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Clodagh Tait

@clodaghtait.bsky.social

Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore. Joint editor IHS. https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait

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I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

01.03.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4162    πŸ” 1114    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 16
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Cervical cancer rates higher in states with low HPV vaccination rates

RFK Jr *lies* when he says cervical cancer risk is increased in women who get the HPV vaccine.

New study: "States with high vaccination rates have seen the biggest drop in cervical cancer, while states with low vaccination rates have had little to no progress"

www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

01.03.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 495    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 21
Silhouette of a woman with an enormous updo hairdo, long 18th century gown, and an absurd hat perched atop.

Silhouette of a woman with an enormous updo hairdo, long 18th century gown, and an absurd hat perched atop.

How can you be talking about HISTORY with everything that's going on. 18th century history? Women's history? Waves hands.

Friends, it is precisely because of everything that's going on that we need to talk about history much, much more.

01.03.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

In this week's edition of "would you consider just trying to write it?"
Unbelievable

01.03.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean they might have just stolen the bodies from a morgue or something. Though tiling the ceiling is a bit sus.

01.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone has loved that house. But also dissected bodies there. ('Dad, the realtor's coming over. You might want to check there are no hands in the freezer.')

01.03.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't stop laughing at a story my friend told me yesterday about going to meet a work contact at the gates of Trinity. He went up to another waiting man and said "Are you Michael?" "Yes" "Will we go for a coffee?" "Sure." Over a coffee he realises it's not the Michael he's meant to be meeting.

01.03.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

β€œThe children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

28.02.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2843    πŸ” 1128    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8855    πŸ” 3649    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 105
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If you're in Midleton some Thursday pop by Peach Vintage where you'll get 15% off with a student/ academic staff card!

28.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One disgusting aspect of all this is Trump fundamentally doesn’t care about it at all. He barely knows where any of these places are. He likes cash in brown envelopes and being on TV as Mr Big Important Guy. He’s just willing to pull any lever he thinks might keep that stuff flowing indefinitely.

28.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2203    πŸ” 482    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 9
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Twin Peaks opening title generator
#speirgorm

welcometotwinpeaks.com/memes/twin-p...

28.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

What OpenAI just agreed to is positively horrifying, on an unimaginable scale actually

28.02.2026 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1148    πŸ” 298    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10

More from this incredible manuscript.

28.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Have seen all the jokes re "Operation epic fury" but they are murdering children. Murdering. Children.

28.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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24 school children reported killed in Israeli strike on southern Iran

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

28.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Israel / USA start bombing Tehran

Israel / USA start bombing Tehran

Trump: America's most unpopular president seeks another distraction from the Epstein files.
Game of Kings / Dictators: foreign wars distract from domestic disaster, carnage and oppression. #Netanyahu
#Iran #Israel #US

28.02.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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A field of daffodils by the sea in #EastCork

28.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dinneen has 'trudaire', a stammerer?

27.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Words Describing Types of Persons as Used in Aghavas, Cloone, Leitrim Β· Droim SeanbhΓ³ Thuaidh Β· The Schools' Collection This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.

Some very vivid Leitrim ways of describing people here. Lots of 'Pleidhces' and 'spreasΓ‘ns' around these days. www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/5237...

27.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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JOE.ie - The enchanting Irish baby girl’s name that deserves to be more popular This is such an underrated Irish baby name There are too many beautiful Irish names out there, but there’s one underrated one we cannot stop thinking about. Trying to pick one moniker for your baby gi...

That noise is Dinneen rolling in his grave. www.joe.ie/life-style/t...

27.02.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My Dad goes mad at these: 'That's not a name!' Γ“gie as a given name is especially awful.

27.02.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jack dethroned as most popular boys’ name while Lily takes the crown for girls Last year was the first time since 2016 Jack was not the most popular boys’ name.

Last year marked the only the second time since 2007 that Jack was not the most popular boys’ name in Ireland.

Meanwhile, Lily was the most popular name for girls last year, replacing Sophie as top choice.
jrnl.ie/6969516

27.02.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 7

Also wtf does 'a new suite of β€œcontemporary programmes designed to meet the learning needs of students”' look like? Sounds kinda vague.

27.02.2026 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Extraordinary. Surely much more to do with the accommodation and transport crisis in Galway than indicated in the article.

27.02.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations.

26.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social on passing her PhD viva today with aplomb πŸ‘. Brilliant project making significant interventions into how we conceive of veterans & the gendering of that category. & πŸ‘ to her fab supervisor @lloislanel.bsky.social. #Afterlives @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

26.02.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Irish in America's Indian Wars: A Dark History | Irish History Podcast

I joined Fin on the Irish History Podcast to discuss my Yankee Pensioners in Ireland Interactive Map. We focused in on those Irish involved in the wars against Native Americans and later on what the database tells us about the lives of women in 19th century Ireland: shows.acast.com/irishhistory...

26.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Truck is 1957: maybe they just didn't change the design!

26.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The way is still clear for a tyrant and a fraud It was the largest fraud in modern British corporate history. The crime was blatant: the theft of more than pounds 400m from the Maxwell pension funds. The culprit was obvious and well known. The pros...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-w...

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