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The Beeb Reaper is going to try to come for 6Music again, isn't it?

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Was really hoping we'd find out if the Fairford Vans were full of dildos or not by now. Pretty frustrating. Going to presume they were until further evidence emerges.

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Still really struck by Frank Gardner on BBC News this morning putting Russia in the frame for an operation at Fairford. It made not a lick of sense.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"I'm noticing a lot of bombs and bombers on the bomber base next door that is used to bomb Iran and I have some concerns." Next up an Counter Terrorism police officer looking around and asking: "Is this... a legitimate target under LOAC?"

BBC Headline: Bomber planes sit just 420 metres away from kids' playground, local says. Published at 16:54 by Sadaf Maruf, Your Voice news editor

With image of a bomb truck covered in bombs

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At least one person killed by the Russian attack on Kyiv city center. This is the historical center of Kyiv. Theater of Opera and Ballet and the building of Kyiv National University are nearby. The air raid alert continues and danger for Kyiv remains.

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UK authorities fairly schtum. From the way it appears to have been called in, they were caught on the hop and must be chasing all links down.

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And why no fuel protestors at Doonbeg? Why indeed.

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Christmas will be over in 90 days.

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TOMORROW: It's time to switch to the bastard porridge.

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Glad to see Bill from BV is still out here writing about music.

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It is true that the world can be ugly at times, but it can also be very beautiful as well, full of miraculous wonders. Try to remind yourself of this as often as you can

An early painting by Piet Mondrian, titled "Mill in Sunlight," from 1908. The picture is mostly built up of small strokes and lines of paint, in vivid colors, red, orange, and yellow among them

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"All road obstruction is exactly the same I am a very smart person do not question me because I cannot understand you. I cannot distinguish between the intent of different groups blocking different roads in different contexts of different events in different places at different times."

John Self poasting: "Incredible scenes in the quotes, from people who can’t conceive that I think the same way about it when people I agree with block roads as I do when people I disagree with do it. "

Unsurprisingly, if not intact, predictable. What remains to be seen is the nature of the attack, whether they managed to move manpads that far, or if it was more basic VBIED or mortars.

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How did that PSNI submission to the Parades Commission about the Drumcree parade get written...

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I don't want to just dunk on Bryant, who is new in post, but successive UK Govts have been profoundly complacent about the stability of NI even after several summers of rioting. That the Secretary of State is only coming to NI now is jaw dropping.

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Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dim Jim will be aping this one next so, now that he is introducing two-tier citizenship here in Ireland. Once you introduce the dual national/naturalized Irish distinction, you've opened a pandora's box of legal distinction. Why not tax them differently, punish them differently, deny services.

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Nitpicking, but this is heavy fuel oil, a byproduct of refining - not crude oil. Iraq needs to get this out by whatever means (trucking w Hormuz closed-ish) to sustain refining at capacity, otherwise the lights go out and there are fuel riots. The difference is interesting albeit one for the nerds..

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The Irish match tomorrow is not "controversial" according to a European-politics professor in Wisconsin because Ireland plays games against Russia and therefore consistency please! The man is not ware that Russian teams are banned by both Fifa and UEFA for 2026/27.

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Irish men's senior international soccer has disappointed you? Join the queue.

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Wouldn't want to give up the opportunity of winning some silverware like lol

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Relations steady w Trump admin, but there is realization that US role is changing and region middle powers have to be more proactive in places like Sudan, Libya Conflict containment is for now best case scenario while working on regional solutions until better environment emerges for deals. ENDS

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- Israeli elections on 10/27 is closely watched by Gulf states, Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Those countries have many differences but have consensus in being fed up with Netanyahu. (See leaks on Oct 7 warnings from UAE and Egypt)

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Where does this leave us? - Protracted conflict with Iran until we see a game changer whether inside Tehran or after US midterms. But despite new proposal, none of regional officials we speak to anticipate a deal. They want it but don’t anticipate it.

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🧵Middle East notes from #UNGA • Pessimism over chances of #Iran deal. Spoilers inside Iran+ outside • Saudi-UAE rift visible • Netanyahu disliked by almost every regional leader • Lebanon still folded under Iran,stuck • Syria’s gov opening channels w all inc. Israel

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Some inflammatory figures aside, Neyanyahu is disliked by almost every non-regional leader, even the American one at this point, and detested by most.

Its gross being able to see opinion writers pick up their cheap content from the the frothing internet bubbles of trash reactionariness. it's like involuntarily being able to contact trace a norovirus outbreak on a swingers' cruise.

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Bring an affogato to a job interview, babes, blow em away.

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Some priest was on the radio who thinks people choose airlines based on safety records and this consumer regulatory model needs to be applied to us choosing AI services. Naturally he is an Irish priest and is dispensing ethical guidance to AI companies.

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Some controversial choices in The 100 Best Years of the 21st Century list.

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Connemara, Ireland: a guide - Lonely Planet

A Guide to Connemara, Ireland - Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/gui... Maybe we'll get some hotels we can have family and community events in in South Connemara out of the coming tourism glut further north....

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All you need to know about visting one of Ireland’s most dramatically beautiful regions.

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R Del @delexical.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's Britain that is drowning.

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R Del @delexical.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Very late 20th C to make an art gallery that looks like the flame trench of an ICBM launch facility.

An art pavilion in the Provencal landscape that looks like a white steel business park gantry over a flame trench from a launch pad, designed by Renzo Piano

Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

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This is precisely why hundreds of experts demanded that during Ireland's presidency of the EU our country not be allowed to handle tech policy. Ireland is the trojan horse for US Big Tech lawlessness in the EU. It's really as simple as that.

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If you grow onions in Wexford they ended up using natural gas to dry them and ready them for storage and out of season sale. In Spain you leave them on racks and they dry. They get shipped by sea in sacks. What is environmentally friendly about buying Irish onions...

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Interstate relations are foul and indecent, frankly.

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The rest of Europe sees Ireland hoovering up tax revenues from activities in their states by US multinationals. Meanwhile, the US is basically dismantling its commitment to European defence, at the same time that Russia launches cruise missiles at trains that leave Warsaw.

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