Alan Kinsella
@electionlit.bsky.social
Collector of political ephemera, Shamrock Rovers fan
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My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
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I'm sorry to keep posting about this but this should be a government-destroying scandal at this point. How the fuck are you not coming down like a ton of bricks on this? There could hardly be a less ambiguous situation, and yet...!!!
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I'm sorry to keep posting about this but this should be a government-destroying scandal at this point. How the fuck are you not coming down like a ton of bricks on this? There could hardly be a less ambiguous situation, and yet...!!!
Stickers advertising a Protest March in April 2014.
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Stickers advertising a Protest March in April 2014.
Sticker from Youth Against Nationalism
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Sticker from Youth Against Nationalism
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There are real people, real women, real girls whose images have been edited by grok at the request of users.
This is not some fictionalised, nebulous harm.
That the 'adults in the room' and 'rules-based order' governments are humming and hawwing over taking a firm line on this is extraordinary
This is not some fictionalised, nebulous harm.
That the 'adults in the room' and 'rules-based order' governments are humming and hawwing over taking a firm line on this is extraordinary
January 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
There are real people, real women, real girls whose images have been edited by grok at the request of users.
This is not some fictionalised, nebulous harm.
That the 'adults in the room' and 'rules-based order' governments are humming and hawwing over taking a firm line on this is extraordinary
This is not some fictionalised, nebulous harm.
That the 'adults in the room' and 'rules-based order' governments are humming and hawwing over taking a firm line on this is extraordinary
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The only logical conclusion from this now is that the Government here, and governments around Europe, are absolutely terrified of being dragged into another battle with the richest man in the world who is hellbent on their removal; or with his ally in the White House over regulation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The only logical conclusion from this now is that the Government here, and governments around Europe, are absolutely terrified of being dragged into another battle with the richest man in the world who is hellbent on their removal; or with his ally in the White House over regulation.
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To save you one click: the Green Party are the only party to have left Elon Musk's island.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
As concerns rise over Grok, only one political party has stopped using Elon Musk's X
X has faced sustained criticism because some people are using Grok to remove clothing from real people with a new tool called 'edit image'
www.irishexaminer.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
To save you one click: the Green Party are the only party to have left Elon Musk's island.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Geez I'm starting to get worried about our pals the library protestors. No word from them about X running a child porn suicide machine. Have they been silenced in Irish children's hour of need?
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Geez I'm starting to get worried about our pals the library protestors. No word from them about X running a child porn suicide machine. Have they been silenced in Irish children's hour of need?
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Egg-tortionate!
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Egg-tortionate!
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Meanwhile in dealz today. €2 and €3 for the bar
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Meanwhile in dealz today. €2 and €3 for the bar
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Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here:
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
bsky.app/profile/ciar...
Prints also available (currently on sale):
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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Resistance historians are rediscovering international law now that it's not being violated against Palestinians.
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Resistance historians are rediscovering international law now that it's not being violated against Palestinians.
All set in Pairc Ui Caoimh
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
All set in Pairc Ui Caoimh
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Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this.
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this.
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
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Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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What!!? Did Eoin MacNeill negotiate this snowfall?
A status yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry.
jrnl.ie/6915328
jrnl.ie/6915328
Temperatures hit nearly -7 degrees in Northern Ireland last night as snow ice warning issued
Temperatures in the Republic are to drop for the weekend.
jrnl.ie
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What!!? Did Eoin MacNeill negotiate this snowfall?
Free Margaretta D'Arcy poster. Margaretta D'Arcy died on the 23rd of November 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Free Margaretta D'Arcy poster. Margaretta D'Arcy died on the 23rd of November 2025.
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@electionlit.bsky.social out in Dundrum today. FG central, if they have one
December 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
@electionlit.bsky.social out in Dundrum today. FG central, if they have one
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I know Brian Lenihan (of "on mature recollection" notoriety) was elected to the Dáil before his father was, but I don't know if they their terms ever overlapped.
December 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I know Brian Lenihan (of "on mature recollection" notoriety) was elected to the Dáil before his father was, but I don't know if they their terms ever overlapped.
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Famously when Hibernia magazine reported on it they stated that even Mad Bernie (Murphy) knew Fianna Fail were going to lose the 2 by-elections. Bernie sued them for defamation as he was never certified mad and got a handy few punts for himself.
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Famously when Hibernia magazine reported on it they stated that even Mad Bernie (Murphy) knew Fianna Fail were going to lose the 2 by-elections. Bernie sued them for defamation as he was never certified mad and got a handy few punts for himself.
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Someone stole my wife's maroon Raleigh Motus bike in Dublin City Centre this afternoon. If you see it, give me a shout
December 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Israel is a rogue state.
The West Bank is occupied territory and the Israelis have no right in international law to reclassify or settle any of this land.
Source: The Guardian
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The West Bank is occupied territory and the Israelis have no right in international law to reclassify or settle any of this land.
Source: The Guardian
search.app/9z5kD
‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm
For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’
search.app
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Israel is a rogue state.
The West Bank is occupied territory and the Israelis have no right in international law to reclassify or settle any of this land.
Source: The Guardian
search.app/9z5kD
The West Bank is occupied territory and the Israelis have no right in international law to reclassify or settle any of this land.
Source: The Guardian
search.app/9z5kD
Years ago when working in a shop a man asked me if I had seen his wife.... I told him I hadn't, didn't know what she looked like etc....
Currently in Dunnes Cornelscourt, texts unanswered... tempted to ask if anyone has seen my wife!
Currently in Dunnes Cornelscourt, texts unanswered... tempted to ask if anyone has seen my wife!
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Years ago when working in a shop a man asked me if I had seen his wife.... I told him I hadn't, didn't know what she looked like etc....
Currently in Dunnes Cornelscourt, texts unanswered... tempted to ask if anyone has seen my wife!
Currently in Dunnes Cornelscourt, texts unanswered... tempted to ask if anyone has seen my wife!