Stephen Ryan 🌻 🍉 Stiofán Ó Riain 🌍
@stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social
Dubliner living on Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim. Recovering academic. Politics, history, sociology, music, Liverpool FC and some photos of an island. Was never a member of The Stars Of Heaven, sadly.
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A couple of my photos from my first time seeing R.E.M. which was somehow 40 years ago #OTD.
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We wish the very best for their future to President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins as they leave the Áras for the last time. President Higgins opened the doors of Áras an Uachtaráin to us, to many of the brilliant Palestinian speakers, artists, lawyers and activists that came here to advocate
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We wish the very best for their future to President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins as they leave the Áras for the last time. President Higgins opened the doors of Áras an Uachtaráin to us, to many of the brilliant Palestinian speakers, artists, lawyers and activists that came here to advocate
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Certain cross-community & minority protections were understandable in 1998, but for votes like this now it just stunts democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Certain cross-community & minority protections were understandable in 1998, but for votes like this now it just stunts democracy
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
Twenty jet skis on the beach at Rathlin harbour just now. Roaring in at very high speed, some of them blaring dance music as they come. Church Bay and Rathlin Sound is a precious marine habitat being abused by these selfish arseholes.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Twenty jet skis on the beach at Rathlin harbour just now. Roaring in at very high speed, some of them blaring dance music as they come. Church Bay and Rathlin Sound is a precious marine habitat being abused by these selfish arseholes.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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📌 Reality settling in for GOP ‼️
Yes indeed • Actually MOST
of you ~ shall go
to prison 💯🐥
Yes indeed • Actually MOST
of you ~ shall go
to prison 💯🐥
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📌 Reality settling in for GOP ‼️
Yes indeed • Actually MOST
of you ~ shall go
to prison 💯🐥
Yes indeed • Actually MOST
of you ~ shall go
to prison 💯🐥
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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On this day in 1988, Green was released as the band's first album with Warner Bros.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On this day in 1988, Green was released as the band's first album with Warner Bros.
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
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Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
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Probably not a good example to show the people that menacingly picket your house that that's a tactic that works.
Listening to Tánaiste Simon Harris's comments on the way into Cabinet this morning - accusing parties on the left of the 'extraordinary' move of 'trying to shut down debate' on immigration.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Probably not a good example to show the people that menacingly picket your house that that's a tactic that works.
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An exciting conservation job opportunity!
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
An exciting conservation job opportunity!
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👻🎃👻 This year my forehead is going as Samuel Beckett
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
👻🎃👻 This year my forehead is going as Samuel Beckett
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● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
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Let the campaigning begin.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Let the campaigning begin.
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Go NEW YORK CITY ZOHRAN FOR THE PEOPLE!!🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Go NEW YORK CITY ZOHRAN FOR THE PEOPLE!!🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️
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Love that the Burke family are such a national problem that the Irish Times has published an advice column on what to do if you're doorstepped by one of them -- because it could apparently happen to any of us, at any time.
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love that the Burke family are such a national problem that the Irish Times has published an advice column on what to do if you're doorstepped by one of them -- because it could apparently happen to any of us, at any time.
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Know their names:
Paul Givan, DUP
Sammy Wilson, DUP
David Brooks, DUP
Ben Mallon, DUP
Steve Aiken, UUP (not pictured)
Ron McDowell, TUV
Don’t let them get away with this whitewashing of a regime committing GENOCIDE.
Paul Givan, DUP
Sammy Wilson, DUP
David Brooks, DUP
Ben Mallon, DUP
Steve Aiken, UUP (not pictured)
Ron McDowell, TUV
Don’t let them get away with this whitewashing of a regime committing GENOCIDE.
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Know their names:
Paul Givan, DUP
Sammy Wilson, DUP
David Brooks, DUP
Ben Mallon, DUP
Steve Aiken, UUP (not pictured)
Ron McDowell, TUV
Don’t let them get away with this whitewashing of a regime committing GENOCIDE.
Paul Givan, DUP
Sammy Wilson, DUP
David Brooks, DUP
Ben Mallon, DUP
Steve Aiken, UUP (not pictured)
Ron McDowell, TUV
Don’t let them get away with this whitewashing of a regime committing GENOCIDE.