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Sooz

@soozbz.bsky.social
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Awkward 18th-century frog. Canadian immigrant in Dublin. She/her. Things I like to talk about: plants, knitting, social movements, Star Trek, grants/philanthropy, animals, neurodivergence & monotropism. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Reserves for every blood type are critically low, with only B+ being close to the bare minimum. You can literally save a person's life by donating as soon as you can. giveblood.ie 🩸 #Ireland #Áras25
A graph showing each blood type and the amount left, the bars on the graph are styled as test tubes, each with a small amount of red liquid in them.
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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
There used to be a common homophobic line from parents of gay kids: “Being gay is fine, but it will make their life harder, so I’d rather they weren’t.” I THINK most of us understand now why this was homophobic. But the same line gets trotted out about #autistic people & no one blinks.
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David @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Fascinating read. Ireland really did let the women down and this article illustrates exactly when it started. #Speirgorm
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is a really interesting piece that does a great job of showcasing the wild misconceptions and stereotypes that influence Irish views on immigration. (Stereotypes which - by the way - share some strong similarities with American conceptions of Irish immigrants in the 19th century.)
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
If you had to swap characters from any 2 franchises, who would cause the most chaos in the other's world and why? Garak (DS9) + Jujubee (Drag Race). Garak would slay the competition, literally AND figuratively. Jujubee would throw shade, fail miserably to be sneaky, & her cats would wreak havoc.
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MashedBex | trying to kick cancer's ass @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
hey friends, i haven't been able to post bc i've been heavily medicated due to severe pain & now rent is due TODAY 🫤 i have $230, but need an additional $510 as soon as humanly possible. if you can contribute anything, please, please do: pp: paypal.me/thelongestroad kofi: ko-fi.com/rebekamash
paypal.me
Pay RMM Creative using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/thelongestroad and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This gets at one of the things that really disturbs me about AI use & discourse: so much of it is about enabling self sufficiency in place of support from one's community. Which is understandable, as we live in a society that idolizes self sufficiency. But we lose a LOT by succumbing to this:
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
hell yeah
Michael D Higgins posing on a bike as BMXers drop off a quarter pipe behind him.
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
1st they called me a "paddystinian" and I was like cool ok... Then they said I was part of the "Hibernian menace" and I was like deadly, nice one... Please Americans, insult us more.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Today I'm celebrating all the space dads, including this guy
Tom Paris lying down in sick bay, just starting his journey to becoming a salamander dad in the Voyager episode "Threshold."
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I saw Radiohead in Mexico City. During Kid A, this guy next to me starts yelling SUPER LOUDLY at his buddy, "ya güey, pásame la mota" ("dude, pass me the joint!"). Multiple times, no less. I thought about murdering him, but tbh I was too amused. Especially since bro knew every word to every song!
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is absolutely enraging. These people shouldn't have died.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Omg I hope Tuvok is in this one too
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 12/06/2025
Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 people who arrived in the country ahead of a planned peaceful march to the Rafah crossing on the border with Palestine, according to the march's spokesperson. jrnl.ie/6730845
jrnl.ie
Egypt detains and questions over 200 activists who arrived ahead of march to Gaza border
Speaking to RTÉ Radio this morning, Paul Murphy repeated that the marchers have no intention of trying to enter Gaza.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
they never miss
The Onion: Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The crew of the Madleen have been illegally arrested by the Israeli military. Contact your TDs (or your elected representatives in your country) and demand their release! www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
aljazeera.com
Israeli commandos taking Gaza-bound aid ship, Madleen, to Israel
The Madleen crew is being detained by Israeli forces after their ship was stopped about 100 nautical miles from Gaza.
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
In the most L.A. thing ever someone is cooking bacon wrapped hot dogs at this intersection where police are squared off against peaceful protests
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The Madleen just got intercepted by the IOF. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
aljazeera.com
Freedom Flotilla’s Madleen nears Gaza as Israel issues threats
Israeli media says activists face detention if they fail to comply with Israeli army orders.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Between the Madleen and the protestors in LA, there are an awful lot of people out there who I'm worried about right now, who are trying their best to do something good and likely facing violence as a result. Sending all the solidarity their way.
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Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
A "Bell Riots 2024" logo modified to say 2025. The logo is modeled after Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign logo, the the 5 is in hot pink with a spatter and drip as if spray painted.
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Rose Mullen's The Mummy 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The swell of donations on Thursday into Friday was incredible, but one good day sadly isn't enough. Heba and Mohammed need financial help every day. Please donate if you can. One Kilo of flour is $35USD (or it was a week or two ago probably more now) and to get that they need $81CAD donated.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The government spent €300k to traumatise schoolchildren by deporting their friends. Because "law and order," or something.
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Dr Joby Razzelliot @jobium.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Annual plug for my sticker shop! I design all sorts of queer stickers, space stickers, and queer space stickers. I do this mainly for fun but people buying them means I can afford to design more! queerplanetdesigns.etsy.com
Photo collage of various stickers I’ve designed, including a ringed planet in the progress pride flag colours, a glittery crystal that says minerals rock, roundels that say “proud to be a scientist”, travel patches for places on Mars, and cats made of stars.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Data centres account for 18% of Irish electricity consumption, with more data centres on the way. The big ones each use as much power as a small city, such as Kilkenny. But yeah, let's keep using ChatGPT for everything...
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Pretty offended that @thedailytism.com keeps writing pieces about me
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
First nasturtium bloom of the season 🌸🌱
A bright red nasturtium flower, with dark red streaks extending from the yellow center. Behind the flower are large, round, variegated green leaves.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is an excellent piece - not just on intolerance against Indians, but about the mechanics of racial hate more broadly.
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MashedBex | trying to kick cancer's ass @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
hey friends, i have a safe place to stay for two more days. i still haven't figured out what i'm going to do about my living situation or my medical needs, so i'm going to need a few more days. please support if you can? i also need food & painkillers please 🙏🏽❤️
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Parents of autistic kids: please read!
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Some of my top results from that fictional character personality quiz that's going around. ...Yeah, I'm a dork. openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
Jonathan Byers, from Stranger ThingsWill Byers, from Stranger ThingsCameron Frye, from Ferris Bueller's Day OffBen Wyatt, from Parks & Recreation
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Good morning!
BORN TO DILLY DALLY
FORCED TO FIGHT FASCISTS
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Rose Mullen's The Mummy 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Mohammed is a real person I am talking to him every day, I've seen his passport, I've seen photos. But his accounts keep getting suspended for spam. I even set one up for him and it was all fine on my end, and the minute he signed into it it was suspended. What do we do? Help! Share & donate please!
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MashedBex | trying to kick cancer's ass @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
i don't have a place to go to. please contribute if you can 🙏🏽
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The American tendency to believe that taking a stand on policy constitutes a partisan act is just... I cannot. When we incorrectly conflate advocacy with partisan activity, we prevent non-political institutions from taking actions on policy that they can - AND SHOULD - be taking.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
EU citizens, do the thing! Signatures are rising rapidly but still more to go before tomorrow's deadline.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
So. This is very fun. DS9 corgi!
The cover of a graphic novel titled, "Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War." Pictured are the station and the heads of Sisko, Quark, and a corgi. The corgi is wearing a Borg-like headpiece around one side of his head. At the bottom of the image is a lineup of various dogs, some of them wearing Borg-looking pieces, and one holding a baseball in its mouth. Authors/artists listed at the bottom of the cover are Mike Chen and Angel Hernandez.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Maybe boycott the singing competition platforming propaganda by a state committing an ongoing genocide, perhaps. A little proposal for the bare minimum. Something to consider.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Andor. Damn! (Possible mild spoilers below)
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Hey, US folks: the "nonprofit killer" legislation is back - it's hidden in the tax bill. It would enable the govt to revoke 501c3 status from nonprofits deemed to be "terrorist supporting," without having to substantiate that claim. Call your GOP reps! www.councilofnonprofits.org/articles/non...
councilofnonprofits.org
Nonprofits Under Threat: What’s in the House Tax Bill and How You Can Help
The draft tax bill includes many provisions which, if enacted, could have a significant impact on nonprofit organizations nationwide and the people they serve
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Eline Muijres 🐇 @elinemuijres.com · 15/05/2025
EU citizens, please take 30 seconds to sign the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion therapy (torture against LGBTQ+ people). Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Super interesting study!
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Harassing children, and trying desperately to make it look like D8 of all places doesn't want immigrants around. It's disgraceful.
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WalkingInAustin @walkinginaustin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Enough! Bluesky is now banning IP addresses of users from Gaza. We must demand they do better. See the petition at chng.it/pp46W4M82j
chng.it
This campaign needs you now
Stop Bluesky's Targeting of Palestinian Accounts
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Rather than its own bill, this time they've made this "nonprofit killer" provision part of the draft House Tax Bill. It goes up for a vote in the Ways and Means committee TODAY. www.councilofnonprofits.org/articles/non...
councilofnonprofits.org
Nonprofits Under Threat: What’s in the House Tax Bill and How You Can Help
The draft tax bill includes many provisions which, if enacted, could have a significant impact on nonprofit organizations nationwide and the people they serve
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🤦‍♀️ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
irishtimes.com
Collapsed Victorian cottage in Ranelagh is owned by Construction Industry Federation
have been listed on Dublin City Council’s Derelict Site Register since June 2023
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
What are you wearing to the bsky prom?
Vic Michaelis on Game Changer, wearing a bright red and blue squid costume.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Mass incarceration is so deeply baked into U.S. society that I think it's hard for most Americans to envision alternatives. And also hard for people in other countries to understand just how bad it is/how deeply it damages whole communities.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Bushy park yesterday. 🌳
A calm river surrounded by tall, leafy green trees on a sunny day. The sun shines down between the trees. The trees and tiny patches of blue sky are reflected in the river below.
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Sooz @soozbz.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Heron.
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