@manofbeerd.bsky.social
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Yup
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Very well said @tupped.bsky.social. It’s all about the framing… how do we feel about having a child sex abuse material factory in Dublin 2?
(In Ireland of all places, where we have a long history of ignoring such places when they are run by ’respectable’ institutions)
#SpeirGorm #MustRead
(In Ireland of all places, where we have a long history of ignoring such places when they are run by ’respectable’ institutions)
#SpeirGorm #MustRead
New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Very well said @tupped.bsky.social. It’s all about the framing… how do we feel about having a child sex abuse material factory in Dublin 2?
(In Ireland of all places, where we have a long history of ignoring such places when they are run by ’respectable’ institutions)
#SpeirGorm #MustRead
(In Ireland of all places, where we have a long history of ignoring such places when they are run by ’respectable’ institutions)
#SpeirGorm #MustRead
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This footage was taken around 15 years ago #EastJerusalem at writer & poet, Mohammad El Kurds house, when he was just 13.
What you’re seeing is Jewish American tourists parading around their house like it’s a zoo, gloating about stealing it, harassing & hurling insults.
What you’re seeing is Jewish American tourists parading around their house like it’s a zoo, gloating about stealing it, harassing & hurling insults.
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This footage was taken around 15 years ago #EastJerusalem at writer & poet, Mohammad El Kurds house, when he was just 13.
What you’re seeing is Jewish American tourists parading around their house like it’s a zoo, gloating about stealing it, harassing & hurling insults.
What you’re seeing is Jewish American tourists parading around their house like it’s a zoo, gloating about stealing it, harassing & hurling insults.
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With so much news, seems the MSM doesn't think reporting Israel striking Gaza is worth reporting, or whats happening in the West Bank.
Musk provided Starlink for both Venezuela and Iran, yet not Gaza. All about American & Israeli interests.
Musk provided Starlink for both Venezuela and Iran, yet not Gaza. All about American & Israeli interests.
BREAKING: Intensive Israeli airstrikes across multiple areas in the northern Gaza Strip.
January 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
With so much news, seems the MSM doesn't think reporting Israel striking Gaza is worth reporting, or whats happening in the West Bank.
Musk provided Starlink for both Venezuela and Iran, yet not Gaza. All about American & Israeli interests.
Musk provided Starlink for both Venezuela and Iran, yet not Gaza. All about American & Israeli interests.
Europe is a much better place to live. The idea of the American dream has been an illusion for many
🔥🇪🇺 “Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity.
Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance.”
Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance.”
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Europe is a much better place to live. The idea of the American dream has been an illusion for many
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“They’re conspicuously silent” said one EU official. “Rutte was supposed to be the man Europe could rely on to be our Trump-whisperer. But he wasn’t supposed to be this quiet.”
Nato yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of ally Denmark or Greenland
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Nato yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of ally Denmark or Greenland
as.ft.com/r/f125cd10-6...
Nato silence on Donald Trump’s Greenland threats rattles European allies
[FREE TO READ] Military alliance yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of Arctic island and kingdom of Denmark
as.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 AM
“They’re conspicuously silent” said one EU official. “Rutte was supposed to be the man Europe could rely on to be our Trump-whisperer. But he wasn’t supposed to be this quiet.”
Nato yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of ally Denmark or Greenland
as.ft.com/r/f125cd10-6...
Nato yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of ally Denmark or Greenland
as.ft.com/r/f125cd10-6...
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The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
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In case you were wondering why US tech firms are continually pushing shite at us... they want us to be dependent. The only solution is not to play. Now where's my Psion...?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
In case you were wondering why US tech firms are continually pushing shite at us... they want us to be dependent. The only solution is not to play. Now where's my Psion...?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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⭕️ Some 35,000 people in the Gaza Strip are now living with war-related hearing loss caused largely by explosive blasts & shockwaves from bombardment, according to Le Monde, citing local health & rights groups.
Children, adults, & the elderly face permanent disability, w/ the crisis compounded by...
Children, adults, & the elderly face permanent disability, w/ the crisis compounded by...
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
⭕️ Some 35,000 people in the Gaza Strip are now living with war-related hearing loss caused largely by explosive blasts & shockwaves from bombardment, according to Le Monde, citing local health & rights groups.
Children, adults, & the elderly face permanent disability, w/ the crisis compounded by...
Children, adults, & the elderly face permanent disability, w/ the crisis compounded by...
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NEW SHELLING IN GAZA
🚨 🇵🇸 Breaking | Southern Gaza
Israeli artillery shells Rafah.
Israeli artillery shells Rafah.
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
NEW SHELLING IN GAZA
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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'Effectively all we are doing is turning criminals and perverts into X's paying customers'
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the Media Select Committee, speaks to #BBCBreakfast after X limited the use of its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the Media Select Committee, speaks to #BBCBreakfast after X limited the use of its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok
January 10, 2026 at 10:45 AM
'Effectively all we are doing is turning criminals and perverts into X's paying customers'
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the Media Select Committee, speaks to #BBCBreakfast after X limited the use of its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the Media Select Committee, speaks to #BBCBreakfast after X limited the use of its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok
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Another great article by @tupped.bsky.social saying what we're all thinking. Wtf is going on?
What kind of people make excuses for CSAM, and how did they end up running our beautiful country?
What kind of people make excuses for CSAM, and how did they end up running our beautiful country?
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Another great article by @tupped.bsky.social saying what we're all thinking. Wtf is going on?
What kind of people make excuses for CSAM, and how did they end up running our beautiful country?
What kind of people make excuses for CSAM, and how did they end up running our beautiful country?
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"The world's most prolific child sexual abuse material and sexual harassment factory is now on Fenian Street in Dublin. We don't need a dawn raid, or an Interpol investigation to reveal that address. We can just look it up in the Irish Companies Registration Office."
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"The world's most prolific child sexual abuse material and sexual harassment factory is now on Fenian Street in Dublin. We don't need a dawn raid, or an Interpol investigation to reveal that address. We can just look it up in the Irish Companies Registration Office."
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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The last words she ever said
Were
“I’m not mad at you”
Her last actions were making a careful 3 point turn to not hit the man who shot her in the face 3 times
The abuse didn’t end there
Denied Medical Care or an Ambulance with a stretcher
Carried her dead body by her limbs from her car
Were
“I’m not mad at you”
Her last actions were making a careful 3 point turn to not hit the man who shot her in the face 3 times
The abuse didn’t end there
Denied Medical Care or an Ambulance with a stretcher
Carried her dead body by her limbs from her car
January 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The last words she ever said
Were
“I’m not mad at you”
Her last actions were making a careful 3 point turn to not hit the man who shot her in the face 3 times
The abuse didn’t end there
Denied Medical Care or an Ambulance with a stretcher
Carried her dead body by her limbs from her car
Were
“I’m not mad at you”
Her last actions were making a careful 3 point turn to not hit the man who shot her in the face 3 times
The abuse didn’t end there
Denied Medical Care or an Ambulance with a stretcher
Carried her dead body by her limbs from her car
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This is absolutely what happened.
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is absolutely what happened.
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Richard has been fantastic on this story all week
The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Richard has been fantastic on this story all week
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Richard has had his coffee, porridge, a run and a cold plunge this morning.
Everything in this thread is 🎯
Everything in this thread is 🎯
The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Richard has had his coffee, porridge, a run and a cold plunge this morning.
Everything in this thread is 🎯
Everything in this thread is 🎯
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This is the kind of thing that computer models are really good at, yay! RTE news : Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool
www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
Congratulations!
www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
Congratulations!
Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool
A Kerry student has won has won the top prize at this year's Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for her brain cancer diagnosis tool.
www.rte.ie
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This is the kind of thing that computer models are really good at, yay! RTE news : Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool
www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
Congratulations!
www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
Congratulations!
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I'd love if they had a Young Scientist event for adults who aren't professional scientists. It'd be fun to do a little project and talk about it with other people who have little projects.
January 10, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I'd love if they had a Young Scientist event for adults who aren't professional scientists. It'd be fun to do a little project and talk about it with other people who have little projects.
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Wrote a bit about a 7 year old boy who found one of the world’s rarest minerals near his home in Cork, and the geologist Dr Patrick Roycroft who brought the story together…
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Boy (7) strikes it lucky by finding one of the world’s rarest minerals near his home in Cork
Within seconds of handing it over to an expert, it was clear quartz discovery was very special
www.irishtimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Wrote a bit about a 7 year old boy who found one of the world’s rarest minerals near his home in Cork, and the geologist Dr Patrick Roycroft who brought the story together…
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Men are afraid women will laugh at them.
Women are afraid men will kill them.
Margaret Atwood
She laughed at him.
He killed her.
Then he called her a "f*ck*ng b*tch"
Women are afraid men will kill them.
Margaret Atwood
She laughed at him.
He killed her.
Then he called her a "f*ck*ng b*tch"
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Men are afraid women will laugh at them.
Women are afraid men will kill them.
Margaret Atwood
She laughed at him.
He killed her.
Then he called her a "f*ck*ng b*tch"
Women are afraid men will kill them.
Margaret Atwood
She laughed at him.
He killed her.
Then he called her a "f*ck*ng b*tch"
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israel has breached the ceasefire agreement in Gaza over 1190 times since it came into force on October 10, killing 484 civilians and blocking much-needed aid from entering the enclave.
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
qudsnen.co
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
israel has breached the ceasefire agreement in Gaza over 1190 times since it came into force on October 10, killing 484 civilians and blocking much-needed aid from entering the enclave.
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
Do not let anyone tell you that it was about the hostages. Or that Hamas breaches ceasefires. That's all lies!
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You’re absolutely correct. It doesn’t hold up at all and it hasn’t since the second the South African racist and fascist walked into what used to be Twitter with a sink.
Cuz he’s a meme guy. A deeply unfunny and harmful baddie 💀
Cuz he’s a meme guy. A deeply unfunny and harmful baddie 💀
January 10, 2026 at 9:58 AM
You’re absolutely correct. It doesn’t hold up at all and it hasn’t since the second the South African racist and fascist walked into what used to be Twitter with a sink.
Cuz he’s a meme guy. A deeply unfunny and harmful baddie 💀
Cuz he’s a meme guy. A deeply unfunny and harmful baddie 💀