Colm Flaherty

@cjayfla.bsky.social

982 Followers 1246 Following

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.

Screenshot of the Bluesky screen. Messages in order: Ciara is excited to get a good sleep in her bed. Mayor Mamdani announces a parade in Thursday in Manhattan. Foghornleghorn1357 makes a joke about their dog. Derek Guy shares a video of New Yorkers celebrating the Knicks win by singing Empire State of Mind.
A screengrab of a Seattle Kraken search result. It shows the Kraken winning their most recent game against the Florida Panthers 6-2.
The Irish team walks into the Milan Winter Olympics parade.
A screenshot of a webpage that confirms a signature on the petition mentioned.
A set of ankle straps from a bungee jump set.
Two line drawings by bluesky user @ciaraioch hang on a white paited woodchip wall. The left one depicts an uileann pipe player surrounded by hands with instruments and the right one is various hands making clothing. To the right of this is a biography of the artist, and in the bottom right is a sign saying Tog Hackerspace
Guy shoots guy in chair meme. Upper caption *participates in maga messaging without question* lower caption there is a sickness eating away at american democracy
A full bus shelter poster of Councillor Dean Mulligan. Under his name the message reads “Wishing you all happy Christmas & New Years”. It gives his facebook, X, instagram and Youtube usernames.
A man stands half in frame with La Grand Palais in Paris behind him. On a sign reads “Le Grand Palais des Glaces, the worlds largest indoor ice skating rink. The man is grinning. On his sweater is the symbol of the Vancouver Canucks.
A black screen, with a hand written passage in white that reads “By 1899, the age of outlaws and gunslingers was at an end”
Two comments on Bluesky in response. One snarkily asks if Israeli planes get the same clearance, the other asks if they use the government jet.
Two computer screens, on the left is web browsers showing Lego instructions and Bricklink lego part lists, on the right is a 3D rendering of a lego model fire engine
A map of Ireland with a blue location marker over Athlone. Various aircraft are dotted around it. One aircraft is highlighted with a line behind it showing its path. It is labelled “Restricted Aircraft-B742-Private”.
A body of text with “It is almost as if the broadcasters see themselves as another brigade on the frontline.“ highlighted.
A screenshot of a web ad that says “chat with seniors”
A man at a desk in an office looks over his glasses. He says “You mean to tell me you’ve lost another hornet?”
The meme of Jason Mamoa sneaking up on Henry Cavill at a red carpet event. Henry Cavill has a British flag overlay, while Jason Mamoa has an overlay of most nations in the EU with Navies.
A still from the computer game Empire Total War. A British fleet of sailing ships faces off against a Russian one. HMS Victory is directed to a point crossing the line of the Russian fleet. A compass showing an East Ewing is top of the view, centre.
Still from the 2012 movie Pirates band of Misfits. Queen Victoria, in pants, wields two swords in an attack pose in an industrial kitchen.
A sailing ship just before dawn, a few miles off the coast where a hill is to the left. The ship has some sails out and is facing to the left.
The Galway Plaza motorway stop pictured from the footpath outside. To the right a van with 05D39420 is parked on the grass.
A text box of highlighted text reads “ Oddly, within the chaos inflicted by this storm, there were hints of possible local-level models for improvement. The Gaelic Athletic Association organized food runs to the elderly and the vulnerable, and in some locations opened club spaces to provide showers and power points. As an organization, it showed the skills and local knowledge needed to be effective and has historically shown an ability to attract and retain young people. Could this national sporting organization offer a model for the reform of reserve defense units or civil defense units across the country?”
A night silouette of Captain John Price. The middle is brightened orange by the cigar he is smoking.
Sylvester the cat is on a branch begging to the left. The branch shakes, Sylvester looks down, looks to the camera, waves byebye with a look of terror on his face, and disappears along with the branch downward as a leaf flutters on the right from top to bottom. A Looney Tunes logo is in the bottom right corner.
A screencap depicting two Threads. The top one is by user “evil dead man”. The bottom one is by user “King Ludd”. The top one says “Advice from my son. Kings hold very big long sticks. I think he is poisoned by sword law.” The second one says “It is spring and I love it sun smiley face. Wishing you all a wonderful sunday pleased smiley face”. A selfie of King Ludd out in the sunshine is as the bottom of the second Thread.
A Falcon 20 aircraft, painted in US Coastguard colours and pictured in full afterburner.
A bus driver says “Don’t make me tap the sign”. The sign reads “Ireland unfree shall never be at peace” it is attributed to Padraig Pearse in the bottom right corner.
A facebook feed on iPad. The upper post is an ad for a military-style exercise challenge event. The lower one is a clip from the official James Bond 007 Facebook account, paused on a clip from the Living Daylights where James’s Aston Martin swerves to avoid an APC and a tracked people carrier.
A signal gun is fired into a blue sky. The flare trails smoke as it is launched into the air.
A screencap of a bluesky post. it reads “FYI: if you advocate violence against anyone, at all, it’s an instant block.”. There is a “block account?” menu bar open on top of the post.
A picture of the Irish Naval Ship the LE William Butler Yeats. The insignia of the vessel is printed on the upper right corner of the image.
A phone screen screenshot, closed in on the word “MAGfest”
Alfred Pennyworth uses a broomhandle to keep Harley Quinn back. Harley Wuin is offscreen to the right, beside the camera
Yosemite Sam from Looney Tunes cartoons jumps around the entrance of a cowboy saloon propelled by the guns he’s firing
Two posts, one on top of the other. The top post from Senator Mark Warner says I’m concerned that Americans are flocking to a number of adversary-owned social media platforms. We still need a comprehensive and risk based approach to I assessing and mitigating the risks of foreign-owned apps. The lower post from Christopher Webb says Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it. SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
Tubbs Tatsyrup of Leage of Gentlemen in her shop. She says the phrase “This is a local shop for local people. There’s nothing for you here.” In the subtitles at the bottom.
Silouette of a steam locomotive hauling through snowy fog
Two Bluesky entries on top of each other. The one on top describes Georgia the country’s poverty levels. The bottom one describes the honours rendered to President Carter by a small community in the US State of Georgia.
Two computer screens in a home office. On the one on the wall to the left a Word document with a circuit diagram fills the screen. On the one standing on top of a desk a tinkercad page is open with an incomplete circuit on a virtual breadboard.
Captain Jack Sparrow stands aloft, holding on to the top of the mast of his ship. As the camera pans out, we see that it is a small ship and it has sunk just as he steps onto the dock he is sailing towards.
Pictures of helmetted tactical athletes doing various group exercises. In front, the text “Do you have what it takes? Strength, Resilience, . Take on the Unit Challenge. First challenge Sat 25 Jan 2025. Reserve your place today”
A view of a stone wall, with dublin bay behind. The bay is reflecting light, as is the cloudscape. To the left, a tree trunk stands upright. To the right, a white horse looks over the wall at the camera.
Another view South from the Howth Head cliff walk. East of Dun Laoghaire harbour is glistening from a gap in the clouds, everywhere else is underneath the grey sky. Howth lighthouse is visible in the foreground to the bottom left.
Another view of the Irish Sea looking north from Howth head. From the left, you see Howth harbour, Lambay island, and Ireland’s Eye in the distance.
A view from the Cliff Walk in Howth. From the left, a small beach, an apartment house on the waterside, the edge of Howth harbour & its wiers, lambay island, and Ireland’s Eye in the distance. There is shrubbery in the foreground.
A Streetscape of Dublin. To the left, a Mcdonald’s advertisement on a bus shelter is grafittied with “Deny Defend Depose”.