Brendan Harkin
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Share prices spiking for Political Commentators using that "Gradually, then suddenly" quote.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Share prices spiking for Political Commentators using that "Gradually, then suddenly" quote.
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Remember back in October how Discord's third party suffered a data breach where 70k+ ID photos were leaked?
Yeah. Discord can pound sand.
discord.com/press-releas...
Yeah. Discord can pound sand.
discord.com/press-releas...
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Remember back in October how Discord's third party suffered a data breach where 70k+ ID photos were leaked?
Yeah. Discord can pound sand.
discord.com/press-releas...
Yeah. Discord can pound sand.
discord.com/press-releas...
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Most Londoners have no idea how involved the cops are in urban design.
The cops said that local gangs were hiding drugs in the flowers, by which they mean there were brown people hanging out there, so a park now looks like this.
Vid www.instagram.com/reel/DUJRDNJ...
The cops said that local gangs were hiding drugs in the flowers, by which they mean there were brown people hanging out there, so a park now looks like this.
Vid www.instagram.com/reel/DUJRDNJ...
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Most Londoners have no idea how involved the cops are in urban design.
The cops said that local gangs were hiding drugs in the flowers, by which they mean there were brown people hanging out there, so a park now looks like this.
Vid www.instagram.com/reel/DUJRDNJ...
The cops said that local gangs were hiding drugs in the flowers, by which they mean there were brown people hanging out there, so a park now looks like this.
Vid www.instagram.com/reel/DUJRDNJ...
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someone figured out exactly how tall the local fascist is by process of elimination
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
someone figured out exactly how tall the local fascist is by process of elimination
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Belfast! I'm BACK on the seminar circuit with my latest project.
All welcome to join me 20 Feb at 4pm for my talk 'First add oats, then kill Hitler: a recipe for resistance in underground Europe, 1920s-1940s'
Plenty of new findings on the correlation between diet and the desire to resist Nazis.
All welcome to join me 20 Feb at 4pm for my talk 'First add oats, then kill Hitler: a recipe for resistance in underground Europe, 1920s-1940s'
Plenty of new findings on the correlation between diet and the desire to resist Nazis.
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Belfast! I'm BACK on the seminar circuit with my latest project.
All welcome to join me 20 Feb at 4pm for my talk 'First add oats, then kill Hitler: a recipe for resistance in underground Europe, 1920s-1940s'
Plenty of new findings on the correlation between diet and the desire to resist Nazis.
All welcome to join me 20 Feb at 4pm for my talk 'First add oats, then kill Hitler: a recipe for resistance in underground Europe, 1920s-1940s'
Plenty of new findings on the correlation between diet and the desire to resist Nazis.
Niche complaint:
There needs to be an end to this "Downing Street has said" shit in political journalism. A person said this in the capacity of an official statement, their name should be with it. UK citizens are entitled to know who speaks on behalf of their government.
There needs to be an end to this "Downing Street has said" shit in political journalism. A person said this in the capacity of an official statement, their name should be with it. UK citizens are entitled to know who speaks on behalf of their government.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer is not resigning and will be 'concentrating on the job in hand', Downing Street has said
His mood this morning has been described as 'upbeat' and 'confident'
His mood this morning has been described as 'upbeat' and 'confident'
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Niche complaint:
There needs to be an end to this "Downing Street has said" shit in political journalism. A person said this in the capacity of an official statement, their name should be with it. UK citizens are entitled to know who speaks on behalf of their government.
There needs to be an end to this "Downing Street has said" shit in political journalism. A person said this in the capacity of an official statement, their name should be with it. UK citizens are entitled to know who speaks on behalf of their government.
Good thing Micheál is heading over to shine Donald's shoes and gift him a bowl of shamrocks as a reward for this
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Good thing Micheál is heading over to shine Donald's shoes and gift him a bowl of shamrocks as a reward for this
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In other news, Reform’s candidate in the upcoming by-election has called for childless women to be taxed more.
🗳️ How young women would vote in #GE2029:
🟢 Grn: 44% (+21)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-21)
🟠 Lib: 19% (+3)
🔵 Con: 8% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 5% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan
(+/- vs GE2024)
🟢 Grn: 44% (+21)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-21)
🟠 Lib: 19% (+3)
🔵 Con: 8% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 5% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan
(+/- vs GE2024)
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
In other news, Reform’s candidate in the upcoming by-election has called for childless women to be taxed more.
The only superbowl I'm interested in is the super bowl of All Bran I have each morning that counts for a third of my daily fiber intake
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The only superbowl I'm interested in is the super bowl of All Bran I have each morning that counts for a third of my daily fiber intake
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Labour people on here complain that nobody knows about all the good things they're doing, blaming the media, but a big part of it is that they, themselves, are standing on the streets with a big megaphone saying how much they hate migrants and foreigners.
Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Labour people on here complain that nobody knows about all the good things they're doing, blaming the media, but a big part of it is that they, themselves, are standing on the streets with a big megaphone saying how much they hate migrants and foreigners.
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Greasiest snake in British politics lubes himself up for another manoeuvre.
February 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Greasiest snake in British politics lubes himself up for another manoeuvre.
I see the "God is Love" street preachers who plague Belfast city centre have covered themselves in glory again with Colin Houston trying to start a physical fight and threatening to kill someone for countering them.
This all caught on camera by @bbbfire.bsky.social who stood his ground regardless.
This all caught on camera by @bbbfire.bsky.social who stood his ground regardless.
February 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I see the "God is Love" street preachers who plague Belfast city centre have covered themselves in glory again with Colin Houston trying to start a physical fight and threatening to kill someone for countering them.
This all caught on camera by @bbbfire.bsky.social who stood his ground regardless.
This all caught on camera by @bbbfire.bsky.social who stood his ground regardless.
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Instead of using ChatGPT to make a caricature based on me and my job I used my own AI (Actual Imagination) to generate this image of me as a working illustrator (yes, I grew up playing the Ocarina of Time). #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #zelda
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Instead of using ChatGPT to make a caricature based on me and my job I used my own AI (Actual Imagination) to generate this image of me as a working illustrator (yes, I grew up playing the Ocarina of Time). #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #zelda
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There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
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At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
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One of the controversies in my family at the moment is my one cousin who is a state trooper in MN and has been horrifying/embarrassing his brothers + extended family by actively supporting DHS' actions across the state. It's not just ICE.
🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
One of the controversies in my family at the moment is my one cousin who is a state trooper in MN and has been horrifying/embarrassing his brothers + extended family by actively supporting DHS' actions across the state. It's not just ICE.
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I discovered a new vantage point for the murmuration in Limerick and the starlings put on a great show this evening.
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I discovered a new vantage point for the murmuration in Limerick and the starlings put on a great show this evening.
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Saturday night banga! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uQn...
WipEout® OST [PSX]: CoLD SToRAGE - Messij
YouTube video by ImGrahamB
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Saturday night banga! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uQn...
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Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reinvents and rejuvenates the Game of Thrones franchise by “being enjoyable to watch”
February 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reinvents and rejuvenates the Game of Thrones franchise by “being enjoyable to watch”
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I had to check the date on this three times
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I had to check the date on this three times
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today*
This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
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I have been completing a project to get more planters into South Belfast neighbourhoods. Just delivered some and will be delivering & planting more in coming months. We need to brighten up dead space. Look out for planters coming to Stranmillis, Sandy Row/Lisburn Rd, Bradbury Pl & other places soon
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I have been completing a project to get more planters into South Belfast neighbourhoods. Just delivered some and will be delivering & planting more in coming months. We need to brighten up dead space. Look out for planters coming to Stranmillis, Sandy Row/Lisburn Rd, Bradbury Pl & other places soon
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looks like bridge discourse is back on the menu boys
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
looks like bridge discourse is back on the menu boys
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Reform's calculation is why _not_ lie, when a largely complicit media propagandizes on their behalf, when the rewards for lying in public office are enormous, and when the penalties are essentially nonexistent.
NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Disclosures show figures cited by authority’s leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Reform's calculation is why _not_ lie, when a largely complicit media propagandizes on their behalf, when the rewards for lying in public office are enormous, and when the penalties are essentially nonexistent.
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Don’t dare call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophile: The inside story of Northern Ireland celebrity lawyer Paul Tweed's work to clean up the vile billionaire’s image, threatening the media on his behalf. Neither man would ever have thought we'd get to see this.
Don’t dare call Epstein a paedophile: Inside story of top NI lawyer’s work to clean up vile billionaire’s image, threatening media on his behalf
It was early 2011 and Jeffrey Epstein desperately needed help cleaning up his dirty image.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Don’t dare call Jeffrey Epstein a paedophile: The inside story of Northern Ireland celebrity lawyer Paul Tweed's work to clean up the vile billionaire’s image, threatening the media on his behalf. Neither man would ever have thought we'd get to see this.
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Delighted to announce the winning poster design by Caitlin Joyce. We love how its put together and speaks volumes to our theme 'Strength in Solidarity'
Saturday the 7th of March, we do every year, we will celebrate and we will amplify our campaigns. Look forward to seeing you all there.
Saturday the 7th of March, we do every year, we will celebrate and we will amplify our campaigns. Look forward to seeing you all there.
February 7, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Delighted to announce the winning poster design by Caitlin Joyce. We love how its put together and speaks volumes to our theme 'Strength in Solidarity'
Saturday the 7th of March, we do every year, we will celebrate and we will amplify our campaigns. Look forward to seeing you all there.
Saturday the 7th of March, we do every year, we will celebrate and we will amplify our campaigns. Look forward to seeing you all there.