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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21h

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 19h

I’m in. Would also surely help deal with vanquishing the ghost of Jim still adorning many a lamp post.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 1d

Freed Palestinian prisoners are barred by Israel from celebrating the release, or speaking to the media about their imprisonment, on threat of arrest and re-imprisonment or even death. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 1d

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 5d

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.
lithub.com/irish-noveli...

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

lithub.com

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Drew Shiel @arcanehobo.bsky.social · 5d

The rate at which the Irish Times and the Irish Independent are publishing smear material on Catherine Connolly is having two effects: I trust both papers EVEN LESS than I already did, and I'm very definitely voting for her.

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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 5d

We got solar panels installed about a month ago, and we’re running at about 75% energy independence. In autumn. In Ireland. This is not some unsolvable quantum physics problem for god’s sake 🤦

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 7d

I was passing there recently and thought what a pity it was that the hotel owned the space under the colonnade.
They don’t!
They're stealing it!

Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 7d

That new public colonnade on Liffey Street Upper? Motel One wants to close it off, a slap in the face for those who value public space. Here’s my Planning Observation, feel free to write your own: bit.ly/CufULS

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 7d

Go on, Dan!

Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 7d

To “add to the noise”, a designer creates new, welcoming flags. As the council considers whether to take down the tricolours proliferating across the city, Dan Eames is aiming to add to them.

To “add to the noise”, a designer creates new, welcoming flags

As the council considers whether to take down the tricolours proliferating across the city, Dan Eames is aiming to add to them.

www.dublininquirer.com

Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 7d

And former RTÉ staff on bogus self-employment contracts too, it seems

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 7d

My favourite part of the budget day scramble in journalism is the desperate selection of stock photos that turn up in the articles

Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to the Jim Gavin biog coming Xmas 2026 where we might finally get a glimpse of why the lad decided to run for president.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 9d

Who said conservative Catholics wouldn’t have their views represented?

“Jim managed to not pull out early enough and FF now find themselves required to carry his presence on the ballot to full term.”

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-jim...

The Gist: Jim Bows Out

Jim Gavin decided to drop a Sunday night bombshell. This is the Gist.

www.thegist.ie

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 11d

In memoriam...

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 12d

Manchán 🕯️

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12d

Sorry, but this is some old baloney. But also, I have GDPR questions about the emergance of this story.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 13d

Counter-terrorism gardaí intervened to stop Catherine Connolly from hiring a woman convicted of a gun crime to work in Leinster House, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6830299t

Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime

The presidential candidate sought to hire Ursula Ní Shionnáin, a former Éirigí member who was sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Criminal Court.

jrnl.ie

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 13d

Anyone keeping count of the number of sports metaphors Jim has used so far? This is the sort of journalism that could make the campaigns remotely interesting.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 19d

Did yiz hear they have had to put in temporary seats on Hill 16?

Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve got nothing but ads for the poxy thing all day

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 20d

I-own-a Hermés and couldn’t get on the ballot. A most undemocratic system. 👋

Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 20d

Looking very displeased that the grubby heathen hoi polloi stymied her immaculate ascension, but if she needs a tissue to dab away a perfect tear, I’m sure she’s got some in that €20K Hermes bag she’s got there

Outsider voice of the people Maria Steen speaks to the press standing behind a collection of mics on a pavement. She looks pissed off and is wearing a fawn wool coat and holding a blue Hermes “Kelly” bag

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 20d

Ah, so this is why the letters DUBLIN is sat in the Liffey near the grave of the Millennium Clock…

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 20d

First up the Cabra posts. Not sure about that tagline?

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 20d

Steen, Sheridan, McGregor et al had YEARS to do the work but they didn't, preferring instead to hurl from the ditch and then blame the referee.
They are not serious political people.
They are a bunch of staggeringly entitled pick-mes, and the system worked as it should to weed them out. #speirgorm

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 20d

The reek of entitlement. Not serious people.

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Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social · 21d

The absolute hack of that ceiling 😬

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