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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 6h

Do coddle jokes go over well with the House of Saud?

MBS breaking his hole laughing at an immersion bit.

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 13h

Weekend catch-up: Andrew Maxwell played the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, Chortle has revealed http://dlvr.it/TNd7mf

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 10h

*BONG*.

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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 11h

ps Threads recently overtook X in daily usage.

Absence of real exchanges with good-faith pol opposites = people leave X

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 14h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 10h

I understood that reference

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1d

🐟

#coybig

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1d

“Guwwwwwon Ronaldo”

#coybig

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1d

Lincoln as well.

Worth a visit as a city!

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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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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1d

Coldingley
Bullingdon
Deerbolt
Millsike
Usk

The hits keep coming.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 2d

literally just out of it.

Oooooooooooooooooof.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Charlie Taylor @charlietaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Akara, the Irish healthcare tech company, has had its AI sensor included in Time Magazine’s ‘Best inventions of 2025’ ranking, in what is a major coup for the firm.

This is the second time the company has made Time Magazine’s annual list

www.businesspost.ie/tech/irish-h...

Irish healthtech firm Akara joins Apple and Nvidia on Time’s 'Best Inventions of 2025' list

www.businesspost.ie

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d

The best radio 📻

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Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 3d

After two years of conflict in Gaza, Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace deal.

The Group Chat discuss whether, once the dust settles, those responsible for war crimes will ever face justice and be held to account.

📺 Tonight at 10pm | Virgin Media One & Virgin Media Play

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 3d

Morning thoughts on the ceasefire and how it proceeds.

Does peace have a real chance this time?

So, so much remains very unclear - perhaps deliberately so.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 4d

New version does helpfully include Belfast City Hall instead of the Belfast Reichstag.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPiuz15...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 4d

The now deleted video from Heather Humphreys’ team including an image of the Reichstag building in Berlin.

Video focused on how Heather knows the border and the North - and was posted days after she said she doesn’t just go on “day trips”.

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Joe Galvin @joegalvin.bsky.social · 4d

This new podcast from RTÉ Investigates and the Doc on One team, about a shocking miscarriage of justice, is a must listen, not just for the story of the case itself but for its wider implications for the Irish justice system. www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...

First Conviction - RTÉ Podcasts

An investigation into the case of a couple imprisoned for a crime against their child - that never happened...

www.rte.ie

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 4d

More Irish activists have now been taken by the IDF from international waters including author Naoise Dolan, TD Barry Heneghan and psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane.

They are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 5d

Good fun this.

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 6d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 6d

Taoiseach on Six One says Fianna Fáil did due diligence by asking him if he ever had an issue with a tenant.

"We asked him and he said 'No'."

I mean, it's not the most comprehensive interrogation of the issue is it?

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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 6d

Just a reminder, they were warned by @newschambers.bsky.social ages ago
#aras25

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · Sep 2

Actually running for president is one of the worst things imaginable.

Are these people ok?

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 6d

A cruel game is politics.

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone who seeks to make Ireland a better place through public service should be commended.

Jim Gavin has made the right decision for himself and his family. I wish him well.

Tá moladh tuillte ag aon duine a dhéanann iarracht an tír seo a fheabhsú trí sheirbhís phoiblí a thabhairt.

Tá an cinneadh ceart déanta ag Jim Gavin dó féin agus dá chlann.

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