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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 29m

Such a pity that the guy walking by inn the background was a few seconds too early.

Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, 70% aren't concerned, so this is once again some nonsense manoeuvre from industry lobbyists.

Culture war crap..

A 2020 survey by the European Consumer Organisation BEUC found that most consumers, around 70%, are not concerned about the naming of veggie "burgers" or "sausages" if the products are clearly identifiable as vegetarian or vegan.

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 12h

Need to wear a teargas mask on the inside.

Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 13h

I heard that a guy at work has a bet at 7/1 on Connolly.

Not sure what bookies, probably PP.

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · 21h

Heating engineers are being urged to take advantage of a heat pump 'giveaway' to install in their own homes, to help them get more familiar with the clean tech
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Engineers urged to sign up to heat pump ‘giveaway’ for their homes

Experts said heat pumps were more efficient than gas boilers

www.independent.co.uk

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, I don't think we need to eat that much red meat to achieve savoury goals.

I reckon if I could keep Chorizo I wouldn't be bothered about losing the rest, and my current bore is we should bring back a focus on the Mediterranean diet.

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Nick @osirisquang.bsky.social · 18h

When I asked him about how Warsaw had utterly transformed in less than the 20 years between my visits, he said ‘we kicked out the oligarchs, and then there was money to rebuild’

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 18h

I've ended up on Richmond road a few times while following a SatNav and it's totally unsuitable for two way traffic.

It's easily avoidable too, though obviously not if you are following a talking box.

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 18h

The real worry is when they start speaking about a soft landing.

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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 5d

I like the way the windmill and radars issue got turned around with this :-)

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 1d

"President hints at pardon for Democrats"

Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 1d

The panic at the release of DeepSeek revealed that none of this investment is going to pay off.

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 1d

Weird article..

"Normality" in Israel was a lie.
Returning to it doesn't fix anything.

Shiny buildings, darling tech companies, Eurovision wins, it was all papering over the cracks of the apartheid walls Israel built.

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 1d

"A Defining Choice for Israel -
After Two Years of Growing Isolation and Endless War, an Alternative Future Is Possible", writes Yair Lapid at @foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/defin...

A Defining Choice for Israel

After two years of growing isolation and endless war, an alternative future is possible.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 2d

There are only about 65 of these people.

There are more people living on Achill than there are hardcore Ionagript social conservatives.

We cannot let them speak over us.

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

Maria Steen’s sister to mentor Simeon Burke during barrister apprenticeship

Barrister Simeon Burke, a brother of controversial anti-transgender schoolteacher Enoch, has finally found a “master” to apprentice with in the Law Library.

m.independent.ie

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 2d

"This week will see the legislature receive a citizens’ initiative on cracking down on the throwaway economy, after being backed by more than 50,000 Finns who signed the proposal."

Nice work again on the direct democracy front.

yle.fi/a/74-20186849

Finnish Customs wants to turn back the tide on Temu

Consumer purchases from platforms like Temu have surged in recent years.

yle.fi

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 2d

I'd call it business as usual from the USA.
Quite frankly, the only unusual bit is that the US is doing it domestically this time.

Lessons to be learned,
1. Don't allow your nation to coup other nations.
2. Don't allow your nation to abduct people under the guise of extraordinary rendition.
Etc..

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 2d

And @nialljournal.bsky.social has now blocked me. How telling.

Please don't let this die - there IS a story here and @thejournal.ie and the Gardai both have questions to answer on how this information reached the media.

Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Re-sharing this because ex-Garda @nialljournal.bsky.social seems to have gone very quiet on the topic.

So many of us have shared confidential personal info with the Garda Vetting Bureau in order to volunteer in our communities. That data does not appear to be safe.

Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 6d

There is a real story here Niall if you'd care to write about it, someone is leaking Garda vetting information for political gain. Breaching confidentiality and GDPR requirements. Every underage coach, every volunteers data is not secure. Confidence in vetting undermined. That's the story. #Aras25

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 2d

They are the puppets (and sock puppets) of fossil fuel interests headed by billionaires.

A global move towards unionisation is the only effective strategy.

Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe they were hoping that if jettisoned it would be lost in the myriad spacex debris littering the Caribbean.

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 2d

It's a bit late now, but can't help but think that Americans should probably have cared more about what was and is done in their name outside of their borders.

It's hard to reign in those practiced capabilities now.

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Conor @conorforde.bsky.social · 2d

Now is the week to reach out to that landlord that stiffed you on your deposit over nothing. Even to just remind them, you still have the receipts. #speirgorm

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 2d

Without Unions this level of organised and coordinated action is difficult to achieve.

The first significant step would be to form Unions en masse in response to this billionaire lead coup.

Seems like a Globally applicable lesson.

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 3d

“For the record, Americans are grossly UNDER reacting to what's being done to their country right now. 🇺🇸”

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Tom @photaculous.bsky.social · 2d

Unionise.

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 3d

1/Striking speech by Macron: The future of European democracy depends on taking back its digital information space. A remarkable turn from Silicon Valley as source of enlightenment to being a purveyor of slop. And the stakes aren't just ad revenue but the nation.
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

defenddemocracy.eu

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 3d

Today I learned (on the Nazi site) that the first attempt to break Israel's siege on Gaza via a flotilla took place 15 yrs ago, in 2010. Israeli forces boarded the Mavi Marmara & killed 10 people. The youngest, 19 yr old Furkan Dogan, was shot five times from close range. He was an American citizen.

Furkan Dogan
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Furkan Dogan (20 October 1991 - 31 May 2010) was a Turkish American who was residing in Turkey permanently, 21 He was shot to death by the Israeli Defense Forces on the MV Mavi Marmara, in the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid. Dogan was the youngest person killed in
the raid, and became a political symbol after his death. 131
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Early life Furkan Dogan was born to ethnic Turkish parents in Troy, New York 516 in the United States and moved to Turkey at
the age of two." He was a high school student at Kayseri Özel
Hisarcikloglu Fen Lisesi in Kayseri, Turkey [8119[101 H wanted to study medicine.''! He had planned to visit New
York in the summer of 2010.112) His father, Ahmet Dogan, who graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with an MBA in accounting, is an
assistant professor of accounting at Erciyes University. 51

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