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Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago. It also received $22M in federal aid. While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.

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A momentary diversion from doom scrolling. A photo of an Irish wild yellow Iris, the only native Iris species in Ireland. I took the photo while strolling on Wa path near the Giant's Causeway.

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You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. Sam Keen

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General Motors cut its profit forecast for 2025 on Thursday by more than 20% and said the Trump administration’s tariffs would increase its costs by $4 billion to $5 billion this year.

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The second round of tariff talks between the United States and Japan ended with no major breakthroughs, while the negotiators agreed to meet again soon.

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The Senate on Wednesday rejected an effort to undo President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on most U.S. trading partners, even as a small group of Republicans joined Democrats in delivering a rebuke to a trade policy that many lawmakers fear is causing economic harm.

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NEW: Mike Waltz pictured checking Signal on his phone DURING the Cabinet meeting. You can actually read some of the content of messages with Rubio and JD Vance. 🤯 Great catch by Reuters photographer, Evelyn Hockstein.

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Lá Bealtaine shona daoibh go leir!

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every gender transition is a statement in favor of human possibility and freedom and i’m tired of hearing it talked about like it’s some kind of disease

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"Her submission reflected a UK government determination to stand by international law even if it caused severe political difficulties with its close ally Israel." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Art by Caravaggio that has not been seen since 1599 is finally on display.

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I just hope we’ve grown in the intervening months to come to understand that nonbinary people are not the problem

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"Ultimately this is the question our work must confront the Government with: is Labour’s desire to eradicate trans people from public life greater than its attachment to international human rights norms?" goodlaw.social/1a8p

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Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu

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Irish tourists travelling to UK warned of two major rule changes at airport

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"We are committed to taking the necessary steps to fulfil our obligations under the Equality Act 2010, as clarified by this ruling.” Do they genuinely not understand? The 2010 Equality Act never applied to Northern Ireland. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Cailíní maiseacha bán-gheala glégeal #Bealtaine #MayDay #CorcaDhuibhne #Spéirgorm

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NEW: The anti-Trump, May Day protest in Chicago right now is HUGE. Tens of thousands on the streets. (🎥 PSL National)

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The seemingly straightforward task of establishing and staffing a new office to speed up the building of homes has instead snowballed into a mighty political controversy, writes Mícheál Lehane

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Today my artwork has been featured in an art exhibition. If you're from Ireland and live in Kerry, I recommend dropping by to have a look! My artwork is being featured at Siamsa Tire Tralee county Kerry. As a future cartoon artist, I am honored. #art #gallery #exhibition #feature #artwork #work

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#TwoDolls makes the @nypost.com wood: 🧸

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The Giant's Grave Wedge Tomb • Lough Gur • Limerick This fine example of a wedge tomb was excavated in 1938, and it was found to contain the remains of at least eight adults and four children. Subsequent radiocarbon dating suggests that the burials date between 2202–2162 BC. #Archaeology 🏺

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Thursday's bluebells. #Ireland

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Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $9 billion agency funding scientific research that has made America great, has canceled over a thousand grants and slowed new funding. That's just the beginning and will get way worse unless Congress intervenes.

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Ireland at risk of losing 'irreplaceable parts of our heritage' to climate change, says heritage expert jrnl.ie/6692588

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Next person query the #ProfoundAutism panel is @johnmarble.bsky.social. He says that, since the Lancet study, the families he works with are losing services, and he doesn't think the term Profound Autism helps, because autism is so heterogeneous, the traits are so so varied. #INSAR2025

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Going forward, we should never again use the phrase "going forward" because 1) it's the worst kind of annoying corporate jargon and 2) it’s disrespectful to crabs

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🥳 Today is my birthday! 🎂 If you'd like to help me celebrate, here's a page of organizations that could use some support! www.astrokatie.com/birthday

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Christian Brother Martin O'Flaherty was a keeper of the keys to the congregation's assets and secrets, and is now a convicted child sexual abuser, RTÉ Investigates reveals

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The Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., ruled, does not "possess the lawful authority under the (Alien Enemies Act), and based on the Proclamation, to detain Venezuelan aliens, transfer them within the United States, or remove them from the country."

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Uisneach i gContae na hIarmhí, áit a ndéantar tine thraidisiúnta na Bealtaine a lasadh, agus na mílte ag bailiú ar an suíomh ársa seo. Explore Ireland's ancient traditions in Na Féilte Tine on RTÉ One this Bank Holiday Monday at 6.30pm

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I yield to medical doctors on medical guidance. The American Medical Association says “empirical evidence has demonstrated that trans and non-binary gender identities are normal variations of human identity and expression.” From the genetics side, sex and gender are not XX/XY binary, end sentence.

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NAMA chief Brendan McDonagh has told the Minister for Housing James Browne that he no longer wishes to be considered for the role of CEO of the Government's new Housing Activation Office www.rte.ie/news/politic...

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Look, I'm glad the Journal is doing the exposé on trans healthcare in Ireland, but PLEASE, for the sake of what little trans healthcare we've managed to cobble together, DO NOT TALK TO MEDIA ABOUT DIY. The gvmt won't use that to fix trans healthcare, but to crack down. #Trans #SpeirGorm

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Saw someone show off identical twins that are 7 years apart because they’re IVF embryos. Someone HAS TO put this detail in a murder mystery.

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Lá Bealtaine Shona duibh #Lecale #Spéirghorm

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As you know, school boards all over have been takeover by conservative activists who've targeted books and the rights of LGBT students. Did you know that there are elections THIS SATURDAY that could shift who controls some large boards in Texas? I spotlight two big ones in my guide, below.

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Evergreen headline: "Man Whose Job That Can Be Automated Says His Job is the One Job That Can Never Be Automated"

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Have you ever asked Instagram or Facebook for an apology and not received a personal public response from their C-suite? If that's you, feel free to reply here www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

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If you’re saying “No to the Mow” in May — you can get one of our eye-catching stickers to show neighbours and people in your local area that you’re doing your bit to keep the bees healthy and fed in May. #speirgorm #uplift shop.uplift.ie/products/no-...

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If a foreign adversary really wanted to undermine American manufacturers, they would make it so that every factory in the world -- except those in the United States -- can import the equipment they need from China without paying a 145% up charge.

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🚨BREAKING: Trump admin unlawfully used Alien Enemies Act for deportations, judge rules

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Lol. They released their 400 page US version of the Cass Review and refused to even name who the authors were. It's a glorified book report. Anyway, this is out now y'all. I'll be looking it over today. opa.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...

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