Obviously the lad has never been to Cork

...we're just over here making America great again, as one does

President-Elect Catherine Connolly, meets President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin

The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.

A panorama sketchbook is opened with a colour sketch across both pages making an extra-long panorama. Paper is rag cotton with deckled edges. Sketch is done using black ink line in various fineliners, water based media of vivival color sheets and viviva pan set, inktense coloured pencils, white gel pen, posca pens, Liquitex acrylic paint markers, Faber Castell grey brush pens, and Derwent paint pens. View across a large square at a line of buildings mostly narrow and 5 or 6 stories high, though a wide orange one on the right half is just 3 stories high. Most of its windows have some form of green shutters or cloth coverings, and the large ones have balconies. At street level it has shops and many bicycles are locked in stands outside. Adjoining it on the right is a tall pink building, 3 window bays wide and darker at street level. A green building to its right is obscured by green foliage on the right edge of the sketch. The other apartment buildings to the left are mostly creams and yellows, some with long balconies across all three windows of each story, and others with isolated balconies. Those buildings gradually go behind a large building in the square dominating the left half - that of an old market with a modern metal black covering of various planes sloping and arching. In front of the market are two large yellow umbrellas over people eating at a cafe or restaurant. The leftmost building behind the market is a glass tower of narrow blue and green windows. The sky is a bright blue, matching the blue of a metal square kiosk in the centre behind which is a gap in the buildings as there is a street leading to the square there.

Last weekend I was in Barcelona sketching and generally having an amazing time. This is Barceloneta, in the large Plaça del Poeta Boscà with its wonderfully funky market building. #urbansketching

Yes, but it takes years and you will still want to take someone's life in such situations

I've heard about this but never knew what they looked like. It's a bit creepier than what we do with pumpkins in my house

louis from family guy drink with vodka in her hand looking thru window from outside with leaves throughout her hair Me watching Ireland elect an independent leftist in a landslide while the people in my country idolize a far-right grifter and debate germ theory and the shape of the the earth

That's this year's baby on the left, fully grown now. Very soon, she will go off in search of a mate. Within a few months after that, her parents will begin their mating ritual and make preparations for next year's babies

Print featuring a lush green wooded area next to a stream with reflections of tree trunks and dappled sunlight making long shadows

Contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

I did. Carrying that bag with those gloves and those shoes reveals a serious lack of judgment and taste on her part. I can't imagine why anyone would want to vote for someone like that. I'm sure she'll be fine, though

Yeah, I've been vaguely aware of that but didn't realize that they were that popular. I thing Bluesky gives me a somewhat distorted perception of everything. That being that not everyone in Ireland is as wonderful and like-minded as the folks I know from here

That...doesn't sound good. Sounds like a reason to be concerned for the next election. If they manage to get their act together, won't that give them a significant, if not controlling, position in the next government? Forgive me that much of Irish politics is still a mystery

Really!?!?

Call me a bit naive, I've been called worse, but don't those people realize that no one will bother to read it, or care?

Hey #speirgorm, I'm seeing reports of an alarming number of "spoiled votes." What the heck is going on?

I have the sense that most folks are willing to give their favorite candidate the chance to be their own person and bring to the office their unique point of view and concerns. I know Michael D is much loved, and I think the next president will be as well as long as she stays true to herself

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

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Okay Lads, time to show the rest of the world how a democratic republic works. Your vote is your voice, and it matters. Now go use it! 🇮🇪💚

Watching part of the White House come
down feels like watching a piece of our
story disappear. The East Wing has always
stood for service, grace, and possibility
things no one can demolish. You can tear
down walls, but you can’t erase history.

When someone starts a sentence with the phrase, "not to sound like a racist, but..." I can guarantee that the words that follow will absolutely be the words of a racist. Every time

Take it from an American, vote as if the lives of people you care about depend on it 🇮🇪 💚

David, I would love that!

By the way, congrats on the new gig. I'm sure you've reached a new level of popularity and adoration. I'll be watching when we visit next year

Are we entirely sure that this isn't the real @mcculld.bsky.social and the other is AI generated? It's conceivable that we've been fooled all along

So Connolly? Do we all like her? Can she fill Michael D's shoes?

So who won, or is it too early to tell?

Painting of a tree with orangd leaves, some of which fall gently towards thd ground on which a stylisef slim figure and a dog walk

'Between the Leaves' by Brighton-based UK artist Emma Brownjohn #WomensArt
#Autumn #Fall

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This is hilarious!!