this thing hides posts it judges as ‘rude’, by some US standard. Thereby silencing most of the conversations in Ireland and Scotland, at least.

This says so much about us, dazzled by a speck of melanin

This is brilliant. We need this here too, we need Irish leftie losers #speirgorm

This is on today at 6pm in Maynooth! Looking forward to it! #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm

The book-banners are organized. This is not trivial.

Always better when @philipb-h.bsky.social is subbing but, of all the problems with Ireland's immigration system, an extended bit on returning emigrants' driving licenses (of all things) seems...cursory? Lots of hoopla regarding the recent R1 presenter shuffle, zero about *producers*. #SpeirGorm

Can't decide if I should call this shameless or shameful.

Wow the IT actually printed my letter #speirghorm

It's worth reading Mary McCarthy's 1986 review of Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale." Not for how she misjudges its achievement but more for what McCarthy, a brilliant writer and intellectual, couldn't see—and to judge how far America has come since then. #Skystorians archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....

It's like the 12th with all the orange boats in Cork. #Speirgorm

For those keeping count, Simon Harris "took to social media" to decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk the following day. He's gone cycling today, apparently.

You can really hear the emphasis. "The sesame is VISIBLY, DYING."

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Firstly, an Irishman criticising ecocomic migration, seriously?! Secondly, "know deep down" here means calling them bogus asylum claims, and thats a fucking outrageous thing for a Taoiseach to throw into an already volatile situation.

Piers Morgan is as angry about Glamour honouring trans women as he was about Eastenders showing two men kissing in 1989 and for exactly the same reason.

What just fell out of this court record? Pounce! Before blotting paper became available, & for long after too, people used pulverized cuttlefish bone to dry ink. You can it clearly on this inky mess of a signature, together with a piece of contemporary blotting paper for comparison 🗃️ #bookhistory

There was a concerned note of caution in 'Uncle's' introduction, as some of the children writing in to the debate were a bit too enthusiastically *pro* beating 😶

The thing about bearded men in dresses and angry dykes with shaved heads is that they're good, actually.

📢 NEW Will of the Month Post 📢 October's will is an unusual & poignant example of a married woman who made a will Margery Gadyng died in childbirth in 1540 - she declared her will to the midwife & women attending her, leaving them bequests of ribbons & rosaries sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

I really hope outrage builds over historic abuse in institutions *not* run by nuns or brothers. www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

New on the blog today for the #1925Club, I've written about GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos. A wonderfully witty satire featuring Lorelei, the ultimate girl about town. It's smart, engaging and a whole lot of fun! #BookSky 💙📚 #FilmSky jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/g...

Ireland ten seconds after Catherine Connolly's inauguration #spéirgorm

With CMAT writing music about the economic crash, I thought I'd watch Typhoon Family, to see how Korean drama explores their country's IMF bailout. Finding it quite emotional. Anyone else #SpéirGhorm?

Tooreenglanahee, Co. Cork. From the Irish 'Tuairín Ghleann an Chaoith', meaning 'little animal enclosure'. #speirgorm

Leaving a portion of your harvest out for the púca, so that he won’t turn into a horse and gallop away with one of your family members on his back, THAT’S a rural pursuit. #Halloween #Samhain #SpéirGorm

Frank's now chasing the end of the rainbow Will we find a pot of gold Or just another excuse for letting #DerelictIreland fester another decade or 2 #spéirghorm

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Anyway. Mo chuid obair bhaile anocht. #spéirgorm #IrishBookWeek

The best short ghost story ever.

Utterly necessary. Yet how mad that it should be so...

We're going to war on dereliction — but not yet Latest op-ed by me & @judesherry.bsky.social in @irishexaminer.bsky.social which discusses move from Levy to Derelict Property Tax with collection by Revenue, & what needs to happen next Shout outs to Sligo, Drogheda & wider #DerelictIreland community

I may or may not walk five hundred miles And I may or may not walk five hundred more Just to be the man who may or may not have walked a thousand miles to fall or not fall down at your door - The Disclaimers

authors need to start beefing with each other via long-winded letters & essays published in "serious" magazines again

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

An incredibly satisfying article. I appreciate the GAA does a lot of good work but I cannot stand the sanctimony and hubris that so often accompanies the organisation.

I am dealing with a “thorny problem” right now, today. It is hard and scary because IT IS ALWAYS HARD AND SCARY. But it is also where you do your best work. It is where stories go from “meh” to “WOW”. When I fix it - because that is the job - I will be that much closer to something worth reading.

DEI for me, not for thee.

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch. An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

What can be more contagious to the mind than the bad book? #SpéirGhorm #BannedBooksWeek

This #BannedBooksWeek I'm remembering all the books I read at the wrong time, when they were "age inappropriate". Some of them shocked and scared me but I don't regret any of them. 🧵

Advocacy Director Courtney Thomas on Beloved by Toni Morrison, one of the most banned and challenged books in the country. #BannedBooksWeek

Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!

These books are medicinal!

the “dark” ages vs the “information age”

POPE PAUL SIMON I: 🎶If you will be my Charlemagne I could bless your looooong-lost throooone And if I call you "Empire" Empire, when I bless you I will callllll youuuu "Rooooome" Call you "Rome"

Wondering if I should interrupt my convalescent Kdrama run to watch this. Korean costume drama is all about national storytelling - does this compare?

I’m a person who has never gotten cholera, without even trying. Sewage systems are sexy.

This isn't funny in any context but it's vile on a dating app. We should turn the internet off.