timtomflor.bsky.social
@timtomflor.bsky.social
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"Getting on a boat to Gaza is performative nonsense, you should be pressuring politicians at home to change policy"

...

"Holding a protest to pressure politicians at home does nothing to directly help! You should be on a boat to Gaza"

Beginning to think this commentary might not be in good faith
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Hungary has passed a bill aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, which critics say curtails fundamental rights and continues the crackdown on the EU country's LGBTQ community.
http://jrnl.ie/6652801
Hungarian parliament overwhelmingly passes bill banning Budapest Pride parade
Organisers or participants of a banned event could risk fines of up to €500.
jrnl.ie
March 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for cons
Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth
www.irishexaminer.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Tom Clonan: Irish neutrality should be protected, but we also need to spend on defence jrnl.ie/6623211
Tom Clonan: Irish neutrality should be protected, but we also need to spend on defence
The security analyst says our neutrality should be a red line issue, however it is critical that we properly resource our Defence Forces.
jrnl.ie
March 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Cú Chulainn, tied to the standing stone, a desperate last stand against Queen Medb’s (Miss Piggy) forces, and he’s *doing scrunched-up Kermit face the whole time*.
The idea that people without children "have little stake in the future" is so bizarre. Does my dream of one day seeing a re-telling of Irish mythology using only Muppets mean nothing to you
January 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Absolutely farce with the Independent TG being basically allowed to be government and opposition at the same time. Verona Murphy is unfit for role of Ceann Comhairle. Profoundly anti-democratic stuff, enabled by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
January 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We talk about it all the bloody time. RTE dedicated a whole debate to it before the election. The amount we talk about it is disproportionate to the amount the population care about it, as the exit poll showed
January 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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"We are the last bastion of Irish culture and heritage"

but also

"The Irish language is woke"

I know our local fash are too thick for coherent thought but would they just pick a fuckin lane for God's sake
December 30, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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Two things that are simultaneously true:

- Antisemitism is a real, and growing problem in Ireland, something which a distressing number of people are in complete denial about

- Only either a total moron or a shameless charlatan would claim that Ireland is the "most antisemitic country in Europe"
December 15, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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I remember reading the same article 10 years ago about millenials
December 9, 2024 at 10:33 AM