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John D Ruddy
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BRAND NEW VIDEO about the Irish Potato Famine and how it shaped Ireland of today.Many parallels across the world! Please share!
youtu.be/x8KGOLnyjnY?...
#ireland #famine #irishfamine #potato #potatoesarelife #britain #westminster #danieloconnell #landlords #capitalism #freemarket #uk #britishempire
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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@clisare.com ah Jaysus it’s herself! Fair play to ya :D
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Facts don’t care about your feelings?
FASCISTS DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR FACTS!
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I hate how the nature of social media demands everyone’s instant reaction to big news, huge events demanding our hot take, our opinion, our response to what has just happened. Be it humour, solemnity, pointing out hypocrisy etc
We divide ourselves on opinion, squabble, react, and round&round we go!
September 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I feel like we’re going to be seeing some seriously passive reporting soon along the lines of “entire freedom flotilla drowned in freak simultaneous multi-drone incident” #freedomflotilla #freepalestine #palestine #israel
September 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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I live in the Los Angeles area right now, and yeah—things feel scary. But let me be clear about something: LA isn’t rioting. We’re showing up for each other. We’re protecting our neighbors from being torn out of their homes by ICE, from being dehumanized and erased by a government trying to pretend some of us don’t belong. This city, as much of this country, is full of people who’ve been made to feel like they don’t count—and we’re standing up to say that we do. Trump wants to paint LA as full of looters and criminals because facing the truth would mean admitting he’s the one fueling violence. That what’s happening here isn’t chaos—it’s community. It’s a city refusing to be broken, screaming we take care of each other. So of course he calls us insurrectionists - despite himself having literally staged an attempted insurrection a few years ago. Because if he admitted what we really are—furious and united—he’d have to admit how hollow his power and message actually is and how not only are our actions a threat to him but why we fight. We see through him. As a trans person, I know what it means to say we’re not what he, or anyone else says, we are. I’ve been living my whole life having people trying to tell me that. We are so much more. We are one another’s shelter. And we’re not going anywhere.
June 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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All set up for History & Chill in the Wee Hall in Culdaff this evening! Kicking off at 7.30pm! Land in! Gonna be fun!!! All the ups and downs of Irish history with a Donegal YouTuber! #culdaff #liveshow #liveevent #donegal #history #irishhistory
May 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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@hbomberguy.bsky.social didn’t know you worked on The Abyss :P
April 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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02 Apr 1917 - Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to join WW1
April 2nd 1917 - American entry into World War
I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
#mannymandoeshistory #onthisday #history #usa #ww1 #potus
April 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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01 Apr 1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the
"Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXtyolJszls
#onthisday #history #ww2 #fascists #riot #unitetheright #germany #donttrustfascists
April 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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@adamconover.net you said in Factually you werent as familiar with somw of the politics of the Guilded Age; here it is in cartoon form :D youtu.be/LyplN4hZHsU?...
March 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Freeze frame from @johndruddy.bsky.social's vid on US presidents 1916-56.

Seems like we should get those numbers up. Federal jobs guarantee. Universal basic income. 8-hour work day... from home. 3-day weekend.
February 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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February 17th 1801 – An electoral tie between Jefferson and Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the USA and Burr, Vice President by the US House of Representatives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #potus #presidents #jefferson
February 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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February 16th 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. FULL VIDEO ON CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDA... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #cuba #coldwar #cubanmissilecrisis #dictator #revolution
February 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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February 15th 1214 – During the Anglo-French War (1213–1214), an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at La Rochelle in France FULL VIDEO ON MONARCHS OF ENGLAND HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t33... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #england #monarchy #royalfamily
February 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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February 14th 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
FULL VIDEO ON US PRESIDENTS HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #potus #presidents #jameskpolk #photography
February 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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February 13th 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIZ... #usa #civilrights #blm #peacefulprotest #protest #nashville #sitin #tennessee #civilrightsmovement #blackhistorymonth
February 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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February 12th 1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial. FULL VIDEO ON US PRESIDENTS HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #usa #potus #presidents #clinton #billclinton #impeachment #lewinsky
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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February 11th 1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England #thisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #tudorhistory #mannymandoeshistory #historicalmonarchs #henryviii #churchofengland #reformation
February 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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It’s Presidents’ Day in USA today, so here’s some Presidential History for yous to learn from.
Im currently working on Part 4, The War Years!
Hopefully, this knowledge can help :/
#presidentsday #president #usa #potus #washington #whitehouse #history
February 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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February 10th 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=erl_... #onthisday #history #england #monarchy #robertthebruce #scotland #williamwallace
February 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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February 9th 1825 – After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as POTUS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7O... #onthisday #history #usa #potus #presidents #electoralcollege #election
February 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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February 8th 1915 – D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. FULL VIDEO ON CIVIL RIGHTS IN USA HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CgM... #onthisday #history #usa #civilrights #blm #hollywood #racism #filmhistory #problematic #blackhistorymonth #whitehouse
February 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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February 7th 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later king Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales FULL VIDEO ON MONARCHS OF ENGLAND HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=erl_... (part3) #onthisday #history #england #monarchy #royalfamily #wales #edward #princeofwales #medieval #caernarvon
February 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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February 6th 1918 – British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament. #feminism #votesforwomen #suffrage #suffragette #uk
February 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM