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@valondar.bsky.social
@VK_HM on twitter, Val (or valondar) most places. Autistic. Trans woman. (she/her) Dublin, Ireland.
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I had to write sketches about Darragh as Housing Minister every week through his term, and his track record of total failure delivered with sky high confidence was really something to behold
I see Darragh O'Brien is doing about a good of a job as Minister for Transport as he did as Minister for Housing. This was meant to be the soft assignment lol
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I had to write sketches about Darragh as Housing Minister every week through his term, and his track record of total failure delivered with sky high confidence was really something to behold
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Concrete over Doonbeg tonight
January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Concrete over Doonbeg tonight
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the trolley problem from a European perspective
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
the trolley problem from a European perspective
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Top level european diplomacy on a years long streak of spectacularly failing to meet the moment
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Top level european diplomacy on a years long streak of spectacularly failing to meet the moment
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When the worlds of Gundam, Toonami, and Linkin Park collided.
📺: 2001 Gundam Wing Toonami promo (credit to Past Blast TV for supplying this one from an old VHS tape!)
#VideoBytes
📺: 2001 Gundam Wing Toonami promo (credit to Past Blast TV for supplying this one from an old VHS tape!)
#VideoBytes
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When the worlds of Gundam, Toonami, and Linkin Park collided.
📺: 2001 Gundam Wing Toonami promo (credit to Past Blast TV for supplying this one from an old VHS tape!)
#VideoBytes
📺: 2001 Gundam Wing Toonami promo (credit to Past Blast TV for supplying this one from an old VHS tape!)
#VideoBytes
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I always think of this when someone says they do everything with AI now
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I always think of this when someone says they do everything with AI now
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January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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“Europe has a long history of scaring itself into bad decisions.”
- Colin Sheridan
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #speirgorm
- Colin Sheridan
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #speirgorm
Colin Sheridan: Why Europe’s war rhetoric risks turning fear into policy
Warnings about a looming Russian threat risk replacing evidence with emotion, and turning democratic debate into a test of loyalty
www.irishexaminer.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
“Europe has a long history of scaring itself into bad decisions.”
- Colin Sheridan
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #speirgorm
- Colin Sheridan
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #speirgorm
I checked the replies on Twitter to one of these signalling New Values posts and there were so many people decrying CBS as a mouthpiece of the Democratic Party. I don't think a wink and a nod towards 'actually we're conservative now' is getting through here
Bari Weiss and her benefactors vastly overestimate the remaining percentage of Americans who want their racism watered down. There's no market for the diluted stuff any more when people can get it undiluted directly from the source.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I checked the replies on Twitter to one of these signalling New Values posts and there were so many people decrying CBS as a mouthpiece of the Democratic Party. I don't think a wink and a nod towards 'actually we're conservative now' is getting through here
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Christ, Atton, you’re the worst fucking starship pilot I’ve ever seen.
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Christ, Atton, you’re the worst fucking starship pilot I’ve ever seen.
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Goddamn, I love Rohmer movies. In most of them, you spend a very pleasant 90 minutes watching some dude who, in real life, you'd want to push down a flight of stairs, thoroughly cockblock himself by overintellectualizing his lust for an incredible woman he feels is beneath him.
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Goddamn, I love Rohmer movies. In most of them, you spend a very pleasant 90 minutes watching some dude who, in real life, you'd want to push down a flight of stairs, thoroughly cockblock himself by overintellectualizing his lust for an incredible woman he feels is beneath him.
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guy who pronounces ".png" as "dot pinge"
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
guy who pronounces ".png" as "dot pinge"
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Frame stitch of the third iteration of the Lovely Angel, Kei and Yuri's starship.
From the anime feature Dirty Pair: Project Eden (ダーティペア劇場版)
From the anime feature Dirty Pair: Project Eden (ダーティペア劇場版)
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Frame stitch of the third iteration of the Lovely Angel, Kei and Yuri's starship.
From the anime feature Dirty Pair: Project Eden (ダーティペア劇場版)
From the anime feature Dirty Pair: Project Eden (ダーティペア劇場版)
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Today we’re launching Jayce’s Fighting Ships of Wolf 359
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Today we’re launching Jayce’s Fighting Ships of Wolf 359
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
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The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
Most of my time reading replies since the Musk takeover was just to find accounts to add to my mute list. The resulting purge doesn’t render the reply section that useable because there’s always more, but anyway
I didn't realize how much my Twotter enjoyment was based on reading good replies to posts until Elon ruined it. could find great jokes and/or good educational info from experts. then it basically disappeared overnight
January 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Most of my time reading replies since the Musk takeover was just to find accounts to add to my mute list. The resulting purge doesn’t render the reply section that useable because there’s always more, but anyway
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Once again gazing at Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech paintings and imaging the romcom about the two gruff yet tender handymen who are the last ones in town to realize they're each other's soulmates
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Once again gazing at Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech paintings and imaging the romcom about the two gruff yet tender handymen who are the last ones in town to realize they're each other's soulmates
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i have a new hobby i made up where i look at hundreds of ancient stock photo cdroms from archive .org and try to find cool shit in them. ill post more later but for now these are "tonights picks"
January 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
i have a new hobby i made up where i look at hundreds of ancient stock photo cdroms from archive .org and try to find cool shit in them. ill post more later but for now these are "tonights picks"
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the shadow makes it look like char is touching her pregnant stomach, i’m fucking dying
Laughing at how this is an official Bandai Namco promotional image going into 2026..
January 2, 2026 at 9:05 AM
the shadow makes it look like char is touching her pregnant stomach, i’m fucking dying
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We are now as far away from the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark as audiences in 1981 were from its setting of 1936
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 AM
We are now as far away from the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark as audiences in 1981 were from its setting of 1936
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"it's essential to rural Ireland" has become a floating signifier you can use to argue against anything, no matter how nonsensical. Banning fox hunting, doing anything at all for the environment, regulating short-term rental
I'm sure we'll hear that data centres are essential to rural Ireland soon
I'm sure we'll hear that data centres are essential to rural Ireland soon
Healy-Rae urges ‘serious rethink’ of planned short-term lets crackdown
Healy-Rae urges ‘serious rethink’ of planned short-term lets crackdown
Minister of State tells Taoiseach this should happen ‘before irreparable damage is done to rural Ireland’
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
"it's essential to rural Ireland" has become a floating signifier you can use to argue against anything, no matter how nonsensical. Banning fox hunting, doing anything at all for the environment, regulating short-term rental
I'm sure we'll hear that data centres are essential to rural Ireland soon
I'm sure we'll hear that data centres are essential to rural Ireland soon