Ann O’Dea
@annodea.com
Journo by background, media founder and CEO Silicon Republic; personal interests: four+ legged critters, birds, history and old stuff, biodiversity, geopolitics, art and culture and great gigs
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Gosh. What a surprise.
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gosh. What a surprise.
There is no bottom
I will confess, I have never seen a situation before where the grand jury never saw the indictment, so the remedy is unknown, but I can’t believe an unseen indictment could be valid.
Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Lindsey Halligan Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but a prosecutor told the judge in the case that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could…
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There is no bottom
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JUST IN: A federal appeals court panel (with 2/3 Trump appointees) calls his lawsuit against CNN — over use of the term Big Lie — "meritless" and affirms the decision by a lower court to throw it out. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
JUST IN: A federal appeals court panel (with 2/3 Trump appointees) calls his lawsuit against CNN — over use of the term Big Lie — "meritless" and affirms the decision by a lower court to throw it out. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The men in this story are 32, 32, and 20 years older than Nuzzi. Perhaps the story is really about them.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The men in this story are 32, 32, and 20 years older than Nuzzi. Perhaps the story is really about them.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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None of ICE's actions are popular. The American public hate what they are doing!
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
None of ICE's actions are popular. The American public hate what they are doing!
Really New York Times?! I do despair 😞
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Really New York Times?! I do despair 😞
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My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
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I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.
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It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
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17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
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And, there we go: The formal judgment of acquittal.
"Sandwich guy" case is done.
"Sandwich guy" case is done.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
And, there we go: The formal judgment of acquittal.
"Sandwich guy" case is done.
"Sandwich guy" case is done.
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Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
This 👇
"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This 👇
Not unworthy at all @donaldclarke.bsky.social This is a lovely tribute
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Not unworthy at all @donaldclarke.bsky.social This is a lovely tribute
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They really stuck the landing on this one.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
They really stuck the landing on this one.
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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There goes Zohran Mamdani, trying to plot a course between the Scylla and Charybdis of unhinged attacks from the right and unrealisitic expectations from the left. You have to wish him well.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
There goes Zohran Mamdani, trying to plot a course between the Scylla and Charybdis of unhinged attacks from the right and unrealisitic expectations from the left. You have to wish him well.
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One of the houses built into the ruined west front of the former Benedictine abbey at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #BuryStEdmunds
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
One of the houses built into the ruined west front of the former Benedictine abbey at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #BuryStEdmunds
Excellent news this
Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders’s hard-right Freedom Party was on the brink of losing power after elections in the Netherlands on Wednesday, indicating that Europe’s populist politicians who draw strong support while in opposition can struggle once they are in government.
Dutch Hard-Right Leader Geert Wilders Set to Exit Power
The Freedom Party’s drop in support holds lessons for Europe’s resurgent far-right.
on.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Excellent news this
Love this interview by our own @rgraham.bsky.social
Keeper of the Natural History Museum of Ireland, Paolo Viscardi talks weird collections, ‘sexy’ science and the role of museums in a biodiversity crisis.
Why Ireland’s Dead Zoo is as much about the living
Keeper of Ireland’s Natural History Museum, Paolo Viscardi talks weird collections, ‘sexy’ science and the role of museums in a biodiversity crisis.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Love this interview by our own @rgraham.bsky.social