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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 8h

a stuffed monkey with big eyes is standing in front of a sign that says me too .

Alt: a stuffed monkey with big eyes is standing in front of a sign that says me too .

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 10h

#Speirgorm

Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 10h

People of Cork! Anybody recognise Seamus D'Terrier ? He got lost during Storm Amy and now he needs a home

Dog that got lost on Cork's northside during Storm Amy looking for family

If the CSPCA can't find his family - they at least want Seamus to have a happy home

www.corkbeo.ie

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 9h

The outrage over ICE 'kidnapping' people who are in the U.S. legally is understandable. But there needs to be similar outrage for people whose status is unknown. Nobody deserves to be kidnapped. Everyone deserves due process.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14h

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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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 9h

I hear that Catherine Connolly gets off the LUAS, goes to the machine to tag off, and only then, fumbles into her (designer) handbag to look for her ticket! #SmearTheBejaysis

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 10h

Catherine Connolly calls Penneys "Primark" and calls a one an' one a "warm cod supper".

#smearthebejaysis

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 11h

There's lots of ways to volunteer and there's many parkruns in cork every Saturday. I've made loads of friends through parkrun.

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 11h

After the Daily Mail person telling us that a successful left candidate should not be allowed to become President, we have another newspaper printing a failed right candidate saying the election must be cancelled because she's got no support.

Doug Sloane @dougsloane.bsky.social · 11h

Let me into an election I've been unable to get the support to enter, based on feels.

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Pádraig Belton @padraigbelton.bsky.social · 11h

Lifetimes ago as a student at Yale, I made lucky friends with Zhanna, a breathtakingly intelligent girl from Kazakhstan – a country to which I could barely point on the map. We stayed in close touch - so much that I befriended her lovely family when I found myself, later, reporting in Astana. 1/

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 11h

I should have added, you don't have to run. You can walk or volunteer.

Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 11h

Just a suggestion but have you tried your local parkrun? It's a real community event and You see the same faces turning up each week and eventually become part of a pack. And there's usually coffee after. Parkrun.ie

home | parkrun IrelandFacebookXInstagramYouTubeTikTokLinkedIn

parkrun organise and provide free, weekly, 5k timed events around the world

Parkrun.ie

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

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 12h

Remember, Heather Humphries doesn't think #TransWomenAreWomen

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 12h

Is anyone surprised by this?

It's hard to see this happening in the UK.

Given Heather Humphreys restating of far right transphobic talking points, we have to resist this in Ireland

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 15h

Hands up who's surprised by this? The BBC is just a government propaganda arm.
www.scenemag.co.uk/bbc-pauses-t...

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 12h

Is anyone surprised by this?

It's hard to see this happening in the UK.

Given Heather Humphreys restating of far right transphobic talking points, we have to resist this in Ireland

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 15h

Hands up who's surprised by this? The BBC is just a government propaganda arm.
www.scenemag.co.uk/bbc-pauses-t...

BBC pauses training programmes on LGBTQ+ and trans inclusion after Supreme Court ruling

The BBC has temporarily suspended two of its internal diversity training programmes focused on transgender and LGBTQ+ inclusion, following a landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court that redefined the ...

www.scenemag.co.uk

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 13h

A challenge has been set!

Cathy @cathyby.bsky.social · 14h

#SmearTheBejaysis is such a fab cultural lens into Ireland. Someone should write a book on it 😁

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Cathy @cathyby.bsky.social · 14h

#SmearTheBejaysis is such a fab cultural lens into Ireland. Someone should write a book on it 😁

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 13h

Still in the feed! We are all inclusive!

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 14h

This is beyond cruel.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

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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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 15h

I never had much regard for Heather Humphreys as a Minister, but the level of vitriol she’s firing around the studio during the #rtethisweek debate is highly unpresidential. On the other hard Catherine Connolly is unflappable, reflective and calm … #connollyforpresident #aras25

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 15h

Perfectly pitched from Tim as always

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20h

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 15h

#SmearTheBejaysis #poetry

Fiftywords @fiftywords.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s my contribution to #SmearTheBejaysus

Smear the Bejaysus (for Catherine Connolly) They say she's wild for calling out the killing of the weak, for naming genocide aloud
in chambers cold and sleek. They call it reckless, rude, unwise, to grieve for Gaza's dead, and whisper she'd disgrace the State
by meaning what she said. They claim she'd bring the Áras down with candles, care, and song, that she would ask of Ireland still,
who's served and who's done wrong. They mutter she might shake the hand of refugees or knaves, and never bow to uniforms
that sanctify the graves. They'll smear the bejaysus out of her, for mercy is her crime, for daring to be decent now
in this unfeeling time. They'll sneer she's ruled by conscience yet, speaks truth before she's told, that her plain heart has no disguise,
but that's worth more than gold.

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RashersT @rasherst.bsky.social · 16h

Electric Picnic 2009. Sessioning back in the campsite, Catherine Connolly spilled the last of a bottle of Buckfast into a new packet of Amber Leaf. Skins ruined. Weekend destroyed.

#Smearthebejaysus #Smearthebejaysis

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 16h

a woman is sitting in front of a chair and covering her face with her hands .

Alt: a woman is sitting in front of a chair and covering her face with her hands .

media.tenor.com

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Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 16h

Ah here, you've added a new one????

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