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Michael Carley
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If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property. Lefty migrant
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spice bag lunch from irish channel pub. it's crazy to me this isn't one of the most popular foods in the world
February 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Happy Valentine's day, folks. Here's my favorite story about the nerd and the honeypot.
I vaguely recall @megelison.bsky.social telling a story from her fintech days about a shlubby engineer realizing several drinks in that he was being honeypotted by a model and climbing out the bathroom window to escape
February 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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You should read this.

There are elements that need removed from UCU, and it’s not the SWP.
This is a thread about UCU & what it has become over the last few years. But the first thing I want to say is I didn’t join a union to stay silent or turn my back on a single parent of three facing dismissal on the basis of their trade union activities. Marie Monaghan is the Unite UCU 1/12
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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What is happening within UCU is disgraceful - solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
This is a thread about UCU & what it has become over the last few years. But the first thing I want to say is I didn’t join a union to stay silent or turn my back on a single parent of three facing dismissal on the basis of their trade union activities. Marie Monaghan is the Unite UCU 1/12
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Oh my god France developed the anti Richie Benaud.
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Picture kind of answers the symptoms question adequately I think
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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That asshole had it coming tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2026...
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Solidarity to Unite UCU members - shameful behaviour, particularly the victimisation of a H&S officer.

UCU SMT need to stop this now.

#HandsOffMarie
Say “NO” to Victimisation in @ucu.org.uk

🚨 Strike rally
⏰ Thurs 12 Feb @ noon
📍 UCU HQ, Carlow Street, London

Including guest speaker for the Workplace Day of Action for Palestine 🇵🇸

Everyone welcome!

Bring your branch banner & your solidarity to say #HandsOffMarie
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Finding hard to swallow some Irish people saying politics should be kept out of sport when the British Army massacred players and spectators in the largest sporting ground in the country... It was political when IRFU refused to boycott apartheid SA, it is political when FAI refuses to do so for 🇮🇱
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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"You're hailing this as an enormous victory?"

@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social : "Yes it is"
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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What exactly are hypersonic weapons? Read our background briefing: 'Speed Kills- The Growing Threat of Hypersonic Weapons'
dronewars.net/wp-content/u...
February 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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This is a thread about UCU & what it has become over the last few years. But the first thing I want to say is I didn’t join a union to stay silent or turn my back on a single parent of three facing dismissal on the basis of their trade union activities. Marie Monaghan is the Unite UCU 1/12
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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In the 2nd edition, Dumbledore and Hagrid disappeared; in the 3rd, Hermione, Ron and Dobby were airbrushed out as well. By the 4th, Harry's pact with Voldemort was forgotten as was his confiscation of tuck owned by houses other than Gryffindor so their members starved. A 5th is being rewritten now.
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Nicely done by Malachy Clerkin:
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Not enough chatter on my timeline about the upcoming centenary of the 1926 UK General Strike. This'll fix that. youtu.be/jcrQvxteO08?...
General Strike Number 1 (1926)
YouTube video by British Pathé
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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I told my toddlers that they were responsible for their own blankies and that made them stronger and more honorable people
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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100% reflects reality in Ireland.
February 13, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Ní cóir do Éireann imirt i gcoinne Iosrael i gcomórtas UEFA. Ba chóir cosc a bheith ar Iosrael!
Sínigh an achainí seo.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/fa... @uplift.ie
FAI Boycott Israel Games!
Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree
my.uplift.ie
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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When did humans start using drills? “A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested” (about 3250 BCE). It’s the oldest known rotary drill 🔩 you guys!
www.austriaca.at?arp=0x0041300e
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Sometimes I think, I don't count as Irish. I shouldn't dare to identify as such. I don't deserve to have a passport. I'm only 1/4.

Then I see English people saying they need subtitles for Traitors, freaked out by the swearing, and SHOCKED at the amount of tea drunk and ....

Yeah no. I'm Irish.
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Although audience response is not an infallible guide to the value of your poetry, if you read between the lines of what people say, their hidden feedback can be useful.

Pic: Le roman de la rose, c. 1390, MS. e Mus. 65, f. 130v, The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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United we stand: Britain’s migrant communities deserve respect, not blame

Read Irish in Britain's response to Jim Radcliffe's comments on immigration.

https://www.irishinbritain.org/news/united-we-stand
United we stand: Britain’s migrant communities deserve respect, not blame
Britain’s migrant communities deserve respect, not blame
www.irishinbritain.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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UK DECISION TO BAN PALESTINE ACTION AS TERROR GROUP UNLAWFUL, LONDON'S HIGH COURT RULES
February 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM