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Obstreperous G

@obstreperousg.bsky.social

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Cisinscneach Sí/í Uathach We're all either woke or wankers, which are you? Gruntled, whelmed, and gormful Blocks liberally Trans Rights Are Human Rights 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

My last thought on the presidential elections is that we had to suffer through every stray thought that passed through Ivan Yates' brain, amplified by the media, without him ever saying he was being paid by one side, but it was only after the election that I read a 'who is Béibhinn O'Connor?' piece.

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 7h

"Everything is being judicial reviewed" (sic).

This is a bare-faced lie by the leader of our country, told to deflect attention away from his own government's abject lack of either a solution or plan to fix to a housing crisis of its own making.

Scandalous.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 8h

Monday’s paper. @irishexaminer.bsky.social #housing #EU

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 17h

#speirgorm sadly relevant

Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 19h

If you blame migrants collectively for the horrible actions of a few but do not hold white people collectively responsible when white people commit heinous crimes, that's racism. Just saying.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 13h

'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 12h

I've lit the fire and ready to binge on Only Murders. #Cosy

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Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing I watch this Halloween can compare with these lines about midges I just read in Jane Powers's "An Irish Nature Year"

Another of the tiny biters, Serromyia femorata, resident in Ireland, is worth mentioning for its interesting behaviour. While mating, the female pierces the male's head, releases enzymes that liquefy his innards, and sucks them out. His useless corpse breaks off at his genitalia which then act as a plug to prevent her mating with another male.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.

It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.

That’s the only kind of fast that matters."

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

Colin Sheridan opinion piece in Examiner, opening section.

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 18h

New #HomeAssistant feature unlocked! Smart home creation ftw. Of course some day I'll move house and will have to rebuild my whole life.

two women sitting next to each other with the hashtag #schittscreek

ALT: two women sitting next to each other with the hashtag #schittscreek

media.tenor.com

Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 18h

Biab is a decent alternative if gel is too hard on your nails. They don't need to strip it back to the nail surface when reapplying so less damaging. I find it thicker than gel and dislike it for that reason. Tbh I gave up trying to get appointments, just do my own now from time to time.

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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 19h

Also, we can't let people away with this 'not us' stuff anymore. It absolutely is us.

(first is from an article by Tubridy)

You Don't Get To Be Racist And Irish - Imelda May's stunning poem

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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 1d

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 23h

I hate that I can't lock down this account but I've found a way around it. Deleting old posts en masse.
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup

Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

bsky.jazco.dev

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 1d

Far more significant than the podcast is Ivan Yates working with a national broadcaster Newstalk as a pundit when he was working for FF as an advisor ...surely the regulator has something to say about this ? www.newstalk.com/podcasts/cal.... #Spéirghorm

Calling It | Newstalk

Ivan Yates and Seán Defoe analyse the Presidential Election, reviewing candidates, the state of their campaigns, and predicting who will be moving into the ...

www.newstalk.com

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 23h

A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif

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🌘ellspe❄️ @cellspex.bsky.social · Nov 8

Normalize this reaction
#art #artists

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 1d

So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.

www.thetimes.com/article/0887...

CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children

Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released

www.thetimes.com

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 1d

Haha!!

Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 1d

This is grey but it's my go-to. I don't sew as a rule, must've gotten it half used from my mum.

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 1d

Great. It's so good. Might watch it all back some day.

Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 1d

It was such a great line. Yes, Cartwright was perfect for it. I've binged the whole series in about 48 hours and now I'm gutted I've only 1 ep left.

Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 1d

Haha! I just saw it and I immediately wondered if they'd written that whole event so they could deliver that line!

Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 1d

I have reached the actual end of a spool of thread. Has this ever happened?

Empty spool of thread, a needle on it with a strand of thread on it

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no. I'm sorry Anne-Marie. It sucks.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

"Why won't she leave?"

In 2023, 51,100 women and girls were killed by partners or family members, about one every 10 minutes. Nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide (≈736 million) have suffered physical or sexual violence in their lifetime by a partner or family member. The real numbers are likely higher.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2024/11/femicides-in-2023-global-estimates-of-intimate-partner-family-member-femicides

https://www.who.int/news/item/09-03-2021-devastatingly-pervasive-1-in-3-women-globally-experience-violence

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/140-women-and-girls-on-average-were-killed-by-a-loved-one-every-day-last-year-un-finds

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Obstreperous G @obstreperousg.bsky.social · 2d

No báirín breac this year. Stoopid bloody weight loss journey.
If you're so inclined, you can't beat Donal Skehans recipe. It's amazing. #SpéirGorm #OícheShamhna