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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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We have nearly 1500 names now. Last day to sign

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gemma's back again, this time she takes on Jamie Bryson. This wonderfully articulate young woman tells it like it is. She's a credit to this island, we need more Gemma's and less Jamie's. She's a legend ✊ You can follow her on TikTok @fightingfitwithgemma

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Any chance you could put "sex realist" in parentheses, lest anyone think that's a legitimate pastime rather than utter bullshit? Thanks.

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"It’s a bit like [saying] all of the jobs are dependent on roads because of people having to drive on the roads." It's also very like saying we're ALL dependant on AI because we (are forced to) use it every time we do a Google search. Utterly disingenuous.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The journal gives us a flavour: “An example given in the study is that “the activities of surgeons and paediatricians” at a hospital “are assumed to be dependent” on a data centre if it is located within 50km of one.” www.thejournal.ie/government-d...

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Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims

The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Faced with energy prices soaring and data centres eating up over a fifth of all the juice in the country, the Govt paid KPMG €100k for a report which made such absurd claims about the employment dependant on them that it could have just been published as an appendix to Mr Frankfurt’s On Bullshit.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 22/09/2026

Having now worked on the donor, recipient and delivery side of aid for quite some time, I had complicated feelings when Trump started bashing Effective Altruism. I tried writing some of them down. They may not have become more coherent in the process. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/effective-...

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Effective Altruism

Some Knee-Jerk Reactions from a Jerk with Knees

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/09/2026

I do wonder about this collective "we" and whether they're for us or against us, on the whole?

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I don't know what the percentage chance of AI destroying the world is, but I bet it's higher than the risk of Putin randomly deciding to kill himself and all life on earth because the US transferred a few extra weapons to Ukraine... and we let that second thing drive policy for like 8 years.

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Yes. That woman can't possibly have a smidgen of what it would take to send him spiralling. She could only accidentally show him this.

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Obviously, I picked the easiest job today (alongside 3 loads of washing, ironing, and cleaning) so went about coring and slicing the windfall apples for the dehydrator. While eating the leftovers I BIT NEARLY THROUGH MY TONGUE 😭😭😭 Worst tongue injury ever. Looks like a piercing gone very wrong 😒

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Winter-ready shortlist for the next few weeks. Jaysus wept. Not included : block timber, build the damn wood shed, finish the fence, see if the electrician can squeeze me in for solar panels before 2028, build a conservatory/lean-to along the back of the house.

Long list of chores, including gutter cleaning, grease trap cleaning, and chimney cleaning.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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On Thursday, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the president to implore him, again, to step in to help blunt the rapidly advancing group, administration officials said.

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

MUSHROOM HUNTING AND EATING! I'm obsessed this year.... I never ever buy mushrooms because I just let them go off in the fridge but I will eat/cook/preserve wild mushrooms all day long 🥰 I think it's the thrill of the hunt!

A photo of my wild mushroom haul. Clockwise from the top: Big Porcini (King Bolete), Hedgehog mushroom, small Porcini, Bay Bolete, hedgehog, lots of Chanterelle, and one Brown Birch Bolete.

What I did with my mushrooms from the other day. Photo shows creamed wild mushrooms on a slice of toasted soda bread with a sprinkle of parmesan on top.

Photo shows 3 glass jars of dried Porcini.

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How fantastic 🙏 And yes, exactly. We are all to be celebrated and embraced 🤗

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I agree. Honestly, Canada has always felt close to us culturally. I know we're not really.... Size difference and history says otherwise (although colonialism has as dark a history in both of our countries.... Still ongoing). Anyway, what I mean to say is that America has nothing compared to ye.

I'm Irish, English and French, which for here is a total European mutt 😅

Hmm. Have to admit that I don't recognise any of those surnames as particularly familiar l. Northern Irish and Scottish more probably!

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Ha! This is the least surprising thing I've heard all day 🤣😁 I bet we are. Would put money on it even.

🤣😍🥰 I love it! It wouldn't surprise me and it's entirely possible. Your weather is a little more extreme than ours but N.S. and Ireland are both Western & Northern hemisphere.... The climate would be familiar to us all.

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Ha ha, that'd be fantastic! But we can just take it for granted that there's a family connection somewhere tbh. That's just how being Irish works 😉😏

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I don't know tbh! The Monks family dates back to 1749 in Halifax, so I couldn't tell you where they are now! But it's a rare surname here in Ireland so probably most of them left for Canada nearly 300 years ago 😅

Ha ha, well not a direct connection yet... In Ireland we're only ever 3 degrees of separation from anyone else. Working on it 😉🙏

All good here cuz, except the orange shitehawk is supposed to be visiting Ireland in a few weeks 🙄😒 Not sure how we'll handle that. There's a whole bunch of my people in Nova Scotia apparently, since the founding of Halifax!

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OMFG! Howrya cousin?! 🥰😁

Oooh, Ukrainian and Scottish/Irish is a scary fucking mix! 🤣😱😍 Yep, I never met a Canadian before who didn't speak their mind and stick to their guns. Clearly I still haven't 💪😉😁

Awwwwwr! I fucking love Canadians!! We bond with them instantly and with total loyalty 🙏🤗❤️

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Yeeeeeooooohh! (traditional Irish shout for winning at shit 😉😁) G'wan Canada, ye good things! 🇮🇪 💞 🇨🇦

3 Sides🪶⬛️🍁⬛️🖇️ @3sides.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Some are itching for a fight. Many of us are getting to the point of, bring it on. I love this truth. Canadians & beavers. No wonder it’s our national animal. youtube.com/shorts/tmJdb...

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BEAVERS: A Short Lesson in Small-Minded Nationalism

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Irish are the same btw! Just like Canadians we apologise all the time and are super nice.......Until we're not. Take the piss beyond all benefit of doubt and we're very suddenly extremely unfuckingfriendly. We're a tiny country with zero military but we're supporting Canada all the way here!

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I hear you. Around here, car-free people rely on the TFI bus route (only in operation since 2024. Before that we had none) which travels 4X a day between our village and Ennis. My friend has to catch the 6.30am bus and then wait 2 hrs in a small town before his workplace opens. Next bus is 10.15am.

Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Dolly Parton, a proper legend and an incredible humanitarian. She donated over 100,000,000 books to children. An incredible legacy. The world is a little duller this evening. Rest in Peace.

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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If anything this has even holier connotations now

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No waaay 😭 Feck it, she was a total ledgebag. A mighty woman 🙏

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"We do not want contraception, abortion, divorce, homosexuality, secular schools or any of the trappings of an uninspiring secular Ireland." - Úna Bean Mhic Mhathúna Pure coincidence I suppose that this wan shares the name and politics of the Nic Mhathúna women who founded Youth Defence? 🤔🤨😒

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The campaigns manager in Ireland for a foreign political organisation carrying out a “name and shame” campaign against TDs is married to an Aontú general election candidate who sits on the party's ard comhairle. www.ontheditch.com/citizengo-th...

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Foreign campaigners don’t have to disclose spend in Ireland

CitizenGo has been carrying out a “name and shame” campaign.

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Sadie @sadiemonks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I think it's both, and maybe we can do both. Fully up for choking a billionaire.