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Niamh Mac Cabe
@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, stylite.
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Spouting nonsense from my roost in northwestern Ireland
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
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A 0.8mm long female Paracentrobia pulchella wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 15.5.2025 on the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour. This is a very common species around the Nature Reserve, with large populations throughout the summer.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #RyeHarbour
Side view of a tiny yellow wasp. Its head and antennae are to the left of picture. Its head has a large bright red eye. Clear, paddle-shaped fringed wings are held vertically above body.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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mrprudence.bsky.social
A book of clouds...
☁
Unkashū
Kōrin Furuya, 1903

👁↓👁
archive.org/details/unka...
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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jcurtisart.bsky.social
Another monoprint study from the sunflower field
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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📊 I'm grateful to Guillermo for including my piece "Scheduling Yeats' Waterfall" in the latest Exacting Clam (Winter 2025) 🩻
@guillermostitch.bsky.social
@exactingclam.bsky.social
@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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balderdash.bsky.social
Amazing to think that The Mayflower left Plymouth in England and landed in Plymouth in the US. What are the fucking chances?
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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pinkzombierose.bsky.social
In our search engine world, we’re smart asses, but the wisest of wisemen once said:
In angelic clouds - I DON’T KNOW
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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roger1952.bsky.social
Mask for battle horse of a samurai, mid-19th c, Japan.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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minxmarple.bsky.social
This is the kind of enquiry I can get behind. Shimmering forever.
barthesstudies.bsky.social Barthes Studies @barthesstudies.bsky.social · 2d
I will be spending today trying to figure out if, in English, one shimmers *with* something or *from* something, if there’s a difference, and if we have to choose:
Ilana Glazer speaking into a microphone while wearing a red V-neck jumper. The subtitle reads: ‘I invite you to join the party’.
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
Wonderful, James, I enjoyed the trip ✨️
jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social James Mcconachie @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social · 2d
For anyone who can’t get out, or just fancies a change of scene. I took a walk into the mountains behind my house, then stopped at the hermitage of Mary Magdalene on the way down. Welcome to the Kingdom of Aragón.

It’s windy mind..bring a coat.

Abrazos a tod@s.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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A man's thoughts are a choral symphony with a recurring theme established early on that wanders through variations but always returns to "What a fine fellow I am." Now and then the symphony is interrupted, each time with seeming finality, by a single drumbeat, of "I am no good." Then it resumes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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pinkzombierose.bsky.social
"I went to the zoo once and saw this thing they call an anteater. That was quite enough for me." —Thomas Pynchon On living in seclusion
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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ICYMI we're open for submissions of #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions #submissionsopen fictivedream.com/submission-g...
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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stomaselli.bsky.social
Very pleased to share an essay on the craft (& crafting) of essays in the Irish Writers Handbook 2026. Thank you to @ruthmckee.bsky.social for commissioning. @booksireland.bsky.social

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November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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mmcarthur.bsky.social
Annie Glass :
Apres Swim, n.d.

Sculpture wire & glass beads
35 x 25 x 23 cm

Further description in the alt text 👇
Annie was born in Melbourne and showed a strong interest and talent in art since she was very young. After completing her bachelor of fine art majoring in sculpture at Monash university in 1998 Annie worked in bronze before moving to wire. The movement and immediacy of the material appealed to her. Annie has been working in wire for almost 15 years. She recently moved to Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula with her husband and 3 children. Her work is best described as whimsical often humorous snapshots of life. Dogs and the human form feature in her work along with movement. She has been involved in many group and solo shows as well as having her own stand in the Emerging artist section of Art Melbourne and Sydney. She has won awards and has work in many private collections in Australia, New York and London. Bio statement: “I like to have humour in my work as I find that people can identify with a humorous piece. I like to give the works and Australian flavour and I find the beach, dogs and the Hills hoist work towards that. I want to remind people of their childhoods and just generally use human themes so people can identify with the work. It is figurative because I want it to be accessible to the average person and to tell a story about life. Sculpture is my passion and I am so lucky to be doing something that I love and it makes other people happy to.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Good morning to the Cat Weavers
mmcarthur.bsky.social phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 3d
Leonora Carrington :
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s

Wool

Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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⭐️
roger1952.bsky.social The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 3d
Writing Box with Eight Bridges (lacquered wood) by OGATA Korin, 18th century, National Treasure of Japan
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Uh oh
A packet of hedgehog flavour crisps from the 1980s
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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wcorklitfest.bsky.social
Cork County Council Library & Arts Services funding opportunities for the Arts sector. Proposals are invited for arts projects, activities & events taking place in Cork County in 2026. Deadline 9 Jan. Info sessions in local libraries and online in Nov/Dec
www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/appl...
Applications Invited for Cork County Council Arts Funding
Cork County Council has announced details of its 2026 funding opportunities for the Arts sector.
www.corkcoco.ie
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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poetryireland.bsky.social
Our Poetry Ireland Partnership Scheme is now open to applications for support towards poetry readings, workshops and activities taking place between 1st Jan. to 30th June 2026. ✨

Submissions close on December 3rd at 5pm.

Details and application form at form.jotform.com/253214513849...
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
That moon!
estherhawdon.bsky.social Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 4d
"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo

(images: Matazo Kayama)
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
🎬 I'm delighted to have this piece published in Channel, thank you to Cassia, Simon, and Lauren 🎞️
channel-lit.bsky.social Channel @channel-lit.bsky.social · 4d
And there, beyond the range of the live camera's tick-tick-ticking, an infant clings to his young mother, his grip strong enough to secure him.

@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social, 'Pan and the Ironwood', Channel Issue 13

channelmag.org/issue-13/
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Ernst Haeckel. Discomedusae, 1904
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
Thx, Kirsten!
I love 'The architecture of a forest", so well put.
📦
kirstenmosher.bsky.social Kirsten Mosher @kirstenmosher.bsky.social · 5d
Thoroughly enjoying my copy of @agnimagazine.bsky.social a haunting story sewn into the architecture of a forest by @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social and gorgeous art by Lia Purpura!!

What do you think?
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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adaspota.bsky.social
Contemporary Mumbai artist and Global citizen Rithika Merchant, whose paintings draw on various cultures, religions, myths and archetypal storytelling.

The Pollinator, 2023

#ContemporaryArt #Mythology
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM