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ciaran-b.bsky.social
@ciaran-b.bsky.social
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Living the dream...father to SEN princess.
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ciaran-b.bsky.social
I went back on X for a look....please learn from mistake.
January 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
The same dirty arse, two different skid marks.

www.rte.ie/news/politic...
FF and FG hold 'positive and constructive' govt talks
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have said they had "positive and constructive" initial discussions as both parties continue to hold government formation talks.
www.rte.ie
December 12, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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owenjones.bsky.social
No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.

This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
amnestyuk.bsky.social Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · Dec 5
1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
December 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
I never knew about, it's a total disgrace. Our waterways and oceans deserve so much better. This is know about and actively ignored by Belfast City Council.
youtu.be/zf4UMqTHERI?...
The Most DISGUSTING BEACH In Northern Ireland (Hidden for 50 years)
YouTube video by Stephen J Reid
youtu.be
December 1, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 5:08 PM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
A big recommendation for Sci-Fi fans.

tv.apple.com/gb/show/silo...
Watch Silo - Apple TV+ (UK)
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously…
tv.apple.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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retrododo.bsky.social
👀

#tysonpaul
November 16, 2024 at 12:09 AM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
Pretty much nails it.
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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twisteddoodles.bsky.social
A small reminder
November 6, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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watchnature.bsky.social
Mount Rainer casting a shadow during the early morning sunrise
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
What I've been sorely disappointed by in recent times is having to explain to my son about how all his heroes are total sum bags and racists. Innocence gone.
November 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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stephenherdman.bsky.social
We don't need all of Twitter to move to BlueSky. We just need all of Irish Twitter to move to BlueSky. It'll be glorious, a utopia.
four people walking in a field of flowers with a blue sky in the background
Alt: four people dancing in a field of flowers with a blue sky in the background. Uh ohhhhhhh, cest la viieeeeeeee
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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arseblog.com
An interesting point: the clear lesson is that owning your own platform/website is so important.

If it's just a lot of followers on a social media site, you're building it on something that can be taken away from you in an instant at their whim, or just fail as Twitter is now. And then what?!
sofire.bsky.social Queen Gooner @sofire.bsky.social · Nov 16
Morning Blueskyers. I was thinking I remember the pre Twitter days when I used to trawl through websites looking for Arsenal, sport and entertainment news. Then Twitter came along and I'd just find it on there. Now I'm back to trawling through websites again - it's a strange feeling.
November 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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kellyscaletta.bsky.social
It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.

I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.

Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
BlueSky for Beginners
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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chrisbrooke.bsky.social
This was Austrian Airlines' final post over on the Twitter.
Austrian Airlines' farewell to the Twitter.
November 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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trishdevlin.bsky.social
We now have the whole team here on BlueSky 👏 Please follow and sign up for our newsletter. We have some very important investigations coming up …
November 15, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"

UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over...

"We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse. Unfortunately that well is now poisoned. All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022. Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system. We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself. And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere. Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it. After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process. But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting. Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X. And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work. We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over. Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter
November 15, 2024 at 11:51 AM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
The inhumanity is horrific. We are a cancer in this world.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Nowhere is safe': Concerns grow as Israel strikes new areas of Lebanon
Residents of the mixed area of Aramoun express alarm after a strike on Wednesday kills eight people.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 1:14 PM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
Wow, I actually (cautiously) clicked on 'discover' and wasn't bombarded by toxic, right wing, fascist propaganda.

Who knew.
November 15, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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carolvorders.bsky.social
A beautiful system to BLOCK all the MAGA trolls IN ONE CLICK

Click on this list bsky.app/profile/did:...
Subscribe to it
It offers you "block all"
Block them in one click

Thank you @bsky.app
November 9, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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trishdevlin.bsky.social
Morning! The Guardian’s alternatives to Twitter/X has me creased.

Enjoy ⬇️

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Satirical cartoon of a character mansplaining to a tomato plant how to grow tomatoes
November 15, 2024 at 7:37 AM
ciaran-b.bsky.social
We sometimes flick past these images to stare at something so unbelievably less beautiful.

The Pillars of Creation....
November 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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emmadesouza.bsky.social
"We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere."

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:31 AM