Bullivant
@bullivant.bsky.social
Interested in Irish history and language. Believe in the rights of minorities, refugees and asylum seekers.
Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná bearla cliste, ach tá Gaeilge cliste nios fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.
Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná bearla cliste, ach tá Gaeilge cliste nios fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.
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Here’s the President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, speaking fluently in Irish about Irish culture. It’s important to remember that Ireland has distinct language, music, art & cultural traditions. These inform how we see the world.
September 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Here’s the President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, speaking fluently in Irish about Irish culture. It’s important to remember that Ireland has distinct language, music, art & cultural traditions. These inform how we see the world.
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BREAKING: Daniel Thomas, aka Danny Tommo, has been arrested by Hampshire police over boat slashing incident in the Channel.
September 24, 2026 at 8:03 AM
BREAKING: Daniel Thomas, aka Danny Tommo, has been arrested by Hampshire police over boat slashing incident in the Channel.
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… making one of them more palatable to the other. As continental European examples from the 1920-30s show that as each is swallowed by the other, they become more extreme & blood thirsty. An interesting contemporary example is how the rise of the far right Reform led supporters to abandon …
September 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
… making one of them more palatable to the other. As continental European examples from the 1920-30s show that as each is swallowed by the other, they become more extreme & blood thirsty. An interesting contemporary example is how the rise of the far right Reform led supporters to abandon …
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Well this is interesting - an extremist has his fascist paramilitaries laying siege to the far right Daily Mail in London. There’s always an element of schadenfreude when the leopards eat faces. To get a rough idea what’s going on, imagine the Nazi SA laying siege to Goebbels’ Der Angriff newspaper
Daniel Thomas / Danny Tommo has today marched his private army of blackshorts to Daily Mail HQ to demand a new house for his mum within 48 hrs, after they doorstepped her for a feature on him.
Apparently he plans to blockade them + cry at them until they do
Bet those lads are glad of the balaclavas
Apparently he plans to blockade them + cry at them until they do
Bet those lads are glad of the balaclavas
September 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Well this is interesting - an extremist has his fascist paramilitaries laying siege to the far right Daily Mail in London. There’s always an element of schadenfreude when the leopards eat faces. To get a rough idea what’s going on, imagine the Nazi SA laying siege to Goebbels’ Der Angriff newspaper
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As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece!
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
August 31, 2026 at 5:42 PM
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece!
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Kneecap is a linguistic angulation of "Ní Ceap" (don't think) nee-cap or "Ní Ceapaim" (which sounds like "kneecap him" but also means "I don't think so").
August 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Kneecap is a linguistic angulation of "Ní Ceap" (don't think) nee-cap or "Ní Ceapaim" (which sounds like "kneecap him" but also means "I don't think so").
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handy Kneecap splainer for those outside Ireland wondering what Greta Thunberg was doing at their gigs in Belfast. In an Irish flag balaclava!
TL;DR: Settler Colonialism is a really bad idea and sometimes turns victims into monsters.
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TL;DR: Settler Colonialism is a really bad idea and sometimes turns victims into monsters.
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August 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
handy Kneecap splainer for those outside Ireland wondering what Greta Thunberg was doing at their gigs in Belfast. In an Irish flag balaclava!
TL;DR: Settler Colonialism is a really bad idea and sometimes turns victims into monsters.
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TL;DR: Settler Colonialism is a really bad idea and sometimes turns victims into monsters.
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Meta reaches $17 billion settlement in case involving childrens' use of its platforms www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
As part of the settlement, in which the company denies wrongdoing, the Facebook and Instagram owner agrees to make changes to its platforms nationwide.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement in case involving childrens' use of its platforms www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
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BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
August 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
August 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
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🚨WE WON!
After years of campaigning, the Govt is set to scrap ‘Aim to Permit’ - giving councils and local communities power to say NO to new gambling venues.
We delivered for London and all UK. Thank you @andyburnham.bsky.social & to all who backed my campaign.
Please share the news! 🥰
After years of campaigning, the Govt is set to scrap ‘Aim to Permit’ - giving councils and local communities power to say NO to new gambling venues.
We delivered for London and all UK. Thank you @andyburnham.bsky.social & to all who backed my campaign.
Please share the news! 🥰
August 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
🚨WE WON!
After years of campaigning, the Govt is set to scrap ‘Aim to Permit’ - giving councils and local communities power to say NO to new gambling venues.
We delivered for London and all UK. Thank you @andyburnham.bsky.social & to all who backed my campaign.
Please share the news! 🥰
After years of campaigning, the Govt is set to scrap ‘Aim to Permit’ - giving councils and local communities power to say NO to new gambling venues.
We delivered for London and all UK. Thank you @andyburnham.bsky.social & to all who backed my campaign.
Please share the news! 🥰
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Letters to the editor: Water shortage
from Sir Herbert Gussett
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 381, July 1976.
from Sir Herbert Gussett
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 381, July 1976.
August 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Letters to the editor: Water shortage
from Sir Herbert Gussett
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 381, July 1976.
from Sir Herbert Gussett
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 381, July 1976.
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fwiw I don't think "Cambridge University professor most people have never heard of committed professional malpractice" should actually be national headline news
August 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
fwiw I don't think "Cambridge University professor most people have never heard of committed professional malpractice" should actually be national headline news
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English words borrowed from Irish: Clan
'Clann', brought into English centuries ago, means family/offspring.
From prehistory, Irish society was organised around kinship groups
Gaelic surnames often contain Mac, Mhic, Nic, Ó, Uí, Ní, Mag, de
❤️ #Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #LearnIrish
'Clann', brought into English centuries ago, means family/offspring.
From prehistory, Irish society was organised around kinship groups
Gaelic surnames often contain Mac, Mhic, Nic, Ó, Uí, Ní, Mag, de
❤️ #Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #LearnIrish
August 7, 2026 at 8:04 AM
English words borrowed from Irish: Clan
'Clann', brought into English centuries ago, means family/offspring.
From prehistory, Irish society was organised around kinship groups
Gaelic surnames often contain Mac, Mhic, Nic, Ó, Uí, Ní, Mag, de
❤️ #Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #LearnIrish
'Clann', brought into English centuries ago, means family/offspring.
From prehistory, Irish society was organised around kinship groups
Gaelic surnames often contain Mac, Mhic, Nic, Ó, Uí, Ní, Mag, de
❤️ #Gaeilge #FoghlaimGaeilge #LearnIrish
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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
August 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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This is such a good piece by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social. Excuse the long extract in the screenshot, but these points are really important.
August 6, 2026 at 6:52 AM
This is such a good piece by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social. Excuse the long extract in the screenshot, but these points are really important.
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Gotta give it to Semi Goodenough. I've never seen any political so morbidly determined to find a hill to die on.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who was convicted of harassing Jewish MP, says Badenoch has asked him to work with party’s culture and integration commission
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Gotta give it to Semi Goodenough. I've never seen any political so morbidly determined to find a hill to die on.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It’s disgusting for the Conservatives to ask Jewish groups to meet their ex-neo-Nazi candidate, presumably in the hope he will charm them and they’ll offer their blessing. They should not expect Jewish people to sanitise this appalling choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 5, 2026 at 8:05 AM
It’s disgusting for the Conservatives to ask Jewish groups to meet their ex-neo-Nazi candidate, presumably in the hope he will charm them and they’ll offer their blessing. They should not expect Jewish people to sanitise this appalling choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story.
It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war.
These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war.
These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
August 4, 2026 at 6:15 AM
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story.
It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war.
These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war.
These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
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RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned.
It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
August 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned.
It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
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Bhí Bunchló GC i lár an aicsin ag an deireadh seachtaine! Is féidir an cló a íoslódáil anseo:
www.gaelchlo.com/bungc.html
www.gaelchlo.com/bungc.html
July 28, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Bhí Bunchló GC i lár an aicsin ag an deireadh seachtaine! Is féidir an cló a íoslódáil anseo:
www.gaelchlo.com/bungc.html
www.gaelchlo.com/bungc.html
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Without paramilitaries acting on their behalf, the far-right are shown up for the handful of AI slop, Meta boosted fantasists that they are.
‘An anti-immigration march through Portrush has been branded a “far-right failure” after only 30 people showed up.’ [1/3]
‘An anti-immigration march through Portrush has been branded a “far-right failure” after only 30 people showed up.’ [1/3]
Far-right march a failure as only 30 show up for Portrush anti-immigration rally
Ex-glue sniffer organiser rants about ‘paedos’ and the ‘media’ to tiny crowd
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
July 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Without paramilitaries acting on their behalf, the far-right are shown up for the handful of AI slop, Meta boosted fantasists that they are.
‘An anti-immigration march through Portrush has been branded a “far-right failure” after only 30 people showed up.’ [1/3]
‘An anti-immigration march through Portrush has been branded a “far-right failure” after only 30 people showed up.’ [1/3]
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Finally. Now Mayo only have to deal with the one curse.
July 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Finally. Now Mayo only have to deal with the one curse.