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Irish Mammy, vegan, book lover. Trans rights are human rights. Free Palestine. Working in climate policy. All views my own.
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In the last month i have been rear-ended by a person who seemed high; been chased, flashed and roared at for the “crime” of forgetting to turn on my lights; and was subjected to verbal abuse when a stop/go system malfunctioned and i met another car head on (i was the stupid f*cking bitch). Scary.

People in Ireland are preparing for the Storm and The Toy show ... #LateLateToyShow #StormDarragh #Speirgorm

Mother duck #latelatetoyshow

MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped (originally for @theguardian.com)

Massive away win for the little fella.

Fontaines D.C. – 'Cello Song (from The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake (who died 50 years ago today)). www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDU...

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.

Bookish checkpoint: Last book I read: the Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Current Read: Heart be at Peace by Donal Ryan Last book added to tbr: restoring Sanity by Margaret J Wheatley Probable next read: the women of Troy by pat barker

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978

Oh so many to choose from! Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan Days Without End by Sebastian Barry Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan

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Day one: youtu.be/S40DdlD9JxI?...

Alright Irish Bluesky - we have 3 weeks to go until the Toy Show. Time to lightly bully your friends and mutuals to join the butterfly place and we *might* just have enough time to have an excellent live reaction space again. #SpeirGorm

It’s so nice here! Like Irish twitter in the good ole days :-)

Wordle 1,244 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew! my 114 day streak was in danger with that one!