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First time watching a concert (or a bit of it) from the top of a Ferris wheel. With my best buddy Lily before she heads away to university... #Levellers #HovePark2026

Hove Park. Me. Bean. Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi, Sleeper, Levellers. Wholesome. Goodly.

Tubby bald man with his daughter at an outdoor music event.

This is the face of a young woman who's had a very difficult few years. This evening she's registered for her Evolutionary Anthropology course at Liverpool University. It's simply wonderful to see her happy, excited and future-focused. But I'm going to miss her like crazy when she goes...

A photo of a young woman with pink, green and purple hair. She is smiling broadly and appears very happy.

When our cat Storm was on the BBC news... @marksimpsonbbc.bsky.social he had a magpie again recently. No more pigeons, though.

A black cat is laying on a perch. Close by, a TV screen shows his picture as part of a BBC News report.

Northern Ireland Fiscal Council @nifiscalcouncil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@lewiscapaldioffice.bsky.social I don't know if you will read this. Probably not But I'd like you to know that my daughter and her friend loved your gig in Belfast last night. They were in the ♿ viewing area. Here's the thing... The world is full of barriers. Not everyone can slip through...

Cute Dog Squeezes Through Gate

Alt: Cute Dog Squeezes Through Gate

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📢 New blog: How Is the Northern Ireland Executive budget funded? From the Block Grant 💷 & the Barnett Formula 📊 to rates 🏘️ & borrowing 🏗️, we explain how the NI Executive is funded & why it matters for public services and fiscal sustainability ⚖️. Read more 👇 www.nifiscalcouncil.org/news/how-nor...

How Is the Northern Ireland Executive’s budget funded? - an explainer

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#EclipseMyArse

#CatsLoveCrotchet

a black cat in a box of crotcheted flowers

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2mo ago

Arguably, safe food is already long gone. 2024 "Ninety percent of animal and vegetable protein samples tested positive for microplastics" edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/h...

Which foods have the most plastics? You may be surprised | CNN

How much plastic is in the food you eat? Much more than you realize, experts say.

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Soon, there won’t be any safe food left.

A soft morning in Donegal. But it's no wetter under the surface of the sea than on any other day. So I don't care.

Clear water in the Boatstrand Bay. It is a very low tide.

The view to Oileann na Marbh from the Boatstrand Pier, Carrickfinn.

The view behind the island is lost in the mist.

View across a misty beach at low tide. The sky is grey and somewhat dismal.

Morning.

#art #ecoart My daughter's artwork is part of an eco takeover exhibition in Bangor, Co.Down on Thursday 30 July. Wonderful to see her work alongside some mature and established artists and practitioners of sustainable creativity.

Text describing Rosie's practice as a printmaker experimenting with new ideas on repurposing materials such as old fabrics to print on, and using used tetrapak cartons to print the images

Four print works from photographers of a decaying bank building in Belfast. Made using recycled bedsheets, curtains and tetrapak juice cartons.

Co. Donegal, Ireland. 💚

A partially collapsed granite stone wall with fields and sea in the background

An empty gateway at a path coming down through rocks from a green hillside

A washing line with swim shorts hanging up to dry. The sky is blue, and beyond fields, the sea is visible.

Recently my daughter Lily attended an Earthsong camp in Co. Carlow, Ireland. It's wholesome, focused on simple sustainable living. She did a paddle and paint workshop - sitting in a stream, she captured sunlight on water as it had passed through the trees above. #art #painting #climate

An abstract painting to capture sunshine on water

Interesting initiatives pop up all over the place. I came across this one on Facebook. It is simply a marvellous thing to see happening, so I simply had to share it.

A poster announcing three upcoming games for what is maybe the only cricket team in the world for those in recovery from addiction

Adam Rutherford@adamrutherford.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Legolas: What About Side By Side With A Friend?

Alt: Legolas to Gimli who has just said he didn't expect to die fighting side by side with an elf: What About Side By Side With A Friend?

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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

There is something very calming about rockpools. #seaside #wellness

A rock pool, full of lush green seaweeds

Co.Wexford.

The sun setting behind trees at the edge of a cornfield. The corn has picked up an orangey pink glow from the late evening sun.

Northern Ireland Fiscal Council @nifiscalcouncil.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My hometown has the first Lidl pub in the world due to the way our alcohol licensing laws work. I bought this shirt especially for my first visit, which happened tonight 🍻 #toiletselfie #lidlpub

A tubby man taking a selfie in a brightly painted toilet. He's wearing a Lidl shirt.

🔎New article: Budgeting without a Budget. How NI departments are managing spending, planning and risk in 2026–27—building on our 16 June report. From Vote on Account to contingency powers and 95% limits—what this means in practice 👇 www.nifiscalcouncil.org/news/budgeti...

Budgeting without a Budget: how NI departments are planning, spending and managing risk in 2026–27

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2 young Pidgeons off on adventures. One hiking the Cumbria Way, the other on Christian mission to Nyírbátor, Hungary. The house feels a bit empty.

A young woman with blue hair standing by her front door. She's carrying a large backpack

A young woman standing by her front door holding her luggage

#CatsofBluesky #FelineBookclub

A view of a black cat from behind. The cat is sitting with its paw on a copy of Lionel Shriver's The Female of the Species, open at chapter 9. It looks like it is reading.

Stunning and massively unexpected win in Belfast for the Boys in Green ove the current world champions. #cricket #ireland #india www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Ireland v India: Irish stun world champions in T20 opener at Stormont

Ireland pull off a massive shock as they beat world champions India for the first time in Friday's opening T20 international in Belfast.

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Leavers' Garden Party at the school with Lily and Mrs P today. It has been a rock road but she has come through it more or less unscathed. Facial hair went blue in solidarity with her. 🟦🟦🟦

Grateful for daughters.

Northern Ireland Fiscal Council @nifiscalcouncil.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Out about in County Wicklow #Ireland #sunshine

A distant heron sits on a rock in a river, waiting watchfully for prey

📢 New NI Fiscal Council Sustainability Report published today: The report examines NI’s public finances, focusing on operating without an agreed Budget and longer-term issues, including Treasury’s Open Book Review, funding comparisons, and population change impacts. tinyurl.com/y5np4t4k

Sustainability Report 2026

This report is the Council's fourth sustainability report, providing a focus on immediate budget pressures alongside longer-term challenges such as funding, population change and structural fiscal pre...

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