Rita Larkin
@bellitum.bsky.social
Retired teacher of English & French Onetime art historian. Books. Dogs. Gaeilge. Latin. Born 1948. From Tipperary. Lives in
Clontarf, Dublin. Used to blog at bellitumsblog.wordpress.com
Clontarf, Dublin. Used to blog at bellitumsblog.wordpress.com
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First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
RTE did a box pop on whether Dublin airport should be renamed Seán Lemass airport. 2 individuals said they had never heard of SL. I’m in a weakness.
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
RTE did a box pop on whether Dublin airport should be renamed Seán Lemass airport. 2 individuals said they had never heard of SL. I’m in a weakness.
Quiz night beginning now. BBC2
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Quiz night beginning now. BBC2
Parents are generally the ones who teach children good manners. We have learned a great deal about Trump’s parents. They clearly failed to teach their son the most basic manners.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Parents are generally the ones who teach children good manners. We have learned a great deal about Trump’s parents. They clearly failed to teach their son the most basic manners.
A dreary Monday. No Maureen Dowd in @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social and Quiz night on bbc2 has been supplanted by football.
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A dreary Monday. No Maureen Dowd in @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social and Quiz night on bbc2 has been supplanted by football.
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It’s lovely here on #Bluesky and we don’t miss the drama of X.
Oh wait!😳😳
Seems like Musk finally got his comeuppance and it stings like hell. I can imagine his sleepless nights at ver an attack by an octogenarian.
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
Oh wait!😳😳
Seems like Musk finally got his comeuppance and it stings like hell. I can imagine his sleepless nights at ver an attack by an octogenarian.
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It’s lovely here on #Bluesky and we don’t miss the drama of X.
Oh wait!😳😳
Seems like Musk finally got his comeuppance and it stings like hell. I can imagine his sleepless nights at ver an attack by an octogenarian.
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
Oh wait!😳😳
Seems like Musk finally got his comeuppance and it stings like hell. I can imagine his sleepless nights at ver an attack by an octogenarian.
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
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Why is RTE uncritically reporting this bullshit ? What evidence has Denis O'Brien, tax exile in Portugal, produced ? What commercial property does Denis O'Brien own that might influence what he says on working from home ? Since when did he care about the civil service ?
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien
Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Why is RTE uncritically reporting this bullshit ? What evidence has Denis O'Brien, tax exile in Portugal, produced ? What commercial property does Denis O'Brien own that might influence what he says on working from home ? Since when did he care about the civil service ?
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’
All the great soap operas have featured big-name returns. EastEnders had Dirty Den coming back from the dead in 2003. Coronation Street had Vera Duckworth appear like a pre-death vision to Jack. And…
www.independent.ie
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
Quiz night tonight on BBC2
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Quiz night tonight on BBC2
Quiz night tonight on BBC2.
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Quiz night tonight on BBC2.
Best letter in today's @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social There is no hole. It's 'hallow' as in 'Hallowed be thy name' and 'All Hallows'. Meaning 'holy'. Get it?
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Best letter in today's @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social There is no hole. It's 'hallow' as in 'Hallowed be thy name' and 'All Hallows'. Meaning 'holy'. Get it?
Quiz night tonight le cúnamh Dé. BBC2
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Quiz night tonight le cúnamh Dé. BBC2
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Quiz night was moved to tonight. Yay!
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Quiz night was moved to tonight. Yay!
No quiz night tonight. Football instead 😨
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
No quiz night tonight. Football instead 😨
Hearing Trump's ráiméis going on & on set me thinking of some of history's great speakers. Cicero, Burke, Parnell, Churchill, MLK, JFK even Dev.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
October 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Hearing Trump's ráiméis going on & on set me thinking of some of history's great speakers. Cicero, Burke, Parnell, Churchill, MLK, JFK even Dev.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Any chance Trump could STFU?
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Any chance Trump could STFU?
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Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.
October 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.
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Joe Humphreys: As a columnist, maybe I’m part of the problem
Joe Humphreys: As a columnist, maybe I’m part of the problem
Plato throws down a challenge to us all on how to engage in free and open-ended public debate
www.irishtimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Joe Humphreys: As a columnist, maybe I’m part of the problem
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...