An excellent blog with many interesting ideas for all of us thinking about what 'became' of the Picts and their language.
Clare Downham@downham.bsky.social · 4d agoViking-Pictish interactions in the Northern Isles by Prof Andrew Jennings #scotland #medievalsky www.vikingislands.co.uk/p/before-the...
Gaelic Perceptions of Ethnicity and Color Codes: Contrasting “traditional” and racialized concepts of ethnicity and race in the Gaelic world gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaelic-per...
Gaelic Perceptions of Ethnicity and Color Codes
Contrasting “traditional” and racialized concepts of ethnicity and race in the Gaelic world
gaelicmichael.substack.com
Congress and Trump stripped away federal protections for the Boundary Waters. Walz just threw up a massive state-level roadblock in their way. Thank you, Gov. Walz, for fighting to protect one of America’s most incredible wild places!
Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order banning nonferrous mining near Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer
No Democrat will reverse it,Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday banning nonferrous mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in what may prove to be one of the most significant...
minnesotareformer.com
The Gaelic College that could have been (Part 2): Aonghus MacDhonnchaidh’s vision for a Gaelic university in Scotland gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-gaelic...
The Gaelic College that could have been (Part 2)
Aonghus MacDhonnchaidh’s vision for a Gaelic university in Scotland
gaelicmichael.substack.com
Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community. Prof Hugh Cheape. Saturday 12 Sept 2026, 14:00 - 15:00, RSE Edinburgh. #gaelic #LocalHistory #skystorians #Curious #Scotland rse.org.uk/event/sluagh...
Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community
Discover the story of a West Highland community through the objects they left behind.
rse.org.uk
Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.
It’s time for movements to rethink social media
Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and that's the part we keep skipping.
wagingnonviolence.org
Loss, Grief, and Re-/Creating Traditions for an Uncertain Future: Approaching Gaelic traditions of keening and lamentation gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/loss-grief...
Loss, Grief, and Re-/Creating Traditions for an Uncertain Future
Approaching Gaelic traditions of keening and lamentation
gaelicmichael.substack.com
This should be getting FAR more attention. An American oil company with ties to Trump’s orbit is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in Greenland. Some drilling-related equipment has already been brought ashore even though Greenland says the necessary approvals have NOT been granted.
What Would Scottish Gaelic Studies in the US Look Like? Envisioning the development of a long-neglected field of scholarship gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/what-would...
What Would Scottish Gaelic Studies in the US Look Like?
Envisioning the development of a long-neglected field of scholarship
gaelicmichael.substack.com
Pope Leo in Assisi: “Rejecting the culture of power and building a civilization of love are choices that are not immediately understood or accepted. Saint Francis, however, teaches that radicalism of the Gospel is the very opposite of fundamentalism.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Forging Fenian Fragments Anew: Reflections about creative retellings of Gaelic folktales gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/forging-fe...
Forging Fenian Fragments Anew
Reflections about creative retellings of Gaelic folktales
gaelicmichael.substack.com
Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
History shows that authoritarian governments rarely begin by shutting down the press overnight. Instead, they pressure news organizations, reward favorable coverage, discourage criticism, and normalize political messaging in place of independent reporting. Over time, journalists
The Ballad of Diarmaid and the Wild Boar in Glenshee: One of the literary masterpieces of Gaelic Scotland, set in Eastern Perthshire gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-ballad...
The Ballad of Diarmaid and the Wild Boar in Glenshee
One of the literary masterpieces of Gaelic Scotland, set in Eastern Perthshire
gaelicmichael.substack.com
This should concern anyone who believes our courts should make decisions based on evidence instead of politics. Federal judges use technical reference manuals to better understand complicated subjects that come up in court, including engineering, medicine, cybersecurity, and climate science.
Gaeldom as a Model of Sustainable Living: Creating a sustainable future entails rebuilding community and the cultural values and practices that sustain it gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaeldom-as...
Gaeldom as a Model of Sustainable Living
Creating a sustainable future entails rebuilding community and the cultural values and practices that sustain it
gaelicmichael.substack.com
I have very bad luck with backing video games on kickstarter, but sometimes i just can't help myself. It looks lovely, and sincere. @caraellison.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/rat...
Bibdu - Irish Mythology RPG
Hand-painted RPG set in Ancient Ireland where you unravel myths and legends through open world exploration and strategic card battles.
kickstarter.com
ICE is rapidly expanding its surveillance capabilities. The agency has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on vehicles equipped to support cell-site simulators, also known as fake cellphone towers.
The DOJ is conducting a fishing expedition in an attempt to manufacture criminal cases against election workers. We’re thankful that a federal judge in Georgia blocked the Trump administration from subpoenaing the names and identifying information of election workers in Fulton County.
American Exceptionalism:1 God-given manifest destiny:4 If ever nemesis followed hubris. The theology of this has played through American history and most of its modern presidents. I explored jts roots in “Poacher’s Pilgrimage”. www.breitbart.com/politics/202...
American Exceptionalism: Trump Gives 4th of July Speech for The Ages
Trump called America "the crowning achievement of human history" and declared "Our destiny is written by God," during his keynote remarks.
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The White House has released a report accusing the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution (particularly at the National Museum of American History) of being “radical activists” who cannot be trusted. The report is fueling speculation that the
Interview with Dr A. R. MacKinnon about Gaelic in Bruce County: Memories of a Gaelic-speaking immigrant community in Ontario, Canada gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Dr A. R. MacKinnon about Gaelic in Bruce County
Memories of a Gaelic-speaking immigrant community in Ontario, Canada
gaelicmichael.substack.com
Tha mi beagan fadalach, ach seo òran air son Latha Chanada: beatoninstitutemusic.ca/gaelic/canad...
Canada A Thìr An Àigh
Cape Breton's Diversity in Unity
beatoninstitutemusic.ca
Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
This isn’t just a story about one agency. It’s about whether the system Congress created to protect civil servants can continue to function as intended and whether the federal courts will need to play a larger role since that system is falling apart.
The Supreme Court has significantly expanded presidential power, allowing Trump to remove the heads of most independent federal agencies even while legal challenges continue. The ruling marks a major shift in the balance between the White House and
Balmoral, Anglocentrism, and Britishness: The imperial facades that erase distinct ethnic identities and voices in the British Isles gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/balmoral-a...
Balmoral, Anglocentrism, and Britishness
The imperial facades that erase distinct ethnic identities and voices in the British Isles
gaelicmichael.substack.com
