Reposted by Dave McGinnIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025So after all that, we end up with a perfectly tolerable deal which has almost no connection to the vindictive bullshit Trump was saying about it. 54461102
Reposted by Dave McGinnDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 26/02/2025Full text of the Ukraine-US Minerals Deal. 1. Seems fine (an investment and reconstruction fund); 2. Has no resemblance to what the Trump administration has been saying about it; 3. Can't tell if Ukraine is good at diplomacy, or Trump bad at it. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...eurointegration.com.uaThe full text of the “Minerals Deal”, agreed by Ukraine and the United StatesEuropean Pravda publishes the final text of the “Minerals Deal,” an intergovernmental arrangement that Ukraine and the United States are set to sign this week... 941054382
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Ní raibh a fhios agam go bhfuil fotheidil Gaeilge ar fáil ar YouTube😅 Iontach ar fad! 230
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025This is a good setup here. I have about 5 minutes left before I am disturbed by a child. 010
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Sam Harris on the Culture Wars, DEI, and Political Polarization with Helen Lewis youtu.be/0oUMofqWUR4?... via @YouTubeyoutu.beSam Harris on the Culture Wars, DEI, and Political Polarization with Helen LewisYouTube video by Sam Harris 011
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Remote controls should have a discreet on/off button - for the remote - so that they can be given to a toddler without them changing your audio track to español or something 000
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I’m somehow following this Facebook page that churns out fake celebrity stories. My Twitter feed meanwhile is about 30% posts about what Simon Harris has done that you won’t believe. Are there any platforms left that aren’t just scams/disinformation/crypto/owner’s political agenda? Fucking nuts 110
Reposted by Dave McGinnShona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Via Euronews: Europe’s ‘holiday from history is now over’, Finnish President Stubb tells Euronews www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...euronews.comEurope needs to do more for defence, Finnish President tells Euronews"It is in our vested self-interest to promote and spend more on defence," Finnish president Alexander Stubb tells Euronews. #EuropeNews 13215
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Tá alt beag scríofa agam sa Leinster Leader inniu 😁 140
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Found my grandad’s work bag today with his overalls in it. 50-odd years old. 000
Reposted by Dave McGinnBluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 13/12/2024We do not currently take action on accounts that share Bluesky screenshots with commentary, unless that commentary violates our Guidelines. We will take action when someone's private information is shared without their consent, but only when it is personally identifiable and verifiable in-app. 131088271
Reposted by Dave McGinnAlan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 13/12/2024List of pubs to boycott who wouldn't serve women. From a 1976 edition of 'Banshee' , magazine of Irish Women United 68737
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024www.poetic-voices.com/poets/dylan-...poetic-voices.comPoetic VoicesAudio and video readings of ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas 000
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024The tension between two dads at the playground, their kids playing together, studiously avoiding having to speak to each other, can best be understood as a kind of elaborate dance or haka 010
Reposted by Dave McGinnPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Latest in @TheAtlantic. I never wanted to write. The Biden Administration was given an unexpected opportunity to make the world a safer, more democratic place after the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine. However they failed and made the world more dangerous. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comHow Biden Made a Mess of UkraineHe treated the conflict as a crisis to be managed, not a war to be won. 951245369
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024How many of these do we reckon can be eaten in one sitting before you make yourself sick? 15 isn’t the answer anyway 000
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Quick thing I wrotemedium.comEscalation and UkraineVirtuous anti-war campaigners are creating incentives for further land grabs and nuclear proliferation. 000
Reposted by Dave McGinnThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 26/11/2024Taoiseach Simon Harris is asked what his team communicated to RTÉ after Kanturk exchange. He says he doesn’t believe they questioned whether Charlotte Fallon was a member of Sinn Féin. 66324
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I got up at 6:30 and no children followed me down. 45 mins of peace. Great way to start the day (after having slept in a single bed with a 3 year old) 120
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 24/11/2024‘Mid-Term Break’ by Séamus Heaney. What a gut punch. Incredible poem. 060
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I tidied up my bookcase recently, and it makes me very happy 📖 020
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Connections Puzzle #530 🟩🟨🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 My early morning thought (5:30am with the baby) is that Connections should have 1 more word in there. I don’t even look at the last group, it’s a bit pointless, it’s just selected by default. It would ruin the symmetry though, granted. 000
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The GOP Never Cared About Experience! It Was All a SCAM (w/ Sam Harris) ... youtu.be/ULVYHwRMSjA?... via @YouTube This is greatyoutu.beThe GOP Never Cared About Experience! It Was All a SCAM (w/ Sam Harris) | The Bulwark PodcastYouTube video by The Bulwark 110
Reposted by Dave McGinnDonncha ar Imeall an Domhain @kingdonncha1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Má tá Gaeilge agat nó má tá tú ag foghlaim Gaeilge, you can choose “Irish - Gaeilge” as your App Language in Settings under the Gear Icon. Instead of Posts, Replies, Media, Likes, Feeds, etc. feicfidh tú Postálacha, Freagraí, Meáin, Fothaí, agus níos mó. Bígí linn 🎶 gach orlach de do chroí 🎶. 716458
Reposted by Dave McGinnimleceol.bsky.social @imleceol.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Táimid anseo! Is muidne IMLÉ.... Grá mór xx 3186
Reposted by Dave McGinnAdrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Update: Silicon Republic, one of the longest-running Irish tech content outlets (70k followers), today announced it will cease posting on X (for same reasons as the Guardian). Has moved to Bluesky. 35521
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 20/10/2024Faoi dheireadh, chonaic mé an scannán KNEECAP - tá sé thar barr! Thaitin sé go mór liom. Aisteoireacht sách mhaith ó na leaids 090
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 29/08/2024Spent the last couple of weeks (due to weather and other interruptions!) building this decking in the garden. Delighted with it! Just in time for the Winter ⛄️ 120
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 28/08/2024We had no dog food left so I had to give cat food to the dog. The ultimate indignity. 030
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 15/08/2024Planning to build a decking next week, so bought this novelty-sized level and square for the job 000
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 18/07/2024Táim ar ais anseo arís. Is kip é an áit eile. Céard a chaill mé? I’m back here again. The other place is a kip. What did I miss? 110
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 05/04/2024My most relaxing moments with my kid is when he treats me like a mountain or a ladder and is stomping on my nuts and my face 000
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 10/03/2024Deleted Twitter from my phone, so tá mé ar ais anseo arís! Cad a chaill mé? 120
Reposted by Dave McGinnThe lie in tamer @iamreddave.bsky.social · 09/03/2024We should have audiobooks of all Irish fiction novels on the Junior and Leaving cert. It would allow students to learn more by getting extra repeats of the text while commuting, walking the dog etc liveatthewitchtrials.blogspot.com/2024/03/iris... #gaeilge #leavingcertliveatthewitchtrials.blogspot.comIrish Language Audiobooks we Should HaveI have moaned a lot about the lack of books with Irish and English text and Irish audio. But how much would it cost to fix this? An hour of ... 032
Dave McGinn @davemcginn.bsky.social · 28/11/2023Féach ar seo: tá alt agam sa Leinster Leader inniu 😁 Tá lúcháir orm! 261