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Fergal Lenehan

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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 5h
Would-be Galway mosque bombers made video warning they would carry out further attacks, court hears www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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Would-be Galway mosque bombers made video warning they would carry out further attacks, court hears
Court hears ‘Irish Defence Army’ members shared information on making explosive devices in Signal chat group 'Shadows of Eire’
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Konrad Litschko @litschko.bsky.social · 7h
Russlandfreunde, Ex-Pornodarsteller, Abiturfälscher, völkische Ideologen, Vetternwirtschafter, Sellner-Fangirl, Ex-Stasioffizier, rechter Kampfsportler, gerade von Ermittlern Durchsuchte. Das ist die AfD-Fraktion in Sachsen-Anhalt - die jetzt Regierungsfraktion sein will. taz.de/Sachsen-Anha...
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Sachsen-Anhalt: Übersicht zu allen Personen der AfD- und BSW-Fraktion
In Sachsen-Anhalt konstituiert sich am Dienstag der Landtag, es droht eine AfD-Regierung. Das sind die Köpfe hinter der AfD- und BSW-Fraktion.
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Vicken Cheterian @vickenche.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the age of nation-states, a Diaspora. My study to be published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social in May 2027. Check it out and pre-order: hurstpublishers.com/book/diaspora/
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Diaspora | Hurst Publishers
The fascinating story of Armenia’s centuries-old global diaspora. Can it survive and flourish in an age of nation states?
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Funeral prayers were held at Gaza City’s Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church for a Palestinian mother and daughter who were among five killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on an apartment."
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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
"Darum ist die Kirche im Osten die letzte demokratische Bastion des Widerstandes, besonders auf dem Land. (...) Und die AfD weiß das ganz genau." Starke Folge und eine Ohrfeige an CDU und SPD, die gerade massiv Gelder für Demokratieprojekte streichen (die für Tankrabatte da sind).
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
35 years ago, on October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. Just two months later, voters in the former GDR went to the polls in the first free federal election since the Weimar era. Despite decades of socialist dictatorship, East German voting behavior displayed marked regional differences. Thread🧵
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Threads suspended my account again minutes after i called out trump's hypocrisy on calling for the death penalty for for Black and Latino boys but worried that the Cornell 7 won't get a 'fair shake'.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".
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Nightmareliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm no fan of Rees-Mogg, but Carlson's ignorance and xenophobia is something to behold.
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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...
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Anne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ich war bei Uwe Steimles erstem Auftritt in Sachsen-Anhalt nach der Landtagswahl. Dort bin ich eingetaucht in eine erschreckende Parallelgesellschaft, deren Brutalität und Kälte mir Angst macht. (🎁-Link)
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Uwe Steimle: Und dann entfesselt Uwe Steimle die Wut
DDR-Hymne und Gewaltfantasien gegen eine ZDF-Moderatorin: Nach 36 Jahren kann die deutsche Einheit auch aussehen wie in Uwe Steimles Kabarett in Sachsen-Anhalt.
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Jungle World @jungle.world · 30/09/2026
🇦🇲 Die extra dicke Jungle World aus und über Armenien ist da! Es geht um Vertriebene aus Bergkarabach, Demokratie, russische Exilierte, die Drag- und Punkszene und vieles mehr! Ab heute online, morgen am Kiosk. Zum Inhalt 👉 jungle.world/inhalt/2026/40
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Dirk Laabs @dirklaabs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apropos Stolpersteine (1): Ich musste im Winter an das Foto des Mannes denken, der mit verschränkten Armen, beim Hitler-Besuch 1936 in Hamburg in der Menge steht, umgeben von den Lemmingen. Es soll sich um August Landmesser gehandelt haben. Auch er hat in seiner Heimat Hamburg einen Stolperstein.
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Doreen Reinhard @doreenreinhard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bin heute an Heidenau vorbeigekommen und hab gestoppt. Damit das auch noch mal Bilder ergibt. Die fünf bisherigen Stolpersteine (die auch bleiben sollen) sind sehr zentral gelegen. Einer für den früheren BM Paul Gröger ist direkt vor dem Rathaus. gedenkplaetze.info/biografien/p...
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@FuctupMike
Bernie Sanders should be forced to give away 90% of his birthday cake. #HappyBirthdayBernie

@jamieandhisego
Uh, surely you do that anyway...

@ItsDanSheehan
This is how cake works

@MayorDadler
This is how birthday cakes work when you have friends.
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Guido Kühn @guido-kuehn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Die Welt brennt. Die menschengemachte Klimakatastrophe verursacht immenses Leid, unbezahlbare Schäden, Wirtschaftseinbrüche, droht den Lebensraum Erde für viele dauerhaft unbewohnbar zu machen. Und wir fördern nun ausgerechnet jene Industrie, deren Geschäftsmodell es ist, unsere Welt anzuzünden?
Illustration eines brennenden Menschen, der an einer brennenden Tankstelle sein brennendes Auto betankt und dabei auf die Anzeige der Zapfsäule schaut. Textzeile: Tankrabatt ist der besorgte Blick auf den Spritpreis, nachdem man seinen Lebensraum angezündet hat.
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Steffi Lemke @steffi-lemke.de · 28/09/2026
Niedrigste Wasserstände, trockene Böden und schwindende Wasservorräte mit negativen Folgen für Natur und Wirtschaft. Jetzt nicht nur im Hochsommer sondern auch Ende September. Wir müssen das Wasser in der Landschaft halten, Entwässerung zurückbauen, Auen und Flüsse renaturieren. Es eilt!!!
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Wetter: Niedrigwasser schränkt Schifffahrt auf dem Rhein stark ein
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Wetter“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Niedrigwasser schränkt Schifffahrt auf dem Rhein stark ein“.
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Fridays for Future Germany @fridaysforfuture.de · 28/09/2026
Aber Hauptsache, Klimaschutz geht nicht auf Kosten der Wirtschaft.
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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌐 Wem gehört das Web – und wer entscheidet, welche Informationen sichtbar werden? Webdaten sind zentral für KI. Doch ihre Erfassung liegt zu großen Teilen bei wenigen außereuropäischen Unternehmen. Was bedeutet das für Europas digitale Souveränität? Diskussion am 8.10. in Berlin. ➡️ t1p.de/t902b
Podiumsdiskussion „Souveränität im Netz – Wie eine europäische Webdaten-Infrastruktur Freiheit, Wirtschaft und Demokratie stärkt“ am 8. Oktober 2026 im Weizenbaum-Institut, Hardenbergstraße 32, 10623 Berlin. Auf dem Podium: Olivier Blanchard (OSF), Esther Görnemann (Weizenbaum-Institut), Stefan Mesken (DeepL), Stefan Voigt (OSF & DLR) und Harald Wehnes (Universität Würzburg).Porträt von Esther Görnemann, Referentin für Forschungssynthesen am Weizenbaum-Institut. Daneben steht das Zitat: „Digitale Souveränität entscheidet sich auch daran, wer über die Daten des Webs verfügt, sie priorisiert, sichtbar macht und deutet. Europa sollte diese Infrastruktur nicht allein anderen überlassen.“
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"At Fitzcarraldo, “it is always about the text”, says Testard. “If we’re interested, we will discuss it in literary terms. Then the financial, commercial stuff comes later. What we do is to provide a home for writers for life." Fitzcarraldo profiled at the FT. www.ft.com/content/fad8...
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Fitzcarraldo – inside the chicest publisher on earth
Jacques Testard is transforming our reading habits, one blue book at a time
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad

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Statement - Gavin Bazunu

Representing my country means everything to me. I have the utmost respect for every single one of my team mates, the Manager, his staff and the Irish people

However I have reached a decision that I have hot taken lightly. I am a man of strong faith and try my best to be a person of character and principle therefore 1 feel it would be wrong to participate in the upcoming fixtures against Israel.

My decision is based purely upon my personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.

It is important to note that my stance is not in opposition of the Israeli people or the Jewish community but against the atrocities in the region.

There are few times where you get a chance ir ife to stand up for something bigger and strongly believe that this is one of them


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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An 87-year-old woman lived in the same Madrid apartment for 70 years. Then a real estate firm bought it and forced her out. The housing crisis is global because the underlying logic is the same: your home is someone else's investment vehicle.
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87-Year-Old Evicted From Her Home Tells Spaniards to ‘Fight’ to Avoid Same Fate
María del Carmen Abascal, whose case has become a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis, appeared in a video from her hospital bed after police officers removed her from her apartment.
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Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My take on 3 recent books about poetry - www.thetimes.com/article/2f64...
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What’s wrong with modern poetry — and how to fix it
Too difficult? Too attention-seeking? Too quiet? In three books, poets Lavinia Greenlanw, Alice Oswald and Denise Riley, wonder what ails the artform
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks Martin. Class thing to do by the 2 lads. They were coaching in the morning at the local club.
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My dad is sick in bed recovering from a serious illness & Galway County hurlers Jason Rabbite & Shane Morgan - in the local club coaching kids in the morning - called by to say hello. He - and all of us - were very excited. Very cool thing to do, very nice lads.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Matthias Quent @mquent.de · 25/09/2026
Schlussstrich-Antisemitismus
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
O hey Reminder that in (homophobic) '94 as Dookie was blowing up, Green Day picked queercore Pansy Division to open for them + a lot of venues pressured them to drop them as openers -- Green Day told the venues they wouldn't play if PD didn't - and the venues (mostly? all?) backed down. huh.
green day x pansy division flyer
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My piece for The Currency: thecurrency.news/articles/239...
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Russia in, Muslim and LGBT people out: the new normal according to Germany’s far right - The Currency
You know something is up when friends from Dublin – generally not that interested in things Mitteleuropean – are texting and wondering about the minutiae of German provincial politics. Last Sunday was...
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🕎🇩🇪 #BREAKING | Holocaust survivor threatened with death after speaking out against Germany’s far right
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Holocaust survivor threatened with death after speaking out against Germany’s far rig - Bytes Europe
The Munich public prosecutor’s office announced that it had opened an investigation into the case, which is also intended to provide protection for Knobloch.
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
With which club?
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Trump is a bully and a braggart, a self-confessed sexual predator and a purveyor of racial slurs... Most people would not welcome such a man into their home, and the majority of Irish people will not welcome this visit.” Irish Times editorial on Trump in Ireland.
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The Irish Times view on Trump’s visit: a less than welcome guest
Most people would not welcome such a man into their home but political leaders must make a different calculation
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The president of the United States is in Ireland this weekend
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
True!
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My piece for The Currency: thecurrency.news/articles/239...
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Russia in, Muslim and LGBT people out: the new normal according to Germany’s far right - The Currency
You know something is up when friends from Dublin – generally not that interested in things Mitteleuropean – are texting and wondering about the minutiae of German provincial politics. Last Sunday was...
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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 10/09/2026
Alle Achtung, dass die FAZ solch einen Bericht schreibt. Ich kann die Lektüre eigentlich nicht empfehlen, so bedrückend und beschämend finde ich, was unsere Regierung diesen Menschen angetan hat. Und wofür? Um dem Wahlvolk hier zu zeigen, dass sie seinen Rassismus ernst nimmt?
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Was wird aus Afghanen, die Deutschland trotz Aufnahmezusage zurückschickt?
Was ist mit den Afghanen geschehen, die Deutschland trotz Aufnahmezusage zurückgeschickt hat? Unsere Autorin hat zwei Familien in Kabul besucht.
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great piece by @alanenglish9.bsky.social on Magill magazine. With some striking images. Part 2 tomorrow. thecurrency.news/articles/239...
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Magill's turbulent story – Part 1: Fear, loathing, and a magazine that became legendary - The Currency
There’s a two-hander scene in Kevin Rafter’s new book about the rise and fall of Magill magazine that jumps off the page like the dialogue in a Colm Tóibín novel – perhaps because Tóibín himself is te...
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Dr Richard Scriven @richardscriven.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cork's Shandon priest warns new Irish citizenship rules could split up her family www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Cork's Shandon priest warns new Irish citizenship rules could split up her family
Rev Meghan Farr says her eldest son could age out of his residency entitlement before the family qualifies for naturalisation
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/09/2026
"After a restless, sleepless night, Maryam and her son left for school dropoff. When they arrived, they were surrounded by vans. They were shackled and detained in front of Maryam’s son’s classmates. They’ve been locked away ever since."
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Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
most of the supposed benefits of climate change will pan out like this
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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Have this article today in The Currency on hybrid war: thecurrency.news/articles/238...
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Hybrid war seen from Germany: It’s not all quiet on the eastern front - The Currency
Airports are glassy between-spaces of transit and are often unthinkingly passed through. Waiting to board a flight at a hot and sticky Leipzig-Halle Airport in 2023, I definitely did not think that th...
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The factory needs to go into receivership and all shipments to Russia need to stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/w...
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A Factory in Rural Ireland Is at the Center of a Dispute Over Russia
Alumina processed at a refinery in County Limerick may be feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine, an investigation suggested. There is little agreement on what to do about it.
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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