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As long as there have been children, there have been toys. As it's the #LateLateToyShow we thought we'd share some of our favourite toys in the @nmireland.bsky.social
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As long as there have been children, there have been toys. As it's the #LateLateToyShow we thought we'd share some of our favourite toys in the @nmireland.bsky.social
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
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Reposted by Chris McE
According to James O'Connor young people leaving Ireland are "ex-pats" while those with "non-EU" work permits who replace them are "costing us billions". How so James? Were the now "ex-pats" working for free?
A cliche ridden school essay with a wee whistle for good measure.
A cliche ridden school essay with a wee whistle for good measure.
As if the front page of the Sunday Independent wasn’t bad enough reading for the Taoiseach…
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
According to James O'Connor young people leaving Ireland are "ex-pats" while those with "non-EU" work permits who replace them are "costing us billions". How so James? Were the now "ex-pats" working for free?
A cliche ridden school essay with a wee whistle for good measure.
A cliche ridden school essay with a wee whistle for good measure.
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So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
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As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As I was saying…
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The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic
The poor provision of unisex children’s facilities— which reinforces gender stereotypes and inconveniences women and men both — was, incidentally, an issue I remember being quite talked-about a decade...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: I think anti-racists are right to be on high alert
I’m less concerned with why Garron Noone said what he said, than with whether it’s true or not
www.irishexaminer.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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“The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The White House has confirmed that a journalist was included in a group chat in which US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top officials discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen's Houthi group.
Journalist accidentally sent classified war plans - US
The White House has confirmed that a journalist was included in a group chat in which US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top officials discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen's Houthi group.
www.rte.ie
March 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The White House has confirmed that a journalist was included in a group chat in which US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top officials discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen's Houthi group.
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Why do UK supermarkets have clock towers?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHv...
Why do UK supermarkets have clock towers?
YouTube video by Chris Spargo
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Why do UK supermarkets have clock towers?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHv...
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“The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran” - more info in the article.
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran” - more info in the article.
Account deactivated, app deleted. #greattwitterwalkoff #HelloQuitteX
January 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Account deactivated, app deleted. #greattwitterwalkoff #HelloQuitteX
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I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
This is really relevant with all the attention that the populists in the Trump regime are getting for threatening to invade Greenland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Farage, Musk and Trump: they crave your attention. Don’t give it to them | Andy Beckett
Populist trolling thrives on the oxygen of publicity. It’s on all of us – media and voters – to start looking away, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This is really relevant with all the attention that the populists in the Trump regime are getting for threatening to invade Greenland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth about $900,000 in a video explaining his company’s decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the US
Zuckerberg Wears $900,000 Watch to Announce End of Meta Fact Checks
The ‘Hand Made 1’ takes hundreds of hours to assemble.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth about $900,000 in a video explaining his company’s decision to end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the US
Zuckerberg says Meta plans to eliminate its fact-checking program, move content moderators to Texas to address claims of bias, raise the bar for enforcing its terms and lift certain “restrictions” on immigration and gender talk.
Huge shift in platform policy.
Huge shift in platform policy.
January 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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It turns out that Farage was right; foreigners were coming for his job.
January 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It turns out that Farage was right; foreigners were coming for his job.
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NEWS
A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded at the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded at the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
January 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEWS
A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded at the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded at the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.