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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 35m

Those cracks are carefully crafted to allow polluters to fall into them. That’s not by accident.

Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 1d

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

www.rte.ie

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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 1h

Use your #Vote don’t spoil it.
Raise Your Voice #Áras25 #ConnollyForPresident

Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 5h

Spoil your vote or strike a blow against the establishment?

The choice is there.

Either put an establishment candidate into the Áras, or someone who has stood against government and crises their policies have created for decades.

#SpoilTheVote
#SmearTheBejaysus

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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 2h

rebelnews.ie/2025/10/12/s...?

"Smear the bejaysus out of her": The establishment is running scared of Catherine Connolly - REBEL

It is not often that the PR techniques of the political establishment…

rebelnews.ie

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 7h

It's amazing how politely askinf people to mask as thousands of people per day were dying of a virus completed decimated the societal acceptance of empathy.

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 6h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h

Pretty straightforward admission this set of writers are producing work with the intent and purpose to “trigger the libs” in order to gain stature among their peers.

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 5h

Ratio me. It’s a badge of honor. Oooooo yes I like it when you ratio me. Ooh now ratio me harder yessss. Now ratio me while the neighbors watch. Ok now wearing that costume. Yessss.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 5h

Anakin padme four frame meme. Frame 1: Anakin: We'll play together soon. Frame 2: Padme smiling: By play you mean Polo right? Frame 3, Anakin just giving a deadeye look. No text. Frame 4 Padme(concerned): Polo right?

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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 5h

Because they keep getting infected with Covid and mainstream keeps downplaying the risks of post-Covid complications.

CNN @cnn.com · 5h

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then.
https://cnn.it/4hhva27

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Billbeaux @billbeaux.bsky.social · 12h

Mainstream media, in their quest for what they think is neutrality, are often unable to report events accurately.

Sometimes there just aren't good people on both sides.

Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 1d

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 7h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 15h

People gave a record amount of money to multiple organizations for the people of Gaza and all this money just sat there for the past 2 years because Israel blocked it. I hope this money gets distributed quickly now so that the people of Gaza don't have to beg anymore
news.un.org/en/story/202...

Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza

From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in ...

news.un.org

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7h

Wow, so it’s illegal to make plans with friends now

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Wesley @wesgo.bsky.social · 7h

a man wearing a watch holds his nose while watching a masterchef argentina show

Alt: Older man does a chefs kiss and "bellísimo" appears as a subtitle, from masterchef argentina show

media.tenor.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 7h

Thread on the RIFs that took place Friday. Yes, some have been called back but not all.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 7h

💣CDC Cuts💥
Even with some staff having their firing rescinded, CDC has been deeply damaged by the cuts from 🧠🪱 that remain intact. We do not have a complete list as this was done in secrecy. 🧵

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 2d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

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The saddest girl to ever hold a martini @lifeisterrible.bsky.social · 7h

👀

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Tanya Two Moons @tanyatwomoons.bsky.social · 8h

"Let our fear of losing our children be more powerful than our fear of our next-door neighbor."

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 8h

I post this article too much,,,
But we have mass shooting too much

www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion

The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism

www.newsweek.com

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 8h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 7h

The new Afroman track is a fair bit darker than his classic stuff.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 7h

As @catherinegalway.bsky.social says in the first short clip here, HH is now all about the politics of fear and smear, to avoid substantive debate on issues.

Comment: We deserve better.

#Áras25

#SmearTheBejaysis

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Clashes over triple lock, Europe in Áras radio debate

Presidential candidates Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly have clashed on their position on the Triple Lock and relations with European nations during the latest presidential debate.

www.rte.ie

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 7h

Look at the sort that Connolly wan hangs around with! Do you want a Provaí in the park?? Yes I would like Dj Provaí in the park actually. The second one tho. RRAD 🤣🤣

If I was a betting man I’d say Kneecap are doing a big gig in the Phoenix park next summer :)

#Áras25 #SmearTheBejaysis

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