Thanks Keir!

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

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Even stone gives way when roots persist.

Depressingly accurate

I find that the Irish language often describes a word's meaning more accurately, for me personally "Folklore" in Irish is "Béaloideas" "Béal" is mouth & "oideas" is teaching or education = teaching via the oral tradition💫💛 #storytelling #language #Irish #spéirghorm #culture #folklore #gaeilge

Ireland's Brehon Laws were an ancient code of lawful behaviour & crops, land & animals featured Bees had a subset: Bechbretha (Bee Laws) One such law said that if bees fed from flowers on neighbours land, this neighbour was due a share of the honey yield🍯🌿 #LegendaryWednesday #agriculture #law

Pun intended.

Jeff B*zos doesn't need your money. Instead, buy nice things from @ciaraioch.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @imbibecoffee.bsky.social @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social @barrymasterson.com and more - feel free to quote this with your favourite Irish businesses, many of whom deliver worldwide.

New statement in from Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling on the international community to ensure safe passage for the Madleen.

Elon posting on X that Trump “is in the Epstein files” was definitely not on our bingo card.

Just the government of the United States calling for regime change across Europe. substack.com/@statedept/p...

Same as Farage and Brexit in the UK

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Bluesky is interesting because you’ll see 2017 era millenial twitter scolding without the algorithm that made it viral. Extreme takes, existing in isolation with no engagement. It makes the posters look truly mad, in a medieval religious flagellant way.

As an Italian I can guarantee this recipe is amazing!

Bought this yesterday and going to start it this evening 🥰

Happy Saturday!

Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake. Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong. For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.

@irishhistsoc.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social

Parkrun isn’t competitive! Parkrun involves no changing rooms! Anyone can do parkrun! What the actual fuck are these people on about

Before I go into today's dystopian nightmare, let's take a minute to bring down your blood pressure. Here is one of my favorite creatures, the #RedPanda. Enjoy. #nature #animals

This is very cool

A reminder of a pretty etymology to brighten the day. The ‘daisy’ takes its name from the Old English ‘dæges ēage’, ‘day’s eye’, because it opens its petals at dawn, and closes them again at dusk.

In Welsh the Puffin is called Pâl

One of my favourite solo suppers is #RecipeOfTheDay: Poached Chicken with Lardons and Lentils! And by all means snip up bacon in place of the lardons if need be. www.nigella.com/recipes/poac...

Easter Egg Biscuits/Sandwich Cookies are #RecipeOfTheDay! Obviously, you can use any shape of cutter you happen to have, but I couldn’t resist these egg-shaped ones www.nigella.com/recipes/east...

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Somebody , the Dali lama said ‘be kind whenever possible, it’s always possible’ or something to that effect. Regarding the quote below. It’s always possible to find beauty in every body. It’s not doing something extraordinary to represent non normative people as beautiful. Just do it! 🥰

My easy-method Maritozzi have come to nigella.com, and are #RecipeOfTheDay! This makes me very happy, and I hope they make you happy, too www.nigella.com/recipes/mari...

'Dandelions,' was painted by the Danish artist Bertha Wegmann around 1910. It wasn't an arbitrary choice of a plant to paint: the dandelion was used to promote the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia because of its capacity for uncontrolled, strong-willed growth.

You have to laugh sometimes 🤦‍♀️

I love that in a small country like Ireland, every child has the opportunity to see some of the greatest Western art in the world. Here’s a bunch of primary kids [11-12y] inspecting our Vermeer. Elsewhere in the NGI they can see Rembrandt, Goya & Caravaggio. All donated to the nation.

Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.

Harebell Hare for #BlueSkyMonday 🩵💙

US representatives have been going around in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, knocking on one door after another to ask if they would like to be visited by the vice president's wife. -Everywhere the answer was the same: "No, thank you". According to Danish TV 2's correspondent in Nuuk, Jesper Steinmetz.

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

Which is scarier when AI literally can't distinguish comedy advice from actual knowledge, or scoots through with "sauces are for flavouring food, dressing is for wounds"

Meta stealing copyrighted books for its AI-training isn’t just criminal, it’s dangerous. Several of my older or out of print stolen titles have outdated medical info in them, now being fed into its maw to eventually poo out wrong AI info on critical women’s health, baby safety advice, etc.

Elbows up, Canada.

Saturday Splurge: #RecipeOfTheDay is Sake Steak and Rice! I wouldn’t normally go for fillet when eating steak but its sweet, rich butteriness is just perfect with the punchy sake, soy and mustard sauce. (For substitutions and variations, see recipe intro.) www.nigella.com/recipes/sake...

So today is finally the day 😝

Much better than putting money in Bezos' pocket! Tacaímis le gnó Éireannach seachas airgead a thabhairt do Bezos. #SpéirGhorm

I won't pretend that Amazon's launch of a .ie site is not a threat to many small (and medium sized) businesses here. It is. But if I could ask Irish people to do one thing - don't assume that whatever you're buying will always be cheaper there. A monopoly is in no one's interest. #speirgorm

🍀Happy #StPatricksDay! Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! And of course my Chocolate Guinness Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. It couldn’t be anything else! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...

'...They thought death was worth it, but I Have a self to recover, a queen...' ✍️ Stings by Sylvia Plath #BookwormSat #photography #poetry #InternationalWomensDay2025 👑 🐝

Happy International Women's Day! President Higgins and his wife Sabina will this evening attend the Irish Women in Harmony concert in the National Concert Hall to mark the day

Toasty Olive Oil Granola is #RecipeOfTheDay! This is relatively plain, in that it doesn’t have any dried fruit in it, but very far from austere. Just thinking about it makes me want to make a batch! www.nigella.com/recipes/toas...