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I do a bit of Play therapy, bit of psychotherapy, bit of teaching, bit of writing and sometimes I go for walks.

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Loomer spent weeks posting racist stereotypes about Indians on X then flew to India anyway. Rajdeep Sardesai looked her dead in the eye & said “you’re brazenly racist and Islamophobic.” She had no answers. Just tears.

U.S. mainstream media, take notes. This is accountability journalism.

14.03.2026 15:46 👍 722 🔁 264 💬 41 📌 12
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All the reports of evictions are not coming out of nowhere. It's government policy.

If landlord TDs were disallowed from voting on the 'Residential Tenancies Bill' it could not have passed.

But they weren't. They were allowed to vote for their own personal benefit.

#SpéirGhorm

05.03.2026 11:14 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2

Scientific American has updated the figure, now grouped into swimmers, fliers, walkers/runners, and vehicles. A person on a bicycle remains the most efficient way to travel, compared to all forms of biological locomotion and mechanical transport.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

04.03.2026 11:52 👍 591 🔁 221 💬 17 📌 32
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“If we believe in human dignity for all, we must deliver more.”
🇸🇮 Nataša Pirc Musar made history as Slovenia’s first female president in 2022.
Her #CupOfJoe is making history, and a whole latte sense.

#WomensHistoryMonth

03.03.2026 15:15 👍 246 🔁 125 💬 8 📌 2
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It's a shocking illustration of the government's subordinate postition to US imperialism, and of their moral cowardice, that they cannot speak the truth in front of our eyes.

They cant even condemn the slaughter of schoolchildren and the murder of hundreds more, so as not to irrate Trump.
#Iran

03.03.2026 18:10 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 👍 13170 🔁 5331 💬 90 📌 186
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
dir. James Gunn

01.03.2026 20:48 👍 2149 🔁 383 💬 22 📌 18

I heard if you press the wrong button the Sun will come out of the panels instead of into them and they all explode the continent.

24.02.2026 14:57 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
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Greetings from Kyiv.

Today, I came to visit them.
To say thank you –
our fallen Heroes 💔

24.02.2026 09:58 👍 830 🔁 182 💬 62 📌 14
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Irish breathing exercises.

Wellness program with an Ireland style 😉😂

20.02.2026 11:20 👍 55 🔁 27 💬 3 📌 4
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"If the housing crisis ended, then their friends - the developers, the big landlords, wouldn't be able to make the sort of money they make."

We need rid of FF, FG, and their Lowry / Healy-Rae independents.

We need a movement on the streets, in our communities, to fight back.

#AffordableIreland

19.02.2026 18:30 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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"Now we have our answer. The government is moving SNAs around from mainstream classes to special classes."

This is a model of exclusion instead of inclusion.

Parents, children, teachers, SNAs are being failed by this government.

Join the protest next week Wednesday 25th February, 5pm at the Dáil!

17.02.2026 18:32 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 4
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Muddy legs!

15.02.2026 14:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wading bird in February light

15.02.2026 14:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What a banger but also Oh God

10.02.2026 15:30 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold

10.02.2026 13:27 👍 4642 🔁 1331 💬 95 📌 312
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Shannon Airport used for refuelling Ice deportation flights 10 times in past year The controversial agency chartered small private aircraft for the removal operations

The US is shipping people across the Atlantic in chains through our country.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

09.02.2026 06:33 👍 40 🔁 38 💬 3 📌 7
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Why won't the government answer a simple question?

It's yes or no? Is there a criminal investigation into X itself?

This government is more concerned about being viewed favourably by Big Tech than protecting the public.

We must stop these harmful tools being used to produce horrific content.

04.02.2026 16:49 👍 70 🔁 27 💬 5 📌 6

please watch:

04.02.2026 17:17 👍 5366 🔁 2280 💬 228 📌 176

The world's greatest president, and she's OURS!!

04.02.2026 13:06 👍 24 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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By: @royaards@newsie.social

02.02.2026 15:08 👍 1621 🔁 453 💬 18 📌 32
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@davidfrum.bsky.social

02.02.2026 01:18 👍 29598 🔁 10103 💬 850 📌 486
Drawing of a woman with green hair blowing a flame from her hand, with the word imbolc in gold letters

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #imbolc #imbolg

Drawing of a woman with green hair blowing a flame from her hand, with the word imbolc in gold letters #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #imbolc #imbolg

Happy Imbolc 🌱

Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

01.02.2026 09:39 👍 243 🔁 68 💬 5 📌 2
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31.01.2026 02:34 👍 827 🔁 227 💬 7 📌 5
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While waiting to see what the Senate will do...Senate vote to reign in the brutality of ICE

I keep up with the Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace to Washington DC..
Today is DAY 96 for them
They are in Virginia, enroute to Richmond Virginia by weekend

THEY ASK FOR NOTHING
May this clip you peace🙏🕊

29.01.2026 22:46 👍 1952 🔁 743 💬 73 📌 30
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clarechampion.ie/opinion-shan...

28.01.2026 21:05 👍 44 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 1
DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

25.01.2026 17:32 👍 16053 🔁 5207 💬 324 📌 249
Post image The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault. Federal law enforcement and immigration agents have a tough job. But Americans expect them to carry out their duties in a lawful, accountable way, and to work with, rather than against, state and local officials to ensure public safety. That's not what we're seeing in Minnesota. In fact, we're seeing the opposite. For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city. These unprecedented tactics-which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel-have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S citizens. And yet rather than trying to impose some semblance of discipline and accountability over the agents they've deployed, the President and current administration officials seem eager to escalate the situation, while offering public explanations for the shootings of Mr. Pretti and Renee Good that aren't informed by any serious investigation-and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence. This has to stop. I would h o p e that after this most recent tragedy, administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals. In the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration from the wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of the country.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault. Federal law enforcement and immigration agents have a tough job. But Americans expect them to carry out their duties in a lawful, accountable way, and to work with, rather than against, state and local officials to ensure public safety. That's not what we're seeing in Minnesota. In fact, we're seeing the opposite. For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city. These unprecedented tactics-which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel-have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S citizens. And yet rather than trying to impose some semblance of discipline and accountability over the agents they've deployed, the President and current administration officials seem eager to escalate the situation, while offering public explanations for the shootings of Mr. Pretti and Renee Good that aren't informed by any serious investigation-and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence. This has to stop. I would h o p e that after this most recent tragedy, administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals. In the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration from the wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of the country.

Obama:

"The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy... Our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

The President & current admin officials seem eager to escalate the situation while offering public explanations.. that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence."

25.01.2026 18:32 👍 2182 🔁 541 💬 114 📌 30

ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

24.01.2026 15:46 👍 9881 🔁 3696 💬 176 📌 142

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

23.01.2026 11:30 👍 2033 🔁 980 💬 62 📌 149