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“Joy is an act of resistance” i repeat to myself as i have a bowl of Coco Pops at half past 11 at night.

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Never seen that one. It was last summer already and it was a fantastic event in the Linenhall in Belfast. Looking forward to talking more about the North later in the year. #IrishArchives

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Despite my dire lunchtime efforts this behemoth climbed back over 100k after a productive evening. Over the yrs I've ditched massive sections & characters. Changed names, locations, and more dialogue that I thought possible. However, it's still the same story? This is the Trigger's broom of fiction.

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I've 40 mins for lunch. Often write while eating. Good to switch off the brain from work during the day. After the edit of last night's progress, a small rabbit hole about the Fulani people of Niger, I was left with some solid progress. 12 new words. 12. There is a reason it's not finished.

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That absolutely tulip across the pond knows nothing about the world. It's extraordinary just how badly informed he is. He is a vacuous abomination. Anyone with a passing interest in EU politics and the future of European security had all eyes on Germany as the polls closed.

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How Oswald is remembered

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Thus offshore usage recreates the surrounding landscapes; like a poet I know who finds his lines by glancing along titles on library shelves, so the fisherman low among the waves raises his eyes and picks words off the land with which to write sentences on the sea Tim Robinson

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I feed the locals in my cherry tree. This week's visitors included: House Sparrow, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Blackcap, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Bullfinch, Starling, Jackdaw, Wagtail, Wren, Thrush, Magpie, & Blackbird #irishbirds #birds #birdingisforeveryone

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It has a cover! I am so excited to have The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean coming out September 2025 with @pennpress.bsky.social! 🗃️

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Red, golden, green, the scales of Peters fish, stretched and nailed to the curve of the dome, held up by pious prayers, feverish pleas and hope of the wounded, the hospital arches of yellowed stone, barred with wrought iron..." paperneverrefusedink.com/2018/08/24/p...

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"We hear it all, the endless message, carved high into the battlements, conform and heed our call..." paperneverrefusedink.com/2018/08/24/t...

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"If only the innocent could be kept afloat by faith, until the rescuers come walking on the waves, to carry the children to the cradle of their mother, not let them tumble in the surf, greeting the morning with their backs, silent and stiff..." paperneverrefusedink.com/2018/03/01/6...

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"Mothers are Mothers, white, brown, yellow, black. no divide amongst the races by colour, creed or social status, each Mother cradles two generations inside her during gestation, endless cord to the dawn of time, when your Mother’s Mother was also mine..." paperneverrefusedink.com/2018/02/24/m...

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"I draw faces on the nitrile gloves with care, never more struck by my privilege, until I meet those without a home, a child alone, the laughter and delight at a simple toy, a joy..." I often wonder where those children are now. paperneverrefusedink.com/2017/12/01/f...

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Merciful Sleep. "Nameless and blameless, drownings not painless, Saint, Sinner, Soldier and Thief, weeping child for their Mother, Father lost Brother, Muslim, Christian and Sikh..." I will never forget Ethiopian Coptics holding Mass on our flight deck. paperneverrefusedink.com/2017/12/03/6...

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Times flies. We're approaching the 10th anniversary of when we first sailed to participate in Op PONTUS in the Southern Mediterranean. A life marker. A before & after. Those 84 sailors who went south, where not the same who came home again. Yet we came home. Many never did. youtu.be/DmbVw2vhA5w?...

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As a teen, I read through the boxes of books my older siblings left behind. Buried in Tolkien and Feist from young, 10/11 having graduated from Asterix & Tintin! I distinctly remember finding Durango by JB Keane about 14. An awakening to Irish writers and poets. A home fire with flame eternal.

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Public libraries are amazing! Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library? Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?

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'Shipwreck' cartoon. Available now as a print in my shop: www.tomgauld.com/shop

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Brace yourselves, a storm is coming in the form of a new episode of the #poetry #podcast Eat the Storms, tomorrow on all major platforms ⚡️ Guests include Colleen Machut, Jeremy Haworth and David Edelman, all hosted & produced by Damien Donnelly to ensure you all Stay Bloody Poetic

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Today marks the introduction of USB-C as a mandatory standard across the EU, with a few exceptions. One of which is not Apple. goosed.ie/news/eu-new-...

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On starting a new novel, Michèle Roberts, NEGATIVE CAPABILITY, page 94

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Nollaig Shona daoibh @davidmccullough.bsky.social

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If you read one thing today…please read this testimony from the first day of Ireland’s first Injecting facility.

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This was never my town...

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Stickleback XLVIII: Liz Kendall - FREE DOWNLOAD It is STICKLEBACK DAY!! Come and get your Free wee fishy from the always awesome Liz Kendall

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There will be. Most probably a Multi-Episodic film, but connecting the life of the son, to his parents. The son giving up his own life and goals, in order to pay a debt to the dreams and idealism of his parents. A script in the works.

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News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions theonion.com/news-happeni...

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