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aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
#blackoutthesystem since the Democrats won't. All for a pinky swear.
Blackout the System We're not asking. We're shutting it down. A national movement across all races, cultures & classes to strategically and peacefully withdraw our labor & spending. The "system" will hear us - We The People. We’re not just talking about what’s wrong - we’re building what is right. A civic force that rivals the rigged system. Mass Blackout Nov 25th - Dec 2nd It's not Left vs. Right - It's Up vs. Down - Their strength is our spending! No Spending. No Streaming. No Restaurants. No Travel. No Work. Stay Home. No backing out! In coordination with The Big Beautiful Boycott, The People's Sick Day and The Progressive Network. About Blackout the System Blackout the System is a national non-partisan, grassroots movement born from frustration, injustice, and the undeniable truth that the people hold the power - not corrupt governments, not billionaires, and not broken systems. It is not just a one-and-done strike, boycott or protest. It is a long-term solution - a movement that aims to bring about significant and strategic change by uniting individuals to peacefully disrupt the current systems and build new ones. Not a moment, but a movement! Our Position The injustices we face—rising inequality, exploited labor, stripped rights, and a corrupted democracy—are all symptoms of one disease: Greed. We oppose the deliberate, engineered division of our country, the hoarding of wealth by corporations and billionaires, and the systematic dismantling of our Constitution. Our position is clear: We believe in the power of the people and in unifying across all demographics, to strategically and peacefully withdraw our labor, our spending, and our financial support, while building resilient, community-based systems that reclaim our resources, restore justice, and return power to the people. Unite. Build. Reclaim.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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blackoutthesystem.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
See the difference? 👀

#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
Idea about reforming minimum wage / pay scales (1/?): Three tiers of Federal Minimum Wage based on median cost of living for a single person living in an apartment by themselves, taking all utilities including internet and mobile phone into account, for urban, suburban and rural areas.
October 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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uilliammac.bsky.social
Reserves for every blood type are critically low, with only B+ being close to the bare minimum.

You can literally save a person's life by donating as soon as you can.

giveblood.ie 🩸

#Ireland #Áras25
A graph showing each blood type and the amount left, the bars on the graph are styled as test tubes, each with a small amount of red liquid in them.
October 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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chloemiko.bsky.social
🚨 As #AIActionSummit kicks off, here are some different perspectives on AI you might have missed.

Starting with this call by a hundred NGOs incl @amnestyfrance.bsky.social & @voxpublic.bsky.social : ‘AI as developed is fuelling global exploitation system’.
www.mentalhealtheurope.org/press-releas...
Le Monde - (Opinion piece) Call from a hundred NGOs: ‘AI as developed is fuelling a global exploitation system’. - Mental Health Europe
Press release as featured in the publication Le Monde on AI development fuelling a global exploitation system, signed by over 100 NGOs, including Mental Health Europe
www.mentalhealtheurope.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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ipsc.bsky.social
Sign. Civil Society Calls for Urgent Action: Ireland Must Join the Hague Group to End Complicity in the Genocide of the Palestinian People

#HagueGroupNow
comhlamh.org/blog/civil-s...
Civil Society Calls for Urgent Action: Ireland Must Join the Hague Group to End Complicity in the Genocide of the Palestinian People - Comhlámh
comhlamh.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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tuta.com
Sign the petition to stop Google from limiting APK file usage: www.change.org/p/stop-googl...
Sign the Petition
Stop Google from limiting APK file usage
www.change.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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mneylon.social
🚨 EU “Chat Control” = mass surveillance

Scans ALL your messages — even encrypted — breaking the security we rely on.

Once privacy’s gone, it’s gone.
Tell your MEP: No to Chat Control

👉 fightchatcontrol.eu/
#StopChatControl #PrivacyMatters #EU
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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tuta.com
🚨 Stop Chat Control! 🚨

The EU Council wants all your messages to be read by ominous AI. But government and military accounts will be exempt. Why? For security. 😤

Vote: October 14.
Key meeting: September 12.

📢 Act now! We've got two months to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
Image with an EU flag on a camera watching you while sitting in front of your computer. Title: Stop Chat Control
August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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clivethompson.bsky.social
behold the "HTML bomb"

It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to

when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper

Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
A Chrome browser error page displays the familiar “Aw, Snap!” message, indicating that something went wrong while loading a webpage. A pixelated frowning file icon with Xs for eyes appears at the top left. Below, the error code reads “Out of Memory,” suggesting the browser ran out of system resources. The page includes a “Reload” button in blue on the bottom right
August 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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littlekittybigcity.bsky.social
🚨🚨Release date info!🚨🚨 The Picture Purrfect Update – our adorable free Content Update – hits Switch on August 27th!

Other platform releases will follow at a future date.
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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scraggmaestro.bsky.social
www.stopkosa.com
Stop KOSA
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!
www.stopkosa.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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If the safety act is not working and it won’t be reversed, we need to do this instead come on guys keep voting we need to get to the same as a safety bill

Protect Privacy: Stop Mandatory Age Verification on Adult Websites

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Protect Privacy: Stop Mandatory Age Verification on Adult Websites
We urge the UK Government to abandon mandatory age verification for adult websites. We believe it will not stop underage access but may push users toward unsafe, unregulated sites. Instead, the govern...
petition.parliament.uk
July 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu refuses to protect EU citizens' from US corporate interests and is willing to jeopardise our safety standards and energy independence to appease the orange dictator. It's time to boycott US brands and products! (1) #boycottusa #buyeu #euustradedeal #fucktrump
July 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
Today's little day trip took us to the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill.
View over Dublin from Montpelier Hill Some very ominous looking dead trees Hellfire Club as you walk up to it Front of the Hellfire Club
July 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
I spent the weekend tidying up the shelf in the porch and repotting the plants. Sunday evening I switched on the porch light and found this interloper. I admire its determination but it was evicted nonetheless. No idea how it got in or up there! #gardening #indoorgarden #houseplants #succulents
The metal shelf in our front porch, which is mosely glass except for theside walls. The bottom holds gardening tools and propagators. the nect sh lf up is currently empty, the shelf above that has some glass terrariums, containers and cups that are currently empty after my work. and the top shelf has some plants in pots and glass cups. It's dark outside. A closer look at one of the smallsucculents onthe top shelf. A big brown snail is draped over it, trying make it its dinner. How it got allthe way up tvere is a mystery!
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
Given how right wing parties are campaigning on leaving the EU and other European alliances, it seems unwise to alienate the people who still mostly see the benefits of these institutions despite their shortcomings, but also largely want to see Israel held accountable for its actions.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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sharrow.bsky.social
I never thought @ciaraioch.bsky.social would do a picture of me.
ciaraioch.bsky.social Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Jul 12
Heatwave cooling system ♨️
Greyscale cartoon of a woman hoisting her bosom up to allow a fan to cool underneath. This is the stupidest thing I've ever drawn, in a crowded field. #Cartoon #Art #Ireland #Heatwave #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
July 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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savethehellfire.bsky.social
Montpelier Hill isn’t just a patch of green—it’s a living archive of our heritage, a sanctuary for biodiversity, and a vital breath of fresh air in an ever-urbanizing landscape.

Let’s protect what makes our community unique. Once the hill is gone, it’s gone forever.
www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
July 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
Saw a cool pigeon the other day. #birding #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky
Photo of a pretty, leucistic pigeon sitting on the sidewalk, facing sideways. It is mostly dark grey with an iridescent dark green neck, but it has white flecks all over its face and a pure white tail. Its legs are bright red. Photo of the same pigeon turned slightly away from me, you can see it also has some white flecks at the back of its head. It is sitting closer to the road, as seen by the double yellow line markings on the ground.
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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irlagainstfascism.bsky.social
This horrific genocide supporter is due to play in Dublin 22nd of October.
Let's make CERTAIN the venue, Draiman, Disturbed and Megadeath knows exactly how we feel about genocide supporters ✊️💚 🇵🇸

numetalagenda.com/news/story/d...
June 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
Today's #fleamarket find. It's a little beat up, the ink bottles don't match and one of them is damaged, but it is still pretty. Seller is closing their antique store and says he has a matching slope in storage he'll bring next month.
#fountainpen #handwriting
Photo of a vintage laquered paper maché ink stand. It is decorated with gold paint and mother of pearl inlay and features two glass inkwells and a small lidded section for stamps Corner detail of the ink stand, showing the rainbow colours of the mother of pearl inlay Detail shot of the lid of the stand section. Thecorners show light damage. The handle looks and feels like amber.
June 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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kosach.bsky.social
You just know the cat was waiting for the painters to walk away. #caturday
June 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
aspiring-geek83.bsky.social
@roll20.net and @drivethrurpg.com making a show of themselves
rascal.news Rascal News @rascal.news · Jun 23
Roll20, which owns DriveThruRPG, told Rebel Scum's designer (@9thlevelgames.bsky.social) that allowing their "hateful content" and political speech on its platform constituted a "slippery slope."
DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics
Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.
www.rascal.news
June 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM