Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMartha Fanning @marthafanning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Halloween Swap is back! Donate your gently worn, clean, Halloween or dressing up costumes or come and choose something new to you! 🎃👻🧙♀️ 066
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars. 1306124
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center? 663257485470
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialJohn Creedon @johncreedon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Huge gratitude to everyone who encouraged and helped me get to here. It's not something I will ever take for granted. Míle buíochas. linktr.ee/johncreedoni... 67511
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The time and energy we have to put into fighting these over-diagnosis scare stories is time and energy we should be putting into talking about the scale of under-diagnosis. 516042
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialAlex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI... 991544682
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026I'll be on a panel debating "rogue" AI on RTE Prime Time tonight, 9:30pm stay tuned 77113
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We have given Lansdowne Road an upgrade. 💚 010724
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2026'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s. 261329325
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialEmma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Save us from the meno-preneurs and their useless shit www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comMenopause supplements costing more than £400 a year ‘no better than cheap multivitamin’Many products aimed at women over 45 lack meaningful quantities of key nutrients, consumer watchdog Which? found 2328
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialOver There @coreilly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is another sh*show for disabled adults and their carers #disability #speirgorm 172
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 29/09/2026Nice words from the Taoiseach for our departing colleague, the incomparable and irreplaceable Miriam Lord, who’s on the Press Gallery for the last time today 👏🏻 86615
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialDave Rudden's off to Fantasycon! @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We've already had some brilliant donations in, so let's keep this going, please do spread the word! 01715
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialWWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Proof Manor Solomon Is Right & Israel Is '10 Times Better Than Ireland' waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2… 22210
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7259812001
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialNews to Remember @moments2remember.link · 28/09/2026Someone told me I shouldn’t help spread pictures of the Cornell 7 guys, because it might destroy their lives. Sweetie, that’s what I’m counting on. 16216118
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMarcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 28/09/2026Of all the bad things happening, the death of the newspaper has to be among the most consequential. We just no longer have a common reality, and reporting has been replaced by opinion, opinion and opinion. It's all reels and podcasts and personalised algorithms 28720
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialÁine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#IrishGenealogy Any genie friend with a RootsIreland sub? ISO an 1880s birth/baptism in Kinsale, Cork for Mary Leary, parents John Leary & Mary Coleman. I've found births and baptisms for many siblings, but Mary has proven elusive. Thanks for any help. www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pers... 232
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9653143279
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In 1985, poets Michael Hartnett, Hugh Maxton, and Seamus Heaney joined the strikers in solidarity and in protest against the hanging of South African poet Benjamin Moloise. 110244
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 571261706
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialAndrás Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nazis don't want you to remember their crimes 2939357
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Fergal Keane: 'For Bazunu to refuse to play is a sacrifice that required immense moral courage. Ultimately, he was the lone voice who said no, and that will be remembered in the broken alleys of Gaza.' 411357
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes 392317665
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialJack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is why it's not 'just football.' 'Politics has no place in sport' is a really convenient line if you're actively engaging in genocide and would rather the world didn't discuss it. Israel are well aware of the power of sportswashing. They're usually just too shit to take advantage of it. 45028
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Something very depressing about hearing ‘Drumcree’ at the top of morning news Reminds me of my teenage years when it seemed to be a constant. Now feels like unionism banging the drum - geddit? - while the whole world has changed around them 3641656
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026Brian Kerr on Virgin Media: “I’ve been in touch with [Gavin Bazunu] this evening, and he’s feeling quite low, and shunned by some of the players and by the FAI… (🧵) 1218277
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialChristopher J Stevens @metaphysiology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fell to a mixed heritage Irishman to act on the majority will of the Irish people🙏 Bazunu (24) has secured his place among the heroes of Irish history, alongside the likes of Mary Manning, who was only 21 when she refused to be complicit in normalizing an apartheid regime, even though it cost her✊ 06017
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialStephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bandcamp.com · 25/09/2026Tried to explain the Irish reliance and infatuation with Teletext to a student lately and they thought I was making it up. Our ‘digital transition’ began with 90s granddads looking up dog racing results on page 686 hackaday.com/2023/10/13/t...hackaday.comTeletext In Ireland, Another Broadcasting Leftover Bites The DustOver the years we’ve reported on the passing of a few of the broadcasting technologies of yesteryear, such as analogue TV in America, or AM radio in Europe. Now it’s the turn of an earl… 2217
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialJohn Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026well, fuck 0132
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMicheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just to say what complete scumbags the FAI and Micheál Martin are for putting Irish players in this position. 14233107
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialEoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Saipan II: The Debrecen Dilemma 221
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The MAGA US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has blurted out how America interferes in European politics. At a private dinner in Athens in March 2026, Guilfoyle said of the collapse of the Romanian government: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”, the WSJ reports. 25424189
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.) 28984882249
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023rte.iePublic library visits increased by two million nationwideVisits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide. 221482384
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 7040131580
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/09/2026Ireland did not take part in the mass walkout during Netanyahu's UN General Assembly address jrnl.ie/7172427tjrnl.ieIreland did not take part in mass walkout during Netanyahu's UN General Assembly addressNetanyahu accused the global press of ‘spreading lies’ about Israel, and said Israel’s conduct in Gaza is ‘the opposite of genocide’. 96721
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 1533481491
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge. 4202164
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialAlan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Very funny but true #speirgorm 2205
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMultilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Our second video for #InternationalDayofSignLanguages is from Gearóidín McEvoy, who recently published her book "Access to Justice for Minority Language Communities: Experiences of Irish Speakers and Irish Sign Language Users" with us. Find out more and order your copy now on our website ⬇️ #IDSL 1159
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialKatherine Nolan @dochara.com · 23/09/2026There are just over 100 data centers now, add those under construction or with planning for 150. So a puny 22 jobs each. Most in facilities management and security, not tech. Estimated to use almost 30% of the electricity we produce. The Govt fascination with billionaires is expensive and we'll pay. 082
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026‘What is emerging is not simply a relationship between [Reform and Farage] and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad.’ Would really recommend a read of this democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-and...democracyforsale.substack.comReform and the UAE – a threat to British politicsNigel Farage's embrace of the UAE is part of a wider effort by the Gulf petrostate to build alliances with the far right across the West, says Alex Carlen. 10351222
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was tagged in a thing on instagram of "books to read instead of Walliams". The post referenced Harpercollins no longer publishing his backlist. Some of the comments were batshit (eg calling parents who don't like racism snowflakes) but it did get me thinking re my beliefs around reading and choice 159315
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras. 8309141
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialCouncil Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 20/09/2026Ed Sheeran: "This is the most complex political issue on the planet" The issue: 23505174
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 28/10/2025This poem from Whatever You Do, Just Don't is for anybody who's had to clear a house, who's found objects that must have had significance for someone no longer here to tell their story.... 2130140
Reposted by @ursulabyrne.bsky.socialChristine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 17/09/2026Yeah, this was the thing that dumbfounded me when I was a little 19 year old who went to study in the West Bank. And it’s gotten way worse in the last 25+ years! 22214
