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When a linguistics professor has not met enough Irish people …

09.02.2025 10:38 — 👍 184    🔁 43    💬 8    📌 3

In Ireland, support your local bookshops! Our local one has a second-hand corner too.

@kennysbookshop.bsky.social is consistently better, faster (and frequently cheaper) than Amazon.

@libro.fm is a great alternative to Audible or Spotify.
#BookSky #WeCanDoBetter

06.02.2025 00:04 — 👍 27    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1
We are looking for toys, vouchers, winter clothes etc for children from 0 - 17 years old. Drop off at Pantibar, Capel St, Dublin 1 on Sat Dec 21, between 15:30 and 18:30
(Some wiggle room if you want to drop off before then)

We are looking for toys, vouchers, winter clothes etc for children from 0 - 17 years old. Drop off at Pantibar, Capel St, Dublin 1 on Sat Dec 21, between 15:30 and 18:30 (Some wiggle room if you want to drop off before then)

Our annual collection for children in emergency accommodation, organised by @buzzoneill.bsky.social, is happening again on Dec 21st. See graphic for details, and if you can’t make it to Pantibar, you can make a € donation at the link:

www.gofundme.com/f/g9h2p-plea...

09.12.2024 14:35 — 👍 73    🔁 68    💬 0    📌 3
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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third… ”

Judith Butler on throwing the Trans community under the bus. english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

16.12.2024 01:58 — 👍 177    🔁 54    💬 1    📌 2
Our one-room office, with four desks, a window at the end, and piles of newspapers everywhere.

Our one-room office, with four desks, a window at the end, and piles of newspapers everywhere.

Okay, the end of the year is in sight, so maybe it’s a good time for us to tell you about our financials, here at Dublin Inquirer HQ at the Digital Hub on Thomas Street in Dublin 8. We ask for transparency from others, so some transparency from us is good too, right? 1/

11.12.2024 13:09 — 👍 157    🔁 62    💬 1    📌 30

Rossnowlagh, Donegal 💛

06.12.2024 08:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Donate to Direct Provision Christmas Toy Drive 2024, organized by Dan Lambert WE NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN THIS YEAR! In a year that's shown the worst of human… Dan Lambert needs your support for Direct Provision Christmas Toy Drive 2024

The annual Bohs effort to get a toy to every child in direct provision in Ireland is a wonderful thing.

Donations and info here: gofund.me/ee17f8fe

04.12.2024 11:45 — 👍 97    🔁 44    💬 4    📌 1

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