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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 2h

head the ball is such a great phrase, one of my mams favs and absolutely appropriate for this muppet. 😆

Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 3h

Its not just that he is voting for her, but he is being vocal about it. I dunno, but a party whip is a party whip. He seems to be taking a personal approach to this. This is also only one of the reasons I don't vote Labour any more. There are others I'm afraid.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 3h

And this is one of the reasons why I will never vote for Labour again. When the nominal party of the left votes for right wing candidates, then the Blairification of Irish Labour is clearly well underway.

You can get in the sea Mr Kelly.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 17h

You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.

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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 18h

lol and, furthermore, lmao

A screenshot of the replies, reposts, quotes and likes on Sally Jenkins’ garbage post asking people to ratio her, showing her getting ratio’d as requested

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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

Attack? I didn't see anything, neither did any of the lads in Cell Block B.

Must've tripped and landed on a knife nine times.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison

Paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison.

news.sky.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 1d

www.politico.eu/article/if-e...

If ever there were a moment to defend the ICC, this is it

Without more robust assistance from its allies, financial and political pressure from the U.S. will make the court a weaker institution — if it survives at all.

www.politico.eu

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

And they’d be fucking right.

Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

For WHOMSOEVER NEEDS TO HEAR IT FINE GAEL

Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 1d

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

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macmuiris @macmuiris.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely wanton fuckery here. I'm looking forward to the inevitable "there's nothing anyone can do" response from Coillte, the gardaí, and anyone else who ought to be hunting these pricks down and reducing them to penury.

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Alan Lawlor @alanlawlor.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly breeds seagulls and trains them how to rob sandwiches and chips, then releases them into Stephens Green
#smearTheBejaysus #speirgorm

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is allowing fat basement dwelling underwear wearing assholes to cosplay as brownshirt thugs. If we aren't careful, this will happen here too.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! That immigrant wants your cookie... a million times magnified.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

I might go as Kay..

Better hats.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.. to them. The right has defunded education as a matter of poiicy since the late 70's. The ignorant are easier to manipulate. The left should be concentrating our efforts on reversing that. Trumpism has taken it to new heights.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Toxic masculinity is some toxicity. Straight white men, angry because they don't always control everything in the world.

Really? Are you shitting me? Again.. READ A BOOK...

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Rupert Murdoch. Dante would have had a field day with that guy. Multiple levels of hell would be reserved for him and the chaos and hate that he has stoked worldwide. I hope he burns for eternity... and then some.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

I spent the evening with them Donna, and I am so lucky that I got the opportunity to do that, but had I not accidentally scheduled to be in Milan this weekend, I would not have had that fortune. Nobody told me, I found out by accident. And that is not good. My fault more than any I guess.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Irish people in Ireland mostly get that. Those that go to America seem to lose that particular outlook and perspective on life. Not sure why that is, but they should read a fucking book.

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Leo O’Shaughnessy @leoie.bsky.social · 1d

Irish people, more than most should understand what it's like to be the "other". To be the "downtrodden", to be the "put upon". We have a history that should attune us to the inequalities of life and afford us an understanding and capacity for empathy that others do not have. Fuck that guy.

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