Rita Wild
@ritawild.bsky.social
More justice and more peace. Loves a beautiful view.
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
“In the shelter/shadow of each other the people live.”
Clean the Air, wear a mask.
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
“In the shelter/shadow of each other the people live.”
Clean the Air, wear a mask.
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Rita Wild
@ritawild.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello People of the Bsky!
I'm an Irish community activist and organiser who hates this introduction thing :)
I am:
Very Queer
Mostly anarchist
Non-conforming in almost everything
Loves the craic
Free Palestine (and all other colonised and oppressed beings)
Covid aware
Derry wan in West Cork
I'm an Irish community activist and organiser who hates this introduction thing :)
I am:
Very Queer
Mostly anarchist
Non-conforming in almost everything
Loves the craic
Free Palestine (and all other colonised and oppressed beings)
Covid aware
Derry wan in West Cork
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social was great to see you doing a fab job on the RTE news 👏
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social was great to see you doing a fab job on the RTE news 👏
President Connolly has one unruly eyebrow. I love this. The wild eyebrow of Catherine Connolly.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
President Connolly has one unruly eyebrow. I love this. The wild eyebrow of Catherine Connolly.
I’m watching the inauguration on the telly, Catherine looks great, and a lovely response for Michael D. Too many religious though.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’m watching the inauguration on the telly, Catherine looks great, and a lovely response for Michael D. Too many religious though.
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The RTÉ Archive is a 50 year, publicly owned and controlled repository of video, audio and documentation. Making it freely available online would create a deep well of trusted high quality info about our distant and recent past.
It is a unique public resource to counteract lies or error.
It is a unique public resource to counteract lies or error.
October 9, 2024 at 7:01 AM
The RTÉ Archive is a 50 year, publicly owned and controlled repository of video, audio and documentation. Making it freely available online would create a deep well of trusted high quality info about our distant and recent past.
It is a unique public resource to counteract lies or error.
It is a unique public resource to counteract lies or error.
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Note to political leaders - stop AI overhype.
Today's letter from 73 scientists led by my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social to Ursula von der Leyen demands that she retract her budget speech non-scientific AI statement that parroted tech CEO hype.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Today's letter from 73 scientists led by my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social to Ursula von der Leyen demands that she retract her budget speech non-scientific AI statement that parroted tech CEO hype.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
European Commission asked by 73 scientists to withdraw 'AI hype' statement | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
MLex Summary: Seventy-three scientists from Europe, the UK and North America asked the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a statement claiming AI would reach human-level ...
www.mlex.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Note to political leaders - stop AI overhype.
Today's letter from 73 scientists led by my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social to Ursula von der Leyen demands that she retract her budget speech non-scientific AI statement that parroted tech CEO hype.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Today's letter from 73 scientists led by my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social to Ursula von der Leyen demands that she retract her budget speech non-scientific AI statement that parroted tech CEO hype.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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Last year I did a Middle Aged Man Gift Guide and Advice Thread on Mastodon.
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Last year I did a Middle Aged Man Gift Guide and Advice Thread on Mastodon.
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
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So, I'm opening a book on inauguration speeches tomorrow.
How long?
What writers will be quoted?
What politicians/leaders will be name-checked?
Will she mention Westmeath (or any place in Westmeath)? Like obviously she'll mention Galway.
How long?
What writers will be quoted?
What politicians/leaders will be name-checked?
Will she mention Westmeath (or any place in Westmeath)? Like obviously she'll mention Galway.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So, I'm opening a book on inauguration speeches tomorrow.
How long?
What writers will be quoted?
What politicians/leaders will be name-checked?
Will she mention Westmeath (or any place in Westmeath)? Like obviously she'll mention Galway.
How long?
What writers will be quoted?
What politicians/leaders will be name-checked?
Will she mention Westmeath (or any place in Westmeath)? Like obviously she'll mention Galway.
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White Irish men protecting women and children?
Another load of bollox from the cornerstone of a country that has raped, abused and murdered women and children since independence.
We STILL have a Right Wing government who has declared they will do ANYTHING to prevent a Left Wing government.
Another load of bollox from the cornerstone of a country that has raped, abused and murdered women and children since independence.
We STILL have a Right Wing government who has declared they will do ANYTHING to prevent a Left Wing government.
‘Dog-whistle racism’: How far-right claims of protecting women justify abuse of immigrants
‘Dog-whistle racism’: How far-right claims of protecting women justify abuse of immigrants
Most far-right groups subscribe to an ideology propagating patriarchal view of women’s role in society, says expert
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
White Irish men protecting women and children?
Another load of bollox from the cornerstone of a country that has raped, abused and murdered women and children since independence.
We STILL have a Right Wing government who has declared they will do ANYTHING to prevent a Left Wing government.
Another load of bollox from the cornerstone of a country that has raped, abused and murdered women and children since independence.
We STILL have a Right Wing government who has declared they will do ANYTHING to prevent a Left Wing government.
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The Mamdani text layout dodah is bloody great.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Mamdani text layout dodah is bloody great.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A great read from @tupped.bsky.social . I am much better informed for having read it
New Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity and also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity and also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A great read from @tupped.bsky.social . I am much better informed for having read it
Jasus wept
Bertie Ahern quoted in the Irish times: "The problem with equality is that if you give it to one person, then everyone else comes looking for it."
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Jasus wept
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"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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There is no mystery here.
Social media gave a voice to people of colour to criticise white people's descriptions of them in literature, and the establishment tried to bully the critics into silence, and make them sorry for speaking up, so they can continue to write what they damn well like.
Social media gave a voice to people of colour to criticise white people's descriptions of them in literature, and the establishment tried to bully the critics into silence, and make them sorry for speaking up, so they can continue to write what they damn well like.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
There is no mystery here.
Social media gave a voice to people of colour to criticise white people's descriptions of them in literature, and the establishment tried to bully the critics into silence, and make them sorry for speaking up, so they can continue to write what they damn well like.
Social media gave a voice to people of colour to criticise white people's descriptions of them in literature, and the establishment tried to bully the critics into silence, and make them sorry for speaking up, so they can continue to write what they damn well like.
"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"The housing crisis will end when steps are taken to end it. It will end when entire streets’ worth of houses can’t be bought up by vulture funds, it will end when short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are banned or heavily restricted, .."
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...
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Just to say this is AI generated and not by the cited photographer.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Just to say this is AI generated and not by the cited photographer.
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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G'wan the Derry wans!
We’re very excited to launch our 2025 Charter this Sunday in Derry along with:
🗣️ Progressive policy discussions
🎶 Live music
🪧 Progressive groups stalls
🎟️ Admission is free though reserving your place is advised 👉🏻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ppni-chart...
🗣️ Progressive policy discussions
🎶 Live music
🪧 Progressive groups stalls
🎟️ Admission is free though reserving your place is advised 👉🏻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ppni-chart...
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
G'wan the Derry wans!
G'wan the Derry wans!
We’re very excited to launch our 2025 Charter this Sunday in Derry along with:
🗣️ Progressive policy discussions
🎶 Live music
🪧 Progressive groups stalls
🎟️ Admission is free though reserving your place is advised 👉🏻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ppni-chart...
🗣️ Progressive policy discussions
🎶 Live music
🪧 Progressive groups stalls
🎟️ Admission is free though reserving your place is advised 👉🏻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ppni-chart...
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
G'wan the Derry wans!
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“Renewal is only possible if complicity is confronted, responsibilities are met and justice is upheld”. Read 👉 buff.ly/H7TjXWg #GCNnews
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“Renewal is only possible if complicity is confronted, responsibilities are met and justice is upheld”. Read 👉 buff.ly/H7TjXWg #GCNnews
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“paper contends demographic justification is at odds with national & local evidence pointing to growing need for family-sized housing..concludes the promotion of small homes may contradict broader social policy goals including creation of sustainable communities” www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Interrogating the arguments for ‘small homes’ as a solution to the Irish housing crisis
www.tandfonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“paper contends demographic justification is at odds with national & local evidence pointing to growing need for family-sized housing..concludes the promotion of small homes may contradict broader social policy goals including creation of sustainable communities” www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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this thing hides posts it judges as ‘rude’, by some US standard. Thereby silencing most of the conversations in Ireland and Scotland, at least.
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
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
this thing hides posts it judges as ‘rude’, by some US standard. Thereby silencing most of the conversations in Ireland and Scotland, at least.
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For starters - no Irish State/Gov agencies/politicians should be on Twitter. None. They could do this today and it would actually be more than just empty words.
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others"
Call for action against spread of hatred on social media
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others".
www.rte.ie
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For starters - no Irish State/Gov agencies/politicians should be on Twitter. None. They could do this today and it would actually be more than just empty words.
I was glad to see her on but thought it quite a hostile interview.
'It's not only irresponsible, but in the current climate when things are so fragile, it's actually reprehensible.'
Holly Cairns has said Simon Harris's "tough on immigration" rhetoric is a "panic" response to the presidential election. jrnl.ie/6868496
Holly Cairns has said Simon Harris's "tough on immigration" rhetoric is a "panic" response to the presidential election. jrnl.ie/6868496
Holly Cairns says Tánaiste's 'tough on immigration' rhetoric shows government is in 'panic mode'
Harris said last week that the number of people entering the country is “too high”, after acknowledging the benefits of immigration.
jrnl.ie
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I was glad to see her on but thought it quite a hostile interview.