FF & FG have had literally over 100 unbroken years of governance to do something. Yet they constantly act like they popped into existence five minutes ago and throw a strop if you suggest otherwise. Refuse to govern, refuse to take responsibility, refuse to do anything except say "DONT BLAME ME"

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look

Bastard asked me to understudy K-9 in Doctor Who. I'm not going to understudy anybody. Especially that pimp!

Bréifne is now ready for anything

Remove the stone of incessant rain! Attach the stone of blizzard!

From FB regarding Pizza Luce in Minnesota. I like it when I can do something to help people displaced by ICE and then after I do that thing I get to eat a pizza.

Bridget's Day, Imbolc, first day of spring! 🌱 Am I going to share my crósog bhríde, no. Am I going to share this petition yet again, because only 8,665 Irish citizens have signed it. Why haven't you signed it yet? 🇵🇸 eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#... #LaLeBride #BridgetsDay #Speirgorm

World Wetlands Day is as good a time as any to reflect on the fact that numerous global assessments have identified Ireland as having the worst record in the world for the percentage of wetlands lost.

Better Things Aren't Possible, repeats tetchy idiot

The most soft-touch sympathetic forum for an interview imaginable and Micheál Martin just floundering, without an original thought, without anything to say. An empty suit.

"In a way, it's Nigel Farage's fault that Labour is so blatantly corrupt"

This piece of brilliance from @vizcomic.bsky.social is the story of my life

I need all of my British friends to see this.

Just heard a radio ad talking about Ireland's move to sustainable energy involving "renewable gas". Who exactly are you trying to spoof?

/3 Plenty of Trumpers, ICE fans, bigots, and just plain old all-protesters-are-evil-old-farts in town but they typically grumble on Facebook rather than in person. It was pleasant under the sunshine with decent people who wanted to fight evil.

Was it for this #Spéirghorm

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

Just a reminder that at least 242 journalists were killed by Israel since October 7.

Free the people, let them have their say

Reading "Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island" by Mike Pitts and as one of the few people who actually saw "Sliding Doors" in the cinema at the time this is a weird pill to swallow.

The least hard working man in house business

Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera. Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.

1. Don't snitch-tag. 2. Don't explain to people what they just said. 3. Don't "correct" people's jokes. 4. Don't respond seriously to silly little posts. 5. Don't respond trivially to obviously serious posts. 6. Don't "jocularly insult" people you don't know. The rest is commentary.

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78.12% 😥 #Speirgorm

it's stunning. they haven't even started negotiating with the GOP yet; this is the Dems negotiating among *themselves* as to whether and how much to oppose literal fucking stormtroopers executing American citizens in the street

God this storm is brutal, let me check the only place I can reliably see if my train is delayed...

As the Irish Government signals support for Trump's Gaza 'Peace Plan', there should be no doubt that the removal of the Triple Lock is about breaking a 65 year long commitment to the UN and international law so we can more easily side with Western imperial blocs. www.thejournal.ie/trump-board-...

People’s houses wrecked, cars damaged, their health endangered, big financial losses at a time when most struggle with bills and cost of living. Meanwhile little being done using nature prevention, restored wetlands, establish woodlands in river valleys www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#UPDATE - Following our complaint against genocide inciter and war criminal Guy Hochman, he was detained and interrogated for six hours, released only after diplomatic intervention by Israel, had his Canadian visa revoked, and saw multiple scheduled appearances canceled.

Sharing again, because we still haven't passed the threshold. We are at 77%. This petition is really important. Sign, share and make sure others sign, please. 🙏 eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public #Speirgorm #Speirghorm #JusticeForPalestine

Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!

Just the two genocidaire guest columnists in the Irish Times today.

Your reminder that there is no "triple lock". There's one lock: legislation. That's it. #Spéirghorm

Mood in minneapolis right now

Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont

When ordinary people are literally putting themselves in front of armed goons in armoured trucks it really makes clear that all those craven m/billionaire CEOs like Tim Cook should never know another days peace and should be shunned by all decent people till the day they die

What a relief that they’re calling for a general de-escalation of tensions, since it’s hard to tell who’s at fault, the people murdering people or the people who aren’t doing the murdering.

“Fascists love to tell us that their numbers are great, and we have to deal with them. But our numbers are also great, and they have to deal with us. They want us to think we have a them problem, and we do. But we should not forget to give them an us problem.” www.the-reframe.com/fighting-in-...

hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading

Puppets - including one of Trump's head - coming down Clark

Time to repost this classic from @voxhib.bsky.social voxhib.com/2016/02/01/s...

In general, there's a huge overlap between "sponsor of local baseball team" and "small business run by one of the loudest and dumbest chuds in your metro area"

So, one of the more immediate challenges for those of us in history right now is to thread the needle between showing all the continuities (over-policing, militarization of police, stop-and-frisk, other kidnappings of immigrant groups) while also expressing the peril of this precise moment.

I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.

The Occupied Territories Bill was promised, delayed, and now quietly abandoned. While Gaza faces ongoing devastation, Ireland’s response is hesitation and excuses. This Government must stop stalling and take a clear, principled stand.

Good poll result for the @social-democrats.bsky.social today. We’ve effectively doubled our % in just over a year. Our style of politics isn’t the easiest way of doing it- we stay true to our values & won’t compromise in bringing forward evidence based solutions. There’s a lot more to come 💜

Keith Duggan wrote some words in the Irish Times. There was no reason for him to have done so.