Emmet McNamara

Emmet McNamara

@emtmc.bsky.social

Just over here kicking the tyres

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Simon Harris has 10 Special Advisers, each being paid a minimum of €100k, and up to a maximum of €182k. His Govt has just announced that they are scrapping the living wage their own low pay commission recommended. You’re not angry enough.

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I love how this poem moves from funny to serious I've seen this. The bar in Belfast International Airport. We heard the alarm, could smell the smoke & sat on & finished our pints. I have witnessed the second half of the poem too. It's time to pour our pints on the fire #Poetry #Poemoftheday

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Trump gets ready to press the big red button. Just before he does, out of the corner of his eye, he sees it; the bowl of shamrocks, appealing to his better nature. "Ah begorrah, I can't do it!" he says, collapsing in a sobbing heap. This is why the Patrick's Day visit is essential, please share.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

This would be a war crime. Obviously. Collective punishment.

Beautiful piece

The 42@the42.ie

A personal piece by Gavan Casey on protecting memories with those we have lost, the feeling of validation when your parent takes interest in something that you’ve passed upwards to them, and a Saturday spent covering rugby and boxing which reminded him why we do any of this.

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My most realistic prediction for what might happen on St. Patrick's Day is Trump will say some horrifically offensive things about Catherine Connolly, and Micheál will just laugh along.

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What a banger but also Oh God

Michael Fry@bigdirtyfry.bsky.social

We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad

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There are currently two corporations with applications to strip the west coast of seaweed. There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally. Please sign and share.

Uplift Ireland@uplift.ie

''Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.'' Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️ #SpeirGorm my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...

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🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.

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One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social

Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children - Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.

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One of the best to ever do it

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social

Very sad to say it seems Mike Fossey, aka Mike F. has died. Truly one of the funniest posters of all time and a talented artisan. Had been friends online for many years, but I got to hang out a couple times at shows in Boston and he was funny and sweet in real life too.

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They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.

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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Jonathan Kingham@jonkingh.bsky.social

This is so disgusting.

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Replying to @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social

So we're about to enter an extremely racist era in Irish politics, all because our leader fucked up a presidential campaign to never before seen levels, and now he has to get competitively racist to save his own skin.

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Me, throwing the imperial boomerang: Haha, fuck yeah!! Yes!!! Me, witnessing the imperial boomerang’s trajectory: Well, this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social

BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

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Replying to @noveltycistern.bsky.social

GHISLAINE MAXWELL: here we go, boss. a big book of letters from all of your horrible best friends JEFF EPSTEIN: oh neat! look at this one from Donald GHISLAINE: that one's fake actually

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A year and a half ago the world knew, as reported even by US media. Israeli forces removed all medical workers from a hospital and left newborn babies to die of starvation. Alone. And then rot. The journalist who took the photos was then assassinated.

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Dublin City Council won its legal case after years of Court battles. We cannot listen to those who are trying to block quick action on climate change, road safety, and increasing mobility options. Please sign & share this petition. my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social

my.uplift.ieTrial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 monthsI've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?

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