Siobhán McElduff
@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social
1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) settler and academic in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í
siobhanmcelduff.com
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Apparently, the esteemed Mr Lenihan stormed into the county manager's office and told him what the curse was - allegedly it was testicular cancer or 'bollickular cancer' (as it was recounted to myself)
#Speirgorm
#Speirgorm
Remember that time when Ireland rerouted an entire highway to avoid pissing off the fairies that truly nobody believes in but we’ll just in case
Oh definitely. Kinda like going to Iceland and having it explained that no, people don’t REALLY believe in elves. Also, don’t fuck with the elves.
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Apparently, the esteemed Mr Lenihan stormed into the county manager's office and told him what the curse was - allegedly it was testicular cancer or 'bollickular cancer' (as it was recounted to myself)
#Speirgorm
#Speirgorm
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Mass murder is an interesting way of “testing a fragile ceasefire”.
Incredible how international media continues to provide cover for Israel’s ongoing genocide, despite all the evidence.
Incredible how international media continues to provide cover for Israel’s ongoing genocide, despite all the evidence.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Mass murder is an interesting way of “testing a fragile ceasefire”.
Incredible how international media continues to provide cover for Israel’s ongoing genocide, despite all the evidence.
Incredible how international media continues to provide cover for Israel’s ongoing genocide, despite all the evidence.
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Once more, wind turbines spoil the view of this pristine rural landscape in Australia, threatening a lovely coal mine.
#auspol #politics #climatechange
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#auspol #politics #climatechange
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Once more, wind turbines spoil the view of this pristine rural landscape in Australia, threatening a lovely coal mine.
#auspol #politics #climatechange
pbs.twimg.com/media/G6GYra...
#auspol #politics #climatechange
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I usually stay well offshore of anything 'literary' but I've drifted into shoal waters this month...as a guest editor of UK-based online journal, Burning House Press.
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I usually stay well offshore of anything 'literary' but I've drifted into shoal waters this month...as a guest editor of UK-based online journal, Burning House Press.
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
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When it’s 1922 and you think the Irish War of Independence is done and dusted but turns out not everyone is satisfied with the resulting treaty
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When it’s 1922 and you think the Irish War of Independence is done and dusted but turns out not everyone is satisfied with the resulting treaty
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Today in the public history column: Leadhills Library, in South Lanarkshire, founded in 1741, is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles, and brought Enlightenment learning to a remote mining village in Scotland. www.thenational.scot/news/2562926...
Exploring the story of the oldest library of its kind in Britain
'It was hard drinking, hard living, tough going here, back in the 18th century,' says Cameron Halfpenny, chair of the Leadhills Reading Society
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today in the public history column: Leadhills Library, in South Lanarkshire, founded in 1741, is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles, and brought Enlightenment learning to a remote mining village in Scotland. www.thenational.scot/news/2562926...
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I would like to point out thay Elizabeth Weiss is friends with Lawrence Krause, who is wad good friends with Epstein.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I would like to point out thay Elizabeth Weiss is friends with Lawrence Krause, who is wad good friends with Epstein.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
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The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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Up to €2.7m worth of energy ‘wasted’ every day by State, committee told
Wind farms wound down or shut down at night while households are in fuel poverty, says energy charity chief
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
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A west of Ireland #painting. "Sligo Mountains" was finished and sold last year. It came out of cycle trips along the Sligo coast when I enjoyed being escorted by the Ox Mountains towards Ballysadare and Sligo town. I've also been up into them by those woods yonder. Beautiful. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A west of Ireland #painting. "Sligo Mountains" was finished and sold last year. It came out of cycle trips along the Sligo coast when I enjoyed being escorted by the Ox Mountains towards Ballysadare and Sligo town. I've also been up into them by those woods yonder. Beautiful. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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and here we see that once it gets late enough in the day, the historian naturally reverts to the spelling conventions of the time they study
Strangely to us, John's wiffe was called Richard - one of many early modern names now gendered differently.
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
and here we see that once it gets late enough in the day, the historian naturally reverts to the spelling conventions of the time they study
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Still thinking about the ferret thieves in The Beastmaster
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Still thinking about the ferret thieves in The Beastmaster
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great opportunity to work on public sector AI
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
great opportunity to work on public sector AI
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"Dublin college re-branded with nonsense Irish name."
Bheadh áthas ar @fiosceirde.bsky.social comhairle stuama eolach a sholáthair sa chás seo agus i gcásanna mar é.
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
Bheadh áthas ar @fiosceirde.bsky.social comhairle stuama eolach a sholáthair sa chás seo agus i gcásanna mar é.
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
Dublin college re-branded with nonsense Irish name after officials ignored translator's advice
The City of Dublin Education and Training Board went ahead with the change regardless.
www.thejournal.ie
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Dublin college re-branded with nonsense Irish name."
Bheadh áthas ar @fiosceirde.bsky.social comhairle stuama eolach a sholáthair sa chás seo agus i gcásanna mar é.
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
Bheadh áthas ar @fiosceirde.bsky.social comhairle stuama eolach a sholáthair sa chás seo agus i gcásanna mar é.
www.thejournal.ie/college-dhul...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Well, that's it for me and my support. As long as I believed that asylum seekers were banned from playing badminton, I was happy to support them... but that's it.
Game over.
Joining Reform... or possibly Ben Habibs lot
Game over.
Joining Reform... or possibly Ben Habibs lot
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well, that's it for me and my support. As long as I believed that asylum seekers were banned from playing badminton, I was happy to support them... but that's it.
Game over.
Joining Reform... or possibly Ben Habibs lot
Game over.
Joining Reform... or possibly Ben Habibs lot
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More information on the event page on our website.
Sat 6 Dec
4pm - 7pm
Book now bit.ly/3Wh816o
Photo: Rosie Reed Gold
Sat 6 Dec
4pm - 7pm
Book now bit.ly/3Wh816o
Photo: Rosie Reed Gold
Chilled Queer Ceilidh
This inclusive ceilidh, led by Queer Folk, is slightly adapted to make the experience more inclusive and comfortable for everyone.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
More information on the event page on our website.
Sat 6 Dec
4pm - 7pm
Book now bit.ly/3Wh816o
Photo: Rosie Reed Gold
Sat 6 Dec
4pm - 7pm
Book now bit.ly/3Wh816o
Photo: Rosie Reed Gold
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Our next Queer Ceilidh Dance Party is now sold out! Why not try our first ever Chilled Ceilidh and bring along a friend who has always wanted to go to a ceilidh but wasn't sure if the usual high energy event is the right fit for them?
More details ⬇️
More details ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our next Queer Ceilidh Dance Party is now sold out! Why not try our first ever Chilled Ceilidh and bring along a friend who has always wanted to go to a ceilidh but wasn't sure if the usual high energy event is the right fit for them?
More details ⬇️
More details ⬇️
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My work on counterpublics and related topics
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My work on counterpublics and related topics
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
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I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
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My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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ICCL invites members of the public to contact us if they have received wrong answers from the AI chatbots used by the Department of Justice, and have suffered adverse consequences as a result.
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ICCL invites members of the public to contact us if they have received wrong answers from the AI chatbots used by the Department of Justice, and have suffered adverse consequences as a result.
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Learn more ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
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The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
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Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
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