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Ciarán Fahey

@cfahey.bsky.social
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Associated Press sports writer, often distracted by news. I’m not German. I run @abandonedberlin.com in my free time. bio.site/cfahey

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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ireland players wear black armbands, bow their heads, and refrain from handshakes against Israel in 3-0 win. (AP) #Ireland #Israel #Gaza ⚽️ apnews.com/article/isra...
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Ireland players wear black armbands and refrain from handshakes in soccer game against Israel
There were no handshakes between Ireland and Israel players before their contentious Nations League match, with the Irish team wearing black armbands for its 3-0 win.
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Ireland-Israel games are seen at Uefa as "unprecedented" in terms of controversy for two countries not in conflict Irish discourse has been dominated by whether to boycott There was also dismay in Israel about the draw Report: www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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How Ireland v Israel become the world’s most controversial fixture
The tension and anger ahead of the Nations League double header is seen as ‘unprecedented’ for a match between two countries not in conflict, reports Miguel Delaney in Dublin
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ireland players vote to go ahead with Israel games as pressure to boycott grows, just one player leaves (AP) #Ireland #Israel #Gaza #UEFA #FAI #Bazunu apnews.com/article/isra...
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Ireland players vote to go ahead with Israel games as pressure to boycott grows, 1 player leaves
Pressure to boycott upcoming Nations League games against Israel over that country’s actions in Gaza has taken its toll on the Ireland team with players ultimately putting their participation to a vot...
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Irish leader Micheál Martin tells the United Nations that when the “true horrors” of Gaza “are finally and fully revealed, it will shame the world.” (RTÉ) #Ireland #Israel #Gaza www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
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Taoiseach says world has 'failed Palestine' in UN address
The Taoiseach has said that when the true horrors of Gaza "are finally and fully revealed, it will shame the world".
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A drone sighting at Berlin airport caused its closure for 45 minutes and the diversion of several flights, including my own to Hamburg. We’re now getting buses to Berlin because Aer Lingus couldn’t land in Berlin before it closed at 11pm.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Berlin won’t be getting the Olympics. The German Olympic Federation (DOSB) says rival bids from Munich and Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr for 2036, 2040 or 2044 are better. (To be more specific, they’re “sehr gut,” Berlin is only “gut” according to an evaluation committee.) #Berlin #Olympics #NoOlympics
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Lisa Maier @lisamaier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@hrw.org documented cases where Instagram removed images and videos showing Palestinian civilians killed or injured in Israeli attacks, claiming they broke Meta’s “violence and incitement” rules. www.aljazeera.com/news-analysi...
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Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?
From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
United States to send 40,000 powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in new $2.8 billion arms deal. Most paid for with foreign military financing – where U.S. taxpayer dollars are given to Israel to turn around and buy the weapons from the U.S. (AP) #Israel #USA #bombs💰 apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion weapons sale
The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Posters in Dublin calling on the FAI not to go ahead with Ireland’s Nations League games against Israel on Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. #Ireland #Israel #FAI #genocide
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“At a certain level of exposure, ‘Free Palestine’ becomes too much of a risk.” (AP) #Macklemore #Kraft #edsheeran #apolitical #censorship #gaza #israel #words #actions apnews.com/article/mack...
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
More basketball today. France ended Germany’s hopes of the title and will go to face the U.S. in Sunday’s World Cup final. (AP) #basketball #WorldCup #FibaWorldCup 🏀 apnews.com/article/fran... apnews.com/article/fran...
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Car deB 🇪🇺 🌻 @cartinedeb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A long, likely not complete, list of ties between Germany's AfD party and Russia, posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on that musk-rat site. It's highly worrying that someone like Dumb congratulated 'Alternatives' with their recent win. @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu @olgalautman.bsky.social
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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Memory work in Germany: Upcoming exhibition of Deutsches Historisches Museum on „Controversial Kinship: Colonial and National Socialist Violence“ @michmo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @mrothberg.bsky.social 👉 www.dhm.de/en/exhibitio...
Poster of exhibition by Deutsches Historisches Museum: „Controversial Kinship Colonial and National Socialist Violence
16.10.26 -11.04.27
Umstrittene
Verwandtschaft
Koloniale und nationalsozialistische Gewalt“
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The best day in German basketball.” Germany coach Olaf Lange is hopeful his team’s achievements at the women’s basketball World Cup will inspire the next crop of players. Germany is in the semifinals for the first time. (AP) #Germany #basketball #worldcup 🏀 apnews.com/article/wome...
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The AfD has a huge lead in Saxony-Anhalt, but it’s unclear at this stage if it can form Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II. (AP) #AfD #NoAfD #Germany apnews.com/article/germ...
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German exit polls suggest far-right party has big lead in regional election
The Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, has a strong lead in a regional election, but it’s unclear if they can form Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. Italian fishermen have given up trying to destroy the invasive Atlantic blue crabs decimating their prized clams. (AP) #Italy #climatechange #crabs 🦀 apnews.com/article/ital...
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Italy has started exporting a delicacy prized abroad, reviled at home
Fishermen in Italy have shifted from incinerating invasive Atlantic blue crabs to commercializing them.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I was at basketball all day, just home now. Here’s a roundup of the games: apnews.com/article/wome... And here’s a story on Zhang Ziyu, who’s probably the tallest woman in the world: apnews.com/article/chin... (AP) #Basketball #Women #WorldCup #ZhangZiyu #Berlin
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China's 7-foot-3 Zhang Ziyu looms over opponents on debut at Women’s Basketball World Cup
China’s Zhang Ziyu had everyone looking up to her on the opening day of the Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin. The 19-year-old Zhang is 7-foot-3.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Women’s Basketball World Cup starts in Berlin on Friday! It’s just the second time Germany has hosted the tournament – and played in it. What of the home team’s chances of a medal? (AP) #BasketballWorldCup #Germany #Berlin
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Hopes high, expectations low for Germany as it prepares to host Women’s Basketball World Cup
Injuries and three straight losses in warmups have not dimmed hopes for host team Germany at the Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin.
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heistberlin.bsky.social @heistberlin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🐛 Berlin just suffered its biggest-ever data breach. Among the 1.44 million files stolen by the hackers, one was called "Passwort.docx," full of staff logins. The hacker group wants 30 bitcoin (~€2 million) by Friday. Berlin says it won't pay. www.heistberlin.com/news/passwor...
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Passwort.docx: How Hackers Got Berlin Senate Passwords
New details on the Berlin Senate cyberattack, the largest data breach in Berlin's history. Hackers are demanding 30 bitcoin (~€2 million) in ransom.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s 2026 and some countries still have kings and queens 👑
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Meanwhile, Trump has signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” (AP) #Trump #USA #LakeOntario #LakeAmerica #MAGA 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/lake...
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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' in the United States
President Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The U.S. military is short of Patriot missile interceptors in Europe because of Trump’s war against Iran, leaving Europe vulnerable to potential Russian attacks. (AP) #NATO #USA #Trump #Iran #Russia apnews.com/article/patr...
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Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials say
The U.S. military faces a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Horrific. Catastrophic torrent kills hundreds, more missing. "The disaster in Nepal and Tibet is not a one-off. The increasingly unstable Himalayan ice system threatens communities, infrastructure and water supplies across one of the world’s most densely populated regions." (AP) #Tibet #Nepal
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Catastrophic floods kill over 353 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
Rescue teams are searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a deadly torrent of water and mud swept through communities following a glacier collapse.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Bundesliga is back! Bayern Munich's training league. Season preview for @apnews.com #Bundesliga #Germany #FCBayern ⚽ apnews.com/article/bund...
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Season preview: Bayern's dominance overshadows Bundesliga on Klopp's return as Germany coach
When Jürgen Klopp surveys the Bundesliga upon his return as Germany coach, he could be forgiven for sneaking a look elsewhere for excitement.
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton 🖤 apnews.com/live/dolly-p...
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Live updates: Dolly Parton, iconic songwriter, singer and philanthropist, has died at 80
Dolly Parton, the iconic country music singer, actor and philanthropist died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee, at 80.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Peruvian court convicts four men of murder-for-hire and jails them for 15 to 35 years for the 2023 killing of Indigenous rainforest defender Quinto Inuma Alvarado. (AP) #Peru #Amazon #justice #indigenous #logging #environment apnews.com/article/peru...
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Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender
A Peruvian court has convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Kichwa leader and rainforest defender.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Vielen Dank, CDU! 👏👏👏 #Rheinmetall #Berlin
A defaced election poster for the CDU, where someone has helpfully added the words (assuming they weren’t there before) in German: Thank you. Rheinmetall: Berlin’s first weapons factory since 1945 💣
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Cologne convinces teenage star Said El Mala to stay and gives him prestigious No. 10 worn by Podolski (AP) #FCKöln #Cologne #ElMala #Bundesliga ⚽ apnews.com/article/colo...
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Cologne convinces teenage star Said El Mala to stay and gives him prestigious No. 10
Cologne star Said El Mala is staying at the club after a summer in which he was expected to leave. The club says the 19-year-old El Mala extended his contract to 2031 and has been given the prestigiou...
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heistberlin.bsky.social @heistberlin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
SUVs disabled in Charlottenburg Activists let the air out of 20 SUV tyres in Charlottenburg. They even put lentils in the tyre valves. www.heistberlin.com/news/activis...
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Activists Disable 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, Screw Lentils in Tyre Valves
The Widerstands-Kollektiv deflated tyres on 20 SUVs in Charlottenburg, calling the vehicles a "disaster for our world".
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Israeli settlers are the tip of the spear for a much larger movement, supported by Israeli governments, aimed at cementing Israeli rule over the West Bank and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. (AP) #Israel #WestBank #Palestine #ethniccleansing apnews.com/article/isra...
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There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu
A dayslong standoff in the occupied West Bank points to Israel's reluctance to rein in settler violence against Palestinians.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The oppression of the native people in what is today known as the USA still takes place to this day. Here's the latest example with authorities building a wall through Tohono O’odham lands, whose people also live across the man-made divide in Mexico. (AP) #USA #TohonoO’odham #NativeAmerican
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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation
A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“The West Bank has become more dangerous for Palestinians as Israel, under … Netanyahu, has approved more than 100 new settlements. Extremist settlers routinely enter Palestinian towns, clashing with villagers, burning homes, mosques and cars.” (AP) #Israel #WestBank #settlers #ethniccleansing
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Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes
Israeli settlers have been blockading homes in the West Bank town of Qusra, leading to a tense standoff.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Israeli settlers are besieging Palestinian families in their homes in the West Bank, cutting off their water and electricity. Illegal settlements have surged under Netanyahu. The goal is clear. (AP) #Israel #WestBank #Palestine #settlers #ethniccleansing apnews.com/article/isra...
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Israeli settlers' siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke
Mike Huckabee’s remarks on X represented an unusually sharp rebuke from the Trump administration of the latest episode in a surge of settler violence in the region.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Shark gets hauled out of the sea and onto a boat and RTÉ thinks the hunter is the victim because he was bitten on the leg. No mention of the shark’s fate. (RTÉ) #shark #ireland 🦈 www.rte.ie/news/2026/08...
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Waterford shark bite victim 'scared for his life'
A man recovering in hospital after being bitten by a shark on a vessel off the coast of Co Waterford has said that he is okay and hopes to recover "quickly".
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A gigantic oil spill is happening of Oman's coast as we speak. A loaded shadow tanker has been aground for weeks and is leaking with no meaningful activity to stop it. Here, a foreboding what it will look like in the Baltic Sea once it happens.*
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Someone was behind the social media posts that convinced Moroccans that the border to Spain was opening up. They didn't all start by accident. (AP) #Ceuta #Spain #Morocco apnews.com/article/ceut...
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Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta
By the time authorities reacted, an estimated 60,000 people had reached Ceuta in just a few days, the largest migration surge between Morocco and Spain in years.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash and there has been an outpouring of love for him in Ireland, where, as he once noted himself, people prefer their heroes dead and gone rather than living and possibly answering back. I for one would like to hear him answer these words from Neko Case.
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IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
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Chris Jones @chrisjonesbelfast.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Disturbing writing from Neko Case on a certain recently deceased Irish singer. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
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IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Facts don’t matter and reality is immaterial for assholes who thrive on stoking fear. “Across Europe, far-right parties continue to flourish, even though it has become harder for migrants to reach the continent by any route.” (NYT) #migration #farright #nazis #xenophobia #assholes #giftarticle
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Europe’s Far Right, Once Marginal, Now Sets Tone on Spain Migrant Crisis (Gift Article)
Europe sheltered many refugees in 2015. Its hard-line reaction to a new crisis in Ceuta shows how, 11 years on, the far right has reshaped European attitudes.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Self-serving, fear-stoking, xenophobic politicians freaking out about Ceuta should pipe down. Ceuta is not part of the Schengen area. Border checks are carried out when traveling from the exclave to continental Spain or other European countries in the Schengen zone. (AP) #Ceuta #EU #politics
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Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
Spain has installed a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Infantino may have schemed his last scheme at FIFA. “The time has now come for football political leaders to ask themselves the right questions and make the right decisions.” (AP) #Infantino #FIFA apnews.com/article/infa...
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UEFA declares no confidence in Infantino and vows accountability for failed World Cup equity plan
UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World C...
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
One of Musk’s rockets is going to crash into the moon on Wednesday. He’s not on it. (AP) #Musk #Moon #rocket #rubbish apnews.com/article/spac...
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A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers last year.
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Nadia Hardman @nadiahardman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚨#Israel plans for more potential war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank as Defense Minister Israel Katz instructs the military to take control of another West Bank refugee camp. New from @hrw.org 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A Hamas official has confirmed agreement on the group’s disarmament. Israel is not being asked to more than what it already agreed to, “which essentially involves withdrawing its forces from Gaza and committing to ending airstrikes on the territory.” (AP) #Gaza #Israel #Hamas #disarmament #Trump
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Trump announces a deal for Hamas to disarm in Gaza, but many hurdles and uncertainty remain
President Donald Trump says a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
European teams are going to boycott FIFA competitions as long as Gianni Infantino persists with his plan to flog off the World Cup and commercial interests to private investors. (AP) #FIFA #Greed #UEFA #Infantino #investors 💰💰💰 apnews.com/article/fifa...
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UEFA members to boycott FIFA competitions in protest of World Cup private investors plan
UEFA member federations will boycott all FIFA competitions in protest of Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Climate change is bringing new and invasive fish species to the Mediterranean, decimating indigenous populations. (AP) #climatechange #mediterranean #fish 🐟 apnews.com/article/medi...
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The Mediterranean's warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive species
Scientists say climate change is heating the Mediterranean Sea, inviting invasive fish species that harm native populations.
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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 29/07/2026
Always a sign you’re on the right side of morality and history.
Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Musk’s AI company is suing the state of Minnesota for outlawing “nudification” technology that creates fake nude images of real people. (AP) #Musk #nudification #AIslop #priorities 🤮 apnews.com/article/minn...
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Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technology
Elon Musk’s company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps.
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