Reposted by Gráinne LynchLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 12hIls étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 4568142054
Reposted by Gráinne LynchJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 122118545070
Reposted by Gráinne LynchFrank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 6hSadly never more relevant Eviction is murder we wrote ffud.art 2025 #DerelictIreland 043
Reposted by Gráinne LynchVirgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 6hHundreds of protestors staged a slow-drive demonstration against plans for a data centre in Waterford. A convoy of cars, tractors and vans set off in Kilmeaden to show their opposition to plans earlier today. More on Virgin Media PLAY 063
Reposted by Gráinne LynchAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5hPope Leo XIV describes capital punishment as an 'attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person' in post on X aje.news/5z574w 827867
Reposted by Gráinne LynchRine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Not to take away from celebrating Carson, but she's a "former professor" here in large part because the university shut down her department and cancelled its classes. What pride does the institution claim now—years later—when austerity is forcing other scholars out? What does that 'pride' do? 1833295
Reposted by Gráinne LynchNot Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 8hOn 7 November, join concerned citizens, community groups and civil society organisations to demand the future we want to see - starting with a moratorium on data centres! 💪 092
Reposted by Gráinne LynchUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 8hWe live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. 2296139
Gráinne Lynch @gronya.bsky.social · 6hCan we do this with storms in Ireland? Our politicians don't actually come out and deny climate change but they do act like it's not a thing. Certainly not a thing that we need to plan for or attempt to prevent. 0111
Reposted by Gráinne LynchSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ask yourself why the CEO of an online gambling company is giving money for research into the history of art using AI. 211122
Reposted by Gráinne LynchGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026As I said to some of my contacts across Chicago and Minneapolis last week: I hope they come to regret giving all the ADHD insomniac weirdos a reason to form a giant group chat where we can create anything anyone needs within 48 hours. 💞 325647
Reposted by Gráinne Lynch8bitnorthxstitch @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When Blessed was rehearsing Peter Pan in Manchester, my mate had to deliver a big rubber crocodile to the company. He was told to deliver the prop to the room. When he walked in, Blessed roared, ‘here comes the fucking crocodile!’ grabbed it, and wrestled it to the floor. What a legend. 212435
Reposted by Gráinne LynchCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Fine art prints for the season of 🍂 spooktivity 🍂 and much more available on www.ciaraioch.com/artprints - if you're in the market for some Irish Human-Made Art, please take a look, I have children* to feed. *Alright, crows. 27837
Reposted by Gráinne LynchDublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 09/10/2026We try to write stories about Dublin that matter, about things that affect your life and the lives of your neighbours. And we try to write them with care, and with an eye to solutions. If you appreciate this approach, please subscribe now to help us do more. www.dublininquirer.com/membership/dublininquirer.comWe need your help to keep doing thisSubscriptions start at €8 a month, and we're a small place, so every single one makes a difference. 01919
Reposted by Gráinne LynchThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Good thread on a great choice for the peace prize. 25018
Reposted by Gráinne LynchSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is an inexplicable vote by Regina Doherty, Nina Carberry, Seán Kelly Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher Ciaran Mullooly 1411154
Reposted by Gráinne LynchJames Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 19/09/2026Guys if you’re worried about €60,000 of greyhound industry fraud, I’ve got some bad news about the €20,0000,000 in taxpayer subsidiesirishtimes.comGardaí open €60,000 fraud investigation at greyhound racing tracksComptroller and Auditor General Séamus McCarthy says case involves cash handling in stadiums 07023
Reposted by Gráinne Lynchbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143164713
Reposted by Gráinne LynchNature @nature.com · 07/10/2026None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 19390233
Reposted by Gráinne LynchJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/10/2026If you haven't listened to the exceptional @apmreports.org podcast IN THE DARK, which played a significant part in vindicating Curtis Flowers—thanks to an incredible woman-led reporting team—I can't recommend it enoughfeatures.apmreports.orgIn the Dark, Season 2 (Curtis Flowers) | Podcast | APM ReportsWe investigate the case of Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona, Mississippi, who was tried six times for the same crime. Flowers spent more than 20 years fighting for his life while a white prosec... 318961
Reposted by Gráinne LynchJooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How bad are things ? Well, Darina Allen is starting survivalist/bunker stocking courses at Ballymaloe #ArmageddonOuttaHerecorkbeo.ieDarina Allen to host special course on surviving food shortages at BallymaloeHow serious is it? Darina wants us to start keeping chickens 43410
Reposted by Gráinne Lynchvincent @papa.yaga.gay · 07/10/2026i rewatched The Matrix trilogy recently and could not help but laugh when i saw each movie had a different production logo. they were all released within four years, with the second and third movie released in the same year! 21959523
Reposted by Gráinne LynchRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Making a square/rectangular Halloween costume? We can help! 64815
Reposted by Gráinne LynchKarlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026MY CHILDHOOD FEARS HAVE BEEN FULLY VINDICATED 191
Reposted by Gráinne LynchDave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK" 9878742124
Reposted by Gráinne LynchAoife Martin @lockdownbookclub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026@cethanleahy.com you are now an artifact in the Museum of Twitter. 27223
Reposted by Gráinne LynchDermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The greyhound industry is, ironically, a massive Con. 1244
Reposted by Gráinne LynchDaryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 06/10/2026And yet Jennifer Carroll-McNeill just said on #rtept that the State can only afford to give a shingles vaccines to immunocompromised over 85s. #IrishPol 46137
Reposted by Gráinne LynchCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🍂 Some autumnal and Irish spook-inspired prints. Irish made, and available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints 111949
Reposted by Gráinne LynchCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Queen Medb of Connacht, famed for her role in the Táin Bó Cúailnge and flanked by bulls Finnbhennach and Donn Cúailnge - formidable warrior queen, shrewd leader, seductive beauty, and one of Ireland's most powerful, strong-willed, and legendary women 🐂 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/... 24938287
Reposted by Gráinne LynchCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 21/10/2025A púca for the season that's in it 👻 All prints of this one are hand-finished with gold paint, and they're also on sale (along with many other spooky prints) until the end of this month. www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/... 626479
Reposted by Gráinne LynchRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Taxes are fucking great. They offer the benefit of bulk buying power while reducing my day to day admin. Not getting the services you need because your government can't figure out how to invest in the country to provide those services SUCKS. Don't get rid of the taxes - Get rid of the government 04717
Reposted by Gráinne LynchDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 31127983985
Reposted by Gráinne LynchAnnie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well that's what we're all going to call it now 03411
Reposted by Gráinne LynchIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well done to Ken Early, Irish Times and Second Captains, for pointing out the total hypocrisy of the Israeli FA who said sport and politics don't mix even as the captain of the apartheid state's team and its fans praised its genocidal army. There is still time for the FAI to pull out. #StopTheGame 05113
Reposted by Gráinne Lynchjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087433991
Reposted by Gráinne LynchCarol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social 413495
Gráinne Lynch @gronya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026@rteradio1.bsky.social Please consider this judgement before you invite the columnist in question to speak on the radio. 020
Reposted by Gráinne LynchCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Meta glasses: too perverted for Amsterdam 721744
Reposted by Gráinne LynchKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026If you, btw, would like an example of a place where data centres are *actually* being restricted by legislation, go look at Denmark - where they are now last in the grid connection queue, prioritising socially valuable load growth (like electrification, heating, cooling, new homes) firstservola.deDenmark Puts Data Centers Last in New Grid LawDenmark's emergency grid law puts data centers last behind households and green-transition projects, formalizing rationing that began in February 2026. 428793
Reposted by Gráinne LynchNational Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026⏱ Closure notice: On Saturday 3 Oct the NLI Kildare Street campus (Reading Rooms, Exhibition and Registration Office) will be closed to the public. This is due to industrial action across the public sector. www.nli.ie/news-stories... 026
Reposted by Gráinne LynchRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026subway mosaic enjoyer has logged on once again 315121
Reposted by Gráinne LynchAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/20261,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.aljazeera.comIsraeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025. 4176129
Reposted by Gráinne LynchWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Given that Irish government TDs have cited Sweden's decision to introduce a language test for citizenship as justification for Ireland introducing one, it seems relevant that Sweden is finding it difficult to actually do it 816651
Reposted by Gráinne LynchWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026Btw, some of these refusals are so clearly unlawful that the Department of Justice will end up paying ***HUGE*** sums in legal fees. Jim obviously counting on that being another Minister for Justice’s problem. 22818
![A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision.
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2qmeigsng3rhkgmqihius4g/bafkreia7cdisf6qfj6fetyejhbmojfdwomrxs6pib6za3zu377t6pfypry)
