Cranky Oul' Wan
@cranky-oul-wan.bsky.social
Retired engineer, masters sculler, scuba diver, gardener, opinionated old woman.
Credit for profile pic https://www.ahsurelookit.com/product/no-more-fcks-to-give/
Credit for profile pic https://www.ahsurelookit.com/product/no-more-fcks-to-give/
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It cannot be denied: this is a deliberate and coldly-calculated famine, engineered by a technologically-advanced state which knows exactly what it is doing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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RIP Tom Lehrer. This will no doubt be posted to death today (if you’ll excuse the morbid pun which I’m sure Lehrer would have done) but it’s still satire in purest form youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio?...
Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer. This will no doubt be posted to death today (if you’ll excuse the morbid pun which I’m sure Lehrer would have done) but it’s still satire in purest form youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio?...
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Irish immigration officials have rejected 265 applications by Palestinians for visas since the 7 October attacks
Irish immigration officials refuse 265 Palestinian visa applications since 7 October attacks
There have been over 1,200 applications by Palestinians to come to Ireland since 1 October 2023.
jrnl.ie
July 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Irish immigration officials have rejected 265 applications by Palestinians for visas since the 7 October attacks
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The next president being the “opposite of Michael D” shouldn’t mean a reactionary glory-hunter with middling to bad politics, it should mean a tall, slightly scary woman who has cats and hates poetry
July 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The next president being the “opposite of Michael D” shouldn’t mean a reactionary glory-hunter with middling to bad politics, it should mean a tall, slightly scary woman who has cats and hates poetry
The guy ahead of me for the bus this morning was wearing a red Trump MAGA cap backwards. When I told the driver, who couldn't see the inspiring message, and joked about how long yer man would last in Limerick, he winked and said "he's going to Cork". 😁
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The guy ahead of me for the bus this morning was wearing a red Trump MAGA cap backwards. When I told the driver, who couldn't see the inspiring message, and joked about how long yer man would last in Limerick, he winked and said "he's going to Cork". 😁
I've never been in Brynamman RFC but he could be a 70s Irish uncle whose nephew's stag do was in the parish GAA club.
Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
April 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I've never been in Brynamman RFC but he could be a 70s Irish uncle whose nephew's stag do was in the parish GAA club.
The same goes for flying to the USA via Ireland, where you are still in the EU when you go through US immigration.
April 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The same goes for flying to the USA via Ireland, where you are still in the EU when you go through US immigration.
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One bunch of heartless misogynistic bastards throws a woman to another bunch of heartless misogynistic bastards.
Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum
Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One bunch of heartless misogynistic bastards throws a woman to another bunch of heartless misogynistic bastards.
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“The city of Rafah was built over 3,300 years ago.
The first recorded mention of it was in 1,303 BC.
It was the first stop on Pharoah Shoshenq 1’s campaign to the Levant in 925 BC.
It was depicted on the Map of Madaba mosaic in the early Byzantine Church of St George in Jordan”
The first recorded mention of it was in 1,303 BC.
It was the first stop on Pharoah Shoshenq 1’s campaign to the Levant in 925 BC.
It was depicted on the Map of Madaba mosaic in the early Byzantine Church of St George in Jordan”
Israel has wiped the city of Rafah off the map
The city was once designated a safe zone...
www.councilestatemedia.uk
April 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“The city of Rafah was built over 3,300 years ago.
The first recorded mention of it was in 1,303 BC.
It was the first stop on Pharoah Shoshenq 1’s campaign to the Levant in 925 BC.
It was depicted on the Map of Madaba mosaic in the early Byzantine Church of St George in Jordan”
The first recorded mention of it was in 1,303 BC.
It was the first stop on Pharoah Shoshenq 1’s campaign to the Levant in 925 BC.
It was depicted on the Map of Madaba mosaic in the early Byzantine Church of St George in Jordan”
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
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Follow the penguins of @heardislandgov.bsky.social ! We stand with them ( and stand them too lol )and surely we can get them into the EU?
Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
April 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Follow the penguins of @heardislandgov.bsky.social ! We stand with them ( and stand them too lol )and surely we can get them into the EU?
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The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
April 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.
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Them now: “Women warriors are so woke.”
The Smithfield Decretals in 1300:
The Smithfield Decretals in 1300:
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Them now: “Women warriors are so woke.”
The Smithfield Decretals in 1300:
The Smithfield Decretals in 1300:
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You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
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“She describes (Zuckerberg) as a cross between a truculent teen and a toddler: he doesn’t like to get up before midday, even to meet prime ministers, and his obsequious colleagues feel obliged to let him beat them at board games.” www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
Facebook’s secrets, by the insider Zuckerberg tried to silence
Careless People author and former Meta director Sarah Wynn-Williams reveals what it was like ‘babysitting’ her boss
www.thetimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“She describes (Zuckerberg) as a cross between a truculent teen and a toddler: he doesn’t like to get up before midday, even to meet prime ministers, and his obsequious colleagues feel obliged to let him beat them at board games.” www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
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Looking forward to UK tour in April
😄😃
😄😃
March 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Looking forward to UK tour in April
😄😃
😄😃
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The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
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The Oscar winning Documentary No Other Land, co-directed by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers is available to stream free on Channel 4.
March 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Oscar winning Documentary No Other Land, co-directed by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers is available to stream free on Channel 4.
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One might wonder,just offhand, hypothetically, how our President might react if he had been humiliated in such a manner in the Oval Office
youtu.be/eZFR0NWpjio?...
youtu.be/eZFR0NWpjio?...
Michael D Higgins calling Michael Graham a Wanker
YouTube video by Lee Riley
youtu.be
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
One might wonder,just offhand, hypothetically, how our President might react if he had been humiliated in such a manner in the Oval Office
youtu.be/eZFR0NWpjio?...
youtu.be/eZFR0NWpjio?...
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Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.