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I’ve been experimenting with my cooking lately. I’m training a lot and paying more attention to protein and macros, but I still want to eat really great food So I’ve been making the food I love work better for my goals — without compromising on flavour. A few things I’ve cooked lately 👇 #Foodsky

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“In addition, giraffes are now tall horses. Because that’s what they are. They’re just tall horses. Everybody knows it, they just don’t say it. I’m not afraid to say these things. And those so-called capybaras will be known as ultimate guinea pigs.”

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Beautiful, intensely thoughtful and deeply revelatory piece about the very brilliant Sebastian Barry. Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/m...

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Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret

The Irish author Sebastian Barry has made a career of mining his family history. But he kept one story buried.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ok Bluesky it's rare I ask for help. But this time I need huge help from the #osint community and #speirgorm #speirghorm, and everyone who follows me. I have a goal to raise up to €100,000 for a long time friend and colleague who is going to leave us.

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week we learned that the Irish government has proposed weakening Europeans citizens' fundamental right to privacy to favour AI companies. We also learned this week that 83% of Irish people under 25 want stronger government regulation of AI. Who *exactly* does our government work for?

AI: EU Member States plan "digital expropriation" of Europeans in the interest of Al companies
Artificial Intelligence / 21 September 2026
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAl, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection. Use of personal data "in the context of Al" should automatically be lawful.
There seems to be wide informal agreement by many Member States. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens "in the context" of Al. Schrems: "Under these proposals, the profits of Al companies would trump European's fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans." All this is happening despite the key figures of Al corporations actively warn about the enormous risks associated with their own products.

Transport costs and mental health also remain prominent concerns.
More than seven in ten adults believe Al will make it harder for young people to find secure employment over the next five years, while 83% support stronger government regulation of Al.
Just 17% of young adults said they believe the Government is doing enough to support them through the cost-of-living crisis.
"These findings should serve as a wake-up call," said Grace McManus, Policy and Campaigns Manager at NYCI.
"Too many young people feel that the chance to build a secure and independent life is slipping out of reach," Ms McManus said.
The polling was conducted by RED C, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,010 adults, including a cohort aged 18-24.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If she was wearing a balaclava and called migrant men sex offenders she's probably be given an AAA pass

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It would seem to me that political representatives should be serving all the community and not heaping flame on the bonfire. But everyone seems to want to go backwards on the Garvaghy Road. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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Standoff as PSNI forms barricade near Drumcree to prevent Orange parade down Garvaghy Road

NI Secretary: ‘I don’t think there is a single person’ who really wants to go back ’28, 30 years and relitigate everything and dismantle the Good Friday Agreement’

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Will you not.

Former Irish Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has just walked into the press box here in the stadium. His name was on the media list on behalf of the Jerusalem Post', and the 75-year-old has been very outspoken on his pro-Israel views regarding the current confleit in Gaza.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

Netanyahu after the UNGA emptied out ahead of his speech: "If there any other moral cowards who have not left the hall, please do so now."

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kelly @earley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

so we need thousands of staff for transport infrastructure, thousands of staff for nursing homes and thousands of young people are leaving the country... and we are turning away people who want to come to ireland to work, while making those who are here wait longer for citizenship. ok grand

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And where will the staff come from? Given the Governments increasingly unwelcoming & irrational approach to migration, how will we attract the health & social care staff we need? Why would they come here, when other countries offer a more welcoming and secure future? www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Ireland needs to prepare now for ageing population - NHI

Nursing Homes Ireland has said Ireland is running out of time to prepare for an ageing population, calling on the Government to convene a national dialogue on ageing "without delay".

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

““any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and are filtered out.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism

Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As our Government continues to try to make Ireland a less welcoming and attractive destination - despite how badly we need inward migration, especially for our labour market, 70% of young adults are considering emigrating. Are we facing a period of net outward migration? That world be disastrous

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The UK has, unfortunately, provided the Irish government with a decade’s worth of *demonstrable* evidence that making immigration harder is an act of economic self harm. *AND* that the UK government’s performative acts of cruelty against migrants does not appease far right voters.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

CitizenGo are also holding what they call "coalition meetings" to campaign for the repeal of the Gender Recognition Act. it would be cool if any of the hacks hanging around Leinster House felt like asking Peadar if Aontú is involved in those meetings, organised by a foreign political organisation

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

a foreign NGO is funding a campaign against the abolition of the mandatory wait for access to abortion services. they had a stall at the Aontú ard fheis and its Irish campaigns manager is married to a member of Aontú's ard comhairle. just a reminder www.ontheditch.com/citizengo-th...

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Foreign campaigners don’t have to disclose spend in Ireland

CitizenGo has been carrying out a “name and shame” campaign.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

First the real extremists are the actual Nazis you fucking idiot. Secondly how is "radical right" more "Orwellian" than "far right"? That doesn't even make sense.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fantastically dumb

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So, government policy is to have less of this? Because?

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 17/09/2026

RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.

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RTÉ will not take part in or broadcast Eurovision 2027

RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Breaking: In a potentially landmark decision, a major data centre project in Mayo has had planning permission overturned over climate concerns. More on @virginmedianews.bsky.social this evening.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 17/09/2026

The leader of Sweden's left-wing bloc that won a slim majority in the country's election, Magdalena Andersson, has vowed to lead the country in a "new direction" after four years of right-wing rule backed. Sitting PM Ulf Kristersson resigned after the final result was announced. jrnl.ie/7165730

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Swedish prime minister Kristersson resigns after centre-left win election

Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson will need to reconcile differences between the socialist Left Party and the liberal Centre Party.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Swedish right now blaming its poor election performance on the Great Replacement (ie that new citizens decided the election by voting against those who have loudly said they don't want them here), and Swedish media is dutifully amplifying it. I've been saying it for a long time - Sweden is not well.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Devastating news. I worked with Bonnie at Theatre Royal Stratford East. She was exactly the same whether a camera was running or not. Curious. Generous. Talented. Fierce.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Absolutely fuck this from a great height. It was only a few months ago they had all the money in the world to throw at motorists and farmers

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.

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Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“As Irish people..we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation. I cannot stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up…” variety.com/2026/music/n...

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Ed Sheeran Opener Aaron Rowe Pulls Out of Tour After Macklemore Dropped: ‘I Cannot Allow Billionaires to Silence Rightful Voices’

The Irish singer-songwriter has dropped out of Sheeran's Loop tour after Macklemore was dismissed for supporting Palestine.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The artist Finneas, who was due to support Ed Sheeran on upcoming dates, has withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

‘If you live and work and pay taxes here, there's an ever-tougher obstacle course. But if you're Irish in a vaguely genetic sense .. welcome. There is a logic and it is implicitly racist.. Citizenship is a right for those who have "Irish blood", a grudgingly granted privilege for those who don't’.

Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn't
We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to
Ireland

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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ᴋɪɴɢᴘɪɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴋᴘᴇɴ @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026

Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We only gave him fifty thousand welcomes, that'll show him!

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This would be so much fun/absolutely bananas.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If these are the questions people are frequently asking about you, introspection is indicated.

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Joe Molloy 🇨🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @freelancewebdev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Away with ya now and don't bother coming back ya gobshite."

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dublin airport this morning First sighting in the wild Huge thanks to the lovely reader who sent me the photo Yizzer all great x🥰 #AWinterWedding #publicationweek #booksky 📚💙 #spéirgorm

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Statement from President Connolly: We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are inextricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If an Irish newspaper doesn’t run a “Senior Orangeman Calls For A United Ireland” headline, then the newspapers are dead.

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Dáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

The gobshite commentators who thought President Connolly would do something populist & significantly performative, because of their toxic view of “The left” She did exactly what was needed of her. To communicate the views of the Irish people with respect to genocide and colonisation. #speirgorm

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reminder: The US President says anything that pops into his head and intends none of it.

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wise move.

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