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Ger Ryan
@gerryan.bsky.social
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Irish actor. Believes the world can change for the better. Wants social justice and fairness. Palestine will be free and those that enable, fund, and arm Israel in their genocide will be brought before the ICJ.
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ctraveler.bsky.social
295,000 journalists from 44 countries will stop posting content on X. We are making change and the world has spoken.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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arablit.bsky.social
Throughout #ReadPalestineWeek, there are a selection of free ebooks available through the publishersforpalestine.org website, as well as events & actions you can take now.
Please visit publishersforpalestine.org for the complete list of free books. Please visit publishersforpalestine.org for the complete list of free books. Please visit publishersforpalestine.org for the complete list of free books.
November 29, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Just voted. Please vote for change. Vote left and transfer left. #GE24
November 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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ciaraioch.bsky.social
Not participating in Black Friday because I'm against the relentless creeping Americanisation of Irish life and as a tiny artist I can't afford to, but will instead be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every print you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
Ciaraíoch Art
ciaraioch.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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tonygroves.bsky.social
Today please..
Vote Beyond Fear For the 24,000 Mother and Baby homes survivors coldly excluded by them, for the 522,000 adults stuck in their childhood bedrooms because of their “housing market”, for the hundreds of children in need of scoliosis surgeries failed cruelly by them, for the 4,500 kids heartlessly made homeless by them, for the hope that it doesn’t have to be like this, today please vote out their failures and vote beyond fear. Change is inevitable. Whether it’s for better or worse is up to us. So please vote for Better, because we can have it.
November 29, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
For Real Change to happen

Vote left, transfer left.

Vote left, transfer left.

Vote left, transfer left.

Vote left, transfer left.

Vote left, transfer left.
#GE2024
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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patrickfreyne.bsky.social
I've written a vibes based assessment of Irish politics based on what I've learned from telly. www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r... Here's what I've learned from the Irish RM for example:
Somerville and Ross’s literary tale of a go-getting professional who gets up early in the morning (Peter Bowles) and is forced to reckon with a feckless and whinging populace of quipping layabouts with straw behind their ears and a pig under each arm (the Irish people). “Oh, if only we could have an Ireland without these louts!” thinks Peter Bowles while overseeing their hilarious and drunken shenanigans. It’s unclear how Somerville and Ross so accurately predicted Fine Gael’s very particular relationship with the electorate, but they did, and 80 years later RTÉ and Channel 4 made a TV show about it.
November 28, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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fancyvegaspro.bsky.social
Can we all please take a second to appreciate how funny a combination of words this is?

"Exhausted from trying to carry the message of 'New Energy'" is so like a 30 Rock/Arrested Development joke
November 26, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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aurorablogspot.bsky.social
This is how people are always tempted to go to war.

"All war propaganda consists in substituting diabolical abstractions for human beings.
Similarly, those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder."

Aldous Huxley
November 24, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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paulduane.bsky.social
The MyCandidate site is useful for figuring out who shares your views so you can cast an informed vote on Friday (mine came up PBP/SocDem unsurprisingly)
www.whichcandidate.ie
WhichCandidate My Results
Eye to eye with Gary Gannon #SocialDemocrats
www.whichcandidate.ie
November 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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tonygroves.bsky.social
In Ireland we don’t ask “what time is it?”

We say “This time next week you’ll have the opportunity to elect a government without Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil for the time in one hundred years. Don’t bottle it!” and I think that’s beautiful.
November 22, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson

Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection

bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europ...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
So Frau Genocide is here. She should be fired for her support of #Genocide. She does not represent the Europe I want yo be part of.
vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Nov 21
Hello everyone!

It seems there is a lot going on here these days, so I decided to come and see it for myself.

From today on, follow my activities here too!
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Good.
Now how about Joe Biden. He should be on the list sling with several western "leaders".
November 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The Biden administration continues to be the sole government besides Netanyahu's currently actively preventing a ceasefire in Gaza. Ppl can be in denial all they want, this is a fact.

The US is ruled by moral monsters and Trump isn't even in office yet.

news.un.org/en/story/202...
US Vetoes UN security council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hostages. "As the conflict continues in Gaza and Lebanon, the United States vetoed the latest resolution on Gaza in the UN Security Council in New York which demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire as well as the release of all hostages and full humanitarian access for civilians. "
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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lamhfada.bsky.social
Simon's post here is a good way to look at Irish voting.

Even if you don't have a preferred #1,2,3 preference, sometimes PR-STV means thinking about who you absolutely don't want to get in and working backwards from there.

#GE24
tupped.bsky.social Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · Nov 20
Campaign Gist: Building a Wall

The six constituencies with the greatest risk of far-right gains and the best candidates in each place to vote for to block them.

https://www.thegist.ie/campaign-gist-building-a-wall/
November 20, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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mommunism.bsky.social
If you are from Gaza- please subscribe to this blocklist and block all the people on it- they are reporting Palestinian accounts or hassling them bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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babylonrook.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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dermotcarmody.bsky.social
I endorse this message
November 19, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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sirnorman.bsky.social
Thought for the day.
Sunday special.
November 17, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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jehadabusalim.bsky.social
Injured Palestinian journalist Fadi Al-Wahidi is battling death after being shot by Israeli forces. Despite his heroic coverage of one of this century’s gravest atrocities, mainstream media and journalists offer no solidarity or support. The world owes a debt to Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
November 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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markohalloran.bsky.social
Ole.
November 15, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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paulduane.bsky.social
@moderation.bsky.app there’s nothing in this post that makes it necessary to put a content warning on it, please remove the label:

bsky.app/profile/hany...
November 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
"What would you do if your child burned to death after your neighbour's child was blown to pieces after your cousin's child was shot 355 times?"

Ask yourself honestly.

Never forget what is being done to masses of Palestinian civilians, day after day.
November 16, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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ruwaromman.bsky.social
Hey @aaron.bsky.team, I’m a Palestinian elected official and have been working to get my colleagues over here. Really like this place but structural discrimination against Palestinians is a deal breaker. Please fix this👇
mommunism.bsky.social Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Nov 12
So I hate to tag the mods- but I sent this email about the mass deletion of Palestinian accounts over a week ago to @support.bsky.team and I haven’t heard anything back (apologies if I somehow missed an email). I’d like to ensure it will be seen by the proper people.
MS Molly Shah To: support@bsky.app › 04.11.24 Gazan Accounts I am writing about the spam label/ suspension problem that many Gazan accounts are having on Bluesky. I try to message most of the new accounts from Gaza to try to help them avoid being labeled but it would really help to have some more specific guidelines, because many people I believe are following the guidelines l've been suggesting and still having problems. I understand that you probably cannot tell me specifics but even general information would help me help these accounts act in accordance with Bluesky's rules, which I'm assuming is the goal of both of us. It also may be helpful to publicly post some of this information (preferably in a few languages including Arabic). Specifically I would really like to know: - Information on follower count leading to a spam label (is there a hard number they should avoid- is it overall/ by day?) Also are there any plans to just limit the amount of follows an account can do if a large following amount is something that is triggering a rules violation? -Information on how complaints come in regarding messages and replies and how they are generally assessed (once again I know that you can't give me specifics but it would really help to let them know what is going to happen if someone makes a complaint). Also in the case of replies- is it taken more seriously if the complaint is made by the person who got the notification or can anyone complain about a reply (even if it wasn't made to them) and it will be treated similarly? -Information about how an account is assessed for spam if there isn't a complaint about a specific message or reply (for example if the account is reported as spam-what general things do you look for). Would just posting their own GoFundMe link on their page lead to a spam label or suspension if someone reported them? Do you take into account that sometimes Palestinians are targeted for reports because of their race? -Information regarding the appeals process-many times no one hears anything back after submitting an appeal (and sometimes they don't receive any information on what triggered the ban to begin with). Also in which cases would an account be asked to provide ID documents to stay in good standing? I know that moderation is not an easy job but I think that most of these specific accounts would be willing to follow the Bluesky rules if they knew what they were. I really enjoy Bluesky as a community and I know that making it a welcoming place is a goal we probably both share. Thank you in advance for any information you can give me. -Molly Shah (@mommunism.bsky.app)
November 14, 2024 at 11:39 PM