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Rob

@robosullivan.bsky.social

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Science Communicator. Lefty. Irish. Hobbies: Wild food, gardening, playing music. Star Trek nerd. I won't follow back if you're not using alt text on images. I can't share every fundraiser I'm tagged in but I'll do my best to share what I can

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · Dec 2

Bluesky buds outside of Ireland. I realise I'm posting more frequently about Irish politics to the point of potential annoyance. If you want to see less of it I'd recommend muting the terms FFG and #FFG as a start. That'll cover like 90% of my rants. Apologies but we've got some work to do here.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1h

A couple of big boys yelling at each other

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2h

We don't contribute to the IT since the transphobia boycott. She had only intended to submit to one paper. She only submitted to the Champion because she thought the Examiner didn't pick it up. Honest mistake

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2h

I didn't realise who he was as I was clapping. I didn't remember what I was wearing until much later. I promise it wasn't intentional, but I can't help feeling it's a little bit funny.

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2h

I promise this wasn't on purpose. I was waiting for my partner at the finish line of an adventure race and clapping enthusiastically for everyone who came through in the meantime - Including, it turns out, Billy Kelliher. This is how he was greeted at the finish line of the big race... #Spéirgorm

A man wearing a Connolly for President jumper at the finish line of a big race

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2h

Go raibh míle maith agat

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks Joe!

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 3h

Katie Ryan’s letter in full www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...
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Letters to the Editor: Catherine Connolly is a voice for change to build a better Ireland

One reader writes in to say time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house ...

www.irishexaminer.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 3h

Why am I voting for Catherine? She’s an ambassador for an Ireland that would have brought me home sooner.

Her election feels like the beginning of a broader movement to build a better Ireland, one worth fighting for, worth canvassing for. It’s a vision that feels like home.

Katie Ryan
Kilrush

Photo of Catherine Connolly with reader’s letter - I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities.

I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour — I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens — I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia.

I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her. Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone — hope.

Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100-year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended.

Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these leaders who took the stage had put t…

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 2h

GRMA!

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 8h

Pop quiz: how would you characterize someone who posts AI videos and then, when the comments that it’s AI start to pile up, leaves the video but turns off comments?

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 5h

Me: *Listening to stags calling* "So beautiful. Haunting. Serene...

The stags: These are my mates! MIIIIINE!!! Get the fuck outta here! I'll fuck you up if you come near me. I'm so stressed and SOOOOO horny. Aaaaaaagh!

Me: Angelic...

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 5h

GRMA

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 5h

Tá brón orm má bhí aon cheann de sin mícheart

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 5h

Mo cúigiú lá ag foghlaim na Gaeilge. Ag triail cúpla focal a labhairt.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 6h

Cork today @ 12.45pm.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

Very good insights, thank you. 🙏

Q. What quote inspires you most and why?

A. From the Republic of Conscience: "When I landed in the republic of conscience It was so noiseless when the engines stopped. I could hear a curlew high above the runway" — Séamus Heaney.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 7h

This is surprisingly revealing I think. Much easier going than any debate.
Short and snappy. #Áras25

Arlene Harris @arleneharris.bsky.social · 1d

In today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social the two remaining presidential hopefuls told me about their daily lives, their hopes and fears for the future, their earliest memory and the one thing people don't know about them #PresidentialElection
#Aras25
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...

Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly on hopes, fears, and daily routines

Getting to know more about our two presidential candidates with questions about everything from morning routines and earliest memories to biggest fears

www.irishexaminer.com

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 6h

"Saying the quiet part out loud doesn’t make it brave; it makes it bleak. It teaches [...] campaigners that integrity is a liability and that reputational violence is a sign of savvy. It tells the public that truth is optional, empathy expendable, and that politics is just performance warfare."

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 15h

Colin Sheridan: Smear v journalism — One intends to wound, the other to inform

When Ivan Yates went on a widely shared podcast and said he would 'smear the bejaysus out of her', meaning presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, he was injecting the virus, writes Colin Sheridan

dlvr.it

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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 3d

"My friend" and "sorry o", are two phrases in Nigerian English that often express the exact opposite of the words contained therein.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 7h

I love this. Similar to "I will yeah" here in Ireland

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 3d

"My friend" and "sorry o", are two phrases in Nigerian English that often express the exact opposite of the words contained therein.

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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.bsky.social · 7h

This headline would be a lot more impressive if I hadn't seen some the other newspaper headlines about the presidential campaign this week.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

Colin Sheridan: Smear v journalism — One intends to wound, the other to inform

When Ivan Yates went on a widely shared podcast and said he would 'smear the bejaysus out of her', meaning presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, he was injecting the virus, writes Colin Sheridan

www.irishexaminer.com

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 21h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

She's still in Israeli captivity
#Speirgorm

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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