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I still have inky fingers reading the K Chronicles in the SF free sheets back in the day...

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 12h

Despite personally knowing someone killed on Oct 7th I went to a Palestine solidarity rally the next day. Not bc I wasn’t grieving but bc I knew from past Israeli wars how the IDF wld respond: to add to the 100 yr death toll countless, uncounted, uncountable Palestinian lives 1/2

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not a John Lennon song that gets a huge amount of airtime but I kept thinking of the lyric "While putting her down, we pretend so hard that she's above us"

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is the infuriating thing about the whole Heather Humphreys saga. "They call us sectarian just because we're in the Orange Order" YES BECAUSE IT'S A SECTARIAN ORGANISATION. If you can't understand that and interrogate what that means then you're not getting anywhere.

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I immediately went to a different Kavanagh poem Every old man I see In October-coloured weather Seems to say to me "I was once your father."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know that nothing in the Orange world has to make sense in a way that humans would understand it but this is Bananas

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are the Sparts going soft?

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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 01/10/2026

The Mary Wallopers perform an impromptu gig this afternoon in support of the Garvaghy Road residents amidst the ongoing Drumcree stand-off. Read more: tinyurl.com/mtbma7a4

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just the most gorgeous cat. She got some chicken and gave every appearance of owning the place.

A really beautiful lynx point cat against a stone wall and iron gate

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"I once shot a man just to watch him die, then I got distracted and missed it. My friends tried to describe it to me, but it just isn't the same." -- Dave Foley, "The Kids in the Hall"

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A cool Convenanza cat in Carcassonne

A lovely cat on an old stone pillar at night

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There are two simultaneous anti-choice protests raking place right now outside City Hall, 20 feet apart, one for the Catholics and one for the Protestants. This place has its drawbacks but ypu have to concede there is a rich seam in the comedy mines.

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think the Parades Commission's demented ruling and the "Supreme Court" Alice in Wonderland style transphobic insanity both show the difficulty of adapting a primitive and feudal system of government to constitutional norms.

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think it's an Elo-phant ...

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah it's not exactly an unsolved mystery you pass it on the Luas

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John Finn @seanfionn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad Ireland only has 2 goal keepers in squad EUFA regulations require 3

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R @spectreofcastro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On an awful day to be an Association Football fan. I can't describe the immense respect I have for Bazunu. He'll be proven right, he'll be beloved, and the rest of them will carry the shame forever

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That this came down to a vote amongst the players (no doubt under strong pressure from the FAI), up to 7 players voted against playing the game, and yet it is still being played. Shambolic. And the 1 player who has withdrawn is a hero we need to protect. www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...

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Ireland players vote to play against Israel - recap

The Republic of Ireland press conference will take place at 2.30pm after the squad spent the morning deliberating whether to fulfil tomorrow's UEFA Nations League game against Israel. Follow the lates...

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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gavin Bazunu the only player to boycott the match, Gav, hold your head high and know that you've done the right thing and took a stand. As for Troy Parrot, Caoimhin Kelleher, et al fuck off you spineless cunts. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

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Laura @takeithandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The respect I have for Gavin Bazunu is immense. 24 years old with his career ahead of him and he made a decision that every other person in safer positions of power above him failed to have the courage to make themselves. A true representative of Irish people everywhere

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026

What has emerged at a later part of the FAI press conference: Knowing the circumstances of the upcoming games, the FAI did a trawl of prospective callups and checked with abut 30 of the most likely players to ensure they were comfortable fulfilling those fixtures. Goalkeepers were not among them.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gavin Bazunu Hero Who Refused To Be Complicit In Genocide, Stood With Humanity And Paid The Price ✊ Don't Back Down - You've Done The Right Thing And History WILL Remember Your Bravery 🇵🇸

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Will Lawless @willlawless.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There's only one Gavin Bazunu

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Virgin Media Sport @virginmediasport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It has been confirmed that Gavin Bazunu has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad after a "significant majority" of players voted to fulfil tomorrow's nights UEFA Nations League game with Israel. #VMSport #FAI #Israel #Nationsleague

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Úna-Minh (That's my first name!) 🔜 AdventureX @unaminh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Macklemore is to perform at Dublin’s 3Arena on October 26, as part of his #FreePalestine tour. All proceeds from the tour will benefit organisations supporting Palestine and the Palestinian movement.

Macklemore and Friends poster saying the "Free Palestine Tour: October 26th at the 3Arena. All proceeds benefit organisations supporting Palestine and the Palestinian movement.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We already know the true horrors of Gaza - we've been watching the genocide live for years, and Micheál Martin has done exactly nothing to stop it; in fact, he has voted against every measure to impose meaningful consequences on Israel in his own parliament. A bluffer and a hypocrite.

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Many great things about Switzerland, the flag is a huge plus.

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did he ever even *ask*? 🐴

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.

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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ireland shouldn't play Israel. It'll be a stain on our island and our history. Don't normalise genocide. #StopTheGame

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The mighty Siobhán McSweeney was presented with a print of my Gráinne Mhaol piece by the very lovely Kevin McGahern for her hard work on #TraitorsIRL, after she mentioned that Ireland's pirate queen Gráinne was a big style inspiration for her incredible outfits this season. No better woman! 👑

Photo of the bould Siobhán McSweeney in a room with light blue and white patterned wallpaper and a wooden floor, holding a framed print of mine of a linocut of Gráinne Mhaol.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #TheTraitors

The image of Gráinne Mhaol on the print.

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The Grand Drawing In @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The September equinox is today, 23rd September, 2026. Today the sun will be directly above the equator for a moment as it makes its way south. And that moment is now, 01:04 Dublin time (i.e. 01:04 IST, 00:04 UTC).

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

St Etienne in the Olympia tonight was a lifetime live music experience #SpéirGhorm

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Public Enemy dealt with this

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Ben Walsh @bwalsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ar dheis Dhé if that's not theologically controversial

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 22/09/2026

It's up to the players now. Most people do not want Ireland to play against genocidal Israel. Any players that take a stand to not play would be supported in a similar way to the artists who acted in support of Macklemore.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's so fucking depressing and humiliating to beg and beg and beg for our country to do the right thing JUST ONCE, despite it clearly being something the vast majority of Irish people support. But no - the small people clinging to the levers of power will go their own way, to our eternal shame.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

These are the people that the FAI and the Irish government, players and coaching staff are bending the knee for - bitter, entitled genocide-deniers protected by bigger nations, pissing in the faces of those who support the right of the Palestinian people to exist. For shame.

Tweet from the Israeli football association about Ireland head coach Heimir Halgrimsson that says:
We have contributed to the world and humanity in countless fields, earning an impressive number of Nobel Prizes along the way. Unfortunately, we have not yet found a cure for stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy displayed by Ireland’s national team coach. We’re not playing with ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity, We’re playing against the coach who embodies them.

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