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Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil
@bearaboi.bsky.social
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EU policy | European queer history | Fish and Ships | All views are mine, unfortunately | Homo galore🏳️‍🌈 | he/him | Trans rights are human rights🏳️‍⚧️

Dublin via West (West) Cork
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There is a petite woman at the gym in her gym gear but is wearing the Scary Movie face mask. Gurl, werk!
A stock photo of a person wearing the iconic black and white mask from the Scary Movie franchise.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Can I say that I'm happy with how I look in this pic? Is that okay?
A side selfie of me in a rather tight fitting tshirt that says "chest day" on the chest bit (lol).
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Its a take on a Simpsons meme. Text reads: There won't be a PR-STV run off. I'll tell the children.
October 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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diva down #StormAmy
Its a street lamp poster for Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavij lying face up in someone's garden in Dublin, having been blown off during Storm Amy.
October 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The Birkin Burkes
A photo of five members of the deeply conservative Burke family dressed in suits / formal wear, all walking down steps outside a building, with what looks like Birkin (or Hermès?) bags photoshopped so it looks like their carrying them by hand.
September 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Should we all do a New Year's Eve-like countdown to noon to celebrate her not getting the nomination?
Head and shoulder photo of Maria Steen, outside a building with a number of people in the far background blurred. The photo is accompanied by an RTÉ headline: "Steen out of presidential race, Mullen says".
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Irish set dancing is cra-zee to my gay brain. What do you mean I'm a top and a side?
An exterior photo of the Cobblestone pub in Dublin's Smithfield Square at night time.
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I am free of the Covid. Thankfully, it was just a mild headcold.

It reminds me of that awkward time early on in all things lockdown, when in a Zoom work call, the person my place of work had called, said, "I hope you're staying positive and testing negative".

😬 😬 😬
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Although I'm gutted that Cork lost in the camogie final, I am thrilled that Michael D. Higgins' last outting at a GAA final as President of Ireland saw his home county of Galway win!
Photo in 2024 of "President of Ireland Michael D Higgins waves to the crowd before the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final match between Galway and Kilkenny at Croke Park in Dublin. (Photo By Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile via Getty Images)"
August 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A 5km in this blazing heat? Sure why not! #SillyBitch
Its a selfie of me in a park, wearing sun glasses, baseball cap backwards, without wearing a tshirt, and giving a face of tiredness.
July 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Before (😬) and after (🤩) haircut for Dublin Pride week
June 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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A 4km run in 25°C Berlin heat🫠
A shirtless selfie of me after a sweltering 4 km run around a bit of Berlin.
June 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Cork, after beating Limerick in the Munster hurling final on penalties
A meme from 'Ja'mie: Private School Girl', the Australian comedy show, where Ja'mie, while wearing her school blazer, is smiling saying 'I am so random. I can't believe I just did that'.
June 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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It's (surprise!) another gym selfie! Who would have known?
Its (surprise!) another selfie of me in front of the squat wrack mirror. I'm in a tshirt and shorts that are (surprise!) a size too small for me.
June 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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How curious that he's pulled his party out of government as his party continues to slide in support.
Its a line graph from Politico's 'Netherlands - National parliament voting intention: Projected seat share in the parliament, based on seat distribution polling data.' The polling data covers the last 12 months. It shows a declining support of PVV from 30% in June 2024 to 20% in June 2025, the Labour-Greens at 19%, the VVD at 18%, with the CDA at 12%. The remaining 11 parties range between 6% - 1%.
June 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Here's some unremarkable pics of me at the gym!
Its a selfie of me, at the gym (surprise, surprise). Its a view of my back while at the gym. Is it unremarkable? Absolutely.
May 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Drunk on cava in the sun in Spain😊
It's a selfie of me with a sandy back in the background on a bright, sunny evening. And I'm drunk of consuming cava on said beach in the glorious afternoon sunshine!
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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AMAZING NEWS!

This EU Citizen's Initiative has passed the ONE MILLION signature threshold!
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Hey friends!

This EU Citizen's Initiative on banning LGBTQ+ conversion practices is so close to reaching its threshold - but the deadline is today.

Please sign and share to help it get over the finishing line!

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
A screenshot from the website: "European Citizen's Initiative - Central online collection system. Ban on conversion practices in the European Union".
May 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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See, Grindr can be nice
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Its the 'Get In Loser, We're Going Shopping' meme, but its edited to 'Get In Loser, We're Going To Upper Ireland'.
April 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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He really is the perfect man
Its a photo of Pedro Pascal posing at the premier of The Thunderbolts film, wearing a tshirt that says: "Protect The Dolls".
April 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Seo é, tá sé mo lá breithe🥳
Its a selfie of me, with a weird smile put on for the photo to mark my birthday.
April 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Britain inches closer to the plot of V for Vendetta:
Its a screen grab from Wikipedia for the plot of the 2006 film "V for Vendetta": "In the near future, Britain is ruled by the ultranationalist Norsefire political party, a fascist and totalitarian regime led by High Chancellor Adam Sutler, which controls the populace through propaganda and imprisons or executes those deemed undesirable, including immigrants, homosexuals, and people of alternative religions."
April 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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There's a bit too much green going on here.
Its a picture of me, kneeling down in front of a mirror in the gym in my GAA shorts and a tank top, trying desperately to make whatever muscles I have to look palatable.
April 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM