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Terminally Von Der Leyen

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Tried to force communist euro posting on twitter into existence, now attempting to force communist euro posting on bluesky into existence Podcast about europe @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io sé/he/er 🍉

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 9h

Nationalize sausages you cowards!

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 9h

EU: we just fed this baby to the meat and agribusiness lobby, horrific but surely the nightmare is now over

Meat and Agribusiness lobby: 𝐈 𝐜 𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨 𝐭𝐡 𝐞 𝐫

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 12h

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 12h

The names of all the children that are known, with many more likely buried under the rubble. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 13h

Pssh, that's only one of 50 different rounds I've made

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 13h

Getting ready for the Dua Lipa concert

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 13h

They need to let me host a quiz. Big pub refuse.

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 1d

They're calling it the dumbest I've ever been

Corner Späti @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io · 1d

🚨NEW BONUS SERIES🚨

La Belle Epoc Episode 0! Uma and Nick make their characters while Ciarán sets the scene in what he's calling the "dumb interwar period."

Welcome to the infernal age!

Listen over at patreon.com/cornerspaeti

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 2d

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 2d

I never really had a good look at the Meanies logo before, but that really is one mean motherfucker

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 2d

...This time

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 2d

I could've told you 2 weeks ago to count him out, never mind an hour before he dropped out

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 2d

They are.. ow you say... Dramatique!

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 2d

They love having a new prime minister. It's their favorite thing to do.

Corner Späti @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io · 2d

How many prime ministers will France go through while Ciarán is on paternity leave?

I kinda thought the homophobe with the weird finances would make it but nevertheless...

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Corner Späti @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io · 2d

Hell yeah brother!

TodoMal @todomal.bsky.social · 3d

That @cornerspaeti.operationglad.io t-shirt is going places.

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 3d

The wolf who killed Ursula's pony wrote that letter to the editor

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Celtic Ligers @celticligers.bsky.social · 3d

RTÉ The Week in Politics Irish Presidential Debate 2025

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 3d

Stop being naked. Wear this instead!

Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing live show t-shirt design from @ciaran.operationglad.io and the print is neon green as hell

Our t shirt for the Glasgow show featuring a green dog seen through pixelated night vision and the Armenian text that reads, roughly, "don't worry, it can get worse"

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Peigín Leitirboxd @joeyp.bsky.social · 4d

Hey look it's colonial violence....but wait, it's in the imperial core? That can't be right

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 3d

My "Reddit don't like her so I think she'll win" analysis of this vote is panning out so far

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 4d

Pete Hegseth is going to make the US army march to "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from Mulan

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 4d

Complaining about undeserving poor and people not speaking English in Dublin: definition of West Brit

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 4d

Oh yeah, they were complaining that none of these Somalians or Chinese or Indians (lol) spoke English in front of the Indian teenager behind working the counter

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 4d

And like shit we worked, the word phoney comes from Irish because

1. We were selling rings (fáinne) and were pretending they were gold
2. And we weren't speaking the language

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 4d

Aul wan he's talking to, "they said on the radio that I can't be mean because we went to America and the UK but we worked" uh huh, and do you think the Brits and yanks at the time thought we worked or we're they too busy calling us "inside out n-words"

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 4d

I dunno maybe you're a shit dad

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