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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 17h

While looking for something else, I just discovered that from 1928 till at least 1936, members of the Gardaí weren’t allowed to vote. What was that about?!

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Shameful moment gets more shameful.

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Ed O’Loughlin @edoloughlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The offside rule in football: by virtue of where he is standing, refusing to play the team of a genocidal Israel, Gavin Bazunu has just played every other Irish squad member, the FAI, UEFA, and the Irish government, offside.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Remember when Ireland was offered cash with negative interest and Leo Varadkar decided it would be too bloody cheeky to take it and we didn't have anything to spend it on.. And then the state did absolutely nothing to speed up infrastructure projects.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

People being asked to move their life to Ireland for a transport project might well ask what other projects they will be able to move on to once it is complete. If only we could say "Metro West" to them... www.thejournal.ie/metrolink-la...

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8,000 staff needed: Metrolink has been 'going around Europe for the last year' for workers

Some 8,000 workers are needed for Metrolink alone, but the NTA has warned of a ‘brain drain’ across the public sector affecting major works.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Delighted for Diego! And Anna is certainly also a person who has won. #TraitorsIRL

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The €1bn spent on fossil fuel sinces April would have put 8kw battery & solar on 100,000 homes buying them energy freedom for 20+ years. The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes. What we lack is will and vision

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For decades the political and media class were tuned to responding to public interest and concerns that would reach them through daily newspapers and broadcast. Twitter brought them a flood of additional signals. X has swapped that for a far-right synthetic version of the public’s voices.

The HMV dog, Nipper, listening intently to his master’s voice being played by a gramafone. Caption: Let's see what the public are saying on X

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

She's ace. If you need to farm out parenting to a screen I highly recommend.

Ms Rachel politely stamping Ed Sheeran into the dirt where he belongs:

Ed Sheeran had a chance to show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A ge ocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can anyone remembwr why Trump is opening up the UK's multiple imperial quandries? I thought he wanted to nail that shit down and keep his base on Diego Garcia? Very funny that he thinks Micheál Martin will go all Javier Milei for him.

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Cllr Honore Kamegni, Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is not fairness. This is not leadership. And it is not acceptable. I am deeply disappointed and angry about the new citizenship rules. How can forcing people to wait eight years before they can even apply for citizenship possibly solve the problems facing Ireland? 🧵

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

not to be melodramatic, but do people remember what freedom is? liberty? autonomy? I seem to recall a lot of people howling those words about five or six years ago, now we've got Obergruppenführer O'Callaghan saying "I should get to decide how many people there are" and hardly anyone bats an eyelid

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

No doubt the Irish Times will acquaint that silly Miliband with reality soon enough.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I get up early in the morning and drop off to a creche and then get public transport to work. They lied about bringing the cost of one down, they've just hiked the second.

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Jaws (1975) @jaws-1975.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What's your name again?

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Elon Musk is a world historical mass murderer whose actions will lead to the preventable death of millions and the implications of that are horrifying so Very Serious People make a huge performance of scoffing at the suggestion but it is the dry spreadsheet reality of what he did.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Is doomscrolling bad for you? A meta-analysis of 42 studies (N=46,912) finds that consuming short-form videos is linked to increases in inattention & impulsivity; reductions in working-memory span & self-regulation; elevations in anxiety, depression & stress; and a surge in addiction symptoms.

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Emily Cassidy @enviroem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

People are always surprised to learn that packaging, processing, and transportation are almost always small contributors (<10%) of food-related GHG emissions. The TYPE of food we eat -- meat versus plants -- is a MUCH bigger factor.

Bar chart of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the lifecycle production of different foods. Beef and lamb are the highest emitting. Farm-level emissions and land use change emissions are the greatest contributors to lifecycle food emissions.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

News outlets should run a "Climate Change Disaster" banner for things like glacier collapses and 40⁰ heat, and then have the 13th paragraph of their article note that some people disagree with the banner but not all of the world's normal people.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The Amazing World of Tomorrow

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In the blue corner, Prodigy playing in IMMA. In the red corner, my baby's closed bedroom window, in Dublin 12. The window is not faoring well.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I can't square the 2 RTÉs in my head: one that is so careful its news reports are often devoid of the info they intend to convey, its politics coverage so neutral as to read like meeting minutes, and the one that gave sensational prime time docudrama coverage to a 2-TD Dáil grouping local to Kerry.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Times wrote literally dozens of articles on Jason Arday, including one only a few hours ago saying he "may want to get himself a nice pair of orange trousers" that has since been deleted. The story was as much about academic accountability as GamerGate was about ethics in games journalism.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Omg Nigel Farage is such a little baby.

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Joe Molloy 🇨🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @freelancewebdev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The farming lobby PR machine kicking in now, individuals pushed into the media with the folksy tales of struggle but zero talk of the sustainability of their farming practices, the multibillion industry that backs them nor their track record of obstructionism and misinfo on climate and biodiversity.

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Joe Molloy 🇨🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @freelancewebdev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The biggest laggards in emissions reductions, responsible for us being at the top of the European league of biodiversity loss. Any aid now should be contingent on concrete commitments to clean their industry up.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Evidence, if it were needed, that a camera phone behind eclipse glasses cannot capture the cool thing.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Don't forget to check in with your optician today to check if they have any welder's helmets in stock.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people. "This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print here: zenodo.org/records/2108...

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#BREAKING | Massive Israeli airstrikes hit multiple areas across the Gaza Strip. (Gaza Notifications)

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#Burnham "Hello Mr. Prime Minister & welcome to your new home. Lets get to work." "Yes, lets appoint a new team and announce our first initiatives!" A ghastly hiss from the corner: ~~ hisssssss ~~ No ~~ "What the-" An ethereal voice, strained: ~~ Ssackingss... You musst birth your enemiess ~~

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

See how they massacred my boy #WC26

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Simon Jenkins dismissively referencing the England-Argentina world cup semi final as "a US football match" while everyone in England is still in mourning (in a good essay on the Falklands) is peak Simon Jenkins.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Kemi Badenoch, uncomfortable with a friendly tone, goes for friendly and bizarre.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The marches bonfires & associated deaths/fires would be embarrasing if the point were spectacle/entertainment/+ive cultural statement. But the point is domination, superiority & intimidation, a -ive statememt. So it can be crap, and all the better if they can demonstrate impunity of some sort.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Gladdens the heart to see how far we've come, that the Colombia football team can be hosted as guests in British Columbia. Football unites the world.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

NIGEL FARAGE CAPITAL LETTERS BYELCTION BUT RUNS CONTEST FOR CLACTON INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS TO FOLLOW FIRDT LOSE HEADS THEN BUY ELECTION FARAGEL RUNAGEN CALL AN AMBULANCE

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The problem with Balogun really is that Belgium - BELGIUM - is used to years without government. Messing up the world cup will mean nothing to them.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

After I wrote last week's column, I learnt that a neighbour with severe disabilities, an extremely tough & resourceful woman who lived to the full, died in the heatwave. Everyone here is devastated. I can scarcely express my anger towards a mindset that treats people like her as collateral damage. 🧵

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Inspired by what a small nation can do, I think Ireland needs a revitalised sports strategy, which in short is to establish a federal union with Cabo Verde and append "& Ireland" to their FIFA registered name.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sidny Lopes Cabral deserves the golden something, the FIFA peace prize, Infantino's job. Reminds me of that goal Rooney announced himself with for Everton.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cabo Verde, bloody hell. Hollywood, write your scripts...

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David Firth @davidfirth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

22 years ago today I released Salad Fingers.

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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Not to belittle the issue but why can't everyone do this? What is the alleged benefit of forcing people with a housing need to remain in situ forever?

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