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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌

Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 2h

A horrendous miscarriage of justice, brought to light by some excellent journalism by the In The Dark team. May he rest in peace, and those who persecuted him burn.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 2h

This is the stupidest shit you will ever hear from an athlete.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 2h

And we still have Do-Nothing Mickey as our fucking Taoiseach

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

Let me be very clear - this is the rhetoric of Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Oslo and Utøya. It could have been copied and pasted from his manifesto. And no-one will say a word, because the comfortable are all pretty much OK with that level of racism. Fuck you all.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

To the surprise of absolutely fucking no-one, the MEPs in question are: Regina Doherty, Nina Carberry, Seán Kelly (FG) Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Billy Kelleher (FF) Ciaran Mullooly (II) I've said it before - no need for a far-right party in Ireland, as the establishment parties are already there.

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Eilís 'pidge' Ní Fhlannagáin @dirtycitybird.trann.ie · 3h

Ok. So. I want to talk about LLMs, AI, etc. But before we do that, I've been in this industry going on 34 years now. I've seen a lot of change. Some of it made me go "This is stupid and snake oil". Some of it "This is amazing and will be transformative." Some of it "This is dangerous af!"

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

There will never be another football book as well-researched as this one - Andrew has poured years of his life into it and agonised over every word and interview and anecdote, and I cannot wait to read it.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

The FAI were probably expecting a banner that said: "Well done Paul Cooke, some people think you handled that whole thing pretty well, actually."

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 3h

Beautiful tribute to Gavin Bazunu from fans at Shamrock Rovers V Drogheda United at Tallaght Stadium tonight. #FreePalestine

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mythbri 🏳️‍🌈 @mythbri.bsky.social · 5h

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it’s probably the homophobia

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

After a lifetime of being your neighbour and consuming English media daily, it's always been patently obvious to many Irish people how the media ecosystem works, and for whom. The abdication of the public service mandate by the BBC has only made it worse.

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Christian Radnedge @christianrad.com · 5h

The answer to "why does she have the best press in politics?" is that we have a broadly right wing media dominance in Britain. We have a free press, but it's not a pretty press, and there are interests that are backed more significantly than others.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 6h

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote a few words about the goodness of people, the need for awareness and the support available in the club that nobody wants to be a member of. Please have a read. #PinkAndBlue www.patreon.com/tortoiseshac...

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Féileacháin: A Wave Of Light | The Tortoise Shack

Féileacháin: A Wave Of Light by The Tortoise Shack on Patreon. Join The Tortoise Shack's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 9h

So apparently there IS a magic money tree

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 11h

The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Breaking-news graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr with headline that reads "RFK JR. TO GIVE 1.6M IN CDC FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT ON AFRICAN BABIES IN UNETHICAL TRIAL"

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 11h

We have reached an unthinkable milestone: three years of genocide.

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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The NUJ has strongly condemned the Irish government’s decision to renege on its commitment to provide multi-annual funding to Ireland’s public service broadcaster. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

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NUJ slams RTÉ funding cut

The NUJ has strongly condemned the Irish government’s decision to cut funding to RTÉ, reneging on its commitment to provide multi-annual funding to the public service broadcaster.

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Victor Pressfeldt @vpressfeldt.bsky.social · 15h

Eskilstuna kommun polisanmäler idag incidenten där en man under valdagen visat polisbricka mot en valmottagare i hijab. Polisanmälan är en direkt följd av min granskning. Följ fallet, som är ett av flera med rasistiska förtecken, här: valkoll.com/polisbrickan/

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Polisbricka mot röstmottagare i hijab polisanmäld

En man visade enligt en incidentrapport upp en polisbricka i en vallokal i Eskilstuna på valdagen och ifrågasatte att en röstmottagare bar hijab. Eskilstuna kommun polisanmälde händelsen den 8 oktober...

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 11h

I did that with the Tortoise Shack. Never slept better.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 12h

Stockholm's city bikes have been missing for a year or more now over problems with the company delivering the service, and in the meantime private operators have swept in ...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 13h

Israel has killed scores of Palestinian journalists with impunity and waged propaganda campaigns to discredit their work, but a full accounting tells a different story write Azmat Khan and Aseel Mousa. www.cjr.org/feature/gaza...

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Remembrance

Israel has killed scores of Palestinian journalists with impunity and waged propaganda campaigns to discredit their work, but a full accounting tells a different story.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

High school football players threaten to sexually assault female student-message her in group chat. "If you think Cornell was bad just wait for us," text said. What's worse? Some parents are excusing the football players' behavior saying, "Boys will be boys." Boise, Idaho.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

Jag vet inte hur mycket mer bevis folk behöver att S inte är längre att betrakta som ett parti till vänster på den politiska skalan. KD är basically SD med gudstjänster, och L är fascismens stödhjul.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

Ultimately, anything run for profit will change and morph in pursuit of that goal alone; open-source or community-driven and resourced initiatives (which the Internet was born from) without a profit motive are far preferable to the current fire-hose of fashy tech bro wankery emanating from the US.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

I remember being in China years ago & thinking that Weibo/WeChat etc. were a weird flex. Then I realised the logic in not letting outside forces have unfettered control of how we communicate. Not recommending that any nation-state such as China should have it either, but something has to change.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

We need to wean ourselves off American-owned and controlled social media and use or build European alternatives to Facebook/Instagram etc., because if we don't, they will continue to put their thumb on the scales of what's left of our democracies.

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 14h

Deservedly, Anne Carson has been awarded the @nobelprize.org for Literature. Such an inventive, risk-taking writer. I borrowed the title for 'A Wound Gives Off Its Own Light', from her. Photo from @wcorklitfest.bsky.social after AC had performed the brilliant Lecture on the History of Skywriting.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely love these hand drawn posters that have been put up on the noticeboard at our apartment block for someone advertising their dog sitting/walking service

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

We go LIVE now to RTE reps trying to explain the concept of public service med to O'Donovan.

Screenshot from Father Ted, where Ted is trying to explain the difference between small toy cows, and real cows that are far away.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

They see RTE as a politician service broadcaster, not a public service broadcaster. They don't understand the purpose of it and see it as an irritant, rather than an essential pillar of a healthy, functioning democracy.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 16h

You can gender-balanced sport in there as well.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 16h

Yet again, for those at the back - RTE should be entirely funded from the public purse and removed from the advertising market, with a primary focus on quality journalism, culture, the Irish language and providing a platform to Irish writers and artists, and not two-bit entertainment "concepts".

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 17h

More specifically, it comes from men raising their social expectations of other men - things change VERY quickly when we call each other out and hold each other to account, pointing out what is problematic in "banter", unwanted attention, touching etc.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 17h

Dating apps were a mistake

Screenshot from dating app that reads:

"About me

Harry Potter marathon and maybe I Slytherin to your Chamber of Secrets"

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 17h

Jättebra att Johan har vänt sitt liv från att vara kriminell till att gå med i ett (nazistiskt) politiskt parti, och eftersom han har avtjänat sitt straff är han välkommen tillbaka. Ser fram emot snyftartiklarna när Yasin Byn tar plats i finansutskottet för Vänsterpartiet sen.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The day he carks it will be a day we can all finally breathe easy again. An incessant firehouse of bullshit, hubris and stupidity fired in the face of humanity, every single day.

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