Kieran
@eslsys.bsky.social
Escaping from exTwitter https://twitter.com/eslsys Software engineer. Lots of diverse interests Music (playing, listening), Reading, Film, #ClimateAction 🇵🇸
Hoping to follow everyone back, prioritising those with a bio and at least 1 post
Hoping to follow everyone back, prioritising those with a bio and at least 1 post
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Ode to Joy. 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇱
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Ode to Joy. 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇱
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Merz and the man wanted on charges including committing crimes against humanity by starving civilians.
January 29, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Merz and the man wanted on charges including committing crimes against humanity by starving civilians.
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Understand this as official admission that the Gaza Health Ministry toll is and has, since the beginning, been a significant undercount. As all external expert analysis has said all along, up to and including the US State Department.
𝐈𝐃𝐅 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Understand this as official admission that the Gaza Health Ministry toll is and has, since the beginning, been a significant undercount. As all external expert analysis has said all along, up to and including the US State Department.
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As the Government pushes through legislation to abolish the Triple Lock, widely supported by legacy media, sharing this article written with Rory Rowan back in September.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
One-sided discussion on Irish neutrality does not serve democracy
The political and media focus on mainstream voices around the triple lock and militarism do not represent the views of an overwhelmingly pro-neutrality public
www.irishexaminer.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
As the Government pushes through legislation to abolish the Triple Lock, widely supported by legacy media, sharing this article written with Rory Rowan back in September.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery.
But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
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But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...
As it happened: Storm Chandra wreaks havoc on Ireland
Follow live updates as Storm Chandra brings strong winds and heavy rain across the country.
share.google
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery.
But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...
But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water.
share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...
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I mean, who would have thought that nearly 20 years of a housing crisis, rising house prices and rents, job insecurity, massive childcare costs, etc would have resulted in people not having children? Its almost as if the govt can't foresee the consequences of its policies. www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Primary school enrolment falls by 6,500 in past year
Primary school enrolment has fallen by almost 6,500 over the past year.
www.rte.ie
January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I mean, who would have thought that nearly 20 years of a housing crisis, rising house prices and rents, job insecurity, massive childcare costs, etc would have resulted in people not having children? Its almost as if the govt can't foresee the consequences of its policies. www.rte.ie/news/educati...
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“The ICE agent who had pepper-sprayed into the vents of my car said, ‘You guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead.’”
Fascism, as an ethos, is deeply obsessed with gender and sexuality—it needs to regulate them both in order to control the mechanisms of white reproduction, writes @judedoyle.bsky.social.
Queer freedom is incompatible with a world in which ICE exists | Xtra Magazine
Renee Nicole Good’s death at the hands of ICE agents should be prosecuted as a homophobic hate crime
xtramagazine.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
“The ICE agent who had pepper-sprayed into the vents of my car said, ‘You guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead.’”
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This is absolutely fucking ridiculous.
The Tánaiste has stated that the Government will not remove Larry Murrin as the Chair of Bord Bia
Govt will not remove Murrin as Chair of Bord Bia - Harris
The Tánaiste has stated that the Government will not remove Larry Murrin as the Chair of Bord Bia.
www.rte.ie
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is absolutely fucking ridiculous.
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'Since Berners-Lee’s disappointment a decade ago, he’s thrown everything at a project that completely shifts the way data is held on the web, known as the Solid (social linked data) protocol. It’s activism that is rooted in people power – not unlike the first years of the web.'
‘It’s not too late to fix it’: web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul’ of the internet
Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
'Since Berners-Lee’s disappointment a decade ago, he’s thrown everything at a project that completely shifts the way data is held on the web, known as the Solid (social linked data) protocol. It’s activism that is rooted in people power – not unlike the first years of the web.'
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Christ above.
Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Christ above.
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Who is this quack? Who is this hack putting the lives of millions at risk by rejecting decades of vaccine success. Get rid of all of these nut jobs-starting at HHS top.
Did you vote for this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Did you vote for this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Who is this quack? Who is this hack putting the lives of millions at risk by rejecting decades of vaccine success. Get rid of all of these nut jobs-starting at HHS top.
Did you vote for this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Did you vote for this?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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Two things happened last weekend.
1. A group of pro-Trump billionaires took control of TikTok's U.S. operations.
2. TikTok appeared to begin suppressing content about ICE's activity in Minneapolis and criticism of Trump.
1. A group of pro-Trump billionaires took control of TikTok's U.S. operations.
2. TikTok appeared to begin suppressing content about ICE's activity in Minneapolis and criticism of Trump.
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Two things happened last weekend.
1. A group of pro-Trump billionaires took control of TikTok's U.S. operations.
2. TikTok appeared to begin suppressing content about ICE's activity in Minneapolis and criticism of Trump.
1. A group of pro-Trump billionaires took control of TikTok's U.S. operations.
2. TikTok appeared to begin suppressing content about ICE's activity in Minneapolis and criticism of Trump.
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Struggling to understand why these 50 partially completed houses in Cashel are to be demolished instead of finishing them off as social housing
Who can argue with 50 families getting a much needed home?
While most sustainable is the existing
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
By @tippfm.bsky.social
Who can argue with 50 families getting a much needed home?
While most sustainable is the existing
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
By @tippfm.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Struggling to understand why these 50 partially completed houses in Cashel are to be demolished instead of finishing them off as social housing
Who can argue with 50 families getting a much needed home?
While most sustainable is the existing
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
By @tippfm.bsky.social
Who can argue with 50 families getting a much needed home?
While most sustainable is the existing
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm
By @tippfm.bsky.social
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Good piece on the generally very ropey “job creation” figures when it comes to data centres.
There might be good reasons for Britain to build data centres. Job creation isn’t one of them
Estimate*estimate
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Good piece on the generally very ropey “job creation” figures when it comes to data centres.
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Claiming antisemitism is a serious problem in Ireland, Martin and Harris cited an organisation accused of major factual distortions – and whose vice president, an ex-IDF general, had to cancel a trip to South Africa for fear of a war crimes arrest.
www.ontheditch.com/martin-and-h...
www.ontheditch.com/martin-and-h...
Martin cites organisation accused of academic failures
Its vice president recently had to cancel a trip to South Africa for fear of being arrested for war crimes.
www.ontheditch.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Claiming antisemitism is a serious problem in Ireland, Martin and Harris cited an organisation accused of major factual distortions – and whose vice president, an ex-IDF general, had to cancel a trip to South Africa for fear of a war crimes arrest.
www.ontheditch.com/martin-and-h...
www.ontheditch.com/martin-and-h...
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Would be nice to hear the Minister speak as vehemently about his own portfolio, y'know housing!
#spéirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#spéirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Fresh rain warning issued as housing minister hits out at Met Éireann
James Browne said he would be seeking a meeting with Met Éireann to ascertain if people in Enniscorthy could have been warned earlier that their premises were under threat
www.irishexaminer.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Would be nice to hear the Minister speak as vehemently about his own portfolio, y'know housing!
#spéirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#spéirgorm
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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the Taoiseach claiming to be committed to the international rules-based order in one breath, then justifying the kidnapping of a head of state in the next (because he "caused" a lot of migration!?)
Not ‘one iota’ of Coalition’s values compromised in dealings with White House, Dáil hears
Not ‘one iota’ of Coalition’s values compromised in dealings with White House, Dáil hears
‘An insult to celebrate’ Irish migration experience, says Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, ‘with somebody who’s terrorising migrants’
www.irishtimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
the Taoiseach claiming to be committed to the international rules-based order in one breath, then justifying the kidnapping of a head of state in the next (because he "caused" a lot of migration!?)
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Legendary American comedian Jack Benny tells David Frost his week in Dublin at the Gaiety Theatre was one of the best of his 50-year career.
Rather than elaborate on the shows, he shares an anecdote (at 5min 42sec) about meeting Irish President Éamon De Valera (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4L...
Rather than elaborate on the shows, he shares an anecdote (at 5min 42sec) about meeting Irish President Éamon De Valera (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4L...
69-04-10 David Frost interviews Jack Benny
YouTube video by International Jack Benny Fan Club
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Legendary American comedian Jack Benny tells David Frost his week in Dublin at the Gaiety Theatre was one of the best of his 50-year career.
Rather than elaborate on the shows, he shares an anecdote (at 5min 42sec) about meeting Irish President Éamon De Valera (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4L...
Rather than elaborate on the shows, he shares an anecdote (at 5min 42sec) about meeting Irish President Éamon De Valera (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4L...
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Eight former British soldiers who were investigated over allegations of giving false evidence about the events of Bloody Sunday will not be prosecuted, the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland has said. jrnl.ie/6940635
Eight former British soldiers will not face charges over alleged Bloody Sunday perjury
Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service said the “evidential threshold to proceed with a prosecution has not been met”.
jrnl.ie
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Eight former British soldiers who were investigated over allegations of giving false evidence about the events of Bloody Sunday will not be prosecuted, the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland has said. jrnl.ie/6940635
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this paragraph is absolute horseshit 👇
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 AM
this paragraph is absolute horseshit 👇
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I'm so sorry for those affected. This highlights why it is vital for Ireland to divest from our overreliance on US multinationals. They are not stable jobs. I can't help thinking about those who will lose their mortgage AIP now as a result. They're starting from scratch during a homeless crisis.
January 28, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I'm so sorry for those affected. This highlights why it is vital for Ireland to divest from our overreliance on US multinationals. They are not stable jobs. I can't help thinking about those who will lose their mortgage AIP now as a result. They're starting from scratch during a homeless crisis.
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We're at 80.37%. C'mon Ireland. France is at 307%!! Where's your competitive spirit.
This petition is the queen of petitions, 👸.
I know you've signed a lot already, but don't skip this one by. It's got clout!
#JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm
This petition is the queen of petitions, 👸.
I know you've signed a lot already, but don't skip this one by. It's got clout!
#JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm
Sharing again, because we still haven't passed the threshold.
We are at 77%.
This petition is really important. Sign, share and make sure others sign, please. 🙏
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public
#Speirgorm #Speirghorm
#JusticeForPalestine
We are at 77%.
This petition is really important. Sign, share and make sure others sign, please. 🙏
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public
#Speirgorm #Speirghorm
#JusticeForPalestine
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
We're at 80.37%. C'mon Ireland. France is at 307%!! Where's your competitive spirit.
This petition is the queen of petitions, 👸.
I know you've signed a lot already, but don't skip this one by. It's got clout!
#JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm
This petition is the queen of petitions, 👸.
I know you've signed a lot already, but don't skip this one by. It's got clout!
#JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm
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"Millions of lives lost"
"Why?"
"Oh you know. Reasons"
"Why?"
"Oh you know. Reasons"
To avoid the mere possibility that Holocaust remembrance might make a person draw contemporary political conclusions, JD Vance managed to post a Holocaust Remembrance Day message that does not mention Nazis, fascists, Jews, Romani, queer people, disabled people, nor any other victim or perpetrator.
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
"Millions of lives lost"
"Why?"
"Oh you know. Reasons"
"Why?"
"Oh you know. Reasons"