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Amz

@therealamz.bsky.social
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Irish, (Sligo/Kildare) scientist, researcher, sports fan, cat herder (3 kitties). rugby. International Relations, Science fiction. Random sports. Tick-borne diseases. Anti-fascist. Trans rights are human rights. Bit of a mixed bag. She/Her

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s a shame this is clashing with work-to-rule industrial action because it deserves coverage and attention.
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It seems like the only sensible solution.
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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Next week he will scatter coins to the peasant children as his coach travels through the town.
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(I know the answer, but …) why is this not a bigger story? In Ireland and elsewhere.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This story has really annoyed me. These tech billionaires LARPing as aristocrats bestowing their noblesse oblige on the local peasants. Just think about how many sports clubs you could fund if you taxed Facebook properly.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Free Press bravely challenging the orthodox belief that film criticism should involve watching the film.
A headline from Bari Weiss’s The Free [sic] Press:

“Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary

There may yet be hard truths in 'NAZA,' including evidence of Israel's systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality.”

First line: “i haven't seen the film,”
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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Enoching [e-noch-ing] verb Repeatedly turning up where you're not wanted. #EnochBurke #Drumcree
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The UK should just make some shit up about arresting a few suspects with full evidence of how they invented it all sitting there waiting so that when Trump takes the bait and pretends he knew all about it they can release the evidence to prove definitively that he's a fucking liar.
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh yeah, the main guy shouting in the video, Yoseph Hadad, was invited to relaunch "Friends of Israel" at the Dáil by, of course, Jennifer Carroll McNeil in 2022. Why are we not shocked.
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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm going to start telling Americans that don't know Maniac 2000 that they're living in a bubble.
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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unbelievable scenes on the Garvaghy Road. PSNI tactics have been incendiary, heavy-handed & discriminatory. Your reminder of the Sam McBride interview in June that detailed PSNI doing loyalist paramilitary road closure work for them on the Newtownards Road during the June 2026 racist pogroms. [1/2]
Text: Your reminder that journalists witnessed PSNI closing roads and facilitating unlawful roadblocks for loyalist paramilitaries in the June 2026 pogroms.

Graphic: a riot scene in Belfast.
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Metal Gear Solidarity @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That time on Twitter that Tom usher posted the sideshow. Bob rake meme, but it was Chris Bryant with various academics repeatedly hammering his shit takes, and Kris Bryant himself responded. Sorry. Are you suggesting I should be repeatedly hit in the head with hammers?
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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My cartoon in today's @independent.ie.
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
I cannot ever forget how the marching bands refused to be silent, as requested, going past the house where the mother of those three murdered boys took refuge in the weeks after her unthinkable loss. A small detail that exposes everything this march is for.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
83% of Irish young people want stronger regulations on AI and AI companies, but instead, our government wants to give these companies unprecedented access to our data, overriding our fundamental human rights. The minister responsible needs to be asked directly why they have proposed this.
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captiveportal.bsky.social @captiveportal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lots of content treating Irish players as if they were fucking toddlers and not wealthy and in some cases very rich adult men. There’s is plenty of shame to go around from the FAI right on down to the players themselves.
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Dr. K @kurleymcd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To anyone that says "oh you can't blame the players..." listen to how they treated Gavin Bazunu. Chap's a hero. #speirgorm #StopTheGame
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s pretty important to note that one of the few Persons of Colour on the Irish squad stood up for Palestine.
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Kev ó Mhaigh Eo @kevfrommayo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
July: "...the board concluded that refusing to play these fixtures would cause significant and lasting harm to Irish football..." - FAI Welll thank god we managed to avoid that.
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Georges Lapunkraque @delboylindo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gotta hand it to the Irish team, after giving people something to be proud of for the first time in a decade they go and piss it all away because the lads want their appearance money and fuck those dead kids. Irish football: never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Also - I don't care how you voted, you're getting no sympathy for me. You had the chance to do the right thing, and you didn't. You still have the chance to do the right thing, but you won't. Not even the smallest violin for you, you coward. How dare you pull on an Irish shirt.
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m generally not one for an internet pile on, but very happy to make an exception for whoever thought abusing Bazunu for his stance was acceptable.
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely shameful he’s being treated this way.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think it's only right & proper that each player tells the Irish public - the people they are there to represent - how they voted & whether or not they support the principled stance taken by their team-mate, Gavin Bazunu. But, cowards that they are, they won't speak to the media in this window.
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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If I fucking speak.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How about if they visit Gaza? Oh but you guys don't let people do that do you?
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the samsara enjoyer @rubot.ie · 26/09/2026
Do not, for a second, fall into the trap of giving a single fuck what Israelis think about this. Or anything !
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"my decision is based purely on my personal belief that killing of innocent people is wrong" I mean, if you're a teammate reading that, you should feel embarrassed. Tis that simple. No "complicated matter", no "difficult situation", no getting into all the issues, just one simple point.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026
What has emerged at a later part of the FAI press conference: Knowing the circumstances of the upcoming games, the FAI did a trawl of prospective callups and checked with abut 30 of the most likely players to ensure they were comfortable fulfilling those fixtures. Goalkeepers were not among them.
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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not only does he apologise for calling a genocide a genocide he also singles out one of his own players to throw under the bus AND he has the fucking cheek to say "felt pressured" into calling it a genocide. Fuck this spineless little rat, fuck the rest of the team and fuck the FAI.
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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu the only player to boycott the match, Gav, hold your head high and know that you've done the right thing and took a stand. As for Troy Parrot, Caoimhin Kelleher, et al fuck off you spineless cunts. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'Between 2024 and May of this year, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia opted out of competitive fixtures when drawn against Belarus in qualifiers. Their punishments were 3-0 defeats and, in one case, a small fine of €5,000.'
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They can all get in the fucking sea. Fuck the overpaid cowards.
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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Woeful. A terrible decision, and a scornful, shameful day for this country. And to add injury to insult, that manager of ours referring to genocide as "the wrong word". Cowards. Swine. #spéirghorm #ireland #stopthegame #FAIlures.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Frankly, you can stick your black armbands and your match fee donations up your hole. The Palestinian people and Palestinian football begged you to boycott the games, and you refused to listen to them. Nothing else you do matters.
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Karen Mulreid @beatingblog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ok, Heimir can go fuck himself. He absolutely should not regret calling a genocide a genocide, cos that's what it is. According to every organisation around the world - and anyone with fucking eyes - it's a genocide. Talk to the Hague, it's a genocide. #StopTheGame
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Halgrimsson now refusing to use the word "genocide" and saying it was "a wrong word for me to use". Fuck him, and fuck all of them. #stopthegame
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Spineless. Performative. Cowards.
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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If it wasn't obvious that rugby is 23 player sport, benches were the big difference and from a Leinster perspective it wasn't the youngsters who dropped the ball in this half. Lots of green shoots that this squad pushed a full strength Lions this close in Joburg, we go again next week!
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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If reports are true that Irish players are being threatened that they'll never play for US owned clubs in the UK if they pull out of the Israel game, then that's a great argument for getting US money out of European football.
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Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just to say what complete scumbags the FAI and Micheál Martin are for putting Irish players in this position.
Tweet from Daniel Lambert, September 26th: Hearing from several sources around Ireland hotel that agents are telling players you must play our you'll never play for a US owned team in the UK.

How grim and predictable from faceless agents who profit in the background.
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When they tell you who they are, believe them.
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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sounds like a great idea...and a familiar one from 2021! I did the maths on Ireland's carbon fines, "free" travel for under 25s actually saved the state money. Meanwhile gov went the opposite way! #speirgorm www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
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Macra launches policy documents on rural ‘quality of life’
'The young farmer organisation is calling for the provision of free travel for under-25s on all public transport'
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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m so on edge. It shouldn’t have come to this. Hope the players can stay strong. We’re behind them. #stopthegame
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026
Context to Gavin Bazunu’s position: a matchday squad of 23 must be submitted to UEFA before midnight tonight, and *must* include three goalkeepers. Were he to simply refuse to play, the FAI would only be able to submit a squad if they (farcically) redesignated an outfielder as a goalkeeper.
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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social. #Stopthegame
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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All power to any members of the Ireland team who will refuse to play the match against the genocidal and apartheid state of Israel, and itchy bleeding haemorrhoids to the FAI and Irish cabinet ministers and TDs who did nothing to support the team and forced them into this situation.
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Suzy Byrne @suzybie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not including those in refuges, direct provision unable to find housing, hospitals and nursing homes with no homes to go to, couch surfing and the growing number precluded from applying for housing or assistance due to housing policy.
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Thar Barr Superstar @wildstate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But I was given to understand that Ed Sheeran's children would be sent to the workhouse if he didn't play a full 120 minute show at Robert Kraft's Israeldome?
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