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Cathrine

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Just reading one more chapter before I go to bed. These skeets will have typos I’m sorey She/her

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I just think it's kind of tiresome how, in a country with incredibly weak unions and industrial relations legislation, the government are trying to act wounded and outraged that unions are doing literally the only thing they can do to exercise leverage
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 05/10/2026
Let’s do a giveaway! I have 1 copy each of the Turkish & Portuguese (Brazilian) translations of me & @lollardfish.bsky.social’s THE BRIGHT AGES. If you’re in US, respond below with which one you want, what you want me to write in it, and I’ll pick people to send them to. Share widely! #medievalsky
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They aren’t just stealing everything that is left they are making sure only men can hoard it. I don’t know what else to tell you.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dominique Cabrelli Little girls reacting to a wedding kiss, 2011
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 01/10/2026
For National Poetry Day, another favourite of mine and brother, Ginsberg knew what he was talking about.
Howl By Allan Ginsberg
Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
They're taking control
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I want to see the vote. I want to see what players decided puttin on a green jersey, representing us, to sportswash a genocide, to protect their interests, their pockets, their image was a good idea. Shouldn't have been left to them but I still want to see the split. I want to know.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"When faced with skyrocketing pesticide and nitrate levels in its drinking water supply, the city of Munich, Germany bypassed expensive chemical treatment plans and chose a radical path: they tackled the contamination at its very root." via Thefarmacyreal www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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The Oireachtas leans into Microsoft for its comms, even as other European governments abandon US tech
Switching to the US big tech provider, for phone systems and more, comes at a time of fierce debate about tech sovereignty.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Sunday, July 12th 1998, Jason (aged 8), Mark (aged 9) and Richard Quinn (aged 10) were killed in their home in Ballmoney when it was petrol-bombed by Loyalists, rioting after the Drumcree parade was banned from travelling the Garvahy Road that year. 3 brutal sectarian murders.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A former captain of the Palestinian national women's team held without charge or trial and the Irish national men's team is going to play apartheid Israel? The FAI must boycott these games. #StopTheGames Palestinian footballer who played Bohs stuck in Israeli jail www.ontheditch.com/we-are-livin...
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Palestinian footballer who played Bohs stuck in Israeli jail
“We are living a nightmare,” her father told The Ditch.
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 1965, an American scholar bought her first stolen god from two boys outside a Kathmandu temple. Grains of rice were still stuck to it — offerings from worshippers. She paid less than $2 and wrote in her diary: "I don't think the temple will miss it at all." 🧵 www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...
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Mary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritage
A US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Monday morning memorandum
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Cathrine @catag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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About To Cry Leo Pap
Alt: About To Cry Leo Papa/ man taking a large exhale.
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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’ve just had my say on our future #EU #Euro banknotes. Have your say too! surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/euro/meta/
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Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu
I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New to Bluesky - do give a follow
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mteszuyi.eurosky.social @mteszuyi.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
@turbojerry.bsky.social @milogoestohell.bsky.social @nohadonja.bsky.social @catag.bsky.social @jjeessss.bsky.social @moo-mo.bsky.social @dawn.duhado.com @faeron.bsky.social @catbed.bsky.social @yuplovewallpq.bsky.social @analluna1.bsky.social @faridanvari.bsky.social Please urgent help🙏🏽🥹
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The HSE are doing a survey for trans people accessing trans healthcare and general healthcare in Ireland. If you're trans it's worth filling out. gcn.ie/hse-survey-s...
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HSE survey calls for community experiences to help shape trans healthcare in Ireland
A new survey has just been released by RedC Research on behalf of the HSE to assess experiences of transgender healthcare in Ireland.
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Marie Boran @marieboran.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now? my.uplift.ie/petitions/vi... @uplift.ie
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Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 29/07/2026
The wildfire in Tipperary covered 700 hectares. The smoke could be smelled 100km away at Cork Airport. Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael have spent the summer setting the climate act aside, saying it has been "weaponised" by NGOs.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I just signed this petition, calling on the Irish govt to send legal observers and demand a just trial of the Ulm 5 in Germany. Will you add your name? my.uplift.ie/petitions/su... @uplift.ie
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Support Ireland’s monitoring of Germany’s “show trial” against the Ulm 5!
I just signed this petition, calling on the Irish govt to send legal observers and demand a just trial of the Ulm 5 in Germany. Will you add your name?
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Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Listening to Stephen Fry's retelling of the Odyssey, which makes the horrors of the fall of Troy almost too vivid. I thought again of Criseyde, whose story makes more and more sense all the time.
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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’m not a big one for the hard sell BUT I’d really urge you to grab a ticket for this beautiful exploration of Lough Neagh in music and word. Over 50 wonderful people have worked so hard on this project for months and I’d love to see Templemore Baths totally bunged. Tickets www.Eastsidearts.net
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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The kind of shit that makes your blood boil. "The third time Anna Liedtke was subjected to an illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees, covered her mouth to stop her screaming and raped her" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners
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Liselle ᚂᚔᚄᚓᚂᚂᚓ @sellybeth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Please #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm, please, for the love of whatever you happen to hold holy, if you know someone who has room in their home for an autistic unemployed-but-with-HAP woman in Dublin, let me know. I cannot overstate how grateful I would be. My current situation is just not sustainable.
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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 06/07/2026
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Aodhán Ó'Coileáin @werslabber.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is an Irish scandal! www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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Microsoft worker emails thousands of colleagues about company's support for genocidal 'Israel'
A Microsoft worker has quit and sent a mass email detailing Microsoft's complicity in surveillance tech Israel uses to hunt Palestinians
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And with enough homes for everyone empty across country This is structural violence Absolutely disgusting by the government 😡
And with enough homes for everyone empty across country
This is structural violence
Absolutely disgusting by the government 😡
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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
URGENT APPEAL A mam and her 5 children from Gaza need a wheelchair-accessible 3-bed home in or near Dublin. One child is awaiting critical surgery and stable accommodation is urgently needed. Rental support (up to €2,500/month for 18 months) is available through the Irish Red Cross. Info below:
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Mika Fae Queen of Night 🏳️‍⚧️ @msmaxwellmusic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
You know it's all made up, right? None of this is real, it's just Calvinball money printing.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 16/06/2026
I got real frustrated about the state of the scaffold conversation, so once again i wrote a newsletter about labour, danger, and being perceived. www.anxietyshark.ca/these-hands-...
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These hands, that have known metal
It’s been years since they have touched my hands, but still I remember how it felt to hold them. The sensation, of dirt sliding along the palm as metal bars are moved and shifted in space, is pleasant...
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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This sort of thing is my standard reference point to 'effective altruism' types when they are dismissive about spending on culture and heritage.
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Máiréad Enright @maireadenright.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
For what it's worth, I've written about why the current legislation is incompatible with European human rights law and (arguably) the constitution. research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publicati... and research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
An *actual* attack on rural Ireland #Spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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A Kerry town built a community around asylum seekers — now Caherciveen is losing them
Businesses, schools and healthcare providers fear disruption after long-settled asylum seekers were abruptly transferred from Caherciveen
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today is publication day for my book, Prestige Drama. It's a funny, angry book about Derry, memory and Troubles-scented television. I think it's quite good, however I can *confirm* that it's quite short. But don't take my word for how great it is, look at all these lovely people saying that.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is being refreshingly blunt: there is “no workaround” for Europe’s energy price crisis. Hoekstra’s message? The only way out is through: more electrification, more solar, more wind, more storage, more grid interconnection — and all of it faster.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Albanese's message, delivered emphatically in person and in a series of UN reports, is that we are living in an interlocking system that has shown itself capable of mass killing. For that, she has received numerous death threats. But she isn't backing down. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...
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‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide
When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Remember when they wouldn't pass the Occupied Territories Bill because it would violate EU rules? Was Israel violating international law and committing a genocide an insufficiently "acute" situation? #Spéirgorm
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Jo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
They couldn’t give people with disabilities a €400 emergency payment.
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Lynn O'K @lynnok.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I mean can you imagine if the fuel blockades had been done by extinction rebellion or any other environmental group? They'd have been hammered day 1. My empathy went with the sheer tolerance big men in big machines with big feelings were given. I support the fuel cost issue. But not how they did it.
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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The irreplaceable Shannon bogs warrant full restoration. What we stand to lose by draining them for energy infrastructure is trading a guaranteed long-term asset for short-term expedience and convenience. By me for the @irishtimes.com #cornafulla www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Ella McSweeney: Cornafulla Bog is a gold mine. Let’s not squander it
Siting wind infrastructure on the Shannon bogs is too high a price to pay for renewable energy
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Gonna be interesting to see the comparison between axey boi, who damaged a plane, and the protestors, who actually endangered people's lives.b
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Delighted. Doubly so as someone who lives in the area (the most diverse in the country I believe) and hates racists bullies and thugs
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LIVE: Fuel protesters 'ambushed' by gardaí; Cabinet to hold emergency meeting
Garda operation to clear Dublin's O'Connell St began at 3.30am as Coalition expected to sign off on fuel-cost measures on Sunday
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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Don’t forget, you’re allowed call fascists fascists
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Dean Van Nguyen: Why I’m now using the term 'fascism' for what's happening in Ireland
The writer and commentator says he can no longer hold off from using the term ‘fascist’ to describe the treatment of new asylum seekers to Ireland.
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"It’s one thing to enjoy luxury; it’s another thing to slip into the dangerous belief that the normal rules of human society should no longer apply to you." Whew...
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Jovi ⚖️ 10/13 🏁 🎃🪅 @panamajovi.afrolatinsky.app · 12/04/2026
Man broke into Shannon Airport in Ireland and took a hammer to the wing of a US C-130. It’s now out of commission indefinitely 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 Even the Irish are sick of these wars and bullshit.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Very happy to donate to the Muslim Sisters of Éire who feed the unhoused week in week out. Only takes a minute msoe.ie/donate/
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MSOÉ | Donate
Your donations enable us to continue our vital work, offering support to some of the most vu...
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