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Brendan Minish

@bminish.bsky.social

Former CTO, Linux sysadmin, AuDHD, Amateur Radio Enthusiast, Rewilder, Drugs policy reform advocate. @bminish@mastodon.ie

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Nothing says "pro-life" like state executions

03.03.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi folks. We're dropping our paywall on this story about the scourge of AI pitches for the day, so give it a read and share widely. www.coyotemedia.org/how-coyote-a...

11.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

There's no winners but the war profiteers.

And they're despicable cowards.

11.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.

Their internal memo: β€œWe will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”

13.02.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1722    πŸ” 959    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 301

I said this quietly to senior officials in Ireland over the last 12 months. Now it requires public statement.

Ireland became rich because -among other reasons- it is the venue where US tech firms can operate in Europe with relative impunity. But this strategy may not last much longer.

12.02.2026 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump Threatens to Block Michigan-Canada Bridge He Once Championed The president’s targeting of the bridge shows just how drastically U.S.-Canada relations have fallen between his two terms.

NEW: Trump Is Threatening to Block the Michigan-Canada Bridge. He Used to Cheer It.
@annaleighclark.bsky.social

13.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#OtD 13 Feb 1913 82-year-old labour activist Mother Jones was arrested in West Virginia for supporting a coal miners' strike. Convicted in a military court and sentenced to 20 years in prison, she was pardoned after serving 85 days. More on the Mine Wars: workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/w...

13.02.2026 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 11
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High court rules ban on Palestine Action is unlawful – live Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge; home secretary β€˜disappointed’ by ruling and says government will appeal

Well, well. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

13.02.2026 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Or maybe the headline should read: "Another bonobo trait in humans: They pretend."

β€œWhatever we are, we come from somewhere,” says Martin Surbeck, a primatologist at Harvard. β€œAnd all of our behaviors, they have precursors."

So perhaps bonobos were imaginative before we were.

12.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

'β€œFrom the city’s perspective this should have been delivered yesterday, to be quite frank with you. [...] We’ve already lost a decade of underinvestment in public transport in the city. But at least we’re having them now.”

*incandescently frustrated noises of agreement*

13.02.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.

This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.

13.02.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3838    πŸ” 1141    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 52

It's all connected. LIKE WE'VE BEEN SHOUTING:

13.02.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Get fucked

12.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lithium is branded as the cure-all to our fossil fuel dependence. But its history tells another story: that the solution to the world's problems is always more mining.

Make time for this astounding episode with history of science scholar Javiera Barandarian: www.planetcritical.com/javiera-bara...

12.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Listen folks, Pam Bondi was Attorney General of Florida from 2011 to 2019 so she's been covering up Epstein's crimes for a loooooong-ass time

12.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8233    πŸ” 2402    πŸ’¬ 280    πŸ“Œ 89

Just think, an entire campus of Enoch -style weirdos.

12.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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> @alivitali.bsky.social

11.02.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2912    πŸ” 965    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 42
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NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.

11.02.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 15295    πŸ” 6792    πŸ’¬ 1028    πŸ“Œ 519
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Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.

11.02.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4855    πŸ” 1757    πŸ’¬ 266    πŸ“Œ 163
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β€˜You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files

β€œYou’re not even a lawyer,” Pam Bondi yells at Jamie Raskin, who graduated from Harvard Law School, has written several books about the legal system, and has taught constitutional law for more than 25 years.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1036    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 45

"Jim Boyling, who infiltrated environmental and animal rights activist groups for five years, said senior managers turned a blind eye to undercover officers having deceitful sexual relationships with women, often lasting years."

11.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 501    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 11
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AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:

12.02.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17040    πŸ” 4587    πŸ’¬ 326    πŸ“Œ 155
When asked by the Leinster Leader about this crime, a garda spokesperson responded: "GardaΓ­ received a report of a theft from a commercial premises at Newbridge, which took place shortly before 6pm on February 5 last.

"A number of items were taken."

The spokesperson added that investigations ongoing.

When asked by the Leinster Leader about this crime, a garda spokesperson responded: "GardaΓ­ received a report of a theft from a commercial premises at Newbridge, which took place shortly before 6pm on February 5 last. "A number of items were taken." The spokesperson added that investigations ongoing.

Guards doing the job they are paid for and investigating a crime is news, why ??

11.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Epstein class: the stock market is more important than holding accountable child sex traffickers and rapists.

11.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 388    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.

11.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28991    πŸ” 10306    πŸ’¬ 1068    πŸ“Œ 626
Is there anyone really surprised?

This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in 
@irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021

Is there anyone really surprised? This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in @irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021

Is there anyone really surprised?

This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in
@irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021

10.02.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
β€œGood afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.

β€œIt’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”

β€œGood afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday. β€œIt’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”

β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”

Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.

08.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1166    πŸ” 666    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 37
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Nonsensical parody of campaigning journalism by the Business Post, as it continues its obsession with deregulating aviation.

And to hell with the #climate impacts, to hell with locals suffering noise pollution & disrupted sleep.

All that matters it seems is growth, growth, growth.

08.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Ireland's leader is going to the White House to present a bowl of shamrock to a racist and fascist adjudicated by a civil court to be a rapist.
He and his ilk do not represent me and people like me, they never did, and they never will.

06.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0