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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 55m

Internet cooking some people's brains bad!

Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 1h

I was once asked (politely) on a plane if this was my first time visiting Ireland (born, bred, and MyHeritage profile estimates I'm 99.7% Irish or Scottish, 0.3% Finnish).

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 1h

If only there was some way to prevent this....

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 1h

Measles cases?

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 2h

It had done the rounds a while before then, so probably was considered canon

Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 2h

Killed in cold blood

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 3h

An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3h

Just call it a veggie-bürger

Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 3h

In short, you can call it a "hamburger" if it contains meat rather than ham, because everyone knows what a hamburger is; but you can't call it a "veggie burger" if it is veggie-based, because that would be confusing. 🙃

Anna Strolenberg @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org · 21h

Today the EU parliament voted to ban the word burger if they are made with plant protein, instead of animal protein. 🤦🏻‍♀️

They claim it’s to stop consumers being ‘confused between meat and plant products’ - solving a problem that nobody had!

This new rule leaves a bad taste in the mouth…

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly 20% in Ireland last census

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 4h

Thing I just learned. “Lede” as in “bury the lede” is a deliberate misspelling of “lead”. It’s part of a lexicon of misspellings used for annotations by journalists and subs so that notes on copy are removed, rather than included in the body of the text by accident. Others include “dek” and “hed”.

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 4h

The #aras25 race keeps getting funnier

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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 4h

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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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

feels like it should be a big deal that the president is directing the invasion of american cities based on what are almost certainly AI videos shown to him by his staff

maybe one of our ostensible news organizations could track down exactly what it is that he's seeing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Stephanie McKenzie @stephaniemac.bsky.social · 14h

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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 14h

It is notable how the supposed Trump whisperers get bashed by tariffs the same as everyone else.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 15h

The US government has introduced 107% tariffs on imports of Italian pasta, which producers say could damage their livelihoods

Italians urge Giorgia Meloni to overturn Trump’s pasta tariffs

www.thetimes.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14h

“Ironic” Nazism became the default stance in online right-wing spaces and they forgot what was normal. Like I think some literally just forgot. It was everywhere they looked, their memes were infested with it, and they forgot how it reads to normies to transpose your heroes on top of a somnenrad

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 15h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Ourkid @eekyrich.bsky.social · 15h

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 15h

Sex on the Beach... now *there* is false advertising...

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 15h

Bubble and squeak...

Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 15h

He's also older than Irish life expectancy, at 84 I doubt I'll be making half as much sense

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 15h

And don't get me started on buffalo wings...

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 15h

Keeping the women indoors should combat separation alright...

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15h

Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party has said it plans to introduce legislation seeking to ban the burqa and niqab face and body coverings in all public spaces nationwide, calling it a bill against “Islamic separatism.”

Italy wants to ban Islamic face coverings, mosque funding

Those who violate the proposed burqa ban could face a fine of up to €3,000.

www.politico.eu

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Dotski_w @dotskyy.bsky.social · 15h

Amazing... barely believe he actually admitted he asked a Large Language Model to make his argument for him...

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