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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Spotted a sticker for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt up by the East Lighthouse, Rathlin Island earlier today. Impressed.

@erfurterfancast.bsky.social

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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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thejournal.ie
Over his two presidential terms, Michael D. Higgins has become something of a folk hero – with his fluffy dogs, fluent Irish and poetry-writing all contributing to his distinctive charm.
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irishnumberones.bsky.social
'The Fate Of Ophelia' is Taylor Swift's fourth no. 1 single in Ireland. Only one behind Dustin now!
Collage of photos of a woman and a puppet turkey
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reuters.com
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
He's basically John Horgan.
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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Some quality replies here
thefence.bsky.social
The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 4d
Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?
A photo of assembled paparazzi waiting to snap your shame for the scandal sheets.

by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Haha
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 3d
I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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seamas.bsky.social
I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
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elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods
Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’
www.theguardian.com
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newseye.bsky.social
If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.
Reuters story headlines: Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment
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mistyswoman.bsky.social
Fuck. Me. Backwards.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Jenrick says Star of David should be displayed at every point of entry to the UK
Tory leadership frontrunner addressed Conservative Friends of Israel event in hoodie emblazoned with words ‘Hamas Are Terrorists’
www.independent.co.uk
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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Ridiculous decision, but shows the meat industry is rattled.
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Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 3d
WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...
European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union
Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...
www.euroveg.eu

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marklynas.bsky.social
WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...
European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union
Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...
www.euroveg.eu
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barnabyedwards.bsky.social
I'm very much enjoying this book I'm currently reading. It has a young boy with magical powers he knew nothing about, being taken away from his dull life in suburbia after accidentally creating mayhem by casting spells.
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thefence.bsky.social
Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?
A photo of assembled paparazzi waiting to snap your shame for the scandal sheets.
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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d
No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Oh, the replies...
conorsmith.ie
Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 5d
Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
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conorsmith.ie
Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.
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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Fucking hell

RTE news : Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect".
www.rte.ie

by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Show us the last four albums you listened to.

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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose”

Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage Is a Racist The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda ADAM BIENKOV OCT 04, 2025 Nigel Farage is a racist. That is my honestly held opinion based on absolutely everything he has said and done since entering politics in the late nineties.
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🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
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gregjenner.bsky.social
The sad spectable of American comedians selling out in Saudi Arabia www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia
It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.
www.thenation.com
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cnn.com
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
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zoecrowther.bsky.social
Oh my god.

Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of "emboldening" anti-semites.

This Nigel Farage
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by Stephen Ryan

stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
The strategic alignment of Israel with the international far right will one day be seen as one of the most catastrophic political decisions in history.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
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