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@debhulbh.bsky.social

Human, Irish, SocDem. He/Him.

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This is a consistently weird outlier show.

01.03.2026 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"On the panel this morning, Brenda Power ..." *click*

01.03.2026 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

The Dreadnought looks fantastic!

01.03.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
28.02.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 592    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

There is only one nuclear armed state in the Middle East. It is Israel.

28.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 651    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
MΓ­de speaking at a lectern in front of a purple Social Democrats banner and a campaign poster with her face on it.

MΓ­de speaking at a lectern in front of a purple Social Democrats banner and a campaign poster with her face on it.

two men and a woman pose with a campaign poster for MΓ­de Nic Fhionnlaoich at her by-election campaign launch.

two men and a woman pose with a campaign poster for MΓ­de Nic Fhionnlaoich at her by-election campaign launch.

I was delighted to show my support for MΓ­de at her campaign launch for the Galway-West by-election. Her passion for protecting and supporting Gaeltacht communities was especially moving. I can't think of a better successor to Catherine Connolly for the people of Galway. #spΓ©irgorm

28.02.2026 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pep Guardiola didn't back down about the boos at Elland Road as play paused to allow Muslim players to break their fast for Ramadan.

β€œIt’s a modern, modern world, right? You all [saw] what happened in the world again today, right? Respect the religions, respect the diversity, that is the point.”

28.02.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1172    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 14

If you have to kill a bunch of children to also kill one dictator, you should not kill the dictator.

And if you DON'T have to kill the kids to kill the dictator but kill the kids anyway...the dictator isn't the bad guy in that situation.

Just saying.

28.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Iran Strikes Feel Like 2003 All Over Again Less than a year ago, US President Donald Trump gave a speech in the Middle East in which he excoriated his predecessors for their habit of launching β€œforever wars” in that region. Alluding to the Ame...

"The differences and similarities between 2026 and 2003 are eerie. Then as now, American intervention was ostensibly, but not really, about weapons of mass destruction β€” Iraq turned out not to have them, and Iran doesn’t have them now"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

28.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Statement by President Connolly following strikes on Iran

president.ie/en/media-lib...

28.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 297    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 11
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Supermac’s owner fails in bid to block legal costs protection for environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment challenging wastewater connection agreement for new motorway service station in Co Clare

Supermac’s owner fails in bid to block legal costs protection for environmental group

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

28.02.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Constituencies like that go one way in by-elections, then often swing back next GE. I've seen it dozens of times. Calling everyone who voted differently "extremists" - that's the word Starmer used several times - is not just ungraceful, it is what you do if you do NOT want G&D to come back to you.

28.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

They are a tiny fringe party. They were tinier and even more fringe until the BBC decided to put Farage on telly every day for years. If they received media coverage in proportion to their popular support they would not be in this polling situation in the first place.

28.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All I'm saying is that our governments have some real inconsistent views on who has a right to defend themselves. Or indeed what actions can count as self defence.

It's not surprising or new, but it's still really fucking bad.

28.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, if the apocalypse is upon us, I'm going to go out on a high and make the 15 hour potatoes.

Stay tuned to see if I finish the recipe before nuclear Armageddon.

28.02.2026 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"Professor Jacob George is recused from *further* involvement on the Pathways clinical trial as a precaution.”

Am pleased they admit he was involved. But you can't cure bias after the fact and our lawyers will be writing to the MHRA about its ascientific 'concerns' about the trials.

28.02.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
Matt Walsh

@MattWalshBlog

Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer

Derek Thompson

@DKThomp

What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.

Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer Derek Thompson @DKThomp What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.

πŸ€¦πŸΎπŸ‘‡πŸ˜†

28.02.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1093    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 12
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It's so frustrating to see yet another new record: 17,112 people, including 11,793 adults and 5,319 children accessed emergency accommodation in January, while there are over 160,000 empty houses and 20,000 derelict houses in Ireland.😑
#DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis

27.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clive Lewis totally gets it. Will Labour listen?

27.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

this is what they said it would be like under socialism

27.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 18798    πŸ” 4229    πŸ’¬ 1053    πŸ“Œ 168

Welcome to the First Annual Allen Dulles Speedboat Regatta. Otherwise known as The Bay of Morons.

27.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where is the Occupied Territories Bill? | Eolas Magazine eolas Magazine is Ireland's leading policy, politics and business magazine which reaches over 10,000 senior decision-makers and influencers in government, business and the voluntary sector

www.eolasmagazine.ie/where-is-the...

Ireland cannot dine out forever on the actions of our past.

If the Govt. continues to fail to meet its legal obligations to ban trade with the illegally occupied settlements, we will lose our international credibility.

27.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Enshittificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside

Norway comes for the #TechBros

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

27.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 519    πŸ” 336    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 59
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Wrote up the by-election, the Green victory and the conferences for Labour at the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

27.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Just can’t believe that wanting to financially punish women who miscarry didn’t swing the vote for him.

Stupid woke voters.

27.02.2026 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 967    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

Where have we seen such energetic voter repellant behaviour before?

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...

27.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

100% agree.

26.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correction! Not accurate to call yachtgate the original Mandelson scandal...

1998 - resigned after failing to declare a Β£373k interest-free loan from fellow Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson to help buy a home in Notting Hill

2001 - resigned again over the Hinduja brothers cash-for-passports scandal

26.02.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

What if... the President were to purchase fast food and disguise it as his own cooking?

26.02.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 403    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
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Residential Tenancies Board head admits rents will rise, 'at least in the short term', under new legislation RTB director Rosemary Steen said it would take months for the impact of the new rules to be seen

Small comfort, but the renters of Dublin Central and Galway West will have an opportunity to express their opinion on the political parties who believe they just aren't paying enough rent.

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

25.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0