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Members of the Church in Wales voting on blessings for same-sex couples. People hold up coloured cards to signify their vote. It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Church in Wales approves blessings for same-sex couples". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".

After a five-year trial period, the Church in Wales has voted to make blessings for same-sex couples a permanent provision. Read 👉 buff.ly/OnmQmKv #GCNnews

Not JD Vance mansplaining Christianity to the actual pope

The Dark Knight Returns panel of Batman destroying a shotgun "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

AI is a fascist tool. We do not use it

The SciArt Feed here on Bluesky is gated so I can keep Gen AI out.

If someone posts AI, I boot them and it disappears. I think it’s happened twice in 2.5 years. A worry-free feed.

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To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor.

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Miasma is a medical detective story set in the London of Charles Dickens’s time. It’s the story of a lone doctor who thinks he can stop the most frightening and fatal disease of his day: Cholera. But to do so he will have to defeat popular superstition, the medical profession, the political and media elites… and the disease itself. This is a story about bad science and good science... about groupthink and dissent... about insiders and outsiders... and about one man taking on the system. Told with five actors playing multiple parts in a fast-paced, comic format, Miasma illuminates key challenges still at the heart of science and public health today. In this age of conspiracy theories, misinformation and algorithmic outrage, how do we know when to “trust the science” - and when to trust the scientists? Cast » Jack Gavin » Niamh McGrath » Robbie O’Connor » Karl Quinn » Peter Rothwell Costume Design » Sorcha Ní Fhloinn Lighting Design » Viko Nikci Sound Design » Carl Kennedy

We are delighted to host Colin Murphy's #theatricalplay "Miasma" this Friday for two performances in our historic lecture theatre!

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Nancy tells Sluggo that she’s been feeding crows lately, but she doesn’t think they remember her yet. Sluggo looks in the sky, to a flock of crows flying in the shape of Nancy’s head. He tells Nancy to turn around.

Nancy 4/7/26

Artist Bassem Feghali dressed in a gown sitting on a couch. It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Meet Bassem Feghali, the trailblazing Arab artist who brought drag into the mainstream". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".

Since Bassem began performing in the 1990s, he has become a household name. Read 👉 buff.ly/surhlFC #GCNnews

I have a migraine, but I'm so done with seeing these everywhere every few months that I had to send an email — and I know others have too. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @dingemansemark.bsky.social

Please, they must stop doing this. I'm so tired of this nonsense.

You Need to Be More Freaked Out by Shingles The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low.

The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low. www.wired.com/story/shingl...

🍄 These South Jersey students are growing and harvesting mushrooms for their local restaurants, soup kitchens, CSAs, and more.

🍄 Read more about how their mushroom operation began: www.inquirer.com/education/so...

This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans Nature - A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialling back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs.

Can dialling back cell development safely refresh aged tissues and organs?

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I've got a new HAIRNET.

The empty coach on the train remained dark.

Model of Iron Age Danish boat made by Jimmy Furey on display in Turlough Park, 2019. © National Museum of Ireland.

Remembering master boatbuilder Jimmy Furey (1938–2020) of Lecarrow, Co Roscommon. He shared his craft generously, and two of his model boats are preserved in the National Museum’s Irish Folklife Collection.
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#MaritimeHistory #CuratorBlog

Επιταφιος Υδρα Καμινι 10/04/2015 YouTube video by dimitris jim

Perhaps it's not surprising that one of the few things I miss from my religious upbringing (which was for Greek standards mostly secular) was attending the #epitafios: a deeply mournful and gothic affair

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Heartbreaking work, but so important.
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A drawing titled "The Crow" shows a series of vignettes of a man with a crow, eg lying in bed, sitting at a breakfast bar, walking with a shopping bag. The crow comments: You have bad breath This isn't going to go well Are you wearing that? Did you think that was funny? Look at Peler. Peter is better than you I will always be here for you Sleep well, if you can

Oof.

Boise City Council has taken matters into their own hands. Read 👉 buff.ly/smD8IU9 #GCNnews

How do the AI apologists think people learned to read and write non-native languages before slop machines existed? We looked at books, and we talked to native speakers. Those resources are still there, and are more reliable than a chatbot.

Well Melania's speech has certainly put a start to all the speculation

ICYMI!

still life oil painting of flowers, with peonies, carnations, variegated tulips and other assorted flowers arranged in a glass vase on a velvet draped stone

floral still life oil painting

anna ruysch

That should also include recognising the fact that English being the default language of academia is just the result of (cultural or actual) colonialism, and that non-English literature is every bit as legitimate. (Working in a country where many PhD theses are written in French was an eye-opener).

In case anyone is wondering, I'm a non-native English speaker (native language: Greek) who writes, presents & publishes almost exclusively in English. My English is by no means perfect, but I'd rather be corrected and learn from my mistakes, than rely on a soulless genocide-enabling crutch like Ai.

love it!

That, and on a practical note, writing and editing your own work is one of the best ways to master a language.

That's not to say don't use any aids, but aim for the ones you can learn from.

Dictionaries, grammar guides, and thesauri are still available for free, online or at your local library.

Schiaparelli, the designer who gave the Surrealists ideas From her shoe hat to her skeleton dress, Schiaparelli's playful creations show why she felt so at home with the avant-garde artists of her day, writes Stephen Patience

From her shoe hat to her skeleton dress, Elsa Schiaparelli’s playful creations show why she felt so at home with the avant-garde artists of her day, writes Stephen Patience