Eils_G 📎
@eils1.bsky.social
Somewhere over the rainbow 📎 Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true..... She/Her Donegal, Ireland
These principles are persuasive in *some* court rooms, and that's useful to people who have had their rights violated, *sometimes*, when they are able to get a hearing and get the court to accept the principle is in question and the violation happened in a jurisdiction that accepted the principle.
Meanwhile I'm sitting, wrapped in my cardigan, with the heater on. You gotta love Donegal, we do things differently!!
Met4Cast@met4cast.net · yesterdayAustria has set a new all time temperature record of 41.0°C today. 9 separate weather stations recorded >40°C as heatwaves & record temperatures continue to impact the Northern Hemisphere.
“The fight isn’t over yet.” Jeffrey Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky says Todd Blanche’s confirmation effort is “depressing,” but she’s not giving up. Don’t let the Epstein files disappear from the conversation. Survivors deserve justice. ⚖️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Overcrowding in jails was so extreme that the Irish Prison Service planned hostage-negotiation training and considered using courthouse cells in the event of serious riots. Response group was told “operational tensions are severe.” www.thestory.ie/2026/08/05/h...
I've said this before but I think it is an increasingly significant problem for society that the internet's economic structures have developed in a way that massively incentivises being incredibly obnoxious.
Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · 8h agoThis is such an great feature (Rebecca is great!), and I've been thinking about it for a few days. IMO, "Influencer" in the ten-years-ago sense was really a LOT of jobs (spokesmodel/copywriter/etc.) but now it's morphing, at least in part, into "intentionally annoying person" which feels worse.
READ the 2 decade cover up- Chase, BofA and Deutsche Bank & Blanche's call with anti-abortion faith leaders re: Dobbs decision. None of this is good. All of this needs to be shared widely. We have a lot to do & so little time to get it done. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Bombshell Epstein Report Reveals Trump/CBS Cover-Up of Money Trail, Military Runs out of Munitions, DOJ Drops More Cases
Good morning everyone.
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"The Public Expenditure Minister said it was “unfortunate” that discussions with trade unions did not continue into the summer before a ballot for industrial action was called" Who's fault was that Jack eh? I've lost count of the articles he's suddenly been in recently re civil service pay.
Ballot on industrial action ‘a missed opportunity’ – Chambers | BreakingNews
Thousands of public sector workers are being balloted for industrial action during August.
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Do try to remember that the EHRC guidance only affects service providers and not employment, so if you work somewhere where there are toilets or changing rooms for employees that aren’t open to the public then your employers are wrong if they try to stop you from using facilities for your gender
Told ye all this stunk of classist moral panic.
Eils_G 📎@eils1.bsky.social · yesterdayHappened to hear the Lord Mayor of Dublin talking about e-scooters on Radio 1. He said that people in social housing should be banned from using one! WTF? He wasn't put off when told that this was discrimination. He just doubled down muttering about anti social behaviour! #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
I am aware there are journos looking to talk to those who were teens targeted by GH but honestly the vitriolic abuse seen online from mostly men, would certainly put me off speaking up, and I am fairly thick skinned. Seems we have learned little from how Annie Murphy was treated. #spéirgorm
Happened to hear the Lord Mayor of Dublin talking about e-scooters on Radio 1. He said that people in social housing should be banned from using one! WTF? He wasn't put off when told that this was discrimination. He just doubled down muttering about anti social behaviour! #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
To be very clear, extrajudiciously killing people you suspect are drug traffickers is *also* murder
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
We need the Scottish to help us come up with a plan. Can you send us that massive flag thing with Epstein and Trump on?
Here's something practical you can do to support kids in Gaza. 🇵🇸🇮🇪
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves@tonygroves.bsky.social · 2d agoWe’ve just rented a projector so the kids can watch some films over August and we’re trying to source and buy treats and snacks. Ionad Hind Rajab is about more than education. It’s about getting back a little bit of childhood. 👇
"Names of 341 former Christian Brothers published in Irish Independent as part of abuse case order None of those named are accused of abuse, but their names have been published in the hope that they will come forward." #Ireland #SpéirGhorm
Names of 341 former Christian Brothers published in Irish Independent as part of abuse case order
None of those named are accused of abuse, but their names have been published in the hope that they will come forward.
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That would require men to genuinely listen to women. Something men seem to struggle with, regardless of their political beliefs.
Thinking about @izzykamikaze.bsky.social way back in Ep4 of the Echo Chamber pod saying “okay, not all men. But if it’s 2 in 10 men, and they each harass 4 women, then it is almost all women” a lot the last few days. She was right then. She’s right now.
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We’ve just rented a projector so the kids can watch some films over August and we’re trying to source and buy treats and snacks. Ionad Hind Rajab is about more than education. It’s about getting back a little bit of childhood. 👇
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2d agoAn Irish artist has helped establish a children's centre in Gaza that provides food, education and psychosocial support to children displaced by the war. Adam Doyle, better known as Spicebag, tells us why he helped create Ionad Hind Rajab. jrnl.ie/7117887
No news show should be booking RFK Jr. without an eject button. He’s spent years spreading dangerous misinformation with real-world consequences, then pretending none of it was his fault.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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