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Tim Forde
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rbreich.bsky.social
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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oldmatecans.bsky.social
Now I like pop as much as the next gay but this photo of what 5ive look like now is giving "Protest outside Asylum seeker hotel" or "January 6", "Cronulla Riots" or "Parliament Occupation" depending on your anglo-cultural position.
The nineties boyband 5ive, who have so many bangers. However in this image they're giving a vibe I can only describe as Has Opinions About Race
August 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
timforde.bsky.social
Grim. Grim. Grim.

Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters
Faction influencing No 10 says government should legislate against DEI in hiring, sentencing and ‘wherever else’
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
timforde.bsky.social
Today's BBC coverage of the football trans ban is more than a little shite.
June 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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fliceverett.bsky.social
He looks like a cormorant about to be cleaned by RSPB volunteers.
reckless.bsky.social nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · May 29
This is a great photo and also the funniest possible way to promote the idea that Brad Pitt is a credible F1 driver
May 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
bit.ly
May 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
timforde.bsky.social
The ghosts of British Rail being re-nationalised as Great British Railways is worthy of a Hollywood handshake.
May 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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tonygroves.bsky.social
The implication here from the BBC is that al-Najjar children could’ve been legitimate targets if their parents had ties to Hamas.

Children are not targets.

We must side with the child over the bomb every single time, no matter whose bomb and no matter whose child.

Every time.
May 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
timforde.bsky.social
Perhaps it's a good thing that champerty and maintenance is still mostly illegal in Ireland.
emiliab.bsky.social EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · May 24
#UK #JKR In what comes as a surprise to nobody, JK Rowling has embarked on her next phase of her path to radicalization. She now also offers to fund legal cases - provided applicants meet certain criteria. jkrwf.org?fbclid=IwQ0x...
The J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund
A legal fighting fund for women protecting their sex-based rights
jkrwf.org
May 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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RTE news : 5,956 same-sex marriages held between 2015 and 2024 - CSO

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
5,956 same-sex marriages held between 2015 and 2024 - CSO
Almost 6,000 same-sex marriages have been celebrated in Ireland since the first such marriages took place in November 2015 up to the end of last year.
www.rte.ie
May 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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fancyvegaspro.bsky.social
The interview just stops so the writer can start talking about the danger of trans people. Brains completely rotted by bigotry
hleehurley.com Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · May 18
Look what Gary Lineker said to Oliver Brown and the Telegraph about trans people...
Full page interview with Gary Lineker. The headline is "Trans people are some of the most persecuted on the planet" When The Rest is Football tried a public question-and-answer experiment last November, Martina Navratilova, Sharron Davies and hundreds of other women asked him what he thought of the FA banning a teenager – revealed by The Daily Telegraph last weekend as Cerys Vaughan – for asking a transgender opponent: “Are you a man?” Even under pressure from a nine-time Wimbledon singles champion and a celebrated Olympic swimmer, he neglected to engage. Why? “Ugh,” he sighs, slumping so far forward in his chair he nearly hits the table. “You can’t cover that subject properly in a post. It’s too nuanced. I don’t actually think, in terms of sport, that it will ever be a real issue. Sport, as it’s already doing, will sort it out and work out rules. Like they did in boxing, when they realised they couldn’t have heavyweights against little fellas.” Is it not blindingly obvious, however, that sport will not simply “sort it out”? It has taken many determined female campaigners a punishingly long time to undo the damage of gender ideology, compelling sports to prioritise fairness for women rather than vacuous mantras about inclusion. Amid broad acceptance that the rights of half the population should trump the view of a small, vocal minority of men that they are entitled to colonise women’s sport, Lineker makes it clear where his sympathies lie. “They’re some of the most persecuted on the planet, trans people. “You’ve got to be very careful not to have bigoted views on that. I genuinely feel really badly for trans people. Imagine going through what they have to go through in life. Is there even any issue? It’s the same swimmer, the same weightlifter, the same boxer. They’re the only people I ever see.” Lineker’s perspective here is myopic. The three examples he raises – American swimmer Lia Thomas, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, not transgender but permitted to win gold as a woman at the Paris Olympics despite sex tests indicating the presence of male chromosomes – are indeed well publicised. But they are far from the only ones he could cite, with a recent report by Reem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, documenting how governing bodies’ failures to act have led to more than 600 female athletes around the world losing 890 medals in 29 different sports. In his eyes, only cases at elite level matter. “We’ve got the Women’s Euros in the summer. Let’s see if there’s one issue – I don’t think there is. Are you telling me that there are many people who pretend to be women just so they’re going to be good at sport?” The desire of some males to receive affirmation as female can be a powerful motivating force, I argue. “It’s so complex,” Lineker says. “I see both sides to a degree.”
May 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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hellothisisivan.bsky.social
If the B-52s were Briitish
May 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
timforde.bsky.social
No, UK. #eurovision
May 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
timforde.bsky.social
It's like live action Gummi Bears #Ukraine #eurovision.
May 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
timforde.bsky.social
The stage (staging so far) is a bit of a hot mess. #eurovision
May 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
timforde.bsky.social
Can't think of a holiday destination more unappealing than a Disney theme park in the Abu Dhabi boondocks. Have at it.
May 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic
The poor provision of unisex children’s facilities— which reinforces gender stereotypes and inconveniences women and men both — was, incidentally, an issue I remember being quite talked-about a decade...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
timforde.bsky.social
Some amazing frocks, fabrics and hats on show today. On the men.
April 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
timforde.bsky.social
The grim, prurient, click-baity choices of the Irish Times.

This article is a reprint of a NYT piece. However the NYT just included the first photo. The Irish Times decided to source an additional 5 invasive internal pics of the Hackman's home.

TMZ-lite behaviour
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
New records show Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa repeatedly Googled flu-like symptoms in run-up to death
Witness interviews and photographs of scene provide fresh insights into final days of Hackman and Arakawa
www.irishtimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
timforde.bsky.social
Not yet 100 days of Trump and they're already writing "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" pieces about potential shortages.

Why a Tariff-Inflated $2,000 iPhone Is Nothing to Fear www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/t...
Trump Tariffs Could Raise iPhone Prices, But Affordable Options Remain (Gift Article)
Even if gadget prices surge, we have plenty of cheaper options, like buying last year’s phone model instead of the latest and greatest.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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scottygb.bsky.social
And that’s enough television for today.
April 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
timforde.bsky.social
Oh for the optimism of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionary enthusiastically proselytizing on Parnell Street.
April 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
timforde.bsky.social
Can you call people 'crew' if they had no hand, act or part in the control of the vehicle during its journey?

They didn't even press 'Go'.
April 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
timforde.bsky.social
Katy Perry trying to be profound after her joyride to Space...

Give me strength.
April 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
timforde.bsky.social
When you have nothing constructive or positive to say. When you're all out of ideas. When you need to pick on someone to show strength. Pathetic.

Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings
The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM