While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger.
www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...
“Renee and I chose kindness.
We believed that every life deserves the same care, treatment, and dignity, no matter who they are or what they look like.
That shouldn’t be radical.
If it is, then I want Renee and our family to be known for how we practiced radical kindness every day.”
“That shouldn’t be radical.”
A shirtless Kirk and Spock in a jail cell. Star Trek TOS.
Spock and Kirk holding hands, while McCoy looks on. Star Trek TMP.
Kirk is on top of Spock and has a lirpa at his throat.
A shirtless Kirk with a towel around his neck.
Ya, homoeroticism was only introduced to Star Trek in 2026 by the woke Starfleet Academy...
Thank you so much!
@badambulist.bsky.social We'll be reading Welcome to Dorley for our Book Club next month. Which chapters are books 1 and 2? I haven't been able to find the info & could encourage using www.scribblehub.com/series/42187... & supporting you on Patreon etc,(esp if no hard copy found (or too expensive).
Intern TG4?👀
An tUachtarán nua tofa Catherine Connolly le Foireann TG4 ag #OnaS25 ✨
As the world ignores Sudan ...Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts
Rapid Support Forces, which claimed control of El Fasher on Sunday, reportedly killed at least 460 people ‘in cold blood’ #genocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
#Áras25
Relevant to #nzpol, alongside the examples of Zohran Mamdani, Catherine Connolly, and many others
I'd add that this is not only the highest number of votes of any candidate, but also on track to be the highest percentage by a significant margin (unless something changes drastically)
De Valera got 56.3% of first prefs in 1959, while Higgins' 822k votes in 2018 represented 55.8%
Catherine Connolly just went up against the government and won...by a lot...but all the media wants to do is talk about people that don't know how democracy in Ireland works?
Catherine Connolly cycling to vote
Ms Connolly won 63 per cent of the vote, the highest since the office of president was established in 1938.
#Áras25
To be simultaneously holding that the largest vote in the history of the state doesn't matter but the few thousand people who spoiled their vote has proven that our electoral democracy is a sham is gas
1. It was a higher turnout for this presidential election than the 2018 presidential election.
2. The number of spoiled votes only equates to 5.91% of the actual electorate.
3. No Irish presidential candidate has ever received as many first preference votes as Catherine Connolly got.
#SpeirGorm
The people of Ireland have spoken, and I, for one, couldn't be more delighted. Yet again, we have elected a humanitarian with the utmost integrity. Today, I'm proud to be Irish. 🇮🇪
#SpéirGorm
#Áras2025
Catherine Connolly, the independent socialist, is President-Elect. Yet again, Ireland bucks the trend of liberal democracies falling to far right nihilism. Here is who she is - Connolly supports the LGBTQ community & People with Disabilities, Carers & a United Ireland. #Aras25 #SpeirGhorm
Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in history - any pol corr or commentator trying to convince you that the story is actually the spoiled votes is showing you their whole arse, and should be treated accordingly.
Catherine Connolly in her constituency office with lights, camera, and mic setup
Catherine Connolly and Denman Rooke in the Galway Arts Centre
From late July helping run the lights & camera for the launch of her campaign to the eve of the election at Galway Arts Centre with creative sector workers & unions, I'm immensely grateful to have been a small part of this historic moment for Ireland with Catherine's election.
Catherine Connolly TD
Venusaur
Irish Presidential Election candidates as Pokémon.
Catherine Connolly - Venusaur: Combines green and red, has a lot of grass root support. As the Seed Pokémon, she's the only one who actually seemed to plan to run.
How do you say "Irish President" in Irish Sign Language?
I voted today and I'm sure it's no surprise that I only voted for Catherine Connolly, not for the party nominee who spouts the party line at every opportunity.
youtube.com/shorts/z8g9f...
#Deaf #LearnSignLanguage #IrishSignLanguage
The furious sham who threatened and assaulted people canvassing for Catherine Connolly, including Mary Lou McDonald. Not furious enough to forget to film the entire thing.
Two women allegedly assaulted on Catherine Connolly canvass in Dublin
If Catherine Connolly wins tomorrow, it is the stated position of Fine Gael that Ireland is a far-left country, and they should never be let forget that.
Americans: Do you know what "keepy uppies" are? Catherine Connolly, who is running to be president of Ireland, shows us how it's done.
Polls close in half an hour. Good luck to her!
Apropos the man threatening canvassers - there are more and more radicalised men wandering around Ireland these days, and the Irish state is not prepared for what is going to happen. Someone is going to get hurt.
I've been covering the far right for more than 20 years, and they never just go away.
#catsforcatherine #catsforconnolly #catherineconnolly
