Colm Flaherty
@cjayfla.bsky.social
Here for the chat. Politically agnostic, MAGA & ACAB are the same anarchist craziness to me, but Brian Thompson trespassed on rail lines & got hit by a train.
Haven’t opened Bluesky in a long time, these are the first four….threads….skies…..whatever.
@ciaraioch.bsky.social I have no idea if mentioning this will perpetuate Bluesky’s thinking that you’re Bluesky Numero Uno, but….yeah. The juxtaposition be juxtapositioning…
@ciaraioch.bsky.social I have no idea if mentioning this will perpetuate Bluesky’s thinking that you’re Bluesky Numero Uno, but….yeah. The juxtaposition be juxtapositioning…
September 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Haven’t opened Bluesky in a long time, these are the first four….threads….skies…..whatever.
@ciaraioch.bsky.social I have no idea if mentioning this will perpetuate Bluesky’s thinking that you’re Bluesky Numero Uno, but….yeah. The juxtaposition be juxtapositioning…
@ciaraioch.bsky.social I have no idea if mentioning this will perpetuate Bluesky’s thinking that you’re Bluesky Numero Uno, but….yeah. The juxtaposition be juxtapositioning…
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From District Magazine. Grim.
July 28, 2026 at 8:37 PM
From District Magazine. Grim.
Greatest love and respect @bsky.app, but I thought the Discover algo was for new accounts. I’m a fan of those two but I’m actively metering my urge to replyguy them, cos I’m sure they don’t want reply guy responses. Why are they first on the feed?
Cc @ciaragemmam.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
Cc @ciaragemmam.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
July 27, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Greatest love and respect @bsky.app, but I thought the Discover algo was for new accounts. I’m a fan of those two but I’m actively metering my urge to replyguy them, cos I’m sure they don’t want reply guy responses. Why are they first on the feed?
Cc @ciaragemmam.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
Cc @ciaragemmam.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
I never thought I’d agree with the Scumbag in DC…
But DJT’s right, fuck DST kill it around the world.
But DJT’s right, fuck DST kill it around the world.
July 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I never thought I’d agree with the Scumbag in DC…
But DJT’s right, fuck DST kill it around the world.
But DJT’s right, fuck DST kill it around the world.
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shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this
July 20, 2026 at 12:34 AM
shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this
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I have a week in London next week. Bluesky - hit me with your shit to do there (preferably easily accessible because I'm still gonna be on at least one crutch)
June 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I have a week in London next week. Bluesky - hit me with your shit to do there (preferably easily accessible because I'm still gonna be on at least one crutch)
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€250m ice hockey arena on way to Dublin: ‘The best way to think about this is like a scaled-down Madison Square Garden’
€250m ice hockey arena on way to Dublin: ‘The best way to think about this is like a scaled-down Madison Square Garden’
Chief executive behind the project ‘very confident’ that ambitious plans will proceed
www.independent.ie
June 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
€250m ice hockey arena on way to Dublin: ‘The best way to think about this is like a scaled-down Madison Square Garden’
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If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
June 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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‘Perceptions of migration often become detached from migrants’ actual presence or experiences, yet they nonetheless structure political behaviour and public anxieties’ - @timbale.bsky.social
Food for thought for Irish politicians and voters in this insightful article about migration in UK politics.
Food for thought for Irish politicians and voters in this insightful article about migration in UK politics.
Why public attitudes to immigration don’t respond to falling migration | LSE British Politics
Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
‘Perceptions of migration often become detached from migrants’ actual presence or experiences, yet they nonetheless structure political behaviour and public anxieties’ - @timbale.bsky.social
Food for thought for Irish politicians and voters in this insightful article about migration in UK politics.
Food for thought for Irish politicians and voters in this insightful article about migration in UK politics.
I’m awake late, anyone want to fill me in?
Wake up to Bluesky talking about scaffolding like a bunch of passerby middle-aged men gathering with their hands on their hips beside a gap in the hoarding at a construction site
June 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I’m awake late, anyone want to fill me in?
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Ireland ranked the 5th safest country in the world in the latest Global Peace Index.
I haven’t seen this reported anywhere apart from the BBC.
Has it had any coverage in Irish media?
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
I haven’t seen this reported anywhere apart from the BBC.
Has it had any coverage in Irish media?
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
What it's like to live in the world's safest countries for 2026
There are now more active conflicts than at any point since World War Two. Residents in Iceland, New Zealand and elsewhere explain the qualities that make their nations so peaceful.
www.bbc.com
June 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Ireland ranked the 5th safest country in the world in the latest Global Peace Index.
I haven’t seen this reported anywhere apart from the BBC.
Has it had any coverage in Irish media?
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
I haven’t seen this reported anywhere apart from the BBC.
Has it had any coverage in Irish media?
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Worthy petition. It’s a place no one should have to be, and to be left there with just a shoulder shrug? C’mon, we can do better as a Nation.
June 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Worthy petition. It’s a place no one should have to be, and to be left there with just a shoulder shrug? C’mon, we can do better as a Nation.
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Mockery is a legitimate form of protest and people underestimate how much bigots hate it.
June 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Mockery is a legitimate form of protest and people underestimate how much bigots hate it.
Well, Sunday.
On Sunday we go to church.
At church, we confess our sins.
Guys, I have sinned.
AI fanfic. SVU/Blue Bloods crossover. An actual timeline with logical crossover points, like how the “Bruce Wayne in Metropolis” stuff worked in “Batman v Superman”.
Scratched an itch. Not sharing it.
On Sunday we go to church.
At church, we confess our sins.
Guys, I have sinned.
AI fanfic. SVU/Blue Bloods crossover. An actual timeline with logical crossover points, like how the “Bruce Wayne in Metropolis” stuff worked in “Batman v Superman”.
Scratched an itch. Not sharing it.
May 31, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Well, Sunday.
On Sunday we go to church.
At church, we confess our sins.
Guys, I have sinned.
AI fanfic. SVU/Blue Bloods crossover. An actual timeline with logical crossover points, like how the “Bruce Wayne in Metropolis” stuff worked in “Batman v Superman”.
Scratched an itch. Not sharing it.
On Sunday we go to church.
At church, we confess our sins.
Guys, I have sinned.
AI fanfic. SVU/Blue Bloods crossover. An actual timeline with logical crossover points, like how the “Bruce Wayne in Metropolis” stuff worked in “Batman v Superman”.
Scratched an itch. Not sharing it.
Worth running through Google Translate, this…
May 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Worth running through Google Translate, this…
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When even someone as confident and talented as CMAT is affected by the level of body-shaming vitriol aimed at her, what hope do the rest of us have. Body positivity is worthwhile, but it can only go so far when society still treats commenting on people's bodies as acceptable. We've so, so far to go.
CMAT shares ‘deep sadness’ over body-shaming after BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance
CMAT shares ‘deep sadness’ over body-shaming after BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance
The Irish singer-songwriter says her rise has been increasingly ‘tarnished by the fact that I would be allowed to enjoy it so much more if I was thin’
The Irish singer-songwriter CMAT has responded to ongoing abuse she has received about her body and her weight following an appearance last week at BBC’s Radio 1 Big Weekend.
The musician, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, wrote on Instagram on Thursday that she had felt “compelled to wade in and speak for myself” after learning of the abuse being directed at photos taken of her on stage at the Sunderland festival on 24 May. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
When even someone as confident and talented as CMAT is affected by the level of body-shaming vitriol aimed at her, what hope do the rest of us have. Body positivity is worthwhile, but it can only go so far when society still treats commenting on people's bodies as acceptable. We've so, so far to go.
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Sunscreen is wild, like what do you mean the radiant might of a gigantic plasma inferno of a star fueled by the unimaginable power of nuclear fusion is defeated by a ten euro tube of cream
May 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Sunscreen is wild, like what do you mean the radiant might of a gigantic plasma inferno of a star fueled by the unimaginable power of nuclear fusion is defeated by a ten euro tube of cream
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Buying a book for a little girl recently and it's actually maddening how about half of each book shelf in the ages 9-12 kids' section is just books by celebrities now. Harder and harder to find the books by professional children's authors
May 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Buying a book for a little girl recently and it's actually maddening how about half of each book shelf in the ages 9-12 kids' section is just books by celebrities now. Harder and harder to find the books by professional children's authors
So I’m in sunny Zurich and I can’t get Irish news till Monday, but this is banger from Gavan. God bless your hyperfixations!
May 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
So I’m in sunny Zurich and I can’t get Irish news till Monday, but this is banger from Gavan. God bless your hyperfixations!
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Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
May 17, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
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Europe has been on high alert for weeks after drone flyovers into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale last September, prompting leaders to agree to develop a "drone wall" along their borders. #EuropeNews
Helsinki Airport resumes flights after drone alert suspension
Europe has been on high alert for weeks after drone flyovers into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale last September, prompting leaders to agree to develop a "drone wall" along their borders.
l.euronews.com
May 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Europe has been on high alert for weeks after drone flyovers into NATO airspace reached an unprecedented scale last September, prompting leaders to agree to develop a "drone wall" along their borders. #EuropeNews
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Can't get over this 1928 ad I found while perusing the archives of The Province. Good news everyone! Beer is NOT liquor! It's liquid food!
May 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Can't get over this 1928 ad I found while perusing the archives of The Province. Good news everyone! Beer is NOT liquor! It's liquid food!
My Discover list is AI rot these days.
May 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
My Discover list is AI rot these days.
@lynnok.bsky.social you mistake me for someone listening. When I left school, I expected to be in a newbuild West of the Corrib running a business & raising a family at this stage of my life. Instead I’m emigrating to the continent by year’s end after trying & failing in a shoebox in Renmore.
April 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
@lynnok.bsky.social you mistake me for someone listening. When I left school, I expected to be in a newbuild West of the Corrib running a business & raising a family at this stage of my life. Instead I’m emigrating to the continent by year’s end after trying & failing in a shoebox in Renmore.