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Colm Flaherty

@cjayfla.bsky.social
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Here for the chat. Politically agnostic, MAGA & ACAB are the same anarchist craziness to me, but Brian Thompson trespassed on rail lines & got hit by a train.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Haven’t opened Bluesky in a long time, these are the first four….threads….skies…..whatever. @ciaraioch.bsky.social I have no idea if mentioning this will perpetuate Bluesky’s thinking that you’re Bluesky Numero Uno, but….yeah. The juxtaposition be juxtapositioning…
A screenshot of four Bluesky messages on a feed. The Discover tab is open at the top. Summarising the threads Ciaraioch discusses Austen’s heroes, Jessica Ellis makes a Choosin’ Breakfast joke, Ciaraioch questions whether knowing Choosin’ Texas is a sign she’s problematic, and Susan Tonkunas reports from Texas about next of kin of a woman dead after an abortion denial during the State of Texas.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
From District Magazine. Grim.
Screenshot from District Magazine's Instagram post that reads "District.

In the Kerry Gaeltacht in August 2024, there were 543 properties listed on Airbnb and not a single house available to rent on Daft.ie at the same time.

Kerry has 30 short-term lets for every one long-term rental, this was the worst ratio in Ireland, according to renter charity Threshold.

Rents in Kerry rose 10.1% in the year to Q1 2025, almost double the national average of 5.5%."

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Greatest love and respect @bsky.app, but I thought the Discover algo was for new accounts. I’m a fan of those two but I’m actively metering my urge to replyguy them, cos I’m sure they don’t want reply guy responses. Why are they first on the feed? Cc @ciaragemmam.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I never thought I’d agree with the Scumbag in DC… But DJT’s right, fuck DST kill it around the world.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this
sign that says STAFF PICK:
The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson
Please turn to page 108, because I need to tell you something.

page 108 says:

HE'S GOT A KNIFE, AND HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
PUT THIS DOWN AND RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!
GO THIS WAY. →
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Cíara @ciaragemmam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I have a week in London next week. Bluesky - hit me with your shit to do there (preferably easily accessible because I'm still gonna be on at least one crutch)
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 23/06/2026
€250m ice hockey arena on way to Dublin: ‘The best way to think about this is like a scaled-down Madison Square Garden’
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€250m ice hockey arena on way to Dublin: ‘The best way to think about this is like a scaled-down Madison Square Garden’
Chief executive behind the project ‘very confident’ that ambitious plans will proceed
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Screenshot of the Bluesky screen. Messages in order: Ciara is excited to get a good sleep in her bed. Mayor Mamdani announces a parade in Thursday in Manhattan. Foghornleghorn1357 makes a joke about their dog. Derek Guy shares a video of New Yorkers celebrating the Knicks win by singing Empire State of Mind.
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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
‘Perceptions of migration often become detached from migrants’ actual presence or experiences, yet they nonetheless structure political behaviour and public anxieties’ - @timbale.bsky.social Food for thought for Irish politicians and voters in this insightful article about migration in UK politics.
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Why public attitudes to immigration don’t respond to falling migration | LSE British Politics
Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I’m awake late, anyone want to fill me in?
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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Ireland ranked the 5th safest country in the world in the latest Global Peace Index. I haven’t seen this reported anywhere apart from the BBC. Has it had any coverage in Irish media? www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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What it's like to live in the world's safest countries for 2026
There are now more active conflicts than at any point since World War Two. Residents in Iceland, New Zealand and elsewhere explain the qualities that make their nations so peaceful.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Worthy petition. It’s a place no one should have to be, and to be left there with just a shoulder shrug? C’mon, we can do better as a Nation.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Mockery is a legitimate form of protest and people underestimate how much bigots hate it.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Well, Sunday. On Sunday we go to church. At church, we confess our sins. Guys, I have sinned. AI fanfic. SVU/Blue Bloods crossover. An actual timeline with logical crossover points, like how the “Bruce Wayne in Metropolis” stuff worked in “Batman v Superman”. Scratched an itch. Not sharing it.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Worth running through Google Translate, this…
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
When even someone as confident and talented as CMAT is affected by the level of body-shaming vitriol aimed at her, what hope do the rest of us have. Body positivity is worthwhile, but it can only go so far when society still treats commenting on people's bodies as acceptable. We've so, so far to go.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Sunscreen is wild, like what do you mean the radiant might of a gigantic plasma inferno of a star fueled by the unimaginable power of nuclear fusion is defeated by a ten euro tube of cream
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Buying a book for a little girl recently and it's actually maddening how about half of each book shelf in the ages 9-12 kids' section is just books by celebrities now. Harder and harder to find the books by professional children's authors
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
So I’m in sunny Zurich and I can’t get Irish news till Monday, but this is banger from Gavan. God bless your hyperfixations!
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Charlie Kelly's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy
Alt: Charlie Kelly's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 15/05/2026
Europe has been on high alert for weeks after drone flyovers into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale last September, prompting leaders to agree to develop a "drone wall" along their borders. #EuropeNews
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Helsinki Airport resumes flights after drone alert suspension
Europe has been on high alert for weeks after drone flyovers into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale last September, prompting leaders to agree to develop a "drone wall" along their borders.
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Daniel Wagner @passittobulis.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Can't get over this 1928 ad I found while perusing the archives of The Province. Good news everyone! Beer is NOT liquor! It's liquid food!
Ad in The Vancouver Province from 1928: "Beer is not liquor - Decided after Test. Beer is not liquor, it is liquid food. A liquor is a beverage in which alcohol is the base and principal ingredient, as, for instance, whisky. In beer, the alcohol is only incidental, being about the one thirtieth (1/30) part of it, just enough as a valuable aid to digestion. 

For sale at all Government Liquor Stores and Beer Parlors. Delivery Free to any Part of City. Vancouver Breweries, Limited, Vancouver, B.C.

This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia."
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My Discover list is AI rot these days.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
@lynnok.bsky.social you mistake me for someone listening. When I left school, I expected to be in a newbuild West of the Corrib running a business & raising a family at this stage of my life. Instead I’m emigrating to the continent by year’s end after trying & failing in a shoebox in Renmore.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Imagine if they taught the ‘ra at school…
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I see the rot are here sniping at the Galway Ring Road getting permission. All of you need to see the difference it makes. Fig 1 is the northernmost, “outer” Galway bridge. Fig 2 is the detour if that bridge is closed. The far side of the city is a dock to the sea. No crossing except thru city.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I have a question for @oddpride.com: As someone who is both American and British, when someone talks about “buying a pack of smarties and eating them”, what kind of candy/sweets does that entail for you?
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Nick Slawicz @ellingtonelms.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.
A 'Dinosaur Smarties' Easter egg.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social finding myself with a finish to work on a Thursday in May and an expo on the continent on the Tuesday after. 1. What’s your experience of getting to Brussels by train? 2. Who’s a good follow for railing it around Europe?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16/03/2026
Jessie Buckley poses in the #Oscars press room after winning the award for best actress for her performance in "Hamnet." Catch up on highlights from the show: bit.ly/4rtIFiF
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
A woman in a mask
Headline:
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
Story from Jerk Wingley and Terramin Defishunsee

Photo from Adobe
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I don’t know if anyone here is a boards.ie person, but I got the news this morning that M T Cranium, AKA Peter O’Donnell/Roger Smith, has died. For 17 years he posted a daily Irish weather update on boards.ie’s weather forum. These would come to be trusted by 1000s. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Okay, I’m now well aware of what Rejection Sensitive Dysmorphia is, so this isn’t hitting as hard as it would have been, say, 15 years ago. But finding out the App rockstar Una Minh Kavanagh blocked me hits deep. That said, the Right to Block is Absolute, so Fair Winds & Following Seas to her.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
IT’S THE MEME SONG!!! 🤣🤣🤣 #milancortina2026
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Here’s hoping there’s a hockey team behind them one day #ireland #coybig #coygig
The Irish team walks into the Milan Winter Olympics parade.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Anyone have experience and personal recommendations for carer support groups or similar groups for carers in Ireland, or good resources online? Particularly if you've done it while self-employed or without other support
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
People failing to think things through and relying on magical thinking about their own governance and security is how fascists fill the gaps and take over. Nothing is ever too grim, morbid, or frightening to plan for. Always be prepared, expect anything, and stay aware. We are adults, remember.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Absolutely worth your time for a read.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Sorrysorrysorry butting in again but would any of ye know any decent resources for Munster (or Kerry specifically) Irish - I'm following a good few Instagram accounts already that focus on it, so more like books, podcasts and the like? (Apart from the regional nuacht bits on RnaG) #Gaeilge
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It’s worth reading every word of PM Carney’s speech to see that we live in a new world. www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
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Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada
Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
@ciaraioch.bsky.social well if ‘tisn’t herself!
Two line drawings by bluesky user @ciaraioch hang on a white paited woodchip wall. The left one depicts an uileann pipe player surrounded by hands with instruments and the right one is various hands making clothing. To the right of this is a biography of the artist, and in the bottom right is a sign saying Tog Hackerspace
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 02/01/2026
Favourite learning of the day: South Koreans routinely use the phrase ‘Leeds days’ to refer to someone’s youthful peak… all stemming from the transfer of Alan Smith to Manchester United in the summer of 2004 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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How Leeds United star's Manchester United transfer spawned Korean phrase
Alan Smith's transfer from Elland Road to Old Trafford sparked a phrase which lives on in Korea.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 23/12/2025
It’s that time of year again… and I’m sharing a photo of me from 1993. That’s how seriously I’m taking this. Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared. All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm. idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
Gav, aged 6, playing piano in a 1993 living room. The jumper actually has my name on it. Trust me, it’s very 1993.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
✨ CHICKEN FILLET ROLLS WANTED ✨ Close to completion with my first solo game about chicken fillet rolls! Full draft of the game done, now all about polish. Still on the hunt for people’s roll pics for the in-game gallery! If you've a pic to contribute / plan on getting a roll 😊 DM me! #gamedev
A multiple branching game made in twine. Screenshot of backend with passages and branches. Úna-Minh's layout so far.
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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Lads, there’s no elections for ages. Why the f-ck am I looking at a poster for a councillor “WiShInG uS aLl A hApPy ChrIsTmAs”? Who are Independents4Change and what do they want? Ban Gay Marriage? Bring back the 8th? Pogrom on immigrants?
A full bus shelter poster of Councillor Dean Mulligan. Under his name the message reads “Wishing you all happy Christmas & New Years”. It gives his facebook, X, instagram and Youtube usernames.A closeup of the smallprint on the poster. Centre of the print reads “Independents4change”, the group behind the poster’s presence.
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