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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

This surge is now absolutely phenomenal.

110,000 members.

That's +5000 in the last 24 hours alone!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 6h

Hostages by any other name

eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 9h

Woah!

Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 9h

5 years ago on the other site @caulmick discussed the protected disclosures that claimed Humphreys interfered in an animal cruelty prosecution. It goes way beyond a 'letter to the court'.

#Áras25 #SpéirGhorm #IrishPolitics

x.com/caulmick/sta...

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 11h

So, some of the largest egos on the left are not supporting Catherine Connolly. That says it all. #aras25

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

Ex-Green TD Brian Leddin is leaving the Greens over the party's support for "far left" Connolly, and voting for Fine Gael's Humphreys as president.

He believes climate and ecological breakdown are not left-right issues.

He's very wrong: *capitalism* is their core driver.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 13h

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

www.irishtimes.com

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 12h

He never sat well in the Green Party anyway.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

"Maria" is rolling up raisins under the hot Madera sun. To earn $70, she has to roll 1,000 sheets! Each row has around 250 sheet. It's hard grueling work walking on the burning sand for hours rolling one sheet after another. #WeFeedYou

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 1d

a man sitting in a chair with a no smoking sign on the wall behind him

ALT: a man sitting in a chair with a no smoking sign on the wall behind him

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 1d

Heather Humphries sounds like one of those dull job interviews where you know the candidate is saying what they think you want to hear.

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1d

Green Party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green Party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 2d

Am I correct in thinking that Heather Humphries defamed Paul Murphy twice in the This Week debate? I presume it’s defamatory for someone to state on the public airwaves that you did something you were found innocent of in court?

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 2d

That’s not dog whistling.

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 2d

Why is this a dog whistle?

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 2d

Is that defamatory?

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 2d

Christ, we are so fucked as a species.

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 3d

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

www.rte.ie

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 3d

The only way is up: check out every song that topped the charts in Ireland during 1988 at Irish Number Ones. Content warning: Chris De Burgh irishnumberones.com/by-date/#1988

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 3d

Do you want a silent president or one with an opinion? #aras25

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone spot the similarities between the branding for Connolly and Mamdani?

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 3d

And the inability to smile without looking psychotic?

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eatyourflag @eatyourflag.bsky.social · 3d

Malachy Clerkin: The Jim Gavin fiasco was a long overdue humbling for GAA exceptionalism

www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

a dog is sitting in the back seat of a car and looking at the camera .

ALT: a dog is sitting in the back seat of a car and looking at the camera .

media.tenor.com

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 15d

People often note that the second Trump administration is pure chaos and infer that this is a deliberate strategy.

Some of it is, however, most of the chaos is directly caused by the fact that no one in power has any idea how to govern.

They are inexperienced, unqualified, and unintelligent.

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Graham Caswell @grahamcaswell.bsky.social · 3d

We killed them all. Every last one of them. And now they will never be again.

They lived their Curlew lives, migrated, cared for their young, and had every right to be here - as much as ourselves. And they did us no harm.

And we killed them all.

International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 3d

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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