Compare Vonnegut buying an envelope with this tech bro running from his life

Breda O’Brien is spot on in her article in today’s @irishtimes.com - the Department have decided that bullying teachers into reform is easier than actually funding or supporting it properly.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

To the tune of Eric Carmen's 1975 hit All By Myself:

Wikipedia is on the ball- #newpope #vatican

filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"

“Orkneyinga Saga… is at once a historical chronicle & a literary fantasy. It is a Christian book of bloodshed that celebrates saints alongside murderers. Rich in paradox, invention & embellishment…” —Simon Hall on the c.1200 CE Orkneyinga Saga #BookWormSat www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nors...

They banned drink on good Friday, see, on account of the Romans. So we'd all buy cans on the Thursday. "Gimme a bag o cans", you'd say. 'Course back then they were a pound a can, so you could fill a bag. A pound was what they called Euros...

I can never forget that ending. Stays with you like the Arctic wastes themselves.

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

At last!! Well done Rory. Now every single person on this island can finally move on with our lives. #masters

#masters He did it the hard way! Congrats Rory! So happy for him.

RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.

“Teachers will not teach what they do not know.” - from my interview In today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social with Jess Kelly #edchatie #aieducation

All the new Leaving cert sample papers for Tranche 1 subjects are 2 hours 30 mins across the board 🤮 Exactly the same mistakes as JC are being repeated- give students time to THINK! Less time only increases stress and pressure!! #edchatie

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

For all its flaws, be thankful where you live.

Another week & while the numbers are rising, the numbers don’t add up yet. It’s really important to have your voices included. Please encourage all stakeholders to have their say-

This post is so apt👇 Here’s a link to our podcasts from University of Galway Archive on the Tuam Institution www.universityofgalway.ie/tuam-oral-hi...

I wrote about the workplace culture in various TV shows from Severance to Paw Patrol www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

So grateful that Ireland doesn’t have a perceived Golden Age we could enjoy again if only we’d listen to the racists and homophobes. Wax lyrical about the 1950s in an Irish pub and people will assume you’ve suffered a head injury.

📢 @NCCAie are offering you the opportunity to be part of Regional Focus Groups on the draft specification for Leaving Cert English. Follow the link for more details on these one day events & to register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

Happy Ides of March to those who celebrate

How many English teachers are there currently teaching in Post Primary schools? That’s how many voices should be heard. forms.office.com/pages/response…

Submissions are now open for The Prompt, a new writing series for RTÉ Radio 1. Eight of Ireland's best writers have set prompts for you - details here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

INOTE Executive Committee met today to discuss the recently published draft specification for Leaving Certificate English. An online consultation survey is available-MAKE THE CHANGE MEANINGFUL-have your say too ncca.ie/en/senior-cycl…

@fotoole.bsky.social excited to see and updated version of 'The Radical Guide to Shakespeare' in the book shops- now with added Othello and King Lear 🥳 Have been forcing my leaving certs to read bits of the original book for years and now I can suggest they buy this 👏🏼👏🏼

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Very few Dutch cyclists wear helmets. Yet theirs are among the safest streets on earth. Why? They understand it’s more beneficial to calm motor traffic, build dedicated infrastructure, and nurture a culture of everyday cycling. Not force the most vulnerable users to armour up. youtu.be/P7trv9paMxA

Have had a very quick scan- a lot to process- any other English teachers out there reading it??! #edchatie ncca.ie/media/kocjun...

An Australian man who saved more than two million babies by donating blood over a thousand times has died jrnl.ie/6638624

It’s unacceptable that 500 million Europeans have left themselves exposed and dependent on 340 million Americans to protect them from 140 million Russians, who have been unable to win against 40 million Ukrainians in a three-day war that has lasted for three years.

Brilliant Irish poet Pat Ingoldsby addresses his country.

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

If some large high street retailer could whizz out a dog man costume for kids in the next few days they would make BANK in pre World Book Day panic... can't even find a blue top to use to cobble together a home made one 🤦‍♀️ @primark.bsky.social

Over 51,000 primary school pupils were in classes of 30 children or higher last year, according to the Department of Education jrnl.ie/6632834

Media coverage on spending in the arts needs to be balanced w the HUGE value for money that public funding provides for our communities, society & economy in this country. Politicians talking about being ‘furious’ would do well to take account of the many projects & institutions that are… #speirgorm

Relatedly, Mary Oliver, for anyone who is grieving.

Drives me mental how people in media do no seem to understand how the public sector works. Someone on a career break isn’t being paid. The job is filled by someone else. It literally doesn’t affect you if someone takes a 12 career break and there’s loads of reasons why they might. It’s an outlier.

This poem is now well over a century old. Does that mean, that despite the undoubted power of the line and resonance with today, the centre actually tends to hold?

Was also there- so good. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

Agus an síneadh fada gan chúis ar an dá liosta! 'Rían' in áit 'Rian' agus 'Fíadh' in áit 'Fiadh'. Hyper-gaelicisation.

Elaine Dobbyn - secondary teacher of English and SEN in Galway- lurking mostly today as was getting a kid to sleep! Can anyone explain the Deepseek thing to me like I'm 5 (the mental age I am when it comes to AI stuff)? #edchatie