Dr Robert Bohan
@robertbohan.bsky.social
Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
Buy my work here: https://robbohan.etsy.com
Buy my work here: https://robbohan.etsy.com
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🧵 Soon the brighter days of Spring will arrive & Dublin parks will flower with tulips. Hope will return to the world. My art is about depicting images of nature in vibrant colours & exploring ideas like love & hope - as you can see if you scroll down in this thread [1]
Desperately sad moment & the power of community & comforting [TW Suicide]
In Brazil, images go viral after priest interrupts Eucharist to comfort crying elderly man
A video showing a crying elderly man approaching the altar during Mass — prompting the priest to interrupt the consecration and give him a hug — went viral in Brazil and moved millions of people.
www.ncronline.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Desperately sad moment & the power of community & comforting [TW Suicide]
[1] Throughout history, artists have created images of love. This one questions what love is & how it is expressed. Is the other, part of you? Is love a mixture of vigilance & serenity? Is it rooted or a flight of fancy?
Love Grows (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
Love Grows (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
[1] Throughout history, artists have created images of love. This one questions what love is & how it is expressed. Is the other, part of you? Is love a mixture of vigilance & serenity? Is it rooted or a flight of fancy?
Love Grows (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
Love Grows (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
Am taking new drugs & they’re having an interesting impact on my thinking. I’m realising that logic in my head doesn’t appear on the post, leaving a tad disjointed points! But because you are all so forgiving I think you still follow my loopy logic! Or at least that’s what I hope to think [1]
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Am taking new drugs & they’re having an interesting impact on my thinking. I’m realising that logic in my head doesn’t appear on the post, leaving a tad disjointed points! But because you are all so forgiving I think you still follow my loopy logic! Or at least that’s what I hope to think [1]
Cities like Cork, Dublin & London have continued to have massive peaceful marches in solidarity with the Palestinians, whose genocide is the worst human rights crime of the 21st C. London has consistently turned out 1m ppl marches so regularly that police & govt tried to stop them.
First national march for Palestine of 2026 is underway. Join the rally in Whitehall where our Vice-Chair Carol Turner will be speaking on behalf of CND.
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Cities like Cork, Dublin & London have continued to have massive peaceful marches in solidarity with the Palestinians, whose genocide is the worst human rights crime of the 21st C. London has consistently turned out 1m ppl marches so regularly that police & govt tried to stop them.
Reposted by Dr Robert Bohan
Kyiv 🇺🇦 looks likely to experience some of its coldest temperatures on record.
Overnight lows falling below -25C (-13F) early next week the 🥶 is exceptional but not unprecedented, it won’t beat exceptional 1987 cold wave. (1/2)
Overnight lows falling below -25C (-13F) early next week the 🥶 is exceptional but not unprecedented, it won’t beat exceptional 1987 cold wave. (1/2)
January 31, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Kyiv 🇺🇦 looks likely to experience some of its coldest temperatures on record.
Overnight lows falling below -25C (-13F) early next week the 🥶 is exceptional but not unprecedented, it won’t beat exceptional 1987 cold wave. (1/2)
Overnight lows falling below -25C (-13F) early next week the 🥶 is exceptional but not unprecedented, it won’t beat exceptional 1987 cold wave. (1/2)
I’m old enough to remember that computer games were trying to boot them up. Some day your granny will tell you about RAM discs, not to mention 8” floppies.
It was a time of over-heating electronics where fumes made you queasy & laptops came with heat x-rays to show that your knees wouldn’t burn!
It was a time of over-heating electronics where fumes made you queasy & laptops came with heat x-rays to show that your knees wouldn’t burn!
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I’m old enough to remember that computer games were trying to boot them up. Some day your granny will tell you about RAM discs, not to mention 8” floppies.
It was a time of over-heating electronics where fumes made you queasy & laptops came with heat x-rays to show that your knees wouldn’t burn!
It was a time of over-heating electronics where fumes made you queasy & laptops came with heat x-rays to show that your knees wouldn’t burn!
[1] I think that we often forget that we are part of the universe, whilst caught up in the stresses & workaday problems of life. It’s by recognising that we are connected to the world that we find peace & mellowness.
The Stars Above (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
The Stars Above (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 PM
[1] I think that we often forget that we are part of the universe, whilst caught up in the stresses & workaday problems of life. It’s by recognising that we are connected to the world that we find peace & mellowness.
The Stars Above (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
The Stars Above (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
Man Walking the Stairs (2021) | Original one-off pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Man Walking the Stairs (2021) | Original one-off pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan
A jury has returned a narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of George Nkencho, who was shot and killed during a stand-off with gardaí.
His brother said they have "had to relive the trauma of the events that occurred on the 30/12". & today represents "some form of closure for my family".
His brother said they have "had to relive the trauma of the events that occurred on the 30/12". & today represents "some form of closure for my family".
Jury returns narrative verdict at George Nkencho inquest
A jury has returned a narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of George Nkencho, who was shot and killed during a stand-off with gardaí five years ago.
www.rte.ie
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A jury has returned a narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of George Nkencho, who was shot and killed during a stand-off with gardaí.
His brother said they have "had to relive the trauma of the events that occurred on the 30/12". & today represents "some form of closure for my family".
His brother said they have "had to relive the trauma of the events that occurred on the 30/12". & today represents "some form of closure for my family".
Reposted by Dr Robert Bohan
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Dr Robert Bohan
"On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
January 30, 2026 at 9:43 AM
"On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
The NYT appears to have challenges with the English language. Cars are inanimate objects. Here’s the correct description:
Trump supporter attempts murder of schoolgirl
Trump supporter attempts murder of schoolgirl
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The NYT appears to have challenges with the English language. Cars are inanimate objects. Here’s the correct description:
Trump supporter attempts murder of schoolgirl
Trump supporter attempts murder of schoolgirl
The death has been announced of the Irish language scholar Professor Máirtín Ó Murchú.
Ar dheis Dé
Ar dheis Dé
Death of Irish language scholar Prof Máirtín Ó Murchú
The death has been announced of the Irish language scholar Professor Máirtín Ó Murchú.
www.rte.ie
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The death has been announced of the Irish language scholar Professor Máirtín Ó Murchú.
Ar dheis Dé
Ar dheis Dé
Gotta say, the New York Times narrative on Ukraine consistently takes a negative approach to the country - they seem to be always reporting on imminent collapse. It’s 2026 & an impoverished country of ~38m has held back a Superpower for 4 years.
That’s not imminent collapse, that’s backbone*
That’s not imminent collapse, that’s backbone*
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Gotta say, the New York Times narrative on Ukraine consistently takes a negative approach to the country - they seem to be always reporting on imminent collapse. It’s 2026 & an impoverished country of ~38m has held back a Superpower for 4 years.
That’s not imminent collapse, that’s backbone*
That’s not imminent collapse, that’s backbone*
Second new expression for me, today! ‘Womansplaining’. On the plus side it’s a demo of equality of the sexes & on the negative - try using it! I note quite a few far right female politicos use mansplaining to stop being questioned on their nastiness - will womansplaining work as well?
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Second new expression for me, today! ‘Womansplaining’. On the plus side it’s a demo of equality of the sexes & on the negative - try using it! I note quite a few far right female politicos use mansplaining to stop being questioned on their nastiness - will womansplaining work as well?
So, 6 months after it happened, I learnt a new expression today - aura farming. It’s making an effort to look cool. I can’t believe I’ve lived my life without it, what hubris!
Anywho, if you want to look effortlessly cool you should get yourself one of my original drawings:
Anywho, if you want to look effortlessly cool you should get yourself one of my original drawings:
🧵 Soon the brighter days of Spring will arrive & Dublin parks will flower with tulips. Hope will return to the world. My art is about depicting images of nature in vibrant colours & exploring ideas like love & hope - as you can see if you scroll down in this thread [1]
January 29, 2026 at 1:24 PM
So, 6 months after it happened, I learnt a new expression today - aura farming. It’s making an effort to look cool. I can’t believe I’ve lived my life without it, what hubris!
Anywho, if you want to look effortlessly cool you should get yourself one of my original drawings:
Anywho, if you want to look effortlessly cool you should get yourself one of my original drawings:
There is no other way of describing the activities of Kansas politicians other than as Nazism. Armed thugs sent to persecute, & arrest, German Queer ppl was a Nazi core evil. The far right GOP wants to repeat that nightmare by having thugs patrol >private< facilities to attack US trans ppl!
1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms
The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:58 PM
There is no other way of describing the activities of Kansas politicians other than as Nazism. Armed thugs sent to persecute, & arrest, German Queer ppl was a Nazi core evil. The far right GOP wants to repeat that nightmare by having thugs patrol >private< facilities to attack US trans ppl!
Current mood
[Nicolas Guy-Brenet (1728-92) | Sleeping Endymion, 1756]
[Nicolas Guy-Brenet (1728-92) | Sleeping Endymion, 1756]
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Current mood
[Nicolas Guy-Brenet (1728-92) | Sleeping Endymion, 1756]
[Nicolas Guy-Brenet (1728-92) | Sleeping Endymion, 1756]
Lovely window! The framing is as if you are looking through trees & then the colour of the glass is exquisite. Many churches have pillars which have evolved from looking like trees, but in this case there is the opposite case. An Oakwood as a window. Lovely stuff!
St Mark, Broomhill, Sheffield, George Pace's remarkable 1963 rebuilding of a church gutted in the Blitz. East window by Harry Stammers.
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Lovely window! The framing is as if you are looking through trees & then the colour of the glass is exquisite. Many churches have pillars which have evolved from looking like trees, but in this case there is the opposite case. An Oakwood as a window. Lovely stuff!
[1] AI seems to have been integrated into different countries lives in different ways. It’s considered with great cynicism amongst Brits & Irish, but used more often in the US & younger adults. This study, below, is fascinating in showing how different countries feel about this over-rated bubble!
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
[1] AI seems to have been integrated into different countries lives in different ways. It’s considered with great cynicism amongst Brits & Irish, but used more often in the US & younger adults. This study, below, is fascinating in showing how different countries feel about this over-rated bubble!
This is the Shakespeare on Parnell Street, Dublin. The first time I was in it was 52 years ago, I was 3. My late father would take my grand uncle for a ‘creamie’. And together they would put the world to rights. I got a coke & a packet of crisps. I remember my youngest years like they were … [1]
January 28, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This is the Shakespeare on Parnell Street, Dublin. The first time I was in it was 52 years ago, I was 3. My late father would take my grand uncle for a ‘creamie’. And together they would put the world to rights. I got a coke & a packet of crisps. I remember my youngest years like they were … [1]
Enzo’s Take Away, Parnell Street, Dublin.
January 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Enzo’s Take Away, Parnell Street, Dublin.
[1] Were you aware that Ireland has lots of literary magazines? - some in Hiberno-English & some in the Irish language. I particularly like the poetry ones, as they present a broad range of excellence so you can find one who speaks to you*. Ireland’s literary heritage is unrivalled.
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
[1] Were you aware that Ireland has lots of literary magazines? - some in Hiberno-English & some in the Irish language. I particularly like the poetry ones, as they present a broad range of excellence so you can find one who speaks to you*. Ireland’s literary heritage is unrivalled.
I cannot get enough Alice Neel into my veins. One of America’s greatest artists & one of its lesser known. Some will classify her as a woman artist’, to me she’s an ‘artist’s artist’.
Alice Neel | Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian
Oil on canvas
46.75 x 36.75 in
118.7 x 93.3 cm
Oil on canvas
46.75 x 36.75 in
118.7 x 93.3 cm
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I cannot get enough Alice Neel into my veins. One of America’s greatest artists & one of its lesser known. Some will classify her as a woman artist’, to me she’s an ‘artist’s artist’.
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Huge congrats to @joshual951.bsky.social & @turnershbo.bsky.social, looks like their 6 years of hard work protecting Hoylake's rare plants has paid off!
Joshua & Jane gave a talk about their work at #BIBConf23
Check out the video of their talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBY...
Joshua & Jane gave a talk about their work at #BIBConf23
Check out the video of their talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBY...
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Huge congrats to @joshual951.bsky.social & @turnershbo.bsky.social, looks like their 6 years of hard work protecting Hoylake's rare plants has paid off!
Joshua & Jane gave a talk about their work at #BIBConf23
Check out the video of their talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBY...
Joshua & Jane gave a talk about their work at #BIBConf23
Check out the video of their talk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBY...