Amz
@therealamz.bsky.social
Irish, sports fan, cat herder, scientist. Leinster rugby. International Relations, Science fiction. Sport. Tick-borne diseases. Bit of a mixed bag. She/Her
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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The fuck?
The poor child.
Even her father didn’t protect her?
The poor child.
Even her father didn’t protect her?
All the adults failed her including her dad
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
www.wsaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The fuck?
The poor child.
Even her father didn’t protect her?
The poor child.
Even her father didn’t protect her?
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So the Fine Gael party – 🇮🇪 EPP member in the EU Parliament – is siding with the hard-right to downgrade citizen sustainability protections in favour of protecting corporate power.
Good to know.
Good to know.
And here is the second, 'Mr. Hyde' part of today's votes - where the EPP sides with the far-right, ranging from the ECR, to Orban & Le Pen's 'Patriots for Europe' and the AfD's 'Europe of Sovereign Nations' for a centre-right to far-right majority on the Omnibus 'deregulation':
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So the Fine Gael party – 🇮🇪 EPP member in the EU Parliament – is siding with the hard-right to downgrade citizen sustainability protections in favour of protecting corporate power.
Good to know.
Good to know.
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‘Irish Times headline “Brent geese put paid to 580 Dublin apartments” does a disservice both to journalism & to environmental protection’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
(Irish Independent blamed the geese too, & both papers published the story before the decision was publicly available)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
(Irish Independent blamed the geese too, & both papers published the story before the decision was publicly available)
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
‘Irish Times headline “Brent geese put paid to 580 Dublin apartments” does a disservice both to journalism & to environmental protection’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
(Irish Independent blamed the geese too, & both papers published the story before the decision was publicly available)
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
(Irish Independent blamed the geese too, & both papers published the story before the decision was publicly available)
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Americans might not understand it, but in many cultures it’s considered bad or even immoral to be a child rapist
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Americans might not understand it, but in many cultures it’s considered bad or even immoral to be a child rapist
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Some really great queer/trans audio drama recs!
Hi @jessiegender.bsky.social ! I hugely enjoyed your video on "The Best Star Trek This Year Was… an Audio Drama". In the video you said you wanted to get more audio dramas, and I wanted to bring to your attention the number of queer and trans creators who are currently working in the medium!
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Some really great queer/trans audio drama recs!
Ugh, can we still be disappointed by them?
It’s hard to put into words.
It’s hard to put into words.
Imagine how disappointed we're all going to be when we discover - again - that Republican voters don't care if their president is a rapist or a paedophile.
Breaking on MSNBC: Rep. Adelita Grijalva has officially signed the Epstein discharge petition. She was the 218th signature — the final name needed.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Ugh, can we still be disappointed by them?
It’s hard to put into words.
It’s hard to put into words.
Ugh - pet peeve as someone who is vision impaired but not fully blind. I hate that so many shows use text messages to move plots along. With no accessible way to read them other than pause and take a photo. It’s really bloody annoying. #accessibility #visualimpairment #easeofaccess
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ugh - pet peeve as someone who is vision impaired but not fully blind. I hate that so many shows use text messages to move plots along. With no accessible way to read them other than pause and take a photo. It’s really bloody annoying. #accessibility #visualimpairment #easeofaccess
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I interviewed then housing minister Darragh O’Brien and put it to him that these illegal short term lets could be brought back to the rental market with the stroke of a pen. That it wasn’t done shows the “we’re doing all we can to fix housing” line was a lie.
All Airbnbs being rented year round are in contravention of planning laws. Houses built for private residential tenancy need to apply for change of use. If you built a house without following the rules it could be torn down. We could solve this Airbnb problem overnight, there’s no political will.
Rental crisis to intensify as ‘starved of supply’ housing stock dips below 2,000
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I interviewed then housing minister Darragh O’Brien and put it to him that these illegal short term lets could be brought back to the rental market with the stroke of a pen. That it wasn’t done shows the “we’re doing all we can to fix housing” line was a lie.
Any mention in the “press” of how much the suits, shirts and ties, of the men in attendance at the inauguration cost?
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Any mention in the “press” of how much the suits, shirts and ties, of the men in attendance at the inauguration cost?
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Rents are now two thirds higher than at the peak of the Celtic Tiger in 2007, according to a report by Daft.
jrnl.ie/6870778
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Search Ireland's No. 1 Property Website | Daft.ie
Search 1000s of houses, apartments and properties for sale or to rent - from all leading estate agents
Daft.ie
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Rents are now two thirds higher than at the peak of the Celtic Tiger in 2007, according to a report by Daft.
jrnl.ie/6870778
jrnl.ie/6870778
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I've seen Batman's parents murdered 17 times a decade without anyone having to explain how they were revived between movies.
this kind of feels like freaking out over a problem that 95% of the audience is not going to have an issue with
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've seen Batman's parents murdered 17 times a decade without anyone having to explain how they were revived between movies.
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What frustrates me about this isn't that O' Brien is a miserable dick. It's that there's a plethora of evidence-based studies available on the subject of remote work and none of them are referred to.
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
Lad who works remotely from Lear Jets, tax-free Monaco and his Carribean compound has some views on the rest of us ...
Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien
Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What frustrates me about this isn't that O' Brien is a miserable dick. It's that there's a plethora of evidence-based studies available on the subject of remote work and none of them are referred to.
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
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"phillip k dick, but stupid" describes everything now
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"phillip k dick, but stupid" describes everything now
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Emily Maitlis not a doctor not trans not an expert in this field worked for ideological reasons to get healthcare for kids shut down, paid for by the licence fee - and she complains about ideological capture. Absolutely farcical
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Emily Maitlis not a doctor not trans not an expert in this field worked for ideological reasons to get healthcare for kids shut down, paid for by the licence fee - and she complains about ideological capture. Absolutely farcical
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"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Noooooooooooo
But... I've seen both....
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Noooooooooooo
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This is horrendous. And she's proud of what she's done to those poor children. There's already one death that a coroner attributed to the closure and I have no doubt there are many more that haven't been reported
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is horrendous. And she's proud of what she's done to those poor children. There's already one death that a coroner attributed to the closure and I have no doubt there are many more that haven't been reported
I’m visually impaired- kindle was a game changer for me. I understand the Amazon implications and I support local bookstores but can we stop shaming people for using ebooks?
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’m visually impaired- kindle was a game changer for me. I understand the Amazon implications and I support local bookstores but can we stop shaming people for using ebooks?
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Yet another reason not to shake hands with Nazis.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yet another reason not to shake hands with Nazis.
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I'll show them all! I'll run an ad for the company that summarizes books
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'll show them all! I'll run an ad for the company that summarizes books
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Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social