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Lee Dillon

@leeirenedillon.bsky.social
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*Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.* #MoreWomen #MoreTrees #FreeSafeLegalLocal #IsItFair ♻ & 🩷 = stuff that interests me. Dublin, Ireland.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17h
Trump backs out of deposition in his lawsuit against BBC, has not suggested new date - BBC asks court to get him to comply www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
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BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition as part of his $10bn lawsuit
BBC asks US federal judge to compel Trump’s lawyers to schedule deposition after his team canceled initial session
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God @thegodshow.com · 17h
Mentions of "Fauci" on X have mostly vanished since the data centers in Russia were destroyed by Ukrainian bombs. SMITE!💥
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 12h
Periodic reminder that the biggest scandal in American history outside of Watergate involved a grand total of $9 million (inflation adjusted) changing hands & it resulted in resignations, convictions, jail time, and new legislation, and in the Trump administration that amount is a rounding error
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 8h
#SpeirGorm
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 9h
Murray went on to found Endell Street Military Hospital in London, staffed entirely by women. One of the most successful military hospitals of the war. Its motto was: "Deeds, not Words." When the war ended, she ordered the suffragette flag raised, to the sound of cheers from the male patients.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 8h
There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth
Marc Haynes’ story: As a 7 year old in about 1983, … I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore Sitting at the departure gate, ... told my granddad i'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. …so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and signs the back of my plane ticket... I'm ecstatic, but …I glance down at the signature. … it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. ...I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, … so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore...
"he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. …he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone …and thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said.
I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many years later, I was working on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him the story. He …had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."
I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.
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Lee Dillon @leeirenedillon.bsky.social · 9h
@fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19h
Shut up!
"GE warns its toaster may grow human arms and shoot you with a gun" Ok that sounds like their fault. They should do something about that
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Architecture Hub @architecturehub.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
the fish pond mosaic, by gary drostle, adorns a public garden in croydon, surrey, uk.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The chance of seeing hedgehogs in the wild is now vanishingly rare, according to research which revealed that their population has collapsed by more than two thirds 👇🦔 www.thetimes.com/life-style/w...
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Hedgehog numbers collapse from farming, climate and cars
Surveys show a dramatic fall over the last 40 years especially in rural areas — but there is some hope, if gardeners do their bit
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Lee Dillon @leeirenedillon.bsky.social · 23h
Vote 🗳️ , to “ensure we win decisively so that no meddling from this White House 🍊 can foil the will of the people.” 🦅 🇺🇸
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
At some point we also have to deal with the fact that one of the two parties is openly hostile to democracy. If you have to win big every election or else the country falls into despotism we're all just playing Russian roulette every few years
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scan
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A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scan
There’s ahead of its time, then there’s Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau -- or, in its original Dutch title, Klaer Lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst, a 900-page book of paint colors mad...
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Lee Dillon @leeirenedillon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘We were not going to let this rapist destroy our lives’: how one couple came to terms with a devastating attack
After Susan Brison was raped and left for dead, her husband, Thomas, did his best to support her. They are still together, while many relationships collapse after a sexual assault. What did he get rig...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Love them to pieces. I'm so lucky to be their grandson.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Daniel McElroy @danielmcelroy0.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It is so counterintuitive to successful social democracy. Getting the middle classes to support a larger state does involve ensuring they too feel the benefits!
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12/10/2026
Over the weekend, the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU proposed cutting €159 billion from the bloc’s next long-term budget. The move would leave Europe less equipped to deal with crises, the European Commission has warned. 🔗 vist.ly/5mzcm
Officials seated around a large oval table in a meeting room with colorful carpeting.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12/10/2026
Bit of positive news to start the week: the online voter registration system voter.ie is now live nationwide (having previously worked only for Dubliners) - now anyone in the State can register or update their details on the electoral register in a couple of minutes using only their PPS number.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 12/10/2026
"Barrister Andrew Mitchell KC, an expert in financial services law, said Panorama's evidence showed the scheme was 'straightforward' tax evasion and 'it couldn't be more blatant'." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, investigation finds.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In Germany, the curb can charge your car. Developed by Rheinmetall, these electric vehicle charging points are integrated directly into sidewalk curbs, removing the need for conventional charging posts. The compact system delivers up to 22 kW while taking up virtually no additional sidewalk space.
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StephDickenson.bsky.social @stephdickenson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“In 2019, the Dáil declared a ‘climate and biodiversity emergency’. In the 2027 Budget there is very little sign that this emergency, now surely much more evident than ever, is being addressed.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
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The Irish Times view on Ireland’s climate policy: rhetoric sounding hollow
Last week’s budget raised worrying questions about policy
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The 2016 Brexit vote was targeted by Russian “state-sponsored interference”, Andy Burnham has said, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Kremlin-backed attempts to influence their countries’ politics.  www.ft.com/content/4fcb...
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Russia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy Burnham
UK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump’s obeisance to Putin has been established beyond even the vaguest scintilla of doubt; the possibility of another January 6-style assault on US democracy after/during the mid-terms is clearly acute and ‘we’ are still wary of calling fascism fascism. These are the moments…
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What is it about Germany?
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Lady Macbeth @notinstructed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There is something particularly ugly about an institution polishing its own historical halo while omitting the journalists who actually did the work — especially when one of them then endured years of legal threats and abuse. Credit is not a decorative extra in journalism.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 11/10/2026
“This award is for all those children who are voiceless whose voices need to be heard.” On 10 October 2014 Malala Yousafzai was in a chemistry class when she received the news that she had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. At just 17 years old, she became the youngest laureate ever awarded.
Malala Yousafzai wearing a blue and orange floral hijab, smiling gently at the camera.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Associate EU membership 'very interesting' for New Zealand, says former prime minister - The EU could become the centre of global realignment and prevent American and China hegemony. www.euronews.com/2026/10/09/f...
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Video. Associate EU membership 'very interesting' for New Zealand, says former prime minister
Video. Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, says a form of associate membership of the European Union, similar to the proposal for Canada, would be “very interesting”. She highlights acc...
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Diarmuid Slattery @diarmuidslattery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Biomethane is a stupid energy strategy. Small scale & slow delivery, will entrench the large cattle herd (gov being led here again), more gas infrastructure needed… etc As Con says solar deliverers multiples more electricity. 🤯
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StephDickenson.bsky.social @stephdickenson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“A recent report by the Climate Change Advisory Council noted that an estimated 83 per cent of fruit & vegetables consumed in the Republic are imported from overseas.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Why doesn’t Ireland grow more veg?
About 83 per cent of fruit and veg consumed in the Republic is imported from overseas, report finds
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Maybe the most amazing aspect of the Russo-Ukraine War is that Russia is getting backing from both China and the USA, the two largest powers of the moment--and Ukraine could still emerge triumphant as long as Europe backs it stoutly.
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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Imagine if the Executive parties treated the Lough Neagh scandal with even half the effort which they expended on Drumcree: Crisis meetings, emergency court cases, constant pressure - even breaking the law to achieve a goal. Instead, there's simply no urgency as the lough dies.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 10/10/2026
Luxembourg didn't request that their official language, the Luxembourgish dialect of German, become an EU official language. Nor did Belgium request it for Flemish or Austria for Austrian. But the Western Balkan accession countries are going a different route. And that will cost EU taxpayers a lot
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Is Montenegrin a language? We’re all about to pay to insist it is.
Podgorica wants Montenegrin, classified by linguists as a dialect of Serbo-Croatian, to become the EU’s 25th official language. It could open the floodgates for unnecessary translations.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 10/10/2026
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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière
Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When people hear "tax the rich more", they often think we mean doctors, lawyers or directors on six-figure salaries, paying 40%+. But we don't. We're talking about billionaires & multi millionaires, paying lower rates than nurses. Our own Faiza Shaheen sets it straight on LBC.
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Lee Dillon @leeirenedillon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘Road safety is not gender-neutral. Making those differences visible can help cities design streets, services and systems that are safer for everyone.’ talkofthecities.iclei.org/road-safety-...
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Road safety isn’t gender-neutral. What can cities do about it? – CityTalk
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 10/10/2026
After 20 years of near-silence, the bells of John's Lane Church in Dublin's Liberties are ringing again. Now, a man who first rang them 50 years ago is looking for volunteers to help keep the tradition alive. jrnl.ie/7189099
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After decades of near-silence, a church in Dublin's Liberties wants volunteers to keep its bells ringing
Michael Ryan, who first rang the bells 50 years ago, is now leading efforts to bring them back to life.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Possibly the most sad and pathetic we’ve yet seen him - and that’s saying something. Embarrassing.
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Lee Dillon @leeirenedillon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘Since the bike lane on Saint Denis Street opened, vacant storefronts have fallen by half.. In New York City.. cyclists are facing criminal charges, whereas car drivers who break the law usually get tickets.’ economist.com/internationa...
economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New 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
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Lee Dillon @leeirenedillon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘Aughinish Alumina, a refinery in the west of Ireland, supplies a significant portion of the alumina used by Russia’s aluminium industry. The skins of missiles striking civilians in Kyiv this autumn and winter may be part Irish.’ economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com
Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine
The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Back to geometry: if people travelling by bike outnumber people driving cars, how much road space is allocated to each mode?
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Are you an early career researcher who might want to spend a year or two conducting research in Japan? We've opened the call for the JSPS postdoctoral fellowships which covers airfare, monthly stipend and a research grant. Apply by 2nd Dec www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2027
The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the ...
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The only way to "solve traffic" is to enable more safe, efficient, accessible options in cities. That means walkability, a proper bike lane network, and of course MORE TRAINS!
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