Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialWendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans 912475
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialJooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Meanwhile in non-football news ... 21110
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialnick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 6453612147
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The only only sportsman and the only real man among them, standing head and shoulders above the cowards in the squad, the coaching staff and the FAI. This is how simple it is to do the right thing. 114838
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad 9313121
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Milo yes been deported to Britain? Ho ho, good luck to a racist, transphobic, paedophilia endorsing shitwit who hangs out with open Nazis getting work in the great British media... hang on, I'm just being handed a piece of paper. 19873177
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialFeljin Jose @feljin.ie · 21/08/2026I have a novel idea, hear me out. We could ban all trade with these illegal settlements. Both goods and services. We could call it an Occupied Territories Bill or something like that. 716765
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350462752
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialRachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 09/08/2026New Scandinavian wings at Wandsworth and Pentonville jails have seen a 45% fall in assaults, 57% drop in self harm and halving of staff absence rates - fascinating results from trial into a more rehabilitative approach to prisons observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.uk‘Scandi wings’ offering pianos, pool and tea parties coul...A unit in London’s Wandsworth prison has been transformed using methods from Sweden and Norway that prioritise rehabilitation over retribution 531489581
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialHarry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social 18339
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialFeljin Jose @feljin.ie · 28/07/2026Imagine my surprise when finding promised social homes on Daft.ie 🙃 140 apartments which should have been public homes now being advertised for €2400-4500 per monthindependent.ieDeal for 140 Dublin social homes falls through as €4,500 rental ads appear onlineA total of 140 social homes slated for Dublin 9 are instead appearing online for rent privately for up to €4,500 a month. 37864
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialdavid celis @davidcel.is · 23/07/2026i don’t usually respond to these kinds of emails, but this one made me so fucking mad that i blacked out and regained consciousness with this in my outbox 911721
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialHolly Baleen @hollybaleen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It’s nice to see at least one journalist stand up against the Women’s Rights Network and JK Rowling. Idk if this is typical of the Belfast Telegraph but it’s good to see anyway. 01910
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa 571526394
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Now the Mayo lads better not interrupt any funerals on the way home tomorrow... 513827
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 22/07/2026Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot. 47659461205
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Worth adding some numbers to this. The British press decided to make trans rights into an issue. It just wasn’t an issue before. This was a top-down decision. shado-mag.com/articles/opi... 41402517
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialImbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If you don't drink coffee, it'd be great if you could tell people about how we're run. If a large business ran this way, they could make a real difference. Everyone does well under this model. It works and it's sustainable. If you need coffee, we're very good at what we do imbibe.ie/pages/shopimbibe.ieShopWe are an Irish Coffee Roasting Business. We give away 4% of all we earn before we make a cent. We roast coffee very well. 03926
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales" 485192532130
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Indeed. We are not forcing upon Graham the memory of him being a villain, a coward, and a malignant presence in the country; that was the legacy he chose again and again. He earned our contempt, as has everyone else on his path. 6980701627
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Draconian tech bans are a sham designed to punish kids for the sins of the adults who've ruined our world, whether online or off. It's high time we began policing them, not our children. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...irishtimes.comSéamas O’Reilly: Social media bans for children ignore the scorpions in the roomWe already have ways of mitigating online harms – they are enshrined in laws we refuse to enact 7433180
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Yesterday the Telegraph reported on my comments about air conditioning. The comment section is quite something. I have apparently become a hero of the anti net zero crowd by saying something what I think is sensible about air con. Allow me to point out three ironies in this 🧵 29775336
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialDublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home. 712975771
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Nigel Farage Listens to the News 10449741891
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialBen Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 03/07/2026If Taylor Swift really wanted a private wedding venue she should’ve considered the National Mall. 217108901398
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialEd Jefferson @edjefferson.com · 02/07/2026Made a little bot to try and surface archive stuff (10+ years) showing up on iPlayer. 812745
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant 27891972412
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialColm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026URGENT APPEAL A mam and her 5 children from Gaza need a wheelchair-accessible 3-bed home in or near Dublin. One child is awaiting critical surgery and stable accommodation is urgently needed. Rental support (up to €2,500/month for 18 months) is available through the Irish Red Cross. Info below: 02543
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialJyoti Mishra @jyotimishra.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Well, that was a fucking ride. 141145263576
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Pope Leo: "Every boat that arrives does not bring only migrants; it brings with it a question: what world have we built, if so many brothers must risk death to seek life?" 232822813
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future. 5278832552
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The reluctance among media outlets to specify that these pogroms are the work of far-right loyalist thugs is particularly weird, given that they sign their work! The LVF spray tags on the houses of the people they burn out, whether Catholics, migrants or refugees. They've done this for decades! 6629221
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors? 14375902370
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to. 761805707
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialConor @ernekid.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The thing about the violence in Belfast last night is that it’s a reflection of a wider crisis within the Unionist community, a complete lack of leadership and the consequence of generations of working class people being abandoned. But also it’s down to the fact that these people are really racist 420346
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We used to call them ‘race riots’ now we call them ‘anti-immigration protests’. 25998323
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialCarl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 07/06/2026They could genuinely refuse to play the match. It genuinely could make a difference. It genuinely could spark action from others. Maybe it wouldn’t, but it could. Doesn’t that feel worth it? 211532
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 06/06/2026it's bad that the Secretary of Defense of the US is a nazi 644395768
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/06/2026BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.rpc.state.gov 5820551155
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 06/06/2026It may be coincidence that the year the Dept of Education is made find internal savings of €200m, is the year that enrolment and resourcing of vital summer provision schemes goes to shite. But enrolment and resourcing of vital summer provision schemes has gone to shite. And guess who misses out.substack.comI'm Sorry. It's Another Piece About Special Education News That Is Less Than Ideal.Before I begin, I promise you I would much rather be writing about something else. 16416
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialThe Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 05/06/2026EXCLUSIVE Martin O'Neill has agreed to become the new permanent manager of Celtic www.heraldscotland.com/spor... 141
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 27/05/2026"Restrictions on women's dress are anti-Irish." *Proceeds to tell women what clothes they can wear* 1215237
Reposted by @irishrunner.bsky.socialConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Fine Gael Minister Kieran O'Donnell just called the figures we reported "speculation by the Irish Times." To reiterate, they're from the Central Statistics Office. 27430
![A cropped screenshot of an article section titled "Gary Larson cartoon incident" from a Tumblr page. The text describes a controversy involving a Far Side cartoon and Jane Goodall.
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In 1987 Gary Larson published a Far Side cartoon of two chimpanzees grooming, in which one discovers a blonde hair and says, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"[127] The Jane Goodall Institute called the cartoon an "atrocity" in a letter drafted by its lawyers to Larson and his syndicate. Goodall, who was in Africa at the time, later found the cartoon amusing.[128]
She went on to name it her favourite depiction of herself in pop culture.[129] Larson offered profits from sales of a shirt featuring the cartoon to the Jane Goodall Institute.[130]
Goodall wrote the preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy.[131] She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals.
In 1988 Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania.[128] While there, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.[127][132]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qdtwslusias4dnfmqydvudsq/bafkreiab4xelozcgki2mm2n3wwq5vdhbvve7v76enl6wbonavz6gjc2p7u)