AineMcCaul ✍🏼
@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.
This makes for depressing reading. Children need school libraries to stock current books in good condition! #speirgorm #booksky childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...
A Reading Revolution for Ireland: Calling on Government to stock empty bookshelves in school libraries | Childrens Books Ireland
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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.
My upcoming Loki: A Bad God's Guide events: GLASGOW Aug 29: thegovanstones.org.uk/in-conversat... EDINBURGH Aug 30: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/when-... BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Sept 26: www.ticketsource.com/budleigh-sal...
When Chaos Comes Calling with Louie Stowell | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Friends! This is an incredibly worthy cause - Aine is seeking to raise a relatively small amount of money to buy “one new reading book for every child at St. Brigid's National School, Glenmakee, Carndonagh, Co. Donegal”. Already about 1/3 of the way there, please help her get all the way.
AineMcCaul ✍🏼@ainemccaul.bsky.social · yesterdayHi Alom, I finally got a fundraiser set up and approved by the school board (thanks for that wonderful idea btw) and here is the link below. gofund.me/55e46e8ca
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AineMcCaul ✍🏼@ainemccaul.bsky.social · yesterdayI've set up a fundraiser to help stock my kid's school with new library books. These aren't text books but books the children can read for pleasure. Maybe you aren't in a position to donate right now but, if not, could you please help by sharing? Thank you! #speirgorm #BookSky gofund.me/55e46e8ca
Friends who love books! I suggested to Aine that there were plenty of us on here who would donate to help her raise money for her woefully under-funded school library. Please help prove me right by donating whatever you can.
AineMcCaul ✍🏼@ainemccaul.bsky.social · yesterdayHi Alom, I finally got a fundraiser set up and approved by the school board (thanks for that wonderful idea btw) and here is the link below. gofund.me/55e46e8ca
Book people! We can’t help every school library but we can help this one. Give your coffee shop coffee or other treat a miss and donate something!
AineMcCaul ✍🏼@ainemccaul.bsky.social · yesterdayHi Alom, I finally got a fundraiser set up and approved by the school board (thanks for that wonderful idea btw) and here is the link below. gofund.me/55e46e8ca
I've set up a fundraiser to help stock my kid's school with new library books. These aren't text books but books the children can read for pleasure. Maybe you aren't in a position to donate right now but, if not, could you please help by sharing? Thank you! #speirgorm #BookSky gofund.me/55e46e8ca
Donate to Buy a book for St. Brigid's N.S. Glenmakee, organized by Aine Mullan
Hi, we are asking for your help to buy one new reading book for every child a… Aine Mullan needs your support for Buy a book for St. Brigid's N.S. Glenmakee
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
How is it, exactly, that people keep falling off balconies whilst on holidays? Am I missing something here?
Sliabh Liag (Slieve League) cliffs, Donegal, Ireland seen from the Atlantic Coastal Cruises ship. #SpeirGorm
At three times the height of the Cliffs of Moher, Sliabh Liag are the highest sea cliffs in Europe and spectacular to behold. Today I had the pleasure of viewing all 2,000ft (600m) of them from a boat on Donegal Bay. I didn't spot any of the resident whales though 😔 #SpeirGorm
Whispers in the Wild #Art #SynthArt #AnnaBArt #Fox #Woodland #Wildflowers #GouachePainting #NatureArt
These billionaires are constantly inventing things that no one asked for, no one wants, and no one needs.
Can we please turn Donegal Bay into a marine sanctuary for these beautiful creatures, and the Orcas who have been sighted recently, before it is too late? www.donegallive.ie/news/humpbac...
Humpback whale in midair captured at Donegal Bay
The image was captured while out on Meridian Boat Tours, Killybegs
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What a great idea for smoking out your nearest creepy pervert.
Yves Jeanrenaud@yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 5mo agoI made an app. play.google.com/store/apps/d... Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby. I hope it's useful for someone. Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple github.com/yjeanrenaud/... It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
![A screenshot of an Android app. Text:
▲ Nearby Glasses
Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.
This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.
Debug Log
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Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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I haven't been to see The Odyssey yet but, unlike others, I shall not be comparing it to Emily Wilson's translation. Instead it'll be Tony Robinson's wonderful Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of them All from 1986. www.imdb.com/title/tt1939...
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Finally bit the bullet and added my mugshot to the profile - I'm the one on the right. Just waiting for someone to come along and tell me I'm too ugly to be allowed an opinion.
