Gráinne Lynch
@gronya.bsky.social
Cheese-lover and theatre-goer, living in Dublin 7.
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THIS.
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
I keep thinking about all of the people who were NOT hired as part of this exercise. All the real world production crew. The actors. The caterers supporting real world shoots. So many people with real skills not being paid. So. Many. Creative. People. Not. Being. Paid.
The company behind the mcdonalds ad:
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
THIS.
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
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It's fascinating and disgraceful at the same time, how there's a near blackout in the British media over the hungerstrike of a group of Palestine Action remand prisoners.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's fascinating and disgraceful at the same time, how there's a near blackout in the British media over the hungerstrike of a group of Palestine Action remand prisoners.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
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21-year-old Palestinian detainee Abdul Rahman Al-Sabatine from Husan has died in Israel’s Shaare Zedek Hospital. Detained since June 24, 2025, he had no prior health issues. His death adds to growing reports of abuse and medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
21-year-old Palestinian detainee Abdul Rahman Al-Sabatine from Husan has died in Israel’s Shaare Zedek Hospital. Detained since June 24, 2025, he had no prior health issues. His death adds to growing reports of abuse and medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
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This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important!
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important!
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
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The dude that built our cabinet was telling me that he didn’t teach his son “lefty loosey, righty tighty”. He taught him that the left liberates and the right oppresses. 😂😂😂
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The dude that built our cabinet was telling me that he didn’t teach his son “lefty loosey, righty tighty”. He taught him that the left liberates and the right oppresses. 😂😂😂
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"I don't think that Israel should be allowed to hide under the umbrella of the Eurovision... make it look as though, everything's okay, business as usual, because it's not."
Maith an fear Johnny! 👏
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
#Speirgorm
Maith an fear Johnny! 👏
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
#Speirgorm
Logan says Israel should be removed from Eurovision
Three-time Eurovision winner Johnny Logan has said that Israel shouldn't be allowed to take part in the song contest.
www.rte.ie
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"I don't think that Israel should be allowed to hide under the umbrella of the Eurovision... make it look as though, everything's okay, business as usual, because it's not."
Maith an fear Johnny! 👏
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
#Speirgorm
Maith an fear Johnny! 👏
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
#Speirgorm
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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And to cap it all, the AG put his opinion into the public domain at the ICJ in February 2024. No trade with illegal occupiers. It is that simple.
"This week, RTÉ showed exactly what ‘not waiting for Europe’ looks like, while the government continues to shirk its own promises in favour of more meetings with the Attorney General."
Here's this week's column.
Here's this week's column.
Surrealing in the Years: Government could learn something from RTÉ's delayed bravery
Also this week: what our collective search history tells us about the year we’ve had.
www.thejournal.ie
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
And to cap it all, the AG put his opinion into the public domain at the ICJ in February 2024. No trade with illegal occupiers. It is that simple.
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In case you are wondering, both the FAI and the GAA appear to be late in publishing their gender pay gap reports. So valuing women in sport is going really well over there...
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In case you are wondering, both the FAI and the GAA appear to be late in publishing their gender pay gap reports. So valuing women in sport is going really well over there...
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Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA
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Sinn Féin have literally taken more seats than Fine Gael at both of the last elections.
During a heated exchange in the Dáil during Leaders' Questions today, Simon Harris accused Sinn Féin of being "hypocrites".
"People see through it, and that's why you are sitting over there rather than being in government," he told Pearse Doherty.
jrnl.ie/6893378t
"People see through it, and that's why you are sitting over there rather than being in government," he told Pearse Doherty.
jrnl.ie/6893378t
Cost of living centre stage in Dáil (again) after Harris says he will be 'Sensible Simon'
The new finance minister gave himself the moniker of ‘Simon, who will be sensible’ today in an interview with the Irish Daily Mail.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sinn Féin have literally taken more seats than Fine Gael at both of the last elections.
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In 2024 we gave up 3.5% of our revenue. This year it'll be 4%. To get there we added some €2,500 grants for "local" projects. Things I like that act as forces for good. One of these is @dublininquirer.com . If you can, please subscribe. They do fantastic things. www.dublininquirer.com/membership/
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In 2024 we gave up 3.5% of our revenue. This year it'll be 4%. To get there we added some €2,500 grants for "local" projects. Things I like that act as forces for good. One of these is @dublininquirer.com . If you can, please subscribe. They do fantastic things. www.dublininquirer.com/membership/
Save The Complex Cultural & Arts spac in Dublin 7. Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Save The Complex Cultural & Arts spac in Dublin 7. Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
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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 10:05 AM
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
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📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
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Oh wow. Imagine if Germany & the Allies *hadn’t even been at war.*
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Oh wow. Imagine if Germany & the Allies *hadn’t even been at war.*
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My middle schooler goes to a public school that, as a matter of policy, provides time during school to complete all schoolwork. There’s no homework as a matter of equity, because some kids don’t have a home or a stable and quiet place to do it. And it turns out this is good for everyone!
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My middle schooler goes to a public school that, as a matter of policy, provides time during school to complete all schoolwork. There’s no homework as a matter of equity, because some kids don’t have a home or a stable and quiet place to do it. And it turns out this is good for everyone!
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Actually giving everyone learning accommodations would remove both the burden and the stigma of seeking them from anyone who needs them, and would be a big positive step in education policy, just like free school lunch helps all kids and all their families. Gatekeeping hurts everyone.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Actually giving everyone learning accommodations would remove both the burden and the stigma of seeking them from anyone who needs them, and would be a big positive step in education policy, just like free school lunch helps all kids and all their families. Gatekeeping hurts everyone.
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
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Motherfuckers, we basically beat *cigarettes*. Young people may not remember the total ubiquity of cigarettes in public life, but it was there. People still smoke, but it's *worlds apart*. Never cede ground on hating. We might not be able to destroy AI, but we can shame it back to obscurity.
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Motherfuckers, we basically beat *cigarettes*. Young people may not remember the total ubiquity of cigarettes in public life, but it was there. People still smoke, but it's *worlds apart*. Never cede ground on hating. We might not be able to destroy AI, but we can shame it back to obscurity.
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Not long after we started #DerelictIreland someone from a PPN gave us a friendly warning that if we continued we would never get public funding
#HowIrelandWorks #SpeirGorm
#HowIrelandWorks #SpeirGorm
This week I had a meeting with an amazing advocate who works with a local charity. They don't feel safe publicly criticising government failures because they're applying for government funding to do work the state is failing to do. #spéirgorm
Massively important thread!
The people who fundraise for local initiatives, like a hospice, are energetic, engaged, motivated, if they weren't busy with a local campaign imagine what else they could accomplish? I believe it's a SOP for politicians to keep 'keep them busy', to keep community-minded
The people who fundraise for local initiatives, like a hospice, are energetic, engaged, motivated, if they weren't busy with a local campaign imagine what else they could accomplish? I believe it's a SOP for politicians to keep 'keep them busy', to keep community-minded
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not long after we started #DerelictIreland someone from a PPN gave us a friendly warning that if we continued we would never get public funding
#HowIrelandWorks #SpeirGorm
#HowIrelandWorks #SpeirGorm
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Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
Beyond Netanyahu: Israel’s major political corruption scandals
Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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Imagine being a teenager from Afghanistan who managed to somehow find a way out of the violent chaos that our "developed" countries unleashed on them before fucking off back home, and then you end up getting beaten bloody by thick pricks in Brittas fucking Bay
Horrible story, and I hope those assholes are caught and dealt with
And while I certainly blame far right agitators, Facebook etc, and sleeveens like McGuirk/Gript for fomenting this kind of awful stuff, Simon Harris and others in government need to take a hard look at themselves and their rhetoric
And while I certainly blame far right agitators, Facebook etc, and sleeveens like McGuirk/Gript for fomenting this kind of awful stuff, Simon Harris and others in government need to take a hard look at themselves and their rhetoric
Asylum seekers have told of how they were followed by men on motorcycles before being subjected to an alleged attack in rural Co Dublin yesterday.
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Imagine being a teenager from Afghanistan who managed to somehow find a way out of the violent chaos that our "developed" countries unleashed on them before fucking off back home, and then you end up getting beaten bloody by thick pricks in Brittas fucking Bay