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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 22h

I think it must be an American thing. Himself and I were in the US and he got snapped while walking our hosts’ dogs. The newspaper caption read “MC stated he was in Jackson on vacation” and for years afterwards we always made quote marks whenever we said “on holiday”.

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Avo 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ailbhe.bsky.social · 22h

With the greatest of respect @simonharrisireland.bsky.social You've listed to the right to try mop up the votes of people who burn down the only place some of the most vulnerable people can call home.

You're Nigel fucking Farage.

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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 23h

As an Irish person who was alive in 2008 I can confirm that private businesses only ask sovereign governments to guarantee their financing when business is going really, really well

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 1d

I am far too ‘of my generation’ Irish. I thought this was about etiquette guides for sixth year students. “Ebooks”, I thought. “The notions of those young ones”.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

the big debs ebooks are each two bucks right now too

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 2d

A whole new generation is going to be reading about Eugene Debs this morning.

Read him from Haymarket in his own words.

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 4d

Oh they’re lovely, aren’t they. I’m in Darkest West, so can’t get to Dublin, but their online service is brilliant - so quick.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d

Absolute perfection. #Reform

Our Granddad is 100 and fought in D-day
and he thinks Farage is the right man to
sort Britain out. He says he reminds him
of one of the commanders he fought
alongside with distinction. In the next
few weeks he's going to auction off his
medals and donate all the money to
Reform. Anyone know how much an Iron Cross is worth?

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Greg Chernack, CEO, Four Seasons Total Landscaping @gchernack.bsky.social · 6d

Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yes. We’d hang an apple in the doorway and try to eat it. And we’d peel an apple, hopefully in one piece, throw it over the RIGHT shoulder and see the initial of our future spouse. There was also something with mirrors but I wasn’t old enough to be allowed to play.

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John Barrington @johnbarrington.bsky.social · 7d

A small boat in English Channel

If Andrew doesn't escape by horse tonight and board a boat to France, where he will attempt to raise an army against his older brother, then he is more or less admitting the accusations are all true. I'm sorry but that's just the way it works.

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 9d

I CANNOT like this. The crisps should be Tayto (or Walkers, since you live in the foreign). The bread should, ideally, be from a sliced batch loaf NOT whatever healthy excrescence that is. And too few crisps - the objective is equal layers of crisp and bread.

I will light a candle for you.

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 9d

I wanted to dance it but could never quite get the steps right. 🙁

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 9d

They’re trolling him. Quite blatantly.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 9d

Best analysis of the presidential election I’ve seen to date - putting in the hard yards actually works, who knew!. #aras25 #waterfordwhispers #speirgorm

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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 9d

#Áras25

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 9d

The Overlooked Gap

#Áras25
The Irish Times Oct 29. 2025

Election
commentary

Sir. - Much of the commentary on
the presidential election has focused
on trving to interpret the meaning be-
hind spoiled votes, and what they sug-
gest about the gap between parts of
the electorate and our political class.
Catherine Connolly's victory, how-
ever, points to an overlooked gap-the
one between voters and much of the
prevailing media consensus. More
than 900,000 people - the largest
number ever to support a presidential
candidate - voted for her despite
weeks of coverage often portraying
her views on neutrality, Nato, Pales-
tine, and prisoner rehabilitation as na-
ive. riskv or dangerous

Taken together. these results sug-
gest a public that feels misread from
the political and media spheres. Un-
less those gaps are honestly examined
as a whole, politicians and iournalists
may risk continuing to speak to each
other in circles. - Yours, etc.

LORCAN MYLES,
Drogheda,
Co Louth.

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 10d

Dominos meme
White Sox fan forced to accept Cubs jersey

Assyrian bishops refuse to condemn Nestorius's 431 challenge to the use of the title Theotokos ('Bearer of God'") for Mary.

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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 12d

And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.

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j philip boyle @jphilipboyle.bsky.social · 12d

The constitution worked perfectly. It kept grifters, layabouts, and the ultra entitled off the ballot paper, and saved us weeks of racist, xenophobic, homophobic, and transphobic dog whistles in the process.

You wanted to be on the ballot? You had 7 years to figure out your plan. #spoofers #aras25

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 12d

Well no. She went with the fib about her campaign director, and doubled down on the cab rank rule, and argued that she really didn’t have to use Irish as minister for the Gaeltacht (even though she’d promised to learn it). That’s not the actions of a “decent” woman. So, sorry, but no.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 13d

The prophecy has been foretold!! ;)

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 14d

Don’t be complacent - get out and vote - we’re being told it’s in the bag so people aren’t voting😢

Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 14d

#Aras25
#Connolly4President
#CatherineConnolly4President

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Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 14d

I love audiobooks, I really do. I can accomplish so much while listening to them: knitting, housework, cooking. But occasionally I’m BOUNCED out of bookworld by mispronunciation. Today’s one is “berrybond”. That’s NOT how to pronounce “beribboned”, and nit even the divine Welsh accent will save you.

Cinquecento @cinquecento.bsky.social · 15d

It’s very Lady Catherine de Bourgh, isn’t it? I mean “ If I had ever learnt [to play an instrument], I should have been a great proficient.”.