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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14h

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 15h

Two Irish novelists have now done more to break the blockade and end man-made famine in Gaza than the entire UK government.

(Naoise Dolan on the flotilla and Sally Rooney with her words and deeds)

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 15h

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel
#speirgorm #stopthegenocide
jrnl.ie/6838266

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

There were five Irish citizens aboard boats in the flotilla.

jrnl.ie

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 4d

“This new data confirms what we already knew: there is a trans+ healthcare crisis in the UK. But the actual numbers are stark. The system of NHS gender clinics, which is failing to give people an appointment in their entire lifetime, is limiting the number of people who can transition.”

Appalling.

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Me every single budget day:

STOP GIVING MILLIONS TO GREYHOUND RACING

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up sign

Alt: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up as he gets blasted by a megaphone

media.tenor.com

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 1d

I call for a national holiday in my honour.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Maria Steen calls for presidential election to be cancelled over Jim Gavin’s departure

Conservative campaigner missed out on required signatures to make the ballot

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Relived and delighted to read this #stopthegenocide #lifttheblocade
Irish citizens taken from Gaza aid flotilla released from prison in Israel jrnl.ie/6836403

Irish citizens taken from Gaza aid flotilla released from prison in Israel

Simon Harris said officials were monitoring the progress of another aid flotilla carrying Irish citizens.

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David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social · 2d

Tickets still available for the Dublin debut of my new show, ‘HIGHWAY TO THE DAVID ZONE’ featuring special guest Shane Clifford @brilliantshane.bsky.social this weekend. Join me! www.vicarstreet.com/component/th...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3d

I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 4d

Unless you meant the first tweet. Explanation for that is that there are 30% undecided.

Once they are excluded it is:

Connolly 45.7%
Humphreys 32.9%
Gavin 21.4%

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 4d

53+47=100

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 4d

Understandable!

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 4d

Excluding Undecided Voters:

Connolly: 45.7%
Humphreys: 32.9%
Gavin: 21.4%

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 4d

Well, well, well.

Connelly 32
Humphreys 23
Gavin 15

#aras25

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 4d

It’s happening. They’re firing on civilians in Chicago.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 4d

A BLIND ELDERLY man using a mobility cane is ARRESTED for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

#PalestineAction #GazaGenocide

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9d

First time this guy has ever made me laugh

Comedian Tim Dillon said on his podcast last month that he signed up for financial reasons.
He said he had been offered "a large sum of money" - $375,000 for one performance - and said that other comedians had been offered as much as $1.6 million. He told his detractors to "get over it," adding, "So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way."
But in an episode of the Tim Dillon Podcast last week, the comedian announced he'd been removed from the lineup for the comments he made about the country's record on slavery.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 9d

Happiness, humour, truth and, most crucially, courage are the qualities needed to repel the racist tide.
Because its architects offer whining, victimhood, lies and, most crucially, cowardice.

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 9d

Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.

“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.

“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 11d

Let them eat cake.

Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 11d

In local news, Dublin socialite Cruella de Vil says her “Dalmatian handbag was deliberate.”

“I wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the left who don’t love dogs; they just hate the rich,” she says.

She laughs when the subject of the handbag is raised. "The handbag was deliberate," she says of its appearance at the most public moment of her failed presidential bid this week. "I wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the left who don't love the poor; they just hate the rich," she says.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 11d

Buying a 20k handbag to own the libs?
Lol

Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 11d

In local news, Dublin socialite Cruella de Vil says her “Dalmatian handbag was deliberate.”

“I wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the left who don’t love dogs; they just hate the rich,” she says.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 14d

if Maria Steen had been nominated, then Catherine Connolly would still be the only candidate not nominated by members of the government

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 18d

Slowly but surely they’re saying the quiet part out loud

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