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@ainemccaul.bsky.social

Currently writing my first novel: an urban fantasy steeped in Irish mythology for YA readers. Donegal-dwelling bodysurfer, baker, hiker, and mountain biker.

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A picture of a surfer, floating on his back in the sea hugging his board, being picked up by an orange lifeboat with an opening paragraph that reads: 'A surfer in Porthcrawl, a town in the United Kingdom hamlet of Wales, found himself in a tricky situation recently – sucked out to sea by a rip current.'

A picture of a surfer, floating on his back in the sea hugging his board, being picked up by an orange lifeboat with an opening paragraph that reads: 'A surfer in Porthcrawl, a town in the United Kingdom hamlet of Wales, found himself in a tricky situation recently – sucked out to sea by a rip current.'

Someone at surfer.com needs a geography lesson.

08.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People don't have the spare cash.

07.10.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ThisπŸ‘†πŸΌ

07.10.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thry missed ALL of the action. Every single fucking overtake.

06.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Worst fake video ever 🀣

06.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Were you going for piss artist?

06.10.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jason and the Argos

06.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This πŸ‘†πŸΌ

06.10.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So there we have it. We're now left with two candidates with names worthy of the Marvel universe - Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly. #Áras2025

06.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Concentration camps are used to persecute political prisoners or ethnic minority groups. I'm not arguing the laundries weren't horrific, just that it's completely inaccurate to describe them as concentration camps.

06.10.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's inaccurate to call the laundries concentration camps. That seems more like trying to compete tbh.

06.10.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 36988    πŸ” 16686    πŸ’¬ 800    πŸ“Œ 2358

Or play to our strengths and train up an army of IT specialists to hit enemy infrastructure at every level.

05.10.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Foraging to make a spot of dinner for the in-laws

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Amy is a wild child

04.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the wheel will turn again in its next revolution.

04.10.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why where people in camps in the first place?

04.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Or use it as a playbook to get away with it this time.

04.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not quite the same as those women were put in those institutions by their own families.

04.10.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And it starts to sound like Middle English. If you standardised the spelling, it would eventually just deviate again.

04.10.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! What a waste.

04.10.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I can imagine that's a huge problem. I was thinking more of the type of people who usually commission textbooks from reputable educational publishers should also explore other media e.g. audiobooks, short film, interactive apps and such.

04.10.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*shorts

04.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YouTube shirts would make them money though πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ I wonder if part of it is intellectual snobbery?

04.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I always wonder why information is almost entirely shared in text format. Wouldn't it be wonderful to present modules or topics in a series of easily accessible YouTube shorts? Our view of 'valuable' education is still far too narrow and unimaginative.

04.10.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems weird to think kids will appreciate the natural world, not by being out in it engaging with nature, but by reading about it in a book.

04.10.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The textbooks produced for this will be rubbish because modern textbooks are rubbish. If there’s a children’s publisher out there who wants to capitalise on this when it launches, get in touch and I’ll write you an actually good book about it.

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a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom Alt: A woman wearing a denim jacket is striking a smug smiling pose.
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2. Have the complete series in stock! I won't buy book 4 if I can't find 1, 2, or 3! I would have thought this one was fairly obvious but alas not.

#KidLit #Children #Books

04.10.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I brought my kids to Waterstones yesterday and have two recommendations for anyone out there publishing/selling childrens series

1. Number the books on the spine! You wouldn't believe how awkward it is to google the order of a series whilst out shopping, hands and brain overloaded...

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