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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 6h

Literally awe inspiring

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Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer

YouTube video by Joe Lynch

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 6h

The old bridge that links the twin towns of Killaloe in Co Clare and Ballina in Co Tipperary will close permanently to vehicular traffic from Friday and operate as a pedestrian and cycle link across the River Shannon

Permanent pedestrianisation of old Clare-Tipperary bridge

The old bridge that links the twin towns of Killaloe in Co Clare and Ballina in Co Tipperary will close permanently to vehicular traffic from Friday and operate as a pedestrian and cycle link across t...

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 6h

15 Oct 1537: Edward Seymour, future Protector of England carries the baby Princess Elizabeth (I) to his nephew Edward’s (VI) baptism in Hampton Court #otd (NPG)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 5h

15 Oct 1660: John Carew, Fifth Monarchist & regicide executed at Charing Cross #London #otd (BM: middle, top row)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 5h

15 Oct 1595: d. St. Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel in the Tower of #London #otd Rumours circulated that he'd been poisoned by his cook. (National Trust image)

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 17h

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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John Barrington @johnbarrington.bsky.social · 10h

The accused, Ronan Madden, with an address at Kylegan, Kylebrack, Loughrea, Co Galway, is charged with corruptly offering a professional football player a gift of €40,000 as an inducement, or reward, for him to intentionally receive a red card during an unspecified football match
#Speirgorm

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 7h

“Farney Foundation is a non-profit entity that promotes and supports anyone and anything associated with Co. Monaghan all over the world,”
#Áras25

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Humphreys was star attraction at event under investigation

The company was incorporated just a year before.

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 5d

Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 9h

The new British Ambassador to Ireland has shown off impressive Irish language skills as she officially started in her new role.
Kara Owen was among a number of new ambassadors to present their Letters of Credence to President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin today.
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‘Bíonn siúlach scéalach’: New British Ambassador to Ireland shows off impressive Irish skills

Kara Owen today presented her Letters of Credence to President Michael D Higgins – it’s the last such ceremony he will preside over.

jrnl.ie

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 12h

Heather Humphreys running scared from questions about her tax affairs

The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 13h

Heather Humphreys refuses to confirm she failed to tell the land agency she’s not entitled to a tax exemption on one of her properties – a criminal offence

Media refuses to question her – TD Thomas Gould has called on Humphreys to explain her tax issues

www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-st...

Humphreys stays silent on property affairs

Media indulges her silence.

www.ontheditch.com

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Dorothy Cashman @irishcookbooks.bsky.social · 14h

“We don’t have them at home. Irish cakes seem more, well, masculine.”
Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1997).

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Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 18h

I’d prefer to watch a programme about this serious subject presented by Alice Roberts alone.

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 18h

Yes. The basic problem AI faces is not technological but economic in that to justify the vast amounts of money spent it needs mass adoption like social media - which we all now know the dangers of, as opposed to the narrower use cases where it has real potential to do good.

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Bill Allen @billallen.bsky.social · 18h

Looks fab. And the supervisor

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Inish View @inishview.bsky.social · 20h

View from the beach beside the Donegal Boardwalk, with golden sands, sea breeze, and peaceful coastal views.

For more details → www.inishview.com/activity/don...

#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 20h

#OTD in 1943, Alexandria, Egypt. Some of the "wrens" or "Jennies" from the Women's Royal Naval Service. P. Lowndes (Torquay), C.E. Robinson (Northern Ireland), M.A. Macrae (Glasgow) and M.H. Shorbrooke (Devon). #WW2 #HISTORY

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ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ @duineuasal.bsky.social · 20h

#Gaeilge #Spéirghorm

Caoimhín Ó Liatháin @coliathain.bsky.social · 20h

LUATHBHÉALACH #focalanlae

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Bill Allen @billallen.bsky.social · 19h

Grim

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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 1d

I had to go back on Thursday to capture my new favourite window in different ways! #MaynoothCampus #MaynoothWindows #SpeirGorm #spéirgorm #speirghorm

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Michael @mmdc.bsky.social · 1d

#speirgorm

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

48% of Ireland's waterbodies are so polluted, contaminated with chemicals, choked with algae, deprived of oxygen, lacking in species variety or physically altered and damaged that they fail to meet minimally acceptable standards.

And it's getting worse.
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Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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José Luis @joluardi.bsky.social · 1d

Acantilados de Moher (Irlanda) desde el interior de O'Briens Tower #mohercliffs #cliffofmoher #moher #acantiladosdemoher #ireland #irlanda #eire #cliffs #acantilados #obrienstower

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly feel many people are sick of performatively confrontational presidential candidate debates.

The constant interruptions, prickly haranguing, random hypotheticals, repetitive dredging of controversy instead of hearing about values, character, vision.

We deserve smarter discourse.

#Aras25

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