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Paddy Matthews

@paddymatthews.bsky.social
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Weary rural cynic preparing a bolthole just in case. До біса Трампа.

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Marwood @marwoodlennox.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
History will judge today, I think, as the day that the Joe Biden revival started. He knew. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8U5...
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"MAYO FOR SAM" | U.S. President Joe Biden
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
HMV LARPer.
Black and white cat next to a phonograph horn not connected to a machine.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Ein Schweizer Einwanderer.
A Valais Blacknose sheep
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Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
On a purely technical level, the UDA and UVF are better at orchestrating mass violence against minority groups than their equivalents in the UK and ROI, because they're large-scale organised criminal networks already in place that wield extraordinary power in their communities.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Live tallies for #dublincentral and #galwaywest from the inestimable Gavan Reilly.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Galway West thread. Largest party by polling district: 2020, 2024. Colours: Lime green: FF, blue: FG, green: SF, orange: Noel Grealish, salmon-pink: Catherine Connolly, aquamarine: Mike Cubbard, olive: Independent Ireland.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Dublin Central thread. Largest party by polling district 2020, 2024. Green: SF, Blue: FG, Purple: Soc Dems, Pale orange: Hutch.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Valóság kontra szatíra.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Obair ar siúl...
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Andy of Maps @andysmaps.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Pope Leo XIV, standing in the aisle of an airplane. He's holding a baseball bat, looking at someone seated, with a small smile.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Woken by the Premier Inn's fire alarm.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 16/03/2026
"Iran, which is completely defeated, is disrupting the Strait with the navy and missiles we've completely destroyed and that is unacceptable because it is making the oil price go up, which is good actually, and NATO which I do not support needs to come rescue us immediately. Thank you for your a..."
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/02/2026
Just the recurrent reminder that the Brits are shocking at tallies. A pox on an innumerate collection of houses.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Tá Tír na nÓg ar chúl an tí, Tír álainn trína chéile, Lucht cheithre chos ag súil na slí, Gan bróga orthu ná léine, Gan Béarla acu ná Gaeilge.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Bullseye on the final go. Unzoomed #682 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ unzoomed.com
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Unzoomed
Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
x.com/LaciCloud/st... "WhO cOuLd PoSsIbLy HaVe FoReSeEn?..."
TCDSU leader Làszlo MolnarfiShoes on the bank of the Danube, Budapest.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
three sheets of paper are taped to the outside of a building. they have the words "The Oval Office" in gold script
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Still supposedly a factor in FG politics in Monaghan (there was an attempt by local FGers in Cavan to revive them a decade or so ago).
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Spoilt votes here around 16% of the total #ldwh #aras25
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
bsky.app/profile/padd...
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The rigorous impartiality of the Irish print media.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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Pintbaby @pintbaby.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 03/10/2025
In memoriam...
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
No-one cavorting here today #bertie #aras
Picture of a fountain in a shopping centre.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
This being the same Policy Exchange that last year wanted to scrap the part of the GFA that allows for unity by consent.
https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/closing-the-back-door/
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
So on this basis by 2065, Scotland and Wales will have been independent for a generation, Irish unity will have been long established, & an impoverished, kleptocratic England will be beginning its second quarter century under the dictatorship of some bloke who is currently a mid ranking MI5 officer
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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The Pitch
John Murray visits GAA clubs up and down the country. Mullinalaghtna: John travels to the midlands to a club still dining out on a David vs Goliath success
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A Political Inheritance.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
First cut.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
It’s fine, he’s just got all your personal data. 💊💉
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
"There's someone for everyone" latest.
Sunday Sport front cover: "Heatwave Horror In Hull Back Garden: PERV HAD "SEX* WITH MY TRUMP SPACE HOPPER" accompanied by picture of distraught owner and violated hopper.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Sunny day.
Ted and SwankBridget The Midget (capo di tutti gatti)
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Belfast News Letter yesterday promoting inclusive Unionism at the bottom of page 15.
Page 1 - "A day of celebration ... and solemn remembrance too - Nation unites on 80th anniversary of defeat of Nazi Germany" (continues for next thirteen pages)"First American pope in history elected", shoved down to the bottom of page 15.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The CPC/WPB Unpopular Front
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Would still have said NI Protestants skewed more Brexity than their GB (or even English) equivalents - wouldn't have expected a North Down to have been a close run thing in GB or an East Belfast or Lagan Valley to have voted majority Leave.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Compare and contrast.
Photograph of Pomeranian dog sleeping next to tabby cat.Same image Ghiblified by ChatGPT
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Deputy Cyril McDuff clearly enjoying his time in the national spotlight.
Barry Heneghan grinning as Michael Lowry gives the fingers.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
like this is the level of opsec you might expect for a surprise birthday party where you really wanted to keep the birthday boy in the dark.
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Alun Ephraim @alunephraim.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Right. I'm immunocompromised and the very idea fills me full of horror. If people want to cut down on flu cases (they should) then a) take up the vaccines! b) wash hands after going to the toilet. Magic.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@profanity.accountant do your thing.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
When you haven't checked the word "Catholic" in the dictionary.
MAGA-brained moron is outraged that Amy Coney Barrett, like the Pope, is a Catholic.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A very friendly Irish bodega cat.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Lanesboro, which used to have a power station.
"Time Reported: 04:39 24/01/2025 Estimated Restore Time: 21:00 06/02/2025 1564 Customers are affected"
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Ill winds and all that... www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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UVF mural in Belfast destroyed by Storm Darragh
The north Belfast mural was damaged by storm Darragh
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Thirteen hours.
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Paddy Matthews @paddymatthews.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Longford-Westmeath tally #generalelection2024 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Longford-Westmeath Tally 2024 Live.xlsx
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