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Anyway, this thread is not about James Connolly.

Disgust at the Brits' brutality made martyrs out of Connelly and his fellow organizers, dramatically shifting public opinion in Ireland toward independence.

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During the 1916 Easter Rising, organizer James Connelly was wounded in the leg and unable to walk. The British had to bring him to his execution on a stretcher and then tied him to a chair, so he could be shot by a firing squad.

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Hey Arch ... Have you seen that one? That’s a good one. That's hilarious!

Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Somewhere right now, a 42-year-old Jeffrey Maier is wondering why he's getting all these alerts on his phone.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The WHA was a legitimate professional hockey league and its stats should count toward NHL career totals. Gordie Howe is still the all-time goals leader, with Wayne Gretzky second and Alexander Ovechkin third.

Man standing at meeting, bravely giving honest opinion.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And he likely won't get the all-time professional goals record now. The NHL doesn't recognize Wayne's and Gordie's WHA goals. Ovechkin needs 47 more to get ahead of both of them.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If the only example of a false rape case you can come up with is "Duke Lacrosse," which happened over 20 years ago, that should give you an idea how seldom false accusations are.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Definitely not two rouges each?

Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another highlight we won't get to see in the CFL next year. 😔

Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Looking forward to the "Leave" supporters' cognitive dissonance over this.

Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You can tell the Yankees have retired so many numbers when most of their current lineup could be confused with an NFL defensive line.

🏴‍☠️ Maddox 🏴‍☠️ @maddox.xmission.com · 15/09/2026

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Today I learned that there are a significant number FBI applicants who have been either tricked or forced into having sex with animals, but are also extremely qualified to become agents trusted with highly-sensitive data, requiring a reversal of a policy. Trans people still out though. Progressive!

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don't forget if they win, you'll also get nothing.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Remember, it's not racist if you bribe the tribal council enough for their approval.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Imagine some judge taking the "all trump tweets are policy" ball and running with it and declaring open borders for all North America. It'd be like that East German bureaucrat that let slip that the Berlin Wall was open.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Anyone remember when Rudy tried to cancel the 2001 mayoral election and stay in office beyond the end of his term?

I'm guessing that the truth will come out in a @pablo.show investigation well after the season is over.

So we can expect hundreds of stories in the coming weeks deploring "political violence," right? Silly me ... wrong party!

Isn't there an AI prompt that says "make the menu different from literally all others?"

Is AI this lazy or can it literally only do one type of menu?

I was expecting a late roughing the passer call if the Hail Mary had fallen incomplete.

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2026 AFCON approves this message as well.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 06/09/2026

Can the AP voters and CFP committee just treat that game like a Michigan loss?

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the clock is expired and nobody has touched the ball. this is ridiculous!

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Albany should've beaten Buffalo the other night, if not for some bad play calls inside the 5 at the end.

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Another graphic said the UNH coach was their QB from 2012-25. 🤦‍♂️

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My university had an arcade in the basement of the student center with one of these. We used to go down and practice our "drunk driving" skills on it.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The only "drunk driving" I ever did was on one of these.

Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trump comes right out and says trans people will get final solutioned if Republicans keep control of Congress, but sure, keep telling yourselves you just want "fairness in sports."

lgbtqnation.com

Donald Trump says transgender people will "end" if GOP keeps Congress in midterms - LGBTQ Nation

The Fox host he was talking to didn't push him to explain what he meant.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Same with "I support trans women, just not for sports." They never did that first part either.

Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

For my non-Canadian or non-Ontario adjacent friends, this is the conservative leader of Canada's most populous province ... just to give you an idea of how much trump is f*cking things up right now.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Dude's about to tear open some turnbuckles.

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"What is a woman?" Also ... "I need to get down there with some calipers to prove you're not a woman."

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Jay O'Brien @jayobrien76.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As an Albany resident, I concur.