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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 7h

In Norway, when people see there are plenty of apples on their trees, they hang them for others to take instead of having them rot on the ground.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 9h

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

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

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manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 7h

A good question

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 13h

During an EU Commission press briefing, a journalist questioned the double standards of European policy, asking whether Israel should also be held accountable for rebuilding Gaza — just as the EU demands Russia
The question was met with silence, as the EU spokesperson declined to comment.

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 12h

On a Saturday night I stumbled across something on the internet that made me feel like ****** my pants. A giant dataset of real surveillance operations targeting 1000s of people across nearly every country. Unraveling it and the mysterious company behind it has consumed 1.5 years of my life

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manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 17h

#trees #nativetrees #irishnativetrees #ireland #mayo #castlebar #sapplings #sessileoak #alder #birch #rowan #willow #honeysuckle #holly #hawthorn #scotspine #juniper #yew #spindle #dogrose #wildgarlic #crabapple #elder #wychelm #aspen

manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 17h

#trees #nativetrees #irishnativetrees #ireland #mayo #castlebar #sapplings #sessileoak #alder #birch #rowan #willow #honeysuckle #holly #hawthorn #scotspine #juniper #yew #spindle #dogrose #wildgarlic #crabapple #elder #wychelm #aspen

manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 17h

Pleased Repost: Does anyone know where I can get bare root saplings of native Irish trees? or am I looking at the wrong time of year? If November is a better time does anyone have a recommendation on where I might get about 1200 in the Mayo area? Ideally for free 😜

manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 17h

Pleased Repost: Does anyone know where I can get bare root saplings of native Irish trees? or am I looking at the wrong time of year? If November is a better time does anyone have a recommendation on where I might get about 1200 in the Mayo area? Ideally for free 😜

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17h

Is there an explanation for why Palestinians are "prisoners" and Israelis are "hostages"?

Is the implication meant to be that the Palestinians were 'criminals' being punished through imprisonment?

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Palestinian prisoners freed after Israeli hostages released from Gaza

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 17h

Re: Connolly and the "smear" campaign - at the point where FG's main attack lines are as disingenuous as pretending to not know how Barristers work in this country, or just lying about her views or about how Dáil staff recruitment works, it doesn't say much for them, does it?

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Fertiliser police approved factory @recoveryproject.bsky.social · 23h

It feels unbearable but Jesus Christ hear this man

Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 1d

Photo journalist Shade Abu Sido was kidnapped on March 18 2024 during the Israeli occupation's raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

“I entered Gaza and found it like a scene from Judgment Day. This is not Gaza. Where is the world?”

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 2d

After the debate today, it's really impressive how on the nose this is about Fine Gael's presidential campaign plans for the next 12 days.

People can see through it though - they're saying so on the doors.

#Connolly4President

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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 2d

A great piece here.

What is the justice system for if we don’t believe in rehabilitation?

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Breda O'Brien: What is the justice system for if we don’t believe in rehabilitation?

Serving time in prison should not be the start of a longer sentence of stigma and shame

www.irishtimes.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

www.irishtimes.com

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manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 1d

JFC this is fucking horrendous, we don’t deserve this planet and fuck unbridled capitalism

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 2d

Its not monsters from outer space
Its humans scraping the bottom floor and sucking up every life form that exists, leaving nothing
Fish often in vain flee for their lives

Also releases 370 million metric tons of planet-warming c02 every year, roughly same as running 100 coal power plants

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manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 1d

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

"My children are dead!"

A Palestinian prisoner released today was expecting to embrace his family, only to find out they had been killed weeks ago in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.

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Kelly ❌ 👑 @kelofchgo.bsky.social · 1d

"Israel's Defence Minister openly saying they intend to ignore Trump's peace plan and bomb Gaza as soon as the hostages are returned.

No doubt Israel will say they are targeting Hamas, just as they did when they killed 20,000 children in Gaza."

#Pinks
www.rawstory.com/gaza-2674178...

'Don’t say you weren’t warned': Trump openly defied by Israeli officials during visit

A number of high-ranking Israeli officials are openly defying President Donald Trump and his Gaza peace plan amid the president’s visit to Jerusalem on Monday, publicly rejecting key elements of his p...

www.rawstory.com

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Israel violates the ceasefire - and threatens more genocidal violence.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-vio...

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence

Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating - but danger remains

www.owenjones.news

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Jeff Moore @jbm0.bsky.social · 2d

"The Danes used empathy politically—an action abhorred by right-wing leaders, who have gone so far as to brand it as an enemy and a weakness. But what they are leaving unsaid is that fascism cannot prosper where empathy exists."

www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We

Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.

www.thenation.com

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

‘My joy was shattered’: Journalist grieves killing of third son as ceasefire arrives too late - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/my-joy-was-shattered-journalist-grieves-killing-third-son-ceasefire-arrives-too-late

‘My joy was shattered’: Journalist grieves killing of third son as ceasefire arrives too late

Motasem Dalloul lost his wife and two-year-old child in February 2024, and a 21-year-old son in May

www.middleeasteye.net

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 1d

Another busy week, from a budget and a céilí, to sliotars and selfies. Catherine surely must have shaken every hand in Ireland by now?

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 4d

Ah here. Hurling n all??

#Áras25

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manofbeerd.bsky.social @manofbeerd.bsky.social · 1d

This is actually the way to counter the right. The right are trying to bring new meaning to the Irish flag, one the symbolises nationalism and anti immigrant ideology. By putting the Palestinian flag with the Irish one, it gives it a different meaning, one of hope and solidarity.

Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 1d

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

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shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me · 1d

"Ethical alternatives: brands to buy from if you boycott Israeli apartheid."

— article from @ethical-consumer.bsky.social

Please, join us in boycotting israel. Do it for Palestine. Do it for humanity. And also do it because capitalism and imperialism suck! And also, support Ethical Consumer.

Ethical alternatives: brands to buy from if you boycott Israeli apartheid | Ethical Consumer

Boycotting brands that are complicit in Palestinian human rights violations is a powerful form of consumer activism, but how ethical is the product you buy instead?

www.ethicalconsumer.org

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