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Michaële Cutaya @michaelecutaya.bsky.social · 5h

@praxisunion.bsky.social response to the Arts budget 2026. Full statement to be found here www.praxisunion.ie/praxis-budge...

PRAXIS STATEMENT: BUDGET 2026
We welcome the government’s commitment to a permanent Basic Income for the Arts (BIA), a hard-won achievment for artists, workers and advocates.
We’re concerned about a gap between the end of the current BIA pilot (Feb 2026) and the start of the new scheme (Sept 2026).
Despite a small increase to the department, arts funding has fallen in real terms, worsening long-term deprivation in the sector.
Half of artists in Ireland live below the poverty line, current funding levels are not enough to support fair living and working conditions.
Praxis calls for: increased Arts Council funding, investment in arts infrastructure, and a permanent, inclusive Basic Income for the Arts.
Read our full budget statement on our website https://www.praxisunion.ie/praxis-budget-statement-2026/

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Michaële Cutaya @michaelecutaya.bsky.social · 6h

Very moving stories of cellos and the people who played them.

A Different Life www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?

Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 17h

Epithalamium, a consortium — @robmclennan.bsky.social

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Epithalamium, a consortium — rob mclennan

Never in our selves, but beyond. Rosmarie Waldrop, Blindsight (1998) Marriage: a portin the storm or the storm, enough to…

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 17h

The current Irish government is hostile to climate action #spéirgorm

"The report from this second stage was completed and sent [to DoCEE] eight months ago.

It has been sitting on the Minister for the Environment Darragh O’Brien’s desk ever since, awaiting publication, only partially leaked."

Eamon Ryan: Why is the Government delaying publication of the land use review?

Fears around the report are misplaced and it is long past time for it to be published

www.irishtimes.com

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 13h

" Extensive and devastating fires have raged through the country in the past few weeks, destroying all before their path, and Heather Humphreys seems clueless in her lack of response”.

Heather Humphreys ‘clueless’ in interview on Radio Kerry - Irish Wildlife Trust

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys appeared clueless and unaware of her responsibilities in an interview with Radio Kerry this morning (April 23rd). She maintained that f...

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 13h

There has never been a more important time to elect a President who will be independent of Government.

A President who will represent Ireland with pride, courage, and integrity.

On 24th October, vote for a strong voice, independent of Government.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 15h

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 18h

“EPA said the biggest threats to overall health of the country’s natural water bodies include animal waste, fertilisers & pesticides running off farmland and forestry”.

Politically backed ongoing wreckage of our natural environment for profit continues unabated.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

www.irishtimes.com

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Michaële Cutaya @michaelecutaya.bsky.social · 16h

😄 and what of the whole 'AI and I' essay genre! 😨
there this @nplusonemag.com piece that is excellent www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 18h

The protection of the environment for the benefit of all is a left-right issue. Here’s why:

Who benefits from environmental destruction? The rich. Who pays for it? Everyone else. Who pays the most? The poorest people in society. It doesn’t get more starkly left-right than that.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18h

Ex-Green TD Brian Leddin is leaving the Greens over the party's support for "far left" Connolly, and voting for Fine Gael's Humphreys as president.

He believes climate and ecological breakdown are not left-right issues.

He's very wrong: *capitalism* is their core driver.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 20h

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

www.irishtimes.com

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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 18h

Well said @irishrainforest.bsky.social - Leddin must not have paid attention to recent speeches from the Taoiseach and government (in)action.

Meanwhile, the EPA tells us today that water quality in our rivers and lakes has deteriorated again.

#Aras25 #SpeirGorm

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18h

Ex-Green TD Brian Leddin is leaving the Greens over the party's support for "far left" Connolly, and voting for Fine Gael's Humphreys as president.

He believes climate and ecological breakdown are not left-right issues.

He's very wrong: *capitalism* is their core driver.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 20h

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

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Michaële Cutaya @michaelecutaya.bsky.social · 17h

The Green Party consulted members about what should the party do and members answered that the GP should support CC. If he has problems with democratically taken decisions, he should indeed leave the party.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 17h

«Je ne crains aucun homme» : Letitia James, la procureure générale de New York, continue à défier Trump

«Je continuerai à lutter contre les politiques agressives» de la Maison Blanche, «je ne m’arrêterai pas, je n’abandonnerai pas et je ne céderai pas», s’est exclamée la magistrate de 66 ans

«Je ne crains aucun homme» : Letitia James, la procureure générale de New York, continue à défier Trump

Lors d’un rassemblement lundi 13 octobre au soir, la magistrate récemment inculpé a aussi exprimé son soutien au candidat démocrate à New York, Zohran Mamdani, autre bête noire du président américain.

www.liberation.fr

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 2d

Its not monsters from outer space
Its humans scraping the bottom floor and sucking up every life form that exists, leaving nothing
Fish often in vain flee for their lives

Also releases 370 million metric tons of planet-warming c02 every year, roughly same as running 100 coal power plants

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

"As a result, I know much more about Connolly now than I did before this campaign started.

Conversely, I know pretty much the same amount today as I did about Heather Humphreys’s life and values pre-campaign."

Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly’s podcasts and viral moments V Heather Humphreys freezing under no pressure.

I wrote about the big differences between how the Irish presidential candidates communicate and connect.

#Aras25

Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us

Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her

www.irishtimes.com

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly’s podcasts and viral moments V Heather Humphreys freezing under no pressure.

I wrote about the big differences between how the Irish presidential candidates communicate and connect.

#Aras25

Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us

Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her

www.irishtimes.com

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Michaële Cutaya @michaelecutaya.bsky.social · 1d

à côté de la plaque grave en fait: «la société doit rester attentive aux facteurs qui génèrent et soutiennent la croissance économique. Ces facteurs sont l’innovation scientifique, la destruction créatrice et une société ouverte au changement»

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 1d

L'arrogance et l'absence totale de remise en question d'Emmanuel Macron sont des cas d'école à enseigner sur la toxicité de la Vème République.

Son refus d'admettre sa défaite est le seul responsable du chaos actuel, mais il prétend incarner la stabilité.

Hallucinant.

Depuis l’Égypte, Macron nie toute responsabilité dans la crise politique et dénonce ceux qui font des « paris sur l’instabilité »

À son arrivée à Charm el-Cheikh en Egypte, le chef de l’État s’est dédouané de toute responsabilité et a rejeté la faute sur les oppositions et certains partenaires du « socle commun ».

www.huffingtonpost.fr

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

This is what presidential looks like.

Independent candidate for Irish president Catherine Connolly TD has always supported Carers & people with disabilities. She was one of only 2 TDs who supported us in the Care Referendum @catherineconnolly.bsky.social

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Fabrice Arfi @fabricearfi.bsky.social · 1d

« Les partisans de Nicolas Sarkozy sapent les fondations de la démocratie en saturant l’espace public de bruit, de confusion et de fureur », affirme Philippe Conte, professeur émérite de droit pénal à l’université Panthéon-Assas, dans un entretien remarquable.

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« Les partisans de Nicolas Sarkozy sapent les fondations de la démocratie en saturant l’espace public de bruit, de confusion et de fureur »

Pour Philippe Conte, professeur émérite de droit pénal à l’université Panthéon-Assas, les juges n’ont pas statué selon leur bon plaisir ou leur ressentiment dans l’affaire dite « du financement libyen...

www.lemonde.fr

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 1d

A guaranteed basic income pilot of $1,500 a month is coming to Mercer County, West Virginia. And also Beaufort County, North Carolina and Warren County, Mississippi. Apply using the link in this article if you live in those areas or know someone who does.

Guaranteed monthly incoming program coming to Mercer County

PRINCETON — A nonprofit agency that helps the world’s poorest households is launching a guaranteed minimum income program in Mercer County. GiveDirectly is partnering with area human service agencies ...

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 1d

"Reading is both a virtue and a duty." Ma Bibliothèque is the London-based imprint of artist, writer and editor Sharon Kivland, publishing essays, experimental fiction, poetry, critical writing and writing about reading. Discover the library at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct

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