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Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

This why so much of our uplands are barren wastes. ##spéirghorm

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 9d

Behold: bold British sheep in all it's majesty

December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

#ourparty - will it be the people's front of Judea or the Judean people's front?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day

Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties

www.theguardian.com

November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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Rutger Bregman

@rutgerbregman.com

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM

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Jo Wolff

@jowolff.bsky.social

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍

@irishrainforest.bsky.social

European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.

How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds

European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges

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November 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM

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The Guardian

@theguardian.com

Ultra-processed foods may help explain rising bowel cancer in under-50s, study suggests

Research among women finds those who eat more UPFs have greater risk of early onset of polyp that can lead to cancer Women under 50 who have a diet high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) stand a greater risk of having abnormal growths in their bowel that can lead to cancer, research suggests. Ultra-processed foods are typically defined as industrially produced products that are often ready-to-eat, contain little in the way of whole foods, fibre and vitamins, and are typically high in saturated fat, sugar, salt and food additives. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM

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Stephen Collins

@stephencollins.bsky.social

March 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM

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J Keen

@jkeen1213.bsky.social

I am an atheist, but I like this Pope!

November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

#wordle 😱
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October 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

A wonderfully clear and simple explanation of the family tree of #plants #botany
youtu.be/ONVpFtiD-fo?...

The Surprising Map of Plants

YouTube video by Domain of Science

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October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM

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Normal Island News

@normalisland.co.uk

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

October 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM

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Oliver

@oliver48.bsky.social

British bullets used to assassinate children
Labour responds by supplying more ...

October 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

Interesting read on the shifting demographics in the north of Ireland. Loyalist should be worried. #spéirghorm
sluggerotoole.com/2025/10/01/i...

If the education system cannot see the majority, it cannot claim to serve it…

El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast In January 2025, Education Minister Paul Givan refused transformation bids by Bangor Academy and Rathmore Primary School. Parents at both schools had voted ...

sluggerotoole.com

October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

Well done, Sir Keir. You've united the NI parties against your plan.
#spéirghorm
BBC News - Digital ID scheme plans are 'ludicrous', says first minister - BBC News
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Digital ID scheme plans are 'ludicrous', says first minister

Michelle O'Neill has called plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme an attack on the Good Friday Agreement.

www.bbc.co.uk

September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM

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speckle48.bsky.social

@speckle48.bsky.social

Check out the numbers signing this…. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

Calling it a "Brit card" won't go down well here in the north of Ireland #spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards

Measure could be announced as soon as Friday as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration to the UK

www.theguardian.com

September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

Cheeto Christ stupid czar.
Randy Rainbow is a genius.
youtu.be/gW2SEpWWqXM?...

CHEETO CHRIST STUPID-CZAR - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

YouTube video by Randy Rainbow

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September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

Do guns cause autism?
newsthump.com/2025/09/23/n...

Nation capable of spotting spurious link between paracetamol and autism still baffled by obvious link between guns and mass shootings

The United States has once again demonstrated its unique talent for scientific deduction by confidently declaring there may be a link between pregnant women taking paracetamol and children developi…

newsthump.com

September 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM

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The Register

@theregister.com

Terminators: AI-driven robot war machines on the march

Sciece fiction? Battle bots already used in Ukraine Opinion I've read military science fiction since I was a kid. Besides the likes of Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, and David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books, where people held the lead roles, I read novels such as Keith Laumer's Bolo series and Fred Saberhagen's Berserker space opera sf series, where machines are the protagonists and enemies. Even if you've never read war science fiction, you certainly at least know about Terminators. But what was once science fiction is now reality on the Ukrainian battlefields. It won't stop there.…

dlvr.it

September 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM

Alastair Rae

@alastairrae.bsky.social

Starmer admits to supporting Zionism.
#genocide #palestine #gaza
Thanks to Jake O'Kane
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September 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Interdisciplinary #COSTActions

@chendirl.bsky.social

#Irish man describes how #ICE kidnapped him off the street and the inhumane conditions PEOPLE are being detained in. #speirgorm #ireland #IrishInAmerica #NorthernIreland

Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · Sep 10

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'

Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.

Here, he tells us his story.

September 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM

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Alex Andreou

@sturdyalex.bsky.social

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.