A #painting from the southwest of Ireland. I painted "Gallarus Oratory" following several visits to the iconic County Kerry structure where, well, I just like stones and walls and that's enough for me really. #art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #YellowThu

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Here, have a #painting. "Golden Leaves I" came out of the days where I had a little dog who loved going for walks with me to look at the last leaves of autumn. It began an ongoing series of painting, the sixth of which I've been working on for the last few years. #Art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear

Bloody hell! Well, if that is to be the decision that wins Arsenal the title, it's somehow apt that it came down to shithousery at a corner

Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social

A Kerry #painting "Iveragh End" 35 yrs ago I stayed in a house on the Ring overlooking Derrynane Bay. On my last morning I walked up the hill at 5am to look down on the house while everyone slept, painting it in my head. 10 yrs later I actually painted it. #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #ColourADay #GreenSat

Have a #painting from my longest running series. "Birds, Wires" (Number 19) from a couple of years ago is the only one with a green sky. Like all of them I painted it because I like birds and I like wires, and I especially like the spaces between them. #Art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #FlyDay

With all the talk of academic profile pics, this one has got to be up there. John Searle. With a shotgun.

paul noth does it again

Best match anyone has seen in years and for some reason Virgin Media don't have this one? What's the story with that, it's been Virgin on Tuesday, RTE on Wednesday all season until now

Great representation from @maynoothuniversity.ie @mupsychology.bsky.social Department at the 22nd Annual Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference which took place at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) on April 24th. #maynoothuni #PsychologyHealth&Medicine

🧑‍🎓Attention all ECRs! 🧠@alzheimersocirl.bsky.social are offering five bursaries for ECRs to cover registration fees for the @alzheimereurope.bsky.social Conference in Dublin 27-29 October 2026. ⌛️Closing Date: Friday, 8 May 2026 ➡️For more information and to apply: alzheimer.ie/creating-cha...

Here, have a #painting from the northeast of Ireland. "Holywood and Belfast Lough" was painted in County Down after cycling from Antrim through the centre of Belfast city and out along the southern shore of the lough. Good times. #art #SpeirGhorm

On this Alien Day, worth sharing this again: Top is sunset on Mars (from the Curiosity rover, April 2015) The bottom is sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)

Timed essays under exam conditions are much better for some students rather than others who are equally able. For the last 20+ years we’ve been trying to develop alternative assessment methods that are fair to everyone. And now, thanks to AI, we are introducing timed essays under exam conditions.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli

Another Dublin #painting for you. "Grand Canal Dock" was painted ten years ago because I like the shapes of the buildings, both new and old. I do want to revisit it as a subject though, to do it better justice - and to paint it much larger. #art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear #scape

‘Like a block of flats’: Public unhappy at Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre planned new look

In 20 years time, young Dubliners will look at photos of the building this thing replaced and be aghast at how and why it was demolished, just as so many of us have looked at beautiful buildings knocked before it.

This is going to leave the Ilac as the best looking shopping centre in Dublin😬 www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

What the…?!! The existing building is elegant and slightly dilapidated, but this just looks dated and ugly! 😱 #Dublin #StStephensGreen

Elon Musk and his merry band of eugenicist broccoli haired and finance bro acolytes are doing exactly what they want: cutting off the support system that allowed vulnerable, poor, sick, disabled, brown and Black people to eke out an existence--they WANT this outcome. He tells you this openly on X.

This is a permanent grade 8 (equivalent payscale to an associate professor/senior lecturer) position. Technical expertise and knowledge of safety and compliance in relation to MRI and experience managing and supporting research techs is critical. Full job criteria available via the link above.

Exciting job opportunity! The York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) is looking for a new Lead Technical Specialist to manage the facility and the amazing team of techs. YNiC is an brilliant facility with 3T MRI, whole-head OPM-MEG, TMS, and EEG. Please RT! #neurojobs #psychjobs #psychscisky 🧪

For the neuro heads, this is a Lichtenberg figure, a pattern created by running a high voltage electrical discharge through, in this case, acrylic - but doesn't it look like something else? (Got it on etsy, for anyone wondering)

Yes, write a book a day with AI and you too could look this happy and fulfilled

Have a #painting from County Kerry because for some reason I'm thinking good thoughts of Kerry. "Tralee, Rock Street" was painted because I found myself cycling up and down it, drinking tea on it, and getting punctures on it as well as drinking tea while repairing punctures. #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear

Programmes for Wild Mind festival in Fenit are out, featuring me lil' doodle. Really looking forward to this! 🌿 wildmind.ie

ART AND LEGACY OF SANTIAGO RAMON y CAJAL Organised by the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK, sponsored by @oxforddpag.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social Launch: Wednesday 29th April from 3:50. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/oxfor... Lecture theatre 1, Lower ground floor LaMB

So hey that's eugenics

This is so good that I wish I had said it myself 👇🏼

Have a #painting. "Cherry Blossom" was one of many paintings done during one of my 24-hour video-streamed painting things, though it was the only one I held on for a while to work on some more, because I enjoy the peak pink that happens every year in front of our house. #art #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear

This week's @mupsychology.bsky.social Departmental Seminar is from our own Dr Sadhbh Byrne

There's no call for how invested I got in this.

Submitting a journal article #academicSky #psychSciSky

Still going

💙🌡️ Gigio Donnarumma jumps into the crowd to celebrate with Man City fans. 🫂

Huge win, massive performance, Bernardo just immense, Nico brilliant. Even a month ago the thought of a proper title push seemed like a fantasy. Still a lot of points to play for, & can see both sides dropping more before the end, but in with a real chance now. C'mon City! #mcfc

🚨🚨 Manchester City beat Arsenal! 💥 Who’s been your Man of the Match?

I strongly suggest showing this to people whose ask chatbots for facts.

‘Your brain isn’t fully formed until you’re 25’: A neuroscientist demolishes the greatest mind myth www.sciencefocus.com... Dr Dean Burnett tackles a stubborn, and increasingly harmful, brain myth. For Science Focus Magazine. #Brains #Teens #Development #Autonomy

INCREDIBLE SOUND!!! A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity. This is amazing sound quality! What a treat! www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

This part of the canal path will be closed until mid-July for resurfacing, the skyline will look quite different when it reopens

The "Charity begins at home" people are... *checks notes* abusing charitable people feeding homeless Irish people #spéirgorm

A group of Muslim women who feed Dublin's homeless week in, week out, attacked by fuel protestors. I think we see who they are now.