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Diarmuid Kennan

@moonfisherman.bsky.social
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Tech. translator, sociologist, lefty, globetrotter, snooker, history, politics, vegan, atheist, kind 🙂🇮🇪🇩🇰🇵🇸🇪🇺

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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is a terrific statement.
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Hannibal Lecter 🦋 @hannibal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Gaza en 2023 // Gaza en 2026
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here‘s the real story from @nafeez.bsky.social The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Truthout @truthout.org · 29/07/2026
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, said, “The United States is actively contributing to make the international criminal law architecture that it has been building, from the Nuremberg trials up until now, crumble on our head.”
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UN Palestine Rapporteur Slams Nations’ Complicity as Netanyahu Meets Trump
Francesca Albanese also comments on settler- and soldier-led pogroms in the occupied West Bank.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now? my.uplift.ie/petitions/vi... @uplift.ie
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Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency. Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." Harry Truman
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Kim Iversen Grok UNLEASHES on Israel!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Daniel Levy: "every day Israeli senior officials still tells us what their intentions are.. displacement, eradication.. & unless & until there is a serious pushback against that, in terms of holding Israel accountable, in terms of not allowing Israeli impunity.."
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Genevieve Renard Painter @genevievepaintr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It remains astonishing to me that one country can order the ethnic cleansing of a city in a neighbouring country, and it no longer even makes the Western news. It's even a heritage site!
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“Taking" people in international waters is a CRIME. It's kidnapping. But somehow 🇮🇱 is allowed to break the law and no one holds them criminally accountable‼️
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/04/2026
German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever. There is a sense that a whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly the Revolutionary Guards.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
These words alone make her deserving of election as president.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
In the occupied West Bank Ali & his wife Waad took their 4 children for a day out. Undercover Israeli forces murdered Ali, Waad & two of their sons, Mohammed (5) & Othman (7). The two surviving children (aged 11 and 8) were dragged out of the car and beaten. Nida' Ibrahim reports
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Amid all the talk about why this or that party won or lost, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that Hannah Spencer was a great candidate - pretty nearly the perfect pick for this constituency.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=eBtn... 2026
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Cabaret - "Money" - Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey
YouTube video by Sheriff Reynolds
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Dagbladet Information @information.dk · 02/02/2026
Hvis du tror, de unge mænd er højreorienterede, så vent, til du hører, hvor venstreorienterede de unge kvinder er. Læs hele artiklen her: www.information.dk/udland/tror-...
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/01/2026
Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Trump threatens Greenland takeover!
Greenlanders are bravely taking to the streets to resist Trump. But do they stand a chance? Let's stand with them!
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
In the shadow of the live feed: Avi Shlaim’s ‘Genocide in Gaza’ url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/shadow-live-feed-avi-shlaims-genocide-gaza
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Why have the #Democrats not said that they will return #Greenland to Denmark at the first possible opportunity if it is illegally annexed by #Trump? Why have no journalists asked them about this?
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Peter Thiel's New Model Army open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
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Kasper Junge Wester @veterandrusianer.dk · 07/01/2026
Forrygende optræden af @jarlov.bsky.social på CNN. Et gedigent og gennemført faktatjek af alt det vås om Grønland, der i disse dage udgår fra Washington. Det falder formentlig for døve øren hos Trump, Miller og co., men det skal jo ikke ligge Jarlov til last. #dkpol
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From the Denmark community on Reddit: Rasmus Jarlov på CNN
Explore this post and more from the Denmark community
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Greedy Eyes On Greenland open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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Greedy Eyes On Greenland
If it wants to survive, Europe must take a stand against Trump’s expansionist ambitions.
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L S D @lsdaif.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. -Lin Yutang, writer and translator (10 Oct 1895-1976)
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them. -T.S. Eliot, poet (26 Sep 1888-1965)
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Two years into a genocide and liberal America is celebrating the return of Jimmy Kimmel as if they’d saved western civilisation. Fuck me.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
When I can look Life in the eyes, / Grown calm and very coldly wise, / Life will have given me the truth, / And taken in exchange -- my youth. -Sara Teasdale, poet (8 Aug 1884-1933)
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged. - Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970)
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/inter... Will he be able to fit this into his schedule as president of Ireland 😂😂😂
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Conor McGregor breaks silence after Donald Trump-linked UFC White House fight leak sparks return talk | International Sports News - The Times of India
International Sports News: Conor McGregor hinted at a possible return at a UFC event in the White House. Dana White confirmed a UFC fight night at the White House in Washington
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide. The German state is a disgrace. It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide. It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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The Young Turks @theyoungturks.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
AIPAC has already flooded members of Congress with $13 million...in just the first 6 months of 2025:
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REVEALED: AIPAC's "Donation" Amounts Will SHOCK You
Shaped by AIPAC’s demands, the new military spending bill opens the floodgates for defense contractors to cash in. Cenk Uygur, Brett Erlich, and Jules Suzdaltsev discuss on The Young Turks. Do you…
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 29/06/2025
People who live under military occupation in the West Bank would rather be hospitalised than taken to an Israeli detention centre, Palestinian human rights activist Nasser Nawaj’ah has told The Journal. jrnl.ie/6735385
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Life in Palestine: 'I'd rather they break my arms and legs than take me into detention'
The Israeli prison system has been shown in multiple investigations to be the scene of abuse, torture and sexual assault.
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. -Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen 1885-1962)
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. -Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. - Milan Kundera
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Diarmuid Kennan @moonfisherman.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Things we admire: kindness, generosity, openness, honesty, understanding & feeling = failure in our system. Things we detest: sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism & self-interest = success. While we admire the quality of the first, we love the produce of the second. - Steinbeck
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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Ένα κορίτσι στη Γάζα ΜΕΤΑ και ΠΡΙΝ τον λιμό που επιβλήθηκε στους Παλαιστίνιους από τον ... "πιο ηθικό στρατό του κόσμου"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/05/2025
There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
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There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid Siwar Ashour was born into war and hunger and has known nothing else. She is now in real danger of dying without ever having known a moment of peace or contentment. The six-month-old Palestinian girl, whose painfully emaciated body symbolised the deliberate starvation of Gaza when she appeared on the BBC this week, was only 2.5kg when she was born on 20 November last year. Continue reading...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Sami Al-Arian: "Most govts just give rhetoric but no action, no concrete policies in which they can alter the situation. The United States is complicit, its a full partner of this starvation policy of Israel"
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