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Brendan

@brendan69.bsky.social
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Watching my small plot in Co Armagh rewild itself. Knows less and less about more and more. Profile pic is me, a lifetime ago. Header is the backup and garden.

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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 13h
A crowdfunder has begun to support the people of Garvaghy Road in their resistance against the Orange Order's bullying shite.
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Help raise £5000 to Support the residents, local community centre and the people on the Garvaghy Road – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Support the residents, local community centre and the people on the Garvaghy Road. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 19h
"The DUP has been hinting at further destabilising the never-stable Stormont as a means to get its way. This is not surprising, given wrecking and riling up bigotry is all the inept and scandal-riven party has to offer."
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 22h
something extraordinary is happening on Garvaghy Road Northern Ireland. Decent minded protestants & unionists have started to come out to support the Garvaghy residents, against the Orange Order parade madness. This is truly extraordinary. quick 🧵
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There has been so much comment on the Gravaghy Road protests being illegal. That call isn't as simple as reading out the relevant bits of the PPA 1998 were a spontaneous and peaceful demonstration is at issue. The counter protesters have Art 11 ECHR rights: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-17...
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Volkswagen has agreed to sell an under-used factory in Osnabruck, western Germany, which will become a military manufacturing hub in a joint venture with an Israeli-based defence investor.
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Chris Barks @chllsp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ha,ha,ha. Really? They singing songs about him
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pick a side: A. People attacking the International Criminal Court B. Judges at the Court
Trump Netanyahu PutinSanctioned ICC Judges Prost , Bossa, Alapini-Gansou
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Portrait of Trump
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thought experiment: 1. feed into your training data lots of things you stole on the internet, including recipes for biological weapons 2. sell your product without checking you didn’t accidentally steal dangerous information to use as your training set 3. act surprised
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: Cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne - the man who gave Farage £5m - has quietly dropped his defamation suit against @wsj.com over this 2023 article 👇 1/
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not a laughing matter but "Big boats, just far away" 😂😂😂
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
"...The Israeli embassy referred to the warning by Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s foreign minister, who said: “If Britain acts against the state of Israel, the state of Israel will act against Britain. We have the tools.” He added: “The period is over when people act against the state of Israel and the […]
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Made in Ireland! I don't have much call to solder, though have had a couple of mains powered soldering irons. However, this little iron has been my go-to for around 30 years. Still works a treat, no built in obsolescence here. Made in Carlow (won't hold that against them). portasol.com/gb/
An image of a classic orange butane powered soldering iron labelled as RS Components.
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Ben Barclay @benbarclay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How it started: AI is going to make us all wealthy, and no one will have to work. How it’s going: you don’t need that measly pension of yours, do you?
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Ethel Caterham has become the first person in recorded history to reach the age of 117 and is one of only 13 people in recorded history to reach the milestone." What? Is this AI generated or I am losing the plot?
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CMJohnston @cmjohnston.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
*Shares appreciated* Dear BlueSky, our drinking water comes from just beside here (Lough Neagh, County Antrim) Otters, kingfishers, swans, cormorants and more call this home Due to a near-collapsed local government there are few solutions Please raise awareness @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Boat on algae-covered river Football on algae on river
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've used an Outlook email address for years, usually reliable (via browser and mobile). Today the browser version isn't playing (not only Blue Sky can have a bad day) the error message made me laugh. Apart from other gobbledegook that I didn't understand, the problem seems to be a ChunkLoadError.
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Asa Dotzler @asadotzler.com · 15/08/2026
If you want your files to live on your machine that you own and not in Microsoft's cloud that you don't: - OneDrive folder: select all -> right-click -> Always keep on this device. Wait for the sync. - OneDrive Settings -> Account -> Unlink this PC. - Settings -> Apps -> OneDrive- > Uninstall.
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 14/08/2026
"They're selling snake oil again. Carbon capture is a pseudo-technology that's designed to maintain the status quo. It barely exists outside a laboratory, but whole swathes of academics still continue to work on it. Almost no one is working on radical emissions reductions for climate emergency."
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NATO commander confirms crucial role of Ireland in murderous US war machine NATO military chief Alexus Grynkewich has spoken of how Ireland's Shannon airport allows the US military to "project power" globally www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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NATO commander confirms crucial role of Ireland in murderous US war machine
NATO military chief Alexus Grynkewich, has spoken of how Ireland's Shannon airport allows the US military to "project power" globally
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That was enough excitement for a century anyway. Time to pack the cereals back in the box.
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Boxo McFoxo @boxobark.ing · 12/08/2026
I know I barely go on about anything else these days, but it really cannot be understated how uniquely evil the SpaceX Colossus data centre (serving Grok, the paid tier of Claude, Cursor, Resolution AI and the Enterprise version of Gemini) is. It is actually an unprecedented environmental crime.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last year a wasps nest in the garden was raided by Badgers. Today there was another wasps nest damaged. The Badgers here must have a taste for the grubs. Didn't get too close but wasps build amazing nests. bsky.app/profile/bren...
A wasps nest buried in an old stone wall, overgrown with grass and brambles. The nest has been excavated and damaged, presumably by Badgers.A wasps nest buried in an old stone wall, overgrown with grass and brambles. The nest has been excavated and damaged, presumably by Badgers.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I used to play in bands in pubs in Liverpool. Whenever there was a fight we used to slip into a version of the Batman theme - kerpow!
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If I have any followers from the UK...please support this petition.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a landmark ruling that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism and constitutes a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260804-ant...
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Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, UK appeal tribunal confirms in landmark ruling
The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a landmark ruling that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism and constitutes a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010. The judgmen…
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Children.
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Art of the Steal
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
While out this morning spotted a wood pigeon not flying away as normal. Clearly injured, let me approach but tried to fly, unsuccessfully. Decided to let nature take its course. Back an hour later, nature did what it does.
An injured wood pigeon in a meadow, possibly attacked by a sparrowhawk.An hour later the pigeon is gone, a trail of feathers all that is left behind. A predator obviously put it out of its misery.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The pious lecture. By Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social for the Irish Examiner. #Ulm5
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
British government, bought and sold.
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social Israel wouldn’t/ couldn’t be the genocidal apartheid regime that they are today without the complicity of Canada, U.S. and the EU. They are all in on it. Thus the hollow words of concern without action. The big show of sending flour to Gaza while selling arms to Israel.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Europe is burning 🥵 Meanwhile in the Irish midlands… Turf-cutting remains largely unregulated 😕 My phone couldn’t capture the extent of this pile. Whether it’s authorised or not is anyone’s guess 🤔
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Restoring a 1984 Land Rover, when referring to the manual it's really frustrating when I try to zoom in to the pictures.
A white Land Rover 90 mid-restoration.
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Joanne @joannefirth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chris is relaying some terrifying and truthful climate information here. *Please* watch and share this widely! As always, thank you Chris! @climatechris.bsky.social ! 💚🙏💚
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-02... A friend just sent me this 😳😱
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Ch4 doc shows Starmer’s ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
Palestine Action wasn’t banned because it’s a terrorist organisation. It was banned because large corporations, like the Elbit weapons firm, have captured the UK government.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My dad rode motorcycles, he always said that before you can drive a car you should have to pass your motorcycle test, before that your bicycle test - and before that prove you're proficient with a hoop and stick. Would raise awareness of other road users.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“We urge Ireland to avoid pushing similarly unhelpful initiatives at the EU level.” - US Embassy, Dublin.
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US warns Government not to push Occupied Territories Bill type action in Europe
Embassy cites risk to hundreds of thousands of Irish jobs with US companies from ‘symbolic measures’
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Supported by the EU when it matters.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'Climate Free Fall' - the perfect descriptor for what we are facing www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized
Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"Settlements". Plantation.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Replacing the aggressive rye grass on this bank with wild flowers seems to have gone reasonably well.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Almost enough to make me move to Clacton so I can vote for the Count.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Love this Sea Thistle almost as much as the Bumblebees do.
A blue sea Thistle, in a sunny garden.A blue sea Thistle, in a sunny gardenA Bumblebee  on a blue sea Thistle, in a sunny gardenA Butterfly on a yellow flower in front of an white enamel Bread Bin repurposed as a flower planter.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The old tin shed has lodgers.
Barn Swallow chicks in their nest of the rafter of a tin shed, almost ready to fledge.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
NEW: Before cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne gave £5m to @nigel_farage, he gave £1m to Boris Johnson. For what?? Today @thenerve.news news reveals new evidence that tracks Harborne's investments in defence firm QinetiQ...to key defence announcements from Boris Johnson. 1/
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
From yesterday outside Pret in London– no more words, we want action! Get frankenchickens out of your supply chain. breakfrompret.com
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Radio 6 is spoilt by BBC news interruptions. 1st two lengthy items about immigration (wtf, find out more on our podcast...), 3rd a brief mention of overnight deaths in Ukraine (fck ptn), 4th football (advance excuses ahead of Ingerland/Mexico). Just play the music please.
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Brendan @brendan69.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Have we all "underestimated the extent to which state governments and institutions have been suborned and subordinated by the US and Israel."
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
‘These findings are commensurate with recent remarks by the head of the Israeli military's Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, who boasted that Israel is killing Palestinians in the West Bank "like we haven't killed since 1967.”’
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