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Ciaránavirus

@sarklor.bsky.social

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Depressed goblin nightmare boy. Occasional freelance writer: Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory, Imperium Maledictum, Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay. I am also a 2019 Hugo Award Attendee. He/Him etc. https://ko-fi.com/sarklor https://www.sarklor.ie/

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · May 6

This wretched coward should live his remaining days in fear over his refusal to stand up to the genocidal Israeli regime.

Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · May 6

At a time when some are turning in on themselves – Ireland will continue to engage and to look outwards.

I was delighted to speak to the Global Ireland Summit and to see so many leaders drawn from every section of our society gathered together to discuss our country’s place in the world.

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 4h

MM refusing to do anything on climate shows that he puts disproportionate weight on the opinions of lobbyists for data centers, car manufacturers, dairy, etc cause support for government action on climate change actually unites people across the country..so who is he talking about?

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4h

She's a U.S. sponsored opposition candidate and the daughter of a steel oligarch. Machado champions the privatization of Venezuela's oil, power, and steel industries.

Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 4h

New York Times:

“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 4h

"Western leaders now claim credit for ‘peace’, but Gaza’s survival belongs to its people alone."

www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...

www.aljazeera.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 22h

They did not ask about it. #aras25

Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 1d

It’ll be interesting to see if RTE ask Humphreys about this. www.ontheditch.com/fine-gaels-h...

Humphreys has avoided a property tax on old office

She could face criminal prosecution under laws introduced when she was a government minister.

www.ontheditch.com

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Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 20h

The all channels attacks on Catherine Connolly are because, as with Irish Water, Ireland's right wing establishment have an unpopular project (de facto joining the "Western military alliance") that the hoi polloi aren't sophisticated enough to grasp the necessity of and desperation is setting in.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.
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Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4h

Who Link was here & how he formed site culture, insisting on alt text & accessibility & disability justice, insisting on standing with trans people, mutual aid, irreverent shitposting, shows exactly that this culture of early bluesky that forged the platform is the opposite of what the team wants.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 3h

Your reminder that Mother Theresa was actually kind of a monster who denied dying people pain management because she believed pain was divine retribution/a test from God.

Get another woman to criticize women for not being perfect.

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 13h

I was not prepared at all for how much of adult life consists of darkly muttering "jesus fucking christ" to myself

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 14h

Goddamn I miss having a normal sleep cycle. I can't remember the last time I woke up feeling rested.

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 14h

Anyway never become depressed in rural Ireland, it will probably kill you.

Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 14h

Demanding less "screen time" too because they're of an age that they don't quite understand that the Internet is where 90% of my friends live and cutting them out would be Extremely Bad

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 14h

They seem to really want an excuse to wash their hands of me so I guess I better learn to be OK with developing another injury 🙃

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 15h

We're back to "have you tried exercising" from the people to whom I spent a *considerable* amount of time explaining the spinal fusion, the lumbar disc hernias and permanent nerve damage, not to mention the complete lack of motivation. What the fuck are we even doing here again?

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Jamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 21h

I would like to remind Fine Gael politicians that arguably the most corrupt politician in the history of the state, possibly Europe, is currently a member of your coalition government

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 16h

This was fucking deranged, it's a masterpiece

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 16h

Every time he pops up in my feed, he gets less guilty, and I kind of love that

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 4d

Geordi La Forge Nope/Yes meme, but the yes has laser eyes in the visor:

NOPE:
"Do Not Comply In Advance"
- bossy
- already a cliche
- implies permission to comply later

YES:
"Fuck You, Make Me"
- leads by example
- directs yelling at opposition instead of allies
- easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 5d

Martha Kelly (@MarthaKelly3) onn twitter: "Under capitalism, it's normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich - not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane."

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 19h

Much more interesting is Sorca Clarke TD's description of the groundswell of support for Catherine Connolly TD.
As she says, 'people *like* Catherine Connolly.'

#aras2025 @catherinegalway.bsky.social