Ailbhe
@ailbhe.ossifrage.net
she/her
environment, sewing, books, art
#VisibleHealth
environment, sewing, books, art
#VisibleHealth
I was told today that there's another Ailbhe And Rob couple living about 4 miles away from us. I am very surprised.
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I was told today that there's another Ailbhe And Rob couple living about 4 miles away from us. I am very surprised.
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Please spare a thought for the clinically vulnerable and anyone who might find themselves in hospital this winter and mask up www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS leader issues mask warning over ‘nasty’ flu strain
NHS leader urges people experiencing flu symptoms to wear masks as he warns of a ‘very nasty strain of flu’
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Please spare a thought for the clinically vulnerable and anyone who might find themselves in hospital this winter and mask up www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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I wonder if real Irish filmmakers know that Udárás na Gaeltachta are not only running a competition for “AI filmmaking”, but have decided to name it after “storytelling”. Ffs.
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
An Togra Scéalaí - Project Scéalaí
Tugaimid cuireadh duit iarratas a chur isteach ar an gcomórtas físeáin AI, an chéad cheann dá leithéid don Ghaeilge.
Fáiltímid roimh iarratais ó dhaoine 1...
filmfreeway.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wonder if real Irish filmmakers know that Udárás na Gaeltachta are not only running a competition for “AI filmmaking”, but have decided to name it after “storytelling”. Ffs.
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
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LEGO has a "fierce shark with a treasure chest" set coming, because everyone knows that sharks love booty www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
Fierce Shark with a Treasure Chest 31381 | Creator 3-in-1 | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
LEGO® Creator 3 in 1 rebuildable sea animal toy set
www.lego.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
LEGO has a "fierce shark with a treasure chest" set coming, because everyone knows that sharks love booty www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
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“The Hunter” — Ogden Nash
The hunter crouches in his blind
'Neath camouflage of every kind
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys
This grown-up man, with pluck and luck
is hoping to outwit a duck
The hunter crouches in his blind
'Neath camouflage of every kind
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys
This grown-up man, with pluck and luck
is hoping to outwit a duck
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“The Hunter” — Ogden Nash
The hunter crouches in his blind
'Neath camouflage of every kind
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys
This grown-up man, with pluck and luck
is hoping to outwit a duck
The hunter crouches in his blind
'Neath camouflage of every kind
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys
This grown-up man, with pluck and luck
is hoping to outwit a duck
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My parents know exactly how I’m doing and what I’m up to because they were supportive of my transition and still love and talk to me maybe try that next time
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My parents know exactly how I’m doing and what I’m up to because they were supportive of my transition and still love and talk to me maybe try that next time
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Writers now: what a rich period of borrowing from Norman French into English!
1440, Bokenham hating on the youth:
"They barbarize them both and speak neither good French nor good English"
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1502816...
1440, Bokenham hating on the youth:
"They barbarize them both and speak neither good French nor good English"
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1502816...
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Writers now: what a rich period of borrowing from Norman French into English!
1440, Bokenham hating on the youth:
"They barbarize them both and speak neither good French nor good English"
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1502816...
1440, Bokenham hating on the youth:
"They barbarize them both and speak neither good French nor good English"
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1502816...
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The Murderbot bundle in the link below definitely counts as a #UKSFFBookBundle. £13.69 for all the (superb) Murderbot books and a bunch of fantasy by @marthawells.com.
Short window though compared to normal @humblebundle.com deals. Only two days to get it.
Short window though compared to normal @humblebundle.com deals. Only two days to get it.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Murderbot bundle in the link below definitely counts as a #UKSFFBookBundle. £13.69 for all the (superb) Murderbot books and a bunch of fantasy by @marthawells.com.
Short window though compared to normal @humblebundle.com deals. Only two days to get it.
Short window though compared to normal @humblebundle.com deals. Only two days to get it.
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
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Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer. https://to.pbs.org/4rUfabq
Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55
Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer...
www.pbs.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer. https://to.pbs.org/4rUfabq
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Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect.
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
December 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Have just been reminded that my friend Christina once overheard the following in Waitrose: it’s perfect.
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
“Mummy, does Lego have a silent T on the end like Merlot?”
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The drug uses antibodies from volunteers vaccinated against botulism to help babies too young to fight the disease on their own.
How a rare drug made from scientists' blood saves babies from botulism
The drug uses antibodies from volunteers vaccinated against botulism to help babies too young to fight the disease on their own.
l.euronews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The drug uses antibodies from volunteers vaccinated against botulism to help babies too young to fight the disease on their own.
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The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...
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Betteridge's Law 2026 edition.
If the headline contains words, what they actually mean is this:
If the headline contains words, what they actually mean is this:
This is an advert. An advert for something that's absolutely not gonna happen.
Flying taxis could be in UK skies from 2028 and end up being as cheap as an Uber
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Betteridge's Law 2026 edition.
If the headline contains words, what they actually mean is this:
If the headline contains words, what they actually mean is this:
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Well, a report printed in greyscale then signed in colour, and then scanned and uploaded is certainly *a* process you can use for your #genderPayGap report. If you're going to rely on colour differences to make your quartile graphs clear though, it's not one I recommend...
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Well, a report printed in greyscale then signed in colour, and then scanned and uploaded is certainly *a* process you can use for your #genderPayGap report. If you're going to rely on colour differences to make your quartile graphs clear though, it's not one I recommend...
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Accidental penguin in my coffee this morning
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Accidental penguin in my coffee this morning
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'Stop sulking.'
'You said I could drive.'
'I said I'd let you sit in the front, and if you don't stop complaining I'll put you in the boot.'
'You said I could drive.'
'I said I'd let you sit in the front, and if you don't stop complaining I'll put you in the boot.'
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
'Stop sulking.'
'You said I could drive.'
'I said I'd let you sit in the front, and if you don't stop complaining I'll put you in the boot.'
'You said I could drive.'
'I said I'd let you sit in the front, and if you don't stop complaining I'll put you in the boot.'
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“Friend” Andrew Hickey, 758, commented: “You can’t say Legos. You’ll be eviscerated. And rightly so, you scourge upon humanity.”
Sign up to our Patreon to read us bullying our friends: www.patreon.com/posts/144519...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“Friend” Andrew Hickey, 758, commented: “You can’t say Legos. You’ll be eviscerated. And rightly so, you scourge upon humanity.”
Sign up to our Patreon to read us bullying our friends: www.patreon.com/posts/144519...
Sign up to our Patreon to read us bullying our friends: www.patreon.com/posts/144519...
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BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
This is a great puzzle game
https://cluesbysam.com/
https://cluesbysam.com/
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is a great puzzle game
https://cluesbysam.com/
https://cluesbysam.com/
Do you WANT the cephalopod planetary takeover? Because this is how you get the cephalopod planetary takeover.
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Do you WANT the cephalopod planetary takeover? Because this is how you get the cephalopod planetary takeover.
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The frequency with which stories like this are coming out is why I did a 180 on the question of assisted suicide.
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The frequency with which stories like this are coming out is why I did a 180 on the question of assisted suicide.