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Ian Plunkett
@plumps.bsky.social
🇮🇪 in 🇺🇲 | Renewable Energy CMO | Senior Advisor, Blue Owl Group | Venture Partner

Alright, fuck it. I'm starting on here again.

The #BigBalls discourse got me moving.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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No. 2 Republican Senator holds up lump of black "clean" coal on Senate floor. Calls for burning more of it "far into the future."
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Iconic.
April 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Florida's legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days."
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March 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
She's still standing.
March 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The UK tabloids this morning after Vice President JD Vance says of the UK that it is a "random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years".

After 9/11, the UK — in solidarity with the U.S. — joined the international coalition in both Iraq and Afghanistan. 636 British soldiers lost.
March 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Our latest episode of 'Winging It' from @blueowlgroup.bsky.social is live. I chat with the Head of Trust & Safety at @bsky.app, my friend & former colleague @aaron.bsky.team

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts 🔵🦉🎙️⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/0EtW...
February 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Our latest "Winging It" episode is out! This week our Senior Advisor Ian Plunkett chats with Bluesky Social's Head of Trust & Safety Aaron Rodericks about trust, tech, and building tomorrow's social web. Give it a listen! 🔵🦉🎙️ @plumps.bsky.social @aaron.bsky.team

open.spotify.com/episode/0EtW...
Bluesky at the Crossroads: Trust, Tech, and Building Tomorrow's Social Web
The Blue Owl Group's "Winging It" Podcast · Episode
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February 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Our latest episode of 'Winging It' from @blueowlgroup.bsky.social is live. I chat with the Head of Trust & Safety at @bsky.app, my friend & former colleague @aaron.bsky.team

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts 🔵🦉🎙️⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/0EtW...
February 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here are the leaders of Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway having dinner tonight. No pomp, no pageantry. Just respect and solidarity in the face of unprecedented threats from an ally.

Developing a collaborative strategy is one thing, threatening invasion is another. 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇳🇴 🇸🇪
January 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
January 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What a beauty!
January 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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First up is our very own @ColinCrowell speaking to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant. open.spotify.com/episode/0Poc...
Digital Down Under: Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant’s Vision for Online Safety
The Blue Owl Group's "Winging It" Podcast · Episode
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January 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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We’re launching a podcast. Yes, the world needs another podcast like it needs a hole in the head. But hear us out — we're doing something different.
January 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
How to lose friends & alienate people.
January 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Amazing to see the new Notre Dame up close. Such an inspiring testament to the potential of human coordination, ingenuity, & collective spirit.

We should never let political rhetoric and those that profiteer from our division to define the limits of our potential, our empathy, and our ambition.
January 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
All You Children
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January 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Astonishing.
January 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism” – Hannah Arendt
January 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“I cannot remember a comparable case of interference in the election campaign of a friendly country in the history of Western democracies.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Elon Musk Is Roiling European Politics
The Trump ally has flooded X with posts criticizing European politicians, causing a diplomatic conundrum for the continent’s leaders.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Bad VCs of 🇺🇸 : Europe is dead, it's a museum piece. No economic growth, no work ethic. No unicorns.

Good people of 🇪🇺 : We like museums. We also like personal growth. And life. And starting companies that aren't compared to magical animals 🦄
December 11, 2024 at 4:36 PM
American elected officials: weaponizing bathroom access
Chinese non-elected officials: ceaselessly building new things

We must demand better.
December 10, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Hello, I'm "cosmopolitanism/globalization" to "economic populism/trade wars" years of age. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief
Economists and industry officials say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for goods.
apnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM