Elliott Smith on @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social ❤️

Ringing bells, magical nights in Dublin theatres+ Cork's Lobby Bar, + foraging for treasure... #sundaymiscellany is on air now with Dominic Dromgoole Adam Trodd Bernadett Buda Aoife Barry David Grant and Noelle Lynskey #brianfriel #MaeveBinchy #manchanmagan Tune in! @sweetoblivion.bsky.social

Was curious about JFK’s health so I asked google. TIL he was pregnant in 1960 but only put on 15-20lbs

The Dublin City sky is filled with geniuses.

Only just read this amazing book by @kitdewaal.com but savoured every page and didn’t want it to end. Now I want to devour all her writings #books #KitDeWaal #writers

Smart seagulls in Marino, Dublin. Fool the worms into thinking it’s raining.

Casino Marino looking well after the storm

Woke up with sudden hearing loss ➡️adapted/coped with severe tinnitus ➡️got a cochlear implant ➡️did auditory rehab in @nlireland.bsky.social ➡️found Bram Stoker’s Gibbet Hill ➡️published for charity(Charlotte Stoker Fund) ➡️funded research preventing hearing loss in newborns ➡️Macnas announce this👇 🤯

Night, 1595 Jan Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius (SMK, Danmark)

MACNAS!!!!!

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Manchán Magan - writer, broadcaster, and passionate advocate for the Irish language and culture.

Become ungovernable

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

Some mifepristone history. It eventually had to be sold by a Boycott-proof one-product company. Didn’t think the FDA had it in them to enrage the opponents of abortion pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9146386/

Can’t believe that the Galway/Dublin Halloween parades by Macnas will be based on Bram Stoker’s Gibbet Hill 🤯This news comes in the same week that the Charlotte Stoker Fund got the first research project off the ground, offering a new genetic test that helps avoid hearing loss in vulnerable newborns

I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial? Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3 @nihr-rss.bsky.social @wiphcem.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

It’s not #Deaf awareness month anymore, but I’m reposting this anyway. I have multiple reports of people getting/insisting on immediate treatment for sudden hearing loss based on this advocacy. I was, unfortunately, misdiagnosed & will always wonder what would have come from immediate treatment.

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

Free tickets selling fast. For all the #BramStoker nerds out there 👉 bramstokerfestival.com/en/events/fi... #GibbetHill

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Can’t believe that the Galway/Dublin Halloween parades by Macnas will be based on Bram Stoker’s Gibbet Hill 🤯This news comes in the same week that the Charlotte Stoker Fund got the first research project off the ground, offering a new genetic test that helps avoid hearing loss in vulnerable newborns

Macnas is back in Dublin for the Bram Stoker Festival - for real, this time! bramstokerfestival.com/en/events/ma...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month #BreastCancer is the most common cancer among women globally and represents approximately a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year.

I can tell you from personal experience caring for children like this that pertussis in a young infant is one of the most wicked diseases you can imagine. It’s why we recommend that people get vaccination boosts both if pregnant or living in close proximity to young children.

Quote with your yellow art.

Listen if we can’t make Michael D a dictator it’s got to be Catherine Connolly for president. She showed empathy, compassion and dignity last night

The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists. Nobody could have seen this coming. #SpeirGorm #UBI www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Gavin is atrocious. Humphreys is . . . . Not sure what she is, other than foolishly trying to link her candidacy to the succeses of the current administration. Connolly has depth, compassion, and a gentle, thoughtful gravitas that befits the #Aras25.

"Small as we are, we should be using our voice for peace... We have a particular role as a small country, our best defence is our neutrality." #TonightMTV

crazy beautiful sunrise this morning, luminous

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

Samuel Beckett at the Schlosspark Theatre Berlin, 1965

Masters of Terror by Jack Burton. Who is your favourite one and why?

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Brendan having a laugh.

War ravaged Portland

War-ravaged Portland

Some background on one of the authors of that paracetamol (acetaminophen) paper. #MedsInPregnancy

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Some background on one of the authors of that paracetamol (acetaminophen) paper. #MedsInPregnancy

@glaucomflecken.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/TA2rG... #Medsky

Big news: Internet Archive Europe ( @internetarchive.eu ) has opened its new HQ in Amsterdam! 🎉 A home for preservation, access & shared cultural heritage. Read coverage from @mariabustillos.com in Flaming Hydra: flaminghydra.com/freedom-and-...

Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful

#MedsInPregnancy #Pharmacoepi #Paracetamol #Acetaminophen

AUTISM and TYLENOL A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared. “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…” Full article:

#MedsInPregnancy #Paracetamol #Acetaminophen

Thank you for sharing - I was wondering what study was being cited and where they got "The dean of HSPH says Tylenol causes autism" (or whatever the exact quote was). This comment left in Table 1 also suggests it wasn't a great editorial job

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59