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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 8h

Fight Club is kind of the opposite of Oxbridge

Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 7h

The magnetic attraction of the already crowded middle ground in Irish politics is strong. What I would give for a left party that knew what it was doing.

John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations to the new spokesperson on social palantir.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 8h

The Social Democrats have appointed Dublin Bay South TD Eoin Hayes as their spokesperson on social protection.

The announcement signals that the party have forgiven Hayes for his embarrassing controversies since becoming a TD.

jrnl.ie/6845494t

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 15h

Never mind the issue, I can't imagine Humphreys being able to formulate a paragraph as nuanced as that about anything.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 17h

I have never walked along a street with a phone in my hand unless I'm making or receiving a phone call.

Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

i have never, not once, listened to a song on spotify unless it was playing at somebody else's place

what are you a luddite about

Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

This.

Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 1d

I have never summoned a ride from Uber or Lyft. I’d rather take a cab, public transit, or walk.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Like the Donald and books written against books read, I've been a guest on more podcasts than I've ever listened to.

WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · 1d

I don't listen to podcasts

I have only ever listened to a single installment of one because a friend told me one of our hate-follows was going to get roasted on it

And they were

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

"There was certainly genuine emotion and outrage which does not preclude the possibility that many were moved by how much they were moved"
Ackbar Abbas on post Tiananmen protests in HK. Transferable,I think...

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 1d

You could actually fit Northern Ireland in the gap in the Irish midfield.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Outside chance all 4 'home' nations will make it, just so we can feel like Scotland usually do

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that saving the future event at the RDS during the crash? There was a Green at our table who stormed off when someone suggested a maximum wage. 'but entrepreneurs!'

Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 1d

This being, of course, the same Green Party that helped Fianna Fáil decimate a generation with the bailout and bank guarantee.

Then, later on, the very same Green Party that sold out a nascent broad-left movement to facilitate a historic conservative super-coalition.

#spéirghorm #ireland

Orla @somebogwitch.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few people expressing surprise that members of the green party in Ireland might be against left wing politics enough to resign from the party over backing Catherine Connolly for president...

I am curious how this could possibly still be surprising?

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Or if we asked those applying for a granny passport to take leaving cert Irish.

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 1d

IMAGINE if Brits retiring to Spain or Thailand were told to take a language test.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Or if we asked people applying for a granny passport to pass an Irish test.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Aw, no.

Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK
balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

D’Angelo Dead At 51 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Read Baller Alert’s exclusive report celebrating his life, music, and impact.

balleralert.com

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

I swear I read this as this St. Paul going around solving crimes....

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. And I rigorously pronounced it as she did. I have a colleague.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

I once taught an English Caitriona who pronounced it the way you describe. She had no Irish connection at all, just parents who thought it was a nice name.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

I have a friend whose first and last name can be written using only five letters. I always admired the ecnomy of that, and would support a tax break.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 1d

People worry whether the north is ready for unification....

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. Fitter and better coached, but rarely gifted. I've seen a fair few LoI players when they come over and you can see the mismatch sometimes. Often too small for a start.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

Often the way in the LoI; talented but flawed, either physically or head space. I watch a lot of league one football and it's much more even, but often duller.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

A career as a downward spiral. He was always overrated whereas Graham Burke was right there.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

Unfair but v. funny. Reddit comment about Jack Byrne, very much ex Shamrock Rovers
"Last few times i seen him play for rovers- he drops deep, takes the ball off his own player and then sprays a pass 30 yards horizontally. Then he fixes his hair and jogs around until he can do the same thing again"

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

I've never met a female Zappa fan.

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck this.

Karen Mulreid @beatingblog.bsky.social · 2d

No no. No, we won't be doing that. We won't be brushing the last two years under the carpet just because there is a current ceasefire. This is appalling, Israel should not be allowed to participate until Palestine is free and Netanyahu is behind bars for war crimes, where he belongs.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union said

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