“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year” A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

Still flogging the dead horse of my folklore / folk horror starter pack. If you can't flog a dead horse this time of year, when can you?! UK & Ireland suggestions welcome. Who am I missing?

Look, it's traditionally associated with Martinmas. And children in @hookland.bsky.social sing it all year round. But for us, this is a song of #Samhain... youtu.be/reT0pIp0MqY?...

We rewatched Rocky Horror last night — still incredible, if you're wondering — and today here's Tim Curry again, morphed from Dr. Furter to the Grand Wizard. Grand Wizard so much more disturbing. (Also somewhat disturbing as a casting choice?)

These Hazard Bear prints by @matpringle.bsky.social are so gorgeous. And we've got a few left if you want one... lunatraktors.bandcamp.com/merch/hazard...

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“They say horrible things about me and make everyone hate me and think I’m a bad person,” he said. He was staring at a point in the distance, speaking like he was in some kind of trance. “What did they say about you?” I asked. He snapped out of it. “Oh, not me,” he answered. “I meant Donald Trump.”

A dozen of @matpringle.bsky.social's Hazard Bear linocuts are now available on our Bandcamp! lunatraktors.bandcamp.com/merch/hazard... Check out the video below to see the making process, and definitely check out the rest of Mat's work on his website: www.matpringle.co.uk #Samhain2025

& re Facebook, I'll sometimes post one thing that hits the algorithm & someone will pop in & say something like "I remember you. Why don't you write books any more?" I've written eight books since 2017. What kind of chance do we stand when robots are spreading lies about who we are and what we do?

Has a great set of pop up performances at #Waterford Writers Weekend, and we met poet @mollytwomey.bsky.social and Dymphna from @wlrfm.bsky.social! Meanwhile our @creativeeuireland.bsky.social & @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social funded R&D continues with school workshops and mime experiments...

Oh look, this rubbish is being rolled out again. What all these studies find is that open fires, bonfires, incinerators and gas cookers are terrible. Gas cookers are literally twice as bad as stoves. But what gets mentioned in the headline / pic? Wood stoves. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021. The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down. The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker. This is what she did with it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For all you #FolkHorror and #BrokenFolk fans out there... districtmagazine.ie/news/video-p...

Britain has now spent £60m and killed half its population of badgers, having ... 🥁🥁🥁 ... absolutely no effect whatsoever on bovine TB. You know what spreads TB to cows? Other cows, especially factory farming (and maybe sheep and deer). So what are MPs planning to do next? Vaccinate badgers.

Pssst: If you like #FolkHorror, you would like one of these. And also some of this by @stickinthewheel.bsky.social, who we are going to finally get to see live TOMORROW NIGHT IN LIMERICK! stickinthewheel.bandcamp.com/album/help-t...

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Work in progress clips from the Old Market House Art Centre in Dungarvan #Somatic #Stimming #MusicTheatre #Folk #CreativeWellbeing R&D project for Time Weavers - an inclusive, family-friendly experimental musical - funded by @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social and @creativeeuireland.bsky.social

Trans rights are being used by Christian Nationalists - aka Christofascists - as wedge issues to fracture community consensus in multiple countries. In Ireland, Enoch Burke's family are currently attacking a presidential candidate using this tactic. UK politics totally infested with it.

We were just thinking of the phantom island Hy-Brasil yesterday, listening to the late, great Manchán Magan talking about Ireland's sacred places. (Weirdly, Deception Isle on the image shared by Wikipedia does actually exist!) rte.ie/player/series/listen-to-the-land-speak/10001901-00-0000

Honoured to have been asked to perform at the opening of 'HeArt of Gaza' exhibition at the Old Market House Art Centre in Dungarvan. Please join us there at 2:45pm today if you can. Thanks to @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social for supporting this important initiative. culturenight.ie/event/heart-...

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes.

Check this out. Writers aren't necessarily the best readers of their own work - performing text is a totally different skill from writing it. Tom Cox has both abilities though!

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Vultures as museum curators. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

#OnThisDay, 1989, Technotronic's hit single "Pump Up the Jam" reached No. 2 in the UK charts. Luckily, the bilge pump on the Mary Rose had an inspection hatch, so you could see what was jamming it and clear it out. No, hang on, that's "Jam up the pump"...

*All* of the key themes noted in this @theguardian.com investigation are present, entrenched, & growing in New Zealand's leading far-right, evangelical Christian, anti-establishment, and anti-vaccine Facebook account constellations - extending to Twitter/X, YouTube, & Telegram.

More experiments at the Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan. Part of our @creativeeuireland.bsky.social and @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social funded R&D process for #TimeWeavers - an accessible and inclusive folk musical for all ages.

The bullshit case against @kneecapceol.bsky.social was thrown out - but let's remember that the government brought it to harass, intimidate and censor. This was state-sponsored #LegalAbuse, for which it will be impossible to hold anyone accountable. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

We saw Growler at A Wake, the last Body & Soul festival. We basically wept through the entire thing. She's a genuine sacred powerhouse of protest and beauty. What a force.

Museums have been in an impossible position for a long time. They rely on public funds and wealthy patrons: neither are comfortable with the truth and its political consequences. news.artnet.com/art-world/mu...

More great live footage from our midsummer night's eve show for @thenestcollective.bsky.social! Here's our broken folk version of Scarborough Fair for voice and body percussion... youtu.be/Ly9_M_m7NP4?...

Athgreany Stone Circle in Co. Wicklow is one of the most important in Ireland, with a sacred hawthorn part of the circle. Although the fairy tree is a community place of worship, access is currently denied to this National Monument. Will @opwireland.bsky.social explain why? #StandingStoneSunday

The appropriate term for this kind of scholarship is probably "critbait"?

Always astounded by how easily aggression and hatred can mask itself with the 'peace, love and charity' of Christianity. It would be easy to say these people aren't real Christians, but it seems to us that throughout recorded history, Christians have behaved in ways very similar to this.

Look at this dream job! Also, does anyone know any practicing #lichenology folks? It's for a thing about #StandingStones... @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

Fascism and authoritarianism need your fear to thrive. Stay strong, help your community, create, create, create.

Bye Tom, we will miss you! Totally understand this decision: social media is corrosive to the slow, sustained thinking that creativity needs-even when you're not also trying to use it for PR. If you've not read @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social's beautiful, unsettling work, we can't recommend it enough.

Solidity forever The union never dies Solidarity forever In the face of all their endless lies Decolonise Wonderful footage of our #MidsummerNightsEve show for @thenestcollective.bsky.social. Maybe our best live recording ever! youtu.be/9S4eeT1YOD0?...

Join us one week from today at #Waterford #CultureNight in Dungarvan. We'll be luxuriating in the fantastic acoustics of the Old Market House Arts Centre, sharing some experiments from our #CreativeIreland funded R&D project #TIMEWEAVERS.

One week from today! Join us at the Old Market House Art Centre

Re-enchantment is resistance.

Just had a delightful vocal overtone session with artist @janepitt.bsky.social. Would you like to explore your voice through the magic of overtones and harmonics? Clair has some spaces left in their schedule for new students this season. Fees £30 to £60/hr, depending on what you can afford.

Today is the first session of our residency at the Old Market House Art Centre, Dungarvan. It's part of our creative wellbeing R&D project #TIMEWEAVERS, funded by Creative Waterford and Waterford Council. @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social @creativeeuireland.bsky.social

Sometimes audience members tell us we made them feel they want to sing or pick up an instrument again, and honestly its the best compliment we could ever hope to receive about our music.

Two happy customers with their PRETTY GETS OLD WEIRD IS FOREVER patches. This stylish and practical item can be yours for a few quid... lunatraktors.bandcamp.com/merch/pretty...

"To me, it’s as simple as this: I have #Covid and feel like c**p – and I don’t want anyone else to get it and feel like I do. So, until I’m better (and non-infectious), I’ll be staying put at home, out of harm’s way. You should too." Definitely this ☝️ www.independent.co.uk/voices/covid...

Well, we're behind already because we've got stinking colds, but our new R&D project #TIMEWEAVERS is beginning at last! Funded by #CreativeWaterford and Waterford Council, we'll be writing an accessible music theatre piece about folk song, somatic sound and time travel.

It's not actually #BandcampFriday, because it's Saturday, but don't let that stop you checking out our lovely wares! lunatraktors.bandcamp.com

Playwrights Peter Oswald and Sara Shaarawi are among those to accuse the Home Office of failing to facilitate international artistic exchange, after dealing with a series of Visa denials in this summer’s festival season.