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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 4h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 20h

Disgraceful carry on from the unnamed group and from Coilte. It’s all about the money, taking out trees and hedging that’s been there hundreds of years.

macmuiris @macmuiris.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely wanton fuckery here. I'm looking forward to the inevitable "there's nothing anyone can do" response from Coillte, the gardaí, and anyone else who ought to be hunting these pricks down and reducing them to penury.

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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macmuiris @macmuiris.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely wanton fuckery here. I'm looking forward to the inevitable "there's nothing anyone can do" response from Coillte, the gardaí, and anyone else who ought to be hunting these pricks down and reducing them to penury.

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 12h

Assuming that half the undecideds don't vote at all and the other half vote along these lines... Gavin's transfers could swing it.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Independent Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests.

www.rte.ie

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 12h

Remember when this happened and there were zero consequences?

National Security & Cyber
Israel Secretly Targeted American Lawmakers With Gaza War Influence
Campaign
United Citizens for Canada

In an attempt to sway global public opinion on the war in Gaza, fake accounts and sites spread pro-Israel and Islamophobic content. The operation was orchestrated by Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry and run by a political campaigning firm
Omer Benjakob
June 05, 2024
The Israeli government is behind

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Anthro Irish @anthroirish.bsky.social · 1d

Clisare YouTube Video
We are delighted to share the video that Clisare filmed at our 2025 event!

Thank you to all those who helped make this project come together.

Watch the full video here ( youtube.com/@clisare?si=... )

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8h

Of all the fucking people to try to girlboss, jesus ...

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 13h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17h

The US is a straight-up police state, more egregious than the vast majority of ‘totalitarian regimes’ we (in the Global North) grew up being warned about.

Picture the Feds took with supposed Latin Kings leader (whose wife says he’s being framed) is 100% inspired by the IDF

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 14h

"List of deliverables attached"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 23h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 23h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 1d

the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 1d

Watching a unknown comedy with one of those casts that suggests it either must be a hidden gem or complete dreck.

A poster for Once Upon A Crime a movie starring JOHN CANDY JAMES BELUSHI CYBILL SHEPHERD SEAN YOUNG
RICHARD LEWIS ORNELLA MUTI GIANCARLO GIANNINI GEORGE HAMILTON

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Cozca @cozca.bsky.social · 3d

Call attention to the federal charges of targeted activists in Portland, Oregon.
Those of us with federal charges are being prosecuted in silence with zero media coverage as they federally railroad us.

Please help boost!

TeslaTakedownPDX @teslatakedownpdx.bsky.social · 3d

SUNDAY AT ELIZABETH CARUTHERS!

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 1d

Cities standing up for, helping instead of harming each other.

We do this all the time for natural disasters (👀). We collect food and supplies. We send people to help. We gather in solidarity.

We have a long history of helping each other and being demonized for it.

We do it anyway.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

"It would be powerful if folks from Dallas stand up for Chicago and folks from Chicago stand up for Dallas, so that narratives like 'Texas invades Illinois' can't take hold. Cities are not invading each other. The federal government is attacking Americans."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 1d

Once again, this happens every time the Council/Parliament try to ram through Chat Control. They know this is a terrible idea.

At this point, the only reason they're trying to introduce it again is that they're hoping people aren't paying attention.

Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · 1d

“The EU Council has cancelled its vote, which had been due next week, on [..] a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

The Danish EU presidency [..] are now aiming for a new compromise for a ministerial meeting in December.” euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

EU puts off 'chat control' vote amid deep division

The EU Council has cancelled its vote, due next week, on a controversial anti-child sexual abuse regulation, a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

euobserver.com

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly how the Hungary plan went, and the December meeting went down to the wire.

Why is our Government supporting amass surveillance plan the German police minister said should be ‘taboo’ and the Dutch spy agency said was a threat to security?

Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 1d

Once again, this happens every time the Council/Parliament try to ram through Chat Control. They know this is a terrible idea.

At this point, the only reason they're trying to introduce it again is that they're hoping people aren't paying attention.

Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · 1d

“The EU Council has cancelled its vote, which had been due next week, on [..] a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

The Danish EU presidency [..] are now aiming for a new compromise for a ministerial meeting in December.” euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Oh no my wallet

LEGO set: bright three dimensional tropical aquarium, 4154 pieces priced at $499

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 1d

Basically all the ai "value" is either investments in costly physical infrastructure or a handful of companies buying into / from each other.

Bc they run on hype, one of Altman's tricks has been announcing giant costs as though they were revenue

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'The circularity has also prompted questions about how sustainable the revenues will turn out to be.'

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

www.ft.com

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Ash @h1twom4n.bsky.social · 1d

The dailymail has discovered that women don’t look like 6 year olds forever

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1d

Life for the civilians who survived in Gaza is in ruins. They're homeless, jobless and hungry, and rely entirely on our direct donations to survive and rebuild.

Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and make a home. And to others. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 1d

3 agencies involved but none had the right remit.

EPA - Monitors 31 sites in 3,330km of Blackwater, but it happened elsewhere

Inland Fisheries - doesn’t have the forensic capacity for the testing needed.

Marine Institute - has that capacity, but only investigates disease, not pollution.

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 1d

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...