🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two tiny humans (1?) are being carried in different directions down a busy street. Their mums cross paths and Tiny Human Strangers reach out their hands, momentary touching fingers, expressions marvelling at seeing another so small as themselves. (1)

Getting ready to fall over for the night, but just to say: Gotta buy a hearing aid soon, and it’s unfortunately gonna be pricey. Want to assist? Buy a stack of DRM-free ebooks, cheap! (Offer not available in the UK due to Brexit—sorry.) https://ebooks.direct/products/ebooks-direct-whole-store-bundle

#speirgorm #booksky @octocon.bsky.social for noting.

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (20s?) in a sunny yellow gingham dress is standing in a sunbeam outside a cafe. Holding a tiny new human to her chest and gently rocking side to side. Looking down at Tiny New Human with a soft smile. This is love. (1)

@dubcitycouncil.bsky.social and @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social have joined us on bsky! Do give them a follow good people of #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

We are delighted to announce that #Octocon2026 will be taking place in Cork City with special guests @cemurphy.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social#Octocon2026 Find out more at https://2025.octocon.com/announcing-octocon-2026/ #Octocon #Fantasy #SciFi #Fandom #ReadingCommunity #SciFiConvention #CorkCity

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (20s?) wearing a vintage 70s brown suit, polished brown brogues, shoulder-length brown hair, stubble and a captain's hat is carefully inspecting the pie selection in a busy bakery. A Wes Anderson character gone rogue and looking for lunch. (1)

Have studies been done on dereliction as a contagion? I'd feel very reluctant to purchase and repair a derelict property that shares a wall with another derelict property that isn't being repaired. It feels risky to invest in repairs when neighbouring buildings can undermine that work .

@octocon.bsky.social for reference.

To: Irish State institutions, official bodies including Met Eireann, Transport for Ireland, and other organisations in Ireland Take X icons off websites and emails #speirgorm my.uplift.ie/petitions/ta... @uplift.ie

Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

#speirgorm. Asking for a disabled friend who is in a bit of a pickle, would anyone have spare unneeded adult sanitary supplies? DM for details please. #community

#spiergorm for spreading the news and petition.

Role Play

🧵Spotted While in Golden Bay in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (60s?), with silver hair in a gloriously chaotic bun is walking down the street singing George Michael's "Freedom! '90". Grinning as a passing stranger (40s?) joins in the chorus with her. (1)

Bluesky I’m asking you rather than your sister X because I know you can be responsible: do you know any artists who can pull off something in this Nancy Drew cover style in a relative hurry and are taking commissions

This 🧵 is important for #environment protection and #FairLegalCosts. If you have time to read and submit an objection to this #Today please do.

This years @octocon.bsky.social is happening in Cork! And Registration is now open with an early bird offer. The Guests of Honour are @cemurphy.bsky.social & @aptshadow.bsky.social octocon.com/join-us/ #Spéirgorm #SFF #Fandom 📚💙 #Books #Comics #octocon

Wonder Woman did this in the 1940s as well… #iceout #BeGood

Don't think I've spoken to a single artist who didn't struggle this Christmas, and I spoke to a lot, so even if it's not my work I'd really encourage people to try to support a local artist that you like instead of big corporations - every single sale makes a real, tangible difference to their life.

Discord is trying to add new AI features to their platform. They're asking people to fill out a survey on how they feel about AI and what "value" it would add to their platform. Please take a few minutes to fill it out and tell them to fuck off with AI. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.

This is horrific and barely being reported on in the UK media. Shame on the British government. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

🧵Spotted Recently at the Beach in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two teens (13 & 16?) and Nan are roaring "One! Two! Three! GO!" before all doing handstands. Legs flailing to stay straight in the air, heads underwater. Teens come up first. Nan wins! A triumphant grin as she splashes them playfully. (1)

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two young humans (7 & 9?) wearing damp clothes and hair from a river swim walk out of a dairy* triumphantly holding ice creams. They're having a very serious pony conversation, one declaring that she WILL have a pony this year OR ELSE! (1)

Friends in Clare/Limerick, I've been offered a job working between Ennis & Shannon. I'm looking for somewhere to live, I'll be hoping my 15yo can join me over summer, but I could rent a room til then. If anyone has any accommodation leads please give me a shout. Shares appreciated 🙏 #Speirgorm

Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here: bsky.app/profile/ciar... Prints also available (currently on sale): www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

🧵Spotted at a Summer Pottery Fair in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (5?) is carefully inspecting a display pet rocks. He first looks from one angle, then another, then another... frowning, forehead furrowed, air pensive, then looks up at Dad, asking: "What are the RULES for these?" (1)

#speirgorm (when will I get the spelling right, or right enough, first time?) anyway, what will happen next in Co Clare?

What's this I see? A free to access education programme which brings expert speakers together from around the world? Come join us!

#speirgorm in case you didn't have plans already, this may be interesting..

pls bless my 2026.

Taking place on Friday! ##spéirgorm

Ask your MP to pressure Starmer and Lammy to meet these people and treat them as humans . www.instagram.com/reel/DSYXJZi...

They are $55,000 away from their goal. If they don't reach it by the end of the month, then they cannot open in the New Year.

The Tree of Life from Irish artist Peter McVeigh. 13 songs crafted, arranged & recorded with superb musicians Andy Dunlop, Conor McAuley, Emma Langford & Mark Evitts. The Album has been described as "The Irish Dark side of the moon". petermcveigh.bandcamp.com/album/the-tr... #SpéirGhorm

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Grande-Roue, Tour Eiffel, Trocadéro La Galerie des Machines à #Paris15 (#Paris) Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/723228/paris-15e-grande-roue-tour-eiffel-trocadero-la-galerie-des-machines

I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

Your internet gunkle is here to bring you gay tidings for the holidays. My gift to you: the ebook or audiobook of Jack of Thorns, completely free for Christmas. Merry Christmas. I love you. You're doing your best and it IS enough ❤️ Repost to spread joy. shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/jac...

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff "You should look for those who can’t believe that the law would ever catch them, who believe that they act out of a right that the rest of us do not have. The job of the officer of the law is to let them know that they are wrong!"

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We are hiring! @irishenvnet.bsky.social is recruiting a project manager for our new PEACEPLUS Programme funded project CORE (Cross-border Opportunities for a Resilient Environment) which we are delivering in partnership with Northern Ireland Environment Link www.sigmarrecruitment.com/job/project-...

‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade

#spiergorm so important and so wonderful that Irish people are accepting and positive.

I was just going to repost this as another example of genAI being used to devalue the work of artists, but actually, there's more to talk about here. This article is in response to an ad (which I can't find now), for an Irish-language genAI film competition. 1/ www.thejournal.ie/udaras-na-ga...

#cat people of Bluesky I need help. My cat Queen Mab went in for dental surgery on Thursday. They ended up removing 13 of her teeth without informing me… after they said she had degenerative gum disease. They gave me my cat half comatose and cold.

#spiergorm for this morning

9 to 5 was released #45yearsagotoday. Starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, the film was Dolly Parton's film debut. The film grossed over $100 million. Parton's song, "9 to 5," which was featured on the soundtrack, was nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars. #xyearsagotoday