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Irish, sports fan, cat herder, scientist. Leinster rugby. International Relations, Science fiction. Sport. Tick-borne diseases. Bit of a mixed bag. She/Her

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We do believe that the presence of supervisory presiding officers also helped staff in these situations and praise their efforts to stop these breaches of the secret ballot.

Conclusions We do believe that the presence of supervisory presiding officers also helped staff in these situations and praise their efforts to stop these breaches of the secret ballot.

Analysing Claims of Electoral Interference During the Irish Local and European Elections

Analysing Claims of Electoral Interference During the Irish Local and European Elections

Sunburst chart of election interfence claims by category during the Irish local elections, "family voting" does not appear.

Sunburst chart of election interfence claims by category during the Irish local elections, "family voting" does not appear.

For context, I have worked on counter-disinformation and election integrity investigations during the last three Irish national elections, and the threat, or even the term, "family voting" wasn't in my vocabulary before polls closed in Gorton and Denton. This is fabricated.

27.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

y'all did fuck all to protect trans people as our rights were stripped in multiple states. Kansas just stripped trans people of their IDs overnight, basically making trans people in the state undocumented at a time when that results in kidnapping, torture, and death.

What are you doing RIGHT NOW?

26.02.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Max Landis, Whose Career Imploded During #MeToo, Returns with β€˜G.I. Joe’ Movie at Paramount (Exclusive) At the same time, Danny McBride will also be writing a separate 'G.I. Joe' script, with both projects potentially being combined down the line.

Fucking hell when I pointed out this morning Ellison had a history of hiring (untalented) men who faced allegations of sexual harassment, had no idea a new one would drop in hours www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

27.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1474    πŸ” 418    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 304

Amazing!

26.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was our landlord in Dublin - they bought our entire housing estate in 2021, started ignoring our maintenance issues and we had to take them to the RTB to get our security deposit returned.

25.02.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Who called them The Royal Family and not The Insane Crown Posse?

24.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. I don’t see ads too often. Think I just saw it during sports over the weekend and it just didn’t sit right once I realised it was trying to glamourise the stuff rather than it being a domestic violence help/support/awareness campaign.

24.02.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YES!
It’s quite off.

24.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

23.02.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6255    πŸ” 1357    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 24

I don’t understand the people who supposedly made a huge effort to get tickets for Foo Fighters in Dublin, who then seemingly spent the whole time taking selfies.

Day Trippers?

24.02.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very little worse than a disappointing apple.

23.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What are we even supposed to teach our kids at this stage?

"Wear a hi-vis, wait for the green man, and just hope for the best"

23.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
A screenshot of a message from the bad place. It reads: the tkachuk brothers are like if cybertrucks were human

A screenshot of a message from the bad place. It reads: the tkachuk brothers are like if cybertrucks were human

Genius πŸ˜‚
#hockey #icehockey

22.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup, Canada left too many chances behind. They were all over the US in the second period.

Hellebuyck kept the US in it.

22.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FFS

22.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m far more stressed about this hockey than I should be.

22.02.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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So NJ lawmakers wrote a bill to rein in ICE.

And this is what they called it.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

21.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4537    πŸ” 1445    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 264
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He should see if that German passport helps

22.02.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

So eh, this isn’t great.

21.02.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Balcoune doesn’t sleep. He waits.

21.02.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
So you get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible. How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used? So I don't think it's prescience so much as the sad familiarity of fascism and the karaoke menu of things that you go through to do it. You could list them from the show, or you could list them from the newspaper.

So you get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible. How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used? So I don't think it's prescience so much as the sad familiarity of fascism and the karaoke menu of things that you go through to do it. You could list them from the show, or you could list them from the newspaper.

Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasn’t allowed to use the word β€œfascism” during press junkets in 2025.

Interesting interview in The Hollywood Reporter.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

21.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3796    πŸ” 1131    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 74
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Yep. That's me. You're probably wondering how I got here

21.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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If You Know You Know… This Is Not A Christmas Blend is made up of Ethiopia Ardent Guji and Peru Aprysa bringing festive notes of Cranberry, Toffee and Sultana.

Stopped taking on wholesale customers a year and a half ago. We decided we were happy to stay a small business. Therefore we don't have opportunities to appear on more shop shelves. It's now all word of mouth. I guess this means this coffee is our unofficial tagline... imbibe.ie/collections/...

21.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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RTΓ‰ WITH AN RKO OUTTA NOWHERE 😭😭😭

21.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Irish player being interviewed on ITV might at least have the good grace to pretend to be tired #engire #rugby

21.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
21.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Italy have to be licking their lips at getting England at home in two weeks.
#rugby

21.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Six Nations on road to perdition unless chastening Celtic wake-up call is heeded. - Robert Kitson. Championship risks becoming a two-tier affair as Ireland, Wales and Scotland all lose on the opening weekend

Six Nations on road to perdition unless chastening Celtic wake-up call is heeded. - Robert Kitson. Championship risks becoming a two-tier affair as Ireland, Wales and Scotland all lose on the opening weekend

Six Nations on road to perdition unless chastening Celtic wake-up call is heeded. - Robert Kitson. Championship risks becoming a two-tier affair as Ireland, Wales and Scotland all lose on the opening weekend #ENGVIRE

21.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Big Stu man of the match for me. Fabulous performance today, some work rate.

21.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bus drivers' union want to see hi-vis jackets become 'mandatory' for cyclists The union said that the issue has grown due to a β€˜proliferation’ of electric vehicles.

We firmly oppose this measure, as existing evidence indicates that such laws do not, in fact, protect people who cycle.

The union should be calling for better active transport infrastructure instead of deflecting responsibility to the most vulnerable people on the roads.

18.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 13