Reposted by vortimerThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Irish state quietly supports war in the Middle East Because the country is so heavily reliant on foreign direct investment from the US, critics have accused the government of turning a blind eye And all the while Shannon remains a de facto US military base 15528
Reposted by vortimerPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 18hA tenner a week for ordinary people in #Budget27 while corporations get €186 million in Capital Gains Tax reductions, €120 million in R&D tax credits. And if you have a shedsit, it's now called a "Designated Auxiliary Dwelling" and you don't have to pay any taxes on it! 01815
Reposted by vortimerThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The US military fighter jets that landed at Shannon Airport on Saturday dropped missiles on Iran earlier this year. Micheál Martin lied to journalists when he said armed US soldiers – deployed for the illegal war on Iran – weren’t landing at the airport. www.ontheditch.com/fighter-jets...ontheditch.comFighter jets used to bomb Iran land at Shannon AirportThey launched a combined 35 missiles during Operation Epic Fury. 13717
Reposted by vortimerPintbaby @pintbaby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Back on DDR tonight 7pm, threading the needle with @vortimerjorts.bsky.social 1101
Reposted by vortimerPaul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 03/10/2026Great to see a massive crowd assembled today at the Garvaghy Road in opposition to sectarianism. The British state should read the writing on the wall. There's no way the Orange Order is getting through. People power has stopped them and will continue to. 58414
vortimer @vortimerjorts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026fully believe not wearing my glasses makes me less smart. they got smashed yesterday in an altercation between my bike and luas tracks and today i can't think straight. or see! 160
vortimer @vortimerjorts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026not surprised or anything but still uterly depressed by the complicity of big publishing houses like nature in helping to manufacture consent amongst life science researchers for adoption of LLMs. the uncritical puff pieces of openAI and anthropic's "charity" arms too. we are so captured. 010
Reposted by vortimerUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Go fuck yourself 1818553
Reposted by vortimerThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/09/2026The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built, or tens of thousands of jobs created across education, health or social sectors, if the resources used to expand data centres were directed elsewhere. jrnl.ie/7165266tjrnl.ieGovernment report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claimsThe study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere. 33424
Reposted by vortimerIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BDS Victory! Genocide Israel Bonds Kicked ut of the EU! In a huge victory for the Palestine solidarity movement and the mass civil, political and legal campaign against Israel Bonds, the Development Corporation for Israel (DCI) has been unable to get authorisation to sell its bonds in the EU. #BDS 13814
Reposted by vortimerDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Doctors and university lecturers latest to vote in favour of industrial action (My union) Ifut’s membership backed a proposal to take industrial action with a 92 per cent vote in favour. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...irishtimes.comDoctors and university lecturers latest to vote in favour of industrial actionIndustrial action by over 160,000 public sector workers due to begin later this month 0137
Reposted by vortimerKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Many more headlines thus am breezing past historical scholarship of decades — and Hemings family history — to trumpet a new DNA study that simply confirms what we knew. My bar is low but even I’m depressed by how science always has to be “news” and journalism has so much trouble reporting history. 57026
Reposted by vortimerTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ireland’s EU Presidency is first and foremost about serving global capital. Simplification means a bonfire of hard won regulations and oversight. Competitiveness means rolling back workers rights and employer obligations. Some call it tech feudalism, but it’s much worse than that. 04921
Reposted by vortimerMa$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Here is one with a professional female arm wrestler 536841
Reposted by vortimerThe Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Not bad, but this one is my favorite: 33100322416