Michael Carley
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If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property. Lefty migrant
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I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I keep beating this drum: the kind of people one thinks of as Silicon Valley "techbro" are so often finance people with an engineering cosplay habit, not actual technologists
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
Elon Musk was famously *never* a good coder and I can't believe he ever scienced a rocket either. But he craves that respect
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Catherine Connolly's purple inauguration outfit signifies a re-birth in the purple, a new Porphyrogenitus, an ostentatious display of how she has already abandoned the working class for the establishment by donning the colour of empire | My new post for the most annoying leftist blog on history
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Catherine Connolly's purple inauguration outfit signifies a re-birth in the purple, a new Porphyrogenitus, an ostentatious display of how she has already abandoned the working class for the establishment by donning the colour of empire | My new post for the most annoying leftist blog on history
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Did not expect pretty much the only British institution to respond to bad faith attacks from the right by telling them to 'do one' would be the National Trust.
Further did not expect the BBC and Labour Party to see the strategy work near perfectly and then decide to completely ignore it.
Further did not expect the BBC and Labour Party to see the strategy work near perfectly and then decide to completely ignore it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Did not expect pretty much the only British institution to respond to bad faith attacks from the right by telling them to 'do one' would be the National Trust.
Further did not expect the BBC and Labour Party to see the strategy work near perfectly and then decide to completely ignore it.
Further did not expect the BBC and Labour Party to see the strategy work near perfectly and then decide to completely ignore it.
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"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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Friend walked into a pub in Cork with a huge army greatcoat on, old lad at bar perked up and exclaimed: "COMRADE! WHAT NEWS FROM STALINGRAD!?"
Was in Doyle's once and a lad walked in wearing a black leather jacket, black t-shirt and *tight* black jeans. When he got to his table, one of his mates looked up at him and went "Look, it's Sandy from Grease."
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Friend walked into a pub in Cork with a huge army greatcoat on, old lad at bar perked up and exclaimed: "COMRADE! WHAT NEWS FROM STALINGRAD!?"
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Starmer v Streeting: the very definition of a battle in which one wills both sides to lose. Like Fayed v The Hamiltons, only with increased fascism and corruption, and still more repellent 'personalities'.
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Starmer v Streeting: the very definition of a battle in which one wills both sides to lose. Like Fayed v The Hamiltons, only with increased fascism and corruption, and still more repellent 'personalities'.
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Dear MS Teams,
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Dear MS Teams,
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
I hope you realise sooner rather than later that your share my location feature is potentially dangerous - mostly to women.
Also if your bosses are using it to check staff are in office to come see them in person- no need for Teams.
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Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
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Mr McSweeney, when we gathered in secret in 2018 to scribble down your list of idiotic accusations against your colleagues and then relentlessly stampede every word of your drivel onto front pages as revelations and a terrifying national emergency, we did not expect “a toxic culture of briefing”
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mr McSweeney, when we gathered in secret in 2018 to scribble down your list of idiotic accusations against your colleagues and then relentlessly stampede every word of your drivel onto front pages as revelations and a terrifying national emergency, we did not expect “a toxic culture of briefing”
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Oddly the actual piece says it’s impossible for him to sue the BBC and win.
The Telegraph appearing to side with a foreign President over British licence fee payers
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Oddly the actual piece says it’s impossible for him to sue the BBC and win.
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going back to do a phd in assyriology so i can do my dissertation on cuneiform correspondence and call it 'ur in her dms'
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
going back to do a phd in assyriology so i can do my dissertation on cuneiform correspondence and call it 'ur in her dms'
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This is the march the Polish president chose to grace with his presence today.
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the march the Polish president chose to grace with his presence today.
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Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
ALT: a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
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Dunno man, this sounds like a bunch of comfortables experiencing what it's like to be a pig person for the first time. Being on the left this has been my experience of the poltical media ecosystem my entire life. Centrists & libs have been hosing me in pure unrefined shit for as long as I can recall
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Dunno man, this sounds like a bunch of comfortables experiencing what it's like to be a pig person for the first time. Being on the left this has been my experience of the poltical media ecosystem my entire life. Centrists & libs have been hosing me in pure unrefined shit for as long as I can recall
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Has anybody asked the dickheads who spent years squealing idiot abuse at anyone who said the War On Terror was dumb and murderous bullshit what they make of western leaders queuing up to shake hands with Mr Al Qaeda In Syria? I want to hear them blame this one on post-modernism.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Has anybody asked the dickheads who spent years squealing idiot abuse at anyone who said the War On Terror was dumb and murderous bullshit what they make of western leaders queuing up to shake hands with Mr Al Qaeda In Syria? I want to hear them blame this one on post-modernism.
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Lad who works remotely from Lear Jets, tax-free Monaco and his Carribean compound has some views on the rest of us ...
Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien
Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Lad who works remotely from Lear Jets, tax-free Monaco and his Carribean compound has some views on the rest of us ...
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I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
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i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook
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Let the alt text do the work
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Let the alt text do the work
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What's eye-popping in this thread is UK Labour thought that protest against this would be mostly Muslim people, and so didn't matter. They were shocked at, and unprepared for, non-muslims standing up. That's why they didn't anticipate dealing with pics/video of elderly white people being carted off.
The British government predicted that the public would be "largely unconcerned" about a decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group
An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What's eye-popping in this thread is UK Labour thought that protest against this would be mostly Muslim people, and so didn't matter. They were shocked at, and unprepared for, non-muslims standing up. That's why they didn't anticipate dealing with pics/video of elderly white people being carted off.
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
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Ireland has produced an impressive quality of Presidents. Could they perhaps offer a training scheme for some other countries?
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Like this vignette - stunning and so moving.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Like this vignette - stunning and so moving.
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Rightwingers are not 'forced to pay for the BBC'. But lefties really are forced to pay for nuclear weapons, religious schools and the royal family.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Rightwingers are not 'forced to pay for the BBC'. But lefties really are forced to pay for nuclear weapons, religious schools and the royal family.
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Most Irish moment of the presidential inauguration: 'there's the president's husband, a woodwork teacher for many years, and of course her father was a carpenter's, and she has a brother who's very involved with Galway hookers'.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Most Irish moment of the presidential inauguration: 'there's the president's husband, a woodwork teacher for many years, and of course her father was a carpenter's, and she has a brother who's very involved with Galway hookers'.