'Of all the floures in the mede, Than love I most these floures white and rede, ....' Chaucer, The Daisy You and l, Geoffrey, you and I 🌼

RE:VERB 2026 - PROGRAMME NOW LIVE! Session tickets: €10 Festival pass: €35 Read the Festival Announcement: yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com/2026/05/reve... Visit the Festival Webpage (artist info + tickets): yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com/p/reverb.html

I absolutely LOVED this episode. Ashley is such a power house of energy, clicked with Tom and John so well. Made my long weekly journey from the office so much better ❤️. Thank you for that 🙏.

🧵 Amazon axing 13 #Kindle models made before 2013 has been on my mind. I'm one of those who use tech until it falls apart in my hands (capitalist's nightmare). Kindle is the only thing I buy from Amazon and I love it. #booksky /1

The @hayfestival.bsky.social has intentionally relabelled its (fully-enclosed single unit) gender-neutral toilets as men’s or women’s only. There is one ungendered toilet on the entire site – which doubles as the only accessible toilet, too. On the entire site.

June is often considered Gay Christmas* in Dublin. A great time to visit the city. There are also events throughout the country. You can see a full list if you visit www.gcn.ie

CAMPAIGN TO STOP the removal of 7km of books (Philosophy, Ethics, Religion, Archeology, History, Music, Fine Arts, Language, Literature, and our invaluable collections of Salisbury, Welsh and Celtic literature) #libraries #HigherEd #AcademicSky you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ―Robert Frost ✨ #writing #poetry Art by Leonardo Di Aetherhart

Musée d’Orsay in Paris opens a gallery dedicated to still-unclaimed works believed to have been looted by Nazis from their Jewish owners in WWII: https://cnn.it/3QQ3wQR

How did i miss this at the time. Agree with Colin and am guilty myself of not going to the theatre as often as I used to. I know it's six years ago - the pandemic cut my love for theatre and I haven't found it back yet.

Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.

John Gibbons: From deadly heatwaves to missed climate targets, the climate warning signs are flashing red, while political urgency in Ireland is nowhere to be seen... jrnl.ie/7054392

In his keynote speech to Harvard graduates this week, @thedailyshow.com host Ronny Chieng said "Fuck AI!" Turns out you can talk about AI in a grad speech and not get booed. Watch our episode on these AI grad speeches: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0E...

The European Commission has decided not to propose sanctions at this time on Aughinish Alumina, the Shannon-based plant owned by a Russian company, which has been accused of exporting alumina that has ended up in Russian weapons and armaments used against civilian targets in Ukraine.

The "do-nothing" Government strikes again - with a simple amendment to the Dublin Transport Authority Bill, which would allow the NTA to deliver BusConnects in our regional cities, taking months to progress.

Less than one hour between these two stories.

You can bet your arse data centres aren't running out of water.

“Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption.” X radicalises our politics, normalises and amplifies the far right and poisons our democracy a bit more every day. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I went with Tidal when I quit Spotify because they paid artists the best at the time. If I was quitting Spotify now I'd probably pick Qobuz, for the same reason. Quitting Spotify is definitely the important thing to do.

81.2% of respondents support College Green and Dame Street plaza plan, says council An overwhelming majority of people who responded to a well-publicised public consultation support the project, according to a report published by Dublin City Council. The report covers feedback from a four-week…

Not half as difficult as being disabled in Irish society is Taoiseach

Not a bad morning in south Dublin. #Speirgorm #speirghorm

Been Google for a few years, I've asked for my data to be deleted and went back to living without 🙃

Taoiseach admitted today that Ireland is not sovereign. Our foreign policy is made by U.S. multinationals, not Irish citizens.

I'd like to politely invite him to get in the sea.

Two Roman era babies buried at York (late 3rd or early 4th centuries CE) were wrapped in Tyrian purple. It’s less about the cost than the fact that, for me, this makes the assertion that high infant mortality=babies weren’t loved as much as today, even more ridiculous. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Been traveling for 4 hours 10 minutes now and I'm still half an hour away from the office. Spent an obscene amount of time on the dart - problem with overhead cables. We're crawling. Think my head is going to explode. I could've traveled to Prague and almost back in this time... 😁

Ireland more exposed to economic risks of AI than other countries, says IMF

Mawdsley's new PB is a good news story; more to come. 👍

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

Friends went to Saltee Islands to see the #puffins. Beautiful shots. ##speirgorm

For twenty years, I had the best job in the world. I was Chief Curator at Hampton Court ... and now I've written it all down. QUEENS AND KINGS: AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY is — I think — unlike anything I've written before. Pre-order link via my link! 👑 bio.to/QueensAndKings

This company that has built an apparently unworkable system for Irish Rail, reportedly headed to the bin at the cost of €50 million, is the same company the NTA has hired to bring contactless payments to Dublin's bus system. www.dublininquirer.com/the-nta-has-...

A potential source of inspiration if you're thinking of submitting to our upcoming 'Gold' themed Showcase 👇

Are you new to skychats? Why not use our How To Guide - and then get yourself along to tomorrows #womenwriters #skychat to talk about Writing Events: Festivals and Readings on Thursday, 21 May BST. www.womenwritersnetwork.com/blueskychats...

I wrote a book. It's called The Planter's Daughter. It's a murder mystery set in West Cork. It's got climate activism. Hedge-cutting in nesting season. The Pana ban. Incinerator protests. Poisoned eagles. Drones. Trans self-discovery. And history - the stifling, overarching shadow of Irish history.

Untitled by Agnes Martin, 1977 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137715

New research led by Trinity College Dublin’s AI Accountability Lab pinpoints the growing threat posed by the influence AI companies have over the rule of law and people’s lives.

Israeli fascist and minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video of himself on Twitter abusing the illegally kidnaped and detained members of the Global Sumud Flotilla while yelling “Welcome to Israel, we are the owners of the house".

Still hurt by Bertie Ahern singling out Congolese people, loss of a community member opened a fresh wound, they say. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/still-hurt-b...

Random office moment.

We were at the BFPI Banking Conference at the Mansion House today to demand the government get the Central Bank of Ireland to stop facilitating apartheid Israel's genocide bonds. Simon Harris went in through the goods entrance down a back street.... CBI must #StopFundingGenocide

White Flower by Agnes Martin, 1960 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137332

im dreaming of a time when using ai is widely considered as embarrassing and big ai is viewed as a danger to the public on a par with big tobacco and big oil

In the deep dark quiet the wreck lays undisturbed. No one visits, the bones have long since been picked clean and dispersed to who knows where. Read the entire poem: buff.ly/9nSo47a #PoetryCommunity #LitMag

Rogue states unite.

Well said. Sadly, there's lots of racism in Ireland. I'm white, European, with decent Irish accent, and I experienced it periodically myself. :-(

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...