Cyclist niftily exploits a truck tractor gap on O' Connell st...

I do like this image

Go cyclist

A large group of men, women, and children in old-fashioned clothing poses outdoors, some holding baskets. The handwritten caption reads, “Ale and Cake Day Maundy Thursday, discontinued 1905

Ale and Cake Day - an old Maundy Thursday tradition that we would LOVE to see return! 🍻🍰

We've done a bit of research into this intriguing tradition which appears to date back to the 18th century where the cake and ale was supplied from the Rose and Crown Hotel in Penistone

Hot Cross Buns!Hung in kitchens,to protect home from fire or evil for 1 year,with old bun replaced on next Good Friday.Buns baked on this day will never mold.Sailors took on voyages to stop shipwrecks.stale buns grated into water/milk to cure stomach or other illnesses #Folklore

My latest column: Ireland’s data centre policy will drive significantly greater fossil fuel use, contradicting multiple statutory and policy targets which require rapid reductions instead.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Some bad news from your favourite archive

A white bust sculpture is used as a knife holder, with multiple knives and a pair of scissors stuck into it, placed on a kitchen island.

#IdesOfMarch

Black and white photograph showing a view down a city street, curving towards a tall building with clock tower. There are pedestrians and cars on the road.

For Seachtain na Gaeilge, our newly launched DRI Labs project team decided to highlight the rich visual history of #Ballyshannon in the collections, with links to friendly exhibit-making tools from @europeana.bsky.social and @iiif.bsky.social.
Read more: dri.ie/news/baile-s...

A blackbird stands on a path in front of a traditional garden flowerbed edged with brick

‘Daffodil, Narcissus, Tulip, Primula’
Garden Flowers, 1960
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the…

"Our goal as academic writers is not to make the writing feel comfortable. It’s to make the discomfort feel less catastrophic."

I found this post excellent.

patthomson.net/2026/03/08/g...

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Bridget Holmes, 1686. By John Riley Holmes, d. 1691, reputedly 96, was James II's 'Necessary Woman', cleaning his bedchamber, polishing, dusting, laying fires, mopping, sweeping, emptying chamber pots. #InternationalWomensDay (Royal Collection, HM CIII)

Women's Grassroots Activism - Toolkit 100+ Launch (IWD 2026) Launch of the 100+ Toolkit for Women's Grassroots Activism. A 2026 IWD Event hosted by London South Bank University.

To mark #IWD2026 #RightsJusticeAction we launch @ukri.org #AHRC funded project #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ toolkit. Join us:
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏰ 5.30pm-7pm (UK time via Zoom)
& find out more here: learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass... #WomensHistoryMonth Please re-post 🙏 #RightsJusticeAction

📷 Edwardian Portraits began in John Lawson ’s Whitley Art Studio in Whitley Bay and resurfaced decades later when a box of his glass plates was found under a floor. An archive of faces and fashion, hidden for half a century before being shared again.

🔗 see more: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

We wrote this report with the OTB in mind, but it equally helps explain the Govnt's refusal to condemn the illegal US-Israel bombing of Iran.

'Ireland’s economic dependency on the US ensures that the US holds a de facto veto over Irish foreign policy.'

www.uplift.ie/neutrality-f...

Irish Women's basketball team urged not to play St. Patrick's Day match against Israel Ireland’s women’s basketball team is set to play Israel on March 17 in the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers.

Irish Women's basketball team urged not to play St. Patrick's Day match against Israel
IPSC is urging supporters to write to Basketball Ireland’s calling on them to respect the Palestinian boycott call and refuse to play the March fixture #BanIsrael
gcn.ie/irish-women-...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Youth Defence, young people and anti-abortion activism in Ireland, c.1992–97 This article explores the first five years of the Irish young people’s anti-abortion group Youth Defence. Using newspaper articles and archival sources, I illustrate how the group effectively mobil...

I have a new OA article out on the early history of Irish young people’s anti-abortion group Youth Defence. It’s part of a special issue by Agata Ignaciuk and Sylwia Kuzma-Markowska on anti-abortion activism in Europe.Thanks to reviewers and the RSE for funding.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

DRI launches new award to spotlight the benefit of data reuse - Digital Repository of Ireland The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce the launch of an award to recognise outstanding examples of FAIR data reuse in research and education. The Research Reuse Reward…

Have you ever thought about reusing Discovery Programme data? We have datasets on the DRI including ISAP (doi.org/10.7486/DRI....) and CHERISH (doi.org/10.7486/DRI....)

If you have an idea for reuse, @dri.ie are currently offering grants to support data reuse projects:

Thanks

The image is a poster from Maynooth University announcing that the MU Sanctuary Scholarship is now open. The poster includes details on eligibility, such as international protection applicants and refugees in Ireland who lack state support for studies. Supports include a fee waiver, up to €5,000 stipend, laptop funding, and access to the MU Access Programme. Application instructions are provided, and the closing date is 5 pm, Friday, 20th March. The background is teal, with colorful text and icons symbolizing learning and support.

Applications for the Sanctuary Scholarship is now open! The online application form for this scholarship is now live and the deadline to submit this form is 5pm on Friday 20th of March 2026.

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/edi/excellen...

Picture of yellow flowers against blue skies and a green sea.

#speirgorm I’m looking for info. My nephew is doing an undergrad in environmental science - are there any organisations that allow students to do summer internships with them?

The internet hosts several very good Walkman/personal stereo archive sites, but this is the slickest yet

walkman.land

Thanks @kottke.org

The others will be linked below

Ethics, AI, and the Public Humanities. A four-part speaker series from the National Council on Public History and the American Conservation Experience.

Join us for part 3 of the Ethics, #AI, and Public Humanities Series presented with @usaconservation.bsky.social, “Ethical AI use in #Galleries, #Libraries, #Archives, and #Museums” Feb. 26 at 2pm ET. ncph.org/conference/ethics-ai-and...

Why Shrove Tuesday used to be a very bad day for single people Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried people

Guess what's back, back again! Shrove Tuesday! @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.

TRAILER: DISPLACE: THE BATTLE FOR DUBLIN YouTube video by Scamp Media

Filmed over four years across kitchen tables, protests and public meetings, this documentary follows a city fighting for itself as a broken property market chews up its citizens for profit. Rooted in Dublin, it reveals global forces reshaping cities, where homes are assets and people are obstacles.

DRI launches new award to spotlight the benefit of data reuse - Digital Repository of Ireland The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce the launch of an award to recognise outstanding examples of FAIR data reuse in research and education. The Research Reuse Reward highligh...

Introducing the DRI Research Reuse Reward! 🏆 📊

For #LoveData26 we're announcing a new scheme rewarding good research that interrogates, enhances, remixes or reimagines Ireland's social and cultural data. You could win up to €500 for reusing data in the DRI repository.
dri.ie/news/dri-lau...

It's St Gobnait's feast day so who was Cork's medieval beekeeper? St Gobnait was an Irish female saint associated with bees in the Middle Ages and is still celebrated by local communities today

It's St Gobnait's feast day, so who was Cork's medieval beekeeper @liber-ray.bsky.social @ria.ie looks at the life and times of Ireland's lesser-known patron saint of bees and beekeeping www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...