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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 9h

Steve's Pyke's Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writers 1985-2025 launches at Photo Museum Ireland tonight. It features over 100 portraits, inc. Naoise Dolan (who we're thinking of), Edna O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Iris Murdoch, John McGahern @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.lilliputpress.ie/products/scr...

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Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social · 30m

Maith sibh 💚

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3h

He also has a Patreon where he's been posting photos from his time in Ukraine.

www.patreon.com/c/cocobongo6...

Get more from Cocobongo666 on Patreon

Freelance conflict videographer / photographer

www.patreon.com

Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3h

If you like Irish photojournalism then you can't go wrong with pre-ordering the latest edition of Chaos Stadt from Conall Kearney.

He's been recovering this year from a fractured spine courtesy of Russian artillery bulls-eyeing an APC he was in.

cocobongo.bigcartel.com/product/pre-...

(PRE ORDER) Chaos Stadt 3 - Belfast Zine

The third issue of Chaos Stadt (Chaos City) will focus on my hometown, Belfast. Shot between the years 2016 - 2025, this photo zine visually delves...

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 9h

Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys has avoided a property tax on her old constituency office after failing to declare she’s no longer entitled to an exemption.

For failing to make this declaration Humphreys could face criminal prosecution.

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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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 4h

Photo by @Kieroncg, a protester holds up a sign reading "shoot the fuck back" during heavy handed policing of George Floyd protests

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Hey! It's Bubblenoma Linda @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 4h

Affordable art space in Dublin City Centre, available now #speirgorm

A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 21d

We currently have 10 regular studio memberships available at A4 Sounds.

We are looking for artists from the following disciplines to join our studio community:
• Sculpture
• Print
• Photography
• Ceramics
• Textiles
• Media

Studio Memberships
10 available

Image is bright and colourful

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 8h

"Catherine Connolly, you reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?"

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 8h

They're going to move onto "MRS CORBYN IF RUSSIA FIRED NUKES WOULD YOU PUSH DA BUTTON?????" next week

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 9h

The Minister for Health has described as "completely unacceptable", comments by presidential candidate Catherine Connolly that she "would have to think about" hiring a convicted rapist to work in the Áras

Connolly comments on rapist 'unacceptable', says Minister

The Minister for Health has described as "completely unacceptable", comments by presidential candidate Catherine Connolly that she "would have to think about" hiring a convicted rapist to work in the ...

www.rte.ie

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 8h

>Islington

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah you would

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 9h

Jim Allister is a (v good ) Barrister & has said multiple times that he would have no qualms taking the case of an IRA person if he was approached because the cab rank rule is fundamentally part of the legal system here.
JIM ALLISTER.
So quit with this angle about Catherine Connolly, it’s a smear

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 10h

Fairly sure the group involved here also protest outside the homes of migrants and were outside the home of a family friend. MLAs outside Alliance who talked about legitimate concerns when protests happened aren't mentioning that today.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 11h

The face that represents this cartel of scum in Ireland is Justine O'Mahoney

ie.linkedin.com/in/justine-o...

ie.linkedin.com

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 11h

The idea of a house in Ireland being owned by a Cypriot based subsidiary of a Luxembourg investment fund shouldn't be possible. That's my line on this.
Otherwise this shit will just keep happening. You build more houses; they'll buy them up and continue exploiting people.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 11h

This has been an ongoing problem which is courtesy of a Luxembourg investment fund that owns thousands of houses in Ireland. These are rented out through one of the dozens of subsidiary companies that the fund uses to obscure its ownership.

www.dublininquirer.com/why-is-one-o...

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Spooky Boner @lucytoner.bsky.social · 12h

love that peoples lives can just be torn up and thrown into chaos because a landlord says so. We need no fault evictions to be illegal. where the fuck are those people going to go??

Radio Kerry @radiokerry.bsky.social · 12h

On Kerry Today with @jerosullivanrk.bsky.social -
- 34 people, including 15 children living in a Killarney housing estate, face homelessness as their landlord begins a mass eviction process.
- 14 households have received termination notices.

www.radiokerry.ie/news/34-kill...

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Kellie Turtle @kellieturtle.bsky.social · 12h

On the day the public consultation on our first climate action plan closed, politicians are falling over themselves to put their names to the decision to reopen flights between two cities on a tiny island that would take less than 3hrs to travel between if we had a train line.

a woman says make it make sense in front of a sistas logo

ALT: a woman says make it make sense in front of a sistas logo

media.tenor.com

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 13h

Well, that's one way of handling global ecosystem collapse

Block publication of research that might raise awkward questions about whether UK govt is doing enough about it

Can't see any flaws in that approach....

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 12h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping

Tang ping - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 12h

A fascinating bit of reading to start your day

ti zhang @zerochilltea.bsky.social · 17h

so the frog is 卖娃青蛙。https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23101624 it was designed by a mom with the last name Tong in Nanjing, inspired by the toad in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabas.... it is a mascot of 躺平culture (lay-flat, against capitalism)

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 20h

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 18h

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13h

#OtD 9 Oct 1945 the UK Labour govt defended its jailing of 226 Spanish Civil War and anti-Nazi resistance fighters, describing them as "members of an enemy paramilitary organisation". Some killed themselves, others were deported to Spain for execution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 20h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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