They are not 'transphobic', we are told. They don't hate trans people. They simply feel deeply 'concerned' about children being 'trans', & therefore, need to put 'sensible' people in charge of trans children's healthcare, people who, for example, don't believe in the existence of trans children.

What a coincidence that it was the Palestinian artist who wasn't granted a visa in time...

Last wk in the Dáil, MM lectured Holly Cairns about how Ireland supports the international rules based order, when she asked would the state condemn the illegal war. President Connolly is stating the obvious, yet FFG can't handle anyone, especially any woman, pointing out their slíbhínism #IrishPol

Government sources anonymously briefing that "Any criticism of the American government's actions makes the Taoiseach's job harder" kind of gives the game away doesn't it

If hormones, or puberty blockers, were so dangerous, nobody would be allowed them. That some people are and that trans kids can even, notionally at least, stay on them if already prescribed, tells you all you need to know.

For the first time ever, my name was called for the Dr and there were two of us.

To the boy racer in the white Audi whose engine is fucked judging by the amount of black smoke. The one who decided to get dangerously right up my arse on the boreen this morning. I know you're a local and I'll be having a chat with your mammy when I track you down. #Speirgorm

Winston Churchill quite literally asked the Americans to overthrow the very popular socialist Iranian government in 1953 because Churchill wanted the UK to keep extracting Iran’s oil wealth without paying for it. Please do be a bit more historically aware.

Even though we all knew this was the next step in the attempt to eradicate our trans loved ones I'm sure there are many of you very upset and angry today. Please know we see you, we love you and will ALWAYS keep fighting for your right to equality, respect and peace to live your lives! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

just before Christmas, I wrote about how CitizenGo – a far right group funded by international dark money – tried to interfere in the Irish presidential election yesterday, they had a stall at the Aontú Ard Fheis www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...

My nightmare scenario is that this place sold Irish Car Bombs *and* was the only decent pint in 100 miles.

Am I surprised that a man who was able to thrive at a company where women weren't allowed in the same room as the boss, because he'd grope them, appears to have no ethical backbone? Not even a little.

"Just after starting on Cars 2, I was told by a superior that I would be uninvited from all weekly art department meetings because Lasseter 'has a hard time controlling himself' around young women... It was clear that the institution was working hard to protect him, at the expense of women like me."

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

I got you! www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...

That Richard Littlejohn was not convicted of murder is a miscarriage of justice, and justice should not be delayed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o...

wes streeting has killed more young girls than ian huntley. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is intent on the same. the only difference is they're doing it via policy and paper pushing so it's not treated as the crime it actually is. but the pair of them are *knowingly* killing children.

What a surprise from a party that was formed to stop women getting more rights www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

if the US doesn't want its military assets attacked maybe they should stop starting wars & fuck off back to their own borders

He only quit the Greens after he was suspended for transphobia. A matter of days ago, he was claiming that the Greens want to dish out "puberty blockers like confectionery." What despicable little man.

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. IRC chats where people got slapped with a large trout. Flame wars raging across Usenet groups. Weblogs in the 1990s. I saw permalinks being created. I saw the first comment spam. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

In the 1997 dystopian scifi film Gattaca, rapid DNA testing is used to determine social class and job eligibility. In 2026 UK, women wanting to participate in athletics must pay a £185 gender tax to take part in a genetic lottery where some will be ineligble due to previously unknown chromosones.

My first web browser was Mosaic. I remember the switch from telnet to ssh. I would traceroute to Mae East. Gopher and Veronica were my besties. I was the last node on a token ring. I used 54 disks to install a Linux with a.out binaries and no loadable modules.

Pro tip: if you're going to send someone a nonsense letter that you hope uses enough serious sounding "legal" language to be taken seriously, you should probably make sure you delete the bit at the end where ChatGPT offers to write a different version lol

I'm the person who gets to spend my Friday morning in court finding this stuff out btw.

157 Democratic members of the House just voted yea for a resolution that confirms they agree with the Trump administration's reasoning for starting with a war with Iran. It passes 372-53-2

“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL. kristi noem is doing a live speech right now and doesn't know she was fired. 🚨

LOL

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

I did realize this was written by a *professional* stupid person bsky.app/profile/mich...

A step further, if you look around at the world today and think "kids don't get enough messaging that being trans is bad and wrong and something they should hope to avoid," you're a stupid person whose opinion wouldn't be published in a major media outlet if the "problem" you're describing existed.

The significance here is that a 30 year mortgage is built around a retirement age of 65; once you pass 35, a buyer cannot borrow as much and needs more salary, more inheritance, or a later retirement just to keep up. jrnl.ie/6974142

I will vote for the first candidate that says they're going to do away with the NGS entirely, kick the US out of Shannon, get rid of Homeland Security operating in our airports, ban private equity owning homes, ban AirBNB from anything other than rooms, and ban all Israeli goods from Ireland.

Nothing to see here just the Chancellor of the University of Limerick retweeting a post suggesting that those of us who campaigned for Catherine Connolly would have preferred Ayatollah Khomeini (though I think Shatter actually means Khameini) as a candidate... Outrageous stuff.

Immediately after coordinating with Turkey, Israel, and other governments to force the autonomous region of Rojava to integrate into the centralized Syrian state, the US government is trying to persuade Kurdish forces to serve as cannon fodder against Iran. Unsurprisingly, there is some pushback.

So, is it 33% of the Burkes now in jail? How many of them are there exactly?

Seeing a bunch of people reacting to news of Microsoft's latest bullshit by saying that they're considering a move to Linux but find it intimidating. And honestly, your day to day experience of using a distro like Linux Mint or Ubuntu will basically be the same as using, like, Windows 7.

“If you are concerned about your data being used in the new data linkage study. You can set the National Data Opt-Out. The EIA for The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026 confirms both national + study-specific opt-outs will apply.” tacc.org.uk/2026/03/03/h...

"We have a chance to contribute to ending the nightmare once and for all by stretching their forces thin—which will create openings elsewhere. For every ICE agent deployed to defend the federal building, that’s one less out on the streets terrorizing and abducting people." crimethinc.com/Eugene2026

I sometimes wonder about how Catholic nationalists work alongside rapture heretics on things like this and then remember a bunch of them are wealthy recent converts that really don't take it seriously other than trying to look pious on TV before telling the pope to shut up about feeding the poor.

The Epstein-linked Atlantic has long been a major vehicle for transporting fringe anti-trans hoaxes to more literate readers. Now they've dropped a brand new one.

Rojava Pushed to the Brink as Syrian Government Advances unicornriot.ninja/2026/rojava-...

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

US Navy Hercules transport flying over Cork right now - heading south East towards the Med

The nyt used its activist anti-trans tactics just recently. It failed to report the right-wing politics behind the plastic surgeons decision, outright misrepresented the APA position and then turned to Singal, a longtime transphobic ideologue, to amplify its distortions.

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.