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Colm Flaherty
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Here for the chat. Politically agnostic, MAGA & ACAB are the same anarchist craziness to me, but Brian Thompson trespassed on rail lines & got hit by a train.
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Followed by the annual “begrudgers moaning about not doing something about our airspace” “begrudger mosning about doing something about our airspace” comments…
Two comments on Bluesky in response. One snarkily asks if Israeli planes get the same clearance, the other asks if they use the government jet.
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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To be fair I was busy making this for reals…
Two computer screens, on the left is web browsers showing Lego instructions and Bricklink lego part lists, on the right is a 3D rendering of a lego model fire engine
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The c*nt flew right overhead.

BOOOOOOOO!!!! F*ck you! BOOOOOOOO!!!!
A map of Ireland with a blue location marker over Athlone. Various aircraft are dotted around it. One aircraft is highlighted with a line behind it showing its path. It is labelled “Restricted Aircraft-B742-Private”.
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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A body of text with “It is almost as if the broadcasters see themselves as another brigade on the frontline.“ highlighted. A black & white simplified drawing of Nicholas Cage saying “You don’t say?”. The phrase is in large red letters on top.
August 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Alright, that’s enough high culture for me.

(Not even a*year* into my 40s…*cries*…)
A screenshot of a web ad that says “chat with seniors”
June 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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A man at a desk in an office looks over his glasses. He says “You mean to tell me you’ve lost another hornet?”
May 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The meme of Jason Mamoa sneaking up on Henry Cavill at a red carpet event. Henry Cavill has a British flag overlay, while Jason Mamoa has an overlay of most nations in the EU with Navies.
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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TIL that Empire: Total War is on iPad now.

Sure carries a different energy today than it did when I played it on PC…

#navalhistory

“Sink, burn or take her a Prize…”
A still from the computer game Empire Total War. A British fleet of sailing ships faces off against a Russian one. HMS Victory is directed to a point crossing the line of the Russian fleet. A compass showing an East Ewing is top of the view, centre.
March 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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“Considering you’re British and all up on Royal Navy might….you’ll be fiiiine, just fine….”

1 week later: “oh crap.”
Still from the 2012 movie Pirates band of Misfits. Queen Victoria, in pants, wields two swords in an attack pose in an industrial kitchen.
March 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Drop a ship that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek.
A sailing ship just before dawn, a few miles off the coast where a hill is to the left. The ship has some sails out and is facing to the left.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Came across something today.

Keep this in mind, especially with the Presidential elections coming up…

First pic is today (March 2025), the other two are from the #repealthe8th days.

There’s those who keep quiet but back the fash.

#SpeirGorm
The Galway Plaza motorway stop pictured from the footpath outside. To the right a van with 05D39420 is parked on the grass. A “Love Both protect the 8th” banner is held by a group of activists with pink umbrellas. To the left is a van with a poster. On the poster is a mother & toddler with the phrase “the time it took to plan an abortion in England was the time I needed to change my mind.!The 8th Amendment saves lives.” on it. A yellow box van sits in Galway traffic. On the back is a poster of a mother & baby with the phrase “The 8th Amendment saves lives”. The reg plate says 05D39420.
March 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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…into WW1. Article talks about a “civic duty class” in secondary school. *Barney Stinson voice* Haaaaaave you met CSPE?

Article talks about Storm Eowyn’s lack of coherence. Then comes up with this gem.

I mean, when has the GAA ever acted as a model for Irish defence units in Ireland’s history, eh?
A text box of highlighted text reads “ Oddly, within the chaos inflicted by this storm, there were hints of possible local-level models for improvement. The Gaelic Athletic Association organized food runs to the elderly and the vulnerable, and in some locations opened club spaces to provide showers and power points. As an organization, it showed the skills and local knowledge needed to be effective and has historically shown an ability to attract and retain young people. Could this national sporting organization offer a model for the reform of reserve defense units or civil defense units across the country?”
March 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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If you could commission one fictional character to fix the current US political problems, who would it be?
A night silouette of Captain John Price. The middle is brightened orange by the cigar he is smoking.
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Not pictured:
Sylvester the cat is on a branch begging to the left. The branch shakes, Sylvester looks down, looks to the camera, waves byebye with a look of terror on his face, and disappears along with the branch downward as a leaf flutters on the right from top to bottom. A Looney Tunes logo is in the bottom right corner.
March 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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My best wishes of the season, sir! This juxtaposition is of interest, though I’m sure you’re not a man of swords…
A screencap depicting two Threads. The top one is by user “evil dead man”. The bottom one is by user “King Ludd”. The top one says “Advice from my son. Kings hold very big long sticks. I think he is poisoned by sword law.” The second one says “It is spring and I love it sun smiley face. Wishing you all a wonderful sunday pleased smiley face”. A selfie of King Ludd out in the sunshine is as the bottom of the second Thread.
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I wish to Christ there was a halfway house of patrol aircraft, equipped to intercept but able to be used on other missions. We’ve no need for dogfighters.

Falcon 20 armed would be the closest.
A Falcon 20 aircraft, painted in US Coastguard colours and pictured in full afterburner.
February 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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For any Britons getting ideas…
A bus driver says “Don’t make me tap the sign”. The sign reads “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” it is attributed to Padraig Pearse in the bottom right corner.
February 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Mexico here in Ireland.
February 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Starting to get worried my interest in OSINT and spy movies is getting me put on “The List” in Meta HQ….

(I’m sure curating a Bsky list called “Irish Intelligence Service” doesn’t help…)
A facebook feed on iPad. The upper post is an ad for a military-style exercise challenge event. The lower one is a clip from the official James Bond 007 Facebook account, paused on a clip from the Living Daylights where James’s Aston Martin swerves to avoid an APC and a tracked people carrier.
February 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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To be fair it’s a bit reply-guyish for me to signal, but…
A signal gun is fired into a blue sky. The flare trails smoke as it is launched into the air.
February 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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You better believe I blocked.
A screencap of a bluesky post. it reads “FYI: if you advocate violence against anyone, at all, it’s an instant block.”. There is a “block account?” menu bar open on top of the post.
February 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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You get that “the Brits always at it” is a meme of Brits claiming Irish things the same way Orange Man claimed Canada & Greenland, and that “it” is one of the Horrors?

Anyways, I’m not going to tag s-p-e-i-r-g-o-r-m, but WB Yeats is considered Irish.

I mean, this namesake ship isn’t an RN one…
A picture of the Irish Naval Ship the LE William Butler Yeats. The insignia of the vessel is printed on the upper right corner of the image.
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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So, I had an idea and asked the AI something…

Wish it didn’t have the flag, but……

hehehehe….
January 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I’m not clicking on it cos I don’t want the algo to spew it, but can anyone tell me what this is?
A phone screen screenshot, closed in on the word “MAGfest”
January 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Interesting. Just off of a Podcast search looking for “Robotics CES”

What’s that in the third result?
January 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM