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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here’s the President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, speaking fluently in Irish about Irish culture. It’s important to remember that Ireland has distinct language, music, art & cultural traditions. These inform how we see the world.

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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: Daniel Thomas, aka Danny Tommo, has been arrested by Hampshire police over boat slashing incident in the Channel.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

… making one of them more palatable to the other. As continental European examples from the 1920-30s show that as each is swallowed by the other, they become more extreme & blood thirsty. An interesting contemporary example is how the rise of the far right Reform led supporters to abandon …

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Well this is interesting - an extremist has his fascist paramilitaries laying siege to the far right Daily Mail in London. There’s always an element of schadenfreude when the leopards eat faces. To get a rough idea what’s going on, imagine the Nazi SA laying siege to Goebbels’ Der Angriff newspaper

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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Kneecap is a linguistic angulation of "Ní Ceap" (don't think) nee-cap or "Ní Ceapaim" (which sounds like "kneecap him" but also means "I don't think so").

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

handy Kneecap splainer for those outside Ireland wondering what Greta Thunberg was doing at their gigs in Belfast. In an Irish flag balaclava! TL;DR: Settler Colonialism is a really bad idea and sometimes turns victims into monsters. 1/5

Greta Thunberg sitting beside Naoise Ó Cairealláin (stage name:Móglaí Bap) one of the lead rappers & singers with Kneecap in a Belfast pub. thunberg is wearing a special GAA jersey with the slogan "Grá do Gaza" which means "Love to Gaza" in english.

Greta Thunberg pictured amongst the crowd at feile belfast in july 2026 wearing an Irish tricolour balaclava.

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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026

BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?

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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!

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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🚨WE WON! After years of campaigning, the Govt is set to scrap ‘Aim to Permit’ - giving councils and local communities power to say NO to new gambling venues. We delivered for London and all UK. Thank you @andyburnham.bsky.social & to all who backed my campaign. Please share the news! 🥰

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Letters to the editor: Water shortage from Sir Herbert Gussett From the Private Eye archive. Issue 381, July 1976.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

fwiw I don't think "Cambridge University professor most people have never heard of committed professional malpractice" should actually be national headline news

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Derek Hollingsworth @derekholly7.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

English words borrowed from Irish: Clan 'Clann', brought into English centuries ago, means family/offspring. From prehistory, Irish society was organised around kinship groups Gaelic surnames often contain Mac, Mhic, Nic, Ó, Uí, Ní, Mag, de ❤️ #Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #LearnIrish

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is such a good piece by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social. Excuse the long extract in the screenshot, but these points are really important.

But what happens when an academic’s story is sold through him being the “youngest black ever” (sitting alongside familiar monikers such as “the first black” or “black excellence”) and asterisked by a tale of hardship? You are not encouraged or invited to engage with the substance of their scholarship; instead, you are invited to clap. Instead of his appointment conjuring the question “what new opportunities for research will this lead to?”, it was “doesn’t this make you feel good?”

What this means is that Arday was treated not as a scholar but as a mascot, one who was particularly expedient for an institution that had been regularly embarrassed by its historic record on race: too few black students (in my cohort at Cambridge matriculating in 2015 there were only 15 black males out of 3,449 students); single-figure black academics (which is still the case); allegations of institutional racism. Independent of the merits or pitfalls of his own scholarship, what success looked like for Arday in this role was limited; what accountability could look like if misconduct occurred was constrained by him being a vehicle for Cambridge to signal its institutional progress.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It’s disgusting for the Conservatives to ask Jewish groups to meet their ex-neo-Nazi candidate, presumably in the hope he will charm them and they’ll offer their blessing. They should not expect Jewish people to sanitise this appalling choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.

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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.

Map showing the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.

Screengrab from Politico piece that explains, citing Reuters, that 48,300 of the 50,000 recent crossings have already been expelled or voluntarily returned to Morocco.

BBC report on Friday, still echoing the RW disinformation - or at the very least not challengning it sufficiently.

"Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
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What triggered the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta?
Sofia Ferreira Santos and Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe
correspondent
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Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media."

Daily Mail and Daily Express from this weekend, with front page headlines "Ministers MUST stop the Spanish border invaders reaching UK" and "SPANISH BORDER CRISIS IS 'WAKE-UP CALL' FOR UK", respectively.

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Gaelċló @gaelchlo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Bhí Bunchló GC i lár an aicsin ag an deireadh seachtaine! Is féidir an cló a íoslódáil anseo: www.gaelchlo.com/bungc.html

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Without paramilitaries acting on their behalf, the far-right are shown up for the handful of AI slop, Meta boosted fantasists that they are. ‘An anti-immigration march through Portrush has been branded a “far-right failure” after only 30 people showed up.’ [1/3]

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Far-right march a failure as only 30 show up for Portrush anti-immigration rally

Ex-glue sniffer organiser rants about ‘paedos’ and the ‘media’ to tiny crowd

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Finally. Now Mayo only have to deal with the one curse.

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Gaelċló @gaelchlo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sa ... deireadh ... thiar ... thall!

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 25/07/2026

Yep. 💯 this. If he’s the version we saw in the 2010 leadership election damn I’m worried. But we need to give it a little time to see.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If only people were moved half as much by natural ecosystems and wild species as they are by domestic pets and livestock, the world would be in far better shape.

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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Please, please, please let this story make the print edition…

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just had Palantir’s comms person call me an ‘anti Palantir campaigner’ The classic 2026 populist move ‘I don’t like what you’ve said. You must be a campaigner against me’ Anyway read the pieces and judge for yourself….

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Another staggering own goal by Trump.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This was a really moving interview. We're enormously proud of Peter at Queen Mary. He's been a lone voice for a particular kind of virtue in public life: not as something we admire in ourselves, but as something we practice towards others - and especially our opponents. And he really embodies that.

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LakeCity Leroy @lakecityleroy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

America isn't just falling behind, like a runner in a race who needs to catch their breath. No, we've stopped competing completely and have currently taken up residence living inside of a porta potty.

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Sherri @walkingumchewer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Comhghairdeas libh!

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Úna-Minh (That's my first name!) 🔜 AdventureX @unaminh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Trump: "Would you go to Moscow?" Zelensky: "It's difficult. There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there. It would be dangerous."

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026

Time to get these up all round Clacton then.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 08/07/2026

Oh I think we'll all be listening to the Count!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Great American State Fair has closed until 5 pm due to extreme heat.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Some wonderful new archival materials for Irish history made scale by the extraordinary @virtualtreasury.bsky.social team. Some great essays here too curating and introducing the archival materials provided by over 100 international partners

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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

📣 🧐 Come see over half a million freely available records. Dive in and explore! 👇 View 194,000 new releases and 10 new features in one place 👇 www.virtualtreasury.ie/2026-new-rel... New to the Virtual Treasury? Check out our Help page for mini-videos and a User Guide www.virtualtreasury.ie/help

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Virtual Treasury

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Getting interesting. The BBC has requested Trump’s phone records and private schedules from around the J6 Capitol attack in Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster, The Telegraph reports.

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Mill Media @millmedia.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We’re delighted to have won the case brought against us by the TV historian Laurence Westgaph. Westgaph tried to use data protection laws to force us to reveal our sources. We fought the case for a year and the Judgment is a big win for press freedom in the UK. www.livpost.co.uk/a-dish-best-...

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A dish best served cold: Laurence Westgaph sued us to reveal our sources - and lost

The former TV historian waged a legal campaign to find out who had spoken to The Post. A year later, we met him in court

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Many of the young fighter pilots were not British: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Bri...

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Non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain - Wikipedia

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

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As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man

Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

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