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Sport-obsessed lawyer. Pinotiste par larmes versées. All views personal. "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is Cork." 1 Corkonians.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 29m
CHHHHOOOOOOONNNNN.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 8h
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BEAUTIFUL SOUTH ROTTERDAM
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 9h
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TALKING HEADS ROAD TO NOWHERE
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 9h
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TOM WAITS RAIN DOGS
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 9h
CHHHHOOOOOOONNNNNN! [Good Lord, what a day…]
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 9h
CHHHHOOOOOONNNNN.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13h
these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump repeatedly says Kim Jong Un "is a friend of mine" and "likes Trump" and Trump says, "I like him"
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 21h
American Liberals and Leftists should not be surprised if America faces a lot of scepticism even after Trump is gone from Canadians, Europe and the rest of the world as long as Democrats and DSA preach norms of international law they refuse to implement towards their own country
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 15h
As a note: the names of the arbitrators and counsel had to be redacted in the Man City decision. In and of itself, that’s a sign of a sport that needs a reset. resources.premierleague.pulselive.com/premierleagu...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 17h
My essay from Metz, the final day of the France trip. Leo preached against revenge in the cathedral, then used the flight home to push back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and call Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.”
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“It Is Not True That Those Who Seek Revenge Are Stronger” — Pope Leo XIV Ends His France Journey in Metz
Hours after preaching against revenge, the first American pope pushed back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and called Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.”
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h
shocked, shocked...
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Le Pen faces fallout after Bardella accused of antisemitic remarks
The National Rally president vigorously denies the allegations, which is rattling Le Pen’s presidential campaign.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Human rights groups have now filed a landmark case with the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights regarding state-backed Wagner/Africa Corps crimes. russia uses state-sponsored violence and looting to fund its global campaigns and project military influence. www.hrw.org/news/2026/08....
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Mali: Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ Massacres Villagers
Russian government-controlled Africa Corps’ forces summarily killed nine civilians, including four children, and beat dozens of others in central Mali in early July 2026.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Under the "Africa Corps" banner, russian state mercenaries continue committing atrocities across the Sahel. Human Rights Watch documents massacres, indiscriminate airstrikes, and summary executions of civilians in Mali, including the targeting of Fulani villagers.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 19h
Three caterpillars called Christopher go into a pub. The barman asks "Are you lot old enough to be served?" The first one replies "No, but Chris L is".
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New triptych panel dropped!
Pizza maker with Pope
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 23h
“Estonian authorities have confirmed that the 15 August arson attack against the Estonian defence company Milrem Robotics in Tallinn was an act of sabotage ordered by Russian security services.” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Estonia says arson attack on ‘consistent with other acts of sabotage carried out in Europe on behalf of Russia’ - Europe live
Foreign minister summons Russia’s chargé d’affaires over attack on Milrem Robotics as security agency says incident was ‘deliberate and pre-planned’
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23h
New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social On the still ongoing, horrific, but little covered war in Sudan. How it illustrates the difficulties of ending wars, and whether there is any route to ending this one. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/the-sudan-...
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The Sudan War: is there any way out?
Since April 2023 Sudan has been consumed by a vicious war that gets far too little attention in the West.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 23h
We must imagine Sisyphus paddling.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tabarnak que non.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“You still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the political consultants.”
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/...
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Tackle laws continue to reduce Irish rugby injuries
The report from the 2025/26 season monitors injuries suffered across 625 adult club games and 229 schools Senior Cup matches.
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It is embarrassing when a senior member of a family suffers dementia and the instinct is to close ranks, hide the distressing reality, and pretend everything is fine. The United States is going through this as a nation.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EU sanctions more Russians - those responsible for the abduction and indoctrination of Ukrainian children www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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EU sanctions 10 individuals and 17 entities over unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia
The Council has adopted restrictive measures against a further 10 individuals and 17 entities responsible for the systematic unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to the Rus...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EU sanctions Russians who banned anti-war opposition party from running in elections www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Human rights violations in Russia: Council lists ten individuals over the barring of Yabloko from the State Duma elections
The Council imposed restrictive measures on ten Russian individuals responsible for suppressing freedom of expression, access to information, and freedom of association in Russia.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia has been carrying out attacks against Ukrainian civilians again. Ukraine needs more Patriot interceptors before winter. We are calling on Member States that have them in their stocks to provide them to Ukraine. (1/2)
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is why holding the line on the correct meaning of “fulsome” is important.
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John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Increasing amounts of Brezhnev vibes
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy told Catholics to “fight every dimension” of the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and to replace politicians who tolerate it. “In abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and of the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.”
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“For the last year and a half, the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government, and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Because why would engineering students ever need to study the ways their very expertise has been used and abused in the past, the way 'oh, I'm just an engineer solving a problem' has been a necessary and foundational lie in every modern system of oppression or extermination?
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It should be axiomatic in diplomacy not to make people as bad as the Iranian régime look right.
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 27/09/2026
🇳🇱 Van der Poel backs radio-free racing after 🌈 Worlds thriller 🗣️ “I think that always produces very beautiful races. I’ve said it a few times already, I’m a fan of it. You really have to race on instinct. And that is what I like doing most.” 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/math... 📸 Cor Vos
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Extra-constitutional action, to put it politely, is part of governance in NI. Jamie Bryson was not shouting about how horrified he was at illegal actions when the DUP were defying a series of court orders during their Brexit walkouts. None of this is a good thing, but one group can't claim virtue.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The R word is a North Americanism. It's only filtering at a wider scale among certain strands of UK media and politics because a particular kind of MAGA Twitter has become the sum of their intellectual horizons
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The entire post by Shipman is a datapoint for how large swathes of UK news media are now dependent on getting clicks from Americans
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On a fundamental level, in early 1990s, no matter who you were and what you did, you had no influence over the fact that Russians (Belarusians, Central Asians etc) were accustomed and comfortable with living in authoritarianism, while Poles were obsessed with freedom in all shapes and sizes.
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Russia chose to privatise its economy by handing the keys to massive state enterprises to whatever corrupt apparatchik was running them at the time. Poland put up *FOR SALE, CHEAP* signs and started sending faxes to DE/NL/US businesses.
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This take falls apart the moment you realise that the same Jeffrey Sachs brand of economic shock therapy generated today's Poland (notwithstanding all the damage the shock did). But hey, Western leftists were never great at understanding the region.
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kudos to the journalists, lawyers, priests and others trying to stop immigration judges from holding secret hearings.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 26/09/2026
EU announces €710 million in aid for crisis-hit communities, mainly in Africa
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EU announces €710 million in aid for crisis-hit communities, mainly in Africa
The package, more than half of which is earmarked for sub-Saharan Africa, will also support people affected by conflicts and disasters in Palestine, Lebanon and Ukraine, as well as efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Uk...
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1991 Ukrainian independence referendum - Wikipedia
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ukraine exercised its self determination long ago when it voted to quit the USSR
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I watched a ref have to be restrained from carding a tackle on a ball-carrier who broke off a maul and rejoined. Who then gave a scrum to the truck-and-trailer team. To be blunt: there is a big problem in URC refereeing with people who have great bleep tests and who do not know the laws.
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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For context: Palantir isn't named that because he's a Tolkien fan. It's because he's a fan of the uber-reddit Russian fanfic "The Last Ringbearer" which recast Sauron as a progressive industrializing force.
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