This cancellation probably says more than what was planned... 🧪

For anyone is Dublin this Thursday..... www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-write-...

@jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social & The Write Stuff are delighted to announce our joint Dublin by Dusk collab. with @theprongs.bsky.social @bankphysics.bsky.social #kaycii & #eddiewinston … www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-write-... © The Write Stuff #thewritestuff #jamesjoycecentre #dublinbydusk #dublin

I've been to a few @itsthewritestuff.bsky.social events in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social over the last year and loved them all. A great mix of story-telling, poetry, music (and wine) at each. So I'm delighted to be a part of it at @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-write-...

I'm chuffed to be a part of this with @itsthewritestuff.bsky.social in the @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-write-... Next Thursday...

Does it make me a bad #Bohs fan to be delighted for Pico Lopes? What a great story.

Clearly Mayo needs a majority socialist county council to be elected for their All Ireland win.

With David Hockney's passing, I feel it's right to remind people of this contribution to this crossover between the worlds of art and science🧪 www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/my-favo...

Depending on age, and state or quality of eye sight. Especially distance from subject.

Not to say it's one way or the other. Try it sometime. You get tired straining to see the projected image. So you use it as a guide and abandon it about a quarter or third of the way through the underpainting.

www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/david-h... 🧪

In his book Secret Knoeledge, David Hockney talked about how art was non-photo-realistic up to the 1300s and again from the late 1890s, but that in between it was capable of astonishing realism...🧪

With David Hockney's passing, I feel it's right to remind people of this contribution to this crossover between the worlds of art and science🧪 www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/my-favo...

With speculation that E Musk will become a trillionaire today, I did a quick calculation: if he starts spending €1,000,000 a day today, it will take him over 2,700 years to run out of money. Alternatively, if he lives to 90, he can spend 78,000,000 per day and still leave 1,000,000 to his heirs.

Belfast then/ now

Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape).

Painting by Kate Jarvik Birch ‘Summer Rain’ 2025. Gouache on paper. Dimensions 6 x 6 Inches.

I did not know this.... @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social Did you?

Good morning! This week's theme was Pubs and Bars. Take a look at the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces. 🍺🍷

'Last Orders' (2008) by Gail Brodholt gailbrodholt.com

Early Morning, 2006, painting by Michelle Milburn, Northumberland-based artist.

There's a situation unfolding in the land of online bookselling that I haven't discussed primarily because I have little information to share. An unknown company is making multi-volume purchases, and when I say multi-, I mean some of us have been getting 500 orders a week. For REALLY random books.

This artwork is Rooftops (New York), an oil painting on wood panel by the Russian/American artist Samuel Halpert (1884–1930).

The real headline: "Progressive Social Democrat wins with ease in Dublin byelection bid for seat in the Dáil."

My scattered thoughts about writing a physics textbook for use in Irish (and Kazakhstani!) schools....🧪 www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/farewel...

One benefit of robots being bad at walking as we may finally see some investment in making places more accessible.

Sometime around 2008/09, just as he began to figure out the world, I did a bad thing and made my young son an Arsenal fan. I didn't mean to do it, it wasn't the plan...but he picked up on my excitement about a game and got drawn in, and the damage was done....

1-0 to the Arsenal!

Do you know which astronomer had a golden nose? Or which famous scientist's mother was tried for witchcraft? You do? maybe you're ready to play Physics Gossip Cards!🧪 www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/end-of-...

I actually think this ties in with my point about literature. Not all art or intellectual enquiry needs to have measurable utility. Sometimes the gratuitousness is the point.

Reposting for the science feed 🧪

What a journey! A white-tailed eagle chick that fledged from a nest in the Glengarriff Nature Reserve in County Cork in 2025 has completed this amazing grand tour of Ireland in 48 days. You can find out more here: www.facebook.com/GlengarriffW...

While chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵

I love the fact that when the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, more people came to see the empty spot in the Louvre where it used to be than had been coming to see the actual painting... therestishistory.com/episodes/the...

This is interesting: my own takeaway is that the best way to win an argument is to not have an argument. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Booking a cross-border train shouldn't require five websites, a degree in logistics and a prayer. We are fighting for a Single European Train Ticket to make travel simple, reliable, and accessible for everyone. Join us and let's get European rail back on track. share.greens-efa.eu/s/SJ0GPv9k

OK. I think I'm a VAR fan now.

© Anne Packard. 'Rowboat on Blue'. Oil on canvas, 1976.

Google sharing a precious memory... of where I parked at the airport in 2018! How much energy has this been using in a data farm over the last decade? Why don't these auto-delete?

People complaining about the 127k for a bike parking facility obviously have not tried to buy a window or get any work done recently. This seems like it's just anti public services sentiment with a particular anti cycling flavour to it.

I remember during Covid, coming across this great song. I hadn't heard of @swimmersjackson.bsky.social - but I just assumed he was famous and I was out of touch.... youtu.be/-yBcLnNNzA0?...

I left Northern Ireland to come here to play soccer in 1981. It was at the height of the troubles. When I left my mates called me a lucky bastard for getting to go live in America. Last month I was home in Ireland for a wedding. The same people told me how sorry they were for me having to live here.

Last day at Highbury, 20 years ago, May 7th 2006. Champions League Final on the horizon

This painting, titled Interior with a Goldfish Bowl, was created by the French modernist master Henri Matisse in 1914.

Before the game: anything other than a City win is huge Halftime: City winning by only 1 is arguably a good result for Arsenal Fulltime: can't believe City didn't lose 😭

Arsenal might have to build a statue of Thierno Barry to go next to Thierry Henry.

As a bad gardener, one thing I like to do is let plants grow past harvest. These Brussels sprouts never got eaten, but they are sort of lovely nonetheless.

Somewhat contradictory information coming from @news.rte.ie here...

I feel like the 1913 version of IVANHOE is a unique bridge between "Hey, let's make a film!" off-the-cuff productions that were the standard and the large-scale epics that were coming after. The filmmakers essentially cut EVERYTHING except the fight scenes and then let the Welsh extras have at it.