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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 14h
A public body should be obliged to pursue a fair deal for workers over an exploitative one. This was part of the Quality in Public Procurement bill rejected by the government this year. #spéirghorm
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 17h
Shocked to hear that the Government, who is the biggest user of Bogus Self Employment in the State, finds itself struggling with the problems they created via Bogus Self Employment. Shocked.
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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 17h
This Saturday, folks, I'll be chatting to the amazing Adalyn Grace about her new book The Wretched Divine and all things writing. Come and join us in Eason O'Connell Street. ti.to/eason/eason-...
Eason presents an evening with Adalyn Grace
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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 17h
Spent the day in the Central Criminal Court. Cases not proceeding because of the withdrawal of services by solicitors - adjourned matters will get a new hearing date some time after April 2027. If this goes on much longer, we'll be looking at 2028 dates for cases ready to be heard in July 2026.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 19h
Just remembered I've got my People Who Think They're Furniture Club committee meeting tonight. I've got to go because I'm the chair.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 23h
I don't mean to brag but last week in therapy I told a story and my therapist started crying and I am pretty sure that means I have defeated this therapist and can now move onto the boss therapist and then win therapy forever
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Post Harry Potter art, I'm blocking you without hesitation. I don't care what the excuse is, don't support monsters.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A púca for the season that's in it 👻 All prints of this one are hand-finished with gold paint, and they're also on sale (along with many other spooky prints) until the end of this month. www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy
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Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On the train home from @octocon.bsky.social after a great weekend. The move out of The Pale to Cork definitely worked for the con. Emily Tesh and Alan Nolan announced as GoHs for 2027 in Waterford. The community is strong, and lovely!
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
X is arguably the single most effective promoter of Nazism and yet remains the platform of choice for so many government institutions and officials
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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what I'm talking about when I bring up that genAI bots are making it impossible for an open web to actually exist. It becomes expensive, a pain, and domain providers like cloudflare are profiting off both the people making bots and the people who don't have the tech skills to fight them off
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans
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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The person Jennifer Whitmore is questioning is Paul Savage who is the CEO of dogs.ie , a dog selling website. Of course he is. #spéirghorm
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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My chronic illnesses are the silent type, so I am weirdly enjoying that this chest infection comes with a dramatic sound effect. *COUGH cough cough cough splutter*
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
I got distracted last night and couldn’t finish thread but there’s a wonderful part of the book where Fenton draws out the parallels between how Catholics were treated in the North and how immigrants are now being treated in some parts of Ireland to explain why republicanism must be anti-racist
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can confirm. This, for example, was at the top of my “for you” feed when I logged in to find an old post the other day.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An interesting exchange on how to react to Slop-as-evidence at the Oireachtas. Oireachtas committees hear from people with all sorts of views, and by definition, many of them diverge from each other. But they are actually their views. The people who come in expressed them.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
brief reminder because a TikTok video of an asshole is going around, disabled people trying to avoid illnesses that could make them more disabled is not OCD, it is lived experience with a disability that you do not have, and thus should have your stupid mouth closed and stupid ears open about.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/10/2026
I will never forget all the cynical gainsaying and disinformation about the strike on Al-Ahli hospital ten days into Israel’s destruction of Gaza. ‘Fog of war’. Almost three years later, fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals remain even partially functional and there is no fog. Only dust and rubble.
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shocking thread on ethics and journalism, with of course (of course) Ai featuring.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I read about the break-ins in Finland and immediately remembered a story John Sipher told me years ago when he was stationed in Moscow. I don’t know if Russia is behind this but it does have the hallmarks of an old KGB tactic
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Someone Is Entering the Homes of Finnish MPs and Leaving Signs Behind
Today, for a change, I am not writing about explosions, arson attacks, drone incursions, information operations, or critical infrastructure going up in flames somewhere in Europe.
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Impressionable boomers and California wine moms watch Paramount and CNN and Warner and HBO and Discovery. Donald Trump’s media and tech billionaire groupie, Larry Ellison, is about to own all of those networks. Watch this fact-filled short video from Charles McBryde on TikTok:
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The working assumption about 🇺🇸 politics needs to be that we are going to have 20-30% of voters supporting far right authoritarianism, as is now true in ~every rich democracy. We can reform our institutions to ensure the 70% can govern, or we’ll always be one election from the fascists getting 51%.
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You gotta admit "the economy is going great which is why we have to deeply cut spending" is a somewhat confusing message for the government to be putting out
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I thought this was going to be a mediocre shot of a whale surfacing until I saw the caption – so even more disappointing.
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
every single ESL course offered in Tipp is oversubscribed and has a waiting list. as in so many aspects of integration, volunteers are working to help fill gaps as much as possible with English speaking clubs, etc. while the govt is only interested in making things worse
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 02/10/2026
Irish National Opera has bought an old church on Abbey Street, to turn it into a performing arts space. The chapel on the ground floor is too small for a theatre “but it's the kind of place where you could have recitals, a piano player or string quartet”.
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Irish National Opera buys old church on Abbey Street, to turn it into a performing arts space
The chapel on the ground floor is too small for a theatre “but it's the kind of place where you could have recitals, a piano player or string quartet”, says Diego Fasciati, the executive director.
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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Octocon cannot happen without it's volunteers and we are very grateful for those who chose to give up their time to help run this event! If you are interested in volunteering, please see details below! #Octocon2026
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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ever wished you could have your own incredibly cute Octo? Well why not crochet your very own member of the Octo collective? (Basic crochet knowledge required!) Find out how here: octocon.com/2026/10/croc... #octocon2026
photo of cute crochet octos in various colours.
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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hi. Be performative. The whole point of being performative is to encourage others to behave in the same way. It's why the whole "virtue signaling" thing is so dumb. You model behavior so other people will do the same. It's how we learn as a species. So, be performative.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One Irish person was refused citizenship recently over the language test after a six-year process despite doing the whole thing in Swedish. The same person teaches at university level in Swedish, and has published academic texts in the language.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ballpoint pen, watercolor, colored pencil, a little crayon, and charcoal pencil. 

Our guy pulls up deep in the forest on his 2-speed bike. He’s flanked by tall dark trees and his path is blocked by a massive spider. He lets the Big Fella know it’s on. “Big Fella,” he says. “I fixed my 2-speed. You still wanna race.” Reader, you know Big Fella wants in on that action. Next slide.Against a starry night sky we see silhouettes of Big Fella and our man racing down a hill. It’s unclear in the drawing who will win but Big Fella is likely about to pull away.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Paddling (canoeing) across Windermere today, into the teeth of a pretty stiff Force 3 wind - lumpy, and just this side of whitecaps - I came across a swimming squirrel, looking very stressed. Not a planned swim, I'm guessing. It was 300m to either shore, so I'm not sure s/he was going to be okay.
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Simon Morden @comrademorden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To sum up: My publishers failed to register US copyright on many of my titles I am doing all the work in making the claim on those titles they did bother with They take half of any compensation anyway
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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Weirdly impressed that @thejournal.ie have somehow found a way to make their comments section even more awful. Like when you throw up and you marvel at the sheer volume of semi-digested food your body could hold. #spéirghorm www.thejournal.ie/the-journal-...
A screenshot from an article on the journal.ie. "You might also notice new AI-generated comment summaries under some articles, to allow you to easily take the temperature of reader reactions to events of the day. We will continue to invest in the reader experience so keep an eye out for more exciting new features in the coming months."
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👀@libro.fm has treats stored up for #IrishBookWeek! While you're waiting for the 17th, check out their selection of Irish authors: libro.fm/collections/...
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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The solution to all this is to remunicipalise waste collection. It is absurd that foreign corporations get to dictate how household waste is managed in Dublin. It should be under democratic control.
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
there has been remarkably little interest from the Irish press in the takeover of Mount Melleray by a private American university owned by a billionaire with close ties to Opus Dei that recently experienced a major outbreak of measles and has a statue of Charlie Kirk being embraced by Jesus
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.
A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion 
E extreme shivering or muscle pain 
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured
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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am so tired of the FF leadership struggle impacting innocent people. Jim O'Callaghan and Jack Chambers are obsessed with looking tough for the FF party members and view ruining all our lives as acceptable collateral damage. #spéirghorm
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Born in 2008 and living in Europe? How about a 7 day free rail+bus travel pass courtesy of the EU to explore the continent over a month next summer? Apply here: youth.europa.eu/discovereu_en
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Gareth Kavanagh @omegar24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The news seems to have been quiet on this. This is the kind of thing that could have huge impact in a lot of parts of daily life. It’s health care and education, local authorities and central government departments.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We should treat genAI in publishing the way you’d treat a vampire trying to enter your home. You never give it permission to enter. It doesn’t matter if it‘s polite or makes generous offers or it’s *only* going to take the ones *you* don’t care about. It’s here for your blood. Don’t let it in.
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