Karen D
@dervan8r.bsky.social
Labhair Gaeilge liom!
Galway girl in Ireland. Musician and producer. I hate warmongers.
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸.
Doing what I can to save the planet and our natural environment.
Animal lover, snooker obsessive, hopelessly addicted to politics.
Galway girl in Ireland. Musician and producer. I hate warmongers.
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸.
Doing what I can to save the planet and our natural environment.
Animal lover, snooker obsessive, hopelessly addicted to politics.
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Not only has @irishtimes.com decided to publish this piece softballing the war crime state of Isr€&l, but they’ve even put it in the Music section. Shameful decision to print this. What are they thinking? Jesus wept.
May 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Not only has @irishtimes.com decided to publish this piece softballing the war crime state of Isr€&l, but they’ve even put it in the Music section. Shameful decision to print this. What are they thinking? Jesus wept.
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We had a strong message at RTÉ yesterday, boycott apartheid Israel until freedom, justice and equality for Palestine. #BDS #FreePalestine
May 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We had a strong message at RTÉ yesterday, boycott apartheid Israel until freedom, justice and equality for Palestine. #BDS #FreePalestine
Why @theguardian.com ? Even in Photos of the Day, you chose duplicitous language. Twice the use of the word “reported” when referring to Israeli air strikes but notably not used when referring to Russia.
Sometimes I really question my subscription…..
Sometimes I really question my subscription…..
April 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Why @theguardian.com ? Even in Photos of the Day, you chose duplicitous language. Twice the use of the word “reported” when referring to Israeli air strikes but notably not used when referring to Russia.
Sometimes I really question my subscription…..
Sometimes I really question my subscription…..
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✨️Christy Moore hassled by the Special Branch, Kildare 1978, shortly after he recorded his "90 Miles from Dublin" song for the H-Block L P. ✨️☀️🎸🪙🇮🇪
April 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
✨️Christy Moore hassled by the Special Branch, Kildare 1978, shortly after he recorded his "90 Miles from Dublin" song for the H-Block L P. ✨️☀️🎸🪙🇮🇪
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News reporter with fluent Irish? The Journal is hiring its first-ever Gaeltacht Correspondent jrnl.ie/6667597
News reporter with fluent Irish? The Journal is hiring its first-ever Gaeltacht Correspondent
Applications are currently being accepted up until 13 April.
jrnl.ie
April 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
News reporter with fluent Irish? The Journal is hiring its first-ever Gaeltacht Correspondent jrnl.ie/6667597
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Journalists across newsrooms must demand a change to their internal policies and confront that they are complicit in genocide by centering Israeli and IOF narratives. You do a discredit to your profession.
I urge media workers to read and sign this letter.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I urge media workers to read and sign this letter.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Protect Palestinian reporters and end media complicity in genocide: A call to all journalists and media workers
We, the undersigned, demand the protection of Palestinian journalists.
We must work creatively to combat the shadowbanning, censorship, and targeting of voices that speak for Palestine here at home wh...
docs.google.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Journalists across newsrooms must demand a change to their internal policies and confront that they are complicit in genocide by centering Israeli and IOF narratives. You do a discredit to your profession.
I urge media workers to read and sign this letter.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I urge media workers to read and sign this letter.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Antony Loewenstein: "Palestinians need friends, need allies, need support, & if that's not going to come, as it clearly is not, from the US, the EU, and a lot of Arab states, where is it going to come from? Civil society needs to massively pressure govts to take action"
April 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Antony Loewenstein: "Palestinians need friends, need allies, need support, & if that's not going to come, as it clearly is not, from the US, the EU, and a lot of Arab states, where is it going to come from? Civil society needs to massively pressure govts to take action"
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I wrote a thing about McGregor, Garron Noone and why we need to talk about where this nonsense is coming from.
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
March 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I wrote a thing about McGregor, Garron Noone and why we need to talk about where this nonsense is coming from.
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...
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Remove the IHRA definition of anti-semitism from the Programme for Government
my.uplift.ie/petitions/re...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/re...
Remove the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism from the Programme for Government 2025
I've just signed this petition calling on the government to remove the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism from the Programme for Government. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
March 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Remove the IHRA definition of anti-semitism from the Programme for Government
my.uplift.ie/petitions/re...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/re...
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Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids.
The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids.
"Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel.
Sigh.
The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids.
"Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel.
Sigh.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids.
The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids.
"Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel.
Sigh.
The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids.
"Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel.
Sigh.
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BREAKING: At least 3 people have been killed today in Rafah and eastern Khan Younis by drone strikes and snipers as Israeli attacks continue across Gaza. Yesterday, Israeli forces shot and killed 6 people.
March 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
BREAKING: At least 3 people have been killed today in Rafah and eastern Khan Younis by drone strikes and snipers as Israeli attacks continue across Gaza. Yesterday, Israeli forces shot and killed 6 people.
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a nice side effect of No Other Land winning an oscar is that the worst people on earth are incredibly mad about it.
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
a nice side effect of No Other Land winning an oscar is that the worst people on earth are incredibly mad about it.
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I wrote this on arts funding, and the queasy feeling that it'll be Irish artists who end up paying for yet another government procurement scandal.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Arts funding rows hurt artists who struggle to break even
"...it is hard to avoid the sense that the Government’s newfound notions of austerity will skip right past the men in suits and pass directly to the artists who rely on government funding to pursue th...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I wrote this on arts funding, and the queasy feeling that it'll be Irish artists who end up paying for yet another government procurement scandal.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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Reminder: We are hiring VOICE ACTORS for our upcoming Gothic Horror game @eyesofhellfire.bsky.social
📣 Now that we've officially announced our #gothichorror game @eyesofhellfire.bsky.social (set in #Ireland), we've opened our auditions for voice actors!
We welcome VAs of all ethnicities & gender identities for each role. Must have natural Irish accents or do natural Irish accents
#EyesofHellfire
We welcome VAs of all ethnicities & gender identities for each role. Must have natural Irish accents or do natural Irish accents
#EyesofHellfire
Open Audition for Eyes of Hellfire
Eyes of Hellfire: Open Audition Invitation for Voice Actors Please ensure that you read the below carefully. We are Gambrinous, a small indie studio based in Ireland, and we’re excited to invite vo...
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March 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reminder: We are hiring VOICE ACTORS for our upcoming Gothic Horror game @eyesofhellfire.bsky.social
The cat is handsome.
February 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The cat is handsome.
After a day of writing a funding application that has less than a 20% chance of success, I’m genuinely starting to think severance is the way to go for independent artists.
Your “arty” does all the existential artistic identity crisis shit and your outie thinks they have a cool normal job
Your “arty” does all the existential artistic identity crisis shit and your outie thinks they have a cool normal job
February 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
After a day of writing a funding application that has less than a 20% chance of success, I’m genuinely starting to think severance is the way to go for independent artists.
Your “arty” does all the existential artistic identity crisis shit and your outie thinks they have a cool normal job
Your “arty” does all the existential artistic identity crisis shit and your outie thinks they have a cool normal job
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Red = lowest ecological integrity.
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
February 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Red = lowest ecological integrity.
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
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Phenomenal piece by Irish historian Tomás Mac Conmara in today’s Clare Champion newspaper
clarechampion.ie/the-long-roa...
clarechampion.ie/the-long-roa...
The long road to freedom in Gaza
Clare historian, Tomás Mac Conmara explores the foundation of the Israeli state and its long history of conflict The oldest member elected to the new Dail, Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher, was born …
clarechampion.ie
January 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Phenomenal piece by Irish historian Tomás Mac Conmara in today’s Clare Champion newspaper
clarechampion.ie/the-long-roa...
clarechampion.ie/the-long-roa...
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I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani
The first time you came into my hospital, shards of glass shredding your tiny body, I saved you. The second time I failed
As news of the ceasefire ripples my way, my memory mocks me. Your face glides into focus from my mind’s abyss, where I had buried…
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I tried to save your young life in a Gaza hospital. Now your face haunts me | Seema Jilani
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If anything, I think Musk's harrowingly shit sense of humour is under-discussed. The Florence Foster Jenkins of it all. The deeply unfunny freak who bought the joke factory and juiced its algorithm so he could subject all its users to... this. The gas leak comedy of a psychedelically humourless man.
![Three absolute bangers from Elon Musk. I'm so sorry but you asked for ALT text.
How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two, but how did they get in there??
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Me: How many radical leftists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Radical leftists: That's not funny [frowny face]
Me: [Crylaugh emoji]
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When I see the troll emoji, it's like looking in the mirror](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreihxq3enqkn4zan7tm4okxh3cr6tdmjgupqeq5hz5gdssz6fhnwxie@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If anything, I think Musk's harrowingly shit sense of humour is under-discussed. The Florence Foster Jenkins of it all. The deeply unfunny freak who bought the joke factory and juiced its algorithm so he could subject all its users to... this. The gas leak comedy of a psychedelically humourless man.
When buskers start actually cordoning off public space like this, something has gone seriously wrong with the craft of busking. They have no right to take over public space. This comes from someone who used to busk a lot as a teenager.
@dublincitycouncil.bsky.social need to do something about this
@dublincitycouncil.bsky.social need to do something about this
January 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When buskers start actually cordoning off public space like this, something has gone seriously wrong with the craft of busking. They have no right to take over public space. This comes from someone who used to busk a lot as a teenager.
@dublincitycouncil.bsky.social need to do something about this
@dublincitycouncil.bsky.social need to do something about this
You know you can cancel any free cancellation booking on the booking. com website and you will have the opportunity to express your reason for cancelling, under “other”.
Supporting apartheid colonialism a good enough reason?
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Supporting apartheid colonialism a good enough reason?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/rights-...
Rights groups file complaint against Booking.com for listing Israeli settlements
Dutch NGO Somo reported finding at least 70 listings on Booking.com in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank
www.middleeasteye.net
January 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
You know you can cancel any free cancellation booking on the booking. com website and you will have the opportunity to express your reason for cancelling, under “other”.
Supporting apartheid colonialism a good enough reason?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/rights-...
Supporting apartheid colonialism a good enough reason?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/rights-...