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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 3h

Dolly Parton took to social media today to declare "I ain't dead yet!" after her sister sent fans into a tailspin when she called for prayers for one of America's most beloved celebrities.
http://jrnl.ie/6838304

'I ain't dead yet!': Dolly Parton reassures fans after sister asked for prayers for the singer

‘There are just a lot of rumors flying around, but I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay.’

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 4h

Some far right dude over on the hell site is accusing me of "excessive empathy." What a concept!

You may be captured by your ideology, I truly suggest you do some reading into this. Here it is condensed using AI. I agree with supporting young families from terrible situations where we can in Ireland. I also, like many want to know who's coming in. Excessive empathy is naive.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is considering selling federal student loan debt.

Talks have focused on selling high-performing portions of the government’s portfolio of student debt, which is owed by about 45 million Americans.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 6h

See this?

This story is the sound of a bullet you didn’t even know was coming at you whistling past your right ear.

Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 8h

Germany will not support Chat Control - a law which proposes to scan all messages people send even on end-to-end encrypted platforms - Justice Minister said today. German stance likely dooms the measure. Signal had threatened to leave the EU if Chat Control became law
therecord.media/chat-control...

Germany will not support 'Chat Control' message scanning in the EU

“Random chat monitoring must be taboo in a constitutional state,” Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig said as German officials signaled they will not vote for a controversial EU proposal known as ...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Eils_G 📎 @eils1.bsky.social · 5h

What would be the best Irish publication to subscribe to? Is The Phoenix any good? I wouldn't waste my hard earned money on @independent.ie or @irishtimes.com
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 15h

Some independent Irish bookshops you can support rather than Amazon. And most offer free postage in 🇮🇪too.
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com
www.marrowbone.ie/shop
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
#Spéirghorm

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Eils_G 📎 @eils1.bsky.social · 6h

So, in a nutshell Catherine Connolly did her job as a barrister?
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Áras2025
Headline: "Catherine Connolly refuses to say if she acted for banks as barrister in repossession cases" “all types of work as a barrister, including representing banks during the financial crash,"

Jim Gavin’s solicitor says former tenant will be repaid €3,300 ‘subject to clarifying two issues’

Taoiseach ‘very sorry’ for Jim Gavin, denies leadership under threat

www.irishtimes.com

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Eils_G 📎 @eils1.bsky.social · 6h

He should have got more than 5 1/2 years.

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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 6h

‘Man (22) jailed for over five years for role in attacking Garda during Dublin riots.’

I remember seeing the video of that Garda being surrounded & attacked. It was horrific.

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Man (22) jailed for over five years for role in attacking Garda during Dublin riots

A man has been jailed for five and half years for his role in assaulting a Garda sergeant during the Dublin riots almost two years ago.

www.independent.ie

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Despite getting whatever anti-trans narrative they wanted out of the Charlie Kirk shooting, the American right is now blaming the Jews instead, because content must be created. It is almost like the "first they came for" thing is not hypothetical!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 8h

I should have credited @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social for that meme

Can we make this the " #Áras25 - all the memes" thread?

#speirgorm

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 8h

It seems that a barrister who doesn’t understand the Constitution is throwing her toys out of her Hermes bag. 🤔

#Áras2025 #SpeirGorm #Steen

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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 7h

Bloody hell! It turns out that Jim Gavin’s former tenant is the Deputy Editor of the Sunday World.

To run as a candidate in a presidential election when you have a long outstanding debt owing to a journalist, is beyond stupid.

🤦🏻‍♀️

#Áras2025 #SpeirGorm

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 8h

Right wing FG candidate for Irish President, Heather Humphreys, being called out for her anti-trans nastiness by noted feminist & women’s equality campaigner Ruth Coppinger TD. Whatever your views on human rights, you can’t claim that Humphreys would be a president who was inclusive.

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Eils_G 📎 @eils1.bsky.social · 8h

Donegal County Council FB page
#Áras2025 #Donegal #Accessibility
"Presidential Election takes place on Friday 24th October - Supports available for voters with a physical illness or disability.
Contact your Local Returning Officer;
Email: [email protected]
Telephone:074-9206000"

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 12h

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 13h

Part 1: Badenoch calls for curb on rip-off degrees such as English.

Part 2: Tory Party misspells Britain on conference merch.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Conversion therapy isn't "voluntary" for children when their parents are the ones deciding to do it.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

Another example of TPUSA ‘doing politics the right way’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

And of course, Humphreys is dogwhistling anti-LGBTQ talking points. Connolly has an excellent reputation on LGBTQ equal rights, with the exception of the O’Doherty nomination: bsky.app/profile/robe...

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 2d

And just as the third place presidential candidate destroyed his own campaign over the weekend, the right wing Fine Gael Humphreys has damaged hers, by being anti-LGBTQ. Here she is sharing far right pseudoscience talking points. FG were historically a fascist party:

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