Sadie
@sadiemonks.bsky.social
Irish arthritic occasional artist. Dog mam, cat & chicken servant. Foraging enthusiast 🍄 Housework-shy tinkerer and DIY ADHDer. Never met a bad habit I didn't love.
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This is an excellent article written by @garethgore.bsky.social on how Leonard Leo and Opus Dei have and continue to change the structure and politics in the US.
Opus Dei and the Moneybags Kid
In his new book OPUS, Gareth Gore examines the ties binding Supreme Court puppetmaster Leonard Leo and a radical, powerful Catholic organization.
www.rollingstone.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is an excellent article written by @garethgore.bsky.social on how Leonard Leo and Opus Dei have and continue to change the structure and politics in the US.
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Kevin Roberts and the Opus
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
garethgore.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kevin Roberts and the Opus
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
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On this, the last day of Michael D. Higgins' presidency, I think it's important to acknowledge that a 5'3 man deciding to be followed everywhere by two enormous Bernese Mountain dogs was a great bit.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this, the last day of Michael D. Higgins' presidency, I think it's important to acknowledge that a 5'3 man deciding to be followed everywhere by two enormous Bernese Mountain dogs was a great bit.
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"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
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One of the accused needed an interpreter and the other is from Down with no ties to the 26 counties and lives with two young daughters. Plotted to bomb a mosque in Galway, video recorded with a manifesto. This is where we are, terrifying!
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One of the accused needed an interpreter and the other is from Down with no ties to the 26 counties and lives with two young daughters. Plotted to bomb a mosque in Galway, video recorded with a manifesto. This is where we are, terrifying!
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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They had to get an interpreter for the 2nd man. FFS!
RTE news : Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
RTE news : Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
They had to get an interpreter for the 2nd man. FFS!
RTE news : Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
RTE news : Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
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So there's a number the EU regulators might want to bookmark..
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So there's a number the EU regulators might want to bookmark..
It'd be great if you wouldn't put words in my mouth @paulmurphy.pbp.ie. I canvassed & voted for @catherineconnolley.bsky.social but this isn't North Korea and I don't have to agree with all her thoughts to have her as my president. I don't believe the triple lock is necessary to remain neutral #RTÉ
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It'd be great if you wouldn't put words in my mouth @paulmurphy.pbp.ie. I canvassed & voted for @catherineconnolley.bsky.social but this isn't North Korea and I don't have to agree with all her thoughts to have her as my president. I don't believe the triple lock is necessary to remain neutral #RTÉ
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The Government lurching to the right was 100% inevitable after the presidential election; this is how they deal with failure rather than any form of reflection.
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Government lurching to the right was 100% inevitable after the presidential election; this is how they deal with failure rather than any form of reflection.
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
But I'm fairly shocked at the speed and vigour with which they've done it, not letting the attempted murder of refugees get in their way
The most dangerously violent animal in the world is the Disappointed White Man.
I am taking no questions.
I am taking no questions.
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The most dangerously violent animal in the world is the Disappointed White Man.
I am taking no questions.
I am taking no questions.
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If we argued for a hierarchy of violence from riots and broken windows to murder, we have already been on the far end of the scale for too long. This has yet to trigger any terrorism protocols, despite clearly fitting the criteria. Unclear if leadership is waiting for someone to inevitably die.
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
If we argued for a hierarchy of violence from riots and broken windows to murder, we have already been on the far end of the scale for too long. This has yet to trigger any terrorism protocols, despite clearly fitting the criteria. Unclear if leadership is waiting for someone to inevitably die.
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Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
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So we're about to enter an extremely racist era in Irish politics, all because our leader fucked up a presidential campaign to never before seen levels, and now he has to get competitively racist to save his own skin.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
So we're about to enter an extremely racist era in Irish politics, all because our leader fucked up a presidential campaign to never before seen levels, and now he has to get competitively racist to save his own skin.
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Less than a week after getting hammered by the left in an election, the Taoiseach is on about offshore deportation hubs for asylum seekers.
And he can't back down on this, cause he can't be seen to be softer on migration than the man who wants to replace him, Jim O'Callaghan
And he can't back down on this, cause he can't be seen to be softer on migration than the man who wants to replace him, Jim O'Callaghan
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Less than a week after getting hammered by the left in an election, the Taoiseach is on about offshore deportation hubs for asylum seekers.
And he can't back down on this, cause he can't be seen to be softer on migration than the man who wants to replace him, Jim O'Callaghan
And he can't back down on this, cause he can't be seen to be softer on migration than the man who wants to replace him, Jim O'Callaghan
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Bizarre how FFG politicians and others can look at the aftermath of #Áras25 and instead of strategising to capture some of the voters who *won*, they seem intent on courting the weirdos who did *even worse* than they managed.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bizarre how FFG politicians and others can look at the aftermath of #Áras25 and instead of strategising to capture some of the voters who *won*, they seem intent on courting the weirdos who did *even worse* than they managed.
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If one of the appliances in your home, say your cooker or fridge, ran using ten times the power of a normal one, you‘d replace it as fast as possible and never go near that manufacturer again, because you’d think they were catastrophically bad at making stuff.
But it’d be cool if it talked, right?
But it’d be cool if it talked, right?
"Goldman Sachs has estimated that the average ChatGPT query uses nearly 10 times as much energy as a Google search."
"A midsized data center uses as much water in a day as 1,000 American households, about 300,000 gallons, one research scientist told NPR."
More: share.google/BOXHTwok4Ltr...
"A midsized data center uses as much water in a day as 1,000 American households, about 300,000 gallons, one research scientist told NPR."
More: share.google/BOXHTwok4Ltr...
Researchers issue warning on harmful side effect of using ChatGPT: 'It's a concern'
Tech executives have been frustratingly opaque.
share.google
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If one of the appliances in your home, say your cooker or fridge, ran using ten times the power of a normal one, you‘d replace it as fast as possible and never go near that manufacturer again, because you’d think they were catastrophically bad at making stuff.
But it’d be cool if it talked, right?
But it’d be cool if it talked, right?
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And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
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As I've poimted out numerous times recently, the Irish political establishment has no idea how to deal with the nascent threat of the far right, instinctively taking the wrong option every single time.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687
jrnl.ie/6856687
Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
jrnl.ie
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
As I've poimted out numerous times recently, the Irish political establishment has no idea how to deal with the nascent threat of the far right, instinctively taking the wrong option every single time.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
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Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.
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For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
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Ppl with disabilities [PWD] are excluded, not forgotten.
Ireland has a population of 5.4m Some 1.1m have a disability & 400,000 have a severe disability. Yet one presidential candidate is infamous for her anti-PWD actions. That Heather Humphreys was nominated says it all #Aras25 #SpeirGhorm
Ireland has a population of 5.4m Some 1.1m have a disability & 400,000 have a severe disability. Yet one presidential candidate is infamous for her anti-PWD actions. That Heather Humphreys was nominated says it all #Aras25 #SpeirGhorm
Disabled people and carers are excluded – not forgotten
And that's a common misconception.
www.ontheditch.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ppl with disabilities [PWD] are excluded, not forgotten.
Ireland has a population of 5.4m Some 1.1m have a disability & 400,000 have a severe disability. Yet one presidential candidate is infamous for her anti-PWD actions. That Heather Humphreys was nominated says it all #Aras25 #SpeirGhorm
Ireland has a population of 5.4m Some 1.1m have a disability & 400,000 have a severe disability. Yet one presidential candidate is infamous for her anti-PWD actions. That Heather Humphreys was nominated says it all #Aras25 #SpeirGhorm
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Some people on this island are voting to elect their head of state
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Some people on this island are voting to elect their head of state
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
Others are digesting the fact that their state deployed paratroopers as peacekeepers - an oxymoron in itself, who killed children in broad daylight & then frustrated justice to the point that it was impossible. Such a stark contrast
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I don't know why anyone thinks this is a good day for the armed forces when the judge said this:
October 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I don't know why anyone thinks this is a good day for the armed forces when the judge said this:
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Why are we still saying "Soldier F"? He was named under privilege as Lance Corporal David James Cleary, 1 Para.
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Why are we still saying "Soldier F"? He was named under privilege as Lance Corporal David James Cleary, 1 Para.
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It already has been.
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It already has been.