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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 23h

Short answer: if he gets enough votes the taxpayer ends up paying for the whole sorry debacle

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Jim Gavin may have pulled out of the campaign, but he is still a candidate in the presidential election, whether he likes it or not.

Fianna Fáil’s zombie candidate remains in the race, at least on paper.

So what happens if you cast your vote for Gavin?

http://jrnl.ie/6843963

What does a vote for Jim Gavin mean? And what happens if wins?

Fianna Fáil’s zombie candidate remains in the race, at least on paper.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

A report by the International Energy Agency has found that residential electricity prices in Ireland are three times higher than the wholesale cost.
The IEA said 'some countries promptly passed wholesale price increases on to consumers' and this disparity was the largest in Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6844698

Retail electricity prices in Ireland three times higher than wholesale cost, report finds

A new report also found EU countries have some of the highest residential electricity prices in the world and that prices are highest in Ireland and Germany.

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 23h

Rewatching The Haunting of Hill House soon to get myself in the spooky zone 💪

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 1d

According to their system, orders can be cancelled right until they dispatch... does this mean it's dispatched?

Have they really dispatched without collecting payment AND updating the order system?!

I just wanted to order a Pokémon game with some trinkets 😭😭

Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing prepared me for the absolute nonsense of trying to preorder a physical game directly from Nintendo.

I pre-ordered a Pokemon ZA bundle last week, payment still hasn't been collected, but also it won't let me cancel the order?

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone is wondering - Burke was first suspended in June 2022. THREE ENTIRE YEARS AGO
Is anyone in authority going to do anything to protect the students of Wilsons Hospital School from this person?

Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 1d

Burke will continue to cost Wilson's Hospital School and the state unless his disciplinary appeal is heard, and upheld. What is the hold up??? It is not his school, he's not a teacher there (pending appeal) he has no right to be there. The security guard is correct in his actions.

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 1d

In line to pay in the petrol station yesterday a woman was talking to her friend and said “I swear to god I need a Valium and a box of chocolate ” and now this morning my 3 year old who overheard this convo, is asking for “a wee Valium and chocolate please.” It’s like living with a devious parrot

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💀 emmaaaaagh burns 🔥 @betaburns.bsky.social · 1d

People don't realise how malicious the 'reforms' proposed by Heather Humphreys to disability supports were. Very few people appreciate the work put in by disabled activists to resist those reforms or the lasting damage caused. No apology or even acknowledgement, HH is not a President for all #Áras25

Daniella Bella @daniemililly.bsky.social · 8d

I was one of the leaders of Scrap The Green Paper because I & my friends were suicidal after learning proposals for ~84% of disabled to be pushed into work

I've not recovered from pushing myself to fight it, nor my friends

I'm so broken & Humphreys wants a house in the park on our backs

#áras25

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 1d

What's the best category to report it under?

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 2d

The whitewashing begins, I actually think a big driver for this ‘peace’ deal was to protect Israel from total ostracisation on the global stage, they should still be punished and made to account for their genocide

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union said

Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision

Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union sa...

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 4d

There's at least one other person with my full government name here in Ireland. She's a real estate agent and (AFAIK) a possible FG member/supporter.

I hope her SEO is haunted by me!

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Niamh Ní Cheallaigh 🇮🇪 ♿️ 🇵🇸 @niamhnicheallaigh.bsky.social · 5d

Catherine Connolly never thanked the driver when she got off bus 10 years ago.

Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 5d

I saw Catherine Connolly watch an ambulance pass by and she didn't bless herself.

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 5d

Catherine Connolly seen buying 11 items in the 10 items or less aisle!

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no, that's always a rough one 😭😭

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 6d

I'm getting my wisdom teeth out on Sunday, and honest to god my first response when I got the call was "but that's on the community day 🥺"

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Viktor Complex @viktorcomplex.bsky.social · 6d

Feed my Pokémon Go obsession 🤟
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A screenshot from Viktor's Pokémon Go account on the Trainer Code page. Their username is SassySharmander, their friend code is 685768242878, and there's a QR code that you can scan to automate sending a friend request.

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Serebii.net @serebii.bsky.social · 6d

Serebii Update: The Pokémon GO Harvest Festival event is now rolling out globally.

Runs from 10:00 local time October 10th to 20:00 local time on October 16th

Details are being added @ www.serebii.net/pokemongo/ev...

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Remi Kanazi @remikanazi.bsky.social · 6d

If a ceasefire holds, you boycott Israel HARDER, you divest, you push for sanctions. You don't perform for apartheid. You don't whitewash genocide. You don't pretend like Israel isn't still a violent occupier stealing land and collectively punishing Palestinians daily

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6d

Woman holding protest sign: You think it started on the 7th October
because the BBC won't
show you seasons 1, 2 and 3

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
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...

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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 10d

Friend: I found your doppelganger

*shows you picture of the worst looking person you've ever seen in your life*

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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