Reposted by Maria PowerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h"Groimes, they kilt my preecious bahts!" 211894223
Reposted by Maria PowerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15hCancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription. 249126452818
Reposted by Maria PowerAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“They think we are dogs, cockroaches and vermin. But we are the citizens of this country who have the right to ask questions of our government system.” Neha Bora leading the student movement in India. bsky.app/profile/70sb... 18727
Reposted by Maria Powerbryan 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... 101143774734
Reposted by Maria PowerRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFinland orders halt to work on two Google data centresThe order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance. 06017
Reposted by Maria PowerTruthout @truthout.org · 05/10/2026ICE is arresting a record number of pregnant women and teenagers who cannot access the medical care they need, according to the reporting. At the same time, the agency appears to have lost count of how many people had miscarriages after October 2025.buff.lyICE Jail Policies for Pregnant People Built on Legacy of Eugenics, Critics SayA record number of pregnant women and teenagers have been arrested by ICE. They cannot access medical care they need. 57961
Reposted by Maria PowerOisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This iconic photo of Bertie Ahern in the Tolka flood waters in 2002, was taken by Colin Keegan, who died in traffic collision last Saturday. Colin was kind enough to let us use the photo for free in the first postcard campaign I ran in @foeireland.bsky.social in 2005. May he rest in peace. 314737
Maria Power @mariapower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Beautiful autumn morning. Just passed a fleet of shiny ride-on lawnmowers in the Lee Fields. Delightful! 111
Reposted by Maria Powerkevin @beirne.bsky.social · 28/09/202620,000 secondary school teachers are starting industrial action next week because the government refuse to pay them properly but sure let’s spend €300m on training people to use the fraud machine that turns your brain to porridge 25738
Reposted by Maria PowerJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fundraising channel closed. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...amnesty.orgEurope: Sale of Israel Bonds finally ends in EuropeReacting to the Central Bank of Ireland’s confirmation that on the expiry of the Israel Bonds’ prospectus their sale in Europe has ended Stephen Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, said... 31810
Reposted by Maria PowerPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe stick this up on the wall at Heimir's next press conference, and then ask Paul Cooke about how well they've handled everything. 0183
Reposted by Maria PowerDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When David Quinn became editor of the Irish Catholic after the ‘95 Divorce Referendum, he replaced a woman called Brigid Ann Ryan who had asked why Pope JP2 didn’t apply his pro-life stance to war and the death penalty - the kind of Catholic Derek talks about here. 1284
Reposted by Maria PowerDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895443936
Reposted by Maria PowerEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 123103472689
Reposted by Maria PowerMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 15657421609
Reposted by Maria PowerPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I always found it ironic that much of unionism has nothing to offer but division. 2234
Reposted by Maria PowerRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Why shouldn’t I custom-generate all of my child’s media?” Because the point of children’s literature, music, art, and movies is not to optimize leisure time, it is to provide your children with cultural, emotional, societal, and epistemic touch points via which they can relate to the wider world. 617643
Reposted by Maria PowerJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Taoiseach, decoded: We must turn our back on our history and on our Constitutional commitment to international law and peaceful settlement of disputes in order to serve peace. No matter that most people think this is a bad idea.irishexaminer.comTaoiseach says abolishing 'Triple Lock' is essential to retain peacekeeping traditionThe Government is pressing ahead with controversial legislation that would drop the requirement to get UN Security Council approval before sending peacekeeping troops abroad 2156
Reposted by Maria PowerDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can someone who is good at negotiations explain to me why capitulating to these guys didn’t placate them? Please my country is dying 512925
Reposted by Maria PowerChris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s go time. On RTÉ right this minute. 0242
Reposted by Maria PowerGavin Cooney @gcooney93.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Big read here on an abject, rancorous, extraordinary day. The potential scale of fallout to come is the stuff of Saipan 2.0 Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comIreland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAIGavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered 56832
Reposted by Maria PowerNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is completely depraved. Robert Krafts abound. 66727
Reposted by Maria PowerThe Cabin in Pete Woods @thatpetewoods.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gosh, folks. I can’t figure out who to support here. The guy whose military snipers shoot children and who bombs innocent people in their homes or the guy who fixes potholes and feeds the hungry. 20711144
Reposted by Maria PowerCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The mighty Siobhán McSweeney was presented with a print of my Gráinne Mhaol piece by the very lovely Kevin McGahern for her hard work on #TraitorsIRL, after she mentioned that Ireland's pirate queen Gráinne was a big style inspiration for her incredible outfits this season. No better woman! 👑 1933537
Reposted by Maria PowerPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My favorite is when people who have no experience of a thing think they can talk all day about a thing. If you don't have ADHD, then how do you "know" it's over-diagnosed? If you don't need SSRIs, then how do you "know" others don't need them? This is literally basic empathy. 8700109
Reposted by Maria PowerAsh Gravestoneman 🎃 @ashstoneman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Time to burn my Ed Sheeran cd 362776457
Reposted by Maria PowerJo Ní Ghiolla Shúiligh @jogil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just watching RTÉ Investigates and my first thought when I see the ethics guy is “I know those eyes, but it couldn’t be”. It is. 33210
Reposted by Maria Powerseamusflynnj.bsky.social @seamusflynnj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. Dwight D. Eisenhower www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dwigh...brainyquote.comDwight D. Eisenhower - Every gun that is made, every..."Every gun that is made, every warship..." - Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes from BrainyQuote.com 021
Reposted by Maria PowerPhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Ireland needs to transfer more wealth to the already wealthy," says yet another fucking government minister. 0162
Reposted by Maria PowerBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Antifa legend Mitch McConnell. 732739351
Reposted by Maria PowerTaylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Attn @adamroberts.bsky.social "These were young men freed from tight controls of family, parish or guild, and thrust into an environment full of weapons, with ample access to alehouses and sex workers.” www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medi... #AreYouLocalcam.ac.ukMedieval Murder Maps: homicidal Oxford students in the 14th centuryHow students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England 031
Reposted by Maria PowerIlloumalnati @illoumalnati.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not everything, apparently heiling at a presidential inauguration isn't antisemitic 151
Reposted by Maria PowerOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comBonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband 621290234
Reposted by Maria PowerM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bonnie Greer famously sat with her back to the BNP’s Nick Griffin when he appeared on Question Time in 2009. There was much criticism of the BBC platforming the far right, Now every episode of Question Time is wall to wall far right talking points with open arms and a seat kept warmfor Reform 11580166
Reposted by Maria PowerGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The great Bonnie Greer RIP 25119
Reposted by Maria PowerCian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Those of us who have spent years observing AGS understand that the force never became a 'learning organisation' which sought to engage constructively with critical voices The force has remained secretive, defensive, paranoid, and laser-focused on reputation management 152
Reposted by Maria PowerScary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Ms. Rachel thing is instructive because ppl just vaguely talk about her being antisemitic so as to avoid articulating her original offense: daring to feature in her videos a 3 year old whom the IDF blew the feet off of 153180574
Reposted by Maria PowerResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Netanyahu have just announced he will pass a law intended to punish any Israeli who comes out against the genocide I’m reposting this again, just in case 👇😬 69351
Reposted by Maria PowerTodd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lukas Graham officially quits the tour. That's literally all of Sheeran's openers.instagram.comLukas Graham on Instagram4,371 likes, 248 comments - lukasgraham on September 15, 2026 661940298
Reposted by Maria PowerRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I didn't realize Ed Sheeran's whole *backing band* peaced out of his tour, that is fucking hilarious, get wrecked dude 2955
Reposted by Maria PowerCarl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ed Sheeran's statement where he sounds genuinely very angry throughout, immediately both-sideses the genocide, and asserts that he has his own opinions on the matter but that they're a secret, strikes me as unlikely to solve the problem he perceives himself to be facing right now. 1041564
Reposted by Maria PowerJacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 15/09/2026Space weaponry continuing its legacy as "the last flicker of brain activity in the skulls of evil, senile men" youtu.be/ntLc4hHWqHs?...youtu.beThe Conceptual Failure of Orbital LasersYouTube video by Jacob Geller 9965160
Reposted by Maria PowerDr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Bayeux Tapestry good but massively upstaged by seeing a cat in a ruff right before 664334770
Reposted by Maria PowerJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC. 7345153691
Reposted by Maria PowerOrlagh Gaynor @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026They're rehashing Leo's 2017 campaign slogan I see 021
Reposted by Maria PowerColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Don't mess with Mary. And don't think she's going to be window dressing. Taxi for Jarlath. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...irishexaminer.comMary McAleese: 'Less than impressive' management committee 'lacked vision for future of GAA'McAleese, who was appointed to the position in September 2022, stepped down from the role citing their lack of support for completing the integration process by 2027. 23210
