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dóchas is grá
@dochasisgra.bsky.social
She/her, Irish, 2 kids, 3 cats, 1 dog; many books, unfinished knitting projects, dreams and good intentions; insufficient dopamine receptors. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸
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A. The Judean People’s Front
B. The People’s Front of Judea
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I'm rapidly approaching homelessness. I'm also grieving my mum. I don't have the spoons for visiting strangers off daft.ie and trying to come off as a fun and likeable person to live with. If anyone knows of a room coming available in Dublin, please let me know

#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Stoat (Ireland)
Red squirrel (Ireland)
Leatherback turtle (Trinidad)
Otter (Shetland)
Tortoise (Greece)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild

- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild

- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You say a vanload of Intermezzos goes down my road every night on the back road to Cullaville? Heard nothing, saw nothing. #speirgorm
Rejigging the old network used to get around 8th Amendment censorship in Ireland to smuggle Intermezzos into the UK.
buying a farm that straddles the cavan-fermanagh county border to run contreband intermezzos into the occupied 6
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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An extraordinary thing, this.

A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.

Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
#speirgorm I know a lot of us donated to the Navajo people during Covid- this looks like a lovely organisation.
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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You see anyone acting the fuckin' fool on this matter - give 'em the facts and nothing else.

Trans rights are human rights, no matter how hard these people try to create spectacle, confusion and distraction.

#speirghorm #ireland #transrights
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lovely Native American short animation, free link in thread #speirgorm
When I was a kid, the only Native representation I saw in cartoons was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special.

I made Pow! to show that modern, funny Native characters deserve to be seen too. Watch us on FNX. If you like it, review us on @letterboxd.social and tell your friends!
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.

theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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To fix a problem that doesn't exist, British businesses now have to decide between getting sued by a local bigot funded by JK Rowling, or getting sued by a trans or GNC person and possibly ending up in front of the European Court of Human Rights. They must really love the Labour goverment right now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great man, great article. "Ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter!"
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Also, I kind of really want a werewolf story where a biologist turns and then has to inform the pack that they are working off of a very outdated understanding of wolf social dynamics.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is a strike. Do not pass the picket line. He is not getting in the car, he has not been allowed to get sufficiently wet (he's sopping) and it is A BREACH OF SPANIEL RIGHTS.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Anything but fund people to get proper legal advice
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is extremely powerful and almost unbearably painful to think about, but it is what is happening.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.

@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social

www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Department of Justice chatbots mislead people seeking information
Irish Department of Justice internalises the AI hype and takes no responsibility for misleading chatbots.
www.iccl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Foxgloves are one of the easiest ways to turn an ordinary Irish garden into real habitat. 🌿

Tall spires of flowers look romantic, but they’re also serious infrastructure for bees and other pollinators.
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When my highly sensitive, intelligent daughter was in 5th class her teacher put a list up on the board the first week in September of "people whose handwriting needs to improve". 1/2
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pa...
Colman Noctor: How small shifts in schools can do much to support children with dyspraxia
Dyspraxia is a persistent difficulty with motor co-ordination and it interferes with daily life and cannot be explained by another neurological condition
www.irishexaminer.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Don't forget to be a hero 👉 giveblood.ie

#SpeirGorm
Give Blood
Give Blood, Save Lives. We count on you.
giveblood.ie
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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I don’t know if anyone else in Ireland has got this unwanted Amazon WhatsApp this morning but these are the steps I took to prevent it happening again.

#speirgorm
#speirghorm
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM