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Ann O’Dea

@annodea.bsky.social
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Lifelong journo, media founder and CEO Silicon Republic; personal interests: four+ legged critters, birds, history and old stuff, biodiversity, geopolitics, art and culture and great gigs www.siliconrepublic.com

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve to treat yourself to a day of exploring bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, museums, cafés, and bakeries.
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Respect. Courage of his convictions.
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Bazunu: 'I feel it would be wrong to participate'
Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu has released a statement on his withdrawal from the squad, saying he felt "it would be wrong to participate" in the Israel fixture in light of the atrocitie...
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026
Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023
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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide
Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Best news story this week has to be UEFA making their feelings crystal clear about FIFA’s complicity and cowardice. Delighted for this man!
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Somali referee Omar Artan grateful for Super Cup chance after World Cup exclusion
The Somali referee Omar Artan, who was refused entry to the US to officiate at the World Cup, has spoken publicly for the first time about the decision
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Something lovely for the weekend! 🤩❤️ Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology
This Met Museum photo shows an Ancient Egyptian gold headband viewed from the front against a grey background. The headband is made of hammered sheet gold, the ends of which have been tapered to a narrower width and rolled to form loops. A string would have threaded through the loops to fasten the band around the head at the back. The front of the band is decorated with a central head of an antlered stag, identified as the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). The stag has two large antlers, large ears and a triangular-shaped head. It is flanked on each side of the headband by two gazelle heads. The gazelle heads have long ears and long curved horns which point outwards at the tip. Between the animal heads are four 8-pointed flowers or stars. Dimensions: height of central stag 8.9 cm, length of headband 49.5 cm. 

Dated to the Second Intermediate period (c. 1648-1540 BC) when northern Egypt was ruled by the Hyksos from the ancient Near East. Said to be part of a group of objects found in the Eastern Delta near Avaris, the Hyksos capital. The headband shows a mix of styles from ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East.
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Paul Watson 🌍 @paulmwatson.com · 27/06/2026
Faults and all a free and independent press is important. www.cnn.com/2026/06/27/c...
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A small plane slammed into the tallest skyscraper in China’s capital. Hours later, it was like nothing had happened. | CNN
On Friday afternoon a small plane appeared to evade some of the world’s strictest aviation controls and slam into the tallest skyscraper in Beijing, the 109-story CITIC Tower that dominates the city’s...
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Bébhinn Nic Liam @bebhinn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Irish street artist Joe Caslin unveils new 50ft mural ahead of Pride weekend in Dublin jrnl.ie/7081575
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Irish street artist Joe Caslin unveils new 50ft mural ahead of Pride weekend in Dublin
The collaborative project took over one year to complete.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Let me be explicit. The massive heat waves we're seeing around the world more extreme and frequent due to human-caused #climatechange. And these heat waves are going to continue to worsen because of our failure to reduce carbon pollution. Just one of the many costs of #climate change.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The auto industry is worse off Care homes and the NHS are worse off British travellers are worse off Fisherman are worse off What's not to like? Brexit - So much winning...
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Boats, bankers and borders: five symbols that sum up Brexit a decade on
What do the touchstones of the referendum debate tell us about the complex legacy of Britain leaving the EU?
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A bill to enforce the EU’s AI Act in Ireland has been approved. Once enacted, the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 will establish the AI Office of Ireland – an independent statutory body which will act as Ireland’s central coordinating authority to implement the landmark EU law on AI.
siliconrepublic.com
New Irish bill to supervise EU AI Act gets green lit
The new bill is only a technical regulation needed for the supervision of the EU AI Act and does not add to its existing obligations.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/06/2026
Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism.
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Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it
Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
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Stephen 🔶🌹💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @thestephenralph.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
And here's the entire Scott Pelley interview via YouTube... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqd...
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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ‘60 Minutes’ | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
#coygig G’wan Barrett 🇮🇪
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I just go a newsletter link with the headline ‘Pete Hegseth’s softer side’. Yeah not opening that, but still hoping it’s ironic 🙄
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
100 times this!
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sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 25/05/2026
This is the greatest description of humanity I have ever read.
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Sign the petition to protect the laws that protect us - our health, nature, and water. Give nature a voice! #HandsOffNature birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🧵 🧵🧵 The constant bitching about Bluesky community and the obsession around it in certain parts - is not really any different than the dynamic around blogosphere/netroots circa 2003-08 (until those spaces became coopted). (1/6)
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Exactly this
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
True. That's how Iran is beating him. They aren't physically obstructing the strait. They're creating a situation where insurance companies refuse to provide coverage to ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 09/05/2026
Sums it up, really.
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Cybertruck Recalled to Keep Its Wheels From Flying Off While Driving
Tesla is recalling the Cybertruck for the umpteenth time because of an issue that can cause its wheel to fall off.
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Laura-Elseplace @laura-elseplace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
From the Grauniad's 'Explainer' article:
Screenshot with photo of vile repulsive Farage, and wording saying that ReformUK-Ltd have a lower vote share than last year, down from 41% to 33%.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It’s all falling apart.
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US trade court rules against Trump's 10% global tariffs
The U.S. trade court on ​Thursday ruled against President Donald Trump's ‌latest 10% global tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade law.
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Today in Tech History @techhistory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
On this day in 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Music Store.
A screenshot of the iTunes Music Store with the caption: "The revolutionary iTunes Music Store. 200,000 songs at your fingertips."
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Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New: Manosphere influencer Clavicular is everywhere, and that’s not an accident. A paid marketing campaign is spreading video clips of his controversial antics across social media. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
The Video Clipping Machine Behind Clavicular’s Viral Fame
Videos of the influencer Clavicular are inescapable online. Social media is awash with clips of his sharp-featured face and muscular body — the result of a “looksmaxxing” regimen that can include test...
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yup: how low can you go? Try him
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Normally I would assume this was a joke
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 28/04/2026
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
techcrunch.com
Google expands Pentagon's access to its AI after Anthropic's refusal | TechCrunch
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
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Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
OTD d Mary Wollstonecraft,author of Vindication of Rights of Women,argued women weren't inferior to men but lacked access to education.One of 1st feminist philosophers.Against radical Fr Rev, she wrote "I cannot yet give up the hope, that a fairer day is dawning on Europe."Also Mom of Mary Shelley.
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NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE @kafearless.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Link to a story on this subject: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Good lord…this picture.
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What the actual…?!
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 17/04/2026
U.S. importers can begin filing refund claims on Monday, April 20, for $166 billion in tariffs collected illegally over the past year. on.wsj.com/4crMtgl
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What We Know—and Don’t Know—About the Tariff-Refund Process
Importers can start filing claims Monday for tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I say this a lot but today’s pod is worth your time. It’s with Josh Owens who worked for Alex Jones/Infowars for 4 years in the 2010s. It’s a conversation about how the conspiracy machine works from inside, about radicalization and, crucially, about the hard, unscalable work of deradicalization
theatlantic.com
Breaking Free From Alex Jones
A former Infowars employee on radicalization, lies, and getting out
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
So sad that a normal, human heartbreaking reality needs to be ‘announced’ but that’s the world we live in 😔
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence software, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people without their consent, despite his company’s pledge months ago to halt abusive deepfakes after a public backlash and government investigations." @davidingram.bsky.social keeping tabs:
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Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it
An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Personally don't recommend these. As the article notes, these properties are typically achieved through PFAS, which can shed carcinogens in your home (which you then inhale) or come out in the wash (polluting waterways for decades). Will try to do a thread on how to treat stains in the wash.
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Ah lads, how exciting is this collab!!!! 13 hours. Counting the minutes 🤯
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Boots On The Ground
Tom Waits x Massive Attack
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🤦‍♀️
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
God knows we were all due some good news!
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Really hope this is as good a sign as it appears 🤞
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Guardian says "marathon" peace talks, but without quotes for a mere twenty-hour session. The talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement took nearly two years, with a longer process of engagement before then.
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Our mainstream media failed utterly this week to investigate this side of the ‘protests’. This is an excellent analysis, which also points to the good work done by @thejournal.ie
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Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Excellent explainer by @thejournal.ie - which really captures why so many of us who would be pro peaceful protest were alienated from these protests.
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How Ireland's far-right movement got involved in the fuel protests and tried to hijack them
While many are protesting fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Obviously it's completely unseemly that they're hoping to bribe Hungarians to vote for Orban. But it's also just bizarre - Orban does nothing for America, but he does a lot for Russia. Why is this Trump's priority? (It's okay, you don't need to answer.)
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Marathon talks? Compared to what? It took years for Obama to deliver a detailed Iran deal. The Trump admin are packing it in after 20 hours. (H/T @bgrueskin.bsky.social)
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