Csaba Gálffy
@galffy.bsky.social
(unvetted economic migrant) Dublin, Ireland. ex-journalist, now marketer. bitter lefty. there's a photo of me shaking the hand of George Soros.
100% human generated
100% human generated
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Tenure is in many ways an extension of the axiom that those who it binds it does not protect and those who it protects it does not bind.
every teacher in america is a replaceable widget except for larry summers
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tenure is in many ways an extension of the axiom that those who it binds it does not protect and those who it protects it does not bind.
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
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The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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There's something very on brand for Dublin about this. Building something as a temporary stopgap, putting 'temporary' ("pro tempore") in the name, doing nothing more for 200 years, and then eventually going "OK lads let's just stick with this one cos we're clearly never going to build the other one"
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There's something very on brand for Dublin about this. Building something as a temporary stopgap, putting 'temporary' ("pro tempore") in the name, doing nothing more for 200 years, and then eventually going "OK lads let's just stick with this one cos we're clearly never going to build the other one"
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
If you're wondering how the Hungarian electoral campaign is going...
New sensitive breach: Hungarian political party TISZA suffered a breach of its TISZA Világ platform last month, exposing 200k records, later published online. Data included email, name, phone & physical address. 41% were already in @haveibeenpwned.com. More: haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Tisza
Have I Been Pwned: TISZA Világ Data Breach
In November 2025, data breached from the Hungarian political party TISZA was extensively redistributed online. Stemming from a compromise of the TISZA Világ service the previous month, the breach expo...
haveibeenpwned.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you're wondering how the Hungarian electoral campaign is going...
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Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
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Happy 5th anniversary to the funniest thing that’s happened in the history of ever
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy 5th anniversary to the funniest thing that’s happened in the history of ever
Orbán is losing in Hungary and the elections are only 6 months away. Facebook and Google recently stopped political advertising, so the regime can't blanket everything in smears.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
Ringier sells its Hungarian media portfolio to Indamedia
The Swiss media group Ringier sells its Hungarian media division Ringier Hungary Kft., which includes titles such as Blikk, EgészségKalauz.hu, and Kiskegyed, to the Indamedia Network. The transaction ...
www.ringier.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Orbán is losing in Hungary and the elections are only 6 months away. Facebook and Google recently stopped political advertising, so the regime can't blanket everything in smears.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
I'm almost sad I can't cancel this subscription again.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm almost sad I can't cancel this subscription again.
The cross-pollination between Orbanism and Trumpism will be researched for decades. Probably the best strategic move Orbán ever did: he was willing to support (with state cash) the roddrehers and tuckercarlsons after Trump was ousted. This earned him immense goodwill that's paying dividends now.
Anyone who knows anything about the Orban regime’s history understands that MAGA is trying to clumsily speedrun the same combo of xenophobic fascist machismo as a smokescreen distracting from a complete oligarchic heist, and the capture and plunder of state institutions
I feel like the Hungary angle is getting missed in all this.
Tucker Carlson is, at the very least, a champion for Hungary and everything it stands for (and probably even more than that). So you defend Tucker not (just) because of the antisemitism but bc it's part of your organizational mission.
Tucker Carlson is, at the very least, a champion for Hungary and everything it stands for (and probably even more than that). So you defend Tucker not (just) because of the antisemitism but bc it's part of your organizational mission.
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The cross-pollination between Orbanism and Trumpism will be researched for decades. Probably the best strategic move Orbán ever did: he was willing to support (with state cash) the roddrehers and tuckercarlsons after Trump was ousted. This earned him immense goodwill that's paying dividends now.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Note from my notebook (2016)
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Note from my notebook (2016)
Oh so they are going all in.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Oh so they are going all in.
They looked at the presidential election results and said: those spoiled votes look awfully attractive.
Incredible stuff.
Incredible stuff.
Less than a week after getting hammered by the left in an election, the Taoiseach is on about offshore deportation hubs for asylum seekers.
And he can't back down on this, cause he can't be seen to be softer on migration than the man who wants to replace him, Jim O'Callaghan
And he can't back down on this, cause he can't be seen to be softer on migration than the man who wants to replace him, Jim O'Callaghan
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
They looked at the presidential election results and said: those spoiled votes look awfully attractive.
Incredible stuff.
Incredible stuff.
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Another good piece of writing from @benfraser.bsky.social on how the story of #Aras25 has shifted to focus not on a left-wing victory, but on right-wing grievances.
"If they wanted a right-wing candidate, they need only have followed the rules and nominated one."
"If they wanted a right-wing candidate, they need only have followed the rules and nominated one."
No Spoilers
How the story of the Presidential Election has been reworded
medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Another good piece of writing from @benfraser.bsky.social on how the story of #Aras25 has shifted to focus not on a left-wing victory, but on right-wing grievances.
"If they wanted a right-wing candidate, they need only have followed the rules and nominated one."
"If they wanted a right-wing candidate, they need only have followed the rules and nominated one."
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It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
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Ireland: overwhelmingly votes for an independent left wing candidate
Irish Media: We must do more to help the far right!!
Irish Media: We must do more to help the far right!!
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ireland: overwhelmingly votes for an independent left wing candidate
Irish Media: We must do more to help the far right!!
Irish Media: We must do more to help the far right!!
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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The New York Times writes 21 paragraphs about the Warner Brothers sale without a single mention of the fact that this company has a 25 year history of disastrous mergers (AOL, AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery) resulting in endless layoffs and price hikes and shittier product
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The New York Times writes 21 paragraphs about the Warner Brothers sale without a single mention of the fact that this company has a 25 year history of disastrous mergers (AOL, AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery) resulting in endless layoffs and price hikes and shittier product
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"There are no fixed definitions in a mafia state. Law is a plaything, evidence is an illusion, and as an Uzbek dissident explained to me twenty years ago in a way I now understand far better, 'Suspicious is the same as guilty.'"
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Inventing Antifa
In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"There are no fixed definitions in a mafia state. Law is a plaything, evidence is an illusion, and as an Uzbek dissident explained to me twenty years ago in a way I now understand far better, 'Suspicious is the same as guilty.'"
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Half the internet seems to be down thanks to the us-aws-east-1 outage
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Half the internet seems to be down thanks to the us-aws-east-1 outage
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
What 55% inheritance tax does to a country. Relatively low inequality, decent public services.
Not to over-romanticise Japan, but this little snippet from an article about vending machines hits especially hard having just got back from Tokyo.
There were so many times we saw something cool, like vending machines, or coin lockers, and thought "someone would just piss in that in the UK" :(
There were so many times we saw something cool, like vending machines, or coin lockers, and thought "someone would just piss in that in the UK" :(
October 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
What 55% inheritance tax does to a country. Relatively low inequality, decent public services.