Gonna tell my kids this was Fleetwood Mac

Purple Reign.

#Spéirghorm #PresidentialInauguration Yay - John Bowman! Lovely to hear his voice…. Nice to have on in the background while working here.

Slán Miggldy! I’m going to miss our president Michael D, but looking forward to seeing what Catherine Connolly does in this role.

#FossilFriday some gorgeous in situ fossils at Hook head, Wexford Ireland. Photos my own.

#AdoorableThursday, very cute, wee door in Tintern Abbey, Co Wexford, Ireland and a slightly more rustic entrance to Slade Castle, Co Wexford Ireland. Photos mine

Well fuck www.biopharmadive.com/news/uniqure...

Normally when I’m anywhere I’m on the lookout for #archaeology stone bothering opportunities (and did have some Norman/medieval oops) with a cool castle and the oldest working lighthouse in Europe, but this trip I had some fab fossil stone bothering fun too. Fab, fab, fab!

Thanks for sharing, as someone who lectures remotely for a significant part of my job, it’s only by the grace of all the gods I haven’t ended up in a similar situation! Glad it’s resolved for you.

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

This will be the story of the election and the usual politico voices on rte radio dismissing it show a wilful ignorance of the trajectory of the electorate and the trumpification of politics. Ignoring the signs will come back to haunt those who still believe in post civil war status quo.

Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66

Feel very lucky to be on a campus that this is how I can spend my lunchtime! @tudublin.bsky.social

The Andrew formerly known as Prince

Today is a good day. Lots of shade being cast in the speech announcing Nobel Peace Prize about growing authoritarianism

This could easily find its way into my Research Methodology module…..

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

👌

Just what’s needed on top of the existing chaos

Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for developing molecules that aid carbon capture

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Happy Nobel Chemistry Day to all who celebrate it! #chemistry

I love living in a country where we can have our leaders make a total hames of a presidential election and all it produces is hours of radio chatter for us anoracks and really funny memes 🤣♥️😎 #Aras25 #Áras25 #spéirghorm

Busy day here, some big work deadlines, an airport pick up, the usual birthday tradition for youngest costcentre - same number of pancakes as your age for breakfast , tough day to be a politics anorak … but we will muddle through #speirgorm #spéirgorm

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#speirgorm #SpéirGorm … I hope ye all have your anoraks in good working order, today’s going to be some craic #GUBU #Aras25 #áras25

A partial refund ……

we’ve hit GUBU territory very early in this election cycle and then there’s the budget on Tuesday. What a shit show! Martin’s going to have to go, right? #SpeirGorm #Aras2025

An amazing woman whose legacy will live on.

#academiclife I appreciate scheduling training is awful but why oh why oh why are so many training/information sessions I need to go to scheduled for MY lunch break? Today’s notification is for a really important one around student mental health, but what about staff health and wellbeing too?

Because… of course , this was always on the target list.

This is just amazing news! www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Áras25 #Aras25 Tobin is effectively throwing in the towel on RTE 1 now and at the same time saying thousands are contacting their tds and senators about wanting Steen on the ballot 🙄

#traitorsirl - that was great craic, watched it with youngest cost centre. Very fun watching a tv programme live, for a change

#tylenol #acetaminophen #paracetamol #autism Just in case it’s not blindingly obvious….. here are statements from the EU (EMA), UK (MHRA) and Australian (TGA) regulators on use of acetaminophen/paracetamol in pregnancy

#autism #tylenol I guess I’ll have to dig this out many many times in the next few days

Time to dust off the disclaimer for my modules this semester :)

Since it's circulating, with alt text.

Go tobann! #Áras25

My office outlook thingy is either very optimistic about my normal email output or just being a passive aggressive arsehole

one of his worst crimes is making me side with simon harris

#Aras25 from 2018, but seems evergreen

Nine former CDC chiefs say RFK Jr. is endangering Americans. Amid a measles surge he fired Susan Monarez, installed unqualified advisers, and cut vaccine support. They urge Congress, medical groups, and philanthropy to defend science and public health.

Absolutely relevant today also👇

Last of my summer digs now dugged 😀. Sites from Iron Age (with Romano British finds). Medieval (with some nice pottery) and late 19th century (masonry and plasterwork). All 3 great learning, craic and lovely people. Roll on ‘26 season 😎

Love it . petrichor!

“I don’t remember when Shakespeare plays were drag shows,” someone just commented, and I had to look at their other posts to see if they were in earnest. They were.