Shane Stokes
@shanestokes.bsky.social
Journalist, photographer, cycling writer for Velo, Irish Times, Sticky Bottle etc. http://instagram.com/ssbikephoto/, MSc Ex. Physiology. Own opinions/bad puns here..
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Only a criminal administration would figure out a way to make it illegal for members of Congress to call for the military to ignore illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Only a criminal administration would figure out a way to make it illegal for members of Congress to call for the military to ignore illegal orders.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Nigel Farage must allow an independent investigation into Reform UK so the British public can be assured that all links to Putin's barbaric regime are rooted out.
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nigel Farage must allow an independent investigation into Reform UK so the British public can be assured that all links to Putin's barbaric regime are rooted out.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Is it a coincidence this is happening after the Epstein vote? Has Putin got all the cards now the files “have to be released”?
What has changed in last a few days other than that?
What has changed in last a few days other than that?
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Is it a coincidence this is happening after the Epstein vote? Has Putin got all the cards now the files “have to be released”?
What has changed in last a few days other than that?
What has changed in last a few days other than that?
Reposted by Shane Stokes
BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Fact check by Dr Orla Kelleher www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
& my podcast with Irish Times & Progress Ireland www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
& my podcast with Irish Times & Progress Ireland www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis. In recent weeks, journalists, developers, tech entrepreneurs, the Minister for the Environ...
www.irishlegal.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fact check by Dr Orla Kelleher www.irishlegal.com/articles/opi...
& my podcast with Irish Times & Progress Ireland www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
& my podcast with Irish Times & Progress Ireland www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Reposted by Shane Stokes
"Neither ABP nor the bats can be blamed for the fact that the developer hasn’t delivered on the planning permission in Killarney, just as they can’t be blamed for the estimated 90,000 other homes nationally (including c.45,000 in Dublin) which reportedly had unused planning permissions in 2025." 💯
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Neither ABP nor the bats can be blamed for the fact that the developer hasn’t delivered on the planning permission in Killarney, just as they can’t be blamed for the estimated 90,000 other homes nationally (including c.45,000 in Dublin) which reportedly had unused planning permissions in 2025." 💯
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Ireland's "gold plated" implementation of EU law on show in Luxembourg this week cc @progressireland.bsky.social
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ireland's "gold plated" implementation of EU law on show in Luxembourg this week cc @progressireland.bsky.social
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Absolutely a must read, even if just for this paragraph:
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Absolutely a must read, even if just for this paragraph:
Well done to the worst ever
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Well done to the worst ever
Reposted by Shane Stokes
It’s almost like electing Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend to be PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES isn’t such a good idea…
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It’s almost like electing Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend to be PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES isn’t such a good idea…
Reposted by Shane Stokes
If it's only Democrats in the Epstein files, why didn't Trump release the full unredacted files on day one of his presidency? Seems to me that if these files were chock full of Dems and no Republicans, the regime would've jumped on that ASAP.
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If it's only Democrats in the Epstein files, why didn't Trump release the full unredacted files on day one of his presidency? Seems to me that if these files were chock full of Dems and no Republicans, the regime would've jumped on that ASAP.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
Reposted by Shane Stokes
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Reposted by Shane Stokes
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This guy heads up health in the US?
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This guy heads up health in the US?
Reposted by Shane Stokes
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
― Theodore Roosevelt
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
― Theodore Roosevelt
Reposted by Shane Stokes
If Trump is revealed in the Epstein files then he needs to be impeached and arrested immediately.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If Trump is revealed in the Epstein files then he needs to be impeached and arrested immediately.
Amazing writing! Glad you had a good time, @dbfreelance.co.uk
Heard about an Irish scheme that pays £70k to anyone willing to set up home on an offshore island – so felt duty-bound to go and scope out a couple...
www.cyclingweekly.com/travel/irish...
www.cyclingweekly.com/travel/irish...
Three miles long by two wide: Why touring Ireland's tiny islands makes no sense at all – yet is utterly addictive
Hearing rumours of empty space, tranquillity and generous repopulation grants, we set sail for Ireland's offshore islands, dreaming of freedom
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Amazing writing! Glad you had a good time, @dbfreelance.co.uk
Reposted by Shane Stokes
So, without much ado, we've kind of lost the first major city to climate change. (Tehran, metropolitan area 15 million people.)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: “When we proposed relocating the capital, we lacked the budget…
“People said it was impossible, but now it’s no longer optional.
“We can’t keep adding population and construction here. Expansion is possible, but the water problem cannot be solved.”
“People said it was impossible, but now it’s no longer optional.
“We can’t keep adding population and construction here. Expansion is possible, but the water problem cannot be solved.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So, without much ado, we've kind of lost the first major city to climate change. (Tehran, metropolitan area 15 million people.)
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
Calm down. It’s not like this president sent a bunch of scumbags to hang his own Vice president.
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Calm down. It’s not like this president sent a bunch of scumbags to hang his own Vice president.
Reposted by Shane Stokes
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced they won’t classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols anymore they’re calling them ‘potentially divisive.’ Potentially divisive? Listen, a noose isn’t a conversation starter. A swastika isn’t a debate topic. They are dangerous hate symbols. Full stop
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced they won’t classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols anymore they’re calling them ‘potentially divisive.’ Potentially divisive? Listen, a noose isn’t a conversation starter. A swastika isn’t a debate topic. They are dangerous hate symbols. Full stop