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Evanna

@evanna.bsky.social
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🤞this place stays like Irish Twitter c.2010. Dublin, politics, history, random interesting stuff, football, the world. Used to work in NGOs, now public sector (Further Ed & Training). Suppose I should say Labour Party (Ireland) member, for transparency.

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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 17h
When I used to run workshops for teenagers on debating skills I was always on the lookout for clips of REALLY BAD public speaking to use as examples but they were actually quite hard to find. Pete Hegseth doing debate coaches everywhere a solid…
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Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org · 19h
My car went rogue when i forgot to set the parking brake, left in drive, and exited it.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Writing a list of everything and everyone I
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
50 quid to any Irish football journalist who asks a question about this at the next Israeli football team press conference.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pathetic.
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Rory @mayberory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." - MLK
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Solidarity with Gavin Bazunu. Huge respect for him taking this stance in the face of dereliction of duty by the cowardly FAI and UEFA.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu you are an absolute hero. Thank you for trying.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Courell out. Utterly spineless and pathetic.
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lads I’ve still got it. Creepy Italian taxi driver chatting me up. All the classics. You are very beautiful. Are you single? Do you like Italian food? I like healthy girls. Think I’ve scared him off saying I was in Italy backpacking 20* years ago. He’s recalibrating my age. *actually 25 Yay 🥳 /s
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Think I might go live on a desert island with no technology whatsoever.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apart from everything else if we’re going to lose to Kosovo we might as well forfeit the games to Israel we’re going to get relegated to league C anyway.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have been thinking about Bullshit, in its official categorisation. In his short and easy essay “On Bullshit”, the euphoniously-named American philosopher Harry J. Frankfurt posited a person could say things while neither caring if it was true or lies. dn721601.ca.archive.org/0/items/on-b...
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sadly I think this will end up being the case.
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
Context matters when dealing with big numbers. Google made over €270bn in gross profits last year. So this is a bit over half a day's earnings... www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/d...
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Google Fined €403 Million Following Consumer Council Report
Google has been fined €403 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission after the Norwegian Consumer Council exposed how the company manipulated users into accepting extensive tracking.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I went on holidays. It’s all right, you wouldn’t have liked it here anyway… 🇬🇷⛴️🧘‍♀️🏖️🌸🌊🌳🌅🌌⛰️🌤️🥙🥗🥘🛌
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Excellent piece.
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 20/09/2026
🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron a martelé dès son arrivée samedi soir à Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, en plein Atlantique Nord, que ce territoire était bien "français" et "attaché à la France", en réplique à une carte postée par Donald Trump qui couvre toute la région du drapeau des États-Unis.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I mean maybe it’s a good thing that in this season of the Handmaid’s Tale they’re going after male fertility too? For balance like? Maybe? Hmmm?
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pure micro manager behaviour. Here you’re not doing that right, I’m going to do it now. Takes on 4 peoples jobs and makes it even slower to get decisions made. 🙄 www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Four HSE regions to lose power over day-to-day spending
Jack Chambers criticises ‘completely ineffective management of the control system’ and ‘really poor performance by certain regions’
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tourists staying in family homes while families are forced to stay in tourist hotels. It has to end. Today Europe proposed its first ever housing law. Here’s what it means for Dublin: from cracking down on Airbnb to tackling vacant homes and second properties.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"The CRU has outlined that just 17 planned new data centres will have the same gas demand as six large gas-fired electricity generators or 2.6 million homes" www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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No decision on proposed discounted data centre gas tariff
The energy regulator has said it has not yet made a decision on a proposal that would see data centres being offered discounted gas tariffs in return for accepting possible disruptions to their supply...
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Anyone encountering me, probably: Why are you in such a bad mood today Evanna? Me: Gestures wildly at the world, country, media, internet…
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I feel that the reporting on the UN overshoot report was light on the fact that we rapidly and immediately need to cut methane. There are things that can be done!
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Which values will those be then? Will there be questions on sleeveenism, the history of FF, how they opposed progressive reforms for decades etc etc?
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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I get up early in the morning and drop off to a creche and then get public transport to work. They lied about bringing the cost of one down, they've just hiked the second.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I need someone to explain why buildings full of computers are entitled to better treatment than human beings.
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For the love of Jesus would you stop voting these awful bastards into gov’t. It’s been 1 0 0 years
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Some fuckwit medic on the radio just said it’s not “acceptable” to have a quarter of the population being obese. How fucking dare you. It’s not acceptable to exist while being fat. Don’t worry we know, you make it very clear when we visit your offices.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
10/10 obvs 😇 Great to see this being taken seriously by *almost* everyone, this was one of my favourite things to show students when I did workshops on global development issues in schools. Perceptions and biases matter. The US ambassador’s comments will be in future textbooks… Ideology… discuss…
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Further to yesterday’s rant, the public gets what the public wants etc etc.
Some government formation sums on a postit based on the latest Ireland Thinks poll. TLDR: No left wing government likely any time soon.
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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell criticises "landlords who exploit the desperate by packing them into disgraceful living conditions and making them pay dearly." Putting him to the left of nearly all mainstream Irish political journalists/pundits. They worry about the "demonisation of landlords."
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tomorrow! Join a Stop the Games – Regional March for Palestine. This coming Saturday 5th September will see large marches for Palestine take place across Ireland to demand the cancellation of the Ireland v Israel football matches in the Nations League. Join us! #StopTheGames
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Public transport in Ireland has always been seen as for the poor, elderly or schoolkids. Maybe students whose parents are not well off enough to buy them a car - so they don't really count either. At least the English are honest about their class systems.
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 03/09/2026
Today’s stories from Ireland
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Anyone else feel in the mood for a general strike or just me?? Just really get the feeling the current government is completely underestimating the levels of feeling in the general public about an awful lot of things at the moment. All opinions are my own.
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Ciara Murphy @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"As you cram onto a crowded train or get passed by a full bus in the rain this winter, remember that the government is glad to raise your fares and to use the money they promised you for service improvements on the petrol that you don't burn".
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is why we can’t have nice things.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Quelle surprise.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If I ever see this restaurant I will know I have stepped into an alternate dimension. Handy.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 31/08/2026
A MELTING GLACIER helped trigger the deadly floods in Nepal. STOP pouring fuel on the fire: no more new oil and gas. Wealthy polluter governments and fossil fuel companies must PAY for the damage.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It’s really worrying how stupid some supposedly not stupid people are. Yes this is a subtweet but if you’re following me don’t worry, it’s about a non-follower.
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Steve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan · 28/08/2026
I would love it if "Raccoon Protocols" became Internet slang for 'we must destroy AI"
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cinnamon Hayes Cunningham Robinson. Triple barrelled no less.
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I hereby sign an executive order to redesignate New York as New Amsterdam, designate Boston as Dublin West and declare Florida an independent country. That’s how it works right?
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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A consultant asked if I was OK with AI being used to transcribe our session. I said only on the condition I could review the transcript for accuracy before it was finalised. She was very surprised, and instead used pen and paper. I only felt able to push back because... 1/2 #spéirghorm
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Could a person with the requisite skills (which is certainly not me) theoretically construct a situation where the AIs all started attacking each other and this created some sort of AI war that brought the whole house of cards tumbling down? Hypothetically like. 🤞🙏
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A cell just freed up…
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