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Poet, writer, nature lover, published by Bloodaxe Books. www.KatieDonovan.com
This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...
@uplift.ie
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Sanction Stapolin's Autism Classes
In Stapolin ETNS, we are having to campaign for 2 additional autism classes to meet the needs of children within our school and local community because the NCSE have informed us that our school is not...
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/sanction-stapolin-s-autism-classes?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast6554&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=7d54998d-fde7-42c8-8e2f-edf1473756e3
17 days ago
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Dublin Small Press Fair
20 days ago
really looking forward to welcoming
@bansheepress.bsky.social
to the
#DublinSmallPressFair2025
on November 28/29 in the Pearse St Library, D2. Banshee publish a literary journal as well as books, and won Small Press of the Year in 2024 + 2025 at The Bookseller's Publishing Awards!
bansheepress.org
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Banshee Press
https://bansheepress.org/
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An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision:
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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Don’t let Big Tech lobbyists exploit our data!
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision:
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11-dpc-ireland-petition-EN?akid=s6661158..XnfDYx
18 days ago
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann
26 days ago
What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland? Join
@skeinpress.bsky.social
for 'Young Blood' at this year's
#DublinSmallPressFair
Tickets are free but limited - find them at
www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/you...
Presented in association with Poetry Ireland.
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Bloodaxe Books
26 days ago
Poet & translator
@georgeszirtes.bsky.social
is a nominee for the inaugural City of Literature Award. The winner will be chosen by residents of Eastern England & announced at a ceremony
@writerscentre.bsky.social
on 12 Feb. Vote by 12 Dec.
#eastanglianbookawards
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
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I've just signed the Open Letter to support Standing Against Hate in our Communities. Can you do the same?
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...
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Stand Against Hate in our Communities
I've just signed the Open Letter to support Standing Against Hate in our Communities. Can you do the same?
https://action.uplift.ie/campaigns/stand-against-hate-open-letter?utm_campaign=2MB45AVAex&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=share
26 days ago
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Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
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Keep the Baltic Sea clean and safe!
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10-oil-Baltic-Sea-petition-EN?akid=s6652729..NeYFAo
about 1 month ago
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Arlen House
about 2 months ago
A magical event in Cork celebrating Arlen House at 50, honouring Catherine Rose, Ireland's first feminist publisher; plus launching the biggest anthology of Irish women poets ever published ‒ Washing Windows V ‒ with an amazing speech by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin + stunning readings from contributors.
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The New Yorker
about 2 months ago
“Israel now controls about 53 per cent of Gaza, and there is no indication that it is going to leave,” Nathan Thrall, a former director at the International Crisis Group, said.
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What Palestinians and Israelis Have Learned Since October 7th
Despite the ceasefire in Gaza, prospects for long-term peace seem worse than ever.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-hamas-and-israel-have-learned-since-october-7th?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Irish Literary Times
about 2 months ago
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint." Oscar Wilde
#botd
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Rónán Hession
about 2 months ago
The quiet power of never forgetting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
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Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group
Nihon Hidankyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribable’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/11/nobel-peace-prize-awarded-to-japanese-atomic-bomb-survivors-group?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Irish Literary Times
about 2 months ago
Via Sarah Clancy's partner Anne Mulhall: "Friends I am so happy to tell you that Sarah and all the Irish flotilla heroes are in the air flying to Athens and will all be on flights home to Dublin tonight or tomorrow. Sarah will be arriving into Dublin airport at 11pm tonight."
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World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now
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World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now
Right now, the last remaining vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, The Marinette, is approaching Gaza's waters -- carrying brave activists who are all risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal siege on G
https://action.eko.org/a/world-leaders-protect-the-sumud-flotilla-now?source=taf
about 2 months ago
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Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hardworking midwives—deserve much better.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/mo...
@uplift.ie
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Choice in Maternity Care Matters: Mothers Deserve More
Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hard...
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/mothers-deserve-more-choice-in-maternity-care-matters?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast6429&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=86206b04-76dc-456a-bd74-e4bd65c4454d
2 months ago
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All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-...
@uplift.ie
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I'm supporting the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the illegal siege of Gaza.
All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support.
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-m-on-board-with-the-gaza-freedom-flotilla?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast6417&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=6a3b59ef-72f8-4710-8ba8-0b327e6b9c80
3 months ago
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Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football!
#banisrael
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
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Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09-israelfootballban-petition-EN?akid=s6593194..tu3fPW
3 months ago
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Enough is enough. Lets get toxic chemicals out of period products!:
action.eko.org/a/toxic-peri...
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Get toxic chemicals out of period products!
An explosive new study by PAN UK and Wen (Women's Environmental Network) has just found toxic glyphosate in period products at *40 times* higher than the legal limit for drinking water.Glyphosate is l
https://action.eko.org/a/toxic-period-products?source=taf
3 months ago
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Ola Majekodunmi
3 months ago
We're very excited to announce this— Off The Scéal is a brand new Multilingual Open-Mic night created and hosted by the amazing
@danflynn94.bsky.social
and myself 😍 Come on down to the DLR Lexicon Studio and join us for a night of poetry and song —
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A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards
#StopMercosur
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
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Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02-mercosur-pesticides-petition-EN?t=22&variation=119&akid=s6530914..7Rg8DK
3 months ago
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Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban
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Protect elephants: keep global ivory ban!
Elephants are being slaughtered so their tusks can be turned into trinkets. And now, some governments want to make it legal. Japan and South Africa are pushing to overturn the global ivory trading ban
https://action.eko.org/a/keep-global-ivory-ban
3 months ago
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Help Jana and her family in Gaza
chuffed.org/project/1434...
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Help Jana and her family in Gaza
I am asking for your help for a family of seven in Gaza who my wife and I know personally. They have been living through terrible hardship for the past two years. They have lost everything. They now h...
https://chuffed.org/project/143461-help-for-jana-and-her-family-in-gaza?utm_campaign=success&utm_id=143461&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=chuffedreferral
4 months ago
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George Monbiot
4 months ago
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse
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Banshee Press
4 months ago
First look: the gorgeous cover of FILLY, Rosamund Taylor's stunning novel-in-verse, coming from Banshee Press in October 2025. Cover photography by Oana Stoian, with design by Jack Smyth ✨
@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social
@jackflag.bsky.social
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The English Oak Project
4 months ago
For a whole year I shared a riverbank with a male mute swan Everyday on my walk we conversed without a word being said Every day I hoped he found the partner he craved This year he brought his new family to see me
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£76 million. That’s how much Stormont exempted companies such as Coca-Cola, Moy Park and Kingspan from paying rates last year. I've signed this petition calling Finance Minister John O'Dowd to scrap the exemption today - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns
my.actnowni.org/petitions/ca...
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Sign Now: Caoimhe Archibald Scrap Rates Exemption for Big Business
£76 million. That’s how much Stormont exempted companies such as Coca-Cola, Moy Park and Kingspan from paying rates last year. I've signed this petition calling @johnodowdsf to scrap the exemption tod...
https://my.actnowni.org/petitions/caoimhe-archibald-scrap-the-rates-exemption-for-big-business?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=fe1b1fd8-7ec3-4315-b697-036c3ca696bd
4 months ago
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Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
action.eko.org/a/stop-fuell...
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Stop fuelling the “economy of genocide”
A historic new UN report just did what the UN almost never does — it named dozens of global corporations fuelling Israel’s “economy of genocide”. They’re helping bomb Gaza and steal Palestinian land f
https://action.eko.org/a/stop-fuelling-the-economy-of-genocide-2/?source=fwd
4 months ago
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Adorable otters are being captured and trafficked for use in exotic pet cafes in Japan. We need to stop this! Help protect otters, join the global call.
action.eko.org/a/stop-otter...
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Stop otter poaching!
Cute and cuddly otters are being brutally kidnapped, separated from their tight-knit families and forced into a life of misery as captives in otter cafés.Many otters die in transit, stuffed into airpl
https://action.eko.org/a/stop-otter-poaching-2?source=taf
4 months ago
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I've just signed this petition calling on the government to protect the GPO as a national monument and to scrap plans to turn it into shops and offices. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
@uplift.ie
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Protect Our Revolutionary History - Make the GPO a National Monument not a Shopping Centre
I've just signed this petition calling on the government to protect the GPO as a national monument and to scrap plans to turn it into shops and offices. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/protect-our-revolutionary-history-make-the-gpo-a-national-monument-not-shopping-centre?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast6275&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=30d5e247-d14c-4498-bfce-7d791f795264
5 months ago
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I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to not raise university fees. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke...
@uplift.ie
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Keep Your Promise - Don't Hike University Fees
I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to not raise university fees. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/keep-your-promise-don-t-hike-university-fees?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=2d1a4821-968e-47ac-a154-0ef57f60e7a9
5 months ago
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African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade
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African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade
Millions of donkeys are slaughtered every year so their skins can be used to make ejiao, a gelatin found in cosmetics and supplements.Donkeys are stolen from communities that rely on them for survival
https://action.eko.org/a/african-union-enforce-the-ban-on-the-donkey-skin-trade?source=taf
5 months ago
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This day last year - the launch of "May Swim". Thanks to Sinéad MacAodha for her lovely speech,
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
for publishing my 6th poetry collection, & to the friends, family and poetry lovers who cleared out the shop! Missing my swimming friend Sydna Farrar, who has since swum on...
6 months ago
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Lyle Lewis
7 months ago
New peer-reviewed research: wolves in Poland mostly hunt wild animals, not livestock. Predators keep ecosystems stable. And ecosystems are what feed, clean, and cool the planet. Biodiversity isn’t a luxury. It’s humanity’s life support system.
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Mike Melton
7 months ago
Green-crowned Brilliant
#hummingbird
at Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona
#CostaRica
#birds
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Banks: don't fund KEPCO's polluting coal plans
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Banks: don't fund KEPCO's coal plans
KEPCO is doubling down on coal. Instead of transitioning to clean energy, Korea’s biggest electricity provider is backtracking on its promises and trying to finance its coal plans with toxic bonds. Bu
https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco
6 months ago
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Banks: don't fund KEPCO's polluting coal plans
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Banks: don't fund KEPCO's coal plans
KEPCO is doubling down on coal. Instead of transitioning to clean energy, Korea’s biggest electricity provider is backtracking on its promises and trying to finance its coal plans with toxic bonds. Bu
https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco
7 months ago
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Banks: don't fund KEPCO's polluting coal plans
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Banks: don't fund KEPCO's coal plans
KEPCO is doubling down on coal. Instead of transitioning to clean energy, Korea’s biggest electricity provider is backtracking on its promises and trying to finance its coal plans with toxic bonds. Bu
https://action.eko.org/a/banks-don-t-fund-kepco
7 months ago
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Munster Literature Centre
7 months ago
Not long to wait until this years Cork International Poetry Festival - May 13th - 17th. Information on tickets and workshops along with the full programme on our website-
www.munsterlit.ie
#corkpoetryfest
#cork
#poets
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Macha Press
8 months ago
We plan to publish two books per year: one historical or apex of career poet, and one emerging poet from within a wide range of concern and practice. We would like to invite you to join our endeavour as a subscriber, supporter or by making a donation to the press.
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It has been a joy to be part of the relay on this glorious Poetry Day - thanks Damien!
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7 months ago
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Niamh Boyce
7 months ago
Delighted to have a poem in this Massive anthology of Irish women's poetry from the legendary feminist press
@arlenhouse.bsky.social
Congratulations to Editors by
@alanhayes.bsky.social
&
@nualaoconnor.bsky.social
Beautiful cover art by Pauline Bewick
#washingwindowsV
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I've just signed this petition calling for a domestic abuse register to be put in place in Ireland. This could save lives – will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
@uplift-ireland.bsky.social
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Protect Lives – Create Jennie’s Law: A Domestic Abuse Register for Ireland
I've just signed this petition calling for a domestic abuse register to be put in place in Ireland. This could save lives – will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/protect-lives-create-jennie-s-law-a-domestic-abuse-register-for-ireland?source=bluesky-share-email-button&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky
7 months ago
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Cork University Press
8 months ago
We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Elizabeth Wincott Heckett - a leading scholar on the archaeological textiles of Ireland. She will be dearly missed by
@ucc.ie
colleagues & the wider academic & heritage community. Cork University Press is proud to have published her life's work.
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Looking forward to reading my poems with Mark Granier and Luke Morgan at the Strokestown International Poetry Festival in Roscommon on May 2nd. A fantastic line up of events, fair play to festival director Joe Woods, and all the team!
strokestownpoetryfest.ie/events/readi...
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Poetry Reading & Launch with Katie Donovan, Mark Granier & Luke Morgan - Strokestown International Poetry Festival
Learn about Poetry Reading & Launch with Katie Donovan, Mark Granier & Luke Morgan at the Strokestown International Poetry Festival. Time, Date, Tickets &
https://strokestownpoetryfest.ie/events/reading-launch-2030/
8 months ago
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I've just signed this petition calling for a domestic abuse register to be put in place in Ireland. This could save lives – will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
@uplift-ireland.bsky.social
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Protect Lives – Create Jennie’s Law: A Domestic Abuse Register for Ireland
I've just signed this petition calling for a domestic abuse register to be put in place in Ireland. This could save lives – will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/protect-lives-create-jennie-s-law-a-domestic-abuse-register-for-ireland?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast6061&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=7f9635b3-14df-4586-9cda-248c59e7c7ee
8 months ago
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Microsoft: Stop Providing Support to the Israeli Military
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Microsoft: Stop Providing Support to the Israeli Military
Israeli forces are ramping up the genocide in Gaza, killing more than 322 children since Israel broke the ceasefire. And they’re committing these atrocities with the help of Microsoft. Leaked document
https://action.eko.org/page/microsoft-stop-providing-support-to-the-israeli-military
8 months ago
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I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
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Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/protest-meta-s-theft-of-irish-writing?source=bluesky-share-email-button&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky
8 months ago
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I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
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Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/protest-meta-s-theft-of-irish-writing?source=bluesky-share-email-button&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky
8 months ago
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Stop Rio Tinto’s mine destroying Serbia’s nature!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-03...
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Stop Rio Tinto’s mine destroying Serbia’s nature!
SIGN NOW! This issue is urgent and really important. We need your support - please take action now!
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-03-stop-rio-tinto-EN?akid=s5891612..LkkzUc&source=bluesky
8 months ago
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