🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸
@dean-tane.bsky.social
A member of the whoregeoisie fighting for a dicktatorship of the hoeletariat. Takatāpui 🌿🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Kahungunu). Kerryman ☘️
UK-based, Ireland-born, Aotearoa-descended. And with a cacophony of an accent to boot!
UK-based, Ireland-born, Aotearoa-descended. And with a cacophony of an accent to boot!
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Last week we screened an Irish film in Stockholm and I welcomed everyone in Irish - not because I thought the audience would understand me, but to start bringing the language back into the everyday lives of the Stockholm Irish community.
The language gets its life from us.
The language gets its life from us.
To add to this (aye, Gaeltacht investment gets MASSIVELY overlooked), we should take notes from te reo Māori revival in NZ. Have Irish heard everywhere in the media, not just on TG4. Refer to it as an everyday language for everyone. Promote an Irish Language Week/Month to really encourage usage.
I just hope everyone who likes to mention that they'd love to learn Irish and asking Irish speakers to help them and not leave them out are also talking about investment in the Gaeltacht when politicians come canvassing. I hope they're asking for new local Gaelscoileanna and more GA career paths
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Last week we screened an Irish film in Stockholm and I welcomed everyone in Irish - not because I thought the audience would understand me, but to start bringing the language back into the everyday lives of the Stockholm Irish community.
The language gets its life from us.
The language gets its life from us.
Björk’s ‘Debut’ to ‘Post’ trajectory. Really that quality is even more sharp in Homogenic, but I’d argue Post really has all the roots of what we understand as Björk’s ‘sound’ to this day
Good evening Bluesky. What do you think is the sharpest rise in quality between a first album and a second album?
My choice is from "Frank" to "Back In Black" by Amy Winehouse.
My choice is from "Frank" to "Back In Black" by Amy Winehouse.
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Björk’s ‘Debut’ to ‘Post’ trajectory. Really that quality is even more sharp in Homogenic, but I’d argue Post really has all the roots of what we understand as Björk’s ‘sound’ to this day
To add to this (aye, Gaeltacht investment gets MASSIVELY overlooked), we should take notes from te reo Māori revival in NZ. Have Irish heard everywhere in the media, not just on TG4. Refer to it as an everyday language for everyone. Promote an Irish Language Week/Month to really encourage usage.
I just hope everyone who likes to mention that they'd love to learn Irish and asking Irish speakers to help them and not leave them out are also talking about investment in the Gaeltacht when politicians come canvassing. I hope they're asking for new local Gaelscoileanna and more GA career paths
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
To add to this (aye, Gaeltacht investment gets MASSIVELY overlooked), we should take notes from te reo Māori revival in NZ. Have Irish heard everywhere in the media, not just on TG4. Refer to it as an everyday language for everyone. Promote an Irish Language Week/Month to really encourage usage.
Not to kink shame (as even that would set some people off) but I really wish there was a way to delete the Discover tab on here based on the weird kinky stuff that keeps showing up on that feed
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Not to kink shame (as even that would set some people off) but I really wish there was a way to delete the Discover tab on here based on the weird kinky stuff that keeps showing up on that feed
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don't give labour a single vote under any circumstances
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
don't give labour a single vote under any circumstances
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How dare Reeves raise taxes on this queen
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How dare Reeves raise taxes on this queen
We’re one week into Lux now; it really is an astonishingly beautiful piece of art
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We’re one week into Lux now; it really is an astonishingly beautiful piece of art
That ain’t gonna stop us from throwing them at fascists like her
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
That ain’t gonna stop us from throwing them at fascists like her
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Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
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Pretty certain that offering much needed support to 0.001% of the population isn't why the wage for my job has dropped 25% in real terms since 2009 whilst in the same period the wealth of uk billionaires has tripled.
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system
Ukrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.
If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Pretty certain that offering much needed support to 0.001% of the population isn't why the wage for my job has dropped 25% in real terms since 2009 whilst in the same period the wealth of uk billionaires has tripled.
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Reminder that the Refugee Convention was born out of the international community’s shame at failing to provide sanctuary to victims of the Nazis.
Shabana Mahmood seems to think we should’ve failed the survivors as well, by sending them back the second the Nazis were defeated.
Shabana Mahmood seems to think we should’ve failed the survivors as well, by sending them back the second the Nazis were defeated.
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reminder that the Refugee Convention was born out of the international community’s shame at failing to provide sanctuary to victims of the Nazis.
Shabana Mahmood seems to think we should’ve failed the survivors as well, by sending them back the second the Nazis were defeated.
Shabana Mahmood seems to think we should’ve failed the survivors as well, by sending them back the second the Nazis were defeated.
Logged into my 23andMe account for the first time in years and my results updated to include 2% Spanish ancestry. Which is obviously just noise, but there’ll be more noise from the Irish side of the family if they find this out. It’ll confirm to them we really are descendants of the Spanish Armada
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Logged into my 23andMe account for the first time in years and my results updated to include 2% Spanish ancestry. Which is obviously just noise, but there’ll be more noise from the Irish side of the family if they find this out. It’ll confirm to them we really are descendants of the Spanish Armada
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Vending Machine.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Vending Machine.
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
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This is such a beautiful illustration of the whole Your Party fiasco, AI generated art romanticising a bygone age of “proper” labour.
Join me, Alan Mardghum, Heather Wood and others for Your Party’s rally with the Durham Miners Association!
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is such a beautiful illustration of the whole Your Party fiasco, AI generated art romanticising a bygone age of “proper” labour.
Your Party (AI Slop Version)
Join me, Alan Mardghum, Heather Wood and others for Your Party’s rally with the Durham Miners Association!
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Your Party (AI Slop Version)
It’s besides the point but the artwork in the current Irish passport is so lit. Much of the designs and text celebrates the Irish diaspora. When I had mine renewed recently it was such upgrade from the cheap looking and boring Brexit passport.
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK formally left the European Union
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK formally left the European Union.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s besides the point but the artwork in the current Irish passport is so lit. Much of the designs and text celebrates the Irish diaspora. When I had mine renewed recently it was such upgrade from the cheap looking and boring Brexit passport.
Charlotte Church in gothic drag has completely altered my brain chemistry
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Charlotte Church in gothic drag has completely altered my brain chemistry
Didn’t think I’d find the new Predator film so heartwarming
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Didn’t think I’d find the new Predator film so heartwarming
Wesley Streeting possibly becoming PM is a sure sign this island is in the final stages of a collective gas leak
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Wesley Streeting possibly becoming PM is a sure sign this island is in the final stages of a collective gas leak
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I mentioned previously how Brianna was taught in school primarily in isolation and idk if non brits know what that means.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
“Surely, further isolating trans people will make their lives better!”
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I mentioned previously how Brianna was taught in school primarily in isolation and idk if non brits know what that means.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
What if the rake was on fire
This is even funnier than it just being Streeting on manoeuvres.
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What if the rake was on fire
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Student walking to school past streets plastered in England flags to hand their phone in to a teacher to avoid radicalisation.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Student walking to school past streets plastered in England flags to hand their phone in to a teacher to avoid radicalisation.