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Rob
@robosullivan.bsky.social
Science Communicator. Lefty. Irish.

Hobbies: Wild food, gardening, playing music. Star Trek nerd.

I won't follow back if you're not using alt text on images.

I can't share every fundraiser I'm tagged in but I'll do my best to share what I can
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Bluesky buds outside of Ireland. I realise I'm posting more frequently about Irish politics to the point of potential annoyance. If you want to see less of it I'd recommend muting the terms FFG and #FFG as a start. That'll cover like 90% of my rants. Apologies but we've got some work to do here.
Hard Gagh Cafe
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Nope. Animal cruelty is never ok. Sinn Fein supporting bloodsports is just the kinda bad look I'd have thought they would have been trying to avoid.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has doubled down on her party's pro-fox hunting position, despite some internal criticism.

jrnl.ie/6911618t
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin's support of fox hunting is the right choice
The matter will be debated again at the party’s Ard Fheis in April.
jrnl.ie
December 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The Irish State's positioning on Palestine is cynically hollow

Designed in no small part to assuage the conscience of the public
Palestinian cultural tour to Ireland in limbo as Government tightens visa policy

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Someone really needs to find out who these men were #speirghorm
A very disturbing account by one of Epstein's victims:

"The men were a part of an organisation that would take naked photos of young girls and used [REDACTED] photo where she flew to Ireland for politicians and notable men"

news.sky.com/story/epstei...

#MastoDaoine #SpéirGhorm
Epstein files latest: Accuser describes being 'blindfolded, taken underground and raped' | US News | Sky News
We're continuing to go through the tranche of Epstein files released yesterday by the US Department of Justice. Follow the latest updates.
news.sky.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Right, okay, it’s that time of night.
December 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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as someone who has been working remotely since 2015, i promise you employers, saying everyone does their "best work in person", is absolutely not true.
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very | Protest | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:

“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The Guardian accused me of hubris because I dared post at 3pm.

The Calais Appeal donations are shooting up.

Maybe the King might like to donate too? Or maybe the Government could actually implement a fair & managed migration system?

A Christmas miracle!
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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and tiny tim, who did NOT die
*leo varadkar throws his big lollipop on the ground and storms off out of politics*
December 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The Occupied Territories Bill was first proposed in 2018 - to ban trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories. Still not passed.

Enough with your statements and condemnations.
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You have my sword.
And my bow.
And my axe.

*Me smothering Pippin in the corner*
And my ... hnggh... pillow. Hang on. Shhh. Go to sleep now. Shhh. Go to the light. It's OK.
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And Tiny Tim, who could NOT die... joined the Weapon X Program and started calling everyone "Bub"
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Polio is a devastating disease and Salk’s work developing a free vaccine should never be forgotten.
Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.

A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab
Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?
buff.ly
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Liberals: don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

Me: yeah fair ok, show me the good

Liberals: this isn't the time for fucking purity tests you little shit
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Gun to my head I wouldn't be able to name a character in Avatar. I haven't even seen all of Star Wars but I know tons of characters through cultural osmosis. It truly is strange.
And yet it’s had virtually no broad cultural impact, which, honestly, I find fascinating
‘AVATAR’ is now the highest grossing movie trilogy of all time

Over $1 billion more than Star Wars
December 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Irish emergency numbers for the new year. Thanks for sharing this @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
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…🎄
December 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Labour supporters are the most homophobic and almost the most transphobic.
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Protesting genocide shouldn’t be a death sentence.

If anyone wants to write to the hunger strikers, it's an important act of encouragement, and it's something Amnesty International should be promoting!
Amnesty ‘seriously concerned’ about the misuse of terrorism powers against Filton 24 members on hunger strike
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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The amount of grown men who hate Greta Thunberg really is startling.
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Records from the era are somewhat fragmented , but from what we can gather, the people of the time ritualistically sacrificed a baby every year to the goddess Mariah to bring about the coming of Christmas. Toys, snow, and a stocking were also offered but rejected by the deity as part of the ceremony
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM