🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
Jackie Morris
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Taught primary school. Loved it, but also loving the free time I have now. Loathe Trump and everything he stands for. Trans rights are human rights.
This on the heels of the restaurant chain cramming 34 people into a family home. This is a political choice.
Frank O'Connor@frankoconnor.bsky.social · 23h agoThe race to the bottom is hotting up Beds in sheds progresses rapidly to beds in work depots This government is truly delivering #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland "Rental crisis forces bus firm to put beds for staff in Dublin depot" www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
Barcelona is ending Airbnb as we know it. Rents soared 68% in 10 years, pricing out locals. Now, by Nov 2028, all 10,101 tourist rental licences will be revoked, returning homes to the local market. Owners – many of them absentees – challenged the move, but Spain’s Constitutional Court upheld it.
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
Libraries bringing their A game to social media
The media is desperate to find some reason why Elon Musk's politics are complicated or more sophisticated than they seem, because the simple truth is too ugly for them to admit - an actual Nazi is the world's wealthiest person, and his companies hold substantial American government contracts.
"He was only at the Nazi rally in a personal capacity" would you not be embarrassed
Donncha O’Connell@donnchalaw.bsky.social · 5d agoNoel Grealish attended ‘anti-woke’ conference addressed by Nigel Farage. Department of Agriculture confirms his attendance at the event but says the Minister of State for Agriculture was present in personal capacity. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
I’m not familiar with this particular Kinks’ song. Catchy title though.
Inconsiderate Public Urged To Please Think Of The Data Centres Before Watering Lawns http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/05/14/inconsiderate-public-urged-to-please-think-of-the-data-centres-before-watering-lawns/
Inconsiderate Public Urged To Please Think Of The Data Centres Before Watering Lawns
IF YOU'RE planning to water your lawn or plants during the current hot spell, the government is urging citizens to be a little bit more considerate and spare a thought for the country's 82 data …
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Between the Leto story and everything else it's as abundantly clear as ever that way too many people still don't care about or acknowledge the harm many men in the public eye do to women and girls, even when it's an open secret.
At this point, I’d argue that 34% of voters STILL thinking this is the guy they want to run the country means that 34% of your adult population are truly foul people, which is bad news actually.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.CNN: "The president's overall approval rating now stands at just 34%. That matches his career low following the January 6 insurrection."
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now? my.uplift.ie/petitions/vi... @uplift.ie
Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
my.uplift.ie
In todays Irish housing woes. came across a house for 240k that sold in 2012 for 40k
Cybertruck Called the Biggest Flop in Automotive History, as Tesla Shares Plummet 247wallst.com/investing/20...
Cybertruck Called the Biggest Flop in Automotive History, as Tesla Shares Plummet
Tesla investors endured the worst week for the stock since 2022, while a damning new report compared the Cybertruck to one of the most notorious failures in automotive history. The numbers behind that...
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Musk's daughter Viv has something to say to her father.
Imagine an entire cheery article on self expression ending in this paragraph on children. “Girlguiding’s new look is being launched shortly before a change in the charity’s membership policy from 6 September, which will force transgender girls to leave.”
Simon Cox@simonfrcox.bsky.social · last wk.Schools should learn from Guides. Being forced to wear clothes you don’t choose is bad for children’s confidence www.theguardian.com/society/2026...