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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · May 24

Nothing makes me feel as weak as this little physio exercise. Arm is spaghetti and delt is jelly. 😵‍💫🫠

Image of Retraction on wall shoulder exercise, the writing is setting out the
Sets:3
Reps:12
Frequency:Daily
Weight:Green theraband

The pictures show a man stands against a wall with a resistance band around his wrists with images of his arms at two different stages of the exercise the start with his arms on the wall with his elbows at 90° to his body, and the mid point of raising his hands over his head.

AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · May 15

Another year of boycotting @eurovision.tv because of their double standards. War crimes - Genocide - Enforced Starvation. These are human rights atrocities. This is ethical not political. It flies in the face of what the Eurovision purports to stand for. #boycott #Gaza #eurovision @rte.ie

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · May 13

Human rights are not up for debate, they should not be subject to the whims of those in powerful regimes. Starving children is a war crime and that IS a given.

www.thejournal.ie/ireland-join...

Screenshot of article from the journal.ie that reads:

THE EUROPEAN UNION’S top diplomat Kaja Kallas has offered Israel assistance in its plan to take over the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip, a move that appears to endorse the Israeli government’s attacks on UN agencies working in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Kallas said that she had brought up the plan for EU involvement in handing out aid during a call with her Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar yesterday, which would also go against Ireland’s stated position of supporting UN agencies in Palestine.

“I offered also help by the European Union to distribute the humanitarian aid if they don’t trust the other actors there,” she told journalists at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Warsaw.

Kallas’ statement comes on the same day that UN aid officials condemned Israel’s proposed plan for its military to take over the distribution of aid in Gaza

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · May 12

It's a perfect example of the Construction Industry's tactics. Owned since the 1990s and deliberately and strategically left to rot so they could get permission to demolish for redevelopment (in direct contravention of the recommendation they not be allowed to do it)

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · May 12

Collapsed Victorian cottage in Ranelagh is owned by Construction Industry Federation

have been listed on Dublin City Council’s Derelict Site Register since June 2023

www.irishtimes.com

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Apr 20

A gentle warm read for Easter Sunday about one boy's labours in his mission to take part in his school's break the rules day. The list of rules to be broken for a small price makes me smile.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Our son’s eagerness to do chores is less about the pocket money than how he’ll spend it

Namely funding his participation in his school’s Break The Rules Day

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth DeLoria, Pope of Chili-Town @yourdadloves.me · Apr 17

Katy Perry went to space, cried "feminism" while NASA's forced to remove women's achievements from their history, caused an enormous amount of environmental damage, & contributed NOTHING to art or culture while she was up there. She released a set list for a tour that can't even give away tickets.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 12

For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Trump Slump - impacting every aspect of the United States economy, to the surprise of absolutely no one with a brain. Tourism revised from an expected 9% increase to an anticipated -9.4% decline (it will likely be much worse than this given the direction of things)

time.com/7273576/tour...

Tourism to U.S. Expected to Drop Amid Trump Policies and Rhetoric

Tourism Economics said it expects the number of people arriving in the U.S. from abroad to decline by 9.4% this year, which will have consequences for airlines, hotels, and other businesses.

time.com

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Twisteddoodles @twisteddoodles.bsky.social · Apr 9

In the interest of balance #news

News reader at a desk. Transcribed Text:

Left bubble: "Next up we will discuss the topic with someone whose job is to be a well researched and respected expert in the area."

Right bubble: "And in the interest of balance we will also talk to an idiot."

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Apr 7

The mad King Lear timeline continues....

Image of NYT headline "Live update: Trump Threatens China With More Tariffs Unless Beijing Retreats" accompanied by a graph of the S&P 500 plummeting to illustrate stocks falling wildly due to insane economic policy in the US.

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Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · Apr 3

The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · Apr 2

Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow

Bissau 10%
Palau 10%
Avalon (UK) 10%
Fiji 32%
Tyree (UK) 10%
Isles of Ebony (UK) 10%
Peru 10%
Cebu (Philippines) 17%
Babylon (Iraq) 39%
Bali (Indonesia) 32%
Cali (Colombia) 10%
Beneath the Coral Sea (Australia) 10%
Ebudæ (UK) 10%
Khartoum (Sudan) 10%
Deep Sea of Clouds 10%
Island of the Moon (Madagascar) 47%
The Ross Dependency (Antarctica) 10%
Tripoli (Libya) 31%

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 27

Pick up your dog's shit and lower the risk of kids getting worms in their eyes. Need some amped up campaigns against dog fouling and some serious follow through on fines and faces of offenders put on billboards.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Mar 27

New research by zoologists at Trinity College has identified the entrances to public parks and children's playgrounds in Dublin as hotspots for potentially infective roundworm eggs

Parks, playgrounds 'hotspots' for roundworm eggs - study

New research by zoologists at Trinity College has identified the entrances to public parks and children's playgrounds in Dublin as hotspots for potentially infective roundworm eggs, with dog poo being...

www.rte.ie

AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 23

The most demented part of all this for me was him hopping in the pool in his scaldy jocks after the workout. No one wants to swim in your butt sweat sir, gtfo.

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 19

Happy thing for the day, whales at the whale wash 🐳

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 13

"This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S" to absolutely no one's surprise - man with no class doesn't understand that Champagne is a protected term and only comes from the Champagne region in France... There is no US champagne.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Mar 13

Trump vows 200% tariff on EU wine, escalating trade tensions

US president says he would move forward with the import duties if the EU doesn’t repeal a tax on US whiskey

www.irishtimes.com

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · Mar 10

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

OF THE EMPIRE
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 5

Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice

Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high political tensions For the second time in weeks, a Canadian icon has emerged as the unlikely victor in an existential battle on the ice. Mervyn Sequeira, an…

www.theguardian.com

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 5

What a surprise... Not. Even if they had grovelled before the mandarin 🍊 man last week they would still have been betrayed by rUsSiA... The current administration has no honour, and their word means less than nothing, and agreements aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Mar 5

The United States has 'paused' intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White House, CIA director John Ratcliffe has said

US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine

The United States has "paused" intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White House, CIA director John Ratcliffe has said.

www.rte.ie

AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 4

Great kindness and decency is everywhere if you know where to look. What a gift to give over your lifetime. Rest well James Harrison.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 4

Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88

James Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma, which was used in life-saving anti-D medication James Harrison, the Australian known as “the man with the golden arm” because of his prolific baby-saving blood donations, has…

www.theguardian.com

AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 2

Mine is dated the 17th of Dec and titled "Exciting updates at FLYEfit - 2025!" Then buried in the second last paragraph is the bit about the fee increase you have to go to the T&Cs for info on cancellation

Screenshot of text from FLYEfit email that reads: Moving forward, we aim to continue these investments. To support these efforts and ensure we can maintain the quality and value you deserve, our monthly and annual memberships will increase by €2 per month for payments received after January 1st, 2025.

We’re proud to offer Ireland’s best value gym memberships and are dedicated to maintaining this standard while growing and improving.

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Mar 2

I got an email telling me they were increasing it? It said I could cancel or pay it...

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AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Feb 28

Very clear that the orange man thinks he's filming a reality TV show. Whole thing looks like a scene from The Apprentice. Has anyone checked what year he thinks it is... You'd know well he was a draft dodging cretin.

NYT article image. The orange man aggressively shouts in President Zlelensky's face in the Oval office, bringing the position of POTUS into disrepute and the office into disgrace.

AWayWordSoul @awaywordsoul.bsky.social · Feb 21

A feeling originating in the pandemic lockdown this is more true than ever as the disinformation wars rage around us and we lose a sense of humanity.

youtu.be/_3iCiNCwuc8?...

Disconnected (2022) -NBP003

YouTube video by Ninja Banana Project

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Emma Langford @emmalangfordmusic.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thinking about that time I was walking through town in a wide-brimmed hat and purple lipstick and an old man called me Boy George

A takeaway coffee cup with "roasted in Limerick" printed on it

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