Catherine MacBride
@catmacbride.bsky.social
Daydreaming doodler, creative photographer and paper artist from Dublin, Ireland.
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Hello! I'm Catherine, a freelance artist from Dublin, Ireland. I'm new here and trying to build back lost communities from other social media sites. Looking to find other creative people especially from Ireland!
#art #photography #bookcover #books
#art #photography #bookcover #books
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We have 5️⃣ new exhibitions now showing at the RHA ⤵️
Una Sealy, Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
Maïa Nunes, Lake Burst
Cnuasach, curated by Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh PRHA
Fionn McCann, Deconstructing a Mountain
Adrian Duncan, Buildings from a Novel
Learn more at rhagallery.ie
Una Sealy, Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
Maïa Nunes, Lake Burst
Cnuasach, curated by Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh PRHA
Fionn McCann, Deconstructing a Mountain
Adrian Duncan, Buildings from a Novel
Learn more at rhagallery.ie
September 16, 2026 at 3:06 PM
We have 5️⃣ new exhibitions now showing at the RHA ⤵️
Una Sealy, Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
Maïa Nunes, Lake Burst
Cnuasach, curated by Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh PRHA
Fionn McCann, Deconstructing a Mountain
Adrian Duncan, Buildings from a Novel
Learn more at rhagallery.ie
Una Sealy, Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
Maïa Nunes, Lake Burst
Cnuasach, curated by Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh PRHA
Fionn McCann, Deconstructing a Mountain
Adrian Duncan, Buildings from a Novel
Learn more at rhagallery.ie
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Absolutely fuck this. This is a dog whistle masquerading as policy. New citizens not having an "understanding" of Ireland is not and has not ever been a problem. Fuck this from a height
Planned changes to Irish citizenship requirements will ensure that new citizens have an “understanding” of the country and its values, the Taoiseach has said. jrnl.ie/7154915
September 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Absolutely fuck this. This is a dog whistle masquerading as policy. New citizens not having an "understanding" of Ireland is not and has not ever been a problem. Fuck this from a height
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They finally did it. They successfully rolled back all of the economic gains of the twentieth century for the working class.
BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."
September 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
They finally did it. They successfully rolled back all of the economic gains of the twentieth century for the working class.
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honestly if your book cover has an AI illustration, i will just assume you didn't bother writing the book either
April 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
honestly if your book cover has an AI illustration, i will just assume you didn't bother writing the book either
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*sigh*
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.
April 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
*sigh*
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.
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The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.
August 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM
The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.
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I do not like AI generated video captions and AI generated articles and AI generated voice-overs and AI generated posters and AI generated videos and AI generated music, I do not like being treated as nothing more than a vessel to be force-fed zero-effort empty soulless content, I do not like it!
August 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I do not like AI generated video captions and AI generated articles and AI generated voice-overs and AI generated posters and AI generated videos and AI generated music, I do not like being treated as nothing more than a vessel to be force-fed zero-effort empty soulless content, I do not like it!
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"By not taking into consideration that Gazan students lack the same capacity as other international students to access documentation, the visa process is not treating them equitably," she, Dr Ní Raghallaigh, said.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Academics criticise visa refusals for Gaza scholarship students
At least 31 of 59 Palestinian students who applied for study visas after securing fully or partially funded scholarships by Irish third-level institutions have been refused
www.rte.ie
August 14, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"By not taking into consideration that Gazan students lack the same capacity as other international students to access documentation, the visa process is not treating them equitably," she, Dr Ní Raghallaigh, said.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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Her paintings move between the built and natural environment, capturing the distinctive character of familiar places and the traces of lives lived within them.
Una Sealy RHA – Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
RHA Gallagher Gallery; 11 September - 20 December 2026
Una Sealy RHA – Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
RHA Gallagher Gallery; 11 September - 20 December 2026
August 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Her paintings move between the built and natural environment, capturing the distinctive character of familiar places and the traces of lives lived within them.
Una Sealy RHA – Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
RHA Gallagher Gallery; 11 September - 20 December 2026
Una Sealy RHA – Time Lines: Selected Works 2016 - 2026
RHA Gallagher Gallery; 11 September - 20 December 2026
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Compare the land around Tullow from July last year to this year in second image. A distinct lack of green this year.
August 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Compare the land around Tullow from July last year to this year in second image. A distinct lack of green this year.
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Your bad art is better than AI slop.
August 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Your bad art is better than AI slop.
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Philistines
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions.
Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
www.news.com.au
July 29, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Philistines
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Simple thing. If you spend *ANY MONEY** or attention on anything JK Rowling related you are quite literally funding the machinations of someone who is in my considered opinion evil.
She’s directly funding hate groups. It’s not hard. & there are much better books about teenage magicians out there
She’s directly funding hate groups. It’s not hard. & there are much better books about teenage magicians out there
JK Rowling offers to fund lawsuits against Amnesty is a headline that will cut through.
In my opinion, this is litigious thuggery.
Amnesty spoke their truth and it hurt the feelings of the anti-trans brigade.
TERFs destroy everything they touch. I mean, imagine suing Amnesty, of all organisations?
Amnesty spoke their truth and it hurt the feelings of the anti-trans brigade.
TERFs destroy everything they touch. I mean, imagine suing Amnesty, of all organisations?
July 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Simple thing. If you spend *ANY MONEY** or attention on anything JK Rowling related you are quite literally funding the machinations of someone who is in my considered opinion evil.
She’s directly funding hate groups. It’s not hard. & there are much better books about teenage magicians out there
She’s directly funding hate groups. It’s not hard. & there are much better books about teenage magicians out there
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Data centres use a lot of water, but they use even more during hot periods.
While the government is set on growing the number of water-intensive data centres without any understanding of the implications, the media tells us to stop watering plants 1/3
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
While the government is set on growing the number of water-intensive data centres without any understanding of the implications, the media tells us to stop watering plants 1/3
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
New heat warning as people urged to conserve water
Met Éireann has issued a new high temperature warning for 10 counties, while people have been urged to conserve water.
www.rte.ie
July 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Data centres use a lot of water, but they use even more during hot periods.
While the government is set on growing the number of water-intensive data centres without any understanding of the implications, the media tells us to stop watering plants 1/3
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
While the government is set on growing the number of water-intensive data centres without any understanding of the implications, the media tells us to stop watering plants 1/3
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Thanks only to EU reporting requirements, we know that 18 data centres in Ireland used 627 megalitres of water in 2024.
But there are 123 data centres operating here now, and just one data centre, Meta's Clonee facility, used 659 megalitres in 2023. 2/3
www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
But there are 123 data centres operating here now, and just one data centre, Meta's Clonee facility, used 659 megalitres in 2023. 2/3
www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
www.dublininquirer.com
July 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Thanks only to EU reporting requirements, we know that 18 data centres in Ireland used 627 megalitres of water in 2024.
But there are 123 data centres operating here now, and just one data centre, Meta's Clonee facility, used 659 megalitres in 2023. 2/3
www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
But there are 123 data centres operating here now, and just one data centre, Meta's Clonee facility, used 659 megalitres in 2023. 2/3
www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
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I’ll be speaking at this ground breaking symposium organised by the Women Alternative Photography Group and the Bristol Folkhouse Darkroom on 1st Aug.
Get your tickets here www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
#alternativephotography #bristolphotography #womeninphotography
Get your tickets here www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
#alternativephotography #bristolphotography #womeninphotography
July 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I’ll be speaking at this ground breaking symposium organised by the Women Alternative Photography Group and the Bristol Folkhouse Darkroom on 1st Aug.
Get your tickets here www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
#alternativephotography #bristolphotography #womeninphotography
Get your tickets here www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
#alternativephotography #bristolphotography #womeninphotography
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Ouch! 80% of Dublin’s electricity going to data centres?
Tom Parlon, chair of the Irish Data Centres Supplier Alliance needs reminding that his members cannot ignore environmental and consumer concerns. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/chat-ar...
Tom Parlon, chair of the Irish Data Centres Supplier Alliance needs reminding that his members cannot ignore environmental and consumer concerns. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/chat-ar...
July 11, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Ouch! 80% of Dublin’s electricity going to data centres?
Tom Parlon, chair of the Irish Data Centres Supplier Alliance needs reminding that his members cannot ignore environmental and consumer concerns. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/chat-ar...
Tom Parlon, chair of the Irish Data Centres Supplier Alliance needs reminding that his members cannot ignore environmental and consumer concerns. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/chat-ar...
I've put together a gallery of my monoprints, you can see them here: www.stocksy.com/CatMacBride/...
July 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I've put together a gallery of my monoprints, you can see them here: www.stocksy.com/CatMacBride/...
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Are you about to graduate and need affordable studio space in Dublin?
Our studio memberships start at €100!
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#SpeirGorm
Our studio memberships start at €100!
Find out more here: a4sounds.org/join-us/
#SpeirGorm
June 24, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Are you about to graduate and need affordable studio space in Dublin?
Our studio memberships start at €100!
Find out more here: a4sounds.org/join-us/
#SpeirGorm
Our studio memberships start at €100!
Find out more here: a4sounds.org/join-us/
#SpeirGorm
A little green mono-print :) www.stocksy.com/illustration...
"Landscape Inspired Acrylic Mono-print In Shades Of Green" by Stocksy Contributor "Catherine MacBride"
Green landscape inspired acrylic prints
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February 20, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A little green mono-print :) www.stocksy.com/illustration...
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In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
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Conversely printers have already achieved sentience, gained souls, collectively sold them,and now revel in the joy of tormenting mortals.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Conversely printers have already achieved sentience, gained souls, collectively sold them,and now revel in the joy of tormenting mortals.
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My technology hot take is that AI/LLMs will never achieve true sentience but washing machines are capable of deception and so therefore may possess a soul.
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My technology hot take is that AI/LLMs will never achieve true sentience but washing machines are capable of deception and so therefore may possess a soul.