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We really should let Steve Bannon know that Ireland is so woke, that we have an entire year in school devoted to transitioning.
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #SpareGollum
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #SpareGollum
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
We really should let Steve Bannon know that Ireland is so woke, that we have an entire year in school devoted to transitioning.
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #SpareGollum
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #SpareGollum
🤢 he said consum..um🤢 nope.. 🤮
🚨 Trump announces Greenland security deal with NATO; European tariffs off the table @virginmedianews.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
🤢 he said consum..um🤢 nope.. 🤮
#iceland this afternoon
a cat is sticking its head out of a hole in a cardboard box and asking whatcha doin ?
ALT: a cat is sticking its head out of a hole in a cardboard box and asking whatcha doin ?
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
#iceland this afternoon
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This is what it's come to? This is what the rest of the world is supposed to deal with? This man? This walking insult to every sentient being on the planet? And every day the US continues to foist this malignant stupid prick on the rest of us is another day they'll have to beg forgiveness for
Trump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers. One thing I've noticed is that the more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses, and the worse that country is doing. I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is what it's come to? This is what the rest of the world is supposed to deal with? This man? This walking insult to every sentient being on the planet? And every day the US continues to foist this malignant stupid prick on the rest of us is another day they'll have to beg forgiveness for
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It becomes harder and harder to not be fucking furious that America for voting for that malignant cancer TWICE
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It becomes harder and harder to not be fucking furious that America for voting for that malignant cancer TWICE
@latedebaterte.bsky.social who is yer man saying we should find a handy fence to sit on? We cannot appease Trump, we cannot lead him or nudge him, and we definitely cannot follow him - that way madness lies!
We must be on the right side of history, stand with Europe & MAGA #makeamericaGOAWAY
We must be on the right side of history, stand with Europe & MAGA #makeamericaGOAWAY
January 20, 2026 at 10:43 PM
@latedebaterte.bsky.social who is yer man saying we should find a handy fence to sit on? We cannot appease Trump, we cannot lead him or nudge him, and we definitely cannot follow him - that way madness lies!
We must be on the right side of history, stand with Europe & MAGA #makeamericaGOAWAY
We must be on the right side of history, stand with Europe & MAGA #makeamericaGOAWAY
Impeached? He needs the maduro treatment
He is unhinged
He is unhinged
Norwegian PM has confirmed that the bonkers letter is real. Crazy, incoherent, dangerous, Dumph needs to be impeached.
In a letter to multiple European ambassadors today, President Trump says that because Norway failed to give him a Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”
The letter goes on to demand “complete and total control of Greenland.”
The letter goes on to demand “complete and total control of Greenland.”
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Impeached? He needs the maduro treatment
He is unhinged
He is unhinged
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In addition to the Government of Ireland mantaining an active presence on a website that generates, and profits from, Child Sexual Abuse Material, the Taoiseach, as leader of the government, is still using his account to post images.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
In addition to the Government of Ireland mantaining an active presence on a website that generates, and profits from, Child Sexual Abuse Material, the Taoiseach, as leader of the government, is still using his account to post images.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
Omg! Solid gold post #startrek 🖖🏼
I love it too! But its no Star Trek IV and I hold the badge of honour of being blocked by Shatner cause he went into my twitter post about Nimoy vinyl albums I owned and then blocked me when I didnt have any of his albums.
January 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Omg! Solid gold post #startrek 🖖🏼
The River Deel. I used to ride my pony there after school most days & in summertime I'd go for a swim, alone. The parent in me is so freaked out by that fact
It was also the backdrop to most romantic encounters of the local teens, popular mitching spot & of course we all swam unsupervised in summer
It was also the backdrop to most romantic encounters of the local teens, popular mitching spot & of course we all swam unsupervised in summer
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The River Deel. I used to ride my pony there after school most days & in summertime I'd go for a swim, alone. The parent in me is so freaked out by that fact
It was also the backdrop to most romantic encounters of the local teens, popular mitching spot & of course we all swam unsupervised in summer
It was also the backdrop to most romantic encounters of the local teens, popular mitching spot & of course we all swam unsupervised in summer
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'How many golf trips is that complicity worth? How many bed nights? How many Irish coffees?'
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
OPINION with Sarah Clancy: Is Shannon a genocide airport? - The Clare Champion
On Tuesday this week, January 6, Nollaig na mBan, a celebration was held to commemorate the brave and creative woman, Margaretta D’Arcy, who died in November last year. Margaretta, as most people will...
clarechampion.ie
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
'How many golf trips is that complicity worth? How many bed nights? How many Irish coffees?'
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
clarechampion.ie/opinion-with...
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Roblox has introduced mandatory age verification for its users. Children must upload a photo of themselves to Roblox with the image then processed by an American Age Verification Company, Persona.
I am *very* curious to know whether this is GDPR compliant.
I am *very* curious to know whether this is GDPR compliant.
Roblox to roll out compulsory age checks for chat
Roblox has said it will roll out compulsory facial recognition or ID checks from next month for players wanting to access its chat features.
www.rte.ie
January 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Roblox has introduced mandatory age verification for its users. Children must upload a photo of themselves to Roblox with the image then processed by an American Age Verification Company, Persona.
I am *very* curious to know whether this is GDPR compliant.
I am *very* curious to know whether this is GDPR compliant.
relax, what are you worried about; the paper is not worried, the pencil is not worried, just make marks and keep making them until they make sense
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
relax, what are you worried about; the paper is not worried, the pencil is not worried, just make marks and keep making them until they make sense
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“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them”.
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them”.
Brendan there on the national broadcaster happily discussing the travels of a woman & her CSA media using husband to south east asia, annually
amazing what people will forget for content
amazing what people will forget for content
January 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Brendan there on the national broadcaster happily discussing the travels of a woman & her CSA media using husband to south east asia, annually
amazing what people will forget for content
amazing what people will forget for content
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
We had the only phone on our road for years, so we'd regularly get a call 'hello, will you get Mary Doherty for me please? I'll call back in 10 minutes' & one of us would have to hare down the road to get a neighbour for their call
The Ballinrobe telephone "exchange" (already aging myself) was one of the first to go digital because by then it was one of the oldest most outdated in the country.
We used to have to pick up the receiver *AND CRANK A HANDLE* just to call the operator!
"Hiya, Mary. Can you get me #58 please?"
We used to have to pick up the receiver *AND CRANK A HANDLE* just to call the operator!
"Hiya, Mary. Can you get me #58 please?"
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
We had the only phone on our road for years, so we'd regularly get a call 'hello, will you get Mary Doherty for me please? I'll call back in 10 minutes' & one of us would have to hare down the road to get a neighbour for their call
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A friend worked in the exchange in Dublin, so regularly had to connect culchies phoning home.
So one day, someone asks for Ballybeg 4.
He dials the Galway swtich.
"Ballybeg please."
"Connecting."
"Hello, Ballybeg here."
"Hello Ballybeg, this is Dublin, could I have Ballybeg 4."
"They're not in."
So one day, someone asks for Ballybeg 4.
He dials the Galway swtich.
"Ballybeg please."
"Connecting."
"Hello, Ballybeg here."
"Hello Ballybeg, this is Dublin, could I have Ballybeg 4."
"They're not in."
My mam was an operator. Once, a payphone making a call overseas was on a line that kept breaking. Mam kept monitoring and kept managing to reconnect them immediately. When the call ended, the person rang back to thank her, and put some money in the slot saying “There’s something for yourself”.
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
A friend worked in the exchange in Dublin, so regularly had to connect culchies phoning home.
So one day, someone asks for Ballybeg 4.
He dials the Galway swtich.
"Ballybeg please."
"Connecting."
"Hello, Ballybeg here."
"Hello Ballybeg, this is Dublin, could I have Ballybeg 4."
"They're not in."
So one day, someone asks for Ballybeg 4.
He dials the Galway swtich.
"Ballybeg please."
"Connecting."
"Hello, Ballybeg here."
"Hello Ballybeg, this is Dublin, could I have Ballybeg 4."
"They're not in."
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This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
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 10:26 PM
This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
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When Catherine Connolly said the US was a volatile imperial power, the people kicking up most fuss weren't the people who didn't believe her. They were the people who know she's right and don't want to piss off the volatile ass we're kissing in the name of foreign direct investment #spéirgorm
January 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
When Catherine Connolly said the US was a volatile imperial power, the people kicking up most fuss weren't the people who didn't believe her. They were the people who know she's right and don't want to piss off the volatile ass we're kissing in the name of foreign direct investment #spéirgorm
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Women's Aid said that it will no longer maintain a presence on X.
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Minister wants X meeting over 'disturbing' Grok concerns
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Niamh Smyth has requested a meeting with X over concerns that the AI tool Grok is being used to create sexually explicit images of adults and children.
www.rte.ie
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Women's Aid said that it will no longer maintain a presence on X.
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
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Weren’t the Gareth S. & M*ria Steen #Áras25 efforts a soft-launch of this muck?
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
January 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Weren’t the Gareth S. & M*ria Steen #Áras25 efforts a soft-launch of this muck?
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol