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Desmond O'Dowd
@desmondodowd.bsky.social
110 followers 180 following 15 posts
Known as "Dad, Daaaad, Daddddy", Work & Organisational Psychologist or 'Corporate Des'. Liberal lefty type. Fan of Educate Together, Atheist, EV driver.
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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nothanksapp.bsky.social
Check out Why Ben&Jerry's co-CEO quit!
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/re... @uplift.ie
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
July 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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blindboyboatclub.bsky.social
See what happens? Now the conversation is shifting to non existent hostility. Dont engage with manipulation, take an adult stance. Ireland is choosing to uphold genocide law in the highest international court to defend the rights of all humans. That’s the only answer because it’s the correct answer
December 16, 2024 at 9:49 AM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
Yeah, the extreme Anti-Israel policies we don't like include the genocide they're committing against Palestinians. #israel #genocide #gaza #occupation #colonialism #palestinian
Israeli embassy closure in Dublin because the Irish don't like genocide and colonialism. Surprised?
December 15, 2024 at 8:20 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
This is powerful. Listen.
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as?...
#Gaza #Genocide
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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December 4, 2024 at 3:30 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
More than 1,000 shops including Tesco, SuperValu and Centra stores remove brands linked to Conor McGregor

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024... @thedailyshow.com
More than 1,000 shops including Tesco, SuperValu and Centra stores remove brands linked to Conor McGregor
A boycott of products associated with the mixed martial arts fighter has intensified after Nikita Hand verdict
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:30 AM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
Great!
November 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
Just canvassed by the #SocDems in #Clonskeagh #Dublin #Rathdown Great to see a 19 year old putting in the effort & being active in politics. After 100 years of the same, isn't it time for a change of direction? #GE24 @socialdemocrats.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
If you still have a Twitter or threads account, start encouraging more people to join Blue Sky, especially if you are European. Twitter (X) is being used to manipulate elections globally and suppress information.

Post at least once a day, encouraging others to join. #bluesky
November 26, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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independent.ie
Rape Crisis Network Ireland is urging retailers to stop selling Conor McGregor's stout and whiskey products after a civil court jury found him liable last week for the assault of Nikita Hand

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Call to boycott Conor McGregor alcohol brands after civil case defeat
Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) is urging retailers to stop selling Conor McGregor's stout and whiskey products after a civil court jury found him liable last week for the assault of Nikita Hand.
www.independent.ie
November 24, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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carolvorders.bsky.social
Here's a useful tool for Bluesky

Type your account name in and activate

It will come up with a list of the accounts followed by the people you follow..

If you type in your password it will give that list with an optional follow button to make life easy.

Try it 💙💙

bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 17, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
The impunity and callousness of these prison service statements is terrifying news.sky.com/story/he-was...
'He was the light of my life and I lost him': How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to h...
news.sky.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
Looking forward to Bluesky becoming as fun as Twitter used to be about 10 years ago. Delighted to see its rapid growth! bsky-users.theo.io
Bluesky User Counter
bsky-users.theo.io
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
Currently in hospital with my eldest child. I've nothing but good things to say about the nurses, doctors, surgeons and cleaning staff at Crumlin Children's Hospital, #Dublin
November 17, 2024 at 11:44 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
Looking forward to the number when I wake up
marklittle.bsky.social Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · Nov 15
Looks like Bluesky is heading toward another million extra peeps/beeps today bsky-users.theo.io
Bluesky User Counter
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November 17, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Please do follow @zeteo.com on this app, thanks!
November 16, 2024 at 11:52 PM
desmondodowd.bsky.social
I'm also moving off X after about 16 years. It's one way of distancing myself from Musk & Co. I do have a Tesla tho..... bought it before I knew what a twit he is.
josiahmortimer.bsky.social Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · Nov 15
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 16, 2024 at 11:20 PM