Oh my god the payoff
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
Nigel Quinlan
@nigellicus.bsky.social
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Writer, The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox and Cloak Of Feathers. Repped by The Nuremberg Agency.
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I don't self-promote a lot, but I'm doing this. MG fantasy adventures. They're funny, they're wild, they're Irish, and I tried my level best to be original, and to write the best sentences I could. Kids who've read them really like them. (Grown-ups, too.) #speirgorm
Non-HP MG/YA series that are rich in magic & exploration & coming-of-age, & are actually really really good, to share with kids in your life:
- Lioness Rampant, Pierce
- Chrestomanci, Jones
- Percy Jackson
- A Wrinkle In Time!!!!!
- URSULA LE GUIN’S EARTHSEA BOOKS
- Akata Witch / Akata Warrior!!!!
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Did they not ask any rich Irish businessmen before building this thing? Look at it sure, they can't even get on, it's going too feckin fast. ##speirgorm
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
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Denver Schools Defies Trump Trans Bathroom Ban: "We Will Protect All Of Our Students From This Hostile Admin"
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Denver Schools Defies Trump Trans Bathroom Ban: "We Will Protect All Of Our Students From This Hostile Admin"
The Trump administration is promising to withhold federal funding from the school district unless it implements a trans bathroom ban.
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Here's that dose of highly entertaining misanthropy you ordered. #speirgorm
The official trailer for ‘SLOW HORSES’ Season 5 has been released.
Premiering on Apple TV+ on September 24.
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When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.
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*Speaking of hugely-expanded attack-surfaces, the Norks have discovered AI
"pivot-from-crypto" 🇰🇵🕵️♀️
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"362,000 litres of wastewater, with ammonia levels 30 times above the legal limit, and orthophosphate levels two-and-a-half times above the limit, was emptied into the river during a ten-hour period on the night of the fish kill. " 22 non compliance notices #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
EPA does not believe firm near river responsible for kill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not believe anything in the wastewater from the North Cork Co-Op creamery could have caused the large fish on the River Blackwater three in Co Cork weeks...
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Great to see this superb initiative on free public transport for under-9s finally being implemented.
Its launch will be welcomed by all those parents who haven't paid for their children on public transport since it was first announced last October.
Does anyone know what happened to the free public transport for children under 9 that was announced in last year's budget?
Was it a dream? Is it law?
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Given the compliance record of North Cork Creameries, these clearly read as empty words.
Irrespective of who is responsible for the fish kill, it's almost unsurprising it occurred given this level of non-compliance with EPA discharge licences. This must change.
