@fotoole.bsky.social is spot on with this. the maths isn't even that complicated. Not a good look. And doesnt fill me with confidence about where the public discourse is heading. Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

Journalists in Dublin: 6pm this evening at the Spire.

South Park's still got it. Savage, as always 😆

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

Incredible courage 🏳️‍🌈❤️💪🏽

#LoveIsLove #TakingLiberties #DublinPride2025 #ProudToWorkForIreland

Big news! My book, #RunLikeaGirl, is launching in Canada & US on September 23. It’s about having the courage to run your own race-even when it’s hard. Trying to live up to the expectations of others is no way to live or make a difference. Let’s do this!🏃‍♀️💪 🏃‍♀️💪 🏃‍♀️💪 🏃‍♀️💪 #WomenLeadingonClimate

🥳🥳🥳🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️ Delighted to see this! @cathmckenna.bsky.social hope you are kind to the family 😆❤️

more crime in america

So easy to forget America is full of caring communities and courageous people. I just hope they can stay the course.

Measles and tariffs, what century is this?

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

It's #stpatricksday and I present to you a thread on representations of Irishness from around the world, especially those not well-known in Ireland.

This is good news for Canada🇨🇦

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Always amazed at the 'no one knew' crowd. Everyone knew, and everyone was complicit.... except for the rare few who had a conscious. RIP #speirgorm Https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41577724.html

This is a great opportunity for recent graduates. You do need two EU languages which include Irish :)

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A nation once again, comrades! Prepare yourselves. #Spéirghorm #IrishBluesky #Ireland

Tomorrow we celebrate Black Americans: MLK Malcolm X Travon Martin Breonna Taylor Eric Garner Tamir Rice Kendrick Johnson George Floyd Emmett Till Korryn Gaines Laquan McDonald Freddy Gray Michael Brown Ahmaud Arbery Booker T Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Ta’Kiya Young Thurgood Marshall Not Trump

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#speirgorm #newyear

Elon Musk has changed his X profile. His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists. His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis. Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists. The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.

💔 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

This is just a cracking festive tale, wonderfully told. It's up there with The Night Before Christmas 🎄🎁🎅⛄️

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

I’m printing this out and rolling a joint with it

If you don’t collect the data then you don’t know whether a problem exists. And if there’s no evidence of a problem, then there’s no need for a policy solution. It’s not an accident that so many OECD countries don’t collate race or ethnicity data. Pandemic highlighted how data can save lives.

Credit to the Irish pollsters for absolutely nailing #GE24 FF: 21.5% (polls) vs 21.9% (result) FG: 21% vs 20.8% SF: 19.5% vs 19% Polling averages via @irishpollingind.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b... For all my new Irish friends, because of the strangest case of mistaken identity in the history of Irish-American relations, I've been invited to be interviewed by Katie Hannon. The taping is tomorrow and I'll let you know when it's scheduled to be aired

Isn't this just absolutely glorious #GE24 A resounding Go Fuck Yourself

The magic words I’ve been waiting for this weekend #GE24 “Ireland First candidate Derek Blighe has been eliminated.”

Amen to that. Phew!

Things we've learned from the election 1. The far right has been rejected (now let's stop giving them air time). 2. Posts and followers on social media don't reflect real life (they are mainly bots and/or not from Ireland) 3. The Irish pay no heed to Musk, and he doesn't have influence here! #GE24

I just voted in my first Irish GE this century! A privilege and an obligation that I'm immensely grateful for #GE24🗳

Most useful explainer of PR-STV I've seen so far. Worth a watch #GE24

I love this.

One of my favourite poems.

me: correct me if I’m wrong- the internet: sir, we will correct you even if you’re right

probably going to burn down a migrant hotel tomorrow, you know, just to get out of this echo chamber for a bit

The Irish Freedom Party councillor got owned so hard by a bunch of primary school children that he's threatening to call the cops lmaoooo

Oh man, this I get