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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 3h

It was never just about trans people. We were an easy target.
The wedge is driven home and now they advance their strategy...

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 8h

Trans people have been warning about these people for *years*

Emma Haslett @emmahaslett.bsky.social · 1d

This is a huge story but massively under the radar in the UK.

A US Christian legal org called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is working to roll back abortion rights here using the same playbook it used in the US: briefing politicians, watching, waiting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 1h

People who angrily denied that Israel was committing the war crime of blocking food and medical supplies are today demanding that it be praised for partially lifting it's block on food and medical supplies.

Save the Children NI @savethechildrenni.bsky.social · 2h

The bombs have stopped, some supplies are getting in, but these are precarious days - our humanitarian director in Gaza, Rachael Cummings, speaks to @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Humanitarian aid situation in Gaza still precarious

Rachael Cummings, Humanitarian Director for Save the Children in Gaza, highlights the current situation in relation to humanitarian aid in Gaza.

www.rte.ie

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Matthew Stienberg @matthewstien.bsky.social · 5h

There was a great article years ago where someone interviewed billionaires concerned about their personal security forces post-apocalypse and when the interviewer suggested they just treat them well, like family, the billionaires just scoffed. I'm sure this is what each of their guards was thinking.

Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 2d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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G @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 3h

Oh my god. I can't believe I never saw this before! 💀

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 18h

a reminder, as Naoise Ó Cearúil defends building more and more data centres on #TonightVMTV, that he thinks there's no conflict of interest in sitting on the Oireachtas AI committee while he holds shares in an AI company

www.ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-...

AI committee FF TD has stock in IDF-vet-founded AI company

It was co-founded by a man who “conducted classified intelligence work” for the Israel Defense Forces.

www.ontheditch.com

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 5h

much of Connolly's (and the left in general's) criticism of the EU (especially re nice/lisbon) has been borne out

the EU institutions are rolling back environmental and social protections, often in return for trade deals. the EU/NATO venn diagram is almost a circle. on gaza they've been pathetic.

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 5h

Re: Connolly's comments a decade ago on EU/Brexit, her diagnosis of many underlying problems is correct - although her conclusions I severely disagree with.

However, again the response from some quarters has been essentially screaming "all criticism of the EU is inherently bad!". Unserious.

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Orla @somebogwitch.bsky.social · 5h

Need to get a "Critique of powerful institutions is good actually" sign to tap now that people can't differentiate between that and conspiracy nonsense

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 5h

Re: Connolly's comments a decade ago on EU/Brexit, her diagnosis of many underlying problems is correct - although her conclusions I severely disagree with.

However, again the response from some quarters has been essentially screaming "all criticism of the EU is inherently bad!". Unserious.

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G @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly. The acceptance of nuance, the right to dissent & the right to advocate for better from within, even when it goes against the grain (or the messaging of a massive system) is sadly being somewhat lost. It's one of the biggest barriers to positive change at the moment.

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G @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 4h

Just because change may be extremely difficult & sometimes nearly impossible, it doesn't mean that people should never & could never commit to advocating for that change from within.

We really shouldn't be moving towards a culture where the only acceptable opinions are 100% all-in or all-for.

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G @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 4h

Yep, imo critique & analysis about what ultimately ends up as EU-wide policies & law should be welcomed & not automatically interpreted as pro-leave.

There's an oddly black & white thing going on where it's forgotten that we absolutely should critique & highlight flaws within our own systems.

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G @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 5h

Huge congratulations!!! 👏🥳

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G @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 5h

No, so far I haven't been able to find any direct quote of her "congratulating" the British.

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