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OrlaBorealis
@orlaborealis.bsky.social
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Unicorn rainbow dyke. Mother. Reads, hikes, camps. Not a craic killer #LWithTheT #QueersForPalestine 🇵🇸
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Do yiz want to call round to my gaff later?
Picture of a hobbit house with characteristic round door
November 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Poolbeg chimneys taken from Tibradden mountain today. Or actually yesterday.
Image of the Poolbeg chimneys in Dublin Bay taken from a distance. Trees and heather in the foreground
July 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Ah Izzy, you have to...
Image of a plate of fried green tomatoes
July 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Between An Spidéal and Carraroe is Pota café. Had a beautiful brunch, and got myself a nice print for the kitchen. And the toilets are gender neutral
A wall print saying "But first, coffee" in Irish. Picture of "Pota" café, which is in a cottage with a thatched roof Sign for gender neutral toilet
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Farm heroes saga being trans inclusive
June 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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View from Sliabh an Iarann
April 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Tepelene
Castle walls overlooking a village under a mountain Plaque to Lord Byron on the old castle walls in Tepelene Street view of Tepelene Hazel and Arthur, our impromptu guide and chief of police in Tepelene
April 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Gjirokäster
Gift shop in Gjirokäster, Albania, old narrow building on a street corner hung with fairy lights and gifts on display outside Albanan flag flying from the castle
April 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The Blue Eye spring in Albania
The Blue Eye spring. An image of a lake with teal blue water surrounded by green foliage and overlooking by a viewing platform with people on it
April 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Albania. First night. This is Ksamil. Travelling with @hazelklarkin.bsky.social.
We travelled from Dublin to Zürich to Corfu, then took a ferry to Saranda in Albania. Hired a car and drove to Ksamil.
April 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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En route to Albania have ended up in Corfu
Scene from an hotel terrace. Pool in the foreground, hedge with a palm tree, the sea and mountains beyond under a blue sky.
April 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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The cover of "The Beekeeper of Aleppo" by Christy Lefteri depicting a pair of hands, cupped, surrounding a bee in midair with buildings in the background
March 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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Cover of Anne Frank "The diary of a young girl" with a photograph of the author
March 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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The cover of "Queen Lucia" by EF Benson depicting a lady in 1920's dress sitting at a piano surrounded by adoring friends
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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Cover of JD Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" No pictures, just text
March 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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The cover of the book "Cooking for Friends" by Raymond Blanc depicting the chef himself looking much younger than he currently does because this book is years old.
March 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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The cover of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott" depicting four young women looking at a book
March 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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Front cover of "Henry and June" by Anaïs Nin depicting a woman gazing forward with expressive eyes, short hair, dangling earrings
March 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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Cover of "The Virgin in the Garden" by AS Byatt depicting a path running through a maze with several figures standing, sitting and peeking through the hedges
March 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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The cover of "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth Von Arnim depicting a town on the Amalfi coast with houses built into a cliff by the sea and a bright sun
March 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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Cover of "The Women's Room" by Marilyn French
March 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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The cover of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera depicting a cartoon of a dog
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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Book cover of "Tipping The Velvet" by Sarah Waters, depicting two women peering out behind stage curtains
March 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

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March 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Fionna, this comes up under your name when you appear on my timeline. I am not in the habit of going back through every post a person ever made but I have never seen you post anything transphobic.
March 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM