Dr. K
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Dr. K
@kurleymcd.bsky.social
Seeking refuge from the hell site.
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Once again, the government is willing to do anything to fix the housing crisis, except for anything that will actually fix the housing crisis
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Sending my love to Hugh “I listen, but I hate-listen” Linehan. I love you too, bae.

The podcast he tried unsuccessfully not to listen to is this one, btw: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The biggest hinder to solving Ireland's housing crisis is not finaincing, or planning law, or judicial reviews - it's that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael don't want to.
Again if you find yourself wondering about things like Judicial review because politicians and some right wing journos say this is the reason we can’t get things done, just remember this is complete bollix and the real reason is lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists and politicians who become lobbyists.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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“Pet bans to be scrapped in major Irish housing shake up”

… assuming you get space to swing a cat 😉 www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Pet bans to be scrapped in major Irish housing shake up
Fianna Fáil Senator Teresa Costello, who has been campaigning for the change, welcomed the decision but said the delay had already caused deep distress for many tenants.
www.irishmirror.ie
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Hey, @bsky.app @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team

Why have you suspended @sarahkendzior.bsky.social account ? When are you going to explain yourselves, and when are you going to re-install her?

Is it because she critcises Trump - has someone asked you to suspend her?
‼️ Why did you, @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team suspend the account of one of the most outspoken, independent and important critics of the Trump regime - my friend and colleague @sarahkendzior.bsky.social ? By cutting her off, you also endanger her. Reinstall her account NOW!
Please share widely
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Did Catherine Connolly ever object to Irish citizens being included in the evacuation of a natural disaster on planes "that are part of the German military industrial complex"? I don't recall anything like this.

Is Derek Scally exaggerating or lying here?

pca.st/episode/512b...

#speirgorm
pca.st
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Can borrow to buy lashings of pew-pews we don't have the personal to operate or maintain.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.

Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
That €150 BILLION EURO that @simonharrisireland.bsky.social and @micheal-martin.bsky.social want to spend on military would buy 300,000 houses at €500,000.

I wonder what armaments companies they are talking to already?
Harris promises to use EU loans if military funding is not forthcoming

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Wrote this about the Sanctuary Runners a few weeks ago. This is Ireland at its best.
No paywall: www.patreon.com/posts/141588...
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#otd in 1989, Günter Schabowski of the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) held a press conference where he appeared to say that citizens could now travel more freely outside of the GDR. By the end of the day, the Berlin Wall had been opened and the stage set for the end of SED rule.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Wood ducks are cavity nesters and frequently use nest boxes. After the ducklings hatch, the next day, after the female ensures it is safe, the ducklings jump out of the box to start their adventurous life. Photos taken in my yard. #Birdoftheday theme #takeoff 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’

For many Egyptians, the state-of-the art museum is a stage from which to renew demands that Egypt’s most iconic antiquities belong in their homeland — not the marble halls of European museums.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This is a good example of how know-nothing AI slop will, if allowed to run free, degrade all forms of knowledge & judgment of actual people & events into vapid, meaningless pap.
Waiting for the flowery AI rendering of these guys like this one of...convicted war criminal Erich von Manstein
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.

But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.

As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating
The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
www.newscientist.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Really REALLY important that everyone who enjoys #SpéirGhorm goes through these settings and toggles the switch to enable 'rude' posts. Tis a rare one of us who doesn't have a colourful tongue.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Watching The Remains of the Day and lost count of the actors that appeared in Downton Abbey just playing the same role.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The single worst mental image I've ever come across.

I am traumatised.

The Coddler™ must be stopped.

#mickeybroth
Don’t do it. You’ll be trying to eat the coddle and a topless @tonygroves.bsky.social will go running by.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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🗣️ "We are talking ourselves into autocracy here, by taking away people’s rights," says Fred Logue, Solicitor Specialising in Planning & Environmental Law, highlighting the value he sees in the judicial review process.
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Bobby Ten Gaffs complaining about the system his party created over a century of dominating the political landscape?
The sooner these gaslighting clowns are fired into the sun, the better.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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ROFL

I am dead. Right on NY
Capitalism has yr back on this one.

bsky.app/profile/mari...
he's already stimulating the local economy
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM