24 Mar 1642: A large crowd gather at St Stephen's Green #Dublin [or possibly Hoggen Green] #otd to watch expected apostasy of the #Dominican Peter Higgins. But he didn't. After his execution there was a tussle for the corpse, won by #English soldiers who mutilated it (BM)
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How one sees things should change as more facts become apparent.
Beware those whose minds don't change.
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Copyright infringement is not my legal forte.
But if there is any way of taking legal action against Meta for benefiting from the theft of my intellectual property, I am absolutely going to do so.
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screenshot of search for 'Emma Donoghue' in LibGen
91 results. That's every book I've published since 1993, in multiple languages, scraped without permission to train AI. They're robbing us in hopes of replacing us.
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Ian Cooper: 51st state? Canada should join the EU instead
Ian Cooper proposes a novel alternative to Canada joining the United States.
Ian Cooper proposes a novel alternative to Canada joining the United States. @iancooper.bsky.social
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20 Mar 1393: Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia ordered St John Nepomuk drowned in the Vltava river #otd A legend later developed that Nepomuk died rather than break the seal of confession. His feast is 16 May.
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Man Weighing Gold
c. 1515β20, Adriaen Isenbrant (Met Museum)
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YouTube video by Garron
Conor McGregor in the Whitehouse
Not talking about Connor McGregor; how to do it...
youtube.com/shorts/sgSL4...
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Like Irish history? Like military history? Want a book with both where the Irish win at the end? Look no further. www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
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How demographics is destroying the market...
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