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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

Switzerland is a good model to follow. It allowed them to sit out two world wars. They have 10x the troops, 10x spending, about 100 fighter jets (vs zero in Ireland), 100s of tanks, etc. We'd need warships too.

Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

There is no way to have a military without an industrial complex behind it to supply it with weapons. Its like having hospitals without a pharmacutical industry. If Ireland has a functional military there will be an industry behind that which profits and lobbies for profits.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

One option would be to be neutral like Switzerland. As in, have a military industrial complex which can protect our neutrality. Rather than just vibes, and speeches.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

Ukraine wanted to be peaceful too. They were a neutral country until the day they were invaded. Just wanting to be peaceful isn't enough.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

Being against the western military industrial complex might have been rational in the 90s and 2000s before the Russian military industrial complex was such a threat to us. Peaceful vibes alone will not defend us in the modern world.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

Another way of putting this is that she seems unwilling to let the facts of a changing world impact her world view.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 3h

My understanding is that Catherine Connolly was against a revote even after that, and believes there shouldn't have been a revote to this day. Her reasons for opposition include a lot of Brexity talking points, which is quite different from the general Irish public view.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 4h

Did they? A majority went out and voted yes.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 5h

Didn't Connolly disagree with re-running those votes?

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 8h

It would help if c2pa was used more widely. Sora does use it, but if you upload a Sora video to social media, those tags gets stripped I believe.

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 19h

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

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Jorge Valero @europressos.bsky.social · 1d

❗️SCOOP: EU considering strict conditions such as tech transfers, joint ventures for Chinese investments in Europe in some key sectors, we’re told, as Europe increases pressure on Beijing to rebalance economic relations
- with @johnainger.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments

The European Union is considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally, in an aggressive new push to make the bloc’s industry more compet...

www.bloomberg.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 23h

Distance no protection from Russian aggression, Latvian politician warns Ireland

Britain will protect its own skies first, chair of Latvian parliament’s foreign affairs committee says

www.irishtimes.com

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 23h

‘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/news/2025/10...

‘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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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 1d

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Ireland's economy is forecast to be the fastest growing of the world's most advanced economies this year, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook

IMF expects Ireland's GDP to grow by 9.1% this year

Ireland's economy is forecast to be the fastest growing of the world's most advanced economies this year, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook.

www.rte.ie

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Paul Jonker-Hoffrén @pjonkerhoffren.bsky.social · 1d

If you think ChatGPT is a bad development, remember Coleco invented, built and shipped the Coleco ADAM. Coleco went bankrupt when it became apparent that this home computer emitted such a strong EMP that it would destroy data tapes nearby, including often its own startup tape. #1980s #computing

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Ooof.

Walmart Partners With OpenAI to Offer Shopping on ChatGPT

Walmart Inc. is teaming up with OpenAI to enable shoppers to browse and purchase its products on ChatGPT, the retailer’s latest push to incorporate artificial intelligence.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 1d

Is she on the same Kremlin whatsapp group as Farage, Daly, Le Pen and Orban?

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Damian Stack @damianstack.bsky.social · 1d

Here she is talking about project fear amongst other things. Boris and Nigel would be proud

Catherine Connolly Statements on the EU UK Referendum Results 27 06 16

YouTube video by Catherine Connolly TD

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Mark Sugrue @marksugrue.com · 1d

"How can we say the EU is good". Yikes.

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Damian Stack @damianstack.bsky.social · 1d

Brexiteer type rhetoric from Catherine Connolly in 2016

Catherine Connolly TD on Brexit

YouTube video by Cathal McCarthy

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Damian Stack @damianstack.bsky.social · 1d

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its backing of Catherine Connolly

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

www.irishtimes.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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