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Dublin, Ireland. Public servant. Trade Unionist. He/him. Note - I won't follow those posting screenshots of M*sk and T**mp - report on their doings by all means but stop amplifying them

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1. Are you willing to eat glass and drink sand?*

Yes
No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO THE HOSPITAL)

* This is a required question

10.03.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sexual abuse and covering up of same as an established operational procedure, while the lectures on sexual morality by a bunch of (supposedly) celibate old men continued.

09.03.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Was only listening to The β€œFish” Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag from Woodstock earlier today. Rest in peace.

09.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

08.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 4079 πŸ” 1459 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 18
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Middle East conflict is 'assault on international law' President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".

President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".

08.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

I have zero nostalgia for IE6 though. I had to code for that thing years afterwards because corporate clients wouldn't upgrade.

06.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was once that soldier.

06.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

<blink> and <frameset> tags, plus "Under Construction" gifs!

06.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See my latest post :-)

06.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. IRC chats where people got slapped with a large trout. Flame wars raging across Usenet groups. Weblogs in the 1990s. I saw permalinks being created. I saw the first comment spam. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

06.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

More vital reading for @wendylyon.bsky.social and
@shamimmalekmian.bsky.social

05.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

So happy he's okay.

05.03.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Then - "Design for Community"
Now - "Design for Goatmunity"

04.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today is Sex Worker's Rights Day. Sex worker rights are human rights not just because we're humans just like you, but also any rights taken from us will be taken from you too.

Surveillance, police violence, debanking, censorship, we faced all of those for years before it turned on everyone else.

03.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 904 πŸ” 565 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

Thanks Derek. How is your boy?

02.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Jenny, also known as "Lobdegob", "The Burger Bandit", "Lady Muck", "Herself", Yer Wan". 2010-2026

Jenny, also known as "Lobdegob", "The Burger Bandit", "Lady Muck", "Herself", Yer Wan". 2010-2026

Jenny, our sweet little Jack Russell, passed on today. We will miss her terribly.

02.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She didn't make it, sadly. She was suffering too much and we had to send over the rainbow bridge this afternoon. 😭

02.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fingers and toes crossed!!

01.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It mostly worked for me, I can function but occasionally it twinges at me. I have other orthopaedic issues (hip / pelvis) so more time under the knife needed at some future point, probably the not very distant future.

01.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had surgery on my spine at 43. Disc burst out and was rubbing against my spinal column. Sheer, mind bending agony.

01.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would not like to know more. I would not like to buy that for a dollar.

01.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's really appalling Una-Minh. Hope yourself and himself are doing okay.

28.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act, I think.

28.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You know it's bad when the CNN anchor in the Mid-East (Abu Dhabi) is on air and air raid sirens start going off in the studio - she ended her programme slightly earlier than planned to seek shelter.

28.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump has gone to war with Iran because that's how you shore up polling numbers as the mid-term elections approach, as well as avoiding questions about friendship with the pervert Epstein and questions about economic policy.

It's not about Iran, bombs, the Middle East. It's about him.

28.02.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

She is a very old lady. Still hoping for the best.

27.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See also: "yizzers"!

27.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I am dining, you are interrupting, how very dare you?"

27.02.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael D holds forth from home Michael D is back home, and he&rsquo;s not holding back.

Michael D is still rockin!

26.02.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2