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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 6h

She never really started to make a positive case for herself imo

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Damian Stack @damianstack.bsky.social · 7h

Ivan Yates has basically inoculated Catherine Connolly from legitimate scrutiny. She can just claim it's a smear campaign, and she is.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 13h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 11h

A step in the right direction!

Irish Independent @independent.ie · 11h

Revealed: Coalition plans shift to State-run housing for homeless in bid to slash €360m bill www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Revealed: Coalition plans shift to State-run housing for homeless in bid to slash €360m bill

The Government will move towards using state-owned homeless accommodation in a bid to greatly reduce the €360m it spends each year, as one of the key planks of its housing plan to be launched next…

www.independent.ie

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

there's a lot of things dangerous about AI and the AI boom, but it's important to get them *right*

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 1d

andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...

The AI water issue is fake

On the national, local, and personal level

andymasley.substack.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2d

the double-event is upon us already

A meme showing a man at a chalkboard from "Pacific Rim". He says "in the beginning the [new French PMs] were spaced apart 24 weeks. Then 12. Then 6. Then every 2 weeks. In four days we could be seeing a PM every 8 hours until they are coming every 4 minutes. We should witness a double event within seven days

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Like it’s not hard to argue Catherine has a very similar left wing domestic outlook, but it would hardly be a sea-change Vs the incumbent!

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the story with these “A Connolly Presidency will signal a new compassionate era of Irish politics” takes, as though Michael D Higgins hasn’t been president for the past 14 years??

Like leaving aside the power of the role, is Michael D not sufficiently committed to equality & social justice?

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 1d

*my* pet nuclear power should be allowed to do infinity war crimes

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City, with many stunned by the destruction even as others were relieved to find their homes still standing
https://www.thejournal.ie/palestine-peace-deal-6841744-Oct2025/

Palestinians return to devastated Gaza City as truce holds

Israel agreed to the truce yesterday and pulled back troops from several areas of the territory.

www.thejournal.ie

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Liam posts something like this every couples of weeks. Radio silence on Russia bombing maternity hospitals and schools.

liam cunningham on X: "How to start World War 3, page one." / X

How to start World War 3, page one.

x.com

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Liam Cunningham and Tadhg Hickey getting features on RTÉ with no caveats whatsoever. Not great!

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Mental health is a huge part of Irish culture. It goes against the traditional concept of “brón”, which means “to be sad”.

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 2d

It’s bad enough foreigners sharing the “the way they say tá brón orm tells us Irish speakers have good mental health” meme without Irish people doing it too!

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 2d

That was not the act of a child, it’s an insult to call it childish - it was triple distilled misogynistic behaviour.

Irish Independent @independent.ie · 2d

Joe Brolly says he regrets a 'childish, crude and inappropriate gesture' made on a podcast while talking about the presidential election campaign.

It came after Fine Gael’s candidate Heather Humphreys said the video was 'very misogynistic' and was 'targeted at women'

Joe Brolly regrets ‘childish, crude gesture’ on podcast about the presidency

Joe Brolly says he regrets a “childish, crude and inappropriate gesture” made on a podcast while talking about the presidential election campaign.

www.independent.ie

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 2d

You can keep potstickers in your freezer and whip up a quick sauce, maybe some sauteed vegetables, in a matter of minutes when you're too tired to cook a real meal. They do not want you to know this.

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 3d

When in doubt, dumplings for dinner is never the wrong choice

Chengdu style dumplings from The Dumpling Lady's stand in Charlotte. Half of them have already been eaten.

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

I’m actually surprised Putin hasn‘t gone out of his way to visit *more* ICC member countries that definitely won’t arrest him.

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 3d

⚡️ EU slams Tajikistan for failing to arrest Putin.

Brussels said Dushanbe violated its obligations under the Rome Statute and reaffirmed “strongest support” for international justice and accountability for all war crimes.

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Jim Gavin‘s values were running for president and “Ireland”.

Heather Humphries’ hobbies are people person and hard work.

Fine Gael learning nothing after an undefeated century long presidential election losing streak and running the most Fine Gael person in the world.

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Christ almighty. Isn’t she playing the piano in her campaign launch video? Just say that 😭

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

See that to me is just ”correct“ in my head, even though if a foreign country calls them PM I don’t mind.

Maybe Germans wouldn’t think the Frau thing is weird but I think most Irish people would!

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

If I was advising the Connolly campaign, I’d tell them to get Ivan Yeats on the radio and make Fine Gael sound like wankers

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 3d

Well this is just jawdropping - have a listen, the smear campaign by FG on Catherine Connolly is really their only tactic. Also has anyone (other than a niece/nephew) ever called Heather Humphreys ‘Auntie Heather’? #speirgorm #aras25

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Not really important, but it feels a bit weird for an Irish person to call her ”Frau Von Der Leyen“ *every* single time.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Some work still to do, shall we say.

Chart: Homophobic views have declined around the world with Iceland at the top and Nigeria at the bottom

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 3d

But arguably the best way to do *that* is still probably to just give Ukraine even more drones to do it directly, even if they’re manufactured out of reach in Denmark or Poland.