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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 6h

In fairness this was not mentioned once in the Primetime debate and I think that was overall a good decision

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 3d

Now it falls to the Irish media to not be taken in by a transparent right wing rat fucking/agenda setting attempt and uh the past signs here aren't good

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 9h

Not sure there was much in the drivetime debate that would move the needle if one was undecided, little new (good or bad) from either candidate. Notable how much Humphreys was on the attack - if that will work or not remains to be seen.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 9h

Really minor in the grand scheme of things, but Heather Humphreys claiming credit for hot school meals must come as news to Pauline O'Reilly and the Green Party

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10h

Revolting

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10h

we are cooked

"It was like having God up there responding to my questions,” White said after using the chatbot and an AI-powered search engine called Perplexity to help represent herself in court

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10h

I felt she struggled as leader initially to be honest, and there is little indication of a broad revival in Labour's fortunes.

But she and her team have now repeatedly proven very efficient at elections, and she's weathered Alan Kelly's shenanigans very well in the last few months

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 10h

I will say I've honestly been impressed with how Ivana Bacik has conducted herself during the presidential campaign, especially given the opposition within some elements of Labour

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 13h

Agree and I would add that it's genuinely upsetting to see as serious a topic as this boiled down into a gotcha, particularly by the self declared guardians of civility

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 15h

I don't think it's odd, no. The EC have taken the political education side of things very seriously and I dont see this as anything other than that

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 15h

This is a perfectly reasonable video to make in the face of an unprecedented development that has caused a great degree of confusion among the public. I don't understand the issue and I think it's a good thing for the EC to be proactive and engaged with the public

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. Sorry reading back last comment came off a bit rude, apologies for brusque phrasing

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

skill issue imho

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Assuming you are using "moral" casually and not trying to shift the goalposts, it is a professional ethical obligation. I know you don't like CC but you're just plain wrong here. Go ask the Bar if you don't believe me.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Ok like Heather Humphreys absolutely sucks on animal welfare but isn't that, like, one of the dogs that eats children

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely feel the attacks on substance early in the campaign, even if some of them were misleading, were much more relevant. The current character attacks feel somewhere between desperate and embarrassing for those making them

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

I think if we have reached the stage where people are pretending not to understand what a "lawyer" is in order to attack Catherine Connolly, that they really do have very little on her

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

God I can't wait until she wins just so I can see John Lee get so mad he turns a shade of purple hithertofore undiscovered by man

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah and it's not clear how many he will still get. Not zero, for sure, but if he gets say 3% vs 10%, very different dynamics

The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

It's also amazing how nobody has been able to produce a copy of these rules that have supposedly been broken, except for a fake llm generated document (thank u Alan Shatter, very cool)

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

So hang on the government line is now that the gardaí were aware that someone they deemed a potential security threat being let into Leinster House every day, but did nothing about it and told nobody?

This story has never made any sense, even less so now

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Yes

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

thank god nobody can now ever deceive our apparently brain dead consumers into buying seitan instead of reprocessed pig anus

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Voters: "The EU Parliament doesn't really seem to do anything, seems kinda useless"

EU Parliament: "Oh yeah? Could a useless parliament do this?!" *pants fall down, trips over, falls into orchestra pit and gets stuck head first in a tuba*

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 1d

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see that so many people are still extremely comfortable to post the most deranged bile online about the events of October 7th 2023, really just swell stuff, not a single thoroughly cooked brain on display

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 1d

What a week

Magikarp strikes down Yamcha with an energy beam, blowing through his chest and out of his back. Magikarp, Yamcha and the beam attack are all labelled "Fianna Fáil"

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