Fiona Doris

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A t-junction with the sea ahead, blue still water inside the pier, a RNLI rescue 🛟 boat and white letters spelling out “ Dún Laoghaire” and a sculpture of a ship between the road and the water

Greetings from the port from where the mail boat no longer sails

“I’m so happy. I love writing songs. I love Ireland. I love Dublin. Up the Dubs. Up Bohs. Up Dunboyne. Free, free Palestine.”

Otherworldly beauty

Here's what the US and Israel are saying about the deadly bombing of a primary school in Iran At least 165 people were killed in the strike, most of them children.

Almost a week on from the bombing of a school in Iran that killed dozens of children and staff members, no one has yet to claim responsibility for the incident.

Here's what the US and Israel have said about it. jrnl.ie/6977044

Public Consultation on the Cost of Disability

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Greetings from Kyiv.

I came to the railway station to visit an exhibition — and instead saw this:
a concert by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

Wow. I want you to hear this.

I was kidnapped in Colombia by FARC in the mid 90s

Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today.
It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians.
Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch.
It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month.
“Hope is the thing with rivers…”

Again the passive voice. Sick of it.

A man died after a coward hit him with their car and fled the scene. His life wasn't worth your 5 mins of a free adrenaline rush.

A pox on the person that killed him. Why can't we be safe going for a walk or cycle where we live.

Oooh. One of my fave places to bring visitors to Dublin.The beautiful @chesterbeatty.bsky.social never fails to educate via enchantment.
And the Silk Road Café serves deliciousness with charm.

I heard that “jiggle physics” was created to program naturalistic movement of breasts. Before that women characters looked weird when they ran or jumped…

Spain’s Foreign Minister Albares, calls out Karoline Leavitt on her lie that Spain had agreed to cooperate with the US in its illegal war:

“She may be the White House spokesperson, but I am Spain’s Foreign Minister, and I can assure you that our position remains unchanged.”

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Brazil revokes decree privatizing three Amazonian rivers after Indigenous protests Brazil has revoked a presidential decree that placed sections of three Amazonian rivers — the Tapajós, Madeira and Tocantins — under a state-led privatization program. Indigenous groups had protested…

Brazil revoked a plan to privatize parts of the Tapajós, Madeira and Tocantins after Indigenous protests.

Following a 33-day blockade of Cargill’s Santarém port, the government scrapped the grain export initiative.

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Explore an Interactive Version of The Wall of Birds, a 2,500 Square-Foot Mural That Documents the Evolution of Birds Over 375 Million Years Now, this avian Vatican also has its own Michelangelo. – Audubon Magazine And the Class of Aves has its very own avian Pantone chart, created by science illustrator Jane Kim in service of her 2,500 sq...

@mariapopova.bsky.social I guess it’s not news for you, but it was a delight for me so, just in case you haven’t seen it……….

www.openculture.com/2019/02/expl...

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Congratulations on getting into the home straight, so sorry to see all that important and solid work get struck down at the last moment. Shame on the government wto kill this bill.
What motivates them I wonder? 🫩😮‍💨

So sorry to hear about the flooding. And glad that people care and want to help. 🤞🤞 the bees 🐝 will have a sanctuary again.

Bravo @channel4news.bsky.social
This is top drawer reporting.

Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe's climate forever YouTube video by Channel 4 News

Great Channel 4 News report on the latest #AMOC monitoring.
"Trouble is: there is now growing scientific consensus that the AMOC is weakening."
@noc.ac.uk
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The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.

A book called HEATHCLIFF AND THE GREAT HUNGER STUDIES IN IRISH CULTURE by TERRY EAGLETON cover shows a detail of ‘Glendalough’ a painting by Peacock; men on horseback , a fiddler and a woman singing looks like a small section of a 17th century fair

Nobody mentioned the Irish link when we were studying for Leaving Cert (1985). My aunt lived near Rathfrialand in Co. Down.
She was a great reader, yet nobody told her.
It showed up on here a few weeks ago.
Thanks #speirgorm and Irish Libraries.
The eponymous essay in this book is brilliant.

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan By trusting the US, we handed Trump a kill switch. Yet Europe’s digital sovereignty is an achievable goal, says civil liberties campaigner, Johnny Ryan

My piece in The Guardian this morning: Europe’s path to technological independence from the U.S.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Crepes on horseback after sunset for the win.

There are thresholds for each country. 10 countries must pass the threshold and overall 1 million signatures needed.
Ireland has passed the threshold Every signature counts.

A Textbook Case of Genocide Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?

Just saw this.
There are no words.
Our “Leaders” in the EU are mostly complicit.
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