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@ruairiobrien.bsky.social
Cinematographer
Eternity (A24), The Power, Dating Amber, Sea Fever, Line Of Duty etc…
Available wherever on this Earth you want to film.
Eternity (A24), The Power, Dating Amber, Sea Fever, Line Of Duty etc…
Available wherever on this Earth you want to film.
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🚨 My first SCOOP for @ms.now: Mike Johnson has secretly been working to tank a provision to mandate IVF coverage for active duty service members from the Defense Reauthorization Bill—even as Trump has pledged to expand access.
Here's what to know 👇
Here's what to know 👇
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed-doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨 My first SCOOP for @ms.now: Mike Johnson has secretly been working to tank a provision to mandate IVF coverage for active duty service members from the Defense Reauthorization Bill—even as Trump has pledged to expand access.
Here's what to know 👇
Here's what to know 👇
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America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
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Which famous writer do you think would be the worst at BlueSky? I’m gonna say Shakespeare. Didn’t have a phone.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Which famous writer do you think would be the worst at BlueSky? I’m gonna say Shakespeare. Didn’t have a phone.
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Flyer by John Giorno published by Visual AIDS in 1993 for Day Without Art.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Flyer by John Giorno published by Visual AIDS in 1993 for Day Without Art.
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This is interesting. Anything that slows are impares ICE is good news.
National
Fri, Nov 21 - Clinton appointee, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the IRS sharing data they collect with ICE is, most likely, very illegal.
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Fri, Nov 21 - Clinton appointee, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the IRS sharing data they collect with ICE is, most likely, very illegal.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is interesting. Anything that slows are impares ICE is good news.
@rutgerbregman.com might just have a point…
"Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@rutgerbregman.com might just have a point…
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Its almost as though he were "the most openly corrupt president in US history"
"Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Its almost as though he were "the most openly corrupt president in US history"
Freyne brothers taking over the world in tandem.
I’m looking forward to this.
I’m looking forward to this.
I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Freyne brothers taking over the world in tandem.
I’m looking forward to this.
I’m looking forward to this.
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BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
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- He stopped the policy of encouraging flu immunization in Louisiana
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Controversial Louisiana surgeon general tapped for CDC leadership role
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham has spoken against Covid shots and ended mass vaccination campaigns. Now he's in a position to make national health decisions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
- He stopped the policy of encouraging flu immunization in Louisiana
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
If we are going to have AI in cinema can they just remake everything but have all the films lead by Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Imagine!
Kramer Vs. Kramer
The Graduate
Gandhi
Forrest Gump
Brokeback Mountain
& the Star Wars films with DeVito as Luke and Arnie as Yoda.
#film #cinema
Imagine!
Kramer Vs. Kramer
The Graduate
Gandhi
Forrest Gump
Brokeback Mountain
& the Star Wars films with DeVito as Luke and Arnie as Yoda.
#film #cinema
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Wisdom from Charles Schulz.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Wisdom from Charles Schulz.
So weird that nobody mentions Star Wars is just space incest.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So weird that nobody mentions Star Wars is just space incest.
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Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
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Quite: the Wanna Piece of Ukraine Plan.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Quite: the Wanna Piece of Ukraine Plan.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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The difference between Boston and New York distilled into two world-class performances:
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The difference between Boston and New York distilled into two world-class performances:
I’m proposing a change in the law.
If you see someone bent over in a public place you should be allowed to kick them in the arse without fear of prosecution.
Now you know how my mind works.
If you see someone bent over in a public place you should be allowed to kick them in the arse without fear of prosecution.
Now you know how my mind works.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m proposing a change in the law.
If you see someone bent over in a public place you should be allowed to kick them in the arse without fear of prosecution.
Now you know how my mind works.
If you see someone bent over in a public place you should be allowed to kick them in the arse without fear of prosecution.
Now you know how my mind works.
The best thread on Bluesky lately.
It’s just making me want to lock myself away with books for six months.
It’s just making me want to lock myself away with books for six months.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The best thread on Bluesky lately.
It’s just making me want to lock myself away with books for six months.
It’s just making me want to lock myself away with books for six months.
Wow. Liam Neeson is amazing.
I’m not going to name the website that published this.
I’m not going to name the website that published this.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wow. Liam Neeson is amazing.
I’m not going to name the website that published this.
I’m not going to name the website that published this.
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Ireland moves to ban disposable vapes
Ireland moves to ban disposable vapes
Donohue says Ireland also backs EU plan to tax vapes and tighten tobacco rules
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ireland moves to ban disposable vapes