#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Interesting to note that @irishtimes.com has changed it's headline from "Irish regulators 'censored' social media coverage" to "tech giants are the victims of 'harassment' by Irish and EU regulators. It's testimony to how flimsy & unsubstantial the claims in the House Judiciary report actually are.

Outrage at people being outraged at something he thinks is outrageous too.

Shocking but unfortunately true

Cannot tell you how much I adore this clip from 1941 of women from the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides singing as they work their Harris Tweed. It was shot by the Oscar winning cinematographer JACK CARDIFF.

Bridgerton S4 E1 put me to sleep. Kdrama, with those intense first episodes, has ruined me for anything else

Would absolutely try these

Velocity is the new authority - excellent essay from Om Malik on how the information ecosystem is changing, and not necessarily for the better. om.co/2026/01/21/...

imagine voting for a government which continued to post on a platform which actively disrespected them this much #speirgorm

And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling. This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

"She may be 20 and gorgeous, but anything she can do I can do better" is a film tagline and a half. What was 'A Change of Seasons' starring Anthony Hopkins, Shirley MacLaine and Bo Derek even about? Competitive drinking or bikini wearing?

Ah, níl rud ar bith le ceilt ag Údarás na Gaeltachta faoi úsáid na hIntleachta Saorga. Is maith sin.

The United States, currently tear-gassing crowds, gerrymandering votes and putting children in concentration camps, has some thoughts about our election system. They can fuck off, and when they’ve done that they can fuck off a bit further.

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An important observation - every piece of bigoted antitrans trash published by someone pronounced to be an "authority" roars around the world, leaving reams of actual scientific research rolling in its dust, because this is all politics.

Andrew's book is amazing, btw. Smallpox and efforts to curb smallpox are woven into the very fabric of our country and the very concept of "liberty."

‘No Stories’, a short story of mine online at The Georgia Review. www.thegeorgiareview.com/posts/no-sto...

jfc. The shame our government inflicts on us all.

DON’T BLAME US! I MEAN, WHO KNEW IRELAND COULD HAVE FLOODS?! WE’VE ONLY BEEN IN POWER FOR DECADES! GIVE US A CHANCE! #SpeirGorm

Performative levels of West Brittery. Like a poseurish teenage mosher, insisting he's never listened to George Michael, or suchlike. The holy, mortifying embarrassment. #spéirghorm #ireland

Can't wait to read this one.

The most enraging thing about advocacy politics is that it's power is rooted in personal testimony that can only come from those suffering under unfair policies. Why can't we just formulate policy based on principles like citizenship and fairness instead of feels? #SpéirGhorm

Post Bank Holiday confession: I binged two Kdramas - Her Private Life and Love to Hate You - and now I want to have a stand-up argument with someone about delusional fandom and social death. Points of contention include shirtless MLs and who gets to be sexy while driving a car.

As we’ve done for many years now, we’ll be increasing the 1% of all revenue we give to @womensaidireland.bsky.social to 10% for the Bank Holiday weekend from midnight. We hope everyone has a good one! #speirgorm

In 1800s London, a fluent Gaelic speaker was knocked down & got to share his story because the doctor also spoke Irish. It’s always so poignant to hear of how many of us pass this way & die without someone to mourn us ❤️‍🩹 Was his name in the record @thecelticist.bsky.social ? #spéirghorm

So what do we a call a 'London Fog' – puke-tasting tea?

if you need me i'll be at

Notions

Lecture on Kathleen Lynn #spéirghorm #history #skystorians

I analysed the DoJ’s immigration chatbot for @iccl.bsky.social and the amount of seriously wrong information it gave was shocking even to me. The idea that people fleeing persecution would be expected to rely on a chatbot in lieu of actual legal advice is 😱😱😱 www.dublininquirer.com/chatbots-con...

Taom filíochta i seomra nuachta RTÉ www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

i’ve watched enough historical chinese & korean dramas to know that an empire-assigned “security detal” is actually a hostage-monitoring-detail

"Tá fuarnimhe in mo mhéarachaí. Dhá bhfaighinn Éire bronnta orm, ní dhéanfainn crúibíní (cait) anois" 🤌 focloiruichadhain.ria.ie/1/fuarnimhe/

yikes x 1000

He saw God’s foot upon the treadle of the loom, and spoke it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad.

If this logic underpinned the syllabus of my local college, I'd nearly do another degree

The AI podcast invites other AI podcasts onto its podcast. Plays ads for the podcasts it's been invited to take part in. Creates podcast where it listens to other podcasts live. The entire web collapses under the weight of podcasts about podcasts about podcasts.

If any policymakers or campaigners in Ireland want to discuss the evidence base for these policies I'm happy to talk

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Me trying to watch a singular modern western tv shows or film: BORING BORING BORING. PREDICTABLE. CALLED IT. OVER IT. *switches back to Kdramas*

Right, I have so many thoughts about why everyone is misreading #CanThisLoveBeTranslated that I have to get them all down. I'm not defending that silly twist in the end obviously, but the rest of it does not deserve to be misunderstood. #kdrama 1/?

I'm actually sick with jealousy over this woman on Tiktok who has knit the barn burning scene from Midsommar onto a jumper for herself

This is a huge win for @iccl.bsky.social whose @johnnyryan.bsky.social has been arguing for recommender systems to face scrutiny for some time now.

Ugh😡 “…more than €5.8 million in one year alone when contesting & defending legal cases taken against it. Many of the legal cases, which are included in Coimisiún na Meán’s 2024 accounts, are being taken by the social media networks the State agency is trying to regulate.” #spéirghorm #CnM #Grok

#speirgorm in case anyone would like to save a bit of history

Fed is best. Always.

Enjoyed this ep very much. Cannot stop thinking about the fantasy lives of these sex/romance tourists. It'd be like coming to Ireland to find a Paul Meschal or a Cillian Murphy - wild. #SpéirGhorm www.kdramaschool.com/episodes/ep-...

consummated

Listening to the news over breakfast is extremely trying. My digestion is shot.