Brendan McNally
@brendanmcn.bsky.social
Reading, Math, Languages, Poems, Philosophy.
Justice for my sister, Natalie.
Justice for my sister, Natalie.
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Brendan McNally
@brendanmcn.bsky.social
· Apr 25
“Statt deine Welt zu verengern, deine Seele zu vereinfachen, wirst du immer mehr Welt, wirst schließlich die ganze Welt in deine schmerzlich erweiterte Seele aufnehmen müssen, um vielleicht einmal zum Ende, zur Ruhe zu kommen.”- Herman Hesse, der Steppenwolf.
Justice minister says cases like Chloe Mitchell's should not be 'held hostage'.
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Chloe Mitchell: Case should not be 'held hostage' by strikes
Chloe Mitchell's family have said they are exhausted by ongoing uncertainties around a date for the trial.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Justice minister says cases like Chloe Mitchell's should not be 'held hostage'.
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I would just reiterate, that it seems unlikely that I, Just A Guy, A Regular Guy, knew more in-depth detail about Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein than the Prime Minister off the United Kingdom who was at the time considering appointing him as Ambassador to the United States.
I would never have appointed Mandelson had I known full Epstein links - PM
I would never have appointed Mandelson had I known full Epstein links - PM
The PM says a due diligence process was gone through before Lord Mandelson was appointed US ambassador.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I would just reiterate, that it seems unlikely that I, Just A Guy, A Regular Guy, knew more in-depth detail about Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein than the Prime Minister off the United Kingdom who was at the time considering appointing him as Ambassador to the United States.
Not just the arrogance of the Labour oligarchy and their protection and promotion of the charlatan Mandelson, but also the English media that considered it a too impolite matter to pursue until a few days ago is the scandal.
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Not just the arrogance of the Labour oligarchy and their protection and promotion of the charlatan Mandelson, but also the English media that considered it a too impolite matter to pursue until a few days ago is the scandal.
Basically agree with Nietzsche. Or more recently Alasdair MacIntyre. ‘Critical, pluralistic, and inclusive’ in the context of secular humanism are used only as self refuting slogans for the manager class.
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Basically agree with Nietzsche. Or more recently Alasdair MacIntyre. ‘Critical, pluralistic, and inclusive’ in the context of secular humanism are used only as self refuting slogans for the manager class.
Can remember also this speaker saying “a cloud of gas, meeting another cloud of gas, and exploding” was ridiculous and therefore God exists.
Thinking back to the school I went to, I’m still shocked and disturbed at the type of ‘outside religious group’ we were left exposed to.
One speaker called a teacher, checking in on an unsupervised (!) session, satanic, when they left, for interrupting them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One speaker called a teacher, checking in on an unsupervised (!) session, satanic, when they left, for interrupting them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RE in NI schools: Paul Givan says Christianity will remain central to syllabus
The minister adds that the RE syllabus will change to include other main religions and philosophical traditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Can remember also this speaker saying “a cloud of gas, meeting another cloud of gas, and exploding” was ridiculous and therefore God exists.
Not intelligible, to spell it out particularly for secular humanism, ‘critical, pluralistic and inclusive’ doesn’t exist in itself.
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Not intelligible, to spell it out particularly for secular humanism, ‘critical, pluralistic and inclusive’ doesn’t exist in itself.
Nevertheless, ‘critical, pluralistic and inclusive’ can be adequately achieved within the framework of an initiation into a traditional denominational education. Total bourgeois speciousness to say it cannot. Indeed, not even intelligible without it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Nevertheless, ‘critical, pluralistic and inclusive’ can be adequately achieved within the framework of an initiation into a traditional denominational education. Total bourgeois speciousness to say it cannot. Indeed, not even intelligible without it.
Thinking back to the school I went to, I’m still shocked and disturbed at the type of ‘outside religious group’ we were left exposed to.
One speaker called a teacher, checking in on an unsupervised (!) session, satanic, when they left, for interrupting them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One speaker called a teacher, checking in on an unsupervised (!) session, satanic, when they left, for interrupting them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RE in NI schools: Paul Givan says Christianity will remain central to syllabus
The minister adds that the RE syllabus will change to include other main religions and philosophical traditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Thinking back to the school I went to, I’m still shocked and disturbed at the type of ‘outside religious group’ we were left exposed to.
One speaker called a teacher, checking in on an unsupervised (!) session, satanic, when they left, for interrupting them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One speaker called a teacher, checking in on an unsupervised (!) session, satanic, when they left, for interrupting them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There’s now a clear double standard in official Northern Ireland’s George Best cult, which unfortunately nothing can be done about because of Here reasons.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
QUB removing Mitchell name from centre over Epstein links
Queen's University Belfast is to remove the name of former US Senator George Mitchell - one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement - from a peace centre following the emergence of new informat...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
There’s now a clear double standard in official Northern Ireland’s George Best cult, which unfortunately nothing can be done about because of Here reasons.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
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International law governing conflict isn’t just “at a breaking point.” It was intentionally destroyed to protect Israel’s war on Gaza.
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
International law governing conflict isn’t just “at a breaking point.” It was intentionally destroyed to protect Israel’s war on Gaza.
Happy Candlemas to all who celebrate!
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Happy Candlemas to all who celebrate!
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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Remember that Mandelson quote? "We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich, as long as they pay their taxes". By "we" he meant the Labour government. Turns out that he - as a government minister - was lobbying on behalf of his filthy rich chums to ensure they paid less tax.
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Remember that Mandelson quote? "We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich, as long as they pay their taxes". By "we" he meant the Labour government. Turns out that he - as a government minister - was lobbying on behalf of his filthy rich chums to ensure they paid less tax.
RTE’s These Sacred Vows really went to town on the vulgar, vapid materialist Irish type abroad huh.
February 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM
RTE’s These Sacred Vows really went to town on the vulgar, vapid materialist Irish type abroad huh.
Guns N’Roses Knocking on Heavens Door is at least five minutes too long…Basically a bathetic jam session.
January 31, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Guns N’Roses Knocking on Heavens Door is at least five minutes too long…Basically a bathetic jam session.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
These are concepts that presume that there is some point in which we can sit on judgement on each, when mathematics, physics and the humanities rightly eschew the notion.
Maths and physics are objective and humanities is subjective.
That's the difference.
That's the difference.
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
These are concepts that presume that there is some point in which we can sit on judgement on each, when mathematics, physics and the humanities rightly eschew the notion.
Love how haunting this Aeschylus edition is.
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Love how haunting this Aeschylus edition is.
Britain has a genuinely fantastic literature and literary culture, but the deference over gay characters being declared outside the text and so forth shamed it.
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Britain has a genuinely fantastic literature and literary culture, but the deference over gay characters being declared outside the text and so forth shamed it.
Rowling would sooner post “Trans women are women” than retroactively declare there is at least one working class character in the text but is in no way inferable from it, in a double reflection of her attitude towards credit for actual product.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Rowling would sooner post “Trans women are women” than retroactively declare there is at least one working class character in the text but is in no way inferable from it, in a double reflection of her attitude towards credit for actual product.
Here for Gueye reinvention as alternating winger at age 36.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Here for Gueye reinvention as alternating winger at age 36.
The values of the world represented are actually something morally similar pre-democratic Classical Athens, an Aristocratic slave society, so this is good?
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The values of the world represented are actually something morally similar pre-democratic Classical Athens, an Aristocratic slave society, so this is good?
Alesia Nazarova, taken in Portadown 2023.
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Alesia Nazarova, taken in Portadown 2023.
During the hearing today Madam Justice McBride said Bracas showed he had a "misogynistic attitude towards women. Domestic violence does not just involve intimate partners but wider family relations. It causes havoc in the family and is a scourge on society.
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
'Cold-blooded murderer' jailed after killing his sister
Kornelijus Bracas, stabbed his sister in the neck and then set her on fire while she was still alive
www.belfastlive.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
During the hearing today Madam Justice McBride said Bracas showed he had a "misogynistic attitude towards women. Domestic violence does not just involve intimate partners but wider family relations. It causes havoc in the family and is a scourge on society.
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...