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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty sure that *NO KINGS* is a "foundational truth[] of this republic."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 5h

“Marxists in full display” and tigers and bears, ooh my

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 7h

Marine Le Pen voit son recours contre son inéligibilité immédiate devant le Conseil d’Etat rejeté

La présidente du groupe RN à l’Assemblée a été condamnée à quatre ans de prison, dont deux ferme aménagés sous bracelet électronique, et à une amende de 100 000 euros ainsi qu’à une inéligibilité immédiate de cinq ans dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires d’eurodéputés.

www.lemonde.fr

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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 7d

Heute ist Release-Day von "Alles auf Anfang", was ich gemeinsam mit @hadijaho.bsky.social geschrieben habe!! Es ist unser Versuch, die Niederlagen der letzten Jahre zu ordnen & darüber nachzudenken, wie es jetzt weitergehen kann! @sfischerverlage.bsky.social
www.fischerverlage.de/buch/max-czo...

Alles auf Anfang - Max Czollek, Hadija Haruna-Oelker | S. Fischer Verlage

Deutschland versteht sich als Erinnerungs- und Aufarbeitungsweltmeister. Aber wie kommt es dann, dass Rechtspopulisten Wahlen gewinnen, rechtsextremistische...

www.fischerverlage.de

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe that's the one I saw originally because this was pretty strong stuff!
And yes, Signourey Weaver's character is such a great baddie.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 9h

It's great fun and she loved it, but I had forgotten:
1. the film running in the limo near the start,
2. what you see when she gets home early and walks in on Alec Baldwin
3. the topless vacuuming near the end (why?)...

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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 11h

We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:

www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books

UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.

www.thebookseller.com

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 11h

I probably still overcompensate for the shyness by talking too much! 😆

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 11h

Watched 'Working Girl' with the child last night.

Me: I wonder why it's 16 plus, I remember it being a gentle romcom.

Five minutes in: Kiddo, cover your eyes.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 12h

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking an additional 12,000 blood donations over the next four weeks as most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.

Appeal for 12,000 blood donations over next four weeks

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking an additional 12,000 blood donations over the next four weeks as most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.

www.rte.ie

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 11h

She was so lovely. I think her name was Orla. And yes, I now always try to include people who seem to be uncomfortable/shy. That is still me too, but now that I'm older I'm a bit better at getting over myself.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 12h

A very nice lady from the Irish Publishers Association took pity on gormless me and got me to help her with the drinks reception and invited me out for dinner.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 12h

Remembering that time I got sent to Frankfurt Book Fair just before starting work at an Irish publishers, so I knew absolutely nothing and no one, wore new shoes (very stupid) and stayed in a pokey granny flat in a suburban house, watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer in German and eating pot noodles.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Saša Stanišić @sasastanisic.bsky.social · 1d

wer heute kein buch vom verbrecher verlag kauft wird geblockt 😡

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 1d

This evening's World Fiction Book Club @tclctdublin.bsky.social

There's a Monster behind the Door
by Gaëlle Bélem (published by @bullaunpress.bsky.social)

www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct...

Book your spot – World Fiction Book Club: There's a Monster behind the Door – Zoom

World Fiction Book Club: There's a Monster behind the Door – Zoom, Tue 14 Oct 2025 - Our book club welcomes people from all round the world for a discussion about a work of fiction which has recently ...

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Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at TCD @langslitscultures.bsky.social · 13d

'Writing, Translation, and the Changing World: Yang Hao in Conversation'.

15 October, 6.30pm @tclctdublin.bsky.social

Free, but booking required: www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct...

Poster giving details of speakers for event.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 1d

“Beyond privacy concerns, being forced to disclose sex assigned at birth may also significantly increase people’s vulnerability to harassment, abuse and even violence" - Council of Europe's Michael O'Flaherty.

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 1d

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman

www.theguardian.com

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scott manley hadley @scottmanleyhadley.bsky.social · 5d

Read an incredible, hefty, brief novel about loss in all its kinds - loss of self, of hope, of love, of life... Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajko: triumphofthenow.com/2025/10/10/e...

Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajko

perfect, glorious, flawless. i should only read 100 page bleak novellas

triumphofthenow.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 1d

True. I was expecting the others but not that one!

Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 1d

What's a translator, editor and journalist with two degrees in history to do? ...

All in the top 10.

news.sky.com/story/the-40...

The 40 jobs 'most at risk' from AI - and 40 it can't touch

Several big companies - Klarna, Microsoft and Amazon to name a few - have replaced human roles with AI, but what could this technology mean for the future of your job?

news.sky.com

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 2d

Launching tomorrow: Latest V&Q translated literary fiction.

V&Q Books @vqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, kids!

A rusty ship sinking, on the cover of Ivana Sajko's novel EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE, translated by Mima Simić. The writing says: Launching Ivana Sajko's Every Time We Say Goodbye / 14 October, 7 pm / DAAD Galerie / Oranienstr. 161 / Berlin

Writer Ivana Sajko (white, long dark hair, smiling in a flowery shirt) and translator Mima Simić (white, short greying hair, enigmatic sideways glance in a black T-shirt)