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@socmot.bsky.social
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Dublin, Ireland. Public servant. Trade Unionist. He/him. Note - I won't follow those posting screenshots of M*sk and T**mp - report on their doings by all means but stop amplifying them

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 17h
🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After the absolute shit they caused the entire EU and particularly Ireland with their carry on, they can take the Euro, the ECB and live under fiscal treaty rules like the other member states.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/3 This grinds my gears so much. The public sector are working their backsides off, serving the public, the State, (myself included), for pay below the rate inflation...
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I get that people care about the football and the boycott of the Israel match and the treatment of certain brave players - but what is happening in relation to Drumcree is more immediately important because it means a bigoted bunch of men will get to march in a community where they are not wanted.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In sports, money talks and bullshit plays. Fair play to Bazunu.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Orange Order. Enough said.
Convicted nonce Jeffrey Donaldson when he was in the Orange Order.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Make going out of the dog minding business illegal".
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remember the international rugby players and the F1 drivers who raced in apartheid South Africa? That's Ed Sheeran.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"I don't do politics" is actually doing politics in that it is copping out of politics. That is doing politics in and of itself. In other words, Ed Sheeran does do politics. Not to mention shit music.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran is a corporate chickenshit. That's it really.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Most Irish political journalists are more like social diarists or columnists with no understanding of actual politics, political parties, or how they work on a deep level. Talking about who said what to who and when and and speculating on why isn't political journalism. That's just colour writing.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The amount of Irish people on this platform obsessing over Trump and the shite coming out of his mouth is disappointing. He played you all like fiddles because as soon as he started on about unity, you all started commenting on his remarks, thereby amplifying his nonsense and gained more attention.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mocking people suffering from really serious mental illness is not comedy. Should we mock those with physical or intellectual disabilities next? Fuck this guy.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Irish folks on Bluesky should ignore that person. Don't give the fucker any oxygen at all - it is exactly what he wants from you.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Guns N' Cadbury's Roses
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Is Michael McDowell a racist? I mean he has a 20 year track record of stirring up race hate and actually started off modern anti-immigrant in Irish poilitics. And don't go off on one at me - I'm just asking reasonable questions because I have reasonable concerns.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
FF are FG. FG are FF.
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Jane Ruffino @janeruffino.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s Rice Truck Day! If you’ve never followed the rice truck saga, you’re about to have the best day
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Everyone in Irish politics can name what’s wrong with the unity project, accurately and in detail. Nobody will name a price their own side would pay. That’s the mechanism, and the essay includes me in it. 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishUnity forlouth.medium.com/the-vice-eve...
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The Vice: Everyone Can Name The Problem. Nobody Will Pay For The Answer
The gate is shut from outside and the door is held from inside. Everything else is commentary, including this.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you have posted or reposted video of Donald Trump rambling / ranting or screenshots of his rambling / ranting on social media, please ask yourself what you have achieved by doing so. STOP AMPIFYING THESE FASCIST FUCKS, IT IS WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998) - Boathouse Scene
Alt: Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998) - Boathouse Scene
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A phenomenal guitarist and vocalist active from 30s to 60s. Primarily an Gospel singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe invented Rock & Roll. Chuck Berry said his career was an impression of hers, she gave Little Richard his start and inspired Elvis. She married in a stadium too, inspiring Taylor Swift!
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Been listening to the new Interpol album since it released yesterday. I think it's a masterpiece.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Electric Picnic? More like Electrocuted Picnic with the rain!
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
He's going to need the wiffy code first! (ie, this is a classic case of a politician not having the slightest clue about technology or how it works)
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A highly skilled and determined professional admires an equally highly skilled and determined professional, pursues him and meets him for a cup of coffee in a diner.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I say UK prime ministers actually understanding the agood Friday and St Andrew's Agreements and what they say about unity referenda are off the table...
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This entire country urgently needs a Jim O'Callaghan diversion programme.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry was also a magnificent Cardinal Richelieu.
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Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu: That Can Be Arranged!
Alt: Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu: That Can Be Arranged!
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If anyone deserved the Order of Lenin, it was Tim Curry. RIP.
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I think the state should pay for most things that support people to do well in life, but that said - certain obscenely wealthy writers and techbros should take a good look at the life of Dolly Parton to see how to use their abilities and their wealth. #DollyParton
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly
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Dolly Parton - Jolene (Official Audio)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Dear people, I know people who knew Jason Arday. Can we please, and I will switch to capital letters here - STOP AMPLIFYING THE POSION OF COFNAS. HE IS A NAZI. WE KNOW HOW AWFUL HE IS. It's like Trump or Musk screenshots. It achieves nothing except to amplify nazi ideals except to spread them.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Bazookas & Roses
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Rudy Hellzapoppin' @rudyhellzapop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Legend www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – a...
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Killea
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's 2036 and the lemkin institute notes the genocide unfurling against neurodivergent people as the 'neurocritical' movement succeeds in its high court action banning medication for kids who identify with ADHD.
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
As a trans woman with ADHD, seeing media turn its attention to the latter in the same way just makes me want to fall through the floor. Here we go again! It also irks me when cis (especially neurodiverse) folk don't acknowledge the same moral panic patterns or 'canary coalmine' trans people.
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Moira Rose: And So It Begins Again
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you see this, post a star trek
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Star Trek Tng
Alt: Work from Star Trek TNG says "Good tea. Nice house."
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Did a bit of road safety stuff when I worked in the Dáil. My boss was on the Transport Committee. Since then it is shocking that there is almost no roads policing or media campaigning on road safety - those awful ads were very effective. There is a reason car fatalities have gone up.
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
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Stop AI being forced on patients in medical settings
Patients are being told that they must consent to an AI tool recording their appointment in order to access medical support. If you agree this is wrong, add your name to the petition here
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It really is twisted that people who are rightly exposing Glen Hansard as the sexual predator and groomer that he was are doing so on a platform that allows fascists to spew hate, with a very unpleasant view of women in society. I encourage them all to move. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Am engaged in weird ancient religious chanting, will sacrifice goat. #SpeirGorm #Eclipse
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Apropos of nothing in particular... www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
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‘We were told we would split the village’: how four young babysitters were groomed by ‘respectable’ local businessmen — and how they finally got justice
After Deirdre Boyhan decided to break her silence, she sat in the Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, clutching a bottle of Rescue Remedy and bracing herself for the short walk ac...
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Apropos of nothing in particular.... www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
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Teacher (30s) named after being struck off for affair with student
Woman was found to have lied about her relationship with Leaving Cert student
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Apropos of nothing in particular... www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland...
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NDAs being used to shield abusers, says former employee of Harvey Weinstein
Legislation proposed by Senator Lynn Ruane would protect right of victims to speak out
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socmot @socmot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"I know that a bunch of undeniably awful things about Glen Hansard are about to become public and I wasn't one of the Irish media that was making him out to be a saint."
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Colin Sheridan: Death makes liars of us all — canonising Glen Hansard denies his humanity
Celebrity deaths expose our tendency to romanticise public figures while overlooking the complexity and contradictions that made them human
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