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Mícheál Ó Catháin

@gaeilgeoir.bsky.social

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Politics. Animals. Food. Funnies. Gay shit. 🏳️‍🌈 Deep Blue Democrat. 🔵 Devout Episcopalian. 🙏🏻 Lifelong Trekker. 🖖🏻😃 Occasionally NSFW. 🔞 Your sassiest friend. 💅🏻 Available in 🇺🇲 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 - Free 🇵🇸 and keep 🇺🇦 free! BLM!✊🏻

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 17d

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 21h

Hmm! 😄
www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

Philly Artists Turn Scrapple Into Sculpted Masterpieces

Pennsylvania's iconic mystery-meat pâté got gallery-worthy treatment at the Reading Terminal Market today.

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 23h

Not only this, but she also supports Israel.
I am not surprised at all, to be honest, as I know exactly what kind of world we live in and I'd expect nothing else...

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 4d

Jesus!

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 5d

So, they won’t wear masks to save lives, but they will to destroy them?

Do we have that right?

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 4d

I never voted for that orange asshole!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 4d

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 5d

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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 6d

THIS is truth. #DeportTheAssholes

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 5d

Promise?

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 5d

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Pushback drives the Trump regime crazy

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 7d

Very smart. 😀🐐
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Livestock Landscaping: Vermont Ski Areas Employ Goats And Sheep To Clear The Slopes | Weather.com

A Vermont ski and boarding destination is trying out a very adorable pilot project to clear the slopes ahead of winter: goatscaping!

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 7d

This.

Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 8d

Same guy who declared bankruptcy 6 times shut down the U.S. government 4 times in 5 years of being President. They wanted him to run the government like his businesses and that’s exactly what he’s doing.

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 7d

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MHTB @mhtbphilly.bsky.social · May 13

Right before it entered me @triguy85.bsky.social

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 7d

Relatable! 😈😁

THUEDI 🦁🍆 @thuedi.bsky.social · 7d

I just wanna fuck, fuck, fuck 🥵

🦁🍆 #thuedi

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 7d

Relatable! 😈😁

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 7d

Found this in the wild. Oh, Tig... 😁❤️

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 9d

Disgusting! 🤢🤮

Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 9d

No laughing matter: Comedians ditch free speech in Saudi Arabia https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/2/2346282/-No-laughing-matter-Comedians-ditch-free-speech-in-Saudi-Arabia?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

No laughing matter: Comedians ditch free speech in Saudi Arabia

A handful of big-name comedians have made their way to Saudi Arabia for the royal family-funded Riyadh Comedy Festival, but there’s one glaring problem with, well, the entire premise of their ...

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 9d

Hehe 🤭🤭

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9d

History has many painful lessons.

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

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j eastman @insecurerockstar.bsky.social · 10d

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 9d

Brilliant, indeed!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻📚📚📚📚📚

Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 9d

This!!

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 9d

Brilliant must read!

States have accepted a fiction that federal fiscal dominance is constitutionally required. It's not. States must be willing to assert their actual authority rather than their assumed subordination!

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Trump Cut Funding to 16 Dem States. Can States Cut His?

Within 72 hours of the October 1st government shutdown, the Trump administration weaponized federal funding against Democratic states with surgical precision.

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 14d

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 15d

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Mícheál Ó Catháin @gaeilgeoir.bsky.social · 15d

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 16d

People who should be charged for lying to Congress.