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grainneogach.bsky.social

Ex-academia, working in tech. OCD and OCD accessories. Also wargaming and Connacht Rugby. PhD Irish History - #EarlyModern #IntellectualHistory Gaillimh/Galway

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whatever was so bad about travelling to the cave to see the oracle

submitted 9 hours ago • 4 comments

The magpie. Is eating. The cake. Yum! Painted by my namesake Rubens Peale, who was born OTD in 1784.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

If you see this, post a sword - ‘untitled British brigade commander no. 1’ I’m thinking that the AK matte varnish is in fact not all that matte

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been lucky to get some hobby time again for the first time since September. The only problem is I can’t remember how exactly I painted these guys’ faces 😅

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A monarch much more fondly remembered in early modern Ireland, positively associated with parliament and constitution unlike in England.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Hey all, just so you know my website now includes an option for digital downloads! atunsheifilms.vhx.tv If you have purchased (not rented) any of the movies on my website, you should now have the option to be able to download both the films and the various special features that came with them.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

I will admit to swearing more than is necessary, and I understand that people are going to have different reactions to words... but tiny sliver people who find words like 'bum' or 'twit' offensive are weak and will not survive the winter.

submitted 10 days ago • 20 comments

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard Mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

submitted 18 days ago • 92 comments

Absolutely not. Harvard has quietly shut down almost all Palestinian programming on campus. The directors of the Middle Eastern Studies centres were removed from their posts. The law school has cut back DEI initiatives. Claudine Gay is still fired. Don’t be distracted.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Okay, I just looked at the website. There's no HUMANITIES represented! We, too, contribute to knowledge production. Where do the histories of fascism come from? Where the analyses of how rhetoric & disinformation work? Ignoring the Humanities' contributions to truth-making is what got us into this.

submitted 20 days ago • 14 comments

Watching the US markets go up somehow while their economy collapses

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I didn’t think a remake was necessary… but they really are the team to do it.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Living in London and seeing people actually upset that Thatcher had died really hammered home the existence of a Them for me.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

When you have a very specific candidate in mind

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve heard several variations on the Patrician genocide conspiracy theory but never one about Generalissimo Patricio leading his army around the place.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

For St Patrick's Day. Ladybird books were published in many different languages - including Irish

submitted 49 days ago • 11 comments

Just imagining trying to read the wall of dialogue on the failings of market liberalism on a phone while bombarded by ads No problems here

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Pics of you that you'd use as an album cover (With thanks to @pneumismatist.bsky.social )