Ciarán O' Driscoll / Ó Drisceoil
@bearaboi.bsky.social
EU policy | European queer history | Fish and Ships | All views are mine, unfortunately | Homo galore🏳️🌈 | he/him | Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️
Dublin via West (West) Cork
Dublin via West (West) Cork
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Yes! And not only that!
In exactly 2 weeks' time, the Grand Auld Sthretch in the evenings in Dublin will commence, as this glorious event *always* precedes the December solstice by about 8 days!
WooHoo!
In exactly 2 weeks' time, the Grand Auld Sthretch in the evenings in Dublin will commence, as this glorious event *always* precedes the December solstice by about 8 days!
WooHoo!
It's the first of December, which means in just three weeks' time, it'll be the Winter solstice, and the days will start to get longer once again.
Today is 2025-12-01, the sun sets at 16:10:01 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 04 mins and 18 secs. #GrandStretch #GrandDrawingIn
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yes! And not only that!
In exactly 2 weeks' time, the Grand Auld Sthretch in the evenings in Dublin will commence, as this glorious event *always* precedes the December solstice by about 8 days!
WooHoo!
In exactly 2 weeks' time, the Grand Auld Sthretch in the evenings in Dublin will commence, as this glorious event *always* precedes the December solstice by about 8 days!
WooHoo!
It's the first of December, which means in just three weeks' time, it'll be the Winter solstice, and the days will start to get longer once again.
Today is 2025-12-01, the sun sets at 16:10:01 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 04 mins and 18 secs. #GrandStretch #GrandDrawingIn
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's the first of December, which means in just three weeks' time, it'll be the Winter solstice, and the days will start to get longer once again.
It's the first of December, which means in just three weeks' time, it'll be the Winter solstice, and the days will start to get longer once again.
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's the first of December, which means in just three weeks' time, it'll be the Winter solstice, and the days will start to get longer once again.
Its the first of December. Its too late to influence your Spotify unwrapped. You're stuck with your music mistakes of 2025.
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Its the first of December. Its too late to influence your Spotify unwrapped. You're stuck with your music mistakes of 2025.
I am what I am
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I am what I am
Annnnnnd one of my gym crushes is here with his *girlfriend*
How could he do this to me?
How could he do this to me?
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Annnnnnd one of my gym crushes is here with his *girlfriend*
How could he do this to me?
How could he do this to me?
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Hello a chairde, this is my shop and these are my prints, you should buy some 🤠
selkiesstudio.com/shop
selkiesstudio.com/shop
April 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Hello a chairde, this is my shop and these are my prints, you should buy some 🤠
selkiesstudio.com/shop
selkiesstudio.com/shop
Sandals? At the gym?
a drag queen in a red dress is sitting in a chair with her hand on her chest
ALT: a drag queen in a red dress is sitting in a chair with her hand on her chest
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sandals? At the gym?
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Today, I saw a driver overtake a stopped bus and plough through a pedestrian crossing. He beeped three times as he sped though. The beeping was to warn people because, as he had overtaken a bus, he had zero visibility of who was about to step out onto the crossing.
But sure, more hi-vis, everyone
But sure, more hi-vis, everyone
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today, I saw a driver overtake a stopped bus and plough through a pedestrian crossing. He beeped three times as he sped though. The beeping was to warn people because, as he had overtaken a bus, he had zero visibility of who was about to step out onto the crossing.
But sure, more hi-vis, everyone
But sure, more hi-vis, everyone
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It rumbles on. Someone is now doing an official survey and they're going to geographically map the results. God I love nerds! 🤓
survey123.arcgis.com/share/b861da...
#speirgorm #sharpenergate
survey123.arcgis.com/share/b861da...
#speirgorm #sharpenergate
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It rumbles on. Someone is now doing an official survey and they're going to geographically map the results. God I love nerds! 🤓
survey123.arcgis.com/share/b861da...
#speirgorm #sharpenergate
survey123.arcgis.com/share/b861da...
#speirgorm #sharpenergate
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
He can't drive. His dad has to drop him to those school gates. He can't get that far on foot.
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
He can't drive. His dad has to drop him to those school gates. He can't get that far on foot.
Can't tell if he's hot or just tall
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Can't tell if he's hot or just tall
I honestly thought it was just me...
new icon just makes me feel like my eyes are unfocused
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I honestly thought it was just me...
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
I did have to go through the comments to try and understand what Tadhg was going on about in this tweet, as I'd not a clue.
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I did have to go through the comments to try and understand what Tadhg was going on about in this tweet, as I'd not a clue.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
I think it's about the 12th time I've read "testing fragile ceasefire" over the last number of weeks.
Israeli air strikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, testing fragile ceasefire
Israeli air strikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, testing fragile ceasefire
Hamas and Israel have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I think it's about the 12th time I've read "testing fragile ceasefire" over the last number of weeks.
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Not sure what’s worse: the “Quiet, piggy” itself, or the media’s tepid shrug at it. What a tawdry and disappointing time we live in. We deserve so much better than this.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not sure what’s worse: the “Quiet, piggy” itself, or the media’s tepid shrug at it. What a tawdry and disappointing time we live in. We deserve so much better than this.
Oireachtas Éireann, take note.
The new speaker of parliament has banned the sale of alcohol in parliamentary buildings.
He said that politicians need to "set an example", especially as they discuss a law potentially introducing tougher restrictions on the sale of alcohol in shops.
He said that politicians need to "set an example", especially as they discuss a law potentially introducing tougher restrictions on the sale of alcohol in shops.
New speaker bans sale of alcohol in Poland's parliament
notesfrompoland.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oireachtas Éireann, take note.
I can already hear in the very near future, very white HR employees saying, "well, we have every faith in the impartiality of our technology behind how we hire the very best people, who are the best fit for our company."
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I can already hear in the very near future, very white HR employees saying, "well, we have every faith in the impartiality of our technology behind how we hire the very best people, who are the best fit for our company."
Helen McEntee was Minister of State for Europe (June 2017 - June 2020), valuable experience when it comes to Ireland's six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU next July.
Hildegarde Naughton will be new Education Minister. Simon Harris will take finance, Helen McEntee foreign affairs and defence. Emer Higgins will be the new FG super junior at Dept of Children. Frank Feighan will be a junior minister for public procurement. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Helen McEntee was Minister of State for Europe (June 2017 - June 2020), valuable experience when it comes to Ireland's six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU next July.
Please respect my privacy during this difficult time, as I continue to wear shorts.
www.thejournal.ie/weather-cold...
www.thejournal.ie/weather-cold...
Temperatures to plunge as 'Arctic air mass' brings frost, ice and possibly snow showers
Snow is possible on higher ground as the cold snap tightens its grip this week.
www.thejournal.ie
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please respect my privacy during this difficult time, as I continue to wear shorts.
www.thejournal.ie/weather-cold...
www.thejournal.ie/weather-cold...
What an achievement.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
What an achievement.
"At the core of the dispute are European and Scandinavian security concerns that Russian fishing fleets may be engaged in underwater surveillance. These fears have intensified amid the ongoing war in Ukraine."
Sound familiar, Ireland?
polarjournal.net/russia-withd...
Sound familiar, Ireland?
polarjournal.net/russia-withd...
Russia withdraws from the Barents Sea Agreement | Polar Journal
The Barents Sea faces the threat of an environmental disaster following the potential collapse of the fisheries agreement between Norway and Russia.
polarjournal.net
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"At the core of the dispute are European and Scandinavian security concerns that Russian fishing fleets may be engaged in underwater surveillance. These fears have intensified amid the ongoing war in Ukraine."
Sound familiar, Ireland?
polarjournal.net/russia-withd...
Sound familiar, Ireland?
polarjournal.net/russia-withd...