Reposted by AlexHouse House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox 0298409346 0
Reposted by AlexJack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 14/10/2026I'd remind everyone that the Irish govt has run a large budget surplus for four consecutive years now and is planning tax cuts, while numerous public services - social housing, healthcare, education at all three levels, among others - have huge problems, many caused by underinvestment. Cool! 0135 0
Reposted by AlexMichael Carley @drmcarley.bsky.social · 14/10/2026No messing around. 300k workers out. That is more than 10% of *all* people in employment in the Republic of Ireland. www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...rte.ieWidespread disruption as public sector strike beginsMore than 300,000 public sector workers, including nurses, doctors, teachers and civil servants, are taking strike action over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal. 15022 0
Reposted by AlexDaryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 13/10/2026Up the workers ✊ #Speirgorm 014451 0
Reposted by AlexSIPTU @siptu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026SIPTU has a clear message for public servants scheduled to work from home on Wednesday. Don't do it. Don't open your laptop. Don't check your emails. Don't teach online. Don't answer your phone. A strike only works when the work stops. Remote work is work. #UnionStrike 113579 0
Reposted by AlexThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I just think it's kind of tiresome how, in a country with incredibly weak unions and industrial relations legislation, the government are trying to act wounded and outraged that unions are doing literally the only thing they can do to exercise leverage 531653 0
Reposted by AlexIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There will be NO loyalists marching down the Garvaghy Road. As it should be of course. Well done to all the good people for standing firm ✊🇮🇪✊ 522444 0
Reposted by AlexTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You’re not angry enough. 45723 0
Reposted by AlexLiz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 09/10/2026Irish Gov is hosting its "International AI Summit" next week Even I was surprised by how industry heavy is it 83% of speakers are corporates, 0 independent experts, 1 union rep I'm not explicit about this in the piece -but- surely this is, at best, tone deaf? www.techpolicy.press/at-irelands-...techpolicy.pressAt Ireland’s AI Summit, Tech Industry Dominates as Civil Society Sits OutThe invitation-only summit comes as Ireland leads Digital Omnibus negotiations, raising questions about whose interests are represented, writes Liz Carolan. 1011759 0
Alex @transaurusrx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If this is the extent of the 'cost if disability ' payment they've been alluding to for years, it's genuinely pathetic Just insulting 023 0
Reposted by AlexJames Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 06/10/2026[All national infrastructure slides further into a sinkhole; A&E waiting times move closer to 13 hours; it costs eleventy trillion euro to buy a house] yay I have €750 36124 0
Reposted by AlexDavid Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chuck Jones' Rule 8. "Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote’s greatest enemy." 125658 0
Reposted by AlexCllr Barry McKee @barryndgreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thankful to have had the opportunity to sign this open letter. 1359 0
Reposted by AlexJack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New bird to go with the new cat! 12211 0
Reposted by AlexRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There's a certain poetry in our last line of defence being a goalkeeper. Watching so many people squander the opportunity to do the right thing and reaffirm our humanity was hard. Bazunu saved something more important than a goal. #Spéirgorm 16010 0
Reposted by AlexAshley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026rip bozo etc but god i can only think of beth upton. forced to leave the country because every fucking day there were several stories dedicated to demonising her and giving this vile piece of shit airtime just for being a rich transphobe. it doesn't matter if peggie loses. she got what she wanted. 118866 0
Reposted by AlexPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Myself, Seán Fearon and Pat Brodie have published a report today examining the exaggerated benefits and significant costs of data centres to Ireland. Below is a short thread on some of the key takeaways. Read the full report here: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... 1/6 25240 0
Reposted by AlexDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I knew this would be annoying, but I didn't expect McDowell to be such a lowdown dirty coward he doesn't even acknowledge he was the one who spearheaded abolition of birthright citizenship and doesn't try to defend the changes wrought by it. he also pretends the Golden Visa program never happened 44216 0
Reposted by AlexDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 18792330 0
Reposted by AlexKarl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The deficit was created by government choosing not to close the gap between revenue and costs using the ample central funding they have available. No other reason. 43718 0
Reposted by AlexDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Absolutely fuck this from a great height. It was only a few months ago they had all the money in the world to throw at motorists and farmers 922857 0
Reposted by AlexSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The moment anyone tells you you shouldn’t join a union, urgently look around for a union to join. 519476 0
Reposted by AlexKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people 59220517586 0
Reposted by AlexCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Oh no, not Tim Curry as well. :( I don't have the words 1344666 0
Reposted by AlexHello, it is me, Kira. :) @kirabira.bsky.social · 25/08/2026She also really debunks the common justifications about religion, region, and age. Your grandparents and parents have shitty values because they have shitty values, not because of anything else. They could do better. Anyone can use their eyes to see the world and have the correct read. 839941246 0
Reposted by AlexPaul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026The original gay rights and pride rainbow flag from 1978 has left San Francisco for the very first time and is in the sister city of Cork. Designed by Gilbert Baker. Very moving to see it. 429673 0
Reposted by AlexAidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If you're incensed by @channel4.bsky.social's "The Great ADHD myth," they also made "Trans Kids: Time To Talk" in 2018, and the host of that shitshow subsequently founded Genspect, an org that recommends removing your kid from their friends, school and even moving house if they are trans. 1/ 7383180 0
Reposted by AlexADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · 15/08/2026Kinda chic to ignore every important task in my life so I can hyperfocus on the only (horribly unimportant) task that happens to sound interesting in this very moment. 1498 0
Reposted by AlexA Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Jason Arday didn’t deserve this. The lie that this is about truth or academic standards is bullshit. The Cass report is based on the transphobic “research” which has since been found to be unethical and based in academic misconduct. That has barely been reported. It’s racism. He was targeted. 9777161 0
Reposted by AlexDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Whatever Jason Arday did or didn’t do, the unrelenting bullying by the media, by the race baiters, by the far right, hounded him to death. Will they learn any lesson … will they what! They and their hate filled little souls will move on, without a thought or any regret, to the next target. 518333 0
Reposted by AlexDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Until the First World War we had those terrifying open borders you hear so much about and passports were pretty much nonexistent till 1920. Before that you could mostly just... go wherever you liked 2689 0
Reposted by AlexGwen @ionceposted.bsky.social · 10/08/2026HSE survey on Gender care. Theyre asking how trans people would like to receive healthcare from the HSE. Only takes 10 mins. survey.euro.confirmit.com/wix/p6507912...survey.euro.confirmit.comSurvey 0923 0
Reposted by AlexLilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The HSE are doing a survey for trans people accessing trans healthcare and general healthcare in Ireland. If you're trans it's worth filling out. gcn.ie/hse-survey-s...gcn.ieHSE survey calls for community experiences to help shape trans healthcare in IrelandA new survey has just been released by RedC Research on behalf of the HSE to assess experiences of transgender healthcare in Ireland. 01626 0
Reposted by AlexCathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Not sure who needs to hear this, but "judicial review" is literally just the name you give a case when a person says the State has broken a law (any law, about anything) and they want a court to put a stop to it. A politician saying "I am against anyone taking a judicial review" is proto-fascist. 412467 0
Reposted by AlexDaniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12 121768720 0
Alex @transaurusrx.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Pretty sure I played several pc games with this exact image in them as a child 010 0
Reposted by AlexAidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I did a workshop recently with a group of young people experiencing homelessness, & some of the kids were in that same group when I did workshops with them last year. A year of homelessness is a childhood destroyed. And our leaders talk about how things are improving, it's rotten. 110045 0
Reposted by AlexSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/07/2026New Gist: The End of the 100 Year Government Protecting the property-owning class has been the water that Irish politics swims in, invisible to its participants. It is why our housing crisis exists. Solving it needs a political evolution on the scale of growing legs. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...thegist.ieThe Gist: The End of the 100 Year GovernmentIreland's 100 year government can't change itself, but the country must find a way to change. This is the Gist. 24329 0
Reposted by AlexEllen Murray @ellenfromnowon.co.uk · 05/07/2026I'm sorry, Lyra. I'll never forget how angry you were in my car, talking about how many people's families and loved ones were denied justice because of the culture of intimidated silence that surrounded paramilitary murders in Northern Ireland. It's dark that you have now joined that long list. 328294 0
Alex @transaurusrx.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Hot weather reminder to check if heat intolerance / sun sensitivity is a side effect of your meds (See like, most psych meds, heart meds, and uncountable others) #speirgorm 030 0
Reposted by AlexMargaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Billy Crystal didn't improv lines so funny Cary Elwes had to be replaced with a dummy so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable." 14813 0
Reposted by AlexColm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026URGENT APPEAL A mam and her 5 children from Gaza need a wheelchair-accessible 3-bed home in or near Dublin. One child is awaiting critical surgery and stable accommodation is urgently needed. Rental support (up to €2,500/month for 18 months) is available through the Irish Red Cross. Info below: 02543 0
Reposted by Alexdot_lvl @dot-lvl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026this is going to sound weird from someone whose job is literally playing retro games for hours on end but i do think that while "you can play PS2 games for the rest of your life and never run out" is a healthy way to ride out this hostile period in gaming history, we still need like...new games lol 341134265 0
Reposted by AlexSacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 19/06/2026So (whilst I was supposed to be working on something else) I've been thinking of how best to express my personal ADHD axis of evil. So I made this Venn diagram. /1 69611 0
Reposted by AlexGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 17/06/2026🚨✅ Dáil approves a Sinn Féin bill removing the mandatory three-day waiting period for GPs’ abortion services within 12 weeks. TDs voted 86 to 70, with government backbenchers not having a whip. Bill is now referred to Oireachtas Health Committee for scrutiny of possible amendments. 211329 0
