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Marketa
@marketadee.bsky.social
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🇨🇿 🇮🇪 Bohemian blown into the West of Ireland. Works in Film/Tv. She/her. Mostly plant based 🌱. Interested in the arts, the universe and everything.
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pbump.com
I wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing.
www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...
What's been weird to learn is that other leaders of institutions act the same way. Some of them hoard and protect their influence like it's money because they, too, are rich. You don't get rich by giving your money away and (they seem to believe) you don't get powerful by exercising your power. But, in fact, that is often how power works: using power can help build power. At the very least, power holds no value unless it is exercised, which alone is a valid reason to exercise it. If you are powerful but never use your power, you are not powerful. I'm talking here primarily about the huge, obvious loci of power — the centers of power that exist in part to serve as checks on other centers of power. Congress vis-a-vis the presidency. The media relative to the government. Higher education in contrast to misinformation. But they often aren't serving as checks on what's unfolding, or are obviously and bizarrely using their power only sparingly, garden hoses aimed at protecting their own homes from the wildfire. So it's left to individuals, who have stepped up where institutions have not.
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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ronanhession.bsky.social
Join Mei Chin and I at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social on 19th February as we'll be talking about some of our favourite Chinese literature.

It's free!

Do come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with us – the Year of the Horse.
dublinlunarnewyear.bsky.social Dublin Lunar New Year @dublinlunarnewyear.bsky.social · 1d
Great Books of China at Gutter Bookshop ✨
Join Rónán Hession and Mei Chin for a discussion on books from and about China, exploring its history, present, and unexpected perspectives.

🗓️ Thursday 19 February, 18.30–20.00.
🎫 Free, no booking required.
📚 Gutter Bookshop, Cows Lane, Temple Bar
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
marketadee.bsky.social
@tomtdowling.bsky.social took this pic of the Limerick docks. I didn't know why at the time but the more I look at it, the more I can see it. 😍
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
marketadee.bsky.social
Abel Selaocoe was on fire last night in a concert with the Irish Chamber Orchestra in ULCH. What a night, one of those very rare and very special nights when the energy between stage and audience is palpable. He's playing in Dublin NCH on Feb 5 - I'd recommend 👌
www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
Irish Chamber Orchestra with Abel Selaocoe | National Concert Hall
The National Concert Hall is a national cultural institution and the designated home of music in Ireland.
www.nch.ie
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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flarelitmag.bsky.social
We're not mentioned in this list, but we get back to general issue subs within 24 hours! And...we're open just saying.
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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tomtdowling.bsky.social
Music has a way of cutting through noise and getting to the truth in a way speeches rarely can. Springsteen’s Streets of Minneapolis is a perfect example of that power.
brucespringsteen.net Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 7d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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sueinrockville.bsky.social
My boss now and forever
Thank you!
January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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noelreports.com
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka scrapped planned restrictions on Russian diplomats’ travel, Seznam Zprávy reported. Security services warned the move weakens protections against Russian espionage and sabotage. #Czechia
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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stitchlily.bsky.social
Ireland! We only need 4,000 more signatures to pass our threshold. C'mon!!

@ipsc.bsky.social
@kneecapceol.bsky.social

🇵🇸🇮🇪✊
pradaldi.bsky.social Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 11d
358 806 signatures for the full suspension of the EU-Israel association, more than 1/3 of what is needed and 4 of the 7 countries needed over 100%.
tinyurl.com/mv8fzdhu

☑️Belgium 103%
☑️Finland 100.5%
☑️France 296%
Ireland 58.7%
Italy 79.8%
Netherlands 31%
Poland 51.4%
☑️Spain 111.9%
Sweden 81.6%
Number of signatures per country
January 25, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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tupped.bsky.social
Take this EU citizen’s initiative for example. On Friday it was just over 50% to its goal for Ireland. After #Speirgorm found it the numbers of signatories jumped by 50% in 2 days.

A networked possibility.

citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...

citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative
citizens-initiative.europa.eu
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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metaresistance.bsky.social
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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yaniczka.czesky.online
Další geniální obálka z dílny Reflexu 👍
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
marketadee.bsky.social
The Picasso exhibition in @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social is worth seeing. When I put the man I feel he was aside, I love the art.
January 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
I had the song: "They're coming to take me away HaHa" by Napoleon XIV/ 1966, running through my head as I watched it all.
An absolutely dangerous and deranged man

www.thepoke.com/2026/01/21/t...
Trump’s rambling 90-minute ear assault about how great he is perfectly summed up his year back in government – 21 scathing responses
Tuesday was the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, and he marked the occasion with a speech and press conference at the White House. His speech lasted about 90 minutes, not inclu...
www.thepoke.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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newschambers.bsky.social
"It's not necessarily the app that's making the images... it's people using the app that's making the images. Making images of that sort is reprehensible..."

No, people are asking the app to make the images.

IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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thebossross.bsky.social
Allow me to give you yesterday's perfect headline, courtesy of FT:
FINANCIAL TIMES: Who's who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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thelibbiegrant.bsky.social
White House obstructing investigation into the ICE murder of Renee Good.
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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gxldsociety.bsky.social
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”

Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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jessicablythe.bsky.social
In anticipation of the United States' withdrawal from IPBES, Chair @davidobura.bsky.social responds with #empathy and a renewed commitment to supporting credible science to inform biodiversity decision-making 🐋 🌿💗
ipbes.net IPBES @ipbes.net · 27d
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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bnonews.com
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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danielsuitor.com
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
marketadee.bsky.social
So cowardly.. guess once a communist snitch always a communist snitch. #NotMyPM
maks23.bsky.social MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Jan 2
🇨🇿🇺🇦 Czech PM Babiš: From the Czech budget we can no longer give money to Ukraine, because we do not even have enough for our own school cooks or informal caregivers.

If someone claims that Russia can be defeated, experts say that is not possible.
January 7, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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sineadgibney.bsky.social
A social media platform created a chatbot, essentially a machine, that produces child sex abuse material on request. They are responsible for that crime and must be held to account.
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM