Dan O'Dowd
@dwodo1.bsky.social
He/Him
Born in 🇮🇹, raised in 🇮🇪, living in 🏴
Sports & socialist politics 🏉🏈⚽🏎️🎮
"If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine."
Born in 🇮🇹, raised in 🇮🇪, living in 🏴
Sports & socialist politics 🏉🏈⚽🏎️🎮
"If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine."
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Dan O'Dowd
@dwodo1.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Not to be a rugby boomer (I'm really the opposite!) but the game's gone if that's a red card, in my opinion
Just no context taken into consideration
#IREvNZ
Just no context taken into consideration
#IREvNZ
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Not to be a rugby boomer (I'm really the opposite!) but the game's gone if that's a red card, in my opinion
Just no context taken into consideration
#IREvNZ
Just no context taken into consideration
#IREvNZ
Reposted by Dan O'Dowd
I appreciate this makes people who have reactionary views feel excluded and I am afraid that is just too bad. If that’s what’s most important to you, then you are not short of options.
September 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I appreciate this makes people who have reactionary views feel excluded and I am afraid that is just too bad. If that’s what’s most important to you, then you are not short of options.
Every single person should read "Your Brain on ChatGPT", at least the report's conclusions:
www.media.mit.edu/publications...
The last line in this image should say "can't", rather than "don't want to"
www.media.mit.edu/publications...
The last line in this image should say "can't", rather than "don't want to"
imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Every single person should read "Your Brain on ChatGPT", at least the report's conclusions:
www.media.mit.edu/publications...
The last line in this image should say "can't", rather than "don't want to"
www.media.mit.edu/publications...
The last line in this image should say "can't", rather than "don't want to"
Reposted by Dan O'Dowd
That last line is one of the absolute single scariest things to me and that it was said with such casual happiness is even more disturbing.
Not distressing.
Full tilt disturbing.
Not distressing.
Full tilt disturbing.
imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
That last line is one of the absolute single scariest things to me and that it was said with such casual happiness is even more disturbing.
Not distressing.
Full tilt disturbing.
Not distressing.
Full tilt disturbing.
People reacting to the #YourParty farce with "just join the Greens" have their hearts in the right place but are missing the point
YP, at least based on Sultana's words, seemed outwardly socialist, something which the Green Party, for its merits, is not. That (among other factors) matters imo
YP, at least based on Sultana's words, seemed outwardly socialist, something which the Green Party, for its merits, is not. That (among other factors) matters imo
September 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
People reacting to the #YourParty farce with "just join the Greens" have their hearts in the right place but are missing the point
YP, at least based on Sultana's words, seemed outwardly socialist, something which the Green Party, for its merits, is not. That (among other factors) matters imo
YP, at least based on Sultana's words, seemed outwardly socialist, something which the Green Party, for its merits, is not. That (among other factors) matters imo
Your Party have consistently managed to totally kill their own momentum, and have now imploded less than a week after Tommy Robinson and 100k others marched in London. Wish I could say unbelievable... 🤦♂️
#yourparty
#yourparty
September 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Your Party have consistently managed to totally kill their own momentum, and have now imploded less than a week after Tommy Robinson and 100k others marched in London. Wish I could say unbelievable... 🤦♂️
#yourparty
#yourparty
Reposted by Dan O'Dowd
This is easy: they don’t do good things progressives will like because they don’t *want* to do them, and they largely detest those people. They pander to racists and reactionaries because they share those politics, and these people are the ones who will vote for crackdowns, cuts, war and cruelty.
August 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is easy: they don’t do good things progressives will like because they don’t *want* to do them, and they largely detest those people. They pander to racists and reactionaries because they share those politics, and these people are the ones who will vote for crackdowns, cuts, war and cruelty.
Reading Salim Lamrani's book on the US's (illegal, of course) economic sanctions on #Cuba
It's staggering how many examples of Washington's cruelty are present in its short pages
Life-saving medicine inaccessible to children with cancer & manufactured poverty, all in the name of protecting capital
It's staggering how many examples of Washington's cruelty are present in its short pages
Life-saving medicine inaccessible to children with cancer & manufactured poverty, all in the name of protecting capital
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reading Salim Lamrani's book on the US's (illegal, of course) economic sanctions on #Cuba
It's staggering how many examples of Washington's cruelty are present in its short pages
Life-saving medicine inaccessible to children with cancer & manufactured poverty, all in the name of protecting capital
It's staggering how many examples of Washington's cruelty are present in its short pages
Life-saving medicine inaccessible to children with cancer & manufactured poverty, all in the name of protecting capital
"But on 28 July, Deep Dive tracked the new US plane flying for three hours over Khan Younis. The following day, Israeli airstrikes with civilian casualties were reported in the same area."
The UK government is not just staying silent - it is supporting a genocide
open.substack.com/pub/deepdive...
The UK government is not just staying silent - it is supporting a genocide
open.substack.com/pub/deepdive...
Revealed: Gaza Spy Flights From UK Base On Cyprus Secretly Shift to Plane Leased by Company with Billions in US Military Contracts
The American leasing company was awarded $472m contract by US Special Operations Command in June and is developing US military’s new long-range spy plane
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"But on 28 July, Deep Dive tracked the new US plane flying for three hours over Khan Younis. The following day, Israeli airstrikes with civilian casualties were reported in the same area."
The UK government is not just staying silent - it is supporting a genocide
open.substack.com/pub/deepdive...
The UK government is not just staying silent - it is supporting a genocide
open.substack.com/pub/deepdive...
We're all willing Hulkenburg to a podium here aren't we?
(A Hamilton home podium would be a decent consolation too)
#F1 #BritishGP
(A Hamilton home podium would be a decent consolation too)
#F1 #BritishGP
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We're all willing Hulkenburg to a podium here aren't we?
(A Hamilton home podium would be a decent consolation too)
#F1 #BritishGP
(A Hamilton home podium would be a decent consolation too)
#F1 #BritishGP
Being stuck in a hot, humid airport stairwell waiting to board a Ryanair flight might just be the worst experience on the planet
July 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Being stuck in a hot, humid airport stairwell waiting to board a Ryanair flight might just be the worst experience on the planet
June 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Dan O'Dowd
I believe protests should only be done in a way that the powers that be aren’t disturbed enough to enact the change being sought by said protests
June 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I believe protests should only be done in a way that the powers that be aren’t disturbed enough to enact the change being sought by said protests
Stars, Stripes, and Double Standards: The US will co-host the World Cup in a year's time. Will journalists, fans and watchdogs hold it to the same standard as Qatar? Or will American exceptionalism shield it from critique?
Great as per from @karimzidan.com 👏
www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-worl...
Great as per from @karimzidan.com 👏
www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-worl...
Stars, Stripes, and Double Standards
The U.S. will co-host the World Cup in a year's time. Will journalists, fans and watchdogs hold it to the same standard as Qatar? Or will American exceptionalism shield it from critique?
www.sportspolitika.news
June 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Stars, Stripes, and Double Standards: The US will co-host the World Cup in a year's time. Will journalists, fans and watchdogs hold it to the same standard as Qatar? Or will American exceptionalism shield it from critique?
Great as per from @karimzidan.com 👏
www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-worl...
Great as per from @karimzidan.com 👏
www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-worl...
Ferrari on the podium, Max in temper tantrum mode, Alonso finally gets points, Hulkenburg mega drive. What a Sunday!
#SpanishGP #F1
#SpanishGP #F1
June 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ferrari on the podium, Max in temper tantrum mode, Alonso finally gets points, Hulkenburg mega drive. What a Sunday!
#SpanishGP #F1
#SpanishGP #F1
May 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM