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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 22h

If I thought the "Help" button would work, I probably wouldn't block so many people.

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 2d

Our letter in response to John FitzGerald's article last week, which made several incorrect claims about our research, including that it calls for Ireland to "end all livestock production".

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 2d

As if modern tech-capitalism wasnt already entirely unmoored from reality.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 2d

The reason this keeps happening is that as far as the political and media class is concerned, the mechanism for the provision of housing (“the market”) has long ago been decided and settled, and now they’ll only allow discussion of peripherals like tax breaks and planning

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 3d

The US is just a ridiculous place these days.

Organisations that refuse to bend to state-sponsored financial blackmail deserve support.

If you are a nerd with a few spare quid, consider Python.

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 3d

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language

www.python.org

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 3d

Sure, and people are exercising their free speech to explain why your opinion is wrong, and is based on flawed knowledge.

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 3d

I'd say a lot of potential candidates were put off by the absolute bile being spewed online these days.

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Suzy Byrne @suzybie.bsky.social · 5d

Recent Aras elections saw multiple candidates get through process via Oireachtas or local authority support - 1997 had 5 candidates, 2011 had 7 and 2018 had 6. There is no need to change the system because the 2025 motley crew were late to process, poor quality or not serious about running at all.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 5d

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687

Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot

One in eighter people spoiled their votes.

jrnl.ie

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 4d

The selection system produced a candidate who wasn't a politician.
That he decided to drop out is beside the point.

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 4d

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 4d

It's "cherishing all the children of the nation equally" gone mad.

Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 4d

Steen took the side of the church over Irish women on abortion
She took the side of the church over Irish LGBT people on marriage
She would've sided with the church over Irish children on the children's ref

She has betrayed all Irish people, except straight Irish men

#speirgorm #irishelection

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 5d

By failing to even get nominated for the Presidency while another independent candidate scored a record victory, I have of course been proven right

Maria Steen: Historic spoilt vote vindicates everything I said about our disconnected political class
Frustrated, furious and disenfranchised electorate made their feelings known at the ballot box

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 4d

It's "cherishing all the children of the nation equally" gone mad.

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 4d

Its weird how all these racists keep joining parties that spout racism.

#aontu #speirgorm

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 5d

It's better than throwing away the peace and love, but keeping the religion (like in the US)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Reform swaggered into Caerphilly, ready for a coronation. An unpleasant surprise lay in store | Will Hayward

Predictions of a Reform win were wide of the mark. But Labour’s crushing byelection defeat offers important lessons too, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

www.theguardian.com

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 7d

An excellent riposte to the all-too-common "If we just kick out the immigrants, everything will be fixed" nonsense (or one of the watered-down versions, like Carthy's) that FF/FG/SF have taken from the far-right.

This is what news journalists are supposed to do.

The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 8d

🗣️ "Are we going to have a conversation, on the level that you are about deportations here, about the crisis of male violence against women in this country?” - News Correspondent, The Journal Eimer McAuley
#TonightVMTV

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 7d

I know some people who definitely do want to optimise every single thing in their lives.

The most tedious gowls I have ever met.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 7d

OK, having heard a report on some AI bracelet which is always recording audio with the idea that you could go back and audit your day's interactions or ask it questions about what you did that day...

look if you actually want this I think you're forgetting what it means to be human.

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 8d

"Mícheál Martin made me burn out a Garda van"

Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 9d

What does that have to do with the price of fish?
This is just violence from people who believe the information they get through social media.
They the same kind of gobshites that are causing trouble in the UK, but we have less of them.

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 9d

Just a bunch of gobshites who blame immigrants for the shittiness of their own lives.
There is no worthwhile guidance to be taken from them.

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 11d

Who would have thought that a political party filled with angry lying gobshites would be such a shambles?

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 14d

2018 Russia
2022 Qatar
2026 USA

Plus ca change

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 14d

Fawning Fifa boss in a tough spot if Trump tells him to pull Boston’s World Cup games

US president has drawn the 2026 World Cup into his culture wars with American cities

www.irishtimes.com

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Ronan McManus @ronanmc.bsky.social · 14d

It's just as well he's saving so much by slashing healthcare.

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