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That screaming narcissist is slapping his name on EVERYTHING.
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Der Spiegel's new cover

Two villains, one goal. How Trump and Putin attacking Europe.

They are not wrong.
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Talk about Sudan
September 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Feel free to join the officially unofficial Bluesky FPL mini-league using the code: nnyjq0

I have 8 months to think of a good prize for the winner. May spin up a little custom feed of participants too.
August 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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With more people displaced than in Gaza and Ukraine combined & fading attention and money from the usual "peacekeeping" powers, @lynseyaddario.bsky.social & @anneapplebaum.bsky.social take us inside Sudan's "nihilistic" conflict and the "devastating" senseless violence being endured by civilians.
Lynsey Addario and Anne Applebaum go inside Sudan - the ‘most nihilistic conflict on earth’
“I think the most important thing you need to know about Sudan is that it's a place where a group of countries that are sometimes called the middle powers – not superpowers, they’re not all big countries – are fueling the war for their own purposes,” says Atlantic staff writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum, after spending weeks in the country during its ongoing civil war, alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist Lynsey Addario. At the same time, the forces of peacemaking are no longer around – entities like the United Nations, the United States and the like. As a result, “The UNHCR was operating at a fraction of its budget because the donors just have not come through in recent years,” says Addario. “UNHCR didn't even have a budget to provide them with any shelter. They couldn't provide any hot meals. They couldn't provide anything, really, because they had no budget.”
www.msnbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"
August 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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July 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Thanks to Mr & Mrs Bezos for a lovely wedding
June 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Ireland's first national Down syndrome futsal team heads to the SUDS European Championships in Italy tomorrow with high expectations.
Ireland's Down syndrome futsal team eyeing European glory
Ireland's first national Down syndrome futsal team will depart for the SUDS European Championships in Italy tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
June 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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@anntelnaes.bsky.social
Trump plans to attend ‘Les Misérables’ at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution
June 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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“Putin is tired of this whole thing,” Trump said on Fox News. “He’s not looking good. And he wants to look good.”
In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Ukrainians are confident that they can continue fighting, even without the same level of American support.
www.theatlantic.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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multiple horrific crimes can happen at once. why is this so hard for people to grasp.
The real horrific crime is happening to Palestinians.
May 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Happy Easter to this great post
April 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Even the NYT concedes—and proves beyond a shadow of doubt— that Israel murdered paramedics in cold blood.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
April 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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This is what you call two different readouts of the same meeting.

Go Denmark, Go Greenland!
April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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“What we’re witnessing isn’t just another political cycle or policy debate — it’s an organized effort to destroy the very systems that have made American innovation possible.” www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 44-year-old Aidan O’Shea, who is reported missing from his home in Macroom, Co. Cork, since Monday 2nd December 2024.

Aidan was last seen in Macroom, Co. Cork on the morning of Saturday 30th November 2024, at 9.30am.
December 3, 2024 at 1:01 PM