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Tina 🏳️‍⚧️‬
@tina-eire.bsky.social
Dogs, cats, science and resistance of the beginnings/antifascist.
Free spirit. She/her.
For all who need to escape the grim state of the day:
The Techno Marching Band MEUTE - Peace
(German Meute means 1. a pack of animals, 2. a larger group of people, /ˈmɔɪ̯tə/)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeqC...
#Speirgorm
MEUTE - Peace
YouTube video by MEUTE
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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RTE reporting verbatim a Garda sargent claim at #GeorgeNkencho Inquest that there’s absolutely no way the situation could have been de-escalated. George had just walked home peacefully, watched by Gardai. Armed support arrived & shot him 6 times. Gardai surrounding, shouting & firing is escalation.
January 29, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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The state has again covered up for the armed support Garda who shot George SIX times within a minute of arrival on scene - twice in the back. No justification for this to deal with someone with a kitchen knife. The DPP power to block vital prosecutions must end. #JusticeforGeorgeNkencho
January 30, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Sharing yet again, and will keep sharing.
Only 8,397 Irish residents have signed this petition. Shockingly low for a country that says it stands in solidarity with Palestine.

Please sign, this petition will make a difference.
#JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm

eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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They have poured tens of millions, if not more, into a decade-long war on the rights of trans people to exist and 86% still don't agree with them
Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority.

(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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I know the rules
youtu.be/IKICKcMU3MU?...
Aamer Rahman: Is it really ok to punch nazis?
YouTube video by FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 PM
My pick for this week #ThursdayFilmRec :
Truth & Treason
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Truth & Treason - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM

Watch or (Rewatch) "The Mortal Storm" (1940) - Dir. Frank Borzage, about the rise of Nazism (starring Jimmy Stewart & Margaret Sullavan).

It so infuriated Joseph Goebbels that he banned it in Germany & also all MGM films.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12s...
Clip HD | The Mortal Storm | Warner Archive
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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In Ballyfermot Library this morning for a launch of a report on internalised oppression. Travellers are told again and again, from a very young age, that they are less human than settled people, and start to believe it themselves...
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Addressing the cost of disability isn’t charity or pity - it’s about rights and equality.

Disabled people shouldn’t live with a tax on their lives or be pushed into poverty by extra daily costs.

A rights-based Ireland means removing barriers and letting people live with dignity.
January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Another regime change operation….

“The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta as a rift deepens between Washington and Ottawa.” www.ft.com/content/11dc...
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump admin this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere… A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump’s 2024 election. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
The Trump administration awarded $500 million in contracts for Venezuelan oil sales to two firms with a history of bribery and corruption.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Week 193 at the Dáil for brilliant Martin Leahy

Every Thursday Martin travels from Co. Cork to Dublin to sing his song "Everyone should have a home" from 1-2pm, to shine a bright light on manufactured housing crisis

Total respect

Here is me & @judesherry.bsky.social with Martin at Dáil in October
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Or the government could "get more mature" about drugs and accept that making them illegal has been a *total and complete disaster everywhere", decriminalise them, regulate them, and put the resulting money into properly resourced easily accessed programmes for people in addiction
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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There's a rarely heard song by Irving Berlin suddenly trending on YouTube, for, oh, who can say? I'm sure there's no special reason for a song called When That Man is Dead and Gone to trend right now..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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On an IG video, half the comments were complaints that we spent more on Ukrainians & Palestinians than on flood prevention, meanwhile the government has minimised the climate crisis to the point we will pay 28 billion for missed targets. But sure, it’s them foreigners, not decades of mismanagement 🙄
Multiple road and school closures across Co Wexford after River Slaney burst its banks during Storm Chandra | Follow live
Storm Chandra: Flooding causing widespread disruption
Follow live updates as Storm Chandra brings strong winds and heavy rain across the country.
rte.ie
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Fuck all these racist rats. There's no nice way to do fascism.
Trump’s top Fox News cheerleader went off script, openly criticizing ICE’s tactics and urging a more “reasonable” approach to immigration enforcement.
Hannity Turns His Back On ICE’s Hardline Approach
In a notable pivot, the Fox News host is calling for more “reasonable” immigration enforcement.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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I want to say this clearly. The racist comments I’ve experienced online are not just upsetting, exhausting, or unpleasant. They are dehumanising. And that has a real impact, not just on me, but on others who see them and recognise themselves in them.
1/5
January 27, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Had a plowing mishap at the studio so super late On The Record this week covering ICE's death squad predecessor, Lilliputian Bovino replaced by Shrek, the poor 1%, @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social, Kanye, @benburgis.bsky.social, busted TikTok, @stephensemler.bsky.social and more.
Unaccountable, Masked, Violent: ICE's Pattern of State Brutality
YouTube video by UNFTR Media
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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PLEASE read this one. Kinda required reading. If you agree, which I hope you do, print in color and magnetically attach to your refrigerator. It is marvelous and very clear to all who visit: this is what we stand for. PERIOD.
March 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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So-called "AI Girlfriends" are being pushed at teenage boys on all platforms, prompting them to create sexual abuse imagery of classmates.

How is the government standing over this type of content?

It's simple. We need turn off these toxic algorithms.

#TurnOffTheToxicAlgorithms
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Only 7,496 Irish people have actually signed this petition.
Don't presume someone else will, please sign it. 🙏🙏

This isn't just another random petition of the 100s you have signed the last 2 years, this is an officially recognized citizen portal to getting laws changed in Europe.

#Speirgorm
Only 2000 signatures needed now for Ireland to pass the threshold. We're at 70%, France is at 300%!! For gawds sake.

C'mon #speirgorm we can do better than France!

Don't just share on the socials, send direct what's app, message, get the phone out at break time. ✊ 🇵🇸 🇮🇪

#JusticeForPalestine
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Fantastic to see this out!

I for one, and I’m not alone here, want to also acknowledge a big thanks to @emily.space for a lot of the AstroSky drive and coordination (along with co-authors).

This is community re-building!

Astro-community: share this in your team’s slack channels / invite them!

🔭
"While almost everything that astronomers study occurs in the vacuum of space, astronomy itself does not 'happen in a vacuum'.

Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the public, improve extensively from access to good communication tools."

Paper day! ⤵️
The Astrosky Ecosystem: An independent online platform for science communication and social networking
While almost everything that astronomers study occurs in the vacuum of space, astronomy itself does not `happen in a vacuum'. Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the pub...
arxiv.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:58 AM