Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialDermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026By January the governement will have spent more on giving in to the demands of fuel protestors than they've provided for in pay rises for the whole public sector. ( €1.2 bn ) 216896
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073529210621
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Me, too. (wtf is *wrong* with people???) 020
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialDocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sneak Peak. #art 118046
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is why I get my coffee from @imbibecoffee.bsky.social ; there are many small Irish roasteries producing delicious coffees, but they're the only one doing this. ☕ 110
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialMomo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026❌ AI generated slop menus with pictures that make your food look like worms ✅ scribbles on a piece of paper saying how much the soup cost 414825945
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This book. This book is so good. So good I had to *stop reading it* a quarter in, because if I continued I'd *finish* it, and then it'd be *finished* and *over*. ... this has never been a problem ("problem"!) before, ever, and I've read some damn good books. 020
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We've been trying to buy a house for years and we've seen the prices respond to every "assistive" measure in real time. It doesn't help the buyer. It's a sly way to give more public taxes to developers. The most importan lever to bring prices down long-term is building social housing. 0278
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 31128223998
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Got this year's COVID shot today, no flu shots to be had in the country for under 65s. 🤬 010
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialpoorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i can feel the spookiness in the air 41169454
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialKerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Radiant Star is on special, let’s go!kobo.comRadiant Star ebook by Ann Leckie - Rakuten KoboRead "Radiant Star" by Ann Leckie available from Rakuten Kobo. Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning a... 25620
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 27/09/2026SUPER excited for this, after a year of chasing the angle, 30 minutes of waddling around up and down a parking garage, and over 6 hours of editing: A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves. 🪶 🐦⬛ 20804200
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026this is absurd. the Irish government has consistently shown it favours big tech over ordinary citizens 17328
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I mean “There is no way of avoiding that fate” unless you stop doing the very dumb and racist things the Government is currently doing. 1449
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialImbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I don’t care if Imbibe doesn’t grow any bigger. I’m happy. We’re small but very viable and it’s gone beyond my aspirations. I do wish the idea of how we’re run got more traction and find it frustrating it hasn’t. If we can give up 4% of all our income, large scale businesses could easily do similar. 2165
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138803683
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialImbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Made a donation in Panama last year. It’s where best coffee in world comes from and we’re one of very few roasters in Europe to sell it. The major donar behind the charity was Hacienda La Esmeralda, the most famous coffee farm in the world. Got a kick out of fact they’ve put us in their book. 1103
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialOwls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The toes on this Great Horned Owl were swollen and infected from an entanglement of some kind. Rehabilitators at Red Wolf Sanctuary gave him daily spas with Epsom bath salts to help his recovery. Want to donate RWS? www.redwolf.org/general-dona... Source: fb.com/346353914373... #owlsintowels 💛🦉 418026
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here's some figures, apropos of nothing. Median cost to retrofit a mid-terrace is €55,250, rising to €60,805 for a semi D. Median salary in Ireland is €41,500. Senior minister salary is €217,136. 38148
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialConor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 10/09/2026The "Fuck off and fix your own problems" Government 16724
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialTimo R. Stewart @timostewart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Kuukauden päästä ilmestyy uusi kirjani. Sen saa tilattua pienellä alennuksella oheista koodia käyttämällä. Saapuu suoraan kotiin heti kun painosta tulee. gummerus.fi/products/mik... 413311
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Increasing bus fares while passing € 1 billion in fuel subsidies is a conscious decision. Cancelling public transport infrastructure projects while approving new roads is a conscious decision. Underpaying solicitors & public servants while the country has a massive budget surplus is a....thejournal.ieBus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirmsThe move has been criticised by opposition parties. 312265
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I don't care I'll also be breaking out the anti-SAD lightbox tomorrow morning, bring. It. On. 🍁🍂🍄🌾🌰 010
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialKelsey, Segrentarri of Ca’at Data and Birb Mail @kelskels06.bsky.social · 29/08/2026HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GONZO’S MOMB!!!! 🧁🧁🧁🎉🥳🩷 0171
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Good news, the genocide-Guy was captured, tried, found guilty of genocide and then died in prison. That’s how this is meant to work. While he was doing the genocide, I remember how cocky and delighted with himself he was. He’d do interviews about it. But the wheel turns. 15613
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I have vanishingly little time for Government complaints about social platform moderation choices. When the test came in January of this year, they flunked it. Everything since then is just empty noise. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the... 24319
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account. 229114125336
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 19/08/2026Finally! You have no idea how long I’ve had to pretend I didn’t know all this! #murderbot #murderbotseason2 #booksky 1372186411
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialCloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It's my birthday today! As per bluesky tradition, may I ask for your attention and reblogs? 46892452
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 15/08/2026If Ireland wants or needs nuclear power it can build a big wire to France and buy it from them at a fraction of the time & cost. 26014
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialHedgewatch Hedgequarters @hedgewatchers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Today we sadly light our #Hedgewatch candle for Flower @rachelgoes262.bsky.social who is now watching heavenly hedges. 💔 May this candle enlighten your path and bring comfort to your family. You were so loved and will be missed. Run free dear Flower, until we meet again 🌈🌳 2446
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 12/08/2026static.klipy.comThis Is Fine MemeAlt: AnimatedThis Is Fine Meme. The flames are reflecting from the cartoon dog's eyes. 010
silkiebird.bsky.social @silkiebird.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Here the clouds were solely provided by aircraft. A fine morning for chem trail truthers. ✈️ 000
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialMatt Ramsey @onenerdyopinion.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Today marks two years since this little fluffball climbed my leg in the parking lot at work. Thank you for choosing me Dandy. If you’ve found enjoyment out of our journey and are looking for a way show your appreciation, I have several causes listed in the linktree in my bio. 2952449
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 07/08/2026Incidentally, I just took a flight from Barcelona to Rome tonight and there was no passport check when we arrived. That's the absurdity of this - they're only doing a few spot checks, this is all theatre. But it's theatre they can't back down from now because they pretended it was so important. 14511
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.social🌜Princess Luna the cat🌛 @princessluna.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Uhm, so Dade maide sumething absotively curseded; an cate bunt cak. I’m am so sorrie 11775
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 04/08/2026‘The EU has come under fire for placing more demands on businesses, and rules that will ultimately force all content to be labelled given the rapidly growing widespread use of AI across Europe.‘ Please, spare us the sob story. If you can make it, you can label it. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...euronews.comAI-generated label becomes mandatory in the EUCompanies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday. #EuropeNews 18527
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialStefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026at the sushi bar 81493385
Reposted by @silkiebird.bsky.socialMinna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Much fuss about basically nothing ? The Ceuta situation once again showed that if European leaders could have waited a day or so before reacting, the whole thing could’ve basically been solved amicably. The real-time outrage loops and need to react to everything IMMEDIATELY is a huge issue 16600143
