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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 18h

So you saw the movie One Battle After Another and want to learn about America’s real radical left wing groups…

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 19h

People need to stop reporting dumb shit Dillon Danis says for clout.

MMA Fighting @mmafighting.bsky.social · 20h

Dillon Danis absolutely believes he would "easily" submit Khamzat Chimaev

📰 https://mma-fighting.visitlink.me/SXLeH-

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 22h

Notable from listening back to the This Week debate that Heather Humphreys no longer seems to be interested in making a positive case for voting for her. It's all just attacks on Connolly.

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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · Aug 1

#FreelanceForum - designed to keep freelance journalists up to date

Reserve Your Place for Monday 20 October:
ti.to/freelance-fo...

From Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from Coimisiún na Meán.

Lunch 1.00PM
Introduce yourself to someone new, and catch up with old faces.
Networking is also a key aim of the Freelance Forum.

Session 3: 2.00PM – 3.15PM
Follow The Money
Speaker: Susan McKay, press ombudsman, Lyra McKee Bursary
Speaker: Eoghan Rice, deputy director communications DFAT, Simon Cumbers Fund
Chair: Margaret Ward
A guide to financial support and awards programmes for journalists.

Session 4: 3.30PM – 4.30PM
Copyright Briefing
Speaker: Samantha Holman, ceo, ICLA

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 23h

It turns out having something (or someone) telling you are right and good all the time and it's those others that are mean and wrong is bad.

The difference between AI personal assistants and wealth begotten insulation is that real world consequences for behavior are much closer for AI addicts.

As reports of ‘AI psychosis’ spread, clinicians scramble to understand how chatbots can spark delusions

Psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health providers are scrambling to understand the emerging phenomenon of "AI psychosis."

www.statnews.com

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

They still need to be part of a community, as do their families. Reject them and osteacise them.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Boycott businesses that serve them.
If they are abroad on vacation and come to your bar or hotel and tell you what they do, don't ask them to leave - kick them out.
As long as they persecute others on behalf of a fascist junta, there should be nowhere on earth where these people are welcome.

Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone working for ICE in any capacity needs to be ostracised, as do their spouses, their kids and their extended families.
If your job is to not show compassion for others and their families, then the same apples to you and yours, even if you're "just following orders".
No pasaràn.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone working for ICE in any capacity needs to be ostracised, as do their spouses, their kids and their extended families.
If your job is to not show compassion for others and their families, then the same apples to you and yours, even if you're "just following orders".
No pasaràn.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Daryl FÉTH FÍADA Feehely 🎃 @darylfeehely.com · 1d

Given the Taoiseach has signalled defeat before attempting meaningful #ClimateAction, I highly recommend @johngibbons.bsky.social's excellent new book for better advice on what can be done.

"This would all be fine were it not for the fact that it is absolute lunacy" is v apt.

#Speirgorm #IrishPol

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure why he's being told not to comment - he's not a candidate and is as entitled to express his view as anyone else (not that I have any interest in it).

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

" ... held captive ..."
"... hostages ...."
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Hamas and Israel will exchange captives on Monday morning, with Israel set to release 250 of the 2,000 Palestinians it has held captive in exchange for the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
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Hamas and Israel captive exchange set to take place tomorrow morning

The exchange is part of the ceasefire deal’s first phase and will take place before US President Donald Trump chairs an international summit in Egypt.

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Wendy Ly🎃n @wendylyon.bsky.social · 1d

If Red C or any of those other polling companies happened to ring my number and ask what I thought was the most serious issue facing Ireland at the moment, my reply would be: disinformation. It underlies everything.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

3,300, plus interest.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Independent Áras hopeful Catherine Connolly went viral this week when she impressed the public with her football skills, specifically her keepie-uppies.

So now we’re wondering: How many keepie-uppies can you do?
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How many keepie-uppies can you do?

A video shared by Sinn Féin of presidential candidate Catherine Connolly doing keepie-uppies has amassed over 186,000 likes and 1.9m views on TikTok.

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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · 1d

When life imitates art

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 12 Oct 1999 Swedish warehouse worker, rugby fan, revolutionary unionist and anti-fascist Björn Söderberg was murdered by fascists outside his home. His union, the SAC (@syndikalisterna), held marches of 10,000s in protest stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8438...

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

She also borrowed my copy and never gave it back.
#Smearthebejaysus #Smearthebejaysis

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly skipped parts of Ulysses #Smearthebejaysus #Smearthebejaysis

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget that Piers Morgan is a fucking tosser, and denying him the oxygen of publicity is the first step to ridding our public spaces of his vile presence.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 1d

Very refreshing to see a left wing politician not treat this question like some kind of minefield that needs to be carefully negotiated

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Much easier to sit back and be organised than to attack and break a team down at international level.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

I don't care about the result. That was an excellent defensive performance for 90 minutes, and a truly brilliant game by Kelleher. Good teams will do that to you, but there's no shame in it. Now the question is whether Ireland can build on it in some way.
#COYBIG

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

This is on every MEP who voted to strengthen Fortress Europe.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

61 bodies of migrants recovered in west of Libya's Tripoli, medics center says reut.rs/42AeyMW

61 bodies of migrants recovered in west of Libya's Tripoli, medics center says

At least 61 bodies of migrants have been recovered over the past two weeks on the coast west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, a medical center said in a statement on Saturday.

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