MJ Ó Ruadháin
@mjoruadhain.bsky.social
Architect and writing about it.
https://linktr.ee/mjoruadhain
Mayo Thompson, Mayo football, Mayo your dreams come true.
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Mayo Thompson, Mayo football, Mayo your dreams come true.
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MJ Ó Ruadháin
@mjoruadhain.bsky.social
· May 14
Proud of a lot of the writing on my weird little blog here, shame it doesn't have any readership but... it's pretty niche tbh. Though if your architectural interests do incline towards the likes of Habraken, Turner, Team X, well then please have at it...
patternagencycharacter.bearblog.dev/contents/
patternagencycharacter.bearblog.dev/contents/
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The @hindrajabfoundation.be has filed a criminal complaint in 🇦🇹 #Austria against Yonatan Akriv, an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts contributing to genocide during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
Full details → https://bit.ly/49H6DQS
Full details → https://bit.ly/49H6DQS
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The @hindrajabfoundation.be has filed a criminal complaint in 🇦🇹 #Austria against Yonatan Akriv, an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts contributing to genocide during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
Full details → https://bit.ly/49H6DQS
Full details → https://bit.ly/49H6DQS
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The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Here’s her prize-winning poem, if anyone’s interested - it’s a gut punch ❤️
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Here’s her prize-winning poem, if anyone’s interested - it’s a gut punch ❤️
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
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A serious indictment of our politics and media that CETA, which has been adjudged to be unconstitutional by the Irish Supreme Court (Costello vs the Irish Govt), was passed overnight by the Government and there’s barely a ripple of curiosity, let alone rigorous questioning.
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A serious indictment of our politics and media that CETA, which has been adjudged to be unconstitutional by the Irish Supreme Court (Costello vs the Irish Govt), was passed overnight by the Government and there’s barely a ripple of curiosity, let alone rigorous questioning.
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Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
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Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
Man who left pipe bombs at Down sports ground jailed
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
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My Moon Calendar 2026 has landed!
It is inspired by medieval animals. There are peculiar animals and S. Francesco with a goat. I love it, I hope that you do too...
Today is Bandcamp Friday so it's a good day to order from me, thank you for supporting my work!
bitybooker.bandcamp.com/merch/moon-c...
It is inspired by medieval animals. There are peculiar animals and S. Francesco with a goat. I love it, I hope that you do too...
Today is Bandcamp Friday so it's a good day to order from me, thank you for supporting my work!
bitybooker.bandcamp.com/merch/moon-c...
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My Moon Calendar 2026 has landed!
It is inspired by medieval animals. There are peculiar animals and S. Francesco with a goat. I love it, I hope that you do too...
Today is Bandcamp Friday so it's a good day to order from me, thank you for supporting my work!
bitybooker.bandcamp.com/merch/moon-c...
It is inspired by medieval animals. There are peculiar animals and S. Francesco with a goat. I love it, I hope that you do too...
Today is Bandcamp Friday so it's a good day to order from me, thank you for supporting my work!
bitybooker.bandcamp.com/merch/moon-c...
He would have been delighted with any of these
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
He would have been delighted with any of these
Doesn't seem great to have these malevolent oddballs anywhere near any public service, let alone a health service.
Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/&utm-source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=no-palantir-nhs&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=05-12-2025
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/&utm-source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=no-palantir-nhs&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=05-12-2025
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Doesn't seem great to have these malevolent oddballs anywhere near any public service, let alone a health service.
Another Friday night ruined by The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Another Friday night ruined by The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
The people of Ireland have spoken, and they have said up the Stephenites
Ballina Stephenites came from ten points down to defeat Westport in the Mayo county final replay.
Miracle in Mayo: Ballina stun Westport in epic comeback
www.irishmirror.ie
October 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The people of Ireland have spoken, and they have said up the Stephenites
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October 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Excited about playing three gigs this month in Truro, Totnes and London!
Tickets www.bitybooker.com/gigs.html 🤍
These will be my last gigs of the year 🌛
Tickets www.bitybooker.com/gigs.html 🤍
These will be my last gigs of the year 🌛
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Excited about playing three gigs this month in Truro, Totnes and London!
Tickets www.bitybooker.com/gigs.html 🤍
These will be my last gigs of the year 🌛
Tickets www.bitybooker.com/gigs.html 🤍
These will be my last gigs of the year 🌛
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"Is this the road we're going down now, to go lockstep with many other European countries in terms of brutalised repression against protesters?"
Horrifically violent footage from Saturday. And still no statement from Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan, nearly a week on.
#SpéirGhorm
Horrifically violent footage from Saturday. And still no statement from Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan, nearly a week on.
#SpéirGhorm
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Is this the road we're going down now, to go lockstep with many other European countries in terms of brutalised repression against protesters?"
Horrifically violent footage from Saturday. And still no statement from Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan, nearly a week on.
#SpéirGhorm
Horrifically violent footage from Saturday. And still no statement from Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan, nearly a week on.
#SpéirGhorm
We're all one right turn away from being in an art-rock band, one wrong turn away from turning up in a national newspaper wearing a flag like a cape
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We're all one right turn away from being in an art-rock band, one wrong turn away from turning up in a national newspaper wearing a flag like a cape
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Yesterday the IDF repeatedly dropped grenades on our peacekeeping troops helping civilians recover bodies of families murdered by the IDF in S. Lebanon.
The response of the people who run this state is "but my portfolio"
The response of the people who run this state is "but my portfolio"
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yesterday the IDF repeatedly dropped grenades on our peacekeeping troops helping civilians recover bodies of families murdered by the IDF in S. Lebanon.
The response of the people who run this state is "but my portfolio"
The response of the people who run this state is "but my portfolio"
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More than 50 boats, carrying activists from 44 nations, are sailing together toward Gaza—the largest civilian flotilla in modern history. A united stand against the illegal siege, bringing hope and solidarity to the Palestinian people.
(Palestine Online)
(Palestine Online)
September 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
More than 50 boats, carrying activists from 44 nations, are sailing together toward Gaza—the largest civilian flotilla in modern history. A united stand against the illegal siege, bringing hope and solidarity to the Palestinian people.
(Palestine Online)
(Palestine Online)
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"Nature. The assessment of nature is very poor, with 85% of Ireland’s protected habitats and almost one third of protected species of flora and fauna having an unfavourable status. Over half of native plant species are in decline ..."
www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...
www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...
Ireland
The Ireland country profile provides a concise overview of key trends across three dimensions: environment and climate; socio-economic change; and system change (energy, mobility and food) in the coun...
www.eea.europa.eu
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"Nature. The assessment of nature is very poor, with 85% of Ireland’s protected habitats and almost one third of protected species of flora and fauna having an unfavourable status. Over half of native plant species are in decline ..."
www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...
www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...
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It seems to me that what Morgan has very obviously done here is considerably worse than the stuff that had coppers storming through Nicola Sturgeon’s front door and digging up her back garden live on national television, and everyone is saying it’s old news and there’s nothing much to see.
September 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It seems to me that what Morgan has very obviously done here is considerably worse than the stuff that had coppers storming through Nicola Sturgeon’s front door and digging up her back garden live on national television, and everyone is saying it’s old news and there’s nothing much to see.
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Someone has managed to drop a Palestinian flag at the very top of the Spire. Fair fucks. Gonna be comical watching Dublin City council trying to figure out how to get that down :)
#Speirgorm
#Speirgorm
September 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Someone has managed to drop a Palestinian flag at the very top of the Spire. Fair fucks. Gonna be comical watching Dublin City council trying to figure out how to get that down :)
#Speirgorm
#Speirgorm
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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The Irish Aviation Authority didn’t follow proper procedures when it hired Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin as chief operating officer, according to a confidential letter from a whistleblower to then taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
www.ontheditch.com/whistleblowe...
www.ontheditch.com/whistleblowe...
Whistleblower warned Varadkar Gavin's hiring broke rules
The Irish Aviation Authority didn’t follow proper procedures when it hired Jim Gavin, said a whistleblower.
www.ontheditch.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Irish Aviation Authority didn’t follow proper procedures when it hired Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin as chief operating officer, according to a confidential letter from a whistleblower to then taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
www.ontheditch.com/whistleblowe...
www.ontheditch.com/whistleblowe...
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BREAKING: At least 46 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave's hospitals told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/upsr0n
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September 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
BREAKING: At least 46 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave's hospitals told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/upsr0n
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/upsr0n