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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, Janey. Mind yourself!!

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

Oh fuck, I am really sorry! I hope you are doing okay now.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

Still no desire to read about it. I remember rifling through a CD rack in a charity shop about ten years ago and physically jumping back as though their album was radioactive. I should have said to the charity shop workers to bin it, but I think I just ran out the door.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

See?!? Imagine being so evil as to tell not tell the tourists that while interfering in a case of animal cruelty on behalf of the abuser... Oh wait, that was Heather Humphreys. Damn. #SmearTheBejaysus

Karen Mulreid @beatingblog.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly deliberately doesn't tell tourists that the Luas is free #SmearTheBejaysis #SmearTheBejaysus

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

I get your humorous point and you are correct, apart from HM Slade, home of 'Porridge', but I cannot read the article or summon one shred of empathy. I guess I hope his family are okay.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

Oranges are so special and sweet!

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

www.thejournal.ie/rsf-drone-st...

'The world remains silent': At least 60 dead after drone strike in Sudan's El-Fasher

Activists described the scene as a “massacre” with bodies trapped in underground shelters.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

I am voting for the whimsy! And against animal cruelty (*cough, look up HH's record on that*). www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre... Good Lord, looking at that photo, have either of them ever shaken anyone's hand before? It looks like the prelude to a Judo move

Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences

Jim Gavin’s catastrophic campaign was predictable, but the Taoiseach couldn’t predict it.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

No indeed, I am Miss Marple and my long life in St. Mary Mead has taught me that people change, evolve, return, grow. And that while I can observe it, it is none of my business until they deposit a corpse in my friend's library. Or are mean to my former maid.

Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly insists the Luas is not in fact free. #Smearthebejaysus

Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 1d

Catherine Connolly built the RTÉ Player #Smearthebejaysus

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 2d

www.ontheditch.com/fine-gaels-h...

Humphreys has avoided a property tax on old office

She could face criminal prosecution under laws introduced when she was a government minister.

www.ontheditch.com

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 3d

'Veronica Mars'.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 5d

Am only catching up now on the animal cruelty story about FG candidate for President, Heather Humphreys.

She sent a letter to the Dept of Agriculture, about a live legal case regarding ‘stomach churning’ animal cruelty, on behalf of the farmer involved. The case was then dropped.

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 5d

So HH has pissed off Gaelgoirs , #disabled people and it seems dog owners.

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#Áras25 #speirgorm #Aras25

Image from Wag rescue Instagram, Kodi who was a brown pit bull puppy stray who was killed under the xl bully legislation.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 5d

Wtaf?

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 7d

'Drive' or 'Ignoreland'.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 9d

Imagine putting those names in the same breath.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 12d

Patting myself on the back for that steak and baked potato dish. Fucking immense! It is v rare that I cook meat since himself went veggie ten odd years ago, but there are days when you just really fancy a bit of schhteak. I halved an Aldi sirloin: made stroganoff yesterday & straight up steak today.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 12d

Making pterodactyl noises. One of my best friends talked off the ledge. Phew.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 13d

Please pop them an e-mail before re-registering. They replied in hours. It turns out that for some unknown reason I am there under my first and second names, but no amount of exact fucking Eircode lets the portal figure this out. I will be contacting them to ditch my second name after the election.

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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 13d

The NTA’s 2024 Travel Survey is out.

Car use is rising. Active and public transport are stagnant.

The consequences aren’t future risks — they’re here, for our health and the planet.

And make no mistake: this isn’t policy failure. It’s policy intent, locally and nationally.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 15d

40 years ago today THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN was released in theaters. The depression-era adventure introduced the world to Meredith Salenger and stands as an underrated gem buried in the dark age of Disney.

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Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social · 14d

I loved this film and bought the book tie in, which may still live in my parents' attic.

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