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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 52m

I'm feeling a little bit smug because I have actually done that.

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 21h

No surprise there.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 21h

Oh God. That's actually what they're thinking.

From yesterday:

bsky.app/profile/cole...

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 22h

"Let's ignore the massive surge in the Public vote to the Left, a small minority of fascist sympathisers and ethnonationalists spoiled their votes, so is it time for Fine Gael to move further to the Right to attract that vote?"

I paraphrase, but that was actually suggested on RTE Radio yesterday.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 22h

"Let's ignore the massive surge in the Public vote to the Left, a small minority of fascist sympathisers and ethnonationalists spoiled their votes, so is it time for Fine Gael to move further to the Right to attract that vote?"

I paraphrase, but that was actually suggested on RTE Radio yesterday.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 22h

I'm imagining 21 Jumpstreet in gas masks, shooting priests in the face with pepper spray.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 23h

That would be quite the twist on Cagney & Lacey or NYPD Blue.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 23h

Fantastuc find.

Looking at national monunents and archaeological sites on OS maps of Ireland (north and south) i'm always struck by the comparative lack of pre-colonisation or pre-Christian sites that have been recorded in the North.

Makes me sad to think of what has been lost.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."

The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal

“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...

www.democracynow.org

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

I definitely think about it every time Trump drops bombs on a Venezuelan ship. He called it

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · Apr 7

I think about this all the time

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 1d

I reckon he's finished.

Harris will get the phone call and he'll have a week or two to clear out his desk.

Big opportunity for JCMacN to be the first female Taoiseach and she'll demand it.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 1d

A lesson there for Declan Ganley but it's lost on him.

No fool like an old fool.

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 4d

It'll be interesting to see who FG and their media decide to beat up as consolation for losing the election.

My money is on 'Deggo' from the Fontaines, but they might just go "rural pursuit" some foxes.

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 5d

Or a 10 tonne tractor?

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 6d

'Yerra'? Wtf.

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 6d

What is it about working at the Indo makes you into a snivelling boot licker, or is it just part of the selection process?

If we can't speak out against fascism in the US or genocide in Palestine then what's the fuking point?

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 8d

Crazy yellow card.

Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 8d

Maybe this? Leonard Nimoy narrates "Deadly Ants".

youtu.be/bzomhc6UkzM?...

in Search of S2.E22 "Deadly Ants", Leonard Nimoy.

YouTube video by Antenna Tv

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 9d

I've met a few. They start off all enthusiastic but after a while they give up and acknowledge she's not a great candidate.

Then they try smearing Catherine Connolly, then they run off.

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Vincent @fraterbabylon.bsky.social · 9d

...that is sickening

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9d

“I was brutally tortured inside Israeli jails. They electrocuted my eyes so that I lost them,” Abu Fool says...Gaza

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9d

#BREAKING | Outcry after Israel returns Palestinian bodies in 'horrific condition' to Gaza

Outcry after Israel returns Palestinian bodies in 'horrific condition' to Gaza

Forensic examination of 120 Palestinian bodies show 'clear evidence' of torture and possible organ theft

www.middleeasteye.net

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Judge will find in favour of the claimant, but it doesn't necessarily mean the nominations would be declared invalid.

If US pressure was applied on FF/FG then they could be forced to go that route.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 10d

There's a case before the High Court about the breach of Constitutional Law by FG in using the whip system to instruct the Councillors on not allowing non-party nominations.

Judgement is reserved until the 23rd.

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 10d

Why are his ears down there?

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Coles @colesirl.bsky.social · 10d

I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to pull the rug from under the entire process.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12d

Important thread that *every* Irish environmentalist should read before voting in the presidential election.

In short: Humphreys was just as disastrous for the environment as she was on social policy.

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 12d

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

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