@fionnulamac.bsky.social
Retired. Mental/physical health. Leftie. Atheist. #SpeirGorm
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Ivor Cummins is a keto huckster turned COVID denier whose devotees include an Antrim councillor who died of COVID after falling for his crap and it is pretty disgusting to see him as a welcomed guest at Leinster House
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ivor Cummins is a keto huckster turned COVID denier whose devotees include an Antrim councillor who died of COVID after falling for his crap and it is pretty disgusting to see him as a welcomed guest at Leinster House
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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In the latest episode of the @northeastbylines.co.uk podcast, it''s time to look at transport. Specifically, how the Tyne & Wear Metro came into being despite many challenges.
What impact has the Metro had, how could it have been different and what the future looks like for it.
shorturl.at/Jm5qy
What impact has the Metro had, how could it have been different and what the future looks like for it.
shorturl.at/Jm5qy
Tyne & Wear Metro: Ambition that became real
Podcast Episode · North East Bylines Podcast · 18/11/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In the latest episode of the @northeastbylines.co.uk podcast, it''s time to look at transport. Specifically, how the Tyne & Wear Metro came into being despite many challenges.
What impact has the Metro had, how could it have been different and what the future looks like for it.
shorturl.at/Jm5qy
What impact has the Metro had, how could it have been different and what the future looks like for it.
shorturl.at/Jm5qy
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Macron about social networks:
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Macron about social networks:
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
This is the Wild West.
Not free speech.
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"He said Mr Burke was entitled to his religious beliefs but not to his own reality."
You'd really feel for the students having to deal with this weirdo around them all the time, Enoch Burke is not a behaving in a normal way. #Spéirghorm
You'd really feel for the students having to deal with this weirdo around them all the time, Enoch Burke is not a behaving in a normal way. #Spéirghorm
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away fro...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"He said Mr Burke was entitled to his religious beliefs but not to his own reality."
You'd really feel for the students having to deal with this weirdo around them all the time, Enoch Burke is not a behaving in a normal way. #Spéirghorm
You'd really feel for the students having to deal with this weirdo around them all the time, Enoch Burke is not a behaving in a normal way. #Spéirghorm
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We’re watching a crackdown on our ability to dissent and basic liberties in real time to justify the actions of a fascist regime.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re watching a crackdown on our ability to dissent and basic liberties in real time to justify the actions of a fascist regime.
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Dogs on stairs ❤️😂
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Dogs on stairs ❤️😂
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Rain or shine, 1pm tomorrow at the Garden of Remembrance is the place to be for the big #climate demonstration, a chance to remind our politicians that this crisis hasn’t gone away.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Rain or shine, 1pm tomorrow at the Garden of Remembrance is the place to be for the big #climate demonstration, a chance to remind our politicians that this crisis hasn’t gone away.
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Will bribe cllrs to reduce the speed limit outside my house to 30km. Call me.
Now that the government has abandoned a plan to make city speed limits 30km/h by default, the Dublin City Council is returning to the slog of doing it bit by bit. At a meeting Wednesday, councillors and council managers expressed frustration with the long road ahead.
After government abandons plan to make city speed limit 30km/h by default, council returns to slog of doing it bit by bit
At a meeting of Dublin City Council’s transport committee on Wednesday, councillors and council managers expressed frustration with the long road ahead.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Will bribe cllrs to reduce the speed limit outside my house to 30km. Call me.
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TIL that when an Irishman says his physics teacher "was a brother", they don't mean a black guy.
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
TIL that when an Irishman says his physics teacher "was a brother", they don't mean a black guy.
So weird, this season. Flowers still flowering in a second spring; spring bulbs coming up now, that shouldn’t till next year. Can’t help wondering what’s happening with actual crops.
Have that that there are still a lot of leaves on the trees? We've broken down why this is happening.
jrnl.ie/6871183
jrnl.ie/6871183
Why are the leaves staying on the trees so long this autumn?
It may look pretty but milder autumns are “causing havoc” in the natural world.
jrnl.ie
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So weird, this season. Flowers still flowering in a second spring; spring bulbs coming up now, that shouldn’t till next year. Can’t help wondering what’s happening with actual crops.
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Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Judicial reviews are very often the last resort local communities have in defending nature against greedy corporate interests + rotten planning.
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The gov. wants to undermine that via false blame for the housing crisis, etc.
Must read by @attractaub.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Starter homes" only exist if you view houses as financial investments and nothing else
To everyone else they are just "homes"
To everyone else they are just "homes"
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Taking lessons from Denmark is as much about "vibes"rhetoric as policy details.
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Asylum policy in Denmark
Politicians in the UK have expressed interest in Denmark's approach to granting asylum and the integration of refugees.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Taking lessons from Denmark is as much about "vibes"rhetoric as policy details.
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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Two different Scandinavian debates get mixed up.
1. Scandi social democracy, with rapid diversity, has found integration hard. Similar ethnic diversity to UK. Faster. Less success on integration outcomes in identity, education. No tradition action on race equality. So doing more on integration
1. Scandi social democracy, with rapid diversity, has found integration hard. Similar ethnic diversity to UK. Faster. Less success on integration outcomes in identity, education. No tradition action on race equality. So doing more on integration
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Two different Scandinavian debates get mixed up.
1. Scandi social democracy, with rapid diversity, has found integration hard. Similar ethnic diversity to UK. Faster. Less success on integration outcomes in identity, education. No tradition action on race equality. So doing more on integration
1. Scandi social democracy, with rapid diversity, has found integration hard. Similar ethnic diversity to UK. Faster. Less success on integration outcomes in identity, education. No tradition action on race equality. So doing more on integration
And our governments followed the Thatcherite model of selling off council homes… without replacing the homes sold off.
Right to Buy might have secured homes for a generation who purchased them but “many of these homes were not replaced with fresh council housing stock, leading to a lack in provision of socially rented properties. And yet today, more than 40% of the homes sold under the scheme are privately rented.”
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
And our governments followed the Thatcherite model of selling off council homes… without replacing the homes sold off.
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"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
What’s known as the ‘urinary leash’ impacts marginalised communities the most. The lives of women, pregnant people, disabled people, the elderly, trans people and others can be majorly restricted based on the availability of public facilities.
oilycart.org.uk/resources/wh...
oilycart.org.uk/resources/wh...
Why loos are important
Talking about loos used to make me squirm with embarrassment. But since being diagnosed with a chronic pain condition 15
oilycart.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I *think* this is the first occasion in history that we’ve had four living Presidents? #spéirghorm
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I *think* this is the first occasion in history that we’ve had four living Presidents? #spéirghorm
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This is such a great idea but it's also really sad to think that some parents are so poor they cannot afford Santa. Feel really really sad for all the children in Ireland who will be living in emergency accommodation this Christmas #Speirgorm #SpeirGorm #HousingCrisis
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is such a great idea but it's also really sad to think that some parents are so poor they cannot afford Santa. Feel really really sad for all the children in Ireland who will be living in emergency accommodation this Christmas #Speirgorm #SpeirGorm #HousingCrisis
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Pretty funny. #speirgorm
#onthisdayingayhistory:
November 11
1634
Ireland
An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery is passed by the Irish House of Commons, making anal intercourse punishable by hanging. The primary advocate of the act is Anglican Bishop John Atherton. Later convicted for the law he created.
November 11
1634
Ireland
An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery is passed by the Irish House of Commons, making anal intercourse punishable by hanging. The primary advocate of the act is Anglican Bishop John Atherton. Later convicted for the law he created.
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Pretty funny. #speirgorm
I wonder was our new President referencing our first female President?
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wonder was our new President referencing our first female President?
Bit surprising to see the association of President Connolly with this list of companies 😳😳😳
Catherine Connolly formally inaugurated as President of Ireland
Catherine Connolly formally inaugurated as President of Ireland
AIB GROUP PLC
AQUILA
BANK OF IRELAND GP
CAIRN HOMES PLC
DALATA HOTEL GP
DATALEX PLC
DONEGAL INVESTMENT
FBD HOLDINGS PLC
FD TECHNOLOGIES
GLANBIA PLC
GLENVEAGH PROP.PLC
GREENCOAT REN.
HAMMERSON PLC
HOSTELWORLD GROUP
IRISH CONT. GP.
IRISH RES. PROP.
KENMARE RESOURCES
KERRY GROUP PLC
KINGSPAN GROUP PLC
MALIN CORP. PLC
MINCON GROUP PLC
MOLTEN VENTURES
ORIGIN ENT. PLC
OVOCA BIO PLC
PERM. TSB GP. HOLD
RYANAIR HOLD. PLC
UNIPHAR PLC
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Bit surprising to see the association of President Connolly with this list of companies 😳😳😳