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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦

@spekofthedevil.bsky.social
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's sanctioning of the ICC is funny, given that he was supposed to stop needless and wasteful American involvement abroad and instead is following almost every line of the neocon GOP foreign policy crusade. Go after Iran? Check. Infinite support for Israel forever? Check. Kill the ICC? Check.
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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three years into this genocide there’s still many who think this is too “nuanced” or “complicated” to have an opinion on it
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
War in Europe: i sleep Brown person on bus:
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National Women’s Council @nwc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We stand in solidarity with Helen Ogbu in the face of online abuse Women candidates - especially minoritiy women - face significant difficulties in running for election We call on govt to take action against online hate, before the next election cycle. Otherwise, our democracy will pay the price
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 12/05/2026
The Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said there is growing support at EU level for a ban on goods from occupied territories in the West Bank
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EU support grows for goods ban from occupied territories
The Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said there is growing support at EU level for a ban on goods from occupied territories in the West Bank.
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“If international law only applies to some, it applies to none. We rightly say Ukraine must be defended because Russia will not stop. It is the same with Israel. If it faces no consequences, why would it ever stop?” 🎥 My speech in the European Parliament. #gaza #freepalestine #lebanon #iran
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/04/2026
Magyar says his government will work for a ‘free, European’ Hungary in break with Orbán era – Europe live
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Magyar says his government will work for a ‘free, European’ Hungary in break with Orbán era – Europe live
Tisza leader thanks voters in Facebook post and says his administration will be ‘well-functioning and compassionate’ Programme director of the CEU Democracy Institute, and author of Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary Magyar’s improbable rise was made possible by the government’s worsening economic record and growing anger over its pro-Russian, anti-European stance. For years, Hungarian voters had felt trapped between an authoritarian government and a feeble, fractured opposition. Magyar broke that deadlock. Removing Orbán from office is one thing. Dismantling Orbánism is quite another. Continue reading...
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Cute little girl in Dunnes earlier. Mother (to partner): what about these tortellini – tomato and goat's cheese? Little girl, genuinely shocked: ghost cheese!
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
He speaks so cryptically. Perhaps we'll never crack his code
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Interesting one to watch. Moves by the EU to reduce the addictive qualities of social media. #SpeirGorm www.politico.eu/article/tikt...
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The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling
Brussels is going head-to-head with social media platforms to change addictive design.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We are getting reports that it is Not Raining. It seems impossible, I know, but they are coming in from all sides. I repeat- Not Raining is what people looking out of windows are saying.
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
(ireland) lord i have seen what you have done for others 🙏
politico.eu
Police raid Elon Musk’s X office in France
Paris prosecutors described raids as part of a ‘constructive approach’ to ensure platform complies with French law.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I find myself nostalgic for the days when evil people had to pretend not to be evil, because being evil was considered socially unacceptable.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 27/01/2026
Spain's left-wing government approved a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country's latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe
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Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants
Spain's left-wing government approved a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country's latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe.
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Hugo Fitzpatrick @hugofitz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Ireland' hills are also a sheep denuded wasteland. I will die on that there hill.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I'd say at least half of the news lines that I read when I wake up in the morning now read like text-based exposition you find lying around in Fallout games.
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Northern Lights from Phoenix Park now. #SpeirGorm
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Labour Party @labour.ie · 19/01/2026
Definitive action plan on AI tools needed – Alan Kelly “It is extremely important that all of Government is on the one page about this issue. Full statement: labour.ie/news/2026/01...
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Definitive action plan on AI tools needed - Kelly - The Labour Party
Definitive action plan on AI tools needed - Kelly - The Labour PartyChairperson of the Oireachtas Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee and Labour Party TD Alan Kelly has urged Gove...
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Completely agree with Niamh here, overdue.
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Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🗣️ “6,700 images were being generated in this way every single hour.” The Group Chat examines the scale of the Grok deepfake crisis, the numbers behind it, and what the Irish Government can do. 📺 Tonight at 10PM | Virgin Media Play & Virgin Media One
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
All Irish political parties continue to use X every day, despite the far-right CEO, sexual harassment as a service, and now even rampant CSAM. Really bizarre that most people just accept this as normal tbh. Especially so for left/progressive parties like my own (Labour), SocDems, Greens, PBP etc.
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Even if you think the odds of this happening have risen from 1% to say 20%, this is *insane* on a level that's hard to process.
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
changing our transport system is also crucial for breaking some of the influence that arseholes like trump and putin have over us – the less oil we burn, the more free we are
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Asked Enterprise Minister Peter Burke if it’s appropriate for the Govt to have a presence on a site not just hosting but creating CSAM. He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Christmas can be a stressful time of the year for many. So please remember (if you have to) to step away from your family and spend more time doomscrolling on your phone.
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Jacob @tullamore-jew.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I don’t think there’s even a straightforward set of policy prescriptions for antisemitism because its both concurrent with and downstream of like 15 other massive societal problems we’re doing hardly anything to solve
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
accidentally did more washing than I have drying space
Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, placing his head in his hand in distress
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Unbelievable. When will countries ever pressure Israel to stop this behavior in a meaningful way? If not, why will it ever stop?
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Syria calls Israeli incursion, strikes that killed 13 a ‘war crime’
Two Syrian children are among those killed by Israeli strikes following the incursion into the town of Beit Jinn.
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Blasting through my 100 press-ups a day for #TeamLauraLynn 2162 press-ups so far and €253 raised, with 9 more days to go! 💪
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20/11/2025
European and Ukrainian officials have rejected Donald Trump’s latest proposal for a lopsided peace deal that favors Moscow, warning that caving in to Russia will only encourage Vladimir Putin to attack NATO next.
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Europe to Trump: Your Ukraine peace plan is no plan at all
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s ceasefire blueprint is a blow to dismayed Europeans who thought Trump finally understood that you can’t trust Putin.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Fuck Putin.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.
On those grounds, the Court (Ninth Chamber) hereby:
Declares that, by failing to transpose fully or correctly Article 2(38), Article 4(2), Article 5(2), Article 7(3), Article 9(2), Article 11(3)(a) to (d) in relation to groundwater, Article 11(3)(e), Article 11(3)(i) in relation to surface water, Article 11(3)(I)
in relation to groundwater, and
points 1.4 and 1.5 of Annex II to, and points 1.3.1 to 1.3.5 and point 2.4.5, first paragraph, of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under those provisions;
2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This this this!
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
100 pushups down, just 2900 more to go! November is finally here so I'm posting this again. LauraLynn does amazing work so please donate any little you can! 👇 #spéirgorm #LauraLynn #Pushups
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I'm fundraising for LauraLynn - Irelands Childrens Hospice and would love if you could support my challenge.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I just voted for Catherine Connolly in #Áras2025, but whoever you’re voting for, get out and vote! I don’t care what your politics are or how cynical you feel about the process, exercise your right! Vote, vote, vote! #Spéirgorm #Áras25
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Israel is very dependent on EU trade. We need the will from more EU member states to hold criminal actions to account.
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Cavan man calls for EU to put 'heavier sanctions' on Israel | NorthernSound
Labour representative for Cavan-Belturbet, Liam van der Spek believes there has been a clear effort by the Israeli government to erase the state of Palestine.
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Nik Dirga @nikdirga.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The greatest bird in the universe has finally won Australia's bird of the year. ALL HAIL THE TAWNY FROGMOUTH! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Tawny Frogmouth is king of birds. The Tawny Frogmouth is overjoyed.
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
It’s an extremely serious threat, if not *the* biggest threat that impacts us all. Not good enough for the govt to throw up their hands and say it’s too hard and divisive. Some still do need to be convinced, but it’s a leaders job to lead!
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Grateful to speak to Northern Sound earlier about the potential ceasefire. "…if there is a cease fire, what kind of peace can be guaranteed for Palestine? What pressure can be put on Israel to keep their side of the agreement?”
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Labour rep 'cautiously optimistic' about Gaza ceasefire | NorthernSound
The plan will see the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, as well as the lifting of restrictions on aid and food to Gaza.
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Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🚨 Paschal Donohoe TD announces the minimum wage will rise by 65c to €14.15 per hour. #VMNews | #Budget2026
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Liam van der Spek 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @spekofthedevil.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Labour representative Liam van der Spek was amongst those attending. “What’s been happening in Gaza is just constant bombardment, slaughter, starvation - there’s no way to characterise it other than genocide.”
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Optimism in short supply at Gaza protest | Anglo Celt
Scores of people stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine at the monthly protest outside Cavan Courthouse on Saturday as the Gaza genocide rages on.
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
"Getting on a boat to Gaza is performative nonsense, you should be pressuring politicians at home to change policy" ... "Holding a protest to pressure politicians at home does nothing to directly help! You should be on a boat to Gaza" Beginning to think this commentary might not be in good faith
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 02/10/2025
Two people have died following an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester
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Two dead after attack outside Manchester synagogue
Two people have died following an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
They blocked the flotilla because they want Palestinians to die and to suggest otherwise is genocide denial. And if you are /not/ denying that intention then I do not understand why you would possibly argue that the Israelis are entitled to govern even a shred of Gaza.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
A whopping 38% of Russia’s refining capacity is now offline, according to The Economist. Gasoline output fell by 1 million tons in September which has created a 20% domestic shortfall. Repairs may take months because of sanctions limiting access to parts and tech.
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