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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1d

The "set aside the art from the artist" thing in this case is moot. Harry Potter money now goes right to destroying the human rights of trans persons. A billionaire who got her ass kissed for two decades got a rebuke and now she's got to wreck the lives of others.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 2d

Some independent Irish bookshops you can support rather than Amazon. And most offer free postage in 🇮🇪too.
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com
www.marrowbone.ie/shop
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
#Spéirghorm

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Sarah Kay (she/her) @k-interarma.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian has published the names of the 18,457 children killed in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 2d

*Illegally* detained. It's important, I think, to stress that these are illegal abductions in international waters.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

Five Irish citizens among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla

Author Naoise Dolan and Independent TD Barry Heneghan among those on board boat captured in Mediterranean

www.irishtimes.com

Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, this sounds great!🎄💚

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 4d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 4d

The GRA was passed in 2015 with very little fanfare following years of courageous campaigning by trans people. We have yet to see any negative ramifications in society - and we won't.

We simply *cannot* have a President of Ireland who speaks about trans women or their human rights in this way.

Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not linking to the article but Heather Humphries thinks the Gender recognition act needs to be looked at, and trans women are not women. #Aras25 #SpeirGorm

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 4d

Incredibly glad to hear these activists have been released. Their "detainment" was illegal, and by all acccounts their treatment was horrific. #SpéirGorm

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 4d

Irish flotilla detainees deported amid claims of ‘aggressive treatment and violence’

Tánaiste says 16 citizens are ‘on their journey home’

www.irishtimes.com

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, absolutely not. No bigots in the Áras, please. Is this Heather Humphreys trying to get the Steen vote?? #Áras25 #SpéirGorm

Reg Coppinger @regcoppinger.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not linking to the article but Heather Humphries thinks the Gender recognition act needs to be looked at, and trans women are not women. #Aras25 #SpeirGorm

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 4d

Jesus! Books Upstairs is a lovely shop, awful that this has happened to them. Glad it doesn't seem that anyone was hurt.
#spéirgorm

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 4d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 5d

Dropping into bluesky to see the reaction to the latest #Áras25 news, and now having to frantically catch up on the earlier shenanigans with our friends across the pond today 😅

Lovely to see #spéirgorm so active all the same 😅🥹

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 6d

"Protests Are Highly Effective, Met Police Confirm"

Itsalladeepend @itsalladeepend.bsky.social · 6d

This article is absolutely bananas - 'There aren’t enough of us. Hard-working police officers are continually having days off cancelled, working longer shifts and being moved from other areas to facilitate these protests.' - Paula Dodds, chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation.

‘Enough is enough’ says chief of police federation over Palestine Action rally

Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not ...

www.independent.co.uk

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 6d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 6d

If this is how the rogue terror state treats a white, global icon, remember that there are also Black, Muslim and Arab people who have also been kidnapped by Israel. Think about the violence and humiliation being meted out to them!

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 6d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 6d

I've resisted the term "Ulsterification" cos it implies that NI's political culture is somehow un-British, rather than an entirely British weaponisation of Britishness, enabled and enacted by British interests.

But the PSNI boomeranging back to London to round up protesters is really something.

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

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Liz @stayathomecommie.bsky.social · 6d

Men who hate Greta Thunberg in particular are always the biggest fucking creeps. Like the most watchlist vibes. No man who has ever ranted about Greta Thunberg would ever be left alone with a woman in my friend group, we would clock him. They are always that fucking guy.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6d

The police will tell you they have 'no choice' because PA are a proscribed organisation but come to Belfast and you learn very quickly that is a lie.

This is absolutely a choice.

Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 6d

A BLIND ELDERLY man using a mobility cane is ARRESTED for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

#PalestineAction #GazaGenocide

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 6d

"The Italian legal team representing the flotilla confirmed those detained were left “for hours without food or water– until late last night”, with the exception of “a packet of crisps handed to Greta and shown to the cameras”. Lawyers also reported instances of verbal and physical abuse"
#spéirgorm

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 7d

"just upload a scanned image of your drivers license no big deal"

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

Oracle employees who expressed support for Palestine were "referred to internal mental health resources."

Oracle is about to own TikTok.

Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 7d

Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."

Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...

Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you

Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services

responsiblestatecraft.org

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 8d

Jewish people are not the same thing as the state of Israel.

I get that it might be confusing because way too many of our elected leaders seem to reject this concept, but this is yet another way the rest of us can be better than those elected leaders.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 8d

Sorry to hear that things are rough atm, I hope they get a bit easier for ya soon! 🫂

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 8d

The Park’s statement appears to be referencing supposed events promoted on a website called lanternfestivalireland.com , which is selling tickets for the bogus festival in four locations around the country at €24.99 each.
http://jrnl.ie/6833250

Phoenix Park warns public 'Lantern Festival' advertised online is fake

No such event appears on the schedule on the Phoenix Park’s website.

jrnl.ie

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 8d

I won't believe this is really happening until I actually see it running 😅 #spéirgorm

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 8d

Permission has been granted for Dublin's long-awaited Metrolink project linking the city centre to the airport

Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala

Permission has been granted for Dublin's long-awaited Metrolink project linking the city centre to the airport.

www.rte.ie

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