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Orla Breslin

@stitchlily.eurosky.social
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Designer/Maker/Organiser, a lot of humanities, and sometimes digital too. Sí/í she/her Let's get the Occupied Terrorites Bill passed!! 🇵🇸🇱🇧 my.uplift.ie/petitions/enact-the-oc… Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland. 🇮🇪

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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 08/10/2026
Would like to see a journalist ask the 7 of Ireland's 14 MEPs (3 FG, 3 FF, 1 II) who just voted to: -endorse burqa bans -call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence" -identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors" to justify themselves
Believes that the practice of concealing the face in public spaces and premises open to the public poses an unacceptable challenge to public security, identification and effective law enforcement; supports, therefore, all national measures aimed at prohibiting full-face coverings (niqab or burqa) in public spaces and premises open to the public as a necessary step to ensure social cohesion, public safety and the protection of the rights and freedoms of others, in particular womenwhereas separatist narratives, systematic victimhood, antisemitism, anti-Christian hatred, hatred of Israel, conspiracy narratives, challenges to secularism, the use of religion as a tool of social control or the contestation of equality between women and men may constitute markers of ideological radicalisation or Islamist influence;whereas the ongoing investigations into suspected electoral fraud in Borlänge and Järva, Sweden, illustrate the particular vulnerability of diaspora communities to organised attempts at electoral influence; whereas such vulnerabilities may be exploited by malign foreign actors or transnational ideological networks pursuing covert agendas
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 20h
The Government's planned LNG terminal is bad for County Clare and for all of us New film explores impacts LNG import and export has on communities in the US and Europe Ennis 11/10 6:30pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe... Dublin 14/10 6:00pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe...
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Gaslit Speakers Tour - West of Ireland
Join us in Ennis for the Irish Premiere of the award-winning Greenpeace documentary
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ireland & Council of the EU are pushing the 'Omnibus' proposal that will increase pesticide risks to the public and nature. Scientists have been ringing the alarm but the politicians pushing it —Fine Gael (EPP) and Fianna Fáil (Renew)—would rather listen to chemicals & agri-food industry lobbyists.
Screenshot of first page text from the 25 June 2026 Science journal article, 'EU Omnibus proposal increases pesticide risks', by Wintermantel et al..

Science link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg8744

Open source link: https://pollinera-horizon.eu/storage/app/uploads/public/6a4/cd2/3b8/6a4cd23b81334056251798.pdf#file_name=EU%20Omnibus%20proposal%20increases%20pesticide%20risks.pdf

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"Here, we explain how implementing the Omnibus package would amplify rather than resolve shortcomings of current environmental risk assessment. This would jeopardize the Omnibus’s goal to maintain high standards for the protection of human and environmental health, as well as the EU’s long-term environmental objectives and international commitments to restore ecosystems."

"We provide actionable recommendations for improving environmental risk assessment for stronger biodiversity protection while limiting regulatory burden."

"The Omnibus proposal’s amendments to Regulation 1107/2009 would exacerbate shortcomings of the current environmental risk assessment and approval system"

"This would raise the prospect of aforementioned risk assessment gaps and leave many substances untested under new methodologies..."

"Unlike time-bound renewals, all three leave discretion over how many and which substances are assessed, creating room for political or economic considerations to influence reassessment decisions. As the stated goal of the Omnibus is reducing regulatory burden, the overall volume of assessment would likely be considerably reduced."

"The Omnibus specifies criteria for selecting substances for renewal or targeted reassessment, but these would neither make reassessment obligatory nor function as effective triggers."

"Rather than fostering sustainability and innovation, as claimed in the Omnibus, the removal of time-bound substance renewals would slow the identification of harmful substances and prolong their use"
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don't be confused, this is just a public grant to gambling companies
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Have your voice heard! Nearly a million people have said: ✋ HANDS OFF NATURE! And we’re taking their demands directly to the EU Commissioner for Environment! Let’s make our message impossible to ignore. Sign the petition before it closes on 20 October: www.handsoffnature.eu #handsoffnature
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More than 160 great civil society organisations and groups have endorsed our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us, 1pm, Garden of Remembrance. #FreePalestine
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Government promises that this budget will finally help parents, provided their child is a greyhound.
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Shazzy @shazbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thousands in emergency accommodation, HSE in an absolute mess, Teachers striking over wages, Generations now unable to even rent, never mind buy a home, but yea, millions for organised crime groups, I mean for horses and greyhounds pfffffffffft #SpéirGorm #Budget2027
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
100% agree with this sentiment. Velcro all the way! Also, toggles are a great alternative and easily accessible to convert laced up shoes and runners. Tying shoelaces are the bottom of the pond in terms of things to be worried about.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Well done to Ken Early, Irish Times and Second Captains, for pointing out the total hypocrisy of the Israeli FA who said sport and politics don't mix even as the captain of the apartheid state's team and its fans praised its genocidal army. There is still time for the FAI to pull out. #StopTheGame
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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Publishing this open letter is just a first step in our campaign. We will be taking further action in the future to ensure our voices are heard!" Read 👉 buff.ly/9V3sJBU #GCNnews
Marchers are pictured at a rally carrying a “Transgress the NGS” banner. It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Over 2,200 people sign open letter demanding improved trans healthcare in Ireland". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our tribute to Gavin Bazunu last night 💚
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world. But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Ireland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970s
Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
says something about the workings of Ireland's democracy that we have no mechanisms to keep the government in check on climate. Climate Action Plan delayed, public transport not funded, Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity ignored
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H 🍉🌿 @helendublin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"People across the country are being encouraged to take part in a 15-minute walkout on Wednesday September 30 to highlight violence against women and girls. The walkout has the important message that tackling violence, abuse, misogyny and intimidation is an issue for everyone in Ireland" #speirgorm
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Huge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...
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ICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - Enforce
Landmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Kikdare-based group are doing incredibly effective organising re: Data Centre resistance. I could see them writing the playbook that helps communities across Ireland protecting themselves from these energy-guzzling monstrosities. Please sign and support #spéirgorm
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don’t think that this should just be shrugged off. One of our Ministers (Enterprise or Justice, probably) has presented this plan. It isn’t an anonymous creature called the Irish Presidency. That is our Government.
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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you Gavin Bazuna for taking a stand on behalf of the Irish people and against genocide. I wish the FAI, the Irish government and the other players were as principled and brave as you. Show your support for him on instagram: @gavin_bazunu #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Via IPSC 🧵1️⃣ "The Irish team has not showed up for training yet and their press conference has been pushed back as there are rumblings of unhappiness among the players with Gavin Bazunu telling the squad he doesn't want to play against Israel. There might be others too. There is time to pull out
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm not a sports fan, but I'd be prouder of the Irish team for not playing, than playing. C'mon #Ireland, do the right thing and #StopTheGame! #SpéirGhorm
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ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ @storzundbickel.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
#Ireland #Spéirghorm #Petition calling for a moratorium on data centres: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/act/no-more-...
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Act now: Data centres are increasing your bills
Sign our petition
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
British mathematician & physicist Phyllis Nicolson co-developed the Crank–Nicolson method, a foundational algorithm in numerical analysis. Her contributions during/after WWII laid the groundwork for modern computational science, fluid dynamics & heat transfer modeling. Born #OTD 1917. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of British mathematician and physicist Phyllis Nicolson (born Phyllis Lockett, 1917–1968). The head-and-shoulders shot is against a clean, plain, and bright studio background with no visible objects. Nicolson is posed facing forward with a subtle, pleasant smile and bright, intelligent eyes. She wears her dark, wavy hair styled in a mid-century chin-length cut with volume around the ears and curls framing her face. Her attire is a simple, light-colored collared shirt. The overall mood is dignified, optimistic, and intellectual. The composition utilizes soft lighting that minimizes harsh shadows, highlighting her features cleanly. This image holds historical significance, capturing a pioneering woman in STEM whose wartime and postwar contributions co-developing the Crank–Nicolson method laid foundational work for modern computational science.
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Abortion Rights Campaign @freesafelegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hear us Now! at the 15th annual March for Choice, this September 26th in Dublin. Meet us at 2pm outside the Department of Health before we march to the Dáil. Share this post far and wide and show your interest by clicking "interested" on our facebook event page, link in our tree.
Square illustrated image split into 4 horizontal sections. The is a collaged image, two figures in the centre in teal and pale purple. Their eyes and mouths are from different people and are much larger, and jump off the faces. They are saying "Hear us Now!" in black and white ransom style font. The backgrounds of these are cone shaped speech bubbles, they are both patterned with interlocking points in shades of teal, purple and yellow. The ARC logo is to the right of the two figures in the centre.
The next section says "15th annual March for Choice" in white font outlined in black, with a similar pattern to the speech bubble behind it.
The next horizontal says "Saturday September 26th 2026" in black against a see-through white rectangle, that you can see the pattern through.
The last section is a teal rectangle with rounded ends and says "When: 2pm, Where: Dept of Health Lower Baggot Street"
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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is the GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/our-friend...
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Donate to Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney, organized by Joseph Galvin
Our friend, colleague and comrade Eoghan Sweeney has been diagnosed with termina… Joseph Galvin needs your support for Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney
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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sign the European Citizen's Initiative for a right to housing. Because, #speirgorm , let's face it: we'll need a bigger stick. Organise accordingly eci.ec.europa.eu/064/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
i personally got so much shit for signing my name on a letter asking the Irish government to recuse itself from fiscal files during its presidency of the EU but i see the Irish government is now saying the quite part out loud bsky.app/profile/abeb...
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm like, 95% confident that the Irish government wasn't elected by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, SpaceX or Meta. And I don't recall seeing "putting tech companies ahead of citizens fundamental rights" on any of the election manifestos.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.
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Clodagh Finn @clodaghfinn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Anne Devlin: honouring the woman behind the myth on the 175th anniversary of her death. Irishwoman's Diary in today's Irish Examiner #SpeirGorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...?
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Clodagh Finn: Anne Devlin was never just Robert Emmet’s housekeeper. It’s time we told her story
A new children’s book and the work of historian Mícheál Ó Doibhilín are helping restore Anne Devlin’s place in Irish history
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Kev ó Mhaigh Eo @kevfrommayo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#speirgorm #StopTheGame
Direct Appeal to Players

STOP THE GAME

Location: Castleknock Hotel

Date:Mon 21st Sep Time: 6pm

It's vital we let the players know the strength of the opposition to their participation in the games against the Israeli terror team.

Stop the game of shame.

Please share - everybody welcome.
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
I agree with this sentiment, but... screenreaders can struggle with all capital letters. It can read them out as individual letters, rather than a word. So you're better off not using all capitals to make your point. And while we're on an #AccessibilityMatters point, #CamelCase your hashtags....
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
If you haven't signed the petition against the IFA and Irish Gov from making Ireland play Israel, please sign!! No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing!! Sign and share ❤️🇵🇸 #SpéirGhorm #NotInMyName my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
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Petition to #stopthegame
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every 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
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Shade 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagine if assaulting your partner or ex was taken as seriously as assaulting a TD? www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan... #spéirgorm
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Man, 51, refused bail after 'violent assault' assault of Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae
Anthony Foley, 51, denies involvement and his solicitor challenged the strength of CCTV evidence linking him to the alleged attack
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh is it like a townhall meeting kind of thing? Can I speak at it next? Or, shockingly, do they only care what billionaires think, and feck the rest of us?
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not resolved. This is someone who has been offered a scholarship to join our school of public health, but while our other new students are buzzing about as the term begins, she is still living in a tent in Gaza, refused entry by Minister Jim O'Callaghan.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is Ireland's President @president.ie the first Head of State to raise genocide in person with the US President?
Asked if she had used the word "genocide" during the meeting with Mr Trump, President Connolly said: "We discussed genocide. We discussed that we can never accept genocide, and we can never accept the normalisation of war.
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026
I read the article about Michael Healy Rae being assaulted, & I'm curious that there is no mention of it being politically motivated, tho everyone is acting like it was. Was it? Or was it just a random act of violence that happens regularly in Dublin (and sometimes Kenmare).
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Anne Horgan @kerryanne123.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#StopTheGame #SpéirGhorm my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
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Petition to #stopthegame
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g...
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lostexpectation.bsky.social @lostexpectation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Citizen Data Directory A curated directory of Irish civic tech tools, platforms, and initiatives that empower citizens and strengthen democratic participation across Ireland. citizendata.ie a lot of them AI made #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol
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Citizen Data
A curated directory of Irish civic tech tools, platforms, and initiatives that empower citizens and strengthen democratic participation across Ireland.
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The European Commission has just opened a call for tenders to build 7 AI gigafactories in the EU This type of big project could soon benefit from a “strategic” label allowing a bypass to legal nature protection requirements before they get permission to build Have your say: www.handsoffnature.eu
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National Women’s Council @nwc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We are devastated to learn of the violent death of another young woman, Natasha Kernan Connors. 🖤Today are thoughts are with Natasha, and with all her loved ones who have suffered this terrible loss. Women, everywhere, deserve to live free from violence, abuse, and fear. Rest in peace, Natasha.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A bitter-sweet moment to receive copies of Manchán's final book
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There’s a major overlap between technocrats who want a science fiction world, but have taken all the wrong lessons from sci-fi, and far-right guys who are nostalgic for a past that didn’t exist, but they don’t know because they don’t read enough history. Ignorance is a cultural identity now.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Despite not breaking any Italian or EU laws, the infrastructure that A/I relies on - including their Italian bank - complied in advance to the Trumpist dictate. Their servers aren’t even in the US. An Italian/EU institution was forced to shut down without any Italian/EU support - because of the US
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President of Ireland @president.ie · 13/09/2026
Inniu, d'fhreastail an tUachtarán Connolly ar an gcuimhneachán do mhná a raibh i Neachtlanna Mhaigdiléana na Gaillimhe i Reilig an Bhóthar Mhóir. ~~~ Today, President Connolly attended the memorial for the women of the Galway Magdalene Laundry at Bohermore Cemetery.
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
Annoyed I can't make it to a protest myself today, but am there in spirit. Míle buíochas to all of you who do go marching this weekend. May you have the craic along the way. SpéirGhorm ✊️🇵🇸
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
See!! I was right to go with my #SnailsAgainstTrump theme. #SpéirGhorm
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