Patchotoole
@patchotoole.bsky.social
Engineer, guitar player. Ex-X'er looking for some peace and quiet, music and photography. Astronomy not astrology. Man those blocklists really seemed to ease me in albeit, dropped now. And still a pleasant place. No DMs please. No crypto/sex scams either.
Jessie J singing My Way is something else #hootenanny
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Jessie J singing My Way is something else #hootenanny
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The English far right newspaper, the Daily Mail is back at it* - old school antisemitism. So that’s Jews, Roma, Queer ppl & ppl with disabilities that it doesn’t like…
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The English far right newspaper, the Daily Mail is back at it* - old school antisemitism. So that’s Jews, Roma, Queer ppl & ppl with disabilities that it doesn’t like…
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Trans people exist. In every culture and every society on the planet, and have done throughout recorded history. They are a natural part of the human condition and always will be because (spoiler alert!) they are born every day. They aren't an ideology, they are people.
Hate is an ideology though!
Hate is an ideology though!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off gay ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Trans people exist. In every culture and every society on the planet, and have done throughout recorded history. They are a natural part of the human condition and always will be because (spoiler alert!) they are born every day. They aren't an ideology, they are people.
Hate is an ideology though!
Hate is an ideology though!
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Someone stole my wife's maroon Raleigh Motus bike in Dublin City Centre this afternoon. If you see it, give me a shout
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Signed
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm @tupped.bsky.social
No to online surveillance
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Signed
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Samaritans
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Samaritans
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
Delighted for him. So-called charity, CAA, attempt to 'cancel' Reginald D Hunter failed. #speirgorm #reginalddhunter
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reginald D Hunter: Judge quashes antisemitism case brought by Campaign Against Antisemitism
A judge says the Campaign Against Antisemitism's private prosecution was intended to get Hunter "cancelled".
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Delighted for him. So-called charity, CAA, attempt to 'cancel' Reginald D Hunter failed. #speirgorm #reginalddhunter
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Great article in @theatlantic.com today about how the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social being Ireland’s National Theatre inspired the FTP in the USA and continues to influence thinking on national theatres & their importance.
For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths. Talya Zax on the instructive history of the institution that inspired America’s Federal Theatre Project:
The Pro-Democracy Case for a National Theater
For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Great article in @theatlantic.com today about how the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social being Ireland’s National Theatre inspired the FTP in the USA and continues to influence thinking on national theatres & their importance.
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Only 5 Fianna Fáil TDs voted to restore the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)(Amendment) Bill. 35 voted against.
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Only 5 Fianna Fáil TDs voted to restore the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)(Amendment) Bill. 35 voted against.
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm
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A couple of good ones for your block list:
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
December 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A couple of good ones for your block list:
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
@sidneyroughdiamond.bsky.social
and
@chicagonewsbench.bsky.social
Toxic, abusive pro-Trump/pro-Farage sewers. Do not engage. Just block and share this
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This is astounding. Nothing like this has happened before to people enforcing decisions that the bad people don't like.
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets
Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is astounding. Nothing like this has happened before to people enforcing decisions that the bad people don't like.
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
What next - will they be sanctioned by a vindictive president ? Stripped of access to banks and travel ?
#Speirgorm
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Brilliant to see these 2 historic homes being restored in Dublin city centre
After all the most sustainable is the existing & our heritage is vital for wellbeing
More of this please 🙏
#speirgorm
After all the most sustainable is the existing & our heritage is vital for wellbeing
More of this please 🙏
#speirgorm
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Brilliant to see these 2 historic homes being restored in Dublin city centre
After all the most sustainable is the existing & our heritage is vital for wellbeing
More of this please 🙏
#speirgorm
After all the most sustainable is the existing & our heritage is vital for wellbeing
More of this please 🙏
#speirgorm
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Nigel Farage’s 25 schoolmates call him out: ‘We have recalled the verbal abuse you regularly directed at … pupils of Jewish, Black and Asian heritage; as well as loudly and proudly proclaiming your high regard for Fascist leaders and orgs, from Hitler to Mosley, from the Nazis to the National Front’
Nigel Farage torn apart over racism denial in scathing letter signed by dozens
Some 25 former pupils and one ex-teacher have come together for the first time to express 'dismay and anger' at Nigel Farage's reaction to racism allegations in recent weeks
www.mirror.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nigel Farage’s 25 schoolmates call him out: ‘We have recalled the verbal abuse you regularly directed at … pupils of Jewish, Black and Asian heritage; as well as loudly and proudly proclaiming your high regard for Fascist leaders and orgs, from Hitler to Mosley, from the Nazis to the National Front’
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For a while, I collected the worst jokes UK political correspondents ascribed to MPs, especially those sent via WhatsApp.
Because I despise you, I'm migrating the thread here, starting with this absolute *shiter* from 2022, so we can share in the horror together. Please send me the worst you have.
Because I despise you, I'm migrating the thread here, starting with this absolute *shiter* from 2022, so we can share in the horror together. Please send me the worst you have.
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For a while, I collected the worst jokes UK political correspondents ascribed to MPs, especially those sent via WhatsApp.
Because I despise you, I'm migrating the thread here, starting with this absolute *shiter* from 2022, so we can share in the horror together. Please send me the worst you have.
Because I despise you, I'm migrating the thread here, starting with this absolute *shiter* from 2022, so we can share in the horror together. Please send me the worst you have.
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The fight for same-sex marriage reminds us how recently gay men & lesbians were persecuted by govts.
Just over 50y ago most treated gay men as criminals, equated them with child abusers & saw them as rapists. There were major concerns about gay men in men’s toilets! Sound familiar?*
Just over 50y ago most treated gay men as criminals, equated them with child abusers & saw them as rapists. There were major concerns about gay men in men’s toilets! Sound familiar?*
13th December 2002: Belgium's Senate approves same-sex marriage, making it the second country in the world, after the Netherlands, to do so. Belgian activists had been lobbying for same-sex marriage since the 1990s. #OnThisDay #Queerstory
December 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The fight for same-sex marriage reminds us how recently gay men & lesbians were persecuted by govts.
Just over 50y ago most treated gay men as criminals, equated them with child abusers & saw them as rapists. There were major concerns about gay men in men’s toilets! Sound familiar?*
Just over 50y ago most treated gay men as criminals, equated them with child abusers & saw them as rapists. There were major concerns about gay men in men’s toilets! Sound familiar?*
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1994 Eurovision winner for #Ireland Charlie McGettigan has decided to hand back his trophy to the EBU in protest at apartheid Israel's continued participation in the contest.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Irish Eurovision winner McGettigan to return trophy
Ireland's 1994 Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan has said he plans to hand back his trophy in support of last year's winner Nemo, who is returning the 2024 trophy in protest over Israel's continued...
www.rte.ie
December 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
1994 Eurovision winner for #Ireland Charlie McGettigan has decided to hand back his trophy to the EBU in protest at apartheid Israel's continued participation in the contest.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Join ICE. youtube.com/shorts/aQvKo...
BREAKING: Stephen Colbert just teamed up with Jesse Wells to destroy ICE
YouTube video by Democratic Wins Media
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Join ICE. youtube.com/shorts/aQvKo...
Welcome our Icelandic friends.
#speirgorm #eurovision
RTE news : Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
#speirgorm #eurovision
RTE news : Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel
Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV has confirmed it will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, becoming the fifth country to withdraw in protest at Israel's participation.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Welcome our Icelandic friends.
#speirgorm #eurovision
RTE news : Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
#speirgorm #eurovision
RTE news : Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
🟡 🍃 🌀
Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
🟡 🍃 🌀
Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
🟡 🍃 🌀
Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
🟡 🍃 🌀
Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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If you give this a like we'll put you in a hat and one of ye will win a nice #TheLateNightWritersClub Book *and* a fairly tricky 1000 piece Jigsaw puzzle featuring the Reading Room at @nlireland.bsky.social and, of course, YeatsBinchyBeckettKavanaghWildeSwiftEdgeworthKeaneTynanO'CaseyBehanJoyce
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If you give this a like we'll put you in a hat and one of ye will win a nice #TheLateNightWritersClub Book *and* a fairly tricky 1000 piece Jigsaw puzzle featuring the Reading Room at @nlireland.bsky.social and, of course, YeatsBinchyBeckettKavanaghWildeSwiftEdgeworthKeaneTynanO'CaseyBehanJoyce
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December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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This is f*cking insane & will make it next to impossible for many students to afford university
Remember many students are already paying up to €15k to private landlords for 9 months
I've also met a student paying €18k!
Message is clear
F*ck the students
Greed rules
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
Remember many students are already paying up to €15k to private landlords for 9 months
I've also met a student paying €18k!
Message is clear
F*ck the students
Greed rules
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is f*cking insane & will make it next to impossible for many students to afford university
Remember many students are already paying up to €15k to private landlords for 9 months
I've also met a student paying €18k!
Message is clear
F*ck the students
Greed rules
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
Remember many students are already paying up to €15k to private landlords for 9 months
I've also met a student paying €18k!
Message is clear
F*ck the students
Greed rules
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
A classy title.
If you are curious and want to watch The Liz Truss Show without boosting her figures or giving her ad revenue you can do so here. Share freely. yewtu.be/watch?v=PpH8...
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A classy title.
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"There can be no artwashing and culturewashing of Israel’s apartheid and genocide and, until the EBU does the right thing, we reiterate the Palestinian call for a boycott of Eurovision.” @zazafl.bsky.social
#BoycottEurovision #BDS
www.ipsc.ie/eurovision/i...
#BoycottEurovision #BDS
www.ipsc.ie/eurovision/i...
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"There can be no artwashing and culturewashing of Israel’s apartheid and genocide and, until the EBU does the right thing, we reiterate the Palestinian call for a boycott of Eurovision.” @zazafl.bsky.social
#BoycottEurovision #BDS
www.ipsc.ie/eurovision/i...
#BoycottEurovision #BDS
www.ipsc.ie/eurovision/i...