Brendan Halpin
@bthalpin.bsky.social
Refugee from ex-Twitter, mostly at @bthalpin@mastodon.social
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FRS
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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the fun thing about the BBC story is that I can't actually read about it for more than couple of minutes at a time because it makes me feel too insane :)
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
the fun thing about the BBC story is that I can't actually read about it for more than couple of minutes at a time because it makes me feel too insane :)
This, and Sarkozy being moved out of prison to house arrest.
Rumours swirl as Ryan Tubridy tipped for sensational RTÉ return as comeback odds slashed
Rumours swirl as Ryan Tubridy tipped for sensational RTÉ return as comeback odds slashed
Speculation grows as former Late Late Show host tipped for spectacular return to the national broadcaster
Rumours are swirling that Irish presenter Ryan Tubridy could make a sensational return to RTÉ after reports of a recent meeting with Director General Kevin Bakhurst. According to the Iris
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www.limerickleader.ie
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This, and Sarkozy being moved out of prison to house arrest.
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this, and the fact that airlines don't pay any tax on the fuel they use, are things more people should know
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this, and the fact that airlines don't pay any tax on the fuel they use, are things more people should know
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I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
Donald Trump Preparing To Sue BBC Over Panorama Speech Row
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
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The Orange Order, An tOrd Flannbhuí, nah, An tOrd Orásiste, nah; the origin of the political Orange is neither the colour nor the fruit, but the County/City of Orange in Southern France whose name evolved separately and independently from that of the fruit. An tOrd Oráisteach it is so. #speirgorm
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Orange Order, An tOrd Flannbhuí, nah, An tOrd Orásiste, nah; the origin of the political Orange is neither the colour nor the fruit, but the County/City of Orange in Southern France whose name evolved separately and independently from that of the fruit. An tOrd Oráisteach it is so. #speirgorm
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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The same Heritage Foundation that controls Trump.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The same Heritage Foundation that controls Trump.
Good question. There's some v interesting research using the embeddings of the data LLMs slurp, to understand the structure & detail of knowledge, that seems v promising. The chatbots, the automated generation of plausible text and images that lie on top of this, seem something of a parlour trick.
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Good question. There's some v interesting research using the embeddings of the data LLMs slurp, to understand the structure & detail of knowledge, that seems v promising. The chatbots, the automated generation of plausible text and images that lie on top of this, seem something of a parlour trick.
Am I the only one who thinks that the timing of this backsliding & heel-dragging about climate action is driven specifically by trying to appease Trump, by responding directly to his pushing of American LNG?
Any concrete evidence?
#SpeirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Any concrete evidence?
#SpeirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels
Martin indicates that liquefied natural gas a security imperative for Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Am I the only one who thinks that the timing of this backsliding & heel-dragging about climate action is driven specifically by trying to appease Trump, by responding directly to his pushing of American LNG?
Any concrete evidence?
#SpeirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Any concrete evidence?
#SpeirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Le RN est un parti antisémite qui perpétue sa tradition antisémite et antidreyfusarde.
Les 4 sénateurs RN ont volontairement quitté la salle lors du débat sur l'élévation de Dreyfus à titre posthume en tant que général de brigade.
Imaginez le scandale si LFI avait fait pareil.
Imaginez le scandale si LFI avait fait pareil.
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Le RN est un parti antisémite qui perpétue sa tradition antisémite et antidreyfusarde.
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Wait my Twitter account has a banger lemme just repost it
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Wait my Twitter account has a banger lemme just repost it
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virtue signalling is good actually
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
virtue signalling is good actually
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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How about Jim O' Callaghan and all govt TDs/bodies/orgs get off X.
Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.
Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others"
Call for action against spread of hatred on social media
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others".
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
How about Jim O' Callaghan and all govt TDs/bodies/orgs get off X.
Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.
Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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25 years ago, my generation made fun of the old guard sticking to their 'statistical packages', whose names inevitably started with a capital 'S'.
In other news, I'm one of the last #Stata holdouts in my department.
In other news, I'm one of the last #Stata holdouts in my department.
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
25 years ago, my generation made fun of the old guard sticking to their 'statistical packages', whose names inevitably started with a capital 'S'.
In other news, I'm one of the last #Stata holdouts in my department.
In other news, I'm one of the last #Stata holdouts in my department.
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What a bitter shame that he forever poisoned his sterling reputation—a reputation that he could have used for so much good—by tripling down on ignorant racist pseudoscience.
Self-adoring bigotry often turns once-great minds into cottage cheese.
Self-adoring bigotry often turns once-great minds into cottage cheese.
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What a bitter shame that he forever poisoned his sterling reputation—a reputation that he could have used for so much good—by tripling down on ignorant racist pseudoscience.
Self-adoring bigotry often turns once-great minds into cottage cheese.
Self-adoring bigotry often turns once-great minds into cottage cheese.
Any truth in this & we really have to worry about what's going on in both AGS & GSOC.
The initial story was bad enough: Gardaí being so incompetent that statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, & whistleblower attacked; but this is batshit.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#Spéirghorm
The initial story was bad enough: Gardaí being so incompetent that statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, & whistleblower attacked; but this is batshit.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#Spéirghorm
Garda whistleblower says she took work leave as she was ‘terrified’ of new analysis chief
Civilian was installed as Garda analysis bureau head after Lois West testified to Oireachtas about errors in homicide data
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Any truth in this & we really have to worry about what's going on in both AGS & GSOC.
The initial story was bad enough: Gardaí being so incompetent that statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, & whistleblower attacked; but this is batshit.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#Spéirghorm
The initial story was bad enough: Gardaí being so incompetent that statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, & whistleblower attacked; but this is batshit.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#Spéirghorm
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Is the church vomiting blood, or is it just homage to Trump's tie?
Cascades of hand-knitted poppies transform two village churches
[ From BBC News NI ]
[ From BBC News NI ]
Cascades of hand-knitted poppies transform two village churches
BBC News - Northern Ireland
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Is the church vomiting blood, or is it just homage to Trump's tie?
I think about this every time I pass the bus stop where it happened (now built out to protect people better). Two young men from two very different versions of Limerick city, two lives destroyed (one very much by his own actions).
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#SpeirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#SpeirGhorm
Sentence for gangland figure who killed student Joe Drennan increased by five years
Limerick student was killed in hit and run crash in which convicted man had filmed himself speeding
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I think about this every time I pass the bus stop where it happened (now built out to protect people better). Two young men from two very different versions of Limerick city, two lives destroyed (one very much by his own actions).
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#SpeirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#SpeirGhorm
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...