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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
Only 9 years for destroying two lives?
A 22-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for the rape of two very young girls he met on Snapchat.
The girls, who are from different parts of the country and are unknown to each other, were aged 14 and ten when he raped them.
jrnl.ie/6872525
The girls, who are from different parts of the country and are unknown to each other, were aged 14 and ten when he raped them.
jrnl.ie/6872525
Man (22) jailed for nine years for rape of two young girls he met on Snapchat
The girls, from different parts of the country and unknown to each other, were aged 14 and ten when he raped them.
jrnl.ie
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Only 9 years for destroying two lives?
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Imagine a social media platform merged with a Geoguesser-style thing... If you try to post about Country X or City Y, you first have to point to it on a map - and maybe answer 5 simple questions about its history, society, languages, cultures, etc. If you fail the test, your post is rejected.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Imagine a social media platform merged with a Geoguesser-style thing... If you try to post about Country X or City Y, you first have to point to it on a map - and maybe answer 5 simple questions about its history, society, languages, cultures, etc. If you fail the test, your post is rejected.
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If you think there's no connection between the recent public statements on immigration by Harris, Martin, O'Callaghan et al and these attacks, then I have some magic beans you might be interested in.
This is the predictable, inevitable, shameful result of their adoption of far-right rhetoric.
This is the predictable, inevitable, shameful result of their adoption of far-right rhetoric.
What is happening to this country. This is so awful
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi community
Local TD Peter Roche organised town meeting, where gardaí addressed small Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you think there's no connection between the recent public statements on immigration by Harris, Martin, O'Callaghan et al and these attacks, then I have some magic beans you might be interested in.
This is the predictable, inevitable, shameful result of their adoption of far-right rhetoric.
This is the predictable, inevitable, shameful result of their adoption of far-right rhetoric.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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The decision to sacrifice Ukrainians as disposable, second-class people for the sake of "avoiding escalation" has been an act of strategic idiocy. The consequences are now clear: Russia is more battle-hardened,its drone production is in overdrive, and its desperation makes it more dangerous,not less
On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv, pleading for a no-fly zone to stop Russian airstrikes.
He cited NATO’s past interventions in Bosnia and Iraq, but
He cited NATO’s past interventions in Bosnia and Iraq, but
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The decision to sacrifice Ukrainians as disposable, second-class people for the sake of "avoiding escalation" has been an act of strategic idiocy. The consequences are now clear: Russia is more battle-hardened,its drone production is in overdrive, and its desperation makes it more dangerous,not less
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Plantation forestry is an ecocidal abomination across the entire planet, not just Ireland.
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‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant
Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations
share.google
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Plantation forestry is an ecocidal abomination across the entire planet, not just Ireland.
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Impotent though it may be as a gesture, the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa (father of writer @noosarowiwa.bsky.social) and his friends is why I have never been a customer of Shell.
"Last year, I drove through the Obrikom oil and gas field,…where I saw crude petroleum gushing furiously from a broken pipe and into a river. The sight of that blackened water was horrifying. That the pipeline wasn’t fixed for months was even more appalling."
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Impotent though it may be as a gesture, the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa (father of writer @noosarowiwa.bsky.social) and his friends is why I have never been a customer of Shell.
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the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree
Only 9 years?!?!?
A 22-year-old man who stabbed a woman multiple times in the vagina in a 'misogynistic' and 'depraved attack' has been jailed for nine years.
The man said in a 'chilling' voice note at the time of the attack that the woman was 'getting butchered' jrnl.ie/6870222
The man said in a 'chilling' voice note at the time of the attack that the woman was 'getting butchered' jrnl.ie/6870222
Man (22) who stabbed woman in vagina in misogynistic attack jailed for 9 years
The man said in a ‘chilling’ voice note at the time of the attack that the woman was ‘getting butchered’ on the stairs.
jrnl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Only 9 years?!?!?
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"Peace on Russia’s terms is not peace; it’s capitulation," — Zaluzhnyi
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Peace on Russia’s terms is not peace; it’s capitulation," — Zaluzhnyi
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
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Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon jrnl.ie/6869005
But adding services to the Occupied Territories Bill is too difficult.... this is State sponsored terrorism which is permitted to continue because no nation has called them out on it yet.
But adding services to the Occupied Territories Bill is too difficult.... this is State sponsored terrorism which is permitted to continue because no nation has called them out on it yet.
Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon
No injuries were reported for Irish peacekeepers in the incident.
jrnl.ie
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Israeli drone strike destroys vehicle short distance from Irish soldiers on patrol in Lebanon jrnl.ie/6869005
But adding services to the Occupied Territories Bill is too difficult.... this is State sponsored terrorism which is permitted to continue because no nation has called them out on it yet.
But adding services to the Occupied Territories Bill is too difficult.... this is State sponsored terrorism which is permitted to continue because no nation has called them out on it yet.
In fairness, 400 years ago, in Ulster, stopping the boats and deporting every illegal would have saved centuries of misery.
Pity the descendants of those “illegals” don’t see the irony.
Pity the descendants of those “illegals” don’t see the irony.
Nothing ryhmes with feminism quite like fascism
Pink Ladies of Ulster yelling outside City Hall
(08/11/25)
Pink Ladies of Ulster yelling outside City Hall
(08/11/25)
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In fairness, 400 years ago, in Ulster, stopping the boats and deporting every illegal would have saved centuries of misery.
Pity the descendants of those “illegals” don’t see the irony.
Pity the descendants of those “illegals” don’t see the irony.
One way to start would be for Irish politicians and government departments to quit Musk’s X.
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others"
Call for action against spread of hatred on social media
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others".
www.rte.ie
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
One way to start would be for Irish politicians and government departments to quit Musk’s X.
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There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
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Football Association of Ireland EGM passes motion calling on UEFA to ban Israel from all club and international competitions.
Resolution brought by Bohemian Football Club - approved by 88%.
Motion cites operation by the Israeli FA of clubs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Resolution brought by Bohemian Football Club - approved by 88%.
Motion cites operation by the Israeli FA of clubs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Football Association of Ireland EGM passes motion calling on UEFA to ban Israel from all club and international competitions.
Resolution brought by Bohemian Football Club - approved by 88%.
Motion cites operation by the Israeli FA of clubs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Resolution brought by Bohemian Football Club - approved by 88%.
Motion cites operation by the Israeli FA of clubs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early this morning, killing three people and leaving at least 12 people including two children injured, Ukrainian emergency services reported
jrnl.ie/6868629
jrnl.ie/6868629
Three people killed after Russian drone strike hits Ukrainian apartment block
The attack, which also injured at least 12 people, happened in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city.
jrnl.ie
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early this morning, killing three people and leaving at least 12 people including two children injured, Ukrainian emergency services reported
jrnl.ie/6868629
jrnl.ie/6868629
I’d didn’t use Spotify anyway because of how poorly they pay the musicians.
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’d didn’t use Spotify anyway because of how poorly they pay the musicians.
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We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.