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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 2h

stood on a banana peel and instead of flailing about in comical fashion, i just ended up with a load of banana skin squashed into my shoe. disappointing tbh

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 2h

Had 6 months of post-viral hell after glandular fever when I was 17, and had the same happen after a bout of COVID, and I had this knot in my stomach of "here we go again, but it mightn't go away this time..." Horrendous.

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 3h

"that's their analysis, but it's coming from basically the Civil Service and it's quite scathing" #SpeirGotm #Aras25

Very interesting budget analysis from of Raidio na Gaeltachta's political correspondent @cuanbos.bsky.social

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... starts at approx 8:30 mins in

Reaction to Budget 2026

John Clendennen - Fine Gael TD for Offaly, Jen Cummins - Social Democrats TD for Dublin South Central, Martin Kenny - Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim and Cuan Ó Seireadáin - Political Correspondent for...

www.rte.ie

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Sep 4

4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.

On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day

So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mom however is 100% done, so we end our live report this AM with these final images for you, of a man standing on his verandah, surrounded by 23 sacks of rice, afraid to open his own front door.

Thank you for sharing our family journey through the saga of my BIL and his rice.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15h

I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 3h

Hollow laughter

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 10h

“An endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness.”

Nailed it.

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 15h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 3h

Also, surely the political party wouldn't be the vegetables, in that analogy - they'd be the other diners. The vegetables are the party's policies.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 3h

I saw "immigration roundup" and thought "Priti Patel in a police jacket at a raid".

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Skipai Otter @skipai.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone in the UK that has had to use this service should be phoning up their MP office to demand an explanation why a law set out (OSA) did not have adequate protections of said data.

Phone calls
Emails
Actual visits to their office.

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 4h

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social · 16h

As the media lionises Hickey for his few days in detention, remember most ordinary political prisoners in Iran don't come out of jail to glory and Patreon subs, they come out to a ruined future, if they are lucky enough to come out in one piece.

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 4h

logging on for my first day as kemi badenoch's super fun happy time news pr guy. ok time to take a big sip of water, i'll just pause a second while i open up my browser, that's it, delicious sip any moment now—

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 5h

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 19h

Niall Donald talking about how Jim Gavin ripped him off included the truest, most Irish statement I’ve ever heard in my life, like this absolutely would be what your friends would say to you in these circumstances

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Eyepatch Wolf but like spooky or a ghost or something @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 21h

The irish presidential election is basically now between "dog fighting transphobe" and "woman who destroys children in soccer matches"

I will be voting for Connoly in support of her war on childrens egos.

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 1d

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 19h

So hang on the government line is now that the gardaí were aware that someone they deemed a potential security threat being let into Leinster House every day, but did nothing about it and told nobody?

This story has never made any sense, even less so now

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 17h

And it was as bad, and worse, in the US. There was a whole movement against JFK's candidacy on the grounds that he wasn't a "real American" by virtue of being an Irish Catholic. That his allegiance was to the Pope.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 18h

Also, most famously, the cartoons in Punch etc.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 18h

Article 18 of the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (the Havana Declaration): "Lawyers shall not be identified with their clients or their clients' causes as a result of discharging their functions."

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Alan @apertum.ie · 19h

Cab rank rule should be taught in journalism schools. Along with a big module on units and dimensional analysis.

Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 20h

Is there a barrel bottom that hasn’t been scraped yet in the determined drive to attack the character and professionalism of the Left candidate who’s doing well in polls? Of course Catherine Connolly BL acted for clients on a normal disinterested basis!

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

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John Barrington @johnbarrington.bsky.social · 19h

Jim O’Callaghan once represented Gerry Adams, imagine that, a barrister doing his job #Áras25

Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 19h

Lawyer Represents Different Types of Clients Shocker

Lead; IRELAND WAS REELING LAST NIGHT AS IT EMERGED CATHERINE SO CALLED "CONNOLLLY" WAS ONCE A 'LAWYER' WHO 'REPRESENTED CLIENTS' AT SINISTER GATHERINGS KNOWN AS 'COURT CASES' - PAGES 1,2,3,4 etc etc

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 1d

when i recently landed in the UK and turned off airplane mode my wife told me the dog locked himself in the bathroom

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 1d

Chris, I have questions

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