"This division of people into the living, who are grievable, and the unliving, who are not (whether they be currently alive or dead), combined with the effects of a cis-supremacist society, relegates trans people to an underclass, an unpersonhood." I am writing. It feels very heavy, today.

1000s of public domain films that you can stream, no ads! www.openculture.com/2026/01/stre...

One week left to apply! #SpeirGorm

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Open until Thursday in @thedigitalhub.bsky.social!

Due to unforeseen circumstances The Rookery Stories has been cancelled this evening. We will update our social media with a new date as soon as possible.

I Forgot Anteaters Exist Info Dump Sessions are back this Friday! WEEK FIVE: PERIMENOPAUSE with Fri 27th Feb | 7:00pm - 9:00pm Perimenopause is the term capturing the transitionary phase leading up to menopause (which marks the end of menstruation following 12 months without a period).

A4 MEMBER PROFILE: Ellen Fagan Ellen Fagan is an Irish Artist, Curator and Art Researcher whose work explores semiotics, folklore and social constructs.

MEMBER NEWS! Studio artist Manuel McCarthy Valderrama is taking part in the upcoming group exhibition Past, Passing, or To Come opening 26th Feb at the @thedigitalhub.bsky.social. ______ Past, Passing, or To Come 26 Feb - 05 Mar 2026

Open Call: One Private Workspace Available! €200 per month Please apply via our website, link in bio or visit a4sounds.org/join-us __________ One of our private workspaces will be available from Monday 16th March. We are accepting applications until Monday 9th March.

Artist Talk | Seán O’Riordan | 38:13 Seán O’Riordan reflects on their installation for TULCA 2025, discussing material processes and the politics of value, desire, and language across ceramics, textiles, and sculpture. Watch: youtu.be/w0a7P2TZQRM

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

Not being able to apply for things like Illness Benefit without a public services card is insane

Filmed over four years across kitchen tables, protests and public meetings, this documentary follows a city fighting for itself as a broken property market chews up its citizens for profit. Rooted in Dublin, it reveals global forces reshaping cities, where homes are assets and people are obstacles.

BDS alert: Venezuela’s oil is being rerouted to fuel Israel’s genocide, through Italy, act now to stop the vessel. The BDS movement calls on trade unions, grassroots movements and wider civil society to take action now. Read more: https://loom.ly/Z-aY20g

Afternoon. Added a few issues of Graphic to the archive. A very groovy mag, out of Dublin (I think) in the late 80s early 90s. Am missing a few issues, (3, 5 9, 10, not certain there were any more issues after 11) if anyone has them. See them at oldzinescene.com for free!

He was just cut off from RTÉ Radio 1, he said that detainees have been killed by staff there. Absolutely dystopian - horrific

All eyes on Gaza There is no #Ceasefire Israel is a pariah state

Saturday 14th, join the #DropAllianz protest at Croke Park. #FreePalestine

Join us for an evening of films and stories about Cabra - its people, its nature, and the places we share. Resilient Cabra: Stories of People, Place, Nature and Water. Easy Quad, TU Dublin, Grangegorman, D7. Thurs, 12 Feb, 6.30pm. Book now! www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981595810... #SpeirGorm Pls Share!

It's wet and while this weather is ongoing, @MetÉireann have issued a Status Orange warning until 3pm tomorrow (Fri, 6 Feb). Expect to see some localised flooding & difficult travel conditions. Please report issues to Fingal’s Emergency Line on 01 890 5000. fingal.live/2p89a35t

We currently have 10 regular studio memberships available at A4 Sounds. We are looking for artists from the following disciplines to join our studio community: • Sculpture • Print • Photography • Ceramics • Textiles • Media

The new 'highly transmissible' COVID-19 variant: what Aussies need to know NB.1.8.1, an Omicron sub-lineage, is now widespread across Australia. It is highly transmissible, spreads faster than earlier Omicron variants, has a shorter incubation period, and causes a sharp, stabbing sore throat early.

Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Facts are Facts. news.stv.tv/world/physic...

We are still a Covid-cautious organisation so people who are high risk, such as those with cancer or people caring for them can feel safe at our events.

However, if you are going to be jumping off the vimeo train, you can backup your videos using yt-dlp. This is a piece of software designed to access videos via the public APIs of video sites. I have made instructions for win/mac/linux here: github.com/albertious/b...

Now I remember, I didn't need a python script in the end, you can download your vimeo account using yt-dlp. However, if you have private/unlisted videos, you will need to log in and export cookies.txt (using a cookies export browser extension). Not great for ppl avoiding age ID bullshit. Soz.

Importing the fabricated anti-trans hysteria of the UK's intentionally divisive fabricated culture wars to Ireland. Culture wars that were planned expressly to advance modern fascism. If he's not a fellow traveler, Bakhurst is either thick or only interested in clicks. Either way not fit for the job

Our next National March for Palestine is on Saturday 21st February. There is no ceasefire, Israel is bombing Gaza right now, murdering at least 25 people since last night. It is attacking and ethnically cleansing people all over the West Bank. And still our government refuses to act #FreePalestine

Come on Ireland, sign! For these ECIs to work and be considered by the European Commission, 7 EU member states must meet their threshold, for Ireland that's 10,080. We are now at 8,951, 88 8%. No more EU-Israel Agreement for the apartheid state. #SanctionsNow eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

Thank you to everyone who braved the elements and came to our first @hoganddice.bsky.social The Rookery Stories monthly story telling session! Keep an eye on our website and social media for news of the next event.

THE ROOKERY STORIES Monthly Storytelling sessions with Hog & Dice Starting Tue 27th Jan | 6:30pm - 8:30pm(ish) Find out more here: a4sounds.org/shop/the-roo...

Tonight!

Looking for a studio? We have a small number of regular memberships available! From €100!

Our Info Dump Sessions are back for 2026! WEEK FOUR: EVOLUTION with Jordy Smith Fri 23rd Jan | 7:00pm - 9:00pm The story of evolution is more than just gene flow, founder effects, and rates of substitution. Find out more here: a4sounds.org/anteaters/

Online Workshop | Half-Day Introduction to Japanese Black Ink Painting with Karen ColbertLearn about materials, basic brushstrokes and techniques used for painting grasses, flowers, trees and more (live online). This workshop may also be sent as a gift. visualartists.ie/advert/onlin...

With the decision of the Dublin football players that they won’t consent to being interviewed in front of Allianz signage, show the GAA that it must #DropAllianz. No material support for any companies complicit in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians Thursday 12pm, Croke Park. #FreePalestine

People still out here claiming that lack of enforcement of client criminalisation laws is why they don’t work, as if Sweden which has been harshly enforcing its law for over 25 years didn’t still have a thriving sex industry www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...

Infrastructure for what kind of development? A single DC in West Dublin (employing a handful of people) uses 10x the energy of a nearby pharmaceutical plant that employs 2000 people, and enough energy for 200,000 homes. Great work from @lnbdublin.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Director of the Complex, Vanessa Fielding's statement on the closure of the organisation. "A failure of cultural policy and accountability". #dublin

This has been completely normalized. Once upon a time when it happened, there was days of press coverage and vigils.

"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...

We have been calling for Revenue to collect 7% Derelict Levy for yrs & finally they agreed but, they've delayed for 2+ yrs So Councils will continue ridiculously low collection rates of less than 10%, leaving millions in unpaid fines while they struggle to fund basic services #DerelictIreland

Are you thinking of running the Dublin City Half Marathon 3rd May 2026 and would like to raise funds for the IPSC via idonate portal? Here’s your chance to register, with ballots open tomorrow January 16th and closing 22nd January. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 eventmaster.ie/custom/event...

Ultimately the crackdown on transness has never been about trans people its never been about us. Its the struggle between the firm hand of heteronormative patriarchy and the freedom of feminism, bodily autonomy, reproductive rights. We are just the border where that war is fought

Dozens of distinguished scholars & authors from around the world have made a declaration in solidarity with prisoners in the UK whose long detention on remand on charges relating to activism for Palestine has sparked criticism from human rights organisations & UN experts #palestine-action #palestine

"Don't let me fall apart" Plaques de céramique installées sur des maisons vides avec des messages, écho des voix de celleux qui souffrent des conséquences de la crise du logement. dontletmefallapart.com Expo en cours: @rha-arts.bsky.social à Dublin #ceramique #art #RDS #Exposition #RHA #VAA2025

We are fast approaching the Jan 16th deadline for submissions to the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland in collaboration with Sample Studios at @ucc.ie. The deadline closes this Friday at 5pm. www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/... @uccresearch.bsky.social

Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest. The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment Please read and take action 👇