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Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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Just when you think it couldn't get any worse for our neighbours across the Irish sea...
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Eredivisie: Troy Parrott has played 3 times in the Conference League and once in the Eredivisie so far. He has already 7 goals scored and 1 assist. Anselmo McNulty is also playing well in the Eredivisie for PEC Zwolle. He has played once, a full 90 minutes as a Centre Back and kept a clean sheet.
August 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Bring in 'use it or lose it' & we wouldn't be long seeing properties like this back in use as homes

Western Road, Cork City #DerelictIreland
April 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Trump's State Department terminated a contract with a humanitarian group tracking the fate of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

The revelation suggests the U.S. may now be helping Russia bury a potential war crime

newrepublic.com/article/1929...
Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker
Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and why?
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The precedent is Hitler bullying elected Czechoslovak leaders into handing over the Sudetenland.

Have no doubt, the world has become a significantly more dangerous place, due to Trump’s sociopathy, & the NeoNazis around him.

The only way to stop this is Americans in millions, on the streets.
February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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More than 1,000 detained Syrians died at a notorious military airport outside Damascus, killed by execution, torture or maltreatment, according to a new report tracing the deaths to seven suspected grave sites reut.rs/4ifkyQH
February 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Countering deliberate disinformation
February 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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JD Vance is graceless, reckless and pointless

The vice president’s arrogant and counterproductive rant in Munich was a lesson in hypocrisy

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/jd-vance-is-...
JD Vance is graceless, reckless and pointless
The vice president’s arrogant and counterproductive rant in Munich was a lesson in hypocrisy
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Why are so many properties derelict in Dublin city centre during a housing crisis?
Why are so many properties derelict in Dublin city centre during a housing crisis?
Greed is far from the only reason so many buildings lie vacant and neglected, often in prime locations. A carrot-and-stick approach could help heal these festering soars in the capital
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Women are safer on the streets and men are safer at home, despite the stories we tell ourselves
Women are safer on the streets and men are safer at home, despite the stories we tell ourselves
Fear is determined by storytelling more than by data, and women have been taught to fear being outside for centuries
www.irishtimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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We all have things - clothes, electronics, furniture - that has unexpectedly lasted for decades. But most of our stuff falls apart annoyingly quickly.

So is it possible to buy only stuff that lasts? And how? www.ft.com/content/aff9...
The anti-Shein manifesto — my quest to buy better, buy less
What if, instead of being surprised when an item survives a few years, we shopped only for things that will last?
www.ft.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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As I keep saying, we need to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform on the planet, we need to do it with urgency & we need to send Elon Musk packing

The number of BlueSky users tonight stands at 29,477,992.

WE CAN DO THIS!
January 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Joe Biden is not fucking around
Reporter: Who gets credit for this? You or Trump?

Biden: Is that a joke?
January 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Award-winning Italian reporter and podcaster Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran earlier this month.

Our colleague @marinaadami.bsky.social profiled this pioneering and fearless journalist in this piece we published back in 2022 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pio...
How a pioneering Italian podcaster is leading innovation in a print-focused media industry
“The idea for the podcast was to tell a story from the world every day,” says Cecilia Sala, the 26-year-old Italian journalist behind 'Stories'.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
December 27, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: CNN stated, "Oh, he's just teasing." Teasing about taking over other countries? There's no such thing as "teasing" when you're threatening the sovereignty of independent nations.
December 26, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Come join us for a pub quiz! It’s going to be on 21 November at Doyle’s Corner in Phibsboro. Teams of four, email us now at sam@dublininquirer.com to reserve a table if you want one. dublininquirer.com/2...
Come join us for a pub quiz! - Dublin Inquirer
It’s going to be on 21 November at Doyle’s Corner in Phibsboro. Email us now to reserve a table.
dublininquirer.com
November 6, 2024 at 11:20 AM