kevin
@beirne.bsky.social
he/him | irish | mostly posting about rugby, women’s football and my terrible life
With respect, if your takeaway from this game where the Patriots’ only TD came from an extremely short field on a dodgy turnover is that Drake Maye is the real deal, then I don’t think I’ll be listening all that closely to your NFL analysis going forward
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
With respect, if your takeaway from this game where the Patriots’ only TD came from an extremely short field on a dodgy turnover is that Drake Maye is the real deal, then I don’t think I’ll be listening all that closely to your NFL analysis going forward
I can’t believe this Patriots team are going to a Super Bowl before Josh Allen
January 25, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I can’t believe this Patriots team are going to a Super Bowl before Josh Allen
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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
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It's obviously good that citizens with smartphones can create multiple records of these shootings and undercut propaganda and government lies about them. But I find it a little deranging that being an informed news consumer in 2026 requires watching what are essentially snuff videos in slow-mo.
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It's obviously good that citizens with smartphones can create multiple records of these shootings and undercut propaganda and government lies about them. But I find it a little deranging that being an informed news consumer in 2026 requires watching what are essentially snuff videos in slow-mo.
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hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading
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load bearing tweet for a settler colonial society
January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
load bearing tweet for a settler colonial society
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
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i assume going to the hospital is considered the highest honor for a bolsonaro supporter
Bolsonaro supporters protesting and demanding that he is set free got hit by a lightning bolt, 3 persons are in hospital now.
🚨⚡ Um raio atingiu bolsonaristas em Brasília nesta tarde. Eles estavam aguardando Nikolas Ferreira no Memorial JK para um protesto pela soltura de Bolsonaro quando um raio atingiu a praça. Três bolsonaristas foram para o hospital.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
i assume going to the hospital is considered the highest honor for a bolsonaro supporter
To be fair, you had to be functionally braindead to think the NRA and all the other right wing gun perverts were anything other than this
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
To be fair, you had to be functionally braindead to think the NRA and all the other right wing gun perverts were anything other than this
That Atlantic article is one of the most infuriating things I’ve ever read. I’m not even going to link it. It’s just some disphit explaining why he’s always been reluctant to call Trump a fascist by laying out three and a half thousands words about how Trump has always been a fascist
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
That Atlantic article is one of the most infuriating things I’ve ever read. I’m not even going to link it. It’s just some disphit explaining why he’s always been reluctant to call Trump a fascist by laying out three and a half thousands words about how Trump has always been a fascist
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it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
I was thinking about this and while it is remarkable in some ways, it also makes complete sense that these brilliant and kind people would be the ones to show the moral courage to stand up to fascists in the first place
kind of remarkable how the two high profile ICE killings this year have been alex pretti and renee good, two people about whom NO ONE has ANY unkind words to say. if they could dig up anyone who would willingly talk shit on either person they’d have done it
January 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I was thinking about this and while it is remarkable in some ways, it also makes complete sense that these brilliant and kind people would be the ones to show the moral courage to stand up to fascists in the first place
I sure hope a bunch of people make themselves victims to Gregory Bovino by his standards very soon
BASH: It feels as though you're blaming the victim here
BOVINO: The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victims are the Border Patrol agents.
BOVINO: The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victims are the Border Patrol agents.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I sure hope a bunch of people make themselves victims to Gregory Bovino by his standards very soon
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He only posts for the people murdered that he thinks are important
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
He only posts for the people murdered that he thinks are important
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The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
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As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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absolutely not, why the fuck would I want to do that
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
absolutely not, why the fuck would I want to do that
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There's also no way of explaining this to the non-terminally-online without sounding insane.
"...and so the penguin is a reference to American far-right memes calling for the US to take over Greenland."
"But penguins don't live in Greenland."
"I know."
"...and so the penguin is a reference to American far-right memes calling for the US to take over Greenland."
"But penguins don't live in Greenland."
"I know."
It used to be said that the left was far too 'online', but it seems that this is increasingly (more) so for the right nowadays.
January 25, 2026 at 12:08 PM
There's also no way of explaining this to the non-terminally-online without sounding insane.
"...and so the penguin is a reference to American far-right memes calling for the US to take over Greenland."
"But penguins don't live in Greenland."
"I know."
"...and so the penguin is a reference to American far-right memes calling for the US to take over Greenland."
"But penguins don't live in Greenland."
"I know."
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
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The pain and the outrage is correct and just and I'm glad everyone can see and understand it here, and this is also already what BLM was, if you argued for training, police reform or body cams instead of abolition this is what you sounded like, this is why people were so mad at you
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The pain and the outrage is correct and just and I'm glad everyone can see and understand it here, and this is also already what BLM was, if you argued for training, police reform or body cams instead of abolition this is what you sounded like, this is why people were so mad at you
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?