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Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
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Brigit; birds, bugs, & plants; SF; #TheArchers
Author: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars

Please don’t follow me just to sell me something; I only follow back if we seem to be compatible souls.

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Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦 @maelbrigde.bsky.social · Aug 31
"The Perpetual Flame at Kildare” an essay on Brigit’s Sparkling Flame. #BrigidOfIreland #IrishSaints #PaganSky

Image by Mael Brigde: Close-up of lit candle in glass cylinder on bog oak candle stand, with two gold-painted oak leaves beside the candle. Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Kildare (2023)
The Perpetual Flame at Kildare
The Perpetual Flame at Kildare And what of Brigit’s flame, this central aspect of her modern cult? In medieval times it was tended by her ...
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com
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I had a number of singers I really loved at a certain point in my life, but I think that Dionne Warwick moved me more than any other.

This is a beautiful, later rendition of her song “anyone who had a heart.”
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youtu.be/PT2IlwgaDWQ 
Dionne Warwick - Anyone who had a heart (Live @ BBC Special '02).mpg
YouTube video by albatrosgc
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December 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
maelbrigde.bsky.social
I’ll tell you this much for free: I sure do appreciate large print books!

📚❤️🙏🏼
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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There are a few others but no current ones unfortunately.

haharchers.blogspot.com?m=1
Best viewed with a large screen, 2009 to 2021, stopped due to personal reasons.

ambridgereporter.org.uk/synopses/
Sep 2020 to Jan 2025, stopped due to the writer being disgruntled at the Neil SL.

#TheArchers
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
maelbrigde.bsky.social
So good. (First ep, anyway!)

Incredibly nice to have a rest day. Baking and #TheBulletThatMissed by Richard Osman, and watching an episode of #TheGoodKarmaHospital on Netflix.

Divine…

(More tea?)

www.netflix.com/us/title/802...
Watch The Good Karma Hospital | Netflix
Dr. Ruby Walker leaves the UK seeking a fresh start in India. At the Good Karma Hospital, she discovers how much difference one doctor can make.
www.netflix.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
maelbrigde.bsky.social
Quote with your model of masculinity.
My goofy brothers, Guy and Vic, making silly faces, with a hockey game on a TV in the background. Must be in a restaurant.
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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mryeswecan.bsky.social
I'll be boycotting #Eurovision too!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Several countries boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
maelbrigde.bsky.social
I made a truly lovely bread pudding today. I don’t bake anything else; I live alone and I couldn’t be responsible for the consequences. But loaves of bread get remaindered and stuck in the freezer, and I adore bread pudding, so every once in a blue moon I get out the pans and experiment. 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Good night, all – just as you're waking up. Have a good day.
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
maelbrigde.bsky.social
Listening to this expert talking about how we can limit the spread of the flu. He's saying if you're sick you should be careful, but he never actually says: put on a bloody mask. Why is it okay to say you should get a vaccine but it's not okay to say, “Wearing a mask would really help gramma, kids"?
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Grocery shopping is absolutely exhausting, so I put it off way too long. But it’s also frustrating. I will skip over the hallucinatory planning scheme for each aisle and go right to the checkout counter: there are never enough cashiers so they’re always in a desperate hurry. Which means— 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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This amazing non-profit brings #dance (classes and performances) to EVERYONE, regardless of ability and difference. The online class I do is free, and folk join from all over. As with all arts, funding is collapsing. Please donate.

#DisabilityDance #Movement #Joy
www.allbodiesdance.ca
#All Bodies Everywhere
Your donation makes radical inclusion possible! Founded in 2014, ABDP is an inclusive dance company that creates spaces where difference is valued and belonging is fostered. We don’t simply create acc...
www.zeffy.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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#SmallBeauties #Mammals #Bats

Thank you to @jomary10.bsky.social for sending this along!
21rosa.bsky.social Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 3d
"In the evening the bats weave soft black circles and their wings splash delicate ink upon the pale blue air..."
Joseph Auslander (1897-1965)
🎨 Eric Fitch Daglish (1894–1966)
#BookologyThursday
B&w engraving of four bats. One is on a ledge, another is about to land. Two are in flight, under a crescent moon, stars and clouds. Trees frame the picture which is signed by the artist who gave it the title 'Bats'
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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#SmallBeauties
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The remains of the Ironweed flowers, still looking lovely.

#ArtAdventCalendar
#BloomScrolling #NativePlants 🌿
Dried brown flowers on a thin stem looking sculptural and still very pretty.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The remains of the Ironweed flowers, still looking lovely.

#ArtAdventCalendar
#BloomScrolling #NativePlants 🌿
Dried brown flowers on a thin stem looking sculptural and still very pretty.
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
maelbrigde.bsky.social
This is a fun thing for speculative fiction readers. The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association is doing an Auroras retrospective book club, reading all of the past winners over a period of four years, culminating in the fiftieth anniversary of the prize. (Don’t—
#SpecFIc #BookClub 📚🚀🧵 1/3
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Seems more promising than "there was an em dash it must be fake!"

And yeah, I might not be able to remember every detail about the stuff I've written, owing to my moth-brained memory, but you risk me launching into a loving 6 hour presentation if you ask me questions about a scene or character.
Screenshot from Tumblr, user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Brigit in Winter: just a thought.
#Brigit #BrigidOfIreland #WinterContemplation
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com/2025/12/brig...
Brigit in Winter
Ashli of Clann Bhríde asked this question on Facebook, and it got me thinking: "How do you like to incorporate Brighid into the winter sea...
brigitssparklingflame.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Wonderful, indeed!
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Tomorrow’s treat! A Christmas Carol in the Lyric in Belfast. Great reviews, adapted by the wonderful Marie Jones and featuring one of my favourite actors - Shaun Blaney. lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/a-c...
A Christmas Carol
After enchanting audiences and earning rave reviews in 2024, this joyously reimagined version of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, brought to life by…
lyrictheatre.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#SmallBeauties
beakmoo.bsky.social Avian "Ma Bumhug" Face-Tool 🦡 @beakmoo.bsky.social · 6d
This is a boat billed heron and I love him.
Ridiculous looking bird. Looks like a Muppet.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Employers: do not ask doctors or any health care providr for sick notes. Wastes time better spent looking after people who actually need health care. We are not part of your work attendance management system.
Pleased & amused that some docs send bills to employers directly for sick notes.
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Considering Alice got pissed at a funeral of a young mother and slagged the deceased off, smashed a window and threw a brick at her mother in law, Dayveed murdered his brother in law and Ed slept with his brothers finance this absolute fury and refusing to forgive George is singular #TheArchers
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I think Amber’s missing a trick not putting George on Only Fans. I’ve been watching Love After Lockup, people love sending buff blokes money. #TheArchers
November 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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How does Chris know that Alyce wouldn’t want George around Martha? I don’t think he’s ever asked her. My hunch is that she would not make that ban. #TheArchers
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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My new favorite conspiracy: Gordon Lightfoot sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in order to have an idea for a hit song.
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM