Ann Stapleton BL
@annstapleton.bsky.social
Lawyer and Mum based in Dublin, Ireland.
All posts are my own opinion except reposts which ≠ endorsement
#speirgorm
All posts are my own opinion except reposts which ≠ endorsement
#speirgorm
Pinned
Mood:
The world has changed.
I see it in the water.
I feel it in the Earth.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost,
For none now live who remember it.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The world has changed.
I see it in the water.
I feel it in the Earth.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost,
For none now live who remember it.
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Site plan & floor plans for the #HongKong towers where the building fires were today (it’s reported 7 of 8 blocks caught fire, blocks are 32 storeys tall) www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/hostps_fl...
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Site plan & floor plans for the #HongKong towers where the building fires were today (it’s reported 7 of 8 blocks caught fire, blocks are 32 storeys tall) www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/hostps_fl...
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this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
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Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
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im trying to eat my sandwich but someone keeps huffing at me
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
im trying to eat my sandwich but someone keeps huffing at me
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You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
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The clip drum that day where one of the siblings (I think Simeon) is being carried by all four limbs like he's flying and yells "transgenderism!" as he 'takes off' is one of my all time favourites.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The clip drum that day where one of the siblings (I think Simeon) is being carried by all four limbs like he's flying and yells "transgenderism!" as he 'takes off' is one of my all time favourites.
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The defining action of the Burke family is being carried out of public spaces while screaming, like literal toddlers.
'This is not normal behaviour': Why three more Burkes could be facing jail for contempt of court jrnl.ie/6880856
'This is not normal behaviour': Why three more Burkes could be facing jail for contempt of court
A High Court judgment from this week has widened the case between Enoch Burke and Wilson’s Hospital School.
jrnl.ie
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The defining action of the Burke family is being carried out of public spaces while screaming, like literal toddlers.
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‘The Burkes are shouting’ is a colloquial phrase that came into common usage in Ireland in the 2020s and means, ‘everything is proceeding as normal’.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘The Burkes are shouting’ is a colloquial phrase that came into common usage in Ireland in the 2020s and means, ‘everything is proceeding as normal’.
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Handbags.
Or a feline reenactment of the spat between Idrissa Gueye & Michael Keane
Or a feline reenactment of the spat between Idrissa Gueye & Michael Keane
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Handbags.
Or a feline reenactment of the spat between Idrissa Gueye & Michael Keane
Or a feline reenactment of the spat between Idrissa Gueye & Michael Keane
Jesus wept 😞
What is wrong with people ??!!
What is wrong with people ??!!
There has been strong condemnation of an attack on a woman at a house in Dublin in which she was sprayed with a flammable liquid and set on fire.
She remains in a critical condition in hospital with severe burn injuries.
#VMNews
She remains in a critical condition in hospital with severe burn injuries.
#VMNews
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Jesus wept 😞
What is wrong with people ??!!
What is wrong with people ??!!
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Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
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Sir.
if you can tell me how to easily disable AI on every device I have, I'd love to hear how
The fact that it's in almost everything *and* also a nightmare to disable is not coincidence.
and I'm tired of being gaslighted about that fact
if you can tell me how to easily disable AI on every device I have, I'd love to hear how
The fact that it's in almost everything *and* also a nightmare to disable is not coincidence.
and I'm tired of being gaslighted about that fact
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sir.
if you can tell me how to easily disable AI on every device I have, I'd love to hear how
The fact that it's in almost everything *and* also a nightmare to disable is not coincidence.
and I'm tired of being gaslighted about that fact
if you can tell me how to easily disable AI on every device I have, I'd love to hear how
The fact that it's in almost everything *and* also a nightmare to disable is not coincidence.
and I'm tired of being gaslighted about that fact
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Exactly 3 weeks since we lost Dave, our 9 year old White Shepherd, 8 month old Lenny arrived from South Lebanon this morning. My son, who returned yesterday from UNIFIL Peacekeeping duties with the 126 Infantry Battalion, found Lenny as a small puppy and couldn’t leave him behind ❤️🇱🇧🇮🇪 #SpeirGhorm
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Exactly 3 weeks since we lost Dave, our 9 year old White Shepherd, 8 month old Lenny arrived from South Lebanon this morning. My son, who returned yesterday from UNIFIL Peacekeeping duties with the 126 Infantry Battalion, found Lenny as a small puppy and couldn’t leave him behind ❤️🇱🇧🇮🇪 #SpeirGhorm
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🎁 Small gift. Big luxury.
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎁 Small gift. Big luxury.
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
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The next time you walk past a homeless man/woman, kneel down have a chat, ask them their name.
And help them.
#rteprimetime #rtept #speirgorm #SLATED
And help them.
#rteprimetime #rtept #speirgorm #SLATED
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The next time you walk past a homeless man/woman, kneel down have a chat, ask them their name.
And help them.
#rteprimetime #rtept #speirgorm #SLATED
And help them.
#rteprimetime #rtept #speirgorm #SLATED
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I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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“Here kitty kitty” ❤️
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Here kitty kitty” ❤️
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
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@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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Goodness yes this—I’m in such an awkward spot right now, stuck in that exact language learning doldrums. God bless @richieconroy.bsky.social for doing his part to fill that gap. I’ve also been reading this book of late, which has also filled that gap well www.mayobooks.ie/Short-Storie...
Short Stories in Irish - Olly Richards - For Beginners - Teach Yourself
www.mayobooks.ie
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Goodness yes this—I’m in such an awkward spot right now, stuck in that exact language learning doldrums. God bless @richieconroy.bsky.social for doing his part to fill that gap. I’ve also been reading this book of late, which has also filled that gap well www.mayobooks.ie/Short-Storie...
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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Not sure if I’ve posted this one before, but I love it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Not sure if I’ve posted this one before, but I love it.
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Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
Tributes have been paid in Galway to artist, Aosdána member and peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy, who died on Sunday at the age of 91.
www.independent.ie
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
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