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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 18h

For the education of the general public, I thought I’d reveal the most unhinged possible response to this post:

pepperoni-dogfart.b... @pepperoni-dogfart.bs...
You go ahead and tell yourself that.
Do you think the Mongolian empire was built by women? How about Sumeria? Do you think women directed the building of the fortress city of Uruk?
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 18h

Ever think where this society would be if believing women was part of its operating instructions? (or scientists or poets or the earth itself).

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 22h

What complete moron labelled this post as "Intolerance"?

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 22h

Again, if there are doubts about how your union (or not) membership data is being collected and used, and whether that is in line with requirements under GDPR, I would suggest contacting the Data Protection Commission. The public sector above all others should be following the law correctly.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 22h

Many HR departments, as we all know, act as if they were a law unto themselves and do not abide by regulatory requirements when they can get away with it. It would be good for ALL public sector workers, union members or not, to be aware of how and why etc. their employer is using data against them.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 22h

In many cases, the employer may not have taken the correct steps and notified staff of the purposes, retention, legal bases etc. of what amounts to a de facto identification of union membership, a special category of data which places addition burdens on the Controller and Processor of that data.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 22h

If staff who may or may not have been on strike this month are asked by their employers to say whether or not they were available for work on that day, I would advise asking the DPC for guidance, or just making a complaint to them if you think the data collection was not performed properly.

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 26/10/2026

Blueberry & Lemon Muffins with White-Chocolate Labneh Frosting! Soft, fluffy, bursting with blueberries, and finished with a dollop of creamy frosting and homemade blueberry compote. Less butter, almost 30% less sugar. A huge hit at today’s taste test! 312 kcal 7.8g protein 11.2g fat #FoodSky

Close-up of golden blueberry and lemon muffins arranged on a white cake stand, each topped with a generous dollop of creamy white-chocolate labneh frosting and glossy, deep-purple blueberry compote. Whole blueberries are visible in the compote, with rich purple juices trickling down the sides of the muffins. The front muffins are sharply focused, while those behind are softly blurred.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 22h

Getting the impression that a lot of early career research funding requires a temporary but full move to often a different country, thereby assuming a lack of settled life and/or family among the just-graduated. Humbug to that.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 20/10/2026

🏷️ There's a flash sale over on www.ciaraioch.com/artprints on the spookier folklore and mythology prints until Hallowe'en - the perfect opportunity to support bog-hag-made art AND pick up something a little creepier for the cherished undead in your life 🧟

Cartoon of the Irish hallowe'en turnip smiling with the text Spooky Sale - Sale on spookier prints now on over at www.ciaraioch.com, against an orange background with the outline of bats.

#SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #Ireland #Halloween #Art #Samhain #IrishArt #HumanArt #TraditionalArt

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 26/10/2026

Block. block. Block. You don’t have to get angry with people on the internet, and you will not improve anything by doing so.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 26/10/2026

Oh I think broadcasters have been experimenting with artificial personalities for decades. *Points at Irish media clowncar.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 24/10/2026

It's very simple - every single one of them does not believe in the bodily autonomy of others, especially women and children. Martin et al had to be dragged kicking and screaming into repealing the eighth (Chambers is a strong opponent of the right to choose, as is Toibin).

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 26/10/2026

I will look you right in the eyes and tell you that you don’t get to hug, kiss or touch a child against their wishes. Children are not property. You have no rights to them.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 26/10/2026

All these shitty people and their shitty opinions about consent... they don't realise the people in their lives will notice, and if those people ever experience something horrible, they won't go to their shitty relations for help. They may not speak up at all.

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 25/10/2026

Irish troops to be deployed to participate in an Israeli instigated Lebanese civil war. We’ll have officially gone from peacekeepers to peace enforcers. But people worried about the removal of the triple lock are overreacting…

@rtenews
Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee.

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Archit Mehta @architmeta.bsky.social · 25/10/2026

Latest work by Arundathi Roy is a delight to read and also terrifying at the same time. Please read @abeba.blacksky.app's thread if you cannot read 4K works written by an absolute rock star.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 24/10/2026

Alice Perry 1st woman in #Ireland to graduate w' engineering degree. Only woman to have been Irish County Surveyor (Engineer), not allowed to do job permanently Factory inspector, later published poet. Uni of Galway named building for her. b. #OTD 24 Oct 1885 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_P...

Alice Perry in B&W head and shoulders photo #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 25/10/2026

Priced out of Anxiety? Why not ask your Dread if Depression is right for you?

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 15/10/2026

Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination -- Arundhati Roy www.equator.org/articles/aru... 🧵

equator.org

Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR

Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 24/10/2026

New Gist: The Petty Bourgeoisie This week Jim O'Callaghan, the Minister for Justice, had a rollercoaster ride through the media landscape, provided that rollercoaster was Oblivion, the vertical drop into darkness. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

thegist.ie

The Gist: The Petty Bourgeoisie

The political class lost sight of decency this week. This is the Gist.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/10/2026

Again, it’s important to understand that the transgender terror did not arise organically from the public. It was imposed from above, by the world’s most hateful and poisonous media class.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

Yep! Only one response from 4 though. bsky.app/profile/mist...

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

The Taoiseach told survivors of paedophile Bill Kenneally that he would examine how two Fianna Fáil TDs failed to notify authorities of the risk he posed. 4 months later Fianna Fáil are leading the charge against children learning they can say no to unwanted physical contact from adults #spéirgorm

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

As an Irish person you generally expect the government not to care about children until it's apology time for some terrible crime against them they were complicit in, but, still, I am genuinely shocked that they're attacking a rape crisis centre over an advertisement about children and consent.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

Important thread articulating the issues around the removal of the DRCC ad by the government.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

The criticism the DRCC has faced this week is unwarranted and harmful. If you can, consider donating at DRCC.ie. You can also write to your TDs, as I have, expressing your concern that a government would censor a campaign that raises awareness of the bodily autonomy of children. contactyourtd.ie

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

This government, who moved with rapidity to remove this campaign from circulation, targeting a charity with attacks on their credibility, responded earlier this year to the mass production of non-consensual sexual imagery on X with little more than a shrug.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

There is one question, and one question only, that needs to be asked of O'Callaghan, Toibin et al. Why would you want to touch a child without their consent?

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

In England, no women aged 20 to 24 died of cervical cancer between 2020 and 2024, according to a study published in The Lancet. Researchers link it to the HPV vaccine.

The vaccine quietly wiping out a cancer

The HPV vaccine, which has been offered to schoolgirls in England since 2008, protects against the human papillomavirus that causes almost all cervical cancer... Among women in their early twenties in England, not one died of cervical cancer in the five years to 2024. It’s estimated that the vaccine has already saved 200 lives. NHS England started vaccinating boys in 2019 and expects to eliminate cervical cancer altogether by 2040. It’s a triumph.

Euan Lawson, New Humanist Autumn 2026 issue

New Humanist

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Illoumalnati @illoumalnati.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

This sticks out for me. I'd really like to see some polling on who, if anyone, is actually offended by this video, because "don't make kids hug you if they don't want to" is a completely anodyne message and it's been crazy to watch ministers trip over each other denouncing it.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

This, from the hugely experienced Irish courts reporter, Isabel Hayes, on the Minister for Justice’s performative outrage over an ad about children and consent, is worth reading.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

Disappointing, but not unexpected, to see them parroting O'Callaghan's language here.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

I think what our Irish government fails to realise is that the ministers in their various areas are not the experts. They don't know better than everyone else. For instance Jim O'Callaghan does not know better on this topic than the DRCC, or One In Four, or any other victim advocacy group.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

I wrote to my local TDs about the DRCC kerfuffle and got a response from one, the office of Deputy Joe Neville. Here's a screenshot, and I've put the text in the Alt box. I've yet to hear what "in many ways was counterproductive" actually means. What ways? How exactly was it counterproductive?

Screenshot of a response from the office of Deputy Joe Neville to a letter I wrote making a point about the inappropriateness of Jim O'Callaghan's comments and actions regarding the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre ad on Consent. The text is as follows:

Hi Stephen,

I hope that you are well.

Deputy Neville is fully aware of the important work that the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre including the 'We -Consent' programme they run aimed at informing, educating, and engaging all member of society about consent.

While it is vital to ensure that people understand the concept of consent when it comes to sexual relationships, this video did not advance that aim and in many ways was counterproductive.

We all agree that talking about consent is important if we want to stem the tide of sexual violence.

This video should not take away from the fact that that work is really important and is part of wide range of services and activities that Cuan, the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, funds on behalf of the Government. The overall We Consent programme is funded and supported by Cuan. But this is not a Government advertising campaign, and we are of the view that this isn't the best way to communicate this message.

Warm regards,
Síofra Nee

Office of Deputy Joe Neville
Teachta Dála Kildare North
01 6184197

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026

or as @tomflood.bsky.social more succinctly put it

Police Excited To Transfer The Responsibility Of Road Safety From Themselves Directly To School Children.

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

what drivers see when you're wearing hi-viz vs when you're not

hand holding phone in front of steering wheel

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

I can't be watching a Mass Effect trailer for a game I'll never get to play. That's torture. You people are nuts even wanting to know about the story. Forget it. Let go of what might have been. *But never forget the evil of EA. Obvs.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

I’ve slept on it now and when I woke up, I was still still mad about it. This morning, I’m going to ring the constituent office of my local FF TD and tell him just how mad it made me. Then I’m going to call the constituency office of my local SF TD, and ask if Matt Carthy’s support is their view.

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Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

That's a great point, one of the few actors who made everything better.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 22/10/2026

the Taoiseach actually posted photos of schoolchildren on X during this, right after he publicly acknowledged it was being used to produce CSAM. that sounds made up because it's so crazy, but no, he really did that

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 23/10/2026

Sorry, I've just seen the DRCC consent ad and am I to understand that people are fully losing their minds in our actual Dáil because they suggested you should ask about a hug? We had driving PSAs that traumatised us but we're too sensitive, and all of y'all are losing your mind over a HUG?!

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