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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 5h

I’m actually delighted.

Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 18h

If you are planning on spoiling your vote this Friday, I want you to know:
Your decision is stupid, and I do not respect it.
Pick your least-worst candidate like a goddamn grownup and move on.
#speirgorm #aras25

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

2. NYC

#NoKings 👑

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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck off to your mammy and daddy's useless cult you absolute waste of space. You're not a victim of gender 'ideology', you're a victim of extremist brainwashing and nothing more than a perpetrator of hate.

LimerickLive @limericklive.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Heated scenes in Limerick as Enoch Burke disrupts Catherine Connolly’s campaign stop

Presidential frontrunner in city on final Saturday before polling day PRESIDENTIAL frontrunner Catherine Connolly was confronted this Saturday in Limerick by Enoch Burke who told the Independent candidate he was “a victim because of your gender ideology”. The Mayo man confronted Ms Connolly u ---

www.limerickleader.ie

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Russian President Vladimir Putin influenced President Trump to downplay military support for Ukraine after a Thursday phone call.

It was the latest swing in Trump’s position on the war that often shifts following contact with Putin.

With a phone call, Putin appears to change Trump’s mind on Ukraine. Again.

It was the latest swing in Trump’s position on the war that often shifts following contact with Putin, who has shown skill in persuading the U.S. president.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's an exaggerated version of this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_Cent...

55 Central Park West - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Something I bring up in every conversation about Ghostbusters. Every bit of the geography is right! When you see the Marshmallow Man appear, that's Columbus Circle. When Louis runs across the street to a restaurant, it's Tavern on the Green. Something they didn't have to get right, but chose to.

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 2d

The people of New York agreed, and made him mayor! CANON.

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 2d

No real change to these traders’ faith in the Euro, Yen, Pound, etc. over the past year.
Only the dollar.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 2d

I feel like stuff like this is too often overlooked in discussions around technology-based mitigations of climate change. If we use tech innovations to make it easy and convenient for people to use the “greener” alternative that already exists, they’ll use it.

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 3d

It’s possibly the album I listened to the most in the late 90s.

Version 2.0 - Wikipedia

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3d

UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.

But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.

Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 4d

I wish this was a sign that gambling addiction was declining, instead of moving online and accelerating.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“In financial markets, a bubble occurs when the level of investment in an asset becomes persistently detached from the amount of profit that asset could plausibly generate,” Jared Bernstein and Ryan Cummings write in a guest essay. “A.I. investment fits that pattern.”

Opinion | The A.I. Bubble Looks Real

The A.I. boom is likely a speculative bubble. Like the dot-com bust and the housing crisis, its pop is going to hurt.

nyti.ms

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 4d

Free bees. Best deal I’ve seen all day.

Judge dred uk comic book lot with free bees and posters. | eBay

Judge dred uk comic book lot with free bees and posters. | Books, Comics & Magazines, Comic Books & Memorabilia, Franco-Belgian & European Comics | eBay!

ebay.us

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Politico @politico.com · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 5d

The current Irish government is hostile to climate action #spéirgorm

"The report from this second stage was completed and sent [to DoCEE] eight months ago.

It has been sitting on the Minister for the Environment Darragh O’Brien’s desk ever since, awaiting publication, only partially leaked."

Eamon Ryan: Why is the Government delaying publication of the land use review?

Fears around the report are misplaced and it is long past time for it to be published

www.irishtimes.com

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

Note: this isn't a criticism of Richard Chambers reporting this, as this is news.
Eejit teacher defying a court order, bullying a student, and going to jail, is also news.
Nobody wants to mentor a barrister in training? Not news. But becomes news for reasons I can't understand.

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

I’m continually mystified by people trying to make the Burkes a thing. They’re a random family of oddballs. Why are they nationally famous? Why would *anyone* take time out of their day to harass a presidential candidate about them?

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

Main criticism I remember was taking a long time to grow as a character. There were a *lot* of issues with the "Nate distrusts the wrong person and lashes out" pattern. I don't think the Shaman thing really worked, but it was a proper attempt to push forward a character who felt a bit directionless.

Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

Beast should be an A-list villain, not a B-list X-man.

Cyclops was not a great character from 1963 to 2001.

Claremont's writing went through a real dry spell from 1985 to 1990.

60s X-Men (with the exception of the Neal Adams issues), deserved cancellation.

Nate Grey is interesting, actually.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 5d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

Particularly enjoying this idea for my copy of Lord Of The Rings.
“Who is this wizard? Why is he riding a horse? Well, do I have a caption for YOU!“

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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