Martin Byrne
mbyrne.bsky.social
Martin Byrne
@mbyrne.bsky.social
Dublin, Ireland. Proper left-wing. Trans rights are human rights. He/him. You might call me Woke but that says more about you. Depressive. Always angry about something. I hate the world. Don't follow me for a good time. I have muted the word UNALIVE.
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How to spot a complete idiot / dickhead: they use the word "woke" as a pejorative. It shows they don't know or care what they're talking about. Okay, you don't want to show people respect or understanding? That's fine, but expect the same response from me, you impolite imbecile. #woke
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Ireland has been drawn in a pool to play Israel in the 2026-2027 UEFA Nations League. The apartheid state should have been expelled from UEFA for its crimes against Palestinians, long before its genocidal war on Gaza. We demand the FAI boycott the fixtures #BDS #FreePalestine
February 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
AI can fuck off and let the dead rest, while a living actor can get the job. Who knows, they might even make enough to be able to afford to not die of cancer as a result.
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Just sit the Israel games out and take the Nations League disqualification

Absolutely nothing lost
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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The Republic of Ireland will play Israel in 2026-2027 UEFA Nations League as well as matches with Austria and Kosovo | Follow live
Ireland drawn with Israel in UEFA Nations League
Heimir Hallgrimsson's Republic of Ireland learned their fate for the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League with matches against Israel, Austria and Kosovo to come. Read here.
www.rte.ie
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Random irritations today: Tesco, who need to get their delivery service in order, and infantilising bullshit from websites when they fail to work correctly giving "Oops!" or "Uh-oh!" error messages. Fuck off with your babyish bullshit and fix your website!
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party.

He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.

Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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This would be a bit more powerful if Starmer hadn't raided the rhetoric of Enoch Powell while introducing one of the harshest asylum systems in Europe?
Starmer:

"The real fight is not in the Labour Party. It's with the right-wing politics that challenges that. The politics of Reform... Divide, divide, divide. Grievance, grievance, grievance. That will tear our country apart... I will be in that fight as long as I have breath in my body."
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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A boycott of this would really teach them a lesson both for JK Rowling being an anti-trans bigot and also as a protest that Hollywood is recycling a story that was just told 25 years ago.
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Puke.
February 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
OF COURSE, our arse-sucking Taoiseach has accepted Donald Trump's invitation to the White House on St. Patrick's Day. Just for once I'd like to see someone in his position tell Trump to go fuck himself but that's not going to happen with the breed of cowards we have representing us in Ireland!
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
There was a bus crash in Dublin city centre today and the usual bullshit speculation is happening - just read the comments on this video (don't bother with the video itself) and see the level of dickishness that is going around. Fucking annoying.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRoI...
DUBLIN - HORROR BUS CRASH KILLS 1 AND INJURES 3
YouTube video by COUNTY GAINS
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Where I'm at these days: I hate being in bed because I can't sleep and I hate being up because I can't stand to be awake.
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Fuck Ricky Gervais. Overrated dickhead. Who the fuck even thinks of him anymore? His 15 minutes have long since expired.
actually, winning a major award and being asked to give a speech is precisely the position they needed to achieve. dickhead.
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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I don’t think the box office is a gauge of quality or even necessarily public interest in film but, even still, that the number one movie in america yesterday was directed by a popular YouTuber and the number three is, well, MELANIA is a proper sad state of affairs. Embarrassing, to be honest.
January 31, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Modern waste-of-time introductions to football coverage (in no particular order): Ref cam, VAR*, colour commentators, pitch side/tunnel/dressing room cameras & interviewers, stats, replays of inconsequentiali ncidents...) Too much shit in the game these days.
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I can't go on living like this. I hate myself and wish I was dead.
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
So fucking miserable.
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!' reut.rs/4a0nfTB
Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'
Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday released a protest song honoring Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two Minneapolis residents killed in what he called the "state of terror" visited on the city by President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration raids.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Welcome back, Bruce! 👏
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Liverpool got everything they deserved for another utterly abject performance tonight. Bournemouth had won one in 14 prior to this, but they were up against a side that has been in bottom-half form since September. This squad is flawed, but should they be this bad? Not a chance.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I say again: Slot out, Alonso in. This is a shambles. #lfc
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Slot OUT ffs! 😡 You concede a goal, a defender gets injured in the process and has to go off, you don't bring a replacement on for 7 minutes, during which you concede a second time. Utter incompetence.
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
@vinsyn.bsky.social I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed reading the interview with Evie and the piece on the Beastmaster restoration by Kurtis Spieler in the latest zine. Both were very illuminating regarding what goes on behind the scenes at VS that we customers are not aware of. Kudos! 👍
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Sums this country up: you take an overdose, ring an ambulance and the police show up first!
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 PM