Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦
@maelbrigde.bsky.social
Brigit; birds, bugs, & plants; SF; #TheArchers
Author: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars
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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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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
"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)
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)
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Two words: Palestine Action.
Pussy Riot, the feminist punk collective, has been declared an “extremist” organisation by the Russian authorities. Simply typing their name into Google will be a punishable offence
Anti-Putin Pussy Riot branded ‘extremist’ organisation by Russia
Even typing the name of the feminist collective, famous for its Punk Prayer in Moscow, into Google is a punishable offence
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two words: Palestine Action.
Against my better judgement I decided to try a new-to-me American SF series. There are five main characters: a Russian, a Chinese, an English, an American, and an Indian.
Who do you think were the neutral-to-good characters (perhaps a bit lame), the main/hero guy, and the apparently bad guys?
Who do you think were the neutral-to-good characters (perhaps a bit lame), the main/hero guy, and the apparently bad guys?
December 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Against my better judgement I decided to try a new-to-me American SF series. There are five main characters: a Russian, a Chinese, an English, an American, and an Indian.
Who do you think were the neutral-to-good characters (perhaps a bit lame), the main/hero guy, and the apparently bad guys?
Who do you think were the neutral-to-good characters (perhaps a bit lame), the main/hero guy, and the apparently bad guys?
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And I now have some outsiders in the Meadow Farm tenancy race… The Grundys! Very very long odds, but if they all clubbed together…? Perhaps with a bit of help from Oliver, or Will selling up? The more I think, the longer the odds get I admit. But it’s a thought!!
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
And I now have some outsiders in the Meadow Farm tenancy race… The Grundys! Very very long odds, but if they all clubbed together…? Perhaps with a bit of help from Oliver, or Will selling up? The more I think, the longer the odds get I admit. But it’s a thought!!
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
I love that my friend’s wonderful novel, Winter on the Plain of Ghosts by Eileen Kernaghan, is mentioned on a website devoted to the Indus Valley, where the book is set. I love all of Eileen’s books, but this is my favourite.
www.harappa.com/content/wint...
www.harappa.com/content/wint...
Winter on the Plain of Ghosts: A Novel of Mohenjo-daro | Harappa
Winter on the Plain of Ghosts is an epic story of sorcery, religious conflict, political intrigue and ecological disaster in the lost cities of the Indus Valley.
www.harappa.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I love that my friend’s wonderful novel, Winter on the Plain of Ghosts by Eileen Kernaghan, is mentioned on a website devoted to the Indus Valley, where the book is set. I love all of Eileen’s books, but this is my favourite.
www.harappa.com/content/wint...
www.harappa.com/content/wint...
"A Bhríd (To Brigid)" by Alan Wells.
On Stone on the Belly, a Brigit poetry blog.
#BrigitOfIreland #BrigidGoddess #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #PaganSky #Poetry
stonebelly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bh...
On Stone on the Belly, a Brigit poetry blog.
#BrigitOfIreland #BrigidGoddess #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #PaganSky #Poetry
stonebelly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bh...
"A Bhríd (To Brigid)" by Alan Wells
A Bhríd (To Brigid) by Alan Wells I bind unto myself today Brigid’s girdle of protection from illness I surround myself in Brigid’s cl...
stonebelly.blogspot.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
"A Bhríd (To Brigid)" by Alan Wells.
On Stone on the Belly, a Brigit poetry blog.
#BrigitOfIreland #BrigidGoddess #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #PaganSky #Poetry
stonebelly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bh...
On Stone on the Belly, a Brigit poetry blog.
#BrigitOfIreland #BrigidGoddess #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #PaganSky #Poetry
stonebelly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bh...
I went to a craft fair and got a lovely felted bird for my friend.
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I went to a craft fair and got a lovely felted bird for my friend.
@essythorn.bsky.social So funny! I just discovered I already published it under a different name. But I like enough to leave them both — unless you want me to take one of them down. (So confusing!)
December 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
@essythorn.bsky.social So funny! I just discovered I already published it under a different name. But I like enough to leave them both — unless you want me to take one of them down. (So confusing!)
@sarahmaintains.bsky.social Hi, Sarah. Would you be willing to let me post your brilliant poem "A Prayer to St Bridget” on my blog? Here is a link to it: stonebelly.blogspot.com (Sorry for the abrupt message. I feel more awkward even than usual asking permission, since it’s “in public.”)
Stone on the Belly
stonebelly.blogspot.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
@sarahmaintains.bsky.social Hi, Sarah. Would you be willing to let me post your brilliant poem "A Prayer to St Bridget” on my blog? Here is a link to it: stonebelly.blogspot.com (Sorry for the abrupt message. I feel more awkward even than usual asking permission, since it’s “in public.”)
Well! Somehow with the 1 million tabs I had open on the iPad I lost the recipe I was going to use. I wanted to watch that video one more time! Nevertheless, I farmered on and made my very first soda bread. It's not perfect visually, but it looks (and smells) yummy. Now, a few minutes for it to cool.
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well! Somehow with the 1 million tabs I had open on the iPad I lost the recipe I was going to use. I wanted to watch that video one more time! Nevertheless, I farmered on and made my very first soda bread. It's not perfect visually, but it looks (and smells) yummy. Now, a few minutes for it to cool.
Oh, no! They are dumping Voyager, too! No no no no no no no no no!
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Oh, no! They are dumping Voyager, too! No no no no no no no no no!
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Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.
How traditional Himalayan burning could help prevent mega wildfires
Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.
Watching a few DS9 before Netflix kills the series. It’s so good. I’m really sorry to have it go.
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Watching a few DS9 before Netflix kills the series. It’s so good. I’m really sorry to have it go.
I am 100% right eyebrowed. If only I could do with my left eyebrow what I can do with my right! It’s like there’s a tractor beam on my left eyebrow, but my right eyebrow can dance through space!
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I am 100% right eyebrowed. If only I could do with my left eyebrow what I can do with my right! It’s like there’s a tractor beam on my left eyebrow, but my right eyebrow can dance through space!
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The story of Facebook.
Corey Doctorow explains how social media starts out being great, but then locks in users, then locks in advertisers, and then screws both over in favour of shareholders.
Enshittification is the word he invented to describe this.
Corey Doctorow explains how social media starts out being great, but then locks in users, then locks in advertisers, and then screws both over in favour of shareholders.
Enshittification is the word he invented to describe this.
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The story of Facebook.
Corey Doctorow explains how social media starts out being great, but then locks in users, then locks in advertisers, and then screws both over in favour of shareholders.
Enshittification is the word he invented to describe this.
Corey Doctorow explains how social media starts out being great, but then locks in users, then locks in advertisers, and then screws both over in favour of shareholders.
Enshittification is the word he invented to describe this.
I love the invertebrate feed because I get to see wonderful pictures of bees and spiders and moths and all kinds of things. But I find it distressing when I see an insect or spider killed and used for art. Luckily, there aren’t too many of those on the feed.
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I love the invertebrate feed because I get to see wonderful pictures of bees and spiders and moths and all kinds of things. But I find it distressing when I see an insect or spider killed and used for art. Luckily, there aren’t too many of those on the feed.
Guess what I’m going to make tomorrow!
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Guess what I’m going to make tomorrow!
Saw a nice cardigan in a shop window so I went in to have a look.
$565.
You can imagine how toney they thought I was when my response was, “Holy shit! Well, that’s not going to happen!”
$565.
You can imagine how toney they thought I was when my response was, “Holy shit! Well, that’s not going to happen!”
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Saw a nice cardigan in a shop window so I went in to have a look.
$565.
You can imagine how toney they thought I was when my response was, “Holy shit! Well, that’s not going to happen!”
$565.
You can imagine how toney they thought I was when my response was, “Holy shit! Well, that’s not going to happen!”
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Sadly, Netflix is dumping all of the Star Trek series except for one. Happily, the one series that it’s not dumping is my favourite: Voyager.
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Sadly, Netflix is dumping all of the Star Trek series except for one. Happily, the one series that it’s not dumping is my favourite: Voyager.
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I used to be a Crisis volunteer. It was, indeed, a massive logistical undertaking. It was also where I learned to roll ciggies - decades before vapes, hundreds per day were handed out, rolled in our down time!
Ever wondered what it takes to put on Crisis at Christmas?
This year, we’re preparing to support over 5,500 people experiencing homelessness and we couldn’t do it without you. If you’re able, please give what you can today: https://bit.ly/4iSBFtd
This year, we’re preparing to support over 5,500 people experiencing homelessness and we couldn’t do it without you. If you’re able, please give what you can today: https://bit.ly/4iSBFtd
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I used to be a Crisis volunteer. It was, indeed, a massive logistical undertaking. It was also where I learned to roll ciggies - decades before vapes, hundreds per day were handed out, rolled in our down time!
When did paper get so brittle? When I tear up paper to use the backside for notes it tears weirdly now. How has the process changed, I wonder?
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When did paper get so brittle? When I tear up paper to use the backside for notes it tears weirdly now. How has the process changed, I wonder?
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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