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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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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 · 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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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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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Good morning. Jesse Buckley got her Oscar. Also-

A screengrab of a Seattle Kraken search result. It shows the Kraken winning their most recent game against the Florida Panthers 6-2.

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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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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I’m sure you’re miles beyond the threshold by the time I spotted this, but it would be my pleasure to be that signature.

A screenshot of a webpage that confirms a signature on the petition mentioned.

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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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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Oof. You have my sympathy. If it makes you feel better I’ve lost my Red Dead Redemption 2 save at 85% completion. Not even a 7% chapter 2 Horseshoe Overlook to load up…

A black screen, with a hand written passage in white that reads “By 1899, the age of outlaws and gunslingers was at an end”

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Followed by the annual “begrudgers moaning about not doing something about our airspace” “begrudger mosning about doing something about our airspace” comments…

Two comments on Bluesky in response. One snarkily asks if Israeli planes get the same clearance, the other asks if they use the government jet.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

To be fair I was busy making this for reals…

Two computer screens, on the left is web browsers showing Lego instructions and Bricklink lego part lists, on the right is a 3D rendering of a lego model fire engine

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The c*nt flew right overhead. BOOOOOOOO!!!! F*ck you! BOOOOOOOO!!!!

A map of Ireland with a blue location marker over Athlone. Various aircraft are dotted around it. One aircraft is highlighted with a line behind it showing its path. It is labelled “Restricted Aircraft-B742-Private”.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Alright, that’s enough high culture for me. (Not even a*year* into my 40s…*cries*…)

A screenshot of a web ad that says “chat with seniors”

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

TIL that Empire: Total War is on iPad now. Sure carries a different energy today than it did when I played it on PC… #navalhistory “Sink, burn or take her a Prize…”

A still from the computer game Empire Total War. A British fleet of sailing ships faces off against a Russian one. HMS Victory is directed to a point crossing the line of the Russian fleet. A compass showing an East Ewing is top of the view, centre.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“Considering you’re British and all up on Royal Navy might….you’ll be fiiiine, just fine….” 1 week later: “oh crap.”

Still from the 2012 movie Pirates band of Misfits. Queen Victoria, in pants, wields two swords in an attack pose in an industrial kitchen.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Drop a ship that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

A sailing ship just before dawn, a few miles off the coast where a hill is to the left. The ship has some sails out and is facing to the left.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Came across something today. Keep this in mind, especially with the Presidential elections coming up… First pic is today (March 2025), the other two are from the #repealthe8th days. There’s those who keep quiet but back the fash. #SpeirGorm

The Galway Plaza motorway stop pictured from the footpath outside. To the right a van with 05D39420 is parked on the grass.

A “Love Both protect the 8th” banner is held by a group of activists with pink umbrellas. To the left is a van with a poster. On the poster is a mother & toddler with the phrase “the time it took to plan an abortion in England was the time I needed to change my mind.!The 8th Amendment saves lives.” on it.

A yellow box van sits in Galway traffic. On the back is a poster of a mother & baby with the phrase “The 8th Amendment saves lives”. The reg plate says 05D39420.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

…into WW1. Article talks about a “civic duty class” in secondary school. *Barney Stinson voice* Haaaaaave you met CSPE? Article talks about Storm Eowyn’s lack of coherence. Then comes up with this gem. I mean, when has the GAA ever acted as a model for Irish defence units in Ireland’s history, eh?

A text box of highlighted text reads “ Oddly, within the chaos inflicted by this storm, there were hints of possible local-level models for improvement. The Gaelic Athletic Association organized food runs to the elderly and the vulnerable, and in some locations opened club spaces to provide showers and power points. As an organization, it showed the skills and local knowledge needed to be effective and has historically shown an ability to attract and retain young people. Could this national sporting organization offer a model for the reform of reserve defense units or civil defense units across the country?”

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If you could commission one fictional character to fix the current US political problems, who would it be?

A night silouette of Captain John Price. The middle is brightened orange by the cigar he is smoking.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

My best wishes of the season, sir! This juxtaposition is of interest, though I’m sure you’re not a man of swords…

A screencap depicting two Threads. The top one is by user “evil dead man”. The bottom one is by user “King Ludd”. The top one says “Advice from my son. Kings hold very big long sticks. I think he is poisoned by sword law.” The second one says “It is spring and I love it sun smiley face. Wishing you all a wonderful sunday pleased smiley face”. A selfie of King Ludd out in the sunshine is as the bottom of the second Thread.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I wish to Christ there was a halfway house of patrol aircraft, equipped to intercept but able to be used on other missions. We’ve no need for dogfighters. Falcon 20 armed would be the closest.

A Falcon 20 aircraft, painted in US Coastguard colours and pictured in full afterburner.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

For any Britons getting ideas…

A bus driver says “Don’t make me tap the sign”. The sign reads “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” it is attributed to Padraig Pearse in the bottom right corner.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Starting to get worried my interest in OSINT and spy movies is getting me put on “The List” in Meta HQ…. (I’m sure curating a Bsky list called “Irish Intelligence Service” doesn’t help…)

A facebook feed on iPad. The upper post is an ad for a military-style exercise challenge event. The lower one is a clip from the official James Bond 007 Facebook account, paused on a clip from the Living Daylights where James’s Aston Martin swerves to avoid an APC and a tracked people carrier.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

To be fair it’s a bit reply-guyish for me to signal, but…

A signal gun is fired into a blue sky. The flare trails smoke as it is launched into the air.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

You better believe I blocked.

A screencap of a bluesky post. it reads “FYI: if you advocate violence against anyone, at all, it’s an instant block.”. There is a “block account?” menu bar open on top of the post.

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Colm Flaherty @cjayfla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

You get that “the Brits always at it” is a meme of Brits claiming Irish things the same way Orange Man claimed Canada & Greenland, and that “it” is one of the Horrors? Anyways, I’m not going to tag s-p-e-i-r-g-o-r-m, but WB Yeats is considered Irish. I mean, this namesake ship isn’t an RN one…