Reposted by Antain Mac LochlainnElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026Opting out of all the ways that the major tech companies can infiltrate our lives is difficult, but not impossible. Let us know where you’re starting from today, and take the month to seek more privacy from the tools you use. www.eff.org/pages/welco...eff.orgWelcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and OurBig tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to 615664
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still not free of a kind of woolly two-sidesism. ‘Unionism sent a message when it backed the Orange Order’s application to march down Garvaghy. Michelle O’Neill, by blocking the parade, did the same thing.’ If the march is unjust, why wouldn’t O’Neill try to stop it? 030
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tá mé le DD a thabhairt ort sa tuiseal ghairmeach feasta, le teacht slán ar na himpleachtaí gramadaí. 130
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026GRMA, a DD. Oíche phléisiúrtha aréir ag na Gradaim Foilsitheoireachta. Lúcháir orm gur bhain An Saol Sona. 130
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The world’s most immersive escape room. Súil agam nach bhfuil sé chomh tumthach sin ar fad. 190
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Polasaí dian in aghaidh druncaeirí ag Iarnród Éireann… 191
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Will you be writing a post on Slugger, Peter? Nationalism becoming the largest designation would be no small thing - if there's still an Assembly. 010
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026, playing party tunes, firing shots and using the most opprobrious epithets they could invent. The Orangemen went a considerable distance out of their way to pass a Catholic chapel on their march to Drumcree.” www.irishnews.com/opinion/bria...irishnews.comBrian Feeney: The problem at Drumcree is the Orange Order, and has been for 200 yearsOrange Order have history of causing mayhem in Portadown 030
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ní inniu ná inné: In 1835, a County Armagh magistrate, William Hancock, complained: “For some time past the peaceable inhabitants of the parish of Drumcree have been insulted and outraged by large bodies of Orangemen parading the highways... 181
Reposted by Antain Mac LochlainnDr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026An-sásta a bheith anseo i mBéal Feirste! belfastmedia.com/ta-gaeilge-a...belfastmedia.comTá Gaeilge ag na Normannaigh! Léachtóir úr in Ollscoil na RíonaTá an fhoireann agus an t-ábhar ag fás i Roinn na Gaeilge in Ollscoil na Ríona, Béal Feirste. Thosaigh an Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou i bpost úr buan mar Léachtóir le Gaeilge i Scoil na nEalaíon, an… 2115
Reposted by Antain Mac Lochlainnan duine deas @duinedeas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Daoibhse ar maith libh Bealach na Spáinneach etc. @leabharbreac.bsky.social 073
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026He said by working together "we can build a stronger, more united future for Northern Ireland... whether you hate Abba or love bingo or keep your toaster in the cupboard" - a reference to an episode of Derry Girls. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLabour conference: Drumcree parade resolution 'not going to be easy', says secretary of stateSir Chris Bryant says the situation is "tense" and that "nobody wants Northern Ireland to return to the 1990s". 013
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.logainm.ie/ga/65944logainm.ieBallywierdLogainmneacha agus eolas breise a bhaineann leis an áit seo. 010
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dath gorm á chaitheamh ag an bheirt againn. Abair 'comhordú'! 110
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026B’fhearr di sin a mhíniú dlo Stát-Rûnaí an Tuaiscirt. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Intimidatory’ far-right marches should not be allowed, says Angela RaynerThe UK communities secretary decried protests by ‘men in black wearing face masks’ and those ‘whipping up hatred’ towards lifeboat volunteers 1130
Reposted by Antain Mac LochlainnGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time. 752932754
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Níl cóip agam ach measaim gur in D’Imigh Sin is Tháinig Seo le Séamas Mac Sheáin. Bhain sé le cumann rothaíochta a bhunaigh lucht na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste. 130
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bíonn daoine ag síorchaint faoin dáimh atá ag na Conallaigh le Glasgow Celtic F.C. Ní bhíonn leathoiread cainte faoin fhoireann seo de chuid na Slóvaice… 071
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Is dóigh liom gur luaigh Colm Cille sin ina chuid tairngreachtaí. 140
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bhal, tá níl leathoiread imní orm anois. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNot all AI workers think the tech could kill everyoneIn text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings. 1101
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026An tsráid chéanna atá sa phictiúr. Ní mise a chúngaigh í… 100
Reposted by Antain Mac LochlainnAlasdair MacCaluim @am-broc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ceiltis ann an cunnart ann an OIlthigh Dhùn Èideann. Tha strì a dhìth!!!! Nàire mhòr air an oilthigh. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140... #gàidhlig #cleachdi #gachlathaheraldscotland.com 3114
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rue de la Liberté, Sospel. Ar chúis éigin, shíl mé go mbeadh slí na saoirse níos fairsinge ná seo. 2141
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Scéal grinn Béarla ón uair sin: Why is the Russian football team so good? Because they have a great pair o’ strikers. 010
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Is dócha go bhfuil formhór lucht na Gaeilge ag cloí leis na rialacha a bhí sa chéad eagrán riamh. 100
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Ainm gnó a spreagfaidh muinín agus misneach i measc na gcliant… 151
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cén leagan den CO atá ann, a Chaoimhín? Cuireadh cuid mhór den glasnost ar ceal in eagrán 2016/7 220
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bleaist mhífholláin bholscaireachta i dteanga Phádraig agus Bhríd: ‘Níl cara níos fearr ag na Palaistínigh ná mise’. Blá, blá, blá. 030
Reposted by Antain Mac LochlainnPeter Donaghy @peterdonaghy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This year's PISA survey asked questions on AI use at school and the results are clear: increased AI use in school is associated with lower scores. 124
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Antain suggests that Micheál Martin may set back cause of Irish Unity by consistently opposing it. www.rte.ie/news/politic...rte.ieTaoiseach suggests SF may set back cause of Irish unityTaoiseach Micheál Martin has suggested Sinn Féin may set back the cause of Irish unity by aligning itself with Scottish and Welsh pro-independence parties. 060
Reposted by Antain Mac LochlainnFrank McNally @frankie49.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Trump’s secret service detail, at least, will be glad to see the back of Doonbeg. Links courses in general must be a presidential minder’s nightmare, composed as they are of a series of grassy knolls.” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026... 0143
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Túr Trumpach cois Life? Is léir nár chuala sé scéal Cholún Nelson riamh. www.thejournal.ie/eric-trump-i...thejournal.ieEric Trump promises a ballroom for Doonbeg and a Trump Tower for Dublin in RTÉ interviewThe US president’s son is in Ireland to visit Doonbeg, with his father set to join over the weekend. 020
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Mar a deirtear sa Ghaeilge Nua, ‘cosc ar iontráil’ 041
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This slab of euro-gibberish translates into ‘We’re going to continue doing nothing.’ 120
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Au revoir, Renoir www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comRenoir paintings worth millions stolen in French museum heistIt is the latest in a string of high-profile art thefts in Europe that has again put the security of museums and galleries in the spotlight. 030
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sórt galair atá ann, a Hanna: Imeartas Focal Ainsealach 020
Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Chuir mé an bin glas amach seachas an bin dubh. A leithéid d’araid! 151
