly remember reaching up to the counter to pay in Goldendiscs, Stillorgan Shopping Centre. In my defence, I was 12. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTzm... Closely followed by: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (B-Side: Get it on).
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U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (Official Music Video)
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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · 14h
We wanted to assure you that Sally Rooney's books are still available to buy and to order online!
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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 15h
This is a very good, fascinating piece on a phenomenon every single author I work with is experiencing right now. Some of the numbers in here of how much money some authors have been scammed out of are truly mind-boggling.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They should make a wee contribution from their takings today to the unions!
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
That tracks! It was like a festival, or the Saturday before Christmas. But just teenage girls in baggy jeans.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Can confirm that every single teenager in South County Dublin is currently in Dundrum Town Centre. #SpeirGorm
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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, graphic narratives, & translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap42
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**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
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J-Novel Club @jnovelclub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[NOW HIRING] Want to put your Japanese-to-English skills to work in the light novel and manga industry? Now’s your chance! J-Novel Club is looking for freelance translators to join our team. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4xPOc74
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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‼️OUT NOW‼️ IPQ Fall 2026 Issue The Looming Confrontation: 🇪🇺 vs. 🇨🇳 @jankaoertel.bsky.social @ajwsmall.bsky.social @noahjgordon.bsky.social @henninghoff.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @josephdeweck.bsky.social @aylinmatle.bsky.social et al. Whole issue here⬇️ ip-quarterly.com/en/ipq-fall-...
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"the fact that two of the three states will have leftwing governments is in many ways more newsworthy, given that purely leftwing governments are increasingly rare in Europe."
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sigh.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump TV update: JD Vance's Milwaukee speech from July, where he cited a chart nobody could see because of glare, has dropped below the 1400 viewer mark. Will Trump TV hit three digits within its first 24 hours??
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This government just sees people who won't vote for them leaving...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Robert Misik @misik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bemerkenswert: die CDU hatte mit Angela Merkel eine Chefin, die sozusagen fett in der Mitte saß und große Mehrheiten holte. Funktionäre träumten von einem rechteren Kurs. Sie setzten sich durch und das Ergebnis ist flugs die Selbstabschaffung der CDU. Und sie haben es noch nicht mal verstanden.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20/09/2026
Well done again 🇪🇸 Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
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Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh absolutely, there were racist, anti-immigrant voices on the center-right way before the AfD came along. (remember Kinder statt Inder). Merkel managed to move CDU to the center (which many in the party hated her for).
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No one ever ever pointed this out, ever...
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Center right chases far right on issues like immigration and fails: shocker.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 20/09/2026
German ‌Chancellor Friedrich Merz says state election result a 'disaster' but vows to stay in office
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German ‌Chancellor Friedrich Merz says state election result a 'disaster' but vows to stay in office
German ‌Chancellor Friedrich Merz has described a state election as a "disaster" but vowed to stay in office.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AfD biggest party in MeckPomm but SPD most likely to lead any new coalition.
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 20/09/2026
Gern noch mal in einfachen Worten für Union und FDP: Wenn man fünf Jahre lang so tut, als habe die AfD im Grunde Recht (“Migration=größtes Problem”, “Grüne=sozialistische Deutschlandhasser”), dann hilft man damit der AfD und schadet sich selbst. Es ist wirklich nicht schwer.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Die Linke the biggest party in Berlin.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy voting day to all Berliner:innen! My thoughts from a few days ago on how we went from the SPD abandoning it’s own govt in 2023 to back the CDU, to today possibly on the cusp of the first Linke led coalition to govern the city.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And refused visas to students from Gaza. Disgraceful.
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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Established translators to newbies everywhere, for years: never👏translate 👏 a 👏 full 👏 manuscript 👏 without 👏 a 👏 contract Publisher, this morning: guess what guys! We've established a new prize! for full-length unpublished translation manuscripts! 😑
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gateway drug
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: Florentines DC
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"I think this will set hair on fire" with. DUP, Northern Ireland with the unionists - Dan Mulhall former Irish ambassador to the US on RTE re Trump's remarks saying he'd like to see a united Ireland US commentator on RTE says he probably didn't know the significance of what he said...
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Connolly trolling Trump big time
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 11/09/2026
Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares....
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Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares. The National Transport Authority recently announced that fares for public obligation services would jump 15-35% from the start of 2027, in the same week that Government confirmed it would extend fuel subsidies for motorists.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good thread comparing the far right's successes in Germany and France.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yes, plus data centres guzzling energy and being given discounts to do so.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seriously, Next election can't come soon enough. I will have many thoughts for any government canvassers.
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Merkel wasn't perfect, but I think she got that chasing the anti-immigrant vote was just going to bolster the AfD. And yes, remember those Covid protestors, we had some "dissidents" as they called themselves in our building.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well said!
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Allan @allanartist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Email sent to Bord Gais. I included the news article about the boss of Bord Gáis getting £4.5m a year. #speirgorm
You are literally subsidising data centres through discounted electricity and cheaper gas (as compensation for supply interruptions!)
and you want to add 9.1% and gas unit rates by 10.6% and standing charges for electricity by 7.2% and standing charges for gas will
increase by 7% to my bills.
Data centres are now accounting for 25% of electricity use, the highest in Europe.
There are no external circumstances, you're just gouging during a cost of living crisis,
No harm to the person reading this who is probably on a minimum wage and suffering but I hope the executives choke on their caviar.Chris O'Shea, CEO of Centrica, has a pay package of £4.5m
The boss of Bord Gis Energy and British Gas's parent company has said there
is "no point" trying to justify his £4.5m pay package, as he recognised that
many of his customers were struggling to pay their bills.
Chris O'Shea, who runs Centrica, told BBC Breakfast that "you can't justify a
salary of that size".
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"That's the first bonus I've taken in my time at Centrica, for a number of years,
I've given up bonuses because of hardships that customers were facing,” he
added.
*I thought it was right that we put a lot of our money, a lot of our profits, into
supporting customers. But you can't justify a salary of that size,” Mr O'Shea
said today.
"You can't, because it's a huge amount of money to anybody looking at this."
Asked why he accepts such high pay, the chief executive pointed to the
presenters sitting around him.
"I suppose for the same reason, | mean, if you look, the average salary in the
UK is around £30,000," he said.
"All of us sitting here on this sofa will make substantially more than £30,000.
It's not for me to set my own pay. It's not for you to set your own pay," he said.
"But you've got to recognise that when you've got people who are struggling,
and | look at my mum who's on the basic state pension, it's just impossible to
justify, so there's no point in trying to do that,” he added.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Public transport fares going up. Streaming services price increases. And now, from Bord Gáis: "From 9 October, electricity unit rates will increase by 9.1% and gas unit rates by 10.6%*. Standing charges for electricity will increase by 7.2% and standing charges for gas will increase by 7%*."
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Interesting thread on one of the next state elections in Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Elections there and the city state of Berlin are on Sept. 20.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
FT on Merz: "Voters are turned off by his haughtiness and failure to deliver anything close to his bold claims. The clamour for a leadership change could prove irresistible, especially if the CDU crashes in other regional elections this month." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Germany’s Merz on the ropes after far right delivers devastating blow
Stunning AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt shows how Germany’s political centre is crumbling
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Wasp Summer #JoinACoven @waspsummer.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026
Absolutely shameful shit. Solidarity with all the migrants, women, unionists and leftists in Sachsen-Anhalt who are gonna cop trouble from aggrieved, emboldened fascists. I'm pretty sure #ScheissAfD will be a complete shitshow in government, but that's no consolation. Putin's investment paid off
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 06/09/2026
Halfway through the count and it’s even worse than the exit poll, which was worse than the campaign polls. +28% vote share for an extreme right party, plus 5% for its Putinist fellow traveller that pretends to be a party of the left.
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Non voters and former CDU voters massively turned out for AfD (Source: Tagesschau)
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yes, I don't see him taking any responsibility at all. And CDU might feel they have to get in a new leader quickly.
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