Tom
@tomh80.bsky.social
AUDHD Grump - the strong sensitivity to social injustice kind.
Truth matters. Citations needed. I have a wide variety of interests.
#actuallyautistic #ireland #spéirghorm #socialist #degrowth #limitarianism
Truth matters. Citations needed. I have a wide variety of interests.
#actuallyautistic #ireland #spéirghorm #socialist #degrowth #limitarianism
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Tom
@tomh80.bsky.social
· Aug 7
The REAL reason behind the housing crisis
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4
The pursuit of wealth and the inequality that comes from it,is the reason for the majority of crisis in the world today.
Tax wealth, not work.
The pursuit of wealth and the inequality that comes from it,is the reason for the majority of crisis in the world today.
Tax wealth, not work.
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Gareth Sheridan is renting out a two-bedroom US investment property he advertised this year for $2,700 a month – well above its area’s average rent – despite his claims that addressing the housing crisis is a “top, top priority”.
www.ontheditch.com/sheridan-sou...
www.ontheditch.com/sheridan-sou...
Sheridan sought $2,700 a month for rental property
He claimed he would “hold the Dáil to account over housing failures”.
www.ontheditch.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Gareth Sheridan is renting out a two-bedroom US investment property he advertised this year for $2,700 a month – well above its area’s average rent – despite his claims that addressing the housing crisis is a “top, top priority”.
www.ontheditch.com/sheridan-sou...
www.ontheditch.com/sheridan-sou...
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The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4
The pursuit of wealth and the inequality that comes from it,is the reason for the majority of crisis in the world today.
Tax wealth, not work.
The pursuit of wealth and the inequality that comes from it,is the reason for the majority of crisis in the world today.
Tax wealth, not work.
The REAL reason behind the housing crisis
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4
The pursuit of wealth and the inequality that comes from it,is the reason for the majority of crisis in the world today.
Tax wealth, not work.
The pursuit of wealth and the inequality that comes from it,is the reason for the majority of crisis in the world today.
Tax wealth, not work.
'I know that some members of the public would be pretty pissed off about it, but that's irrelevant to me'
August 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
'I know that some members of the public would be pretty pissed off about it, but that's irrelevant to me'
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A United Airlines flight illegally transported ammunition handling systems – among military cargo overwhelmingly funded by the US government – to Israel through Irish territory this morning.
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
United illegally brought munitions through Irish airspace
They were among military cargo overwhelmingly funded by the US government.
www.ontheditch.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A United Airlines flight illegally transported ammunition handling systems – among military cargo overwhelmingly funded by the US government – to Israel through Irish territory this morning.
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
Reposted by Tom
Who says that Elections for MEPs don’t matter?
A “political blackmail” – the EU Parliament is pressing for new mandatory scanning of your private chats | TechRadar
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114221
#ChatControl #ClientSideScanning #EndToEndEncryption #censorship #privacy #security #surveillance
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114221
#ChatControl #ClientSideScanning #EndToEndEncryption #censorship #privacy #security #surveillance
A “political blackmail” – the EU Parliament is pressing for new mandatory scanning of your private chats | TechRadar
As reported by digital rights group Netzpolitik, during the meeting held on July 11, the Parliament threatened to block an extension of the current voluntary scanning interim regulation – a tempora…
alecmuffett.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Who says that Elections for MEPs don’t matter?
youtu.be/_TCmkV7rKvg
The same thing is coming to Ireland. The public Service card, which has been illegally rolled out in Ireland has, after a second review, been fined for improperly storing biometric data. We've also recently purchased facial recognition vans those mentioned here #Ireland
The same thing is coming to Ireland. The public Service card, which has been illegally rolled out in Ireland has, after a second review, been fined for improperly storing biometric data. We've also recently purchased facial recognition vans those mentioned here #Ireland
Your photo on a police facial recognition database
YouTube video by Big Brother Watch
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
youtu.be/_TCmkV7rKvg
The same thing is coming to Ireland. The public Service card, which has been illegally rolled out in Ireland has, after a second review, been fined for improperly storing biometric data. We've also recently purchased facial recognition vans those mentioned here #Ireland
The same thing is coming to Ireland. The public Service card, which has been illegally rolled out in Ireland has, after a second review, been fined for improperly storing biometric data. We've also recently purchased facial recognition vans those mentioned here #Ireland
Who did they compare it to, because there's accusations of price gouging going on in many countries. If you compare something bad to something that's also bad, it doesn't make the result good. It just means they're all greedy shites. #Ireland
No evidence of price gouging by supermarkets, competition watchdog finds
No evidence of price gouging by supermarkets, competition watchdog finds
There is no evidence of price gouging by supermarkets in this country, the State’s competition watchdog has found.
www.independent.ie
August 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Who did they compare it to, because there's accusations of price gouging going on in many countries. If you compare something bad to something that's also bad, it doesn't make the result good. It just means they're all greedy shites. #Ireland
Technocratic language again being used to hide the central bank's complicity in genocide. Don't forget the central bank is not there for you or me, it's there to protect the interests of the wealthy elites that rule this country and others.
#SpeirGorm
#Ireland
#SpeirGorm
#Ireland
The Central Bank should conduct an internal review into whether it can turn down a request from Israel to continue to facilitate the sale of its war bonds, an Oireachtas committee has said
Central Bank should review war bonds sale - committee
The Central Bank should conduct an internal review into whether it can turn down a request from Israel to continue to facilitate the sale of its war bonds, an Oireachtas committee has said.
www.rte.ie
August 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Technocratic language again being used to hide the central bank's complicity in genocide. Don't forget the central bank is not there for you or me, it's there to protect the interests of the wealthy elites that rule this country and others.
#SpeirGorm
#Ireland
#SpeirGorm
#Ireland
"it will not accept submissions from whistleblowers.....
...be conducted behind closed doors.
It will not have the power to compel witnesses to attend.
The transcripts of any interviews will not be made available, and no blame will be apportioned."
So what's the point? #SpeirGorm
#Ireland
...be conducted behind closed doors.
It will not have the power to compel witnesses to attend.
The transcripts of any interviews will not be made available, and no blame will be apportioned."
So what's the point? #SpeirGorm
#Ireland
August 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"it will not accept submissions from whistleblowers.....
...be conducted behind closed doors.
It will not have the power to compel witnesses to attend.
The transcripts of any interviews will not be made available, and no blame will be apportioned."
So what's the point? #SpeirGorm
#Ireland
...be conducted behind closed doors.
It will not have the power to compel witnesses to attend.
The transcripts of any interviews will not be made available, and no blame will be apportioned."
So what's the point? #SpeirGorm
#Ireland
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I was groomed, sexually abused and violently raped as a child in St John’s Ambulance Ireland. The man who did it was never charged.
We need a full public inquiry no more silence.
Thank you @ivanabacik.bsky.social for standing with survivors.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
We need a full public inquiry no more silence.
Thank you @ivanabacik.bsky.social for standing with survivors.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Labour leader calls for public inquiry into sex abuse allegations at St John’s Ambulance
It follows the publication in 2023 of a report by Dr Geoffrey Shannon which found systemic failures in the charity
www.irishexaminer.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I was groomed, sexually abused and violently raped as a child in St John’s Ambulance Ireland. The man who did it was never charged.
We need a full public inquiry no more silence.
Thank you @ivanabacik.bsky.social for standing with survivors.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
We need a full public inquiry no more silence.
Thank you @ivanabacik.bsky.social for standing with survivors.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
youtu.be/NjmXzFQl4xI
#ireland @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social
The world is rough right now and there's something therapeutic about listening to someone else talk about that. Blindboy does that in such a great way.
#ireland @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social
The world is rough right now and there's something therapeutic about listening to someone else talk about that. Blindboy does that in such a great way.
Kneecap, Masculinity & Why Techno Is Ruining The Mating Game | Ash Sarkar Meets Blindboy
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
youtu.be/NjmXzFQl4xI
#ireland @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social
The world is rough right now and there's something therapeutic about listening to someone else talk about that. Blindboy does that in such a great way.
#ireland @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social
The world is rough right now and there's something therapeutic about listening to someone else talk about that. Blindboy does that in such a great way.
youtu.be/cFP5bp3JvaU
With all this talk of privacy, I can't recommend this one enough. I've been using since release and there's very little I miss from my SwiftKey days.
#privacy
With all this talk of privacy, I can't recommend this one enough. I've been using since release and there's very little I miss from my SwiftKey days.
#privacy
What You Should Know About FUTO Keyboard
YouTube video by FUTO
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
youtu.be/cFP5bp3JvaU
With all this talk of privacy, I can't recommend this one enough. I've been using since release and there's very little I miss from my SwiftKey days.
#privacy
With all this talk of privacy, I can't recommend this one enough. I've been using since release and there's very little I miss from my SwiftKey days.
#privacy
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Hey look, the UK’s Online Safety Act is resulting in the targeting of queer content.
Well, who (barring everyone) could have foreseen that?
Reminder that Ireland’s Online Safety Code seeks to ban anything it (unpredictably) finds to be likely to detrimentally damage the moral development of kids.
Well, who (barring everyone) could have foreseen that?
Reminder that Ireland’s Online Safety Code seeks to ban anything it (unpredictably) finds to be likely to detrimentally damage the moral development of kids.
It's incredible how this story keeps getting worse.
In case anyone was unclear about the consequences of the Online Safety Act, this is @taliabhatt.itch.io's itch page viewed in the UK.
In case anyone was unclear about the consequences of the Online Safety Act, this is @taliabhatt.itch.io's itch page viewed in the UK.
July 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hey look, the UK’s Online Safety Act is resulting in the targeting of queer content.
Well, who (barring everyone) could have foreseen that?
Reminder that Ireland’s Online Safety Code seeks to ban anything it (unpredictably) finds to be likely to detrimentally damage the moral development of kids.
Well, who (barring everyone) could have foreseen that?
Reminder that Ireland’s Online Safety Code seeks to ban anything it (unpredictably) finds to be likely to detrimentally damage the moral development of kids.
If you're in the #UK or #ireland, you really should consider helping these people.
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide, is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."
youtu.be/tXsWbqfQqSk
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide, is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."
youtu.be/tXsWbqfQqSk
🚨 I didn't want to do this
YouTube video by Big Brother Watch
youtu.be
July 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're in the #UK or #ireland, you really should consider helping these people.
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide, is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."
youtu.be/tXsWbqfQqSk
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide, is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."
youtu.be/tXsWbqfQqSk
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This is an important clip on the ongoing manmade famine in Gaza from journalist, Ahmed Al-Najjar.
The full podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts
open.spotify.com/episode/3LNN...
The full podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts
open.spotify.com/episode/3LNN...
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is an important clip on the ongoing manmade famine in Gaza from journalist, Ahmed Al-Najjar.
The full podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts
open.spotify.com/episode/3LNN...
The full podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts
open.spotify.com/episode/3LNN...
This is a green party I could get behind. So many of our own "left" wing parties are unwilling to call out the reality of the inequality that is driving all these crisis and stoking so much hate. We need more leaders like Zack all over the world, if we are to stand any chance of change. #Ireland
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This is a green party I could get behind. So many of our own "left" wing parties are unwilling to call out the reality of the inequality that is driving all these crisis and stoking so much hate. We need more leaders like Zack all over the world, if we are to stand any chance of change. #Ireland