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@caitwithafada.bsky.social
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What stayed with Amundson most was not the adrenaline of the moment but the realization that came while she was holding the agent’s head in her hands and keeping his airway open.
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Two women, detained by ICE, say they helped agent having seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
What stayed with Amundson most was not the adrenaline of the moment but the realization that came while she was holding the agent’s head in her hands and keeping his airway open.
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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Four derelict buildings in Mayo town are set to be demolished and turned into housing— Local authorities must ensure that our traditional streetscapes are redeveloped sympathetically, prioritising renovation over demolition to reduce our carbon footprint.
#DerelictIreland #Mayo
#DerelictIreland #Mayo
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Four derelict buildings in Mayo town are set to be demolished and turned into housing— Local authorities must ensure that our traditional streetscapes are redeveloped sympathetically, prioritising renovation over demolition to reduce our carbon footprint.
#DerelictIreland #Mayo
#DerelictIreland #Mayo
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Convenient fiction -
“The notion that ever more garish clothing will compensate for distracted driving is a convenient fiction. No amount of fluorescent fabric can counteract the motorist scrolling on their phone or the driver travelling too fast.”
“The notion that ever more garish clothing will compensate for distracted driving is a convenient fiction. No amount of fluorescent fabric can counteract the motorist scrolling on their phone or the driver travelling too fast.”
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Convenient fiction -
“The notion that ever more garish clothing will compensate for distracted driving is a convenient fiction. No amount of fluorescent fabric can counteract the motorist scrolling on their phone or the driver travelling too fast.”
“The notion that ever more garish clothing will compensate for distracted driving is a convenient fiction. No amount of fluorescent fabric can counteract the motorist scrolling on their phone or the driver travelling too fast.”
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I cant believe I’m saying this, but, errr ….. (whispers) - fair play to the Dubs. Emwhere are the rest of ye #speirghorm www.rte.ie/sport/footba...
Dublin players planning Allianz protests for leagues
Dublin players are set to refuse to appear in front of Allianz-branded signage during the forthcoming National Leagues.
www.rte.ie
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I cant believe I’m saying this, but, errr ….. (whispers) - fair play to the Dubs. Emwhere are the rest of ye #speirghorm www.rte.ie/sport/footba...
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Great letter in today's Irish Times. Our government is part of the culture of impunity that has enabled apartheid Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people, enough. #OccupiedTerritoriesBill #SanctionsNow
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Great letter in today's Irish Times. Our government is part of the culture of impunity that has enabled apartheid Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people, enough. #OccupiedTerritoriesBill #SanctionsNow
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‘Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images & videos’
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images and videos
Ads for the apps have appeared on social media sites in recent weeks.
jrnl.ie
January 23, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images & videos’
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674
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Extremely funny to realize that the reason Western Europeans are getting mad enough to start chastising random Americans is because they realize that the Faustian bargain they struck after WWII is going sour and the Mongoose they let live in their crawlspace and kill communists has rabies now
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Extremely funny to realize that the reason Western Europeans are getting mad enough to start chastising random Americans is because they realize that the Faustian bargain they struck after WWII is going sour and the Mongoose they let live in their crawlspace and kill communists has rabies now
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All those who wrongly believe that nature collapse might be 'sad', but won't really affect them in any way, badly need to wake up.
Nature isn't just 'nice to have'.
Planet Earth is only liveable – for *us* too – due to the regulating effects of natural ecosystems.
share.google/NoVLRatfUoH5...
Nature isn't just 'nice to have'.
Planet Earth is only liveable – for *us* too – due to the regulating effects of natural ecosystems.
share.google/NoVLRatfUoH5...
Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt
share.google
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 AM
All those who wrongly believe that nature collapse might be 'sad', but won't really affect them in any way, badly need to wake up.
Nature isn't just 'nice to have'.
Planet Earth is only liveable – for *us* too – due to the regulating effects of natural ecosystems.
share.google/NoVLRatfUoH5...
Nature isn't just 'nice to have'.
Planet Earth is only liveable – for *us* too – due to the regulating effects of natural ecosystems.
share.google/NoVLRatfUoH5...
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'Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address.'
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
'Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address.'
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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The An Taisce website has plenty of suggestions on what to include in the email, but if you find it overwhelming I will legit help you write an email.
Just reply here if you want help or DM me if we're mutuals #Spéirgorm
Just reply here if you want help or DM me if we're mutuals #Spéirgorm
⚖️ DEADLINE TOMORROW ⚖️
Submissions on this are due tomorrow. Please do take a few minutes to make a submission, it sounds like a dry topic, but the negative consequences for the Irish environment could be profound.
We need as many people as possible to push back on this.
Submissions on this are due tomorrow. Please do take a few minutes to make a submission, it sounds like a dry topic, but the negative consequences for the Irish environment could be profound.
We need as many people as possible to push back on this.
Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
January 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The An Taisce website has plenty of suggestions on what to include in the email, but if you find it overwhelming I will legit help you write an email.
Just reply here if you want help or DM me if we're mutuals #Spéirgorm
Just reply here if you want help or DM me if we're mutuals #Spéirgorm
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A caricature of Brian Cowen in the nip led to the scrubbing of RTÉ news archives and a Garda visit to a radio station within 24 hours, just to give a sense of proportion to this foot-dragging.
“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A caricature of Brian Cowen in the nip led to the scrubbing of RTÉ news archives and a Garda visit to a radio station within 24 hours, just to give a sense of proportion to this foot-dragging.
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Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused their strikes choose not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Four more who had paused their strikes choose not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused opt not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused their strikes choose not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Four more who had paused their strikes choose not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Note who was defending Harris here.
Council rejects Tánaiste’s claim large number of homeless have no housing right
Council rejects Tánaiste’s claim large number of homeless have no housing right
Simon Harris defended by Independent councillor Malachy Steenson
www.irishtimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Note who was defending Harris here.
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'How many golf trips is that complicity worth? How many bed nights? How many Irish coffees?'
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
OPINION with Sarah Clancy: Is Shannon a genocide airport? - The Clare Champion
On Tuesday this week, January 6, Nollaig na mBan, a celebration was held to commemorate the brave and creative woman, Margaretta D’Arcy, who died in November last year. Margaretta, as most people will...
clarechampion.ie
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
'How many golf trips is that complicity worth? How many bed nights? How many Irish coffees?'
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
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"It was not Hitler who arrested me - nor
Göring, nor Goebbels. I was arrested by the janitor, the grocer, the milkman, the tobacconist. They were handed SS uniforms, SA armbands, and suddenly they were gods." - Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
Göring, nor Goebbels. I was arrested by the janitor, the grocer, the milkman, the tobacconist. They were handed SS uniforms, SA armbands, and suddenly they were gods." - Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"It was not Hitler who arrested me - nor
Göring, nor Goebbels. I was arrested by the janitor, the grocer, the milkman, the tobacconist. They were handed SS uniforms, SA armbands, and suddenly they were gods." - Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
Göring, nor Goebbels. I was arrested by the janitor, the grocer, the milkman, the tobacconist. They were handed SS uniforms, SA armbands, and suddenly they were gods." - Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
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The Govnt's irresponsible desire to facilitate data centre growth in Ireland is not just about energy and water infrastructure, but the geopolitical implications - arguments for investing in defence and security to protect these 'strategic (US) assets.'
www.businesspost.ie/politics/exc...
www.businesspost.ie/politics/exc...
Exclusive: Dublin to open for data centres again as ban set to be lifted
www.businesspost.ie
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The Govnt's irresponsible desire to facilitate data centre growth in Ireland is not just about energy and water infrastructure, but the geopolitical implications - arguments for investing in defence and security to protect these 'strategic (US) assets.'
www.businesspost.ie/politics/exc...
www.businesspost.ie/politics/exc...
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Hunger strike for 70 days: How the body breaks down without food https://aje.news/04s9mw
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hunger strike for 70 days: How the body breaks down without food https://aje.news/04s9mw
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The Government is consulting on rules to cap legal costs when you go to court and hold the state to account for breaking environmental law, they want you to pay €100s of thousands
If you think this is wrong, make your views known by emailing [email protected] by 15 January
tinyurl.com/NPECons
If you think this is wrong, make your views known by emailing [email protected] by 15 January
tinyurl.com/NPECons
Consultation on the regulation of costs payable in matters prescribed on foot of section 294 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Scale of Fees)
tinyurl.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The Government is consulting on rules to cap legal costs when you go to court and hold the state to account for breaking environmental law, they want you to pay €100s of thousands
If you think this is wrong, make your views known by emailing [email protected] by 15 January
tinyurl.com/NPECons
If you think this is wrong, make your views known by emailing [email protected] by 15 January
tinyurl.com/NPECons
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Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
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3 headlines to remind us the housing crisis is down to government policy, allowing 180k+ homes to lay empty while manufacturing a homeless industry
The example below might be Cork City but you'll find a similar situation across Ireland
Everyone should have a home
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
The example below might be Cork City but you'll find a similar situation across Ireland
Everyone should have a home
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
3 headlines to remind us the housing crisis is down to government policy, allowing 180k+ homes to lay empty while manufacturing a homeless industry
The example below might be Cork City but you'll find a similar situation across Ireland
Everyone should have a home
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
The example below might be Cork City but you'll find a similar situation across Ireland
Everyone should have a home
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
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Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin:
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin:
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)
–Bombed Nigeria
–Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader
–Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean
–Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba
–Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)