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Memory keeper. Networker. Historian. ABI &PTSD #DisabilityMatters #MakeNMHOurs @RepealRathdown ♿️ @DADACampaign #Magdalen #SalvationArmy &much more #Resistance ☘️
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BBCOne now n repeat #DopeGirls post WWI and those of you in #Speirgorm should know that it was the superb work of the ‘Lady Searchers’ attached to the RIC in Ireland led to the first women police. In Britain & yes there was other things attached with Mosley but that’s another story….

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#Speirgorm Tonight on TV enjoy

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Wow! Congrats to Bluesky for passing the milestone of 32 MILLION users. Spread the word!! 💙🦋 bsky-users.theo.io

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Today's oldest book for Oxfam books- The annals of lough cé 1871

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Octavia Butler was a black female science fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

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This cannot be posted enough!

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Hero Comic, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) One of the funniest of the silent movie stars, Charlie was born in London in 1889. This publicity #postcard is a sensitive portrait, not like his little Tramp personality! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes #postcards #actors

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I interviewed the very talented and brave accidental activist Dr Lydia Foy: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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Todays hero

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Gosh, so many lovely new followers. Thank you! Welcome! I don’t auto-follow-back but if you chat and interact there’s a good chance I’ll notice I owe you a follow eventually (and if I know you in real life please give me a nudge!). 🤗 My bio gives a good sense of who I am. I write this sort of thing:

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Faber will publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney in October 2025, including previously unpublished material. The collection has been edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue with former Faber Poetry editor Matthew Hollis 👇 #BookSky

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Congrats to Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social & RadioMoLI @molimuseum.bsky.social on this new series. I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Lynch and Juliet Mabey @oneworldbooks.bsky.social for the opening episode. Funded by @researchireland.bsky.social Pathways programme @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Casually bringing this back… #OCanada 🍁

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if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Calling all folk music lovers! Grandma's new episode is up. Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk... It was all happening in that mythical neighborhood right across the river from Brooklyn. Come with me to Greenwich Village in 1961.

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🍁 #Canada

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A 74-year-old woman was arrested for alleged breach of the exclusion zone around Glasgow's abortion clinic… 🧵(1)

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Dear people of Malta! We are organizing an Online Action Day tomorrow and can't do it without you. Please join our volunteer WhatsApp group: chat.whatsapp.com/CvNcCR5nTKZ2... Let’s make a difference together and sign the initiative for safe and accessible abortion in the EU—link in bio.

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Here is a quick recap of »My Voice, My Choice« journey so far. 🧵 We're a group of friends who found it unacceptable that across Europe, more than 20 million women do not have access to abortion.

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For those who need to know true historical facts

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We’re hiring two reporters. If you’re interested, please apply by Wednesday 19 February. dublininquirer.com/2...

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