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Bets Von Count

@betsvc.bsky.social
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Dedicated feline enthusiast, avid reader, music lover, tea drinker, pro-abortion feminist, history fan, Marshmallow, pro adoptee rights, fond of the gin. Si/i. Dublin, Ireland.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
theconversation.com/portugal-dec...
theconversation.com
Portugal decriminalized drugs 25 years ago, but the real lesson is what it built around this policy
Portugal’s remarkable public health strides after changing its approach to drugs may not be replicable in other countries absent broader systemic reforms.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.thejournal.ie/further-10-s...
thejournal.ie
Further 10 sets of infant remains recovered during Tuam excavation
The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention said all ten were found in coffins in a section of land which was excavated by hand.
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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A classic cat meme, always worth reposting
Picture of a cat staring directly at us while two people play guitars on a futon in the background. The caption reads: Please share this picture to raise awareness of the plight of cats trapped in a folk music environment.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Discussion poster as seen in Vancouver.
A black-and-white poster on the city pole that says Community can we have a safe route for our kids to walk back to school 
City: no a driver might get mad
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...
thejournal.ie
Ireland says it stands with Palestine. So why did we play Israel?
The FAI’s handling of the Nations League fixtures shows that when it comes to standing up for those who have no voice, words are not enough. It’s actions that count.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I will not be watching this team again. - Colin Sheridan @colinivan.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
irishexaminer.com
Ireland? I will not be watching this team again. My children can decide for themselves
Ireland’s footballers could have shown what happens when people with something miniscule to lose decide that principle matters more than their own convenience. They chose self-interest
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Deffo! That and the whole scandal are the only things I remember about him.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ha ha!
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you remember Marco, whose mama used to sew silk linings into his jeans?
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'd prefer detention.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No age is gonna stop a creepy Italian taxi driver! Did he at least recommend any good places for Italian food to keep you healthy?
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.thejournal.ie/homeless-fig...
thejournal.ie
Homelessness: Record 17,885 people in emergency accommodation last month
Of those, 5,830 were children.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.ontheditch.com/we-are-livin...
ontheditch.com
Palestinian footballer who played Bohs stuck in Israeli jail
“We are living a nightmare,” her father told The Ditch.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.thejournal.ie/government-d...
thejournal.ie
Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims
The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Cameron Park Zoo in Waco TX has a new black-footed cat kitten (Felis nigripes). It's exploring grass for the 1st time here. This species is the smallest wild cat in Africa, but with the highest hunting success (~60%). They eat 1/6th their body weight in rodents & birds every night.
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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The mandatory 3 day waiting period must go! "It caused more stress and was rather demeaning for me and my partner as we already considered our decision extensively before initiating the process" Join us, 2pm at the Department of Health, Saturday (26/09/26) for the 15th annual March for Choice.
Illustration of the above quote inside a large speech bubble. The background is made up of an overlapping pattern of purple, teal and yellow triangles. It says 3 day mandatory waiting period in black above the bubble. Below it says Too Many Barriers: ARC and Lorraine Grimes Ph.D The ARC logo is in the bottom right corner
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
WTAF? The lads shouting on the corner of Henry Street drive me mad, but I can keep going. This is a whole other level: www.thejournal.ie/readme/preac...
thejournal.ie
The last thing anyone needs after a long day at work is a lecture on a bus
Little did we all know, everyone on the 39a is hurtling towards hell, rather than Blanch, Kelly Earley recounts a recent commute with a preacher on board.
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Dr Pauline McGonagle @pgmcgonagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gazan student says visa refusal ‘worst feeling I have ever experienced’ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
irishtimes.com
Gazan student says visa refusal ‘worst feeling I have ever experienced’
Applicant one of three to be awarded full scholarship but all refused visas in July
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Earth, Wind, & Fire Day to all who celebrate 🌍 🌬️🔥 🕺💃 youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...
youtu.be
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is Englishman William Holman Hunt’s Light of the World (1851-4). When I first saw it in 1985, as a teen, I couldn’t stop laughing. The idea of Jesus as an Englishman tickled me! It’s a great pic, but one of the most High Victorian Imperialist visions. Colonialism as art!
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 21/09/2026
Even the victims are to blame, it seems. Unbelievably tone deaf from the minister who cancelled the reform of the Road Safety Authority, scuppered the speed limit reform and cancelled the red light camera enforcement pilot.
Road safety minister blames ‘everyone involved’, including road users, for rising death toll
Seán Canney’s remarks come after four deaths at the weekend and as EU ministers gather to discuss road safety
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.thestory.ie/2026/09/15/e...
thestory.ie
Emergency homeless centres had bedrooms in unapproved rooms, defective fire doors and no escape routes posted for residents – TheStory.ie
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is I. Have never even been to the website, for the same reason that I wouldn't eat an arsenic sandwich.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sorry that was supposed to be a question mark.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You okay!
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
You can hold your phone down by your hip until the commentators make it sound like a try is imminent. No need to smash small children. Look at the try, down by the hip again. You can listen to the commentators tell you it has gone to the TMO without looking. If you need to look, stand by the side.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh, it v much is a thing with guys! The amount of times I have to grab my husband's arm and steer him out of someone's path because he is absolutely oblivious. Do you not have eyes in your head? Apparently not.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sadly, I fear you are correct. It takes so little f-ing effort to spy a lady with a pram coming directly towards me, maybe I should move in a bit.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My commute takes me past a few language schools who are clearly on break. Most of them cop on and move in, but you do get the odd one. Just look around you. Shop, pub, language school, all it takes is a bit of awareness.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
F-ing hell, you can spot a person with walking aids coming towards you and you either blend into the hedge or step onto the road, having checked front and back. Basic courtesy.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It drives me mad when people walk four abreast on a narrow footpath and don't look to see who's coming in front or behind of them, sending me into the path of a car on the road. Have some situational awareness, for the love of Christ! www.thejournal.ie/readme/walki...
thejournal.ie
It’s time that Irish people learn some walking etiquette
Somehow, we have completely normalised having zero self-awareness in public.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra'. One pound in Chapters circa 1996.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why? www.thejournal.ie/irish-citize...
thejournal.ie
Citizenship rules to be tightened with longer residency and language test
Those seeking Irish citizenship will be required be resident in the country for eight years, up from the current five.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can you a working person hear this?
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh dear, do you think?
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
'Tis well for him: www.thejournal.ie/sean-canney-...
thejournal.ie
'Everybody's hard-pressed': minister dismisses criticism of public transport fare hikes
Adult fares on buses and trains nationwide are set to increase by an average of 15% from January.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We will have to agree to disagree.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am a pedestrian and I know I will die at the hands of a driver. They are taking corners and blasting through red lights like no one's business these days. People say it's COVID, but I think they just have carte blanche to speed to the next red light these days.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's a banger. Do not come at me.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...
thejournal.ie
We could make public transport free for what we're spending to keep it cheap to drive
But most drivers can’t trust or don’t have the public transport system they need.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.wonkette.com/p/rest-in-pe...
wonkette.com
Rest In Peace, Gloria Steinem: Feminist, Beauty, CIA Asset
Wait. What?
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not a fan of Ryan or the Greens, but: www.thejournal.ie/eamon-ryan-c...
thejournal.ie
Eamon Ryan accuses government of 'political choices against public transport' after fare hikes
The ex-transport minister said the Department of Public Expenditure was “getting rid of all that green nonsense and getting back to the consumer paying”.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Well we saw how they caved to the lads smirking on their shiny tractors beside the GPO. Peak lambing season, the fuck those lads were farmers. I as a Dublin commuter may have to walk 10 km to save myself thirty p. I will. I have done it before. Martin and Harris have never put their dainty butts.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fuck, I hate Martin. You know he has never had to take public transport in his life. www.thejournal.ie/bus-fare-tra... I will be stuck wondering whether the extra thirty p makes it worth walking the ten km home.
thejournal.ie
Bus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirms
The move has been criticised by opposition parties.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I have been trying to contact you for over a week. Do not bloody send me to your chatbot. I want to interact with a real human person via phone or e-mail and I want my €140 back.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pisses me off. Every single poll says we support Palestine, hate blood sports, would like the climate crisis to be addressed, etc. But poor auld Martin and Harris presumably have donors to answer to.
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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.ontheditch.com/internationa...
ontheditch.com
International academics protest Palestinian visa refusals
The impact on the capacity for Palestinians to engage freely in intellectual exchange is grave
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