Helen ^_^
@myvirtuallife.bsky.social
Chased trends all the way into neuro diverse. Got to be down with them damnable young'uns.
...Oh oh and I have 2 cats, They are the King and Queen of Ireland, no take backs.
...Oh oh and I have 2 cats, They are the King and Queen of Ireland, no take backs.
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Toni Morrison on racism and fascism
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Toni Morrison on racism and fascism
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Every time you hate read an article you justify its writing. It really is that simple
don't reskeet book excerpts from terrible people, even to dunk on them or to hate-read.
You give prestige magazines clicks, and you encourage them to do this crap more.
Encourage terrible people to go to What Ever Happened To?? land
You give prestige magazines clicks, and you encourage them to do this crap more.
Encourage terrible people to go to What Ever Happened To?? land
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Every time you hate read an article you justify its writing. It really is that simple
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Presidents past and present 🇮🇪
President Connolly was joined at the Áras by her predecessors Mary McAleese, Michael D Higgins and Mary Robinson.
President Connolly was joined at the Áras by her predecessors Mary McAleese, Michael D Higgins and Mary Robinson.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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14 years ago my kid pointed up at election posters and everytime delighted at the man she called The Wizard. She was right, for 14 years Michael D Higgins has been a magic president who has delighted us all everytime we see and hear him. You Wizard Higgins are truly the best of humanity. Thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
14 years ago my kid pointed up at election posters and everytime delighted at the man she called The Wizard. She was right, for 14 years Michael D Higgins has been a magic president who has delighted us all everytime we see and hear him. You Wizard Higgins are truly the best of humanity. Thank you.
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#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
Women ruin everything 🤫.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Women ruin everything 🤫.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Great letter in today's Irish Times highlighting our government's absolute refusal to reflect the will of the majority of people here who want sanctions on apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. They promised they would enact the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill, where is it?
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Great letter in today's Irish Times highlighting our government's absolute refusal to reflect the will of the majority of people here who want sanctions on apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. They promised they would enact the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill, where is it?
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Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
ALT: a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
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From Connolly in Ireland to Mamdani in New York.. Did socialism just have a branding problem all this time?
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
From Connolly in Ireland to Mamdani in New York.. Did socialism just have a branding problem all this time?
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Fuck all of these people - craven, opportunist pigs every one of them, completely devoid of compassion or principles who, when threatened, choose to attack the most vulnerable.
May they all rot.
May they all rot.
🗣️ "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 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Fuck all of these people - craven, opportunist pigs every one of them, completely devoid of compassion or principles who, when threatened, choose to attack the most vulnerable.
May they all rot.
May they all rot.
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Repeat until this message is understood… by politicians and media.
‘Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign’
‘Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign’
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Repeat until this message is understood… by politicians and media.
‘Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign’
‘Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign’
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Much more of this please
Wicklow man charged over false social media post targeting migrant
www.independent.ie/regionals/wi...
www.independent.ie/regionals/wi...
Wicklow man charged over false social media post targeting migrant
A Wicklow man has been brought before a sitting of Bray District Court after allegedly sharing a fake social media post that falsely accused a migrant of indecent behaviour.
www.independent.ie
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Much more of this please
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The recent attack at the IPAS centre in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. Nor is the silence from those who shout the loudest about protection of women and children.
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The recent attack at the IPAS centre in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. Nor is the silence from those who shout the loudest about protection of women and children.
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
#drogheda #immigration #asylum #racism #diversityandinclusion
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Show me a single Irish politician reacting with even a millionth of the empathy of the woman from Drogheda interviewed on RTÉ News - who was weeping in horror thinking of the people inside the hotel and how terrorised they must have been. Or the man saying the same right after.
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Show me a single Irish politician reacting with even a millionth of the empathy of the woman from Drogheda interviewed on RTÉ News - who was weeping in horror thinking of the people inside the hotel and how terrorised they must have been. Or the man saying the same right after.
"Connolly's... campaign proved something about Ireland in 2025. The left can win in Ireland, and we may, at last, not be quite so centrist as those in the centre would like to believe."
FFG try pull us to the right but can't get us close to centre. The propaganda has rotted their brains, not ours!
FFG try pull us to the right but can't get us close to centre. The propaganda has rotted their brains, not ours!
“If this was, as Harris framed it, a referendum on Ireland’s proud history of better-things-aren’t-possible centrism, then surely he must accept that his conceptualisation of Ireland is actually… wrong.”
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
This week’s column is about how FG and FF have responded to the election results.
Surrealing in the Years: Sorry Simon, maybe Ireland doesn't want to be a 'centrist' country
Hey, I didn’t make the rules.
jrnl.ie
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Connolly's... campaign proved something about Ireland in 2025. The left can win in Ireland, and we may, at last, not be quite so centrist as those in the centre would like to believe."
FFG try pull us to the right but can't get us close to centre. The propaganda has rotted their brains, not ours!
FFG try pull us to the right but can't get us close to centre. The propaganda has rotted their brains, not ours!
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I’ve lost count of the number arson attacks on IPAS centres or even buildings *suspected* of being IPAS. Between 2018-2023 there were at least 25. I suspect the number in the last 2 years may be close to that.
We’re not lucky it’s a minor miracle that no one has killed yet
We’re not lucky it’s a minor miracle that no one has killed yet
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’ve lost count of the number arson attacks on IPAS centres or even buildings *suspected* of being IPAS. Between 2018-2023 there were at least 25. I suspect the number in the last 2 years may be close to that.
We’re not lucky it’s a minor miracle that no one has killed yet
We’re not lucky it’s a minor miracle that no one has killed yet
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Bad enough the Gardaí gave free run to the far right for years.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bad enough the Gardaí gave free run to the far right for years.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
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Simon Harris is a politician of the right.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Simon Harris is a politician of the right.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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Since the far right race riot where immigrant families were threatened, Garda were attacked, and a Garda van was set on fire, have you heard our senior politicians talk more about the rioters, or immigration?
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Since the far right race riot where immigrant families were threatened, Garda were attacked, and a Garda van was set on fire, have you heard our senior politicians talk more about the rioters, or immigration?
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Two future Presidents of Ireland.
Photo by Joe O’Shaughnessy, in 2003.
Photo by Joe O’Shaughnessy, in 2003.
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Two future Presidents of Ireland.
Photo by Joe O’Shaughnessy, in 2003.
Photo by Joe O’Shaughnessy, in 2003.
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One of the reasons some people spoiled their votes is because they are racist and antisemitic, and they even went as far as to write that on the ballot paper.
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
Last weekend saw the highest-ever proportion of invalid ballots in Irish electoral history.
From a lack of perceived choices to anger with the government and its policies, our readers told us why they chose to spoil their votes:
jrnl.ie/6858165t
From a lack of perceived choices to anger with the government and its policies, our readers told us why they chose to spoil their votes:
jrnl.ie/6858165t
'Democracy includes the power to dissent': Our readers tell us why they spoiled their votes
More than 200,000 people spoiled their votes – a record high for an Irish election.
jrnl.ie
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
One of the reasons some people spoiled their votes is because they are racist and antisemitic, and they even went as far as to write that on the ballot paper.
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
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Please sign and share, the Central Bank of Ireland off-shored this shameful complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians to Luxembourg temporarily. It's time for all states to #StopFundingGenocide
Luxembourg, drop the bonds!
i.diem25.org/en/petitions...
Luxembourg, drop the bonds!
i.diem25.org/en/petitions...
Luxembourg: Drop the Bonds! Stop the Bombs!
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg Government of Luxembourg: Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Xavier B...
i.diem25.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Please sign and share, the Central Bank of Ireland off-shored this shameful complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians to Luxembourg temporarily. It's time for all states to #StopFundingGenocide
Luxembourg, drop the bonds!
i.diem25.org/en/petitions...
Luxembourg, drop the bonds!
i.diem25.org/en/petitions...
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a state that should spend every living minute in shame of itself
Former British paratrooper Soldier F has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry
Soldier F cleared of two murders on Bloody Sunday
A former British paratrooper has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry.
www.rte.ie
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
a state that should spend every living minute in shame of itself
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Devastated for the Bloody Sunday families
October 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Devastated for the Bloody Sunday families