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mariacrispy.bsky.social
Descendant of West Cork pirates, employment lawyer, anxiety hoarder, singer with The Last Train https://www.instagram.com/thelasttrainband?igsh=MTdyeG1jb3R5bGdlag==
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Strong words from Ella McSweeny comparing the government's cowardly move to avoid restoring our rivers to "a doctor unfit to practice" www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Lads Iggy Pop just asked for a jacket. Ireland broke him #inthemeadows

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Topless guy in The Scratch and Iggy Pop backstage at #inthemeadows - “You cold?” “Yeah, you?”

This is so bad that, even as an Irish person, it actually makes me want to create an AI Oliver Cromwell to oppress him.

If the best thing that can be said about your town is that there are bumper cars, you’ve made some poor decisions

There’s a big “Pilates Donegal” just outside Ballyshannon, with an arrow pointing at a big field, and that’s the kind of Pilates I can get behind

There are surely more great performances by Irish actresses in Andor than possibly any other show there has ever been (including on RTE). Three in main parts, two fleetingly in the second season. All excellent 🇮🇪👏🎉

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Tina Satchwell following today’s verdict in the trial for her horrendous murder, and for all they have had to endure over the past number of years. After years without answers, we hope that the verdict finally gives her family a sense of justice.

Time to post it again.

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Unsurprised that three of the four partners who are leaving are women. If you had to work twice as hard in a male dominated field to get to the top, you are even less impressed and intimidated by someone as pathetic and childish as Donald Trump

If it’s already happening then it’s already not free at all, let alone first among nations

I absolutely love this poem by @holliemcnish.bsky.social – 5 in 6 boys think Andrew Tate is a prick

This is true of EVERY ISSUE the Irish government faces - housing, health, the Gaza genocide, climate. They say one thing, and do ... nothing. Absolutely nothing about any of them.

17th May is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. The date commemorates the World Health Organisation’s decision in 1990 to remove homosexuality from its classification of diseases. We exist. We don’t need a cure. #IDAHOBIT

I don't have the words to express how vile this is

“We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza.” A joint statement from Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Malta and Slovenia.

I don't understand non-binary identities. Good news! I don't have to! All I have to do is accept, respect and support my fellow humans, however they identify. After all, I know who I am better than anyone else does. I have always found other people know who they are too. It really is that simple.

PedalPower Dublin, a FREE Family-Friendly Bike Festival is taking place in Eamonn Ceannt Park **TODAY** from noon to 4pm. More info: www.dublincity.ie/events/pedal...

This is a protest song written by Mayor Baraka's father more than 50 years ago. Who Will Survive America? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WhY...

What the absolute fuck

I’ve known Robert Prevost for years as one of the main figures in online TMNT fandom, where no one has a bad word to say about him. He probably won’t have as much time to contribute to Turtles wikis with his new gig but I though his choice of “Pope Leo” was a lovely nod to the community

Appeasement Pope!

The priests and nuns waving at the camera are giving strong Father Ted vibes

Before they announce the new Pope, I’d just like to point out that there was a Pope Lando at one point so a Pope R2D2 is more than possible

They can read out some of those famous poems about how awesome the First World War was

This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die. “This is an abomination.” (🎥 Middle East Eye)

Science you magnificent bastard

So so much fun - mild nervous breakdown at one point in the very best way!

"We are breaking the bodies and the minds of the children of #Gaza. We are starving the children of Gaza. (...) We are complicit. We are causing this, you, us and everyone who does nothing about it...” Mike Ryan, @who.int

Everything Must Go is in the Kindle monthly deal so you can satisfy all your apocalyptic needs met for a mere 99p. A snip!

modems screaming at us in the 90s was a warning and we didn't take it

Wildlife trusts and environmental charities are joining calls for people to take part in No Mow May. The campaign urges gardeners to avoid mowing their lawns to give pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, a boost by allowing wildflowers to thrive. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thread of the searing statement by @tomfletcherun.bsky.social (for those who may not click the link)- and prefer to scroll, read and amplify the clarity in our desperation to assist. 1/