Frank McGrath
@frankmcgrath.bsky.social
Tinnitus Specialist & Hearing Aid Audiologist. Developer of QNAS, the process for tinnitus evaluation and effective amelioration. Social Democrat, loving sound, music, drama, science and the arts. www.tinnituscareclinics.com
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A red looking sun this morning thanks to some Saharan Dust over Ireland.
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A red looking sun this morning thanks to some Saharan Dust over Ireland.
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A few bright sunny days ahead with plenty of sunshine tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday and also many areas having sunny spells Friday. It will be cool at night though under clear skies so frosty. Enjoy the sunshine but for those still without power still it’s sadly more cold nights ahead.
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A few bright sunny days ahead with plenty of sunshine tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday and also many areas having sunny spells Friday. It will be cool at night though under clear skies so frosty. Enjoy the sunshine but for those still without power still it’s sadly more cold nights ahead.
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Perfectly said.
Jim Acosta Abruptly Departs CNN With Fiery Warning About Bowing Down To A 'Tyrant'
Well said, sir 👏🏼
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January 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Perfectly said.
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30 Million users! Congrats, Bluesky!
January 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
30 Million users! Congrats, Bluesky!
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Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
January 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
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This is great!
For the 45th anniversary of The Specials reaching no1 with Too Much Too Young, I’ve written a piece for @thequietus.com charting the song’s journey from Jamaica to the UK and through the many versions which led the band to the top of the pops thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
The Story Of Too Much Too Young & How The Specials Got Their First Number One Single | The Quietus
The road to The Specials' first number one was long but they blazed a trail in finally getting Too Much Too Young to the top
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January 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is great!
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If you're struggling to navigate life with hearing loss, check out my book. Becoming Hearing Empowered: A Guided Journal for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you're struggling to navigate life with hearing loss, check out my book. Becoming Hearing Empowered: A Guided Journal for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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Last month, Sen. Deb Fischer's (R-NE) husband refused to shake the Vice President's hand.
Yesterday, he tried to shake Doug Emhoff's hand. The Second Gentleman replied: "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?”
REPOST if you love Doug Emhoff!
Yesterday, he tried to shake Doug Emhoff's hand. The Second Gentleman replied: "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?”
REPOST if you love Doug Emhoff!
January 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Last month, Sen. Deb Fischer's (R-NE) husband refused to shake the Vice President's hand.
Yesterday, he tried to shake Doug Emhoff's hand. The Second Gentleman replied: "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?”
REPOST if you love Doug Emhoff!
Yesterday, he tried to shake Doug Emhoff's hand. The Second Gentleman replied: "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?”
REPOST if you love Doug Emhoff!
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
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"There are many causes of loneliness and social isolation. One of the biggest is hearing loss. Two-thirds of adults 71 years and older have it, but only one-third use hearing aids. One reason is Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids. Congress could correct this." From: www.statnews.com/2025/01/18/d...
Dementia risk, higher than thought, requires a national strategy
The risk of developing dementia may be double what was previously thought. But there are things the U.S. can do to help fight that — like turning to the arts.
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January 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"There are many causes of loneliness and social isolation. One of the biggest is hearing loss. Two-thirds of adults 71 years and older have it, but only one-third use hearing aids. One reason is Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids. Congress could correct this." From: www.statnews.com/2025/01/18/d...
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#speirgorm, our friend, Brian, was kind enough to give me some time to think about this. Typically I would have answered with the first thing that popped into my head and moved on, but this really struck me and I thought it deserved a more serious, considered response. So, here goes.
@davidmccullough.bsky.social
Nearly two months into your new life as Irelands Speaker to MAGAmals .....
What's the biggest surprise, nicest surprise, and biggest WTF you've come across in your dealings with this slice of Irish life?
Nearly two months into your new life as Irelands Speaker to MAGAmals .....
What's the biggest surprise, nicest surprise, and biggest WTF you've come across in your dealings with this slice of Irish life?
January 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#speirgorm, our friend, Brian, was kind enough to give me some time to think about this. Typically I would have answered with the first thing that popped into my head and moved on, but this really struck me and I thought it deserved a more serious, considered response. So, here goes.
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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
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January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
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Hup the whistleblowers!
An estimated €3.7 million was recovered for the public purse in 2023 following reports by whistleblowers, according to the first annual report into the operation of whistleblowing legislation by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
€3m recouped for public purse after whistleblower report
An estimated €3.7 million was recovered for the public purse in 2023 following reports by whistleblowers, according to the first annual report into the operation of whistleblowing legislation by the D...
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January 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hup the whistleblowers!
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LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
January 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
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While Trump is trolling Canada about annexing them, Canadians are in Los Angeles tonight dropping water on the Palisades fire.
He’s a disgrace.
-Hoodlum
He’s a disgrace.
-Hoodlum
January 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
While Trump is trolling Canada about annexing them, Canadians are in Los Angeles tonight dropping water on the Palisades fire.
He’s a disgrace.
-Hoodlum
He’s a disgrace.
-Hoodlum
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Threads deleted. Facebook deleted a long time ago. Insta will probably be harder to delete but I guess it’s inevitable.
January 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Threads deleted. Facebook deleted a long time ago. Insta will probably be harder to delete but I guess it’s inevitable.
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Good for you Canada 🇨🇦
Good for you Canada 🇨🇦
I AM CANADIAN -- Best Commercial Ever!
YouTube video by CanadaWebDeveloper
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January 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Good for you Canada 🇨🇦
Good for you Canada 🇨🇦
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Maureen Cleave describing the Rolling Stones to Evening Standard readers in 1964. I think this is my favourite passage in all music writing. It's packed with detail and tension, but nothing is unnecessary.
January 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Maureen Cleave describing the Rolling Stones to Evening Standard readers in 1964. I think this is my favourite passage in all music writing. It's packed with detail and tension, but nothing is unnecessary.
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Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the broadcast of the first-ever broadcast of an Irish Sign Language news programme on RTÉ.
RTÉ marks 50 years of ISL news programming
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of the first-ever broadcast of an Irish Sign Language news programme on RTÉ.
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January 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the broadcast of the first-ever broadcast of an Irish Sign Language news programme on RTÉ.
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Timothee Chalamet is 29, but he´s a child. I consider him to be a child and when I look at him he´s a child. But Bob Dylan recorded this song when he was 29, and this is a song made by an elderly old man www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6oB...
Bob Dylan - The Man in Me (Official Audio)
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January 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Timothee Chalamet is 29, but he´s a child. I consider him to be a child and when I look at him he´s a child. But Bob Dylan recorded this song when he was 29, and this is a song made by an elderly old man www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6oB...
Great thread and comments in this. Pure solid good sense.
Art should be funded like science. To properly fund art, you fund failure. Funding failure will give you occasional excellence. Creating any art with the aim of it being popular enough to make money, will give you consistent mediocrity. Arists need funding to play and fail because that's the process
Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/
January 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Great thread and comments in this. Pure solid good sense.