Cathy
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"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin Header pic: Lyon's Estate, Co Kildare, September 2025. #SpéirGorm
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
In other words, it's isn't support for the people of Argentina, it's support for an ideologically approved regime
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Well-oiled machine
fintwitter.bsky.social
U.S. Health Department Fired 778 Employees by Mistake, Court Documents Say
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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Sunset Ireland (West Field, Galway, Ireland) #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
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benstanley.eu
As any article about Poland increases in length, the probability of it containing a mad detail tends towards 1
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dotskyy.bsky.social
I know he killed a lot more than this, but this figure is still mind boggling.

"More than 160,000 people disappeared into the deposed dictator’s vast security apparatus and are believed to be buried in the dozens of mass graves he created, according to Syrian rights groups"
conorhumphries.bsky.social
The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a @Reuters investigation has found.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com
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mandascott.bsky.social
We've just hit our first planetary tipping point

hit it

crossed it

beyond it

no going back

Don't let anyone tell you there's time to mess about

because there isn't

www.oceanrising.co/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Our planet has hit its first climate tipping point
Coral reefs are dying beyond recovery
www.oceanrising.co
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cathyby.bsky.social
Plenary power is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. It is derived from the Latin term plenus ('full').
atrupar.com
"To the extent Trump has the power to federalize troops, it stems from a law Congress passed. In other words, Congress could, were it not currently controlled by sniveling sycophants, just pass a new law that took away that power. So, by its very nature, that’s not a plenary power."
Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"
This is not how the Constitution works.
www.publicnotice.co
cathyby.bsky.social
#aras25

CC says Ireland is a place where the young cannot afford to live.

Fianna Fáil tánaiste Mary Coughlan and former PD leader Mary Harney back HH.

Simon Harris says a CC win would not impact Government thinking on changes to the triple lock in any way.
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financialtimes.com
Israeli soldiers killed several Palestinians in northern Gaza on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump touted the end of the war in the coastal enclave. on.ft.com/494LYXX
cathyby.bsky.social
"In addition to entertainment, the Straw Hat pirates symbolize freedom, liberty - the spirit that you have to oppose the unjust authority. That really inspired me" - anonymous 23yo Nepali.
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NPR @npr.org · 14h
Gen Z protesters — from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco — are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
Why Gen Z protesters worldwide are flying an anime pirate flag
Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
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marcwithasea.bsky.social
The birds deigned to move,
But only the bare minimum. ☺️
#ireland
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playingwithdust.bsky.social
Yes, the Taoiseach did say we can't do anything about climate change because it'll be too divisive, didn't he
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Farmers along the Shannon Callows have said their livelihoods are being destroyed by rising water levels in the area, which takes in large stretches of land in counties Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath
Farmers along Shannon say lives 'destroyed by flooding'
Farmers along the Shannon Callows have said their livelihoods are being destroyed by rising water levels in the area, which takes in large stretches of land in counties Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and W...
www.rte.ie
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orla-hegarty.bsky.social
Cooperative housing in Switzerland, fabulous 3-4 bedroom duplex family apartments 110 square metres, €2,500/ month

.. & we’re told that small 2-bed apartments at 45 square metres with €2,500 rent aren’t “viable”

.. it’s developer procurement that isn’t viable, not affordable housing
holz-bau.bsky.social
wow the 1200 sf 3-bedroom triple aspect maisonettes in this rent for as little as CHF 2340 ($2920) a month (brutto)

for a concrete building.
floor plan of 3-bedroom maisonette home
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kennysbookshop.bsky.social
Exhibition opening at Kennys on October 24th at 6pm - join us to celebrate @deankelly.bsky.social's new collection of over 40 paintings, photographs and drawings of Galway scenes, with special guest Phill Jupitus. All welcome! All artwork details including prices will be online later this week.
Dean Kelly exhibition Dean Kelly exhibition
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fbermingham.bsky.social
Story on this:

EU to insist on Chinese tech transfer, as it looks to ‘flex its muscles’ on rare earth curbs

www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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thetnholler.bsky.social
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
Turning up to the "No Kings" protest with my "Actually maybe you need a king" sign.
cathyby.bsky.social
The only God who needs saving by men is a God made by men.
atrupar.com
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
cathyby.bsky.social
Trump only needs one nomination to be considered. This isn't the public vote of Eurovision.
atrupar.com
Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."
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simonlester.com
It's a strange state of affairs where world leaders have to consider whether public support of Trump's Nobel Prize quest can get them, say, a tariff reduction of 5 percentage points.
atrupar.com
Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social
If anyone ever wondered why Catholicism simultaneously stresses "Be nicer or you're going to hell", "You should feel bad about what you did" and "Of course you can be forgiven - if you mean it", it's in essence to prevent this sort of worldview of "God loves me so I'm great, screw everyone else."
atrupar.com
Eric Trump: "If he wasn't heaven-bound, he wouldn't have been alive after Butler. If he wasn't heaven-bound, that flag wouldn't have folded up like a perfect angel right above his head. If he wasn't heaven-bound, if he wasn't meant for this purpose, he wouldn't have beaten Hillary."