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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…

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Mary Manning Illustration @marymng.bsky.social · 1d

That Irish butter, oh man ...

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

This was one of those things I just dismissed as too funny to be true

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On Sept. 20, Trump meant to send a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to prosecute” Comey.

“.. Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly .. and was surprised to learn it was public, the officials said.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news!

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

Southern right whales are growing in number after being on the brink of extinction.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣

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aidenjkelly.bsky.social @aidenjkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Never heard of this method but if nobody has decided a name, I propose ‘Irish Oreo’

Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone surely knows the secret to eating digestive biscuits is to use two, but with Kerrygold butter between.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone surely knows the secret to eating digestive biscuits is to use two, but with Kerrygold butter between.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 1d

CC Ireland: where most new infrastructure is engineered not designed www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYx...

How Did The World Get So Ugly?

YouTube video by The Cultural Tutor | Sheehan Quirke

www.youtube.com

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 5d

Strong Cork showing on Graham Norton. Up Cork!

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting. Trespass would be a novel approach arguably.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 11d

No shit. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 13d

Article on the drone activities in May 2025 (and much more): archive.is/8b2bj

archive.is

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 11d

Two smaller airports in Norway has closed tonight because of drone observations.

Three flights have turned around.

www.vg.no/nyheter/i/4B...

Norwegian-fly til Bardufoss har snudd etter droneobservasjoner

Et Norwegian-fly på vei til Bardufoss har snudd på grunn av droneobservasjon. Tidligere samme kveld valgte et Widerøe-fly å fly direkte til Trondheim etter at det ble observert drone ved Brønnøysund l...

www.vg.no

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 11d

Quick reaction fighters operated around Bornholm, south Baltic Sea around 19:30 UTC today.

Presumably to intercept Russian air craft but Danish armed forces @forsvaret.dk won't comment.

nyheder.tv2.dk/live/krimi/2...

Jagerfly i luften over Bornholm

Efter flere anmeldelser fra indbyggerne på Bornholm bekræfter Bornholms Politi overfor TV 2, at der søndag har været et afviserberedskab, hvor jagerfly med pol...

nyheder.tv2.dk

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 11d

Flat top cargo ship MIKHAIL DUDIN is idling south Baltic Sea, just at the border to Sweden. Last port St Petersburg.

Just south of Kallinge air base and Karlskrona naval base.

IMO 9057329

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 11d

Some man Lowry

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15d

“Everything Trump touches is diminished. The military has largely resisted that corrosive dynamic, but cracks are beginning to show. Officers in the Armed Forces need to protect the integrity of their institutions & the honor of the enlisted men & women they lead.”

open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

It’s Not the President’s Military

America’s military belongs to the Constitution and the people, not to a would-be tyrant.

open.substack.com

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15d

White House unveils "walk of fame" with portraits of all the presidents in gilded frames, except for Joe Biden who is represented by a picture of an autopen. abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump...

Trump snubs Biden with portrait of autopen in presidential portrait gallery

Trump has long criticized Biden's use of the autopen.

abcnews.go.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15d

The prosecutors involved should face serious professional sanctions.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING on MSNBC:

Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days in the Eastern District of Virginia, where a prosecutor who opposed bringing the case was recently fired, three sources familiar with the matter told MSNBC.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 15d

I recall very serious people saying NFTs were the future, and Zuck spending billions on the metaverse too, so much so he renamed the company after it.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING on MSNBC:

Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days in the Eastern District of Virginia, where a prosecutor who opposed bringing the case was recently fired, three sources familiar with the matter told MSNBC.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 15d

What happened NFTs, everyone pushing them seems to have disappeared? Almost like the whole thing was a grift

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: DHS issued a warning earlier this year about extremist use of Discord to radicalize US kids. from @kevincollier.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

Extremists are using Discord to radicalize American youth, officials warned this year

Discord has drawn increased attention in recent weeks after reports that the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing used the platform.

www.nbcnews.com

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