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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 2h

Was in Rome a few years ago, went to the Sistine Chapel - As I was on the stairs out of the chapel some American shuffling out ahead of me - realising the stairs was the exit - yelled, in sincere disbelief and outrage "Was that it?! One room?" and began discussing getting their money back.

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 11h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 2h

Mail: [email protected]
Four tables, with 4 chairs at two tables and 2 chairs at two tables, enclosed behind a line of timber planters and freestanding arched cover and brassed post uprights, menu board and sculpture at the entrance door to the restaurant: area involved is 36.57 sq.m.

Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 13h

Anyone familiar with Dawson St will know how much space The Ivy has taken up with its outdoor tables it doesn’t use and the planters around it. Now it wants more but at the Luas stop. If you’d like to be able to walk down the street and not be in over by trams please think about objecting

An application for a table and chair licence for noted tip robbers The Ivy

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 1d

Five Irish citizens have been detained by Israel on new Gaza-bound flotilla, including author Naoise Dolan and independent TD Barry Heneghan.
The others named by organisers as Fionn Macarthur, Veronica O’Keane, and Mutaz Jadaan.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Five Irish citizens among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla

Author Naoise Dolan and Independent TD Barry Heneghan among those on board boat captured in Mediterranean

www.irishtimes.com

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 3d

The thirty-five fossil gas turbines that power the supercomputer that runs the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, emit 1,200 to 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides a year.

The Costs of the Cloud: Stellar piece by @ashdawson.bsky.social
@nybooks.com

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The Costs of the Cloud | Ashley Dawson

Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive order, suffered from “a precariously

www.nybooks.com

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 2d

As fucking atrocious as western coverage of the genocide in Gaza has been, the accompanying ecocide in both Gaza and the West Bank has gone almost totally unacknowledged. Palestinians have cultivated these trees for generations. The oldest tree in Palestine could be up to 5,000 years old.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Hundreds of olive trees were seen uprooted by Israeli forces in the villages of al-Mughayyir and abu Falah near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel,
after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
She said:
“I could talk for a very,very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment.
Trust me, but that is not the story.”
#Athens airport

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 2d

The people’s salad. Maybe you can stand outside with your handbag in protest

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 2d

Very sorry for your trouble. I’m afraid to look 🙈

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 2d

WHAT??

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 3d

Learning the existence of baby Chumbawamba fans has made me feel incredibly old. When I was a kid there weren’t even actual Chumbawamba fans

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 3d

Great letter in yesterday's Irish Times. It is clear in all the activism, in all its different forms, that the people are with Palestine and want sanctions on apartheid Israel to stop its genocide. #SanctionsNow
#FreePalestine

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a wee coffee shop I go to in town even though it has a 9% VAT rate poster in the window but honestly if I could never patronise any establishment that supported that campaign ever again I’d love that

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 3d

I really appreciate The Lighthouse and that a place exists that has a Taylor Swift release party and a Chumbawamba documentary on at the same time.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 3d

Dutch news now reporting this Gaza demo in Amsterdam drew 250,000. If so, I think that makes it the biggest in the Netherlands since the anti-nuclear-missiles demo in 1981.

Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 3d

Red Line demonstration for Gaza in Amsterdam today is very big by Dutch standards. Museumplein packed and overfill, certainly tens of thousands. This is just people on the way, and it’s been like this for kilometers.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

For those who take a niche interest in the Americanisation of UK rightwing politics, formerly Tory-linked student group Turning Point are increasingly going down the Charlie Kirk-type evangelical path.

[Not the point, but I love the idea of 2025 Soho being some hotbed of sin]

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 4d

Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees have expressed concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities
https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-citizens-flotilla-gaza-israel-6835415-Oct2025/

Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities

Some 443 flotilla participants were arrested by Israeli forces, organisers said, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

www.thejournal.ie

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 5d

the EU parliament is looking for a native-level irish speaker for a press officer traineeship, starting next march

it's paid (€1660/month, no tax) and is a pretty sweet opportunity to see how the EU sausage is made, and a chance to try brussels (if you're not already here)

deadline end of october!

European parliament Traineeships - Press Unit - Post E: Press Officer, Gaelic Language

Consultez toutes les offres d'emploi Parlement européen stage et postulez en ligne a nos annonces emploi sur le site recrutement Parlement européen stage

ep-stages.gestmax.eu

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 4d

Her MP is Keir Starmer…

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Global Movement To Gaza UK @gmtguk.bsky.social · 7d

Ewa Jasiewicz has been kidnapped by The IOF against her will on 02/10.

Tell the UK Governement to end it's complicity with Israel and bring her home.

End the genocide.

#SailToGaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza #FreePalestine #MobiliseNow

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 4d

Ewa Jasiewicz is an exceptional comrade. If you’re in the UK please contact the government demanding it secures her safe and quick return

Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 4d

My friend, the activist Ewa Jasiewicz was onboard the Gaza Peace Flotilla and is now in Israeli detention, we're asking the UK government to use its influence to guarantee her safe return.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

British woman on Gaza flotilla captured by Israel calls on UK government to intervene

Ewa Jasiewicz, a British-Polish activist and journalist, was on board the 2010 Gaza aid flotilla in which nine activists were killed. After being captured while sailing to Gaza for a second time, she ...

www.independent.co.uk

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 6d

MSF strongly condemns the killing of Omar Hayek by Israeli forces this morning in #Gaza. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Omar is our fourteenth colleague to be killed in Gaza since the war started. We call yet again for an end to the genocide.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 6d

Leave aside the Connolly campaign. Consider all the people who go through garda vetting. That is a significant bloc of the population- volunteer parents helping kids in sports, at scouts, in charities.

Will that police data leak if the Gardaí want to intervene in a political campaign in the future?

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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 7d

Interview with Caoimhe Butterly on the legal observe boat here at the start
The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1 rteradioapp.page.link/NHTERJtC2HjM...

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