Triskaidekaphobia
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London-born, Killarney-based, rugby fanatic, IT professional, beer enthusiast
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The cool thing about having a political world view that's not a weird personality cult tied to one old man is that there's no one so integral to your policy preferences that whether or not to overlook and conceal their complicity in mass paedophilia is a hard choice.
I really recommend it.
I really recommend it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The cool thing about having a political world view that's not a weird personality cult tied to one old man is that there's no one so integral to your policy preferences that whether or not to overlook and conceal their complicity in mass paedophilia is a hard choice.
I really recommend it.
I really recommend it.
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Thank you for your support for my blogging this week on President Trump’s misconceived and illiberal legal threat to the BBC.
For me it was the perfect topic and I especially enjoyed the mock reply letter.
And so far…the right outcome.
Again, many thanks.
For me it was the perfect topic and I especially enjoyed the mock reply letter.
And so far…the right outcome.
Again, many thanks.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thank you for your support for my blogging this week on President Trump’s misconceived and illiberal legal threat to the BBC.
For me it was the perfect topic and I especially enjoyed the mock reply letter.
And so far…the right outcome.
Again, many thanks.
For me it was the perfect topic and I especially enjoyed the mock reply letter.
And so far…the right outcome.
Again, many thanks.
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The map shows the word “street” in different European languages.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The map shows the word “street” in different European languages.
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The Zombie Test is a quick and easy way to check if a news outlet has used the passive voice in a misleading or exonerative way. You just add the words "by zombies" to the end of the headline and see if it fits!
"has been given a new name BY ZOMBIES" yes, it fits.
"has been given a new name BY ZOMBIES" yes, it fits.
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Zombie Test is a quick and easy way to check if a news outlet has used the passive voice in a misleading or exonerative way. You just add the words "by zombies" to the end of the headline and see if it fits!
"has been given a new name BY ZOMBIES" yes, it fits.
"has been given a new name BY ZOMBIES" yes, it fits.
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New, by me
The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system
The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change
Reflections on the wrongful prison release news
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-real-p...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system
The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change
Reflections on the wrongful prison release news
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-real-p...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system
7th November 2025 The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change * Today’s news is about prisons: * Let us take a step back. There is a serious addiction problem which blights o…
davidallengreen.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New, by me
The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system
The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change
Reflections on the wrongful prison release news
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-real-p...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system
The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change
Reflections on the wrongful prison release news
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-real-p...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
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The treadmill of drinking Sierra Nevada's IPA brand extensions continues on the blog today, with the expected level of enthusiasm 🥳 thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/11/peri...
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The treadmill of drinking Sierra Nevada's IPA brand extensions continues on the blog today, with the expected level of enthusiasm 🥳 thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/11/peri...
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Ha. Some just said these tweet was a lot of words to say 'arsehole'. So I fixed that
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ha. Some just said these tweet was a lot of words to say 'arsehole'. So I fixed that
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Let this map of the congressional districts of Illinois be a reminder that gerrymandering is total BS and must be stopped as it makes a mockery of democratic principles. Source: www.reddit.com/user/simonge...
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Let this map of the congressional districts of Illinois be a reminder that gerrymandering is total BS and must be stopped as it makes a mockery of democratic principles. Source: www.reddit.com/user/simonge...
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Can’t find the original post to credit for “assault with a deli weapon”, but it’s a masterpiece.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Can’t find the original post to credit for “assault with a deli weapon”, but it’s a masterpiece.
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Image of the Sun.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Image of the Sun.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
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🤦🏼 ICYMI — turns out Rupert Murdoch’s @thetimes was so eager to put out a hit piece on @ZohranKMamdani that they talked to the wrong Bill DeBlasio 🤡
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🤦🏼 ICYMI — turns out Rupert Murdoch’s @thetimes was so eager to put out a hit piece on @ZohranKMamdani that they talked to the wrong Bill DeBlasio 🤡
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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The dead comet, asteroid 2015 TB145.
Image: NAIC-Arecibo / NSF
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Image: NAIC-Arecibo / NSF
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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The dead comet, asteroid 2015 TB145.
Image: NAIC-Arecibo / NSF
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Image: NAIC-Arecibo / NSF
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🎃The Witch Head Nebula🎃
Image Credit: NASA / STScI Digitized Sky Survey / Noel Carboni
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Image Credit: NASA / STScI Digitized Sky Survey / Noel Carboni
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October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🎃The Witch Head Nebula🎃
Image Credit: NASA / STScI Digitized Sky Survey / Noel Carboni
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Image Credit: NASA / STScI Digitized Sky Survey / Noel Carboni
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Every time I watch North by Northwest I am struck by the proufound but totally unacknowldged influence Hitch had on the Bond franchise. (Dr No came three years later.) This gibson-drinking, unflappable, debonair man, in an impeccably tailored suit, fakes his own death so he can act unseen. 1/3
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Is this where the famous telegram gag comes from?
How old Cary Grant Stop
Old Cary Grant fine how you Stop
How old Cary Grant Stop
Old Cary Grant fine how you Stop
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is this where the famous telegram gag comes from?
How old Cary Grant Stop
Old Cary Grant fine how you Stop
How old Cary Grant Stop
Old Cary Grant fine how you Stop
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Niche pun. Only works for people born 1965-75.
Work on a new link between Brussels and the sea via Antwerp began in 1550, bypassing Mechelen, which levied tolls on goods using the river Senne and was ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy. A canal was dug entirely in Brabant, to the west. They had to pass the duchy on the left-hand side.
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Niche pun. Only works for people born 1965-75.
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This means an Act in each of the Commonwealth Realms
Thats a lot of Acts.
(Irish Bluesky: Remember how Dev used Abdication of Edward VIII in 1936/7 to clean house?)
Thats a lot of Acts.
(Irish Bluesky: Remember how Dev used Abdication of Edward VIII in 1936/7 to clean house?)
I think we are actually going to get him formally removed from the succession by act of (multiple) parliaments. this would have been such exciting news in 1720
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This means an Act in each of the Commonwealth Realms
Thats a lot of Acts.
(Irish Bluesky: Remember how Dev used Abdication of Edward VIII in 1936/7 to clean house?)
Thats a lot of Acts.
(Irish Bluesky: Remember how Dev used Abdication of Edward VIII in 1936/7 to clean house?)
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
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Look at this ridiculous primitive country, casting out its sex pests rather than making them Presidents or Mayors or Supreme Court justices
Breaking News: Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, is being stripped of his title as prince, Buckingham Palace said. nyti.ms/4oQeykJ
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Look at this ridiculous primitive country, casting out its sex pests rather than making them Presidents or Mayors or Supreme Court justices
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So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.
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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.