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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 13

Bluesky version of verifying accounts is a self-service option. Slight learning curve, but if you know how to access your domain's DNS records (or ask a friend), it's pretty straightforward:

bsky.social/about/blog/4...

Pleased with the result. Hopefully encourages trustworthiness.

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · 15d

I completed my first trail running race. Learned some truths about terrain, distance, and performance. #running #trailrunning #NorthernIreland

https://mrulster.com/2025/10/13/mourne-skytrail-20k-review/

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · 23d

Preparing for my first race with trail running kit

Just over 40 years ago, I learned how to run competitively by joining a high school cross-country team. To get any sort of hill climbing on the otherwise flat…

https://mrulster.com/2025/10/04/preparing-for-my-first-race-with-trail-running-kit/

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Sep 6

BBC Radio Ulster – Seven Days – America Right Nation

BBC Radio Ulster programme, Seven Days, reviews and discusses topic about book, The Right Nation: Why America is Different, written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge. Expert contributions by John Micklethwait and Nick Cohen (The…

BBC Radio Ulster – Seven Days – America Right Nation

BBC Radio Ulster programme, Seven Days, reviews and discusses topic about book, The Right Nation: Why America is Different, written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge. Expert contributions by John Micklethwait and Nick Cohen (The Guardian). Panellists were Fionuala Meredith, Newt Emerson, Brian Ashworth ("an American Christian missionary living in Bangor") and Allan Leonard ("a Democrat voter"). John Micklethwait defined conservatism in America as distinctively different than that in Europe.

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Aug 14

OTD 14/08/1968

“The Catholics have been interfering in Ulster affairs since 1641.” —Rev. Ian Paisley, as leader of Free Presbyterian Church, 14/8/1968. The Irish Times, 15/8/1968.

OTD 14/08/1968

“The Catholics have been interfering in Ulster affairs since 1641.” —Rev. Ian Paisley, as leader of Free Presbyterian Church, 14/8/1968. The Irish Times, 15/8/1968.

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Shared Future News @sharedfuture.news · Jul 24

Taoiseach Micheál Martin honours Mallon’s legacy with ‘Shared Home Place’ programme

Read our article by Allan LEONARD 👉 sharedfuture.news/martin-honou...

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #SharedIsland #peacebuilding #reconciliation

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Mar 28

Alternatively, you can do this within Gravatar, which is a Linktree-like service worth investigating for yourself in its own right:

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How to Set Up a Custom Domain Handle on Bluesky

Make your Bluesky profile stand out with a custom domain. Follow our step-by-step guide to set up and verify your unique handle today.

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Mar 14

‘A feasible bite out of a big apple’: outcomes from ARINS/Irish Times North–South surveys 2024

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#NorthernIreland #UnitedIreland

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Shared Future News @sharedfuture.news · Feb 3

Peace process as ‘a long, slow murmuration’: the Mark Durkan interviews

Read our article by Allan LEONARD 👉 sharedfuture.news/peace-proces...

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #peacebuilding @mrulster.com

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Jan 1

Love the image creativity! 📸

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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · Dec 24

Uh-oh 🎅🏻 #CalvinandHobbes

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Dec 9

Photographers can learn from filmmakers, who work with story boards to aid their visual storytelling. Or at least have this frame of mind when editing a selection of images for a #photobook or photo essay. #photography #photojournalism

Graphic with text: "In visual narrative storytelling, especially from a journalistic perspective, the most important thing is that each individual image can stand alone, but in their combination, they tell a story." The State of Photojournalism Today. MaryAnne Golon | Lens Culture

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Dec 5

The importance of imagery in #journalism. From book, Reporting Beyond the Problem: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

Graphic with text: "Some evidence exists that solutions-oriented photos affect audiences differently, as well. (To showcase a solution to climate change, journalists might choose a picture of a wind turbine rather than a forest fire, for example.) Reporting Beyond the Problem.

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Dec 4

My compulsive watching of France 24 news is keeping me well informed and entertained. Macron really doesn't get how much he is despised, especially by the MPs. He stitched up Barnier. Pity the next PM #deadmanwalking

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 27

Politico disagrees: "looks a bit like student politics" :-) www.politico.eu/article/pmqs...

PMQs: Starmer wins as Badenoch bangs on about a petition

The prime minister just edged it this week, turning things around after a dull start.

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 23

A diet of #warphotography may not be good for your health.
#Peace #photography #peacephotography suggests an alternative: www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

Graphic with text: "Visual representation may contribute to memory loops, thus intensifying traumatic memories without offering an escape from these memories. What, then, could a forward-looking perspective look like?" Peace Photography, Frank Möller

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 20

Folks, let's admire what a proper bicycle lane looks like, ie you can't park a car on it. Maybe someday we'll have these in #NorthernIreland

Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · Nov 19

Policy choices matter. #paris #velo

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 20

Verifying a domain for an individual for Bluesky relatively easy; but harder for those with subdomains (like at BelTel). If not already, point your tech people here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...

How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky

Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 19

Good to see them verify their Bluesky account #thewayitsdone

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 18

@sharedfuture.news covered an event Derick participated in: "He ended his talk with his public hope to 'have a civil society and a hopeful society that can have an interdependent society'." sharedfuture.news/bits-and-pea... #sharedfuture

Shared Future News — “Bits and Peaces” celebrate Irish peace movement history

“Bits and Peaces” celebrate Irish peace movement history by Naomi HIGGINS 1 December 2021 Innate, the Irish Network for Nonviolent Training and Education, was established on the premise of “the nee…

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 17

At least folks can verify their own Bluesky accounts with their own domain. I'm hoping more high profile users make use of it.

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 17

One for @factcheckni.bsky.social @fullfact.bsky.social #accuracymatters

Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · Sep 11

don’t feed the animals

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 17

The potential of #peace #photography @readwise.bsky.social

Graphic with text: It is possible to photograph the participation of people in the process of peace coming into being.

Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 16

Great to see you here, Grant. This place is taking off, and it's exciting!

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 16

Same! Discovered your posting via @unofphoto.bsky.social aka Grant Scott, a good man and sound educator all things #photography

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Allan LEONARD @mrulster.com · Nov 16

I discovered Yan Morvan through his Bobby Sands exhibition and book published in 2018. My book review with France24 interview embed — "Maybe if the war starts again in #NorthernIreland I'll be back...":

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#photography #photobook

Book review — Bobby Sands by Yan Morvan

Book review — Bobby Sands (Yan Morvan) by Allan LEONARD 11 October 2018 Sorj Chalandon ends his foreword with a question from Bobby Sands’ memorial card: “Will tomorrow be remembered?” He is with B…

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