Philip O'Connor
@philipoconnor.bsky.social
"Love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night."
Irish journalist based in Stockholm, covering the world.
Irish journalist based in Stockholm, covering the world.
Not sure biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid had any idea what was going to happen when he admitted to NRK that he had cheated on his girlfriend, but there's no putting that particularly unfaithful genie back in the bottle ...
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Reuters on Instagram: "There’s a cheating scandal at the Olympics — but it’s not related to a sport. Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid apologized to his gold medal-winning teammate Johan-Olav B...
96 likes, 13 comments - reuters on February 11, 2026: "There’s a cheating scandal at the Olympics — but it’s not related to a sport. Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid apologized to his gold med...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Not sure biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid had any idea what was going to happen when he admitted to NRK that he had cheated on his girlfriend, but there's no putting that particularly unfaithful genie back in the bottle ...
www.instagram.com/reels/DUnee1...
www.instagram.com/reels/DUnee1...
Lol
Former ambassador Dan Mulhall said it was surprising that an Irish citizen would be held in detention for so long. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Taoiseach should raise Culleton case with Trump - Mulhall
Former Irish ambassador to the US Dan Mulhall said the Taoiseach should raise Seamus Culleton's case with Donald Trump when they meet on St Patrick's Day, if Mr Culleton has not been released by then.
www.rte.ie
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Lol
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Between the ski jumpers allegedly injecting their manhoods and the Norwegian cheating on his girlfriend, I am hereby renaming these the Milano Corpenis Olympics.
www.reuters.com/sports/biath...
www.reuters.com/sports/biath...
Norway's Laegreid lashed for love-cheat admission, apologises to team-mate
Biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid apologised to his gold medal-winning teammate Johan-Olav Botn after stealing the spotlight in a stunning post-race interview in which he admitted cheating on his girlfri...
www.reuters.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Between the ski jumpers allegedly injecting their manhoods and the Norwegian cheating on his girlfriend, I am hereby renaming these the Milano Corpenis Olympics.
www.reuters.com/sports/biath...
www.reuters.com/sports/biath...
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Just in the past few months in Minnesota, there have been as many ICE employees arrested for sex trafficking as there's been people executed by ICE agents
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Just in the past few months in Minnesota, there have been as many ICE employees arrested for sex trafficking as there's been people executed by ICE agents
You'll never fucking guess who voted for it ...
Irish MEPs were divided as the European Parliament voted to streamline moving asylum seekers to 'third countries' that they deem safe
www.thejournal.ie/eu-migration...
www.thejournal.ie/eu-migration...
Irish MEPs divided as parliament votes to streamline moving asylum seekers to 'third countries'
Most Irish MEPs either voted against or abstained on the proposals.
www.thejournal.ie
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
You'll never fucking guess who voted for it ...
Come for the sport, stay for the bed-hopping Norwegian biathlete going on live TV and begging forgiveness ...
www.straitstimes.com/sport/biathl...
www.straitstimes.com/sport/biathl...
Biathlon-Tearful Norwegian confesses to cheating on girlfriend, begs forgiveness after bronze medal win
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 10 - Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid followed up his bronze medal in the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday with a stunning confession that he had cheated on his girlfrien...
www.straitstimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Come for the sport, stay for the bed-hopping Norwegian biathlete going on live TV and begging forgiveness ...
www.straitstimes.com/sport/biathl...
www.straitstimes.com/sport/biathl...
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Within a two-year period, HSE staff recorded almost 450 suspected suicides of patients who had recent contact with healthcare services, an investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.
www.thejournal.ie/suicides-aft...
www.thejournal.ie/suicides-aft...
Hundreds of people died by suspected suicide after recent contact with HSE services
Almost 450 suicides were reported to the HSE between 2022 and 2024 by healthcare staff across a range of patient services, including Emergency Departments.
www.thejournal.ie
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Within a two-year period, HSE staff recorded almost 450 suspected suicides of patients who had recent contact with healthcare services, an investigation by @trishdevlin.bsky.social has found.
www.thejournal.ie/suicides-aft...
www.thejournal.ie/suicides-aft...
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2/ Here's @atrupar.com's clip of that important moment in today's hearing: Once again, videos show Americans the truth about what ICE is doing. Camera's up & document, document, document.
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MAGAZINER: Is it proper procedure to aim pepper spray into the window of a moving vehicle?
SCOTT: We try to avoid that
MAGAZINER: You try to avoid it
SCOTT: We try to avoid that
MAGAZINER: You try to avoid it
February 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
2/ Here's @atrupar.com's clip of that important moment in today's hearing: Once again, videos show Americans the truth about what ICE is doing. Camera's up & document, document, document.
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Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek will be able to make her Olympic debut with pairs partner Maxime Deschamps. The 42-year-old, who made a remarkable comeback after a 16-YEAR absence, had hit her head in training on Jan. 30, casting her Games in doubt.
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek will be able to make her Olympic debut with pairs partner Maxime Deschamps. The 42-year-old, who made a remarkable comeback after a 16-YEAR absence, had hit her head in training on Jan. 30, casting her Games in doubt.
Sweden 1, 2, 3 in the women's cross-country sprint. Norway may invade.
#WinterOlympics
#WinterOlympics
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Sweden 1, 2, 3 in the women's cross-country sprint. Norway may invade.
#WinterOlympics
#WinterOlympics
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My daily plug for my prints. Every print is under £30 and I’d just like to point out that I too have never been close with Peter Mandleson. marswasrubbish.etsy.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
My daily plug for my prints. Every print is under £30 and I’d just like to point out that I too have never been close with Peter Mandleson. marswasrubbish.etsy.com
Helt lysande.
Skrivit om Katja Nyberg och 90-talets rejv-Stockholm för @aftonbladetkultur.bsky.social
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www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/8pB...
TOMAS HEMSTAD om rejvkommissionen och Katja Nyberg
TOMAS HEMSTAD om rejvkommissionen och Katja Nyberg
www.aftonbladet.se
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Helt lysande.
And Micheál will still go and tug his forelock and present the bowl, and say exactly fuck all about the Trump junta taking Irish citizens hostage.
A weak, cowardly, spineless "leader" foisted on the Irish people by a party built on the same foundations.
A weak, cowardly, spineless "leader" foisted on the Irish people by a party built on the same foundations.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM
And Micheál will still go and tug his forelock and present the bowl, and say exactly fuck all about the Trump junta taking Irish citizens hostage.
A weak, cowardly, spineless "leader" foisted on the Irish people by a party built on the same foundations.
A weak, cowardly, spineless "leader" foisted on the Irish people by a party built on the same foundations.
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"Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Babies among 53 dead or missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya, UN says
The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya's coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing
abcnews.go.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
"Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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“Humanity’s future required the urgent overhaul of the world’s “existing accounting systems” Guterres said were driving the planet to the brink of disaster.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
“Humanity’s future required the urgent overhaul of the world’s “existing accounting systems” Guterres said were driving the planet to the brink of disaster.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bra att det här lyfts på det här sättet - att lära sig läsa och skriva är att lära sig tänka.
‼️ 8 av 10 elever har blivit sämre på att skriva.
”Att skriva är att skicka hjärnan på gym – du blir starkare och mer precis i ditt tänkande. Det är väldigt sorgligt att skolan tillåter att eleverna skriver som krattor.”
Förfärande fakta om hur barn får sämre chanser @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social
”Att skriva är att skicka hjärnan på gym – du blir starkare och mer precis i ditt tänkande. Det är väldigt sorgligt att skolan tillåter att eleverna skriver som krattor.”
Förfärande fakta om hur barn får sämre chanser @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Bra att det här lyfts på det här sättet - att lära sig läsa och skriva är att lära sig tänka.
Check out the men's 20km individual #biathlon race at the #WinterOlympics today - five 4km laps, four visits to the shooting range, each miss adds one minute, best time wins gold.
ITA in with a strong medal chance along with FRA, SWE, NOR, GER.
Greenland's Sondre Slettemark races for Denmark.
ITA in with a strong medal chance along with FRA, SWE, NOR, GER.
Greenland's Sondre Slettemark races for Denmark.
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Check out the men's 20km individual #biathlon race at the #WinterOlympics today - five 4km laps, four visits to the shooting range, each miss adds one minute, best time wins gold.
ITA in with a strong medal chance along with FRA, SWE, NOR, GER.
Greenland's Sondre Slettemark races for Denmark.
ITA in with a strong medal chance along with FRA, SWE, NOR, GER.
Greenland's Sondre Slettemark races for Denmark.
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Ukrainian skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych said a helmet he has used in training at the Milano Cortina Games with images of compatriots killed during the war in Ukraine cannot be used in Olympic competition after being told by the IOC that it violates a rule on political statements.
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Ukrainian skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych said a helmet he has used in training at the Milano Cortina Games with images of compatriots killed during the war in Ukraine cannot be used in Olympic competition after being told by the IOC that it violates a rule on political statements.
Lol. Wilmthey be visiting Kildare St.?
Safer Internet Day is being marked in Ireland and across the world, with a focus this year on the risks and harms posed to young people by artificial intelligence
Safer Internet Day warns of AI dangers for children
Safer Internet Day is being marked in Ireland and across the world, with a focus this year on the risks and harms posed to young people by artificial intelligence.
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Lol. Wilmthey be visiting Kildare St.?
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Israel is okay with allowing a 5yr old child to die because their address is in the ‘bad place.’
Remind me again why Ireland can’t pass the occupied territories bill?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Remind me again why Ireland can’t pass the occupied territories bill?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli court denies 5-year-old Palestinian life-saving treatment because of Gaza address
The Judge Ruled That the Fact That the Boy Currently Resides in Ramallah Is Immaterial, Since the Government's Policy to Bar All Palestinians Registered in Gaza From Receiving Medical Care in Israel '...
www.haaretz.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Israel is okay with allowing a 5yr old child to die because their address is in the ‘bad place.’
Remind me again why Ireland can’t pass the occupied territories bill?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Remind me again why Ireland can’t pass the occupied territories bill?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Seeing the general reaction to the draconian new citizenship policies (that will apply retroactively!) is making me despair. This is your occasional reminder that if you believe citizenship is a right, not a jealously guarded privilege for a lucky few, you need to speak up—the others are VERY loud
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Seeing the general reaction to the draconian new citizenship policies (that will apply retroactively!) is making me despair. This is your occasional reminder that if you believe citizenship is a right, not a jealously guarded privilege for a lucky few, you need to speak up—the others are VERY loud
My totally unscientific take on the whole AI thing:
It's shite, it's not getting any better, and the garbage it creates is being published and fed back into it, making it even worse. It's a doom loop of mediocrity, diluting itself until it is rendered utterly useless, taking the Internet with it.
It's shite, it's not getting any better, and the garbage it creates is being published and fed back into it, making it even worse. It's a doom loop of mediocrity, diluting itself until it is rendered utterly useless, taking the Internet with it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My totally unscientific take on the whole AI thing:
It's shite, it's not getting any better, and the garbage it creates is being published and fed back into it, making it even worse. It's a doom loop of mediocrity, diluting itself until it is rendered utterly useless, taking the Internet with it.
It's shite, it's not getting any better, and the garbage it creates is being published and fed back into it, making it even worse. It's a doom loop of mediocrity, diluting itself until it is rendered utterly useless, taking the Internet with it.
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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Being a nonce hinges on believing the evidence of powerless women. Being a traitor hinges on evidence from mostly powerful men.
February 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Being a nonce hinges on believing the evidence of powerless women. Being a traitor hinges on evidence from mostly powerful men.