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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 1h

Find it ironically funny that a lot of full time rugby haters spend more time talking about it than people that like it

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 6h

GAA exceptionalism has definitely been due a peg-lowering.

The phrase "centrist rugby Dad" speaks to a fantasy where GAA is this benignly egalitarian, progressive and welcoming space. This is not everyone's experience but good luck to them if they say so.

www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

Malachy Clerkin: The Jim Gavin fiasco was a long overdue humbling for GAA exceptionalism

Micheál Martin had his head turned by Gavin’s football success, forgetting it’s just a sport, no better or worse than the rest

www.irishtimes.com

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1h

Monday coming

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 1h

Something a bit pathetic when constant reply guys comment on women’s selfies with consistent comments about hair

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 1h

The greatest philosopher of our time

Philomena Cunk

“Since light travels faster than sound,

people may appear bright until you hear them speak.”

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 2h

Me with any film that runs for over an hour and a half

From The Onion

Report: Holy Shit, There Still 50 Minutes Left In Movie

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 9h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 8h

In all the horrible news Israel & the US generate when they work together, it is instructive that I learn that Israel’s strike on Qatar didn’t even kill the Hamas officials it was allegedly targeting *from an article about how Trump will personally profit from the ceasefire.*

Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 22h

An underreported aspect of the Gaza ceasefire: The business deals that Trump's family made with Gulf Arab states gave Trump a personal stake in restraining Netanyahu — my piece @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 7h

Ugh what’s this about

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 23h

This is a powerful image

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 19h

Over 60k Palestinians including about 20k children were killed but okay

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Jared Kushner in Tel Aviv: "Instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional, you chose to stand for the values that you stand for, and I couldn't be prouder to be a friend of Israel."

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 21h

DIANE KEATON?

IS WOODY ALLEN
EVEN IN THIS THING?

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 22h

Watching Ireland play soccer

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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Ray Minehane @rayminehane.bsky.social · 1d

Hickey should have been binned since he justified rape

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 · 1d

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

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 1d

It's almost as if moving their tax residency out of Ireland the day the Artist Tax Exemption was restricted had a negative impact on their reputation here!

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 1d

U2's 21 number one singles in Ireland: seven in the '80s, seven in the '90s, and seven in the '00s. None since 2009: irishnumberones.com/tag/u2/

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of left-wing/liberal people were disgusted and giving off about it so idk what he’s on about and what he’s saying is not true

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 1d

This is really not something to be defending and pretty pathetic that he’s doing so cos he’s on the same side per se

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

This happens every time someone says they have criticisms of something but don't say what

Commentary on the Israel/Gaza conflict literally makes me want to tear my fucking brain out. It is uniquely neurocognitively *painful.* Example: I have so many criticisms of the current Gov't of Israel. Yet everyone who goes on who is
"critical of Israel" just lies!
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scrunko @scrunkoel...•13h
What are some of those criticisms?
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Magdi Jacobs & @ma... •12h
Why would I spend my time going down your rabbit hole?
Why do you engage in this sophomoric BS?
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scrunko @scrunkoelbunko
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It's not a rabbit hole. It's a single question. If you have all these criticisms you're dying to

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 2d

One is banished to just podcast while the other still has a column in a national newspaper

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 2d

She’s running

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

Melania Trump: Putin wrote to me to deal with me directly, we have had open channel of communication regarding welfare of Ukrainian children

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 2d

How do they have a press pass

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Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 2d

Both of them think they are the smartest person in the room

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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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