@IrishEcocritic

Trifler, tartler, pushover. Lecturer in English, UCC. She/her. @ecomaureen.bsky.social

Joined September 2013
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Beautiful autumn morning in North Roscommon. – at Roscommon, Ireland
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Emma-Hold The F💀ck Up 🇮🇪✊🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇧@branfan91Oct 19
Oh look im so shocked they havent laid a finger on the far right despite a curfew. Shocked /s
Impact
@ImpactMediaFROct 19
🚨🇫🇷 FLASH AUCUNE TRACE DE LA POLICE👇 Des militants d’extrême droite défilent toujours dans les rues de Lyon, malgré le couvre-feu et l’interdiction de rassemblement. (témoins)
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So, we couldn't install ventilation systems in schools, cinemas, office buildings, etc., while they were empty in 2020, but mid- nineteenth-century engineers could raise entire buildings and streets in downtown Chicago, by as much as 14 feet, in response to water-borne illnesses. – at Galway, Ireland
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@wereontheditchOct 19
Independent Ireland TD Ken O’Flynn says Big Tobacco can help government fight black market cigarettes and has proposed Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International appear before an Oireachtas committee – to talk about how Ireland taxes their products. ontheditch.com/ken-oflynn-wa…

Ken O’Flynn wants Big Tobacco to help the state

He's proposed they appear before an Oireachtas committee.

ontheditch.com
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Hüseyin Dogru
@hussedogru__Oct 18
"The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar!" Karl Marx, 1871
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Arty Lunch • Arthur Poindexter Lunch • RaymondGuy@ArtyLunchOct 19
No Kings! ... unless it's Sausage Fingers and the very low approval level EU leaders who are busy planning, arming and funding WWIII.
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Stephanie Ⓥ@SVcrazycatladyOct 19
I will be doing the same. No votes for Israel.
Landon🌹🌻
@IamLandon_9Oct 17
I voted for only third party candidates
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Ciarán Nugent@ciarannugentOct 19
To this takes an incredible amount of effort and planning at multiple levels. It clearly was not a mistake. Further evidence of an anti anti-genocide pattern for 3 years independent.ie/irish-news/re…

Removing Palestine flag necklace from ‘Cheap Irish Homes’ episode was a ‘mistake’, RTÉ says

Broadcaster said it will review its processes and procedures for the application of its guidelines

independent.ie
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Why aren't Americans embarrassed to call their decorous one-day singing, dancing, 'funny' sign parades (always on a weekend!) 'protests' when they see what's happening in Europe?
Dr. bird 🌻 | Inspiring Change@bbirdbPhDOct 18
Yeah, I’m sure the fascists are upset that y’all are using No Kings to funnel folks into voting for one of two sides of the imperial core systematically exploiting, contaminating, sickening, disabling, and killing us all (and esp the Global South).
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Important thread. – at Galway, Ireland
Michael | APC Injury
@michaelmoranOct 17
📈 The Worst of the Pandemic Is Decades Away SARS-CoV-2 is not just a respiratory virus that occasionally causes Long Covid. It's a systemic, multi-organ pathogen whose damage outlives the acute infection - and because different organs fail on different timetables, the population-wide effects won't plateau all at once. They'll arrive in waves, spread over decades. 🧵
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In the emergency department with a family member (he's OK--needs a scan), noticing a fair number of people waiting to be seen wearing proper masks. HCWs mostly unmasked, a few wearing baggy blues under their noses. 😑 – at Galway, Ireland
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I've stopped expecting much from The Guardian, but this is a solid piece. theguardian.com/books/2026/o…

Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane

The Normal People author’s determination to support Palestine Action, even if it means that her books are withdrawn from sale in the UK makes a mockery of Britain’s terrorism laws

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Seth Harp@sethharpesqOct 16
AI is literally a scam, the most sophisticated scam ever. They created a machine that mimics the output of intelligence. Then told everyone it was really intelligent — an impossibility, but the illusion was convincing. Based on that deception, they fleeced investors of trillions.
Gregory M. Kurtzer
@gmkurtzerOct 15
Not sure who needs to hear this but.... An LLM doesn't "understand" anything. It is a statistical model that spews out tokens based on probabilities calculated through massive matrix operations and context, not an understanding of the subject matter.
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waterfordwhispersnews.com/20… – at Galway, Ireland

Poll: Which Sally Rooney Book Made You Join Hamas?

NEWS REPORTS have confirmed Sally Rooney is no longer able to sell her books in the UK due to her support for Palestine Action, which begs the obvious question:

waterfordwhispersnews.com
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Martin Leahy@TheNewReview2Oct 15
So would i be right in saying I could buy Russell Brand's book in the UK? #sallyrooney
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The way I thought Emma was sharing a @Trickstersworld post before I realised it was an actual IT opinion piece! 🤣 – at Cork, Ireland
Emma-Hold The F💀ck Up 🇮🇪✊🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇧@branfan91Oct 12
Excuse me what period?!!!
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Heartbreaking! theguardian.com/culture/2026… – at Cork, Ireland

RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad, dies aged 34

Actor who played Walter White Jr and who advocated for disability representation is remembered by Bryan Cranston as ‘my sweet son’

theguardian.com
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Another beautiful day on the UCC campus. – at Cork, Ireland
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I saw an otter here once a couple of years ago! 🥰 – at Cork, Ireland
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A piece in the Sunday Times is reporting high uptake of the shingles vaccine because of its *possible* link to a reduced risk of developing dementia. I know of a *guaranteed* way to reduce risk of dementia... bloomberg.com/explainers/doe… – at Roscommon, Ireland

What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain

Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon.

bloomberg.com
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