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‘You can’t eat a flag’ - John Hume. Galway #speirgorm a bit all over the place really. Help Palestinians - chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-cam… #galway

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 50m
Sweet Jesus. #galway #speirghorm
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 1h
Ah, so the main ‘Keep the G’ campaigner is the son-in-law of the guy who designed it. That might have been worth reporting sooner. #galway
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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 4h
How Mark Zuckerberg plans to finance his donation to Waterford GAA clubs #speirgorm Link sharing on Facebook will become more expensive for charities because of this: almcorp.com/news/faceboo...
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Facebook Starts Limiting Link Posts for Non-Paying Pages
Facebook tests restricting unpaid Business Pages to 2 link posts per month, driving adoption for Meta One for Business subscriptions. Read full details.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 10h
Google Maps updated their satellite imagery. It shows what Gaza looks like now. Apple has not updated theirs. At this moment you can see what Gaza looked liked three years ago vs today. Put your politics and religions in a box and just see what has happened. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 2h
Public transport fare hikes are the opposite of what we need. We should be fighting for free, frequent, and reliable public transport, to get people out of cars and to help combat the cost of living crisis. Privatisation of our public transport has been a disaster.
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ARC's Dad @arcsdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Growing up in Ireland in the 70s I thought that being an adult would involve way more "being accused of a crime I didn't commit, living in the wilderness with a gentle bear, moving from town to town righting wrongs, becoming a martial arts expert shunned by society etc. #Spéirgorm
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Ed Moynihan @emcreative.ie · 30/09/2026
“Had Kerry accidentally assembled a civilian road-safety investigation unit? Residents were counting collisions, measuring footpaths, recording speeds and cross-referencing design standards – effectively doing the evidence-gathering long abandoned by Government” 💯 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Sinéad O'Sullivan: What one Kerry road tells us about road safety
An impromptu civilian road safety investigation unit emerged in Kerry, where residents counted collisions, measured footpaths and cross-referenced design standards
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No it won’t - Ireland v Israel: Second game will go ahead on Sunday as planned, says Heimir Hallgrímsson www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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Ireland v Israel: Second game will go ahead on Sunday as planned, says Heimir Hallgrímsson
Manager also said he is not aware of any player meetings planned for after tomorrow’s game against Austria
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My postman is after knocking on the door to ask me if I've seen the #StopTheGame open letter to Heimir Halgrimsson this morning. That's how news should be delivered.
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m a jaded cynic, but this makes we well up. Decent man being recognised for his decency. It gives me hope.
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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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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who's starting the GoFundMe to bring these to Dublin? Brilliant campaign from Better Streets Liverpool @rebshark.bsky.social Some competition for @tomflood.bsky.social in the Most Impactful Sign category. @dublincommuters.bsky.social
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Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it is also extremely revealing that, a generation later, the Orange Order are still intent on marching down a road where they are unwelcome. they have learnt nothing, they have matured not a jot, every day of peace and tranquility has been entirely wasted on them #garvaghy #drumcree #speirgorm
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can I ask that all those going to game against Austria make their feelings known to players. Not to abuse them, just to make sure they know how their supporters feel about the 2nd game. We’re not done here. #speirghorm #fai #stopthegame
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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Speirghorm
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interesting how a load of ‘republicans’ on here want the British to come over and sort the Drumcree situation out. #speirghorm
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unionists exist, there are quite a lot of them, and they're not going away. Any plan for a united Ireland has to involve integrating them as painlessly as possible into the new nation. Too many nationalists want a victory lap more than they actually want unity.
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But is it fascism? Do they really yearn for apocalypse? Isn't that polarizing? Shouldn't we be nice to them? We made a short video so folks can hear the end timers in their own words and judge for themselves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Plain Kate @k8thek8.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hey drivers: I need you to understand that when you get to an intersection and there's a cyclist crossing in front of you, even if YOU know you see them, there's a good chance THEY don't know you do. Come to a fucking stop till they cross. Stop fucking rolling at them. Fucksake.
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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 13/09/2026
Wow! So cutting traffic makes public transport more reliable and faster, reduces pollution, noise and particulate matter, improves health and benefits local businesses… …AND reduces crime and violence.
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Norzola @norzola.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The very rich rarely understand the significance of their privilege related to their success, and appear to truly believe they deserve it (and more), that they are indeed better and more important than the rest of the world. They loose sight and it seems to be a human flaw: uomod.com/the-psycholo...
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The Psychology of Privilege: How a Rigged Monopoly Game Revealed the Dark Side of Advantage - UOMOD
In a compelling and unsettling psychological experiment, researchers set out to examine how unearned privilege influences human behavior.
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Officials in local government & State agencies claim cities like Galway are "gridlocked" and failing economically because of congestion. Everyone knows traffic evaporates during school closures, yet the same officials have never studied school travel specifically. www.galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-f...
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Claim City Council hasn't "done homework" on impact of school travel on city traffic | GalwayBayFM
Galway City Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland haven't "done their homework" on the impact of school travel on city traffic patterns.That's according...
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you don’t occasionally treat yourself to a day of exploring used bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, cafés, and bakeries, then what’s the point of anything really?
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you remember this ad, that music is now playing in your head. For anyone who wasn’t there, it would be hard to describe what a phenomenon this daft ad was. It had the kind of success every oddball ad aspires to achieving.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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ARC's Dad @arcsdad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So where are all the "grown men crying in pubs"? Aren't they "concerned" about the price of oil? Surely they have their tractors out today when the guy who caused their pain is in town? They are out, aren't they? #Speirgorm
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why not block the roads?
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 11/09/2026
Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares....
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Commuters urged to contact their TDs over 15-35% public transport fare hikes
Public transport passenger groups, opposition parties and student unions have come together to call on people to contact their TDs over the recently announced increase in bus, Luas, and rail fares. The National Transport Authority recently announced that fares for public obligation services would jump 15-35% from the start of 2027, in the same week that Government confirmed it would extend fuel subsidies for motorists.
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘One day the Taliban will need women to be educated’: three sisters on being forced back to Afghanistan
Shallah, Fatimah and Maahi are among hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past year to a life of severe restrictions
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Things I was frightened of as a child: Nuclear war My brother People seeing my skinny arms Eternity Earwigs Picnic at Hanging Rock (never saw movie or read book…🤷🏼‍♂️)
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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#Speirghorm
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘Shop around’ says Darragh
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh well, that’s alright then - Donald Trump’s presence at Doonbeg can only be good for Irish Open, says Rory McIlroy. #speirghorm www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2...
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Donald Trump’s presence at Doonbeg can only be good for Irish Open, says Rory McIlroy
US president’s visit makes ‘tournament a truly international event and brings more attention and eyeballs’
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AVK | Wide World of Batshit @avk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Certainly brings this 1962 ad full circle, doesn't it?
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shaunedw.bsky.social @shaunedw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Adding another drive-thru at one of the worst junctions in Galway City will only make traffic worse. Sign the petition objecting to the proposed Starbucks in Terryland my.uplift.ie/petitions/ob... @uplift.ie
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Object to another Starbucks in Galway
Adding another drive-thru at one of the worst junctions in Galway City will only make traffic worse. Sign the petition objecting to the proposed Starbucks in Terryland
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Mental Health Ireland @mentalhealthirl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ready to take the plunge? Join us for our free monthly Dips for Health at Crabpool Beach, Salthill, Galway. 📅 Friday 11 Sep ⏰ 12.30pm–1.30pm 📍 Crabpool Beach, Salthill, Galway No experience needed and everyone is welcome! www.eventbrite.ie/e/1990943072.... Or email sarah.fahy@mentalhealthireland.ie
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what Trump did on 9/11.
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s interesting, as a historian of biology, to think about why some observations of living nature cause us conceptual problems. Insightful reflections on what cognition is. Go slime moulds! www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place...
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The foreigners MUST learn Irish so they can experience the true Irish experience of not being able to access any services through Irish
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's hard to overstate the audacity it takes for Fine Gael to romanticise the hustle-culture made necessary by their failings. I want to vote for the party who promise to support people so we can "get home in time to spend quality time with family and friends".
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Surely ‘non-citizens’ should have to pay less tax then, as they don’t have the same rights as citizens.
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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Do you get more the earlier you get up? What about someone who gets up at 11pm for night shift work - are they early or late? Is there a bonus for self-flagellation? We await the details…
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