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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Dogs + snow. Name a better combination. 🐶❄️

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Dutch photographer and artist Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Journey (2007)

Photograph of an expanse of icy blue water with a line of deer antlers protruding from the ice surface from the right and going into the left distance, all under a blue sky with white cloud

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My team and I have been working for YEARS to get DOWA to divest from the proposed Palmer Mine at the headwaters of the Chilkat Watershed. Good news: DOWA divested, de-funding the project! The fight isn't over, but this is a big win. Let's celebrate it! #CherishTheChilkat mailchi.mp/165be447cb8d...

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Celebrate a Victory in Alaska!

Good news for the Chilkat Valley: The proposed Palmer Mine has been de-funded! Thanks to all who have supported our work to protect the Chilkat Watershed! #CherishTheChilkat!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Feeling good about Actually Writing in my cozy cabin as this snowstorm blows in, rather than spending the day dissociating and thinking I’m writing…. Also feeling good about achieving coziness in my cabin despite the very cold weather of the last few days! #AmWriting

The view out my front window to a snowstorm beginning to set in on a Sitka spruce-hemlock forest in northern Southeast Alaska.

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Ivan Hodes @chugachmtnblues.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

And now for something completely different: map of the pre-contact Anchorage bowl, with indigenous (Dena'ina Athabaskan) names for the rivers, mountains, and oceans. #alaskatwitter #anchorage #dena'ina

map of the pre-contact Anchorage bowl, with indigenous (Dena'ina Athabaskan) names for the rivers, mountains, and oceans.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Remembering Shane MacGowan who died a year ago today. Here he is with Christy Moore accompanied by The Benzini Brothers (The Hothouse Flowers) performing the Irish ballad ‘Spancil Hill’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlL...

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Spancil Hill - Shane MacGowan & Christy Moore, 1994

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Missing my boyfriend Bobby the sheepdog something fierce.

A wonderful old English sheepdog mix named Bobby posing for the camera in a little glass teahouse. Smerwick Harbor and the Three Sisters, county Kerry in the background.

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Marion McGarry @marionmcgarry.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

All of this year, I kept bumping into the work of Harry Clarke, which was not a hardship, not at all 😍 (in National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum and St Mary’s church, Cong, Co.Mayo)

Cong rc church windows by Harry Clarke studio

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Teach Yourself Irish is also FREE here - I link this because the publisher has given permission to share it (see publisher comments towards the end of this version) drive.google.com/file/d/14r6u... #Gaeilge #Irishlanguage

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TYI Retypeset - David R Smith.pdf

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Molaimse go mór mór an leabhar so! Highly recommend Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail for learners - so good that I have two copies! But seriously, if you're learning Connacht Irish, t'is a must-have. Otherwise, for Munster, I recommend Teach Yourself Irish 1961 version NOT the new one!!!

Two copies of Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail - the left one has 4 tapes.

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hey new followers! Excited to meet ya! Did you know that I’m a writer, editor, AND a hidden drawer? Right now I’m running a sale of prints of my art and illustrations at my Etsy. Stop on by for 20-30 percent off of everything through Dec 18! hiddendrawerdesigns.etsy.com

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 26/11/2024

Here's a Presidential Timeline cleaner for you.

Irish President Michael D Higgins and his Bernese Mountain Dog Misneach.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My favorite moment in 21st century Alaska politics.

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Brenda Gough @brendagough.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 24/11/2024

Your writing process will change on a daily basis with every project, because every project is different. Whatever gets you to the final product is the way that that book needed to be written. So I need you to stop scrolling and say this aloud right now. "My writing process is not broken."

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.

“There is no ethical way to use the major AI image generators. All of them are trained on stolen images, and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing real human artists.”

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Gorgeous day to be flying home up Lynn Canal.

A braided river mouth emptying out from the snow capped Chilkat mountains into Lynn canal, taken from the window of a small plane

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

felt coot, might delete later

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

And THIS is why we vote in Alaska, even when it seems futile. Sometimes that vote actually matters.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

No idea what’s bending the light to create this northern light rainbow on my hotel room wall, but I’ll take any and all miracles on offer!

$A three paned refraction of light that looks like the northern lights in a rainbow pattern on my hotel room wall$

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

OMG! Heading to Vicar Street tonight to see @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social on my last night in Ireland for a while, and just found out his guest is the wonderful Oein DeBhairduin, who I just saw at #DingleLit on Sunday! What magic. Takes a bit of the sting out of leaving West Kerry. #SpeirGorm

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Tonight's takeaway: Always accept the offer of a friend's dead father's poitín. A rare gift from the other side.

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Donncha ar Imeall an Domhain @kingdonncha1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Má tá Gaeilge agat nó má tá tú ag foghlaim Gaeilge, you can choose “Irish - Gaeilge” as your App Language in Settings under the Gear Icon. Instead of Posts, Replies, Media, Likes, Feeds, etc. feicfidh tú Postálacha, Freagraí, Meáin, Fothaí, agus níos mó. Bígí linn 🎶 gach orlach de do chroí 🎶.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Oh wow, look at that wren, and check out Emma's shop!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

My #DingleLit weekend finished strong with an amazing talk by Ann Marie Flanagan, who edited We Are Human Too, and anthology of interviews on the history of Disable People's activism in Ireland. #SpeirGorm #FéileLitearthaChorcaDhuibhne #CorcaDhuibhne www.ennisbookshop.ie/p/clare-lead...

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Clare Leader Forum We Are Human Too | Ennis Bookshop | Clare | Ireland

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Absolutely gorgeous conversation between Oein DeBhairduin and Juli Ní Mhaoiloein, the Dingle Druid, about Oein's book, Twiggy Woman, at Dingle Bookshop today. That book was sold out so I'll re-post another of Oein's stunning books. #DingleLit #SpeirGorm #FéileLitearthaChorcaDhuibhne #CorcaDhuibhne

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Absolutely incredible conversation between @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @aoifeg.bsky.social tonight at #DingleLit on Sinéad's novel, Hagstone. Surrounded by Harry Clarke's stained glass windows in the An Díseart chapel. I was grinning the entire time. #FéileLitearthaChorcaDhuibhne #speirgorm

Two copies of the novel, Hagstone, by Sinéad Gleeson. Cover is a black and white photo of a rocky island seashore with a yellow silhouette of a woman, hot pink sky, and the book's title printed vertically in bright yellow.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

10yr old in this afternoon buying books with her mother: I like your Pride flag Me, heart glowing: Thank you! We keep it there so everyone knows they're safe and welcome

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Excited for another amazing day at #DingleLit! On my docket: Easkey Britton & Oliver Jeffers on #climate, Paddy Bushe & Seán Mac an tSíthigh on Paddy's The Amergin Step & @sineadgleeson.bsky.social & Aoife Granville on Sinéad's Hagstone. #FeileLitearthaChorcaDhuibhne #SpeirGorm #CorcaDhuibhne

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I captured a shooting star on video with the aurora Mon night (upper right)! 🤩💫

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Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

h/t Sarah Dal sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social Artwork by Māori artist Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho instagram.com/p/DCX_ZTSSMhu/?i… moanafresh.com/artists/huriana-… #Aotearoa

illustration in red, white and black that features a young wahine Māori ripping a piece of paper in two. the background is a combination of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag and beautiful Maori design motifs.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This is useful

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Amazing 1st day of #DingleLiteraryFestival. I spent most of the day in Alice Kinsella's dynamic and generative #CreativeNonfiction workshop, then a gorgeous conversation between Roddy Doyle and Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan. Looking forward to more tomorrow! #FeilelitearthaChorcaDhuibhne #SpéirGorm

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hot Press Podcasts: Airbrushed, queer Irish female revolutionaries-episodes 1-3 out - on the queer relationships of revolutionaries, suffrage & socialist activists, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Eva Gore Booth & Helena Molony #queerhistory #irishhistory #history #irishstudies www.hotpress.com/culture/hot-...

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Hot Press Podcasts presents: <I>Airbrushed, </I> telling the stories of queer Irish female revolutionaries | Hotpress

The six part series will focus on six revolutionary female figures: Dr Kathleen Lynn, Eva Gore-Booth, Helena Moloney, Margaret Skinnider, Helen Chevenix and ...

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I've wanted to see #ChristyMoore live, and specifically in Vicar Street, for 20+ yrs. Tonight that finally happened. He did not disappoint. 'No Pasaran', the pledge that made them fight 'Adelante' is the cry around the hillside Let us all remember them tonight www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pqs...

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Christy Moore - Vive La Quinte Brigada (Official Live Video)

YouTube video by ChristyMooreVEVO

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

A big warm hello from the Ronayne-Novell family. I’m new here, but expect to hear lots of Irish bird sounds. Bickering otters, wild Atlantic soundscapes, and just about any other wild sound that crosses my path. I use these sounds to spread love and awe. To fight for Irish nature with a smile.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Behold, the Paps of Anu. My great-great grandparents lived in their underboob.

A pair of beautiful breast-shaped mountains with light mist. Brilliant green grass and trees in the foreground, blue sky with whispy white clouds above. Zooming in will reveal nipples at the mountain tops—these are rock cairn passage tombs.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Farranfore, the Hub of the Universe.

Train platform with covered bench in Farranfore, County Kerry. Farranfore is remarkable in that it has both a train station and and airport. It also has a beautiful train station with toilets and dry space to shelter, but people are not allowed in it. Currently, work is being done on the exterior stonework. One wonders whether the train station might one day re-open, or whether the work is being done purely to spite the train-riding public.

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