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Boo-rendan Harkin

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Belfast-based Photographer. Do good, die great. https://brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 15h

The Migrant Solidarity Walk which raises funds for Larne House Visitor Group will be heading to Blackhead Lighthouse this Saturday, there's still a few spots left for those interested.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-in-so...

Walk in solidarity with migrants in detention.

We would like to invite you to join us this Autumn to walk to the Blackhead Lighthouse in solidarity with migrants in Northern Ireland.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 7h

You can watch the entire thing here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P...

KUNG FURY Official Movie [HD]

YouTube video by LaserUnicorns

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 7h

Walter Audisio, the man who is attributed with having executed Benito Mussolini.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 10h

Pass the Occupied Territories Bill and then resign ye gombeen

Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 10h

Nectar of the Gods
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McDaid's Football Special - Wikipedia

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 10h

wait did Taylor Swift shoot Charlie Kirk

Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 10h

Cherishing the beauty and wonder of life once again (drinking a football special)

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 10h

The universal screening programme won't just test for coeliac disease. It will save needless suffering and pay for itself. Healthcare is considered a human right, and is provided based on clinical need not on the ability to pay. Italy uses 10% of it's GDP to achieve this. celiac.org/2025/09/24/h...

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 10h

Will international investigators be allowed access to assess evidence of the genocide you assisted Israel in or will you just be rushing ahead with funding reconstruction to make sure the mass graves stay buried?

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 16h

She can't even begin to fake interest in Palestinians.

Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 19h

The return of the Israeli hostages is a moment of pure joy for those families.

And a moment of relief for the entire world.

It means that a page can be turned. A new chapter can begin.

Europe fully supports the peace plan brokered by the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Türkiye.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 11h

it's the 27th of August 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Connolly

it's the 26th of September 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Connolly

it's the 13th of October 2025 and Alan Kelly has told Tipp FM he isn't voting for Catherine Con

Tipp FM Facebook post reading

Kelly: I'm not sure what Catherine Connolly did to deserve our support

Over headline that reads

Labour TD Alan Kelly says he won't vote for Catherine Connolly for President

Tipp FM Facebook post reading

Tipperary TD Alan Kelly says a number of recent comments from Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly are not acceptable

Over headline that reads

Kelly: Connolly comments not very becoming a Presidential candidate

Tipp FM Facebook post reading

Deputy Alan Kelly has reiterated his opposition to the Labour Party backing Catherine Connolly for President

Over headline that reads

Kelly says by default he will be voting for Heather Humphreys

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Claims he's just a regular journalist doing his journalising on behalf of the silent millions... checks out for me..

Tommy Robinson
stopped at border driving
Bentley with thousands in
cash'
Far-Right activist insulted police
officers after being arrested for
refusing to give them pin to his
phone, court hears

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Marc Hudson @marchudson.bsky.social · 11h

A protester who was threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestine flag and signs saying “free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide” has received an apology from police, including for “unlawful false imprisonment”.

And damages.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 11h

having war flashbacks to going to uni in Wolverhampton and how "studying law" became "studying lore"

which in hindsight sounded far cooler

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 11h

My favourite quote tweet of this is an English person defiantly hitting it with ye olde "erm actually shaun is pronounced shorn so why are you all confused?"

Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 14h

I keep forgetting that English people add a phoenetic 'r' where there's a vowel. That's why I didn't get that name 'Shaun the Sheep' was a pun for a good 10 years.

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 13h

Since I started filing copyright infringement reports to get my paintings taken off Temu, a small industry of AI replacement paintings has sprung up, with dozens of brightly coloured paintings purporting to be by me. Here's a sample of what is supposedly Dublin's Poolbeg chimneys - painted by "me".

Screencap of 2 rows of 5 products, 8 of which are square cushions and one from each row is physical picture in portrait format. All of them have boldly coloured industrial chimneys, with some autumn foliage on trees or overhanging in the foreground. The blue water of a bay is visible in most, and the skies are blue or cloudy white. The number of chimneys is 3 or 4 in all but one which has 2. The chimneys are random blotchy areas of red and white, or just cream, rather than the red and white bands of the top halves and plain concrete bottom halves, of the actual poolbeg chimneys. Visible prices range from below €3 and €4 to one that is under €8.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Indigenous People's Day

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 14h

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 14h

well they succeeded with trans rights.

we literally told you all this was coming.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...