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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thoughts and prayers
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
How that work out?
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Britain deserved brexit x. Nobody was fooled into voting. They knew what they were doing. A Huge self damaging act which absolutely underlined the need for Scotland and wales to separate from a frankly bizarre nationalistic England.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I killed Diana. Ahhh. Ahhhhhh.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One hopes young Chambers dots the i’s and crosses the t’s.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s just too on the nose.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’re so back baby
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I presume he wants people to think he's giving a load of money to charities in Gaza or something but I bet it's actually that he sometimes replies to Kneecap's stories on Instagram with a clapping emoji
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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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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Viz top tip reading: “Tech enthusiasts. Save money on expensive Meta Glasses by buying a pair of normal glasses and then adding your name to the Sex Offenders Register.”
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We all did buddy
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Frankie Boyle line is prescient. Hillary was against genital mutilation unless delivered by tomahawk missile.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ah yes the free stater anthem
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Grim
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social the WRU seem to be trying to sell tickets directly to Irish fans on instagram???
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Strange way to find out the brits have pulled out of the Good Friday agreement…
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‘Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets’ would have its work cut out in fairness…
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%.
@muhammadshehad2
Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on
Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and notionol infroctrunturo unitIt's abundantly clear Israel is NOT serious about prosecuting any of the atrocities committed in Gaza. Since the genocide began, only two soldiers were punished by the IDF; one for microwaving a living frog & another for cooking sausages in the army kitchen on Shabbat.
The producer asked me: What about the 150 cases the IDF said are pending review?
I answered: it's just a number designed to give the appearance of seriousness, but it's essentially meaningless.
If it took the IDF two whole years to admit the simplest of facts that the entire world had already known, which is that their troops were the ones who fired on Hind Rajab's car, how do you expect them to do with the remaining cases that are not as high profile?
Five minutes after the call, the producer wrote me that they decided to cancel the interview & will not even host anyone else to comment on the issue, & instead they'll play archival footage!
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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Surely there are responses to plagiarism that are more severe than ignoring it and less severe than death.
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James Stafford @jpstafford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Here's my exclusive East Terrace interview with the mystery man behind every rugby fan's favourite archive video content. theeastterrace.com/who-is-apsm-...
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My man is a chair
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just the last 10 minutes 🤣
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Better not be U2. Pogues or Sinead please god
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Haha the standards commission ain’t saving this
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Essentially it’s Waterford (vikings) against FG (England)
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It would be a sign of new maturity if we treated ingerland like we treat Germany
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What a shame
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Late. For. Mass.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Great piece
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Rassie on the case
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Very soupy
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
One from the archives.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Paddy McCarthy maybe…
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Couple of more recesses should do it
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Honestly I hope this is true
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Anyway. Fuck this guy
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Leslie @missilepanda.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Happy "URC is dead " day to all who celebrate.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
That’s an incredible list in fairness
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Cian Ó Muilleoir @rugbykino.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thanks for the inspiration.
The new Banksy statue, but he's wearing a Munster jersey and is blinded by the Roger Randle Signing flag he's holding as he's about to walk off the plinth
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Televised snooker is the far rights gateway drug.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We’re so back
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Daryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 08/04/2026
When you let racist vigilantes setup road blocks & search buses counting heads with no ramifications or prosecutions afterwards, then of course actions will eventually escalate to what we are seeing now. Selfish people thinking it's all about them & they've gotten away with it. 1/ #IrishPol
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
You can’t grow a coddle tree. Further more why would you.
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Maybe there’s a downside I’m not seeing? Surely it’s an important step in getting cork to declare independence?
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Ben White was playing apparently
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Guys is this on apple? Hasn’t appeared on my feed as usual?
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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The unbelievably right wing Irish Green Party? Oh right.
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