Patchotoole
@patchotoole.bsky.social
Engineer, guitar player. Ex-X'er looking for some peace and quiet, music and photography. Astronomy not astrology. Man those blocklists really seemed to ease me in albeit, dropped now. And still a pleasant place. No DMs please. No crypto/sex scams either.
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A post about the current situation in the US from the ‘I Fucking Love Australia’ page on FB. Well worth a read.
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
A post about the current situation in the US from the ‘I Fucking Love Australia’ page on FB. Well worth a read.
Looks like 30% of young adults in the UK struggle to find a date.
Almost 70% of young adults ‘struggle to grasp basic financial concepts’ – The Irish Times
https://www.europesays.com/uk/691927/
More than a third of Irish adults struggle to grasp basic financial concepts, rising to almost 70 per…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/691927/
More than a third of Irish adults struggle to grasp basic financial concepts, rising to almost 70 per…#uk #news #uknews
Almost 70% of young adults ‘struggle to grasp basic financial concepts’ – The Irish Times - United Kingdom
More than a third of Irish adults struggle to grasp basic financial concepts, rising to almost 70 per cent of those aged 18 to 24, a survey suggests.
www.europesays.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Looks like 30% of young adults in the UK struggle to find a date.
Absolutely this. Release the Epstein files.
What the actual? Idiotic argument of the day from DJT.
Release the Epstein files
Release the Epstein files
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Absolutely this. Release the Epstein files.
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“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show.
Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
tinyurl.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
💯
The Media Minister, Patrick O’Donovan, is absolutely fucking clueless and should resign.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Women's Aid have announced they are leaving Twitter, saying "we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work."
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Women's Aid have announced they are leaving Twitter, saying "we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work."
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
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January 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Philip Parris Lynott
The last official photo of Phil, taken on the 17th December 1985 , He died on 4th January 1986 ❤️🎸
#phillynott #ThinLizzy #photooftheday #ClassicRock
📸 Bengt Grönkvist
The last official photo of Phil, taken on the 17th December 1985 , He died on 4th January 1986 ❤️🎸
#phillynott #ThinLizzy #photooftheday #ClassicRock
📸 Bengt Grönkvist
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Philip Parris Lynott
The last official photo of Phil, taken on the 17th December 1985 , He died on 4th January 1986 ❤️🎸
#phillynott #ThinLizzy #photooftheday #ClassicRock
📸 Bengt Grönkvist
The last official photo of Phil, taken on the 17th December 1985 , He died on 4th January 1986 ❤️🎸
#phillynott #ThinLizzy #photooftheday #ClassicRock
📸 Bengt Grönkvist
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
For the woman who left her glove on the dart, near seapoint, it's with the staff in Bray. #speirgorm #dart #glove
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
For the woman who left her glove on the dart, near seapoint, it's with the staff in Bray. #speirgorm #dart #glove
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THIN LIZZY’s SCOTT GORHAM: ‘I Really Hope That We Inspired A Younger Generation To Get Out There And Just Play’
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/384018/
In a new interview with Patrick Kielty of Ireland’s long-running RTÉ One talk program The Late Late Show,…
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/384018/
In a new interview with Patrick Kielty of Ireland’s long-running RTÉ One talk program The Late Late Show,…
THIN LIZZY's SCOTT GORHAM: 'I Really Hope That We Inspired A Younger Generation To Get Out There And Just Play' - United States News Beep
In a new interview with Patrick Kielty of Ireland's long-running RTÉ One talk program The Late Late Show, THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham was asked what he
www.newsbeep.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
THIN LIZZY’s SCOTT GORHAM: ‘I Really Hope That We Inspired A Younger Generation To Get Out There And Just Play’
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/384018/
In a new interview with Patrick Kielty of Ireland’s long-running RTÉ One talk program The Late Late Show,…
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/384018/
In a new interview with Patrick Kielty of Ireland’s long-running RTÉ One talk program The Late Late Show,…
Jessie J singing My Way is something else #hootenanny
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Jessie J singing My Way is something else #hootenanny
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The English far right newspaper, the Daily Mail is back at it* - old school antisemitism. So that’s Jews, Roma, Queer ppl & ppl with disabilities that it doesn’t like…
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The English far right newspaper, the Daily Mail is back at it* - old school antisemitism. So that’s Jews, Roma, Queer ppl & ppl with disabilities that it doesn’t like…
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Trans people exist. In every culture and every society on the planet, and have done throughout recorded history. They are a natural part of the human condition and always will be because (spoiler alert!) they are born every day. They aren't an ideology, they are people.
Hate is an ideology though!
Hate is an ideology though!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off gay ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Trans people exist. In every culture and every society on the planet, and have done throughout recorded history. They are a natural part of the human condition and always will be because (spoiler alert!) they are born every day. They aren't an ideology, they are people.
Hate is an ideology though!
Hate is an ideology though!
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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 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Signed
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm @tupped.bsky.social
No to online surveillance
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Signed
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Samaritans
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Samaritans
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
Delighted for him. So-called charity, CAA, attempt to 'cancel' Reginald D Hunter failed. #speirgorm #reginalddhunter
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reginald D Hunter: Judge quashes antisemitism case brought by Campaign Against Antisemitism
A judge says the Campaign Against Antisemitism's private prosecution was intended to get Hunter "cancelled".
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Delighted for him. So-called charity, CAA, attempt to 'cancel' Reginald D Hunter failed. #speirgorm #reginalddhunter
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Great article in @theatlantic.com today about how the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social being Ireland’s National Theatre inspired the FTP in the USA and continues to influence thinking on national theatres & their importance.
For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths. Talya Zax on the instructive history of the institution that inspired America’s Federal Theatre Project:
The Pro-Democracy Case for a National Theater
For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Great article in @theatlantic.com today about how the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social being Ireland’s National Theatre inspired the FTP in the USA and continues to influence thinking on national theatres & their importance.
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Only 5 Fianna Fáil TDs voted to restore the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)(Amendment) Bill. 35 voted against.
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Only 5 Fianna Fáil TDs voted to restore the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)(Amendment) Bill. 35 voted against.
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
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A couple of good ones for your block list:
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
December 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A couple of good ones for your block list:
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
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This is astounding. Nothing like this has happened before to people enforcing decisions that the bad people don't like.
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets
Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is astounding. Nothing like this has happened before to people enforcing decisions that the bad people don't like.
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm