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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 52m

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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 53m

Please normalize trans people by welcoming them into your life... it is easy and you will be enriched! Thanks, and repost!

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1h

Ray D'Arcy?

Quid accidit?

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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 8h

Irish Examiner...
#FeckOffIona

I'm no legal expert but cancellation of a presidential election due to the withdrawal of a candidate has no basis in law, and would appear to be unconstitutional.
Surely Maria Steen has a copy of Bunreacht na hÉireann in her handbag?

Bernie Linnane
Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 3h

I think she has made some questionable decisions in the past and continues to give "odd" answers to questions: e.g. the one earlier about employing a convicted rapist.
The rest is intuition. Something is niggling me.
Do I think she would allow the repeal of the GRA? No. Hence I'll vote for her.

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you for all the considered comments and advice.
I really like the way we can express views and ask questions here on #Speirgorm in a civil manner.
You're all fab ❤️
Like others I think I will be voting for CC as the least worst candidate.

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 6h

I find myself unable to vote for any of the presidential candidates.
Yet, I want to vote. I don't want to spoil my vote.
Do I vote for the least-worst candidate?
Thoughts?
#Speirgorm #Aras25

homer simpson is standing in front of an official polling place

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 6h

I find myself unable to vote for any of the presidential candidates.
Yet, I want to vote. I don't want to spoil my vote.
Do I vote for the least-worst candidate?
Thoughts?
#Speirgorm #Aras25

homer simpson is standing in front of an official polling place

Alt: homer simpson is standing in front of an official polling place

media.tenor.com

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Gavin is gone.
Heather Humphreys has stated her far-right transgender views.
So that just leaves Catherine Connolly 🤷‍♀️
#Speirgorm #Aras2025

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant! A future architect

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, typo on my part.

Wish there was an edit button 😞

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

Cagney & Lacey aired its pilot episode on this day October 8, 1981. The pilot, which starred Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey and Loretta Swit as Christine Cagney, continued with its first season on CBS on March 25, 1982. Famously Sharon Gless replaced Loretta Swit as her MASH commitments took priority.

Picture of Cagney and Lacey with Loretta Swit and Tyne Daly

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

John Lennon released the megahit song and album Imagine on this day October 8, 1971, in the UK. The title track became his signature song, advocating for a peaceful, borderless, and materialistic world.

Picture of the cover of John Lennon's album "Imagine"

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

British Leyland (BL) officially began selling the Austin Mini Metro on this day October 8, 1980, as a highly anticipated and crucial vehicle for the struggling company's future and for British jobs. The car was designed to be more upmarket than earlier Mini replacement concepts.

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

The Post Office tower – now known as the BT Tower – opened in the Fitzrovia area of central London on this day in 1965. The tower's main structure was 581ft (177m) high. A further section of aerial rigging brought the total height to 627ft (191m).

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

There was a film too

www.imdb.com/title/tt0110...

Quiz Show (1994) ⭐ 7.5 | Biography, Drama, History

2h 13m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 1d

"Steve" is streaming now on @netflix.com and I found it moving, chaotic and another brilliant performance from Cillian Murphy. At a taught 90 minutes, it's definitely worth a watch.
www.thefourthwall.xyz/post/steve-i...

Steve is chaotic and is a very real, very moving experience

5 out of 5Director Tim Mielants' adaptation of Max Porter's novella was released in cinemas for a short spell but is streaming now on Netflix. It is not just a film; it is a real, visceral, and profou...

www.thefourthwall.xyz

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 2d

Achille Lauro hijacking took place on this day in 1985, when the Italian ocean liner MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four men representing the Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF). A 69-year-old Jewish-American man in a wheelchair, Leon Klinghoffer, was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 2d

The Soviet Union's Luna 3 spacecraft captured the first-ever images of the Moon's far side on this day in 1959. The probe flew by the Moon and took 29 photographs of the sunlit, previously unseen hemisphere, transmitting 17 blurry images to Earth, which revealed a starkly different landscape.

The Soviet Union's Luna 3 spacecraft captured the first-ever images of the Moon's far side on October 7, 1959. The probe flew by the Moon and took 29 photographs of the sunlit, previously unseen hemisphere, transmitting 17 blurry but identifiable images to Earth, which revealed a starkly different landscape from the near side.

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 1956, a U.S. sub-committee began investigations of allegedly rigged TV Quiz shows.

1950s quiz show scandals - Wikipedia share.google/C6lWBVVpvMTk...

1950s quiz show scandals - Wikipedia

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 2d

There's a surprise 😂

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning from Holly and me out for our walk this morning. It's a gorgeous morning here in Newbridge. Autumn sun is beautiful and the trees are doing their thing. There's one tree ahead of the rest. It's a Northern European Oak.
Have a lovely Sunday everyone and remember, every dictator loses.

Picture of a line of trees. There's a Northern European Oak in the middle whose leaves have turned orange.

Early Autumn sunshine on a path with trees in the background and Holly a Border Collie in the foreground