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@ahsurewell.bsky.social

Erstwhile OT Made in Donegal Shovelling daylight into dark corners USE ALT TEXT DAMMIT! #MoreInCommon #ClimateActionNow #VisionZero

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I'd repost this if it had #AltText

20.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would love to repost this but I can't without #AltText

20.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.

16.02.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25420    πŸ” 8466    πŸ’¬ 557    πŸ“Œ 300

valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.

14.02.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13533    πŸ” 1963    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 50

As a generation X parent of sons who achieved stellar A levels so were told Uni was their appropriate option and that the student finance system was something they wouldn't even notice, let me tell you what a bloody lie that was. Endless unrelenting debt.
Forget ever affording a home or a family.

10.02.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A masterclass in graciousness. Ireland really does produce great presidents.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUYMP9m...

06.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 32215    πŸ” 13839    πŸ’¬ 589    πŸ“Œ 1603

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

05.02.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15319    πŸ” 4652    πŸ’¬ 447    πŸ“Œ 252

I like to scramble their brains by pointing out that Ancient Greeks, at their peak, loved to portray mythical figures as black. And, yes, black figure pottery was a technique, but *also* artistic choice. See, for instance, below: Zeus is black (as is Hephaestus), but Dionysus and Athena are white.

03.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

Should be up in the shop soon.
Creativebyrovelo.com/shop

30.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

01.02.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 67370    πŸ” 16125    πŸ’¬ 2575    πŸ“Œ 1832
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ICE Activity Tracker - Community Safety Alert System Anonymous community-driven tool to report and track ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activity. Help protect undocumented immigrants and their families by sharing real-time safety alerts.

Will BlueSky block this link? Testing, testing...

www.iceinmyarea.org

29.01.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Care home playgroup brings 'tears of joy' The Bits and Bobs visits homes in and around Nottingham where parents and babies meet residents.

Just wonderful
search.app/ui8M5

27.01.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 47554    πŸ” 14331    πŸ’¬ 524    πŸ“Œ 602

If you’re outraged over ICE and you want to do one thing tonight where you don’t even have to leave your couch, subscribe to a local, independently owned newspaper.

Having reporters who can be relied on right now to ask questions and actually report the truth is essential.

25.01.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, β€œIt’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

24.01.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 25939    πŸ” 9875    πŸ’¬ 1050    πŸ“Œ 904

Men with guns are afraid of people with cameras

24.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Senior executive 2: Every May, there's a Five Eyes conference with the head of every intelligence agency. This year it was in the U.K. Kash Patel is going. In the lead-up to that, his detail starts making crazy requests. He's got special requirements on everything. And the Brits are getting pissed.
Before the conference, his staff says he's unhappy because he doesn't like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events. He wants Premier soccer games. He wants to go jet skiing.

He'd like a helicopter tour. Everyone who heard about this was like: Hold on. Is he really going to ask the MI5 director to go jet skiing instead of meeting? The schedule is set, and every Five Eyes partner is doing this. They can't just say that he's not participating and instead he wants to go to a Premier soccer game. This is a job, guys.

His staff only cared about three things: what his meals were, when his workouts would be and what his entertainment would be. The biggest plan is how he's going to get his girlfriend in there so she can go to Windsor Castle. He's got Nicole Rucker as his assistant, like a true executive concierge. And when she's not getting the food or the workout she wants, she'll just start screaming at people, Make it happen!

Senior executive 2: Every May, there's a Five Eyes conference with the head of every intelligence agency. This year it was in the U.K. Kash Patel is going. In the lead-up to that, his detail starts making crazy requests. He's got special requirements on everything. And the Brits are getting pissed. Before the conference, his staff says he's unhappy because he doesn't like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events. He wants Premier soccer games. He wants to go jet skiing. He'd like a helicopter tour. Everyone who heard about this was like: Hold on. Is he really going to ask the MI5 director to go jet skiing instead of meeting? The schedule is set, and every Five Eyes partner is doing this. They can't just say that he's not participating and instead he wants to go to a Premier soccer game. This is a job, guys. His staff only cared about three things: what his meals were, when his workouts would be and what his entertainment would be. The biggest plan is how he's going to get his girlfriend in there so she can go to Windsor Castle. He's got Nicole Rucker as his assistant, like a true executive concierge. And when she's not getting the food or the workout she wants, she'll just start screaming at people, Make it happen!

alt-text added and you have to read this because it is fecking insane

22.01.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Never tire of hearing it

24.01.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
YouTube video by TheCureVEVO The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

it's still perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGgM...

23.01.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

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Mittened hands hold a cardboard sign outlined in red. The sign says β€œDon’t look away” printed over a blue bunny hat representative of the one worn by Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesotan used by ICE as bait, and sent to a detention center in Texas.

23.01.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 289    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan

Breaking: removing Tower Hamlets LTNs declared unlawful at court of appeal. Huge congrats to the residents who campaigned on this.

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

22.01.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible news! Bodes well for Enfield where the Conservatives have vowed to remove all LTN's "on day one" if they gain control of the council in May @jollyjourno.bsky.social

22.01.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it

Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

21.01.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 18073    πŸ” 4380    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 96

Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me

17.01.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6808    πŸ” 847    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 26
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A brilliant tale of how man ended up high on green ket with the Irish President It all could have gone terribly wrong.

Author of one of the most memorable anecdotes on Twitter back when it was fun share.google/b0be6psvBQ8p...

16.01.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.

They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

16.01.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6620    πŸ” 1919    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 231

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16.01.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because

16.01.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6439    πŸ” 1547    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 19
One of those captcha things. This one says β€˜select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares  - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.

One of those captcha things. This one says β€˜select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

16.01.2026 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5799    πŸ” 1493    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 69

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