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Candybaz

@barryodonovan.bsky.social

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Dad, husband, ADHD, short form poet, arts & theatre worker, production/stage manager and set builder. Strong beliefs in right to repair, decriminalisation/legalisation of drugs. Everyone should be allowed a few mistakes. It's how we grow and learn.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 13h

Modest proposal:

BBC BRING BACK 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'.

Science, tech, environment reporting are woeful currently. Something that blasts excitement about what a golden age we're in of discovery (vaccines, computing, space exploration etc etc) but can also be a trojan horse for warnings on climate etc

the presenters of 1980s Tomorrow's World

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 17h

Why is she getting so much coverage?

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 18h

Well, wait to see what planning permission will be applied for in the next short while...

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

And it wouldn't have lasted. Not with the challenges the 3 parties faced. Imagine a Healy Rae trying to explain why he voted to not pay nurses 😂

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

There was enough to stop a government from forming.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

We're arguing about what we cannot possibly know, when it comes to GP standing true to their LW colleagues.
What we do know is he also supported and stood by ANOTHER FF/FG govt which saw more rises in homelessness AND voted against paying student nurses.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

You're right. 100%. That's why all the left coalition should have forced another election instead. The Greens would have had a much broader consensus.
Remember how tight the margin was.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

To tell you the truth, for the most part, I agree. However, it was never going to happen after their last dance with FF/FG. Showed terrific bad judgement to go in with them after the unite the left vote.
They had the power to force another election and chose short term gain instead.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

Ah now. Can we not have a candidate that at least stays awake?

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

Name one country that charges for water that doesn't have a housing crisis?

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

You're making a gobshite of yourself now.

Martin:
Full time carer dealing with ADHD and Autism on a daily basis.
Chair of Social Democrats Wicklow Branch

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

Labour also decreased the child payment so parents of over 7 year olds stopped getting it. They backed water charges more vociferously than any other party.
Labour are meant to represent the working class. Connolly and Larkin would be members of PBP and ashamed of what their party became.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

Fine. I don't want a president who has been a minister of the Govt that has overseen a continuing housing crisis with over 5,000 children homeless, a health system where you'll be dead before you get your appointment and who didn't even have the decency to learn the language while minister of it!

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

And I will also learn the official language of the country...
#Aras2025

Ruairi Dubh @ruairidubh.bsky.social · 23h

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

If you think Labour are left, you must have missed them the last time they were in govt.
And how many TDs do Labour have right now?
We'll never not have an alternative to FF/FG unless the left unite WITH SF to govern. Which should happen in our lifetime.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

Fine, it's your vote, I'm happy to see you use it.
Heather is at best, a decent Co. Councillor. The woman stands for nothing.
She does nothing but stand in the shadow of Connolly in the debates.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 23h

Because to unify the left, the centre left have to move away from the centre...

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, fuck Labour from a height. Has there ever been a party to deviate from it's roots as much as Labour has?
Beat the paywall: archive.is/CuVxB
Always, always, vote for the least worst candidate. Abstaining gets the world into the state it's in.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

It gives me hope.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm enjoying the new Toxic Avenger far more than I expected.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

What a hellhole that country is.
He's 15!

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't watched an international for a while..
I don't know who anyone is anymore
#TheFootball #PorIrl

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

Look, it's not a black and white issue.

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

Ah shite. I have a "non Irish" family account and would be lost without it. The Ads are insane!

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

**shudder**