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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 4h

I saw SO MANY celebrities during my time in Ireland. My favourites were seeing Ian McElhinney in a minivan in Ardara and Aidan Gillen in the toilet paper aisle of the Beacon Court Dunnes.

Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely convinced I saw Christopher Waltz in a shopping centre in Neubrandenburg yesterday. If it was him, it continues my knack for seeing celebrities in everyday places, which started with seeing Daniel and Majella O‘Donnell in the Letterkenny Shopping Ctr in December 2017.

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 15h

Yes. It‘s sand for your Spare Rips.

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 15h

Does anybody need any seasoning for their Spare Rips?

A seasoning packet labeled Spare Rips Gourmet.

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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 18h

"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

www.theguardian.com

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 16h

Oh nice!!

Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 16h

Plain or honey nut?

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 16h

Sipping on this lovely (vegan) Spekulatius Likör and listening to my lovely German boyfriend do an impression of Erich Honecker. If it gets better than this, let someone else have it. I‘m good.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

One of the important messages from last night’s New York election: it doesn’t matter how much corporate money your opponent has, it counts for nothing if the people are behind you.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 18h

he literally did the meme

Headline from the journal dot ie under a photo of Simon Harris

Headline: Harris says it is a ‘dog whistle’ to compare him to Nigel Farage

Subhead: SocDems TD Cian O’Callaghan emphasised the importance of leadership not “inflaming” the debate around migration.

Scene from the US Office

"I am a victim of a hate crime"

"That's not what a hate crime is"

"Well, I hated it a lot, okay?"

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 20h

Gals, if you're not absolutely ruining the workplace for certain kinds of men, you need to step up your game. 🩷

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 20h

My love language is making you watch a movie I’ve made part of my personality and then quietly seething at you as you gradually lose interest and begin to play on your phone more and more

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 22h

Me: Thinks about Dresden

TripAdvisor: Don’t forget to book Dresden

Me: How did you know…?

TA: Don‘t forget to book Dresden

Me: Seriously, how did you know I was thinking about Dresden??

TA: 🔫 DON‘T FORGET TO BOOK DRESDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me: Books Dresden

Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, Moon.

An early morning photo taken from a car on the Autobahn. The moon is low in the sky to the left. Strips of orange sky are just above the road.

Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 1d

❤️

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 1d

Introduced my lovely German boyfriend to kale chips and he loves them. Portland friends, this means I have to marry him, yes?

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 1d

And I've offered it in good faith, with a tone of "please let me help you succeed here by sharing with you the places where companies are struggling and the problems you may face, so you don't have to learn the hard way".

Crickets.

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely, why wouldn't you want feedback from *checks notes* the only person who has actually been running a pay gap portal in Ireland for the last several years, and who has read every single pay gap report? I have offered this feedback multiple times, even before this review event.

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 1d

Well. Today I learned that there is a review process happening for the government's pilot draft pay gap portal this month. Guess who's not invited to take part?

Honestly, more than a little insulting. It's not like they don't have my contact info, I email them about once a month...

#genderPayGap

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 1d

Received my UK public lending right statement (writers receive a payment every time their books are borrowed from the library).

Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏

Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 2d

Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran Mamdani in New York
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly

The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.

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Leenchen @leenchen.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great thread of the qualities of a Bodega. That said, I‘m almost certain I‘ve seen most of this in every random shop in every village in Donegal, so long as you replace „mystery fig bars“ with Mass Cards.

Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 2d

Here is my challenge to the people who say that a NYC bodega is indistinguishable from a convenience store in other cities: give me the name and location of a convenience store you think is indistinguishable from a NYC bodega. If I visit that city, I'll check it out. 1/2

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 2d

well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy

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