Bullivant
@bullivant.bsky.social
Interested in Irish history and language. Believe in the rights of minorities, refugees and asylum seekers.
Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná bearla cliste, ach tá Gaeilge cliste nios fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.
Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná bearla cliste, ach tá Gaeilge cliste nios fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.
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My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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Top Tory helped place hit pieces in The Mail against Jeremy Corbyn for the Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
Leaked emails expose top Tories’ historic relationship with Israel
Former Conservative party treasurer told an Israeli diplomat: ‘You still have friends close to number ten!!!’
www.declassifieduk.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Top Tory helped place hit pieces in The Mail against Jeremy Corbyn for the Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
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repost to let more people see the plaques that were removed to keep people from seeing them.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
repost to let more people see the plaques that were removed to keep people from seeing them.
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Wow.
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Wow.
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
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Yes, new research among ex-military reported in the New York Times showed that exposure to loud noises, even when unrelated to actual combat, damaged internal organs and left micro-striations in the brain associated with a dramatic decline in cognitive functioning and mental health.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Yes, new research among ex-military reported in the New York Times showed that exposure to loud noises, even when unrelated to actual combat, damaged internal organs and left micro-striations in the brain associated with a dramatic decline in cognitive functioning and mental health.
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Agreed, though professional-grade fireworks are even louder (up to 150 dB), equivalent to actual military artillery. How many people using and watching these wear ear protection? Even so, the shock waves cause permanent physical damage. There's simply no safe level of exposure to noise above 100 dB.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Agreed, though professional-grade fireworks are even louder (up to 150 dB), equivalent to actual military artillery. How many people using and watching these wear ear protection? Even so, the shock waves cause permanent physical damage. There's simply no safe level of exposure to noise above 100 dB.
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Fucking twats… I’ve voted Labour all my life but never again!
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fucking twats… I’ve voted Labour all my life but never again!
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www.thejournal.ie/british-amba...
“Is í an Ghaeilge an teanga is deacra a d’fhoghlaim mé riamh, níos deacra ná an Chaintoinéis, Vítneaimís nó Fraincis – ach is í an teanga is mó a bhaineas luach saothair as freisin
Ambasadóir na Breataine go hÉireann
“Is í an Ghaeilge an teanga is deacra a d’fhoghlaim mé riamh, níos deacra ná an Chaintoinéis, Vítneaimís nó Fraincis – ach is í an teanga is mó a bhaineas luach saothair as freisin
Ambasadóir na Breataine go hÉireann
Gaeilge an teanga ba dheacra a d'fhoghlaim mé agus is mó sásaimh - Ambasadóir na Breataine
Deir Ambasadóir na Breataine d’Éirinn go bhfuil an Ghaeilge úsáidte ag an Ri Charles ag roinnt ócáidí agus gur léiriú é sin ar a cheanúlacht ar an dtír.
www.thejournal.ie
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
www.thejournal.ie/british-amba...
“Is í an Ghaeilge an teanga is deacra a d’fhoghlaim mé riamh, níos deacra ná an Chaintoinéis, Vítneaimís nó Fraincis – ach is í an teanga is mó a bhaineas luach saothair as freisin
Ambasadóir na Breataine go hÉireann
“Is í an Ghaeilge an teanga is deacra a d’fhoghlaim mé riamh, níos deacra ná an Chaintoinéis, Vítneaimís nó Fraincis – ach is í an teanga is mó a bhaineas luach saothair as freisin
Ambasadóir na Breataine go hÉireann
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Tá daoine tar éis bheith chomh cineálta agus ag tabhairt ugach dom, tá’s agam go mbeidh mé á foghlaim ar feadh i bhfad agus glacaim leis go ndéanfaidh mé botúin.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tá daoine tar éis bheith chomh cineálta agus ag tabhairt ugach dom, tá’s agam go mbeidh mé á foghlaim ar feadh i bhfad agus glacaim leis go ndéanfaidh mé botúin.
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Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
To truly understand Airbnb expansionism in Ireland look to the Gaeltacht.
www.ontheditch.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
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Remember someone did a YouTube clip years ago on the differences between Catholic and Protestant makeup in Northern Ireland?
DUP Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has turned down an invitation to attend Catherine Connolly’s inauguration as Irish president.
It will be the first time since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that a serving first or deputy first minister has not attended.
jrnl.ie/6867988
It will be the first time since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that a serving first or deputy first minister has not attended.
jrnl.ie/6867988
DUP's Deputy First Minister turns down invitation to attend Catherine Connolly's inauguration
NI’s first and deputy first ministers have attended all presidential inaugurations since the Good Friday Agreement.
jrnl.ie
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remember someone did a YouTube clip years ago on the differences between Catholic and Protestant makeup in Northern Ireland?
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An-spéisiúil anseo i gCorcaigh. An bhfuil a fhios againn cén chaoi a raibh cúrsaí roimh 1500, nó go deimhin tar éis 1830?
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
An-spéisiúil anseo i gCorcaigh. An bhfuil a fhios againn cén chaoi a raibh cúrsaí roimh 1500, nó go deimhin tar éis 1830?
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AND if considered two words (Spéir ghorm) then the second is lenited anyway as an adjective following a feminine noun
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
AND if considered two words (Spéir ghorm) then the second is lenited anyway as an adjective following a feminine noun
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Just to add that #SpéirGhorm is also correct even when you take ‘spéir’ and ‘gorm’ as two separate words - this is because ‘spéir’ is feminine and so adds a h to the following adjective;
(a) blue sky - spéir ghorm
(a) red sky - spéir dhearg
(a) black sky - spéir dhubh
(a) blue sky - spéir ghorm
(a) red sky - spéir dhearg
(a) black sky - spéir dhubh
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just to add that #SpéirGhorm is also correct even when you take ‘spéir’ and ‘gorm’ as two separate words - this is because ‘spéir’ is feminine and so adds a h to the following adjective;
(a) blue sky - spéir ghorm
(a) red sky - spéir dhearg
(a) black sky - spéir dhubh
(a) blue sky - spéir ghorm
(a) red sky - spéir dhearg
(a) black sky - spéir dhubh
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What's deeply funny about this:
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
What's deeply funny about this:
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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try this one. in july 2025
For those interested in how people on the Island of Ireland, north & south, polled on questions like "Should we stay in the EU?" or "would you support United Ireland in EU?".
TL;DR: 82% (77% NI) said yes to "stay in EU.
62% (67% NI) yes to "United Ireland in EU".
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TL;DR: 82% (77% NI) said yes to "stay in EU.
62% (67% NI) yes to "United Ireland in EU".
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European Movement Ireland EU Poll 2025
Amárach Research was commissioned by European Movement Ireland to undertake research on attitudes to the EU across the island of Ireland.
www.europeanmovement.ie
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
try this one. in july 2025
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Strongly feel that adults learning a new language should be treated like babies doing the same thing. Look, I'm going through a developmental leap this week, so I'm just going to be more cranky, hungrier, cry a lot at night etc.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Strongly feel that adults learning a new language should be treated like babies doing the same thing. Look, I'm going through a developmental leap this week, so I'm just going to be more cranky, hungrier, cry a lot at night etc.
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“Irish is having such a resurgence right now” a scríobhann Béarleoir eile, don mhíliú uair ar feadh 10 mbliana nuair a chasann sé ar duine atá beo ag úsáid an Ghaeilge amach sa saol.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“Irish is having such a resurgence right now” a scríobhann Béarleoir eile, don mhíliú uair ar feadh 10 mbliana nuair a chasann sé ar duine atá beo ag úsáid an Ghaeilge amach sa saol.
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Contrast this with Trump's infamous mocking of a disabled journalist
This is disability visibility.
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.
He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.
1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.
Don’t ignore us!
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Contrast this with Trump's infamous mocking of a disabled journalist
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Indeed, exactly why I asked the question 🙂
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Indeed, exactly why I asked the question 🙂
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
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This is exactly my position. Licensed displays only. No bloody idiots setting them off in the street or back garden, sometimes in the small hours, terrifying animals and people, causing injuries or damage that are totally avoidable
I like fireworks but they shouldn't be sold to the general public. Obviously some twat's going to lob one at a paramedic. Garden fireworks are always shit anyway. Go and give the rotary club a fiver and watch a good display in a field with a candyfloss machine and a tombola.
'Notable reduction' in Bonfire Night disruption
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is exactly my position. Licensed displays only. No bloody idiots setting them off in the street or back garden, sometimes in the small hours, terrifying animals and people, causing injuries or damage that are totally avoidable
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