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Stephen Ryan πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 StiofΓ‘n Γ“ Riain πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍
@stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
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Dubliner living on Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim.

Recovering academic. Politics, history, sociology, music, Liverpool FC and some photos of an island.

Was never a member of The Stars Of Heaven, sadly.

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Stephen Ryan πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 StiofΓ‘n Γ“ Riain πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 @stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social Β· Jun 29
A couple of my photos from my first time seeing R.E.M. which was somehow 40 years ago #OTD.

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social Β· 22h
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social Β· 1d
The only way Russia can win in Ukraine is if they destroy the will of the population to live or defend. This is why it deploys millions of bots and thousands of propagandists across every nation and language. They lie to create despair, disillusionment, and turn populations against Ukraine.

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Stephen Ryan πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 StiofΓ‘n Γ“ Riain πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 @stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social Β· 3d
Remembering Vic Chesnutt today.

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Vic Chesnutt - You Are Never Alone
YouTube video by the neighbors dog
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Β· 3d
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?

Caller: I am eight

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Β· 4d
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the β€˜global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.

It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.

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A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Β· 4d
Trump posts early on Christmas Eve: "If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Negative to President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn’t their very valuable Broadcast Licenses be terminated? I say, YES!"
A post from Trump saying "If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Negative to President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn’t their very valuable Broadcast Licenses be terminated? I say, YES!"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Β· 5d
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social Β· 5d
Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London

Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social Β· 7d
The DOJ is continuing to redact more mentions of Donald Trump found in the Epstein files.

On the left the original version, on the right today’s version.

Source: justice.gov/multimedia/C...

#OpDeathEaters
Case 1:15-cv-07438LA PomenD 3121 Fed 08/24 Page 16 of 16 several girls at any one time. She confided in me about her casual "friendship" with Donald. Mr Trump definitely seemed to have a thing for her and she told me how he kept going on about how he liked her "pert nipples". Donald Trump liked flicking and sucking her nipples until they were raw. One evening when we were showering together she showed me her nipples. They looked incredibly painful as they were red and swollen and I remember wincing when I looked at them. I also know she had sexual relations with Trump at Jeffery's NY mansion on regular occasions as once met Jen for coffee, just before she was going to meet Trump and Epstein together at his mansion. I will shortly start forwarding you, all the emails which I have managed to save. They include the following: I moved from Edinburgh to New York in September 2006, where shortly after I was introduced to Jeffery Epstein by Natalie. A couple months later, after he constantly stalked me around Edinburgh, I moved to New York to get as far away from him as possible and to start a new life. I will send you that photo, amongst others as soon as I am able to fly back to the UK next week as I definitely, 100% have it all in my little storage box. I also have other photo's of the Epstein girls and 1, whilst on the Island including a couple of pictures of me with Sergey Brin and his then finance Anne Wojcicki. I met the pair when they visited the Island for the day as Sergey wanted try out his new kite surfing equipment as he had only just started kite surfing and was very eager to try out his new equipment with us girls. Case 1:15-cv-0743 LA Pomen?61 Fiel2122 Page 16 of 16 several girls at any one time. She confided in me about her casual "friendship" with definitely seemed to have a thing for her and she told me how he kept going on about how he liked her "pert nipples". liked flicking and sucking her nipples until they were raw. One evening when we were showering together she showed me her nipples. They looked incredibly painful as they were red and swollen and I remember wincing when I looked at them. I also know she had sexual relations with at Jeffery's NY mansion on regular occasions as I once met for coffee, just before she was going to meet and Epstein together at his mansion. I will shortly start forwarding you, all the emails which I have managed to save. They include the following: I moved from Edinburgh to New York in September 2006, where shortly after I was introduced to Jeffery Epstein by A couple months later, I moved to New York I will send you that photo, amongst others as soon as I am able to fly back to the UK next week as I definitely, 100% have it all in my little storage box. I also have other photo's of the Epstein girls and 1, whilst on the Island including a couple of pictures of me with and his then finance . I met the pair when they visited the Island for the day as wanted try out his new kite surfing equipment as he had only just started kite surfing and was very eager to try out his new equipment with us girls.

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resident evil advisor πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ @deejaygeejaygee.bsky.social Β· 8d
shout out the guardian photo editor one time

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Β· 8d
So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.

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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social Β· 8d
On David Walliams: The Daily Mail reveals that β€œshowbusiness reporters at The Sun were told to drop negative stories about Walliams because both that newspaper and HarperCollins are owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsUK, even sharing offices near London Bridge.”

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Screenshot reads β€œIndeed, for years it wasn't just Schillings that Walliams paid to protect his interests, but also his fearsome publicists at MBC PR, whose client list has included the alleged rapist Russell Brand. I can also reveal that showbusiness reporters at The Sun were told to drop negative stories about Walliams because both that newspaper and HarperCollins are owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsUK, even sharing offices near London Bridge.”

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social Β· 8d
Transparency at last πŸ™„
fully redacted Epstein documents released by Trump's DOJ

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PatriotTakes πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @patriottakes.bsky.social Β· 8d
Elon lied or Trump had his minions scrub his name and images from the Epstein files.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social Β· 8d
The problem with this is that in my unfortunate experience there are occasionally people (some bad, some just unwell) for whom "respect" simply means "never ever disagree with me" no matter how badly they behave or how unmoored from reality they become - and they are *impossible* to deal with!
Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect
Russia's leader said during a four-hour TV marathon that claims that an attack on Europe was planned were "nonsense".
www.bbc.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Β· 8d
Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Β· 8d
Khanna: "The law clearly required all unclassified information being released today. They obviously have not complied with that law. They claim it's because it was only a few weeks -- well they've known about this for months."

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Stephen Ryan πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 StiofΓ‘n Γ“ Riain πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 @stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social Β· 8d
Hahaha
tobyontv.bsky.social Toby Earle πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @tobyontv.bsky.social Β· 8d
we go live to David Walliams’ front door

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Toby Earle πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @tobyontv.bsky.social Β· 8d
we go live to David Walliams’ front door

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Betwixtmas Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com Β· 8d
David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher following an investigation by The Telegraph into inappropriate behaviour towards young women. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher following an investigation by The Telegraph into inappropriate behaviour towards young women. Walliams, one of the country’s best-selling children’s authors, faced accusations that he had β€œharassed” junior female employees at Harper Collins. One woman who raised concerns was given a five-figure payoff by the publisher and left the business. This newspaper began investigating allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Walliams last year. The decision to drop Walliams comes after the sudden departure of the publisher’s former chief executive, Charlie Redmayne, who left in October. Kate Elton succeeded him as interim boss. It is understood that Walliams did not know about the Harper Collins investigation and that its conclusions were not put to him.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Β· 9d
meanwhile, the Twitterati are calling for a ban on all travel from Europe
Amy Mek @AmyMek President Trump must act - now. It is time to impose a travel ban on most European countries, because Europe is no longer exporting tourists and allies - it is exporting the consequences of Islamic mass migration and civilizational collapse. We just saw it again. The man who carried out the attack at Brown University has been identified by police as a 48-year-old Portuguese national, whose last known address was in Miami, Florida. He was in the United States on a student visa. He was reportedly shouting the ISLAMIC WAR CRY - "Allahu Akbar" while killing two students at Brown and injuring many others. And the media wants you to believe this is an isolated incident. It isn’t. What they refuse to tell you is that Europe is already lost, not just the UK, Germany, France, and Sweden, but far beyond that. Spain is gone. Portugal is being overtaken. Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, and large parts of Ireland are following the same path.

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social Β· 9d
Good morning from Rathlin
Low winter sun coming through trees. Small church and graveyard visible and then to the right is the sea and the rock armour for the harbour.

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Mickeyundertone @mickeyundertone.bsky.social Β· 9d
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Set the timer on your video recorder..
BBC Two - Celebrity Mastermind, 2025/26, Episode 2
Sally Ann Matthews, Yinka Bokinni, Felicity Ward and Michael Bradley are in the spotlight.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Stephen Ryan πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 StiofΓ‘n Γ“ Riain πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍 @stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social Β· 10d
We really have managed to elect some terrible MEPs over the last few years.
gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social Β· 11d
The EU parliament just voted in favour of banning the import of Russian oil & gas.

500 Yes
120 No
32 Abstained.

Embarrassing to see Irish MEP and massive eejit, Flanagan, on the list of No Voters.

press release: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
scan of the list of MEP names who voted in favour (500) and those against (120) and those who abstained (32).

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Β· 10d
Imagine believing that this guy is engaging in peace talks in good faith
katjadiehl.bsky.social Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social Β· 10d
We should finally take him at his word.

"Putin calls European leaders β€˜little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force.

Russian leader says aims of its β€˜special military operation’ will be met β€˜unconditionally’"

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Β· 11d
The Epstein files have to be published by 19th December.

What's the bet Trump announces war with Venezuela on 18th?

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social Β· 11d
πŸŽ‚ Join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to @millsish.bsky.social !

Photos: 1. R. Diamond, 2. D. Belisle, 3. J. Thrasher 4. S. Phipps

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social Β· 11d
The EU parliament just voted in favour of banning the import of Russian oil & gas.

500 Yes
120 No
32 Abstained.

Embarrassing to see Irish MEP and massive eejit, Flanagan, on the list of No Voters.

press release: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
scan of the list of MEP names who voted in favour (500) and those against (120) and those who abstained (32).

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com Β· 11d
Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social Β· 12d
These two stories are 24 hours apart and not connected in any way:

New data centres will consume as much energy as the rest of the country combined

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Household users will pay more to contribute to investments in the electricity grid
Ellen Coyne Mon Dec 15 2025 - 06:00 β€’ 3 MIN READ New data centres in Ireland could need additional energy supply that is almost equal to the peak electricity demand for the entire country. The scale of demand from β€œprospective” data centres in the medium term could be as high as an extra 5.8 gigawatts (GW), on top of the already-high existing energy demands of the sector. Barry O'Halloran Tue Dec 16 2025 - 07:00 β€’ 2 MIN READ EirGrid and ESB Networks could spend up to €19 billion over the next five years on boosting the Republic’s electricity system after their regulator approved the investment plans. The State companies sought the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities’ (CRU) approval for investment in the national electricity grid and the lines that deliver power to homes and businesses earlier this year. The commission will confirm on Tuesday that it will allow them spend up to €18.9 billion from 2026 to 2030 on preparing the system to supply 300,000 new homes, electrify public transport and take on electricity from offshore wind farms among other measures.