Ciaránavirus
@sarklor.bsky.social
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/
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
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.
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.
This wretched coward should live his remaining days in fear over his refusal to stand up to the genocidal Israeli regime.
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The one that annoyed me most recently was AER LINGUS not recognising apostrophes.
Me: Yes, of course. That'd be O'Reilly
Website:
Me: To repeat, that's O'Reilly.
Website:
Me: O-Apostrophe-R-E-
Website: Come come, Mr O#Reilly, we tire of these childish games.
Website:
Me: To repeat, that's O'Reilly.
Website:
Me: O-Apostrophe-R-E-
Website: Come come, Mr O#Reilly, we tire of these childish games.
Website: and your postcode?
Me: my address is—
Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?
Me: *enters postcode*
Website: is it no. 132?
Me: no
Website: is it no. 134?
Me: it’s 1—
Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
Me: my address is—
Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?
Me: *enters postcode*
Website: is it no. 132?
Me: no
Website: is it no. 134?
Me: it’s 1—
Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The one that annoyed me most recently was AER LINGUS not recognising apostrophes.
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These spineless losers keep telling you that they're in favour of this, they just wish it wasn't so loud.
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 PM
These spineless losers keep telling you that they're in favour of this, they just wish it wasn't so loud.
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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Because Democrats are just as fucking bad.
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Because Democrats are just as fucking bad.
It'd be nice if YouTube could go even one month without deliberately making things worse for people. Today, whatever video I might click on, it pretends "this content is not available" and that the comment sections are turned off and empty, before a refresh of the page lets things load normally.
January 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
It'd be nice if YouTube could go even one month without deliberately making things worse for people. Today, whatever video I might click on, it pretends "this content is not available" and that the comment sections are turned off and empty, before a refresh of the page lets things load normally.
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So Trump replaced Bovino with the guy in charge of Border Patrol under Obama.
But wait, I'm told everything was okay under Obama? Will the extrajudicial slaughters be okay now?
But wait, I'm told everything was okay under Obama? Will the extrajudicial slaughters be okay now?
January 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
So Trump replaced Bovino with the guy in charge of Border Patrol under Obama.
But wait, I'm told everything was okay under Obama? Will the extrajudicial slaughters be okay now?
But wait, I'm told everything was okay under Obama? Will the extrajudicial slaughters be okay now?
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Oops, our U.S. data center partner just so happened have an outage that shadowbanned all left-wing political content on our platform for 48 hours. And this just so happened to coincide with us being purchased by one of Trump's friends. Our bad.
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Oops, our U.S. data center partner just so happened have an outage that shadowbanned all left-wing political content on our platform for 48 hours. And this just so happened to coincide with us being purchased by one of Trump's friends. Our bad.
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The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure
“Where the built environment separates human skin and bone from lorries, cars, and buses, there is no need for our frantic striving to make fragile bodies hyper-visible”
“Anyone who thinks cyclists ‘come out of nowhere’ should not be in control of a vehicle”: Author slams ‘be safe, be seen’ hi-vis cycling campaigns, calls for ‘Look, don’t kill’ slogan; TT tinkering; V...
January is never going to end, is it? And on that cheery note, Ryan Mallon’s back for another cold, wet, and very windy shift rounding up all the latest cycling news on the Tuesday live blog
road.cc
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure
I'm simply going to have to make more use of this going forward
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I'm simply going to have to make more use of this going forward
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Blinken admitted it outright while he was still Secretary of State
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Blinken admitted it outright while he was still Secretary of State
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God this storm is brutal, let me check the only place I can reliably see if my train is delayed...
January 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
God this storm is brutal, let me check the only place I can reliably see if my train is delayed...
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There's something so insane about the fact that the app stores will, to the best of their ability, prevent you from accessing consensual pornography while letting pornography that is, by default, nonconsensual pass with a shrug
A review of the app stores “found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store…”
Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds
A tech watchdog organization found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store.
www.cnbc.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
There's something so insane about the fact that the app stores will, to the best of their ability, prevent you from accessing consensual pornography while letting pornography that is, by default, nonconsensual pass with a shrug
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saw someone call schumer cowardly and chide him for lacking the backbone to call for ICE to be abolished, & it must once again be pointed out that that is untrue. he is not trying to oppose the republicans and failing, he is on the same team as the republicans, and his enemy is you
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 PM
saw someone call schumer cowardly and chide him for lacking the backbone to call for ICE to be abolished, & it must once again be pointed out that that is untrue. he is not trying to oppose the republicans and failing, he is on the same team as the republicans, and his enemy is you
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NTA continues to force Irish Rail to stay on X despite child sexual abuse material scandal
Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority…
Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority…
NTA continues to force Irish Rail to stay on X despite child sexual abuse material scandal
Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority (NTA) is continuing to hold Irish Rail to a contractual obligation to post updates and to reply to messages on the platform formally known as Twitter. The NTA's lack of movement on the issue reflects the Irish Government's position to stay on X, but the authority did not answer questions relating to whether there has been any mandate from Governmenal level or if it would remove the contractual obligation put on Irish Rail as a public service obligation provider.
irishcycle.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
NTA continues to force Irish Rail to stay on X despite child sexual abuse material scandal
Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority…
Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority…
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Body cams for government thugs are a joke obviously but here's my compromise idea: shock collars for government thugs
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Body cams for government thugs are a joke obviously but here's my compromise idea: shock collars for government thugs
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Once again trawling through the intimate messages of a married couple, which they’re required to submit for a Join Spouse visa to be issued, feeling embarrassed on my behalf and anger on theirs. Why on earth do civil servants at the Department of Justice have any entitlement to read these #speirgorm
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Once again trawling through the intimate messages of a married couple, which they’re required to submit for a Join Spouse visa to be issued, feeling embarrassed on my behalf and anger on theirs. Why on earth do civil servants at the Department of Justice have any entitlement to read these #speirgorm
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Listening to a thing about meeting the right person where the narrator says "we only have to be lucky once", which presumably was not the angle that the IRA Army Council was going for
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Listening to a thing about meeting the right person where the narrator says "we only have to be lucky once", which presumably was not the angle that the IRA Army Council was going for
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Nobody is ever *solely* a transphobe. You never hear somebody described as an otherwise-compassionate, sane and insightful person who has this weird anomalous transphobic blind spot. It's usually their most visible bigotry because (in the UK, certainly) it's the most tolerated.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Nobody is ever *solely* a transphobe. You never hear somebody described as an otherwise-compassionate, sane and insightful person who has this weird anomalous transphobic blind spot. It's usually their most visible bigotry because (in the UK, certainly) it's the most tolerated.
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checking in on rednote to see what ppl in china are saying about minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
checking in on rednote to see what ppl in china are saying about minneapolis
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Thinking about that brief moment in the early pandemic when the government actually reached out to help us, no strings attached, AND how quickly they yanked it all away when they realized that we might get used to being cared for
Do not get it twisted. The REAL change we are seeing right now, and which we need to sustain, is the revealing of how much we have the power to care & provide for each other in ways the state has continually abdicated its supposed responsibility to do in order to consolidate power.
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Thinking about that brief moment in the early pandemic when the government actually reached out to help us, no strings attached, AND how quickly they yanked it all away when they realized that we might get used to being cared for
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This sums up so much of the root of problem, huh.
January 27, 2026 at 6:42 AM
This sums up so much of the root of problem, huh.
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Ireland: the country where a gap in legislation that led to yokes being legal for a day was dealt with more haste and concern than an open forum website that generates CSAM on command
The Government is exploring strengthening laws covering AI deepfakes, the Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence will hear
Govt to explore strengthening AI deepfake laws - cttee
Minister of State with responsibility for artificial intelligence Niamh Smyth will tell the Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence that the Government is exploring strengthening laws covering...
www.rte.ie
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Ireland: the country where a gap in legislation that led to yokes being legal for a day was dealt with more haste and concern than an open forum website that generates CSAM on command
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That really was his Lil ass huh
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
That really was his Lil ass huh