Thomas Creamer
@thomascreamer.bsky.social
Leitrim native with notions.
Very much a personal account, looking for a lesser evil in terms of managing the social media addiction. @tmcreamer on the other site. #speirgorm
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Very much a personal account, looking for a lesser evil in terms of managing the social media addiction. @tmcreamer on the other site. #speirgorm
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Hi folk - if you now follow me as a result of one of the starter packs, I mostly post about;
- politics (of the lefty/soc dem variety)
-ocassionally on other interests (daily life, books/video games, or whatever else you'd expect from an Irish guy in his late 20's).
Take that as you will.
- politics (of the lefty/soc dem variety)
-ocassionally on other interests (daily life, books/video games, or whatever else you'd expect from an Irish guy in his late 20's).
Take that as you will.
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Yes. We're spending £476m on the militarisation of Calais - where babies are being tear gassed.
The fact people are hearing this for the first time is exactly why I made it the subject of the Christmas Day message.
We could be spending that money instead on a fair and managed migration system.
The fact people are hearing this for the first time is exactly why I made it the subject of the Christmas Day message.
We could be spending that money instead on a fair and managed migration system.
The UK government is spending £476m tear-gassing babies?
Someone needs to get real if they're to be taken seriously.
Someone needs to get real if they're to be taken seriously.
The Telegraph highlighting - yet missing - two vital points here.
1) We're not calling for £476m to be spent. It already is - this is about diverting it to actually helping.
2) Why "cruelty" in question? The £476m we're spending is part of an operation tear gassing babies.
1) We're not calling for £476m to be spent. It already is - this is about diverting it to actually helping.
2) Why "cruelty" in question? The £476m we're spending is part of an operation tear gassing babies.
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yes. We're spending £476m on the militarisation of Calais - where babies are being tear gassed.
The fact people are hearing this for the first time is exactly why I made it the subject of the Christmas Day message.
We could be spending that money instead on a fair and managed migration system.
The fact people are hearing this for the first time is exactly why I made it the subject of the Christmas Day message.
We could be spending that money instead on a fair and managed migration system.
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What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
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When our government and "business leaders" insist on trading with illegal entities in the occupied territories, this - and much worse - is what they are endorsing, funding, and seeking to profit from.
#Ireland
#Ireland
NEW | Israel’s settlers and army crushed Palestine’s 2025 olive harvest. Farmers were barred from their groves, hit with 167 settler attacks, and locked out of 25,000 dunams. Output collapsed to just 7–8k tonnes — the worst in decades — deepening hardship and accelerating land theft.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When our government and "business leaders" insist on trading with illegal entities in the occupied territories, this - and much worse - is what they are endorsing, funding, and seeking to profit from.
#Ireland
#Ireland
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Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court not to allow a further appeal by Conor McGregor against findings that he sexually assaulted Nikita Hand.
www.thejournal.ie/nikita-hand-...
www.thejournal.ie/nikita-hand-...
Supreme Court decides against allowing appeal by Conor McGregor over Nikita Hand ruling
The decision has been welcomed by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court not to allow a further appeal by Conor McGregor against findings that he sexually assaulted Nikita Hand.
www.thejournal.ie/nikita-hand-...
www.thejournal.ie/nikita-hand-...
Fuck Eurovision. Hope it dies now.
Good on RTÉ, and the public broadcasters of Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia for sticking to their guns.
Good on RTÉ, and the public broadcasters of Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia for sticking to their guns.
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fuck Eurovision. Hope it dies now.
Good on RTÉ, and the public broadcasters of Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia for sticking to their guns.
Good on RTÉ, and the public broadcasters of Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia for sticking to their guns.
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This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag
Justice and Migration Minister Jim O'Callaghan said he's committed to ensuring Ireland is 'not viewed more favourably than the UK by those seeking to claim asylum'.
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
O'Callaghan 'committed' to ensuring Ireland not viewed 'more favourably' than the UK by asylum seekers
A new International Protection Bill to reform Ireland’s asylum system will be published later this year.
jrnl.ie
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag
I am ashamed to confess immeasurable disappointment when I glanced at the name of this coffee chain in Guangzhou and realised that I had mistaken the "L" as an "F".
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I am ashamed to confess immeasurable disappointment when I glanced at the name of this coffee chain in Guangzhou and realised that I had mistaken the "L" as an "F".
I can't celebrate the inauguration of my President Catherine Connolly with my usual Bulmers today, sadly, but this Chinese apple cider vinegar drink will have to do. 😤
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I can't celebrate the inauguration of my President Catherine Connolly with my usual Bulmers today, sadly, but this Chinese apple cider vinegar drink will have to do. 😤
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Gardaí are investigating after a 13-year-old boy was attacked in Tuam while returning home from school last month.
The boy’s father condemned the 'violent' attack on his son, adding that his family 'do not feel safe' following the incident
jrnl.ie/6869280
The boy’s father condemned the 'violent' attack on his son, adding that his family 'do not feel safe' following the incident
jrnl.ie/6869280
Garda investigation after 13-year-old boy from Bangladeshi community attacked in Tuam
Two individuals – apparently older male teenagers – can be seen taunting and physically attacking the younger boy and hitting him in the face multiple times.
jrnl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Gardaí are investigating after a 13-year-old boy was attacked in Tuam while returning home from school last month.
The boy’s father condemned the 'violent' attack on his son, adding that his family 'do not feel safe' following the incident
jrnl.ie/6869280
The boy’s father condemned the 'violent' attack on his son, adding that his family 'do not feel safe' following the incident
jrnl.ie/6869280
Came across the first Popeyes in my life just there - granted, this *is* at an airport, but I did not have the impression that Popeyes was some sort of premium restaurant chain, because this is making Dublin look downright reasonable.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Came across the first Popeyes in my life just there - granted, this *is* at an airport, but I did not have the impression that Popeyes was some sort of premium restaurant chain, because this is making Dublin look downright reasonable.
Came across the first Popeyes in my life just there - granted, this *is* at an airport, but I did not have the impression that Popeyes was some sort of premium restaurant chain, because this is making Dublin look downright reasonable.
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Came across the first Popeyes in my life just there - granted, this *is* at an airport, but I did not have the impression that Popeyes was some sort of premium restaurant chain, because this is making Dublin look downright reasonable.
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actually our media are extremely reticent to describe politicians as far right, but David lives in Plato's cave and spends all his time making up guys to be mad at
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
actually our media are extremely reticent to describe politicians as far right, but David lives in Plato's cave and spends all his time making up guys to be mad at
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
FFS, "debate" isn't just you getting to say whatever you like without being challenged.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Listening to Tánaiste Simon Harris's comments on the way into Cabinet this morning - accusing parties on the left of the 'extraordinary' move of 'trying to shut down debate' on immigration.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
FFS, "debate" isn't just you getting to say whatever you like without being challenged.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done.
But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.
Almost forgot I wrote this letter responding to Fergus Finlay.
I wouldn't have picked that title myself, but I do think it is a bit of a slippery slope to argue that a threshold sufficient for Michael D. Higgins or FFG is not sufficient for Catherine Connolly.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
I wouldn't have picked that title myself, but I do think it is a bit of a slippery slope to argue that a threshold sufficient for Michael D. Higgins or FFG is not sufficient for Catherine Connolly.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Almost forgot I wrote this letter responding to Fergus Finlay.
I wouldn't have picked that title myself, but I do think it is a bit of a slippery slope to argue that a threshold sufficient for Michael D. Higgins or FFG is not sufficient for Catherine Connolly.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
I wouldn't have picked that title myself, but I do think it is a bit of a slippery slope to argue that a threshold sufficient for Michael D. Higgins or FFG is not sufficient for Catherine Connolly.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
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“I haven’t seen violence like this since Rwanda. The velocity and ferocity of the RSF killing civilians since Sunday is unlike anything I’ve seen in 26 years of doing this work, and HRL [Yale Humanitarian Research Lab] has been reporting on the RSF and the Sudanese war for a while.”
Incredibly grim
Incredibly grim
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“I haven’t seen violence like this since Rwanda. The velocity and ferocity of the RSF killing civilians since Sunday is unlike anything I’ve seen in 26 years of doing this work, and HRL [Yale Humanitarian Research Lab] has been reporting on the RSF and the Sudanese war for a while.”
Incredibly grim
Incredibly grim
Harris would be on stronger grounds to claim he is treating the subject of migration sensitively if he also didn't fail to conflate aslyum seekers with migration in general.
Like, yes, it is a "point of consideration" elsewhere, yet you haven't learnt anything!
www.thejournal.ie/simon-harris...
Like, yes, it is a "point of consideration" elsewhere, yet you haven't learnt anything!
www.thejournal.ie/simon-harris...
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Harris would be on stronger grounds to claim he is treating the subject of migration sensitively if he also didn't fail to conflate aslyum seekers with migration in general.
Like, yes, it is a "point of consideration" elsewhere, yet you haven't learnt anything!
www.thejournal.ie/simon-harris...
Like, yes, it is a "point of consideration" elsewhere, yet you haven't learnt anything!
www.thejournal.ie/simon-harris...
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Gary Gannon TD: “What he could have also said was their numbers this year have also decreased by 40 per cent on last year. He could have talked about the absolute failures in the system that he’s presided over for 10 years and how he was going to address them.
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@garygannontd.bsky.social
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@garygannontd.bsky.social
Immigration numbers are too high. We have to listen to the people in this country. The increase is too high.
- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie
Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.
- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie
Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Gary Gannon TD: “What he could have also said was their numbers this year have also decreased by 40 per cent on last year. He could have talked about the absolute failures in the system that he’s presided over for 10 years and how he was going to address them.
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@garygannontd.bsky.social
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@garygannontd.bsky.social
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“Once you [went] in those doors to those institutions, you [didn’t] come out the same.”
Mary Donovan's mother Margaret Mary spent most of her life detained in Irish psychiatric institutions.
She is now calling for an apology over how her mother was treated.
@investigates.thejournal.ie
Mary Donovan's mother Margaret Mary spent most of her life detained in Irish psychiatric institutions.
She is now calling for an apology over how her mother was treated.
@investigates.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“Once you [went] in those doors to those institutions, you [didn’t] come out the same.”
Mary Donovan's mother Margaret Mary spent most of her life detained in Irish psychiatric institutions.
She is now calling for an apology over how her mother was treated.
@investigates.thejournal.ie
Mary Donovan's mother Margaret Mary spent most of her life detained in Irish psychiatric institutions.
She is now calling for an apology over how her mother was treated.
@investigates.thejournal.ie
Catherine Connolly won literally the biggest personal mandate (both in terms of percentage, but also by the raw number of first preference votes) in the history of the state.
Doesn't stop some incredibly sore losers from ignoring the existance of those 914k+ voters. #Aras25
Doesn't stop some incredibly sore losers from ignoring the existance of those 914k+ voters. #Aras25
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Catherine Connolly won literally the biggest personal mandate (both in terms of percentage, but also by the raw number of first preference votes) in the history of the state.
Doesn't stop some incredibly sore losers from ignoring the existance of those 914k+ voters. #Aras25
Doesn't stop some incredibly sore losers from ignoring the existance of those 914k+ voters. #Aras25
A lot of things to ponder about after this election - the potential of a broad left alliance, as well as the fallout of those spoiled votes.
But today? I'm savouring having done my part in a campaign that has elected Catherine Connolly to president by the widest margin in Irish electoral history.
But today? I'm savouring having done my part in a campaign that has elected Catherine Connolly to president by the widest margin in Irish electoral history.
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A lot of things to ponder about after this election - the potential of a broad left alliance, as well as the fallout of those spoiled votes.
But today? I'm savouring having done my part in a campaign that has elected Catherine Connolly to president by the widest margin in Irish electoral history.
But today? I'm savouring having done my part in a campaign that has elected Catherine Connolly to president by the widest margin in Irish electoral history.