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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 1h

Trump Netty and the billionaires behind them already have some nefarious plan and it does not include letting Gazans live.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1h

Morning thoughts on the ceasefire and how it proceeds.

Does peace have a real chance this time?

So, so much remains very unclear - perhaps deliberately so.

CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 1h

It’s distracts us from dealing with Gaza tho so there’s that

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 1h

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 17h

WHAT ABOUT CATERPILLAR CAKES? PERCY PIGS? CREAM FLOUR? this is so stupid and embarrassing for any MEP who voted for this

Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 17h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods

Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’

www.theguardian.com

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 13h

A full house in Dublin tonight for a powerful launch of the brilliant poet, academic and activist Prof. Refaat Alareer’s ‘If I Must Die: Poetry & Prose’. Refaat was murdered by apartheid Israel in Gaza and his great friend and editor Yousef M Aljamal spoke beautifully about his own family's history

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 2h

Taoiseach tearing up about the Jim Gavin drama but not a tear for the hostages (not even the Irish ones) grabbed illegally and whose lives were at stake
#FreePalestine
#EnactTheOTBWithGoodsServices
#SanctionsNow

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 12h

Great interview @chrisandrews85.bsky.social, kidnapped by apartheid Israel in international waters trying to get aid to Gaza. He centres the Palestinian prisoners and Israel's genocide, pointing out how appalling it is our government has not sanctioned it. #FreePalestine
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Sinn Fein Senator Chris Andrews tells us about his detention by Israel and how the activists were treated

Another flight with Irish citizens on board who were held by Israel after it intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived back to Dublin last night. One of those on board was Sinn Fein Senator Chris ...

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 2h

Musk buys stuff with grifted money, and mega handouts from the state 🤷‍♀️

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

Just one grifter winking at another.

Remember, Musk is the largest GOP donor in American history.

He donates 1000% more money to the GOP than a man (George Soros) who Republicans preposterously claim is the puppeteer of the Democratic Party rather than just a donor.

So what does that make *Musk*?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 8h

“He’s incredible at everything he does. We need 200 Elon Musks,” the president’s 41-year-old son said.

CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 2h

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7h

I have the same question for Tomi

CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 2h

Even if “peace” breaks out Netty and Trump will be helping themselves to Gaza. I notice in this plan that Hamas have to disarm and Israel don’t. That’s not peace it’s a siege.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4h

The war in Gaza ended 6 to 9 months ago. It’s been pure genocide—a straight-up slaughter-and-starvation campaign—since then. Under no circumstances should anyone pretend that Netanyahu is still fighting a “war” just so that Trump can get a photo op and say he “ended” it.

Do better, corporate media.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 5h

Trump’s Gaza peace plan does not resolve all the issues, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues. "But Trump is counting on the force of his personality, the exhaustion of the parties, and the momentum created by the initial agreement to ultimately end the war entirely."

CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 9h

@rte.ie saying Hamas started the “war” in October 2023 😬

@rte.ie obviously doesn’t need our TV licence money.

www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Israel, Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan - Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that Israel and Hamas had agreed on the first phase of his Gaza peace plan, hailing it as a "historic and unprecedented" step to ending the two-year-old war.

www.rte.ie

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 9h

@rte.ie calling #Israel’s #Genocide against #Gaza a war. Also that Gaza started the “war”.

@rte.ie bought and paid for.

“In exchange, Hamas is set to free the remaining 47 hostages, both alive and dead, who were seized in its 7 October 2023 attack on Israel which sparked the war.”

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Democrats Abroad Canada @demsabroadcanada.bsky.social · 20h

6 former US surgeons general are warning the public about RFK Jr: "We are compelled to speak with one voice to say that the actions of HHS Sec Robert F Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation. Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this." #DemsAbroad

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 16h

Thursday 16th October, Stand Out for Gaza! Organise a lunchtime solidarity demonstration where you work or study. #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 17h

Hegseth can go fuck himself. So can Christian Nationalist Churches.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 11

(AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote.

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Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote

The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to v...

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 18h

substack.com/@cwebbonline...

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline)

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. The plan wasn’t to be made public. Clearly someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets...

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 18h

Exactly!

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 18h

Fecks sake all he needs is his BIC and IBAN. FF and Jim Gavin have already admitted it.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 18h

Ah, the poor craythur…

Not only will America go to your country and kill all your people. But they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 21h

Tonight! Dublin, 6.45pm, the Pearse Centre. Don't miss the book launch of Refaat Alareer’s ‘If I Must Die: Poetry & Prose’ with Yousef M. Aljamal. #FreePalestine

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 19h

Spit of each other

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 19h

Don’t forget the girls …..

WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 19h

UFC Ban Means McGregor's Comeback Limited To Sucker Punching Old Lads In Pubs https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/08/ufc-ban-means-mcgregors-comeback-limited-to-sucker-punching-old-lads-in-pubs/

UFC Ban Means McGregor’s Comeback Limited To Sucker Punching Old Lads In Pubs

FULL TIME court case attender and occasional UFC fighter Conor McGregor will have to wait until June 2026 to formally fight again after receiving a doping ban, meaning bookies will only be able to offer …

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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 19h

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.

Too many paedophiles and paedophile-enablers among the excrete

poolside424.bsky.social @poolside424.bsky.social · 21h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck this.

This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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