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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 7d

Trans pupils in Scotland are limiting food and drink intake to avoid using school toilets, fearing they might be ‘outed’

www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-pupils...

Trans pupils in Scotland are limiting food and drink intake to avoid using school toilets, fearing they might be ‘outed’

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has said the Scottish Government’s newly revised guidance on supporting trans pupils in schools "falls short" of providing clarity to schools, teachers, par...

www.scenemag.co.uk

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 20h

okay I'm almost done with the second book in @maryrobinettekowal.com's Lady Astronaut series and I cannot recommend it enough to all you incident response and human factors nerds

the first book had me hooked from page one, which is a rare thing for me:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel

A Lady Astronaut Novel

bookshop.org

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Séan Ó Conghaile ᚛ᚄᚕᚅ᚜ @shaneconneely.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland could build a new children's hospital every three years for the cost of the hospitality VAT reduction.

We could build a Galway sized luas system every year for the same cost

We'll invest less in the National Grid between now and 2030, than we will in €18 sandwiches in 2026

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 5h

i'll tell you what's going to be "polarising" – crop losses, coastal flooding, more destruction and extended blackouts like storm éowyn

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 13h

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.social · 21h

When local news KATU posted this on Instagram, they had to clarify that the music was coming from the protesters and hadn't been added as editorial comment. 😂

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10h

This is hilarious

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 10h

/nods

Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 10h

Still I miss what boards once was, esp for the 3am club.

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 10h

I mean painsomina suuucks, but being awake and seeing you are too makes me feel less alone.

But yeah bought a vibro plate yoke and am looking at tai chi for spoonies.

Might have to ask @legendgerry.bsky.social for reccomendations.

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 10h

Same, same.

Having to print out the physiotherapy guideline for PEM & how graded excerise is harmful, for snr Drs and physios...

And was told to leave any online support groups, as 'all people do is spread misinformation & wind each other up.

a judge sitting in front of an american flag

ALT: a judge sitting in front of an american flag

media.tenor.com

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Smash Pages @smashpages.bsky.social · 10h

NYCC | 'Jem and the Holograms' return to comics at BOOM! Studios next year:
smashpages.net/2025/10/09/n...

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💀 emmaaaaagh burns 🔥 @betaburns.bsky.social · 17h

Just looking at the top row of books in this picture transports me nearly half a century to being 4 years old and cosy with my mam at bedtime and that way a loved voice vibrates through your body when you are sleepy and lie in real close. Pure magic. Read to your kids.

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 17h

Ladybird cover stories.
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley.
(Books published between 1965 - 1974)

Collection of 13 books, laid out in an approximate grid, showing the front covers of Robert Lumley‘s original fairytale books, including the enormous turnip and the elves and the Shoemaker

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 17h

Significant blow today for Stella O'Malley & her anti-trans advocacy organisation Genspect, as their spurious defamation action against Irish therapist, Leonie O'Dowd, is added to "The Gallery of Shame" by CASE (Campaign Against SLAPPs in Europe.) www.the-case.eu/gallery-of-s...

Gallery of Shame – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 17h

In her bollocks, she will.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 19h

Heather Humphreys has recommitted to learning Irish, 11 years after first making this pledge.
In 2014, Humphreys became the Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Minister, but faced criticism due to her lack of Irish.
http://jrnl.ie/6840258

Heather Humphreys says she was too busy to learn Irish before but recommits to learning it for Áras

She first committed to learning Irish when she became the Gaeltacht Minister in 2014.

jrnl.ie

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 23h

Britain ran entirely on clean energy for 87 hours this year – a fiftyfold rise since 2021. Proof that progress is real, even if there’s a long road to 2030’s clean-power target.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @seththevoz.bsky.social
@carbonbrief.org - with thanks.

Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far

Clean-energy sources have powered Great Britain entirely for a record 87 hours this year — a milestone toward 2030 targets

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 18h

Nothing says "protecting children" like allowing a catastrophic data breach of thousands of childrens' selfies linked to government documents and addresses

404 Media @404media.co · 21h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Not everyone can boycott Amazon

Many disabled & elderly people are housebound and rely on it

Some medical supplies are more affordable there than anywhere else.

Instead of judging, help create networks of care.

Give rides, drop off food and meds, donate to mutual aid

Take care of each other

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Katie Cannon @katiecannon.bsky.social · 20h

This is good

www.youtube.com/live/5tJ2vgN...

Enshittification: A Monopoly Story with Cory Doctorow

YouTube video by Real Progressives

www.youtube.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 21h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 20h

When parakeets cosplay

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 18h

@shiminay.bsky.social

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks to a generous donation, we know our aspirational classes now!

Phil - ??? trying to become an Enforcer
@araina.bsky.social - A kitsune that's become a Dark Stone Shaman
@blarkytopia.bsky.social - ??? trying to become a Traveling Monk
@qryztinker.bsky.social - ??? trying to become a Priest/Nun

Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future

I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.

www.extra-life.org

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 1d

Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys has avoided a property tax on her old constituency office after failing to declare she’s no longer entitled to an exemption.

For failing to make this declaration Humphreys could face criminal prosecution.

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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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 20h

“For me, rape means forcing someone, tying them up”

Failure to understand a concept isn’t a defence. Further, what’s the practical difference between tying someone up so they can’t move and drugging them so they can’t move?

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