Harry McKillen
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Harry McKillen
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· Jun 24
Logging it to #spéirgorm to see what existential breakdown the US has had overnight
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Hahaha, I can only take it he meant it as anyone would after a catastrophic event, "oh yeah I'm great yeah"
FF’s Áras contender Jim Gavin says he’s ‘great’ in first public remarks since ending campaign
FF’s Áras contender Jim Gavin says he’s ‘great’ in first public remarks since ending campaign
Former Dublin GAA manager says people need ‘resilience’ to cope with challenges and the most important thing is ‘what you do next’
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hahaha, I can only take it he meant it as anyone would after a catastrophic event, "oh yeah I'm great yeah"
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NB 🧵🇮🇪🇪🇺
All four Fine Gael MEPs voted with the far-right: Nina Carberry, Regina Doherty, Seán Kelly, Maria Walsh
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly also sided with the far-right
The centre-right abandoned talks with the greens, centre-left and liberals on an alternative deal
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly also sided with the far-right
The centre-right abandoned talks with the greens, centre-left and liberals on an alternative deal
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NB 🧵🇮🇪🇪🇺
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MAGA: "Release the Epstein files"
Trump: "No"
Congress: "Here are 20,000 documents with deeply troubling messages from Epstein about Trump."
MAGA: "It's a hoax"
www.wired.com/story/maga-w...
Trump: "No"
Congress: "Here are 20,000 documents with deeply troubling messages from Epstein about Trump."
MAGA: "It's a hoax"
www.wired.com/story/maga-w...
All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
MAGA: "Release the Epstein files"
Trump: "No"
Congress: "Here are 20,000 documents with deeply troubling messages from Epstein about Trump."
MAGA: "It's a hoax"
www.wired.com/story/maga-w...
Trump: "No"
Congress: "Here are 20,000 documents with deeply troubling messages from Epstein about Trump."
MAGA: "It's a hoax"
www.wired.com/story/maga-w...
Been saying exactly this for a few years now. We always think in stick, not carrot. The government does not act in our overall best interest.
ireland is way off track for its EU climate targets for 2030! we're gonna have to pay €28 BILLION in fines because we promised to cut pollution and then decided to buy loads of gas instead! that money could insulate people's homes, cut bills, cut pollution and cut fuel imports! it would create jobs!
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Been saying exactly this for a few years now. We always think in stick, not carrot. The government does not act in our overall best interest.
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This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
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Life moves pretty fast
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Life moves pretty fast
I don't even gamble, but I made this joke earlier in a group chat
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don't even gamble, but I made this joke earlier in a group chat
This happened outside my kids school, and it involved armed Gardaí, until the teacher closed the blinds. School went into a bit of a lockdown, a few kids exposed to social media were terrified it was a school shooting. Honestly was wondering how accurate he was telling me about it jrnl.ie/6872796
Third man arrested in connection with cross-border terrorism investigation
He is currently detained at a garda station in the Midlands.
jrnl.ie
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This happened outside my kids school, and it involved armed Gardaí, until the teacher closed the blinds. School went into a bit of a lockdown, a few kids exposed to social media were terrified it was a school shooting. Honestly was wondering how accurate he was telling me about it jrnl.ie/6872796
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Has this not been predicted to last until 2040? And been ongoing for the last 10+ years.. So hanging in there seems just *a tad* tone deaf
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Has this not been predicted to last until 2040? And been ongoing for the last 10+ years.. So hanging in there seems just *a tad* tone deaf
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If it is one thing Starmer would recognise, it's probably spinelessness tbf
🎥 Watch as Keir Starmer calls Nigel Farage 'utterly spineless' for refusing to condemn a Reform UK councillor who called children in care 'evil'.
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If it is one thing Starmer would recognise, it's probably spinelessness tbf
So let me understand this, Democrats voted against their own party to end the shutdown in the US, for exactly nothing in return 🤣
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
So let me understand this, Democrats voted against their own party to end the shutdown in the US, for exactly nothing in return 🤣
People clearly don't understand what the word ceasefire means, certainly the BBC don't
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
People clearly don't understand what the word ceasefire means, certainly the BBC don't
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I've seen Batman's parents murdered 17 times a decade without anyone having to explain how they were revived between movies.
this kind of feels like freaking out over a problem that 95% of the audience is not going to have an issue with
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've seen Batman's parents murdered 17 times a decade without anyone having to explain how they were revived between movies.
I think our man in London's re-enactment of the Burning of Cork is going well. Always knew he was a plant
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November 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I think our man in London's re-enactment of the Burning of Cork is going well. Always knew he was a plant
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What frustrates me about this isn't that O' Brien is a miserable dick. It's that there's a plethora of evidence-based studies available on the subject of remote work and none of them are referred to.
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
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 11:21 PM
What frustrates me about this isn't that O' Brien is a miserable dick. It's that there's a plethora of evidence-based studies available on the subject of remote work and none of them are referred to.
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
"Rich dick says shit" is less useful than "Dick says something contradicted/supported by studies"
These are all the Presidents I've been aware of in my lifetime so far. I existed during Hillery's stint as president, but have no memory of them.
President Connolly is the latest link in the longest chain of democratically elected heads of state in any European country.
Thanks to An Taoiseach for that historical nugget. @micheal-martin.bsky.social
@president.ie
Thanks to An Taoiseach for that historical nugget. @micheal-martin.bsky.social
@president.ie
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
These are all the Presidents I've been aware of in my lifetime so far. I existed during Hillery's stint as president, but have no memory of them.
My kids will be delighted that the Toy Man™ will be back I'm sure.
He was at pains to say he was leaving the late late show before that pay issue broke.
Honestly, if RTÉ take him back, they are clowns.
He was at pains to say he was leaving the late late show before that pay issue broke.
Honestly, if RTÉ take him back, they are clowns.
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’
All the great soap operas have featured big-name returns. EastEnders had Dirty Den coming back from the dead in 2003. Coronation Street had Vera Duckworth appear like a pre-death vision to Jack. And…
www.independent.ie
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My kids will be delighted that the Toy Man™ will be back I'm sure.
He was at pains to say he was leaving the late late show before that pay issue broke.
Honestly, if RTÉ take him back, they are clowns.
He was at pains to say he was leaving the late late show before that pay issue broke.
Honestly, if RTÉ take him back, they are clowns.
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Hear me out. Wait for it. Hear me out. Listen stop. This is serious.
What if they robo cop James Bond.
What if they robo cop James Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hear me out. Wait for it. Hear me out. Listen stop. This is serious.
What if they robo cop James Bond.
What if they robo cop James Bond.
Given the amount of absolute shite he spews, organisations need to stop acquiescing to this ghoul. It won't spare you. Everyone needs to sue him for every lie he spouts, just bury the guy in lawsuits.
Donald Trump has given the BBC one week to comply with his demands for an apology and compensation or face a $1 billion lawsuit over an edited speech in a Panorama documentary. The BBC chairman has apologised for what he called an “error of judgment.”
More on #VMNews
More on #VMNews
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Given the amount of absolute shite he spews, organisations need to stop acquiescing to this ghoul. It won't spare you. Everyone needs to sue him for every lie he spouts, just bury the guy in lawsuits.
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Measles, tuberculosis and Tubridy all making a comeback
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 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Measles, tuberculosis and Tubridy all making a comeback
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Like the elves, as his light fades, he must travel west, to Undying Lands in Valinor . . . or, y'know, Galway.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Like the elves, as his light fades, he must travel west, to Undying Lands in Valinor . . . or, y'know, Galway.
I hate throwing stuff away. We've been cleaning out the attic/shed/presses lately. We've loads of kids stuff we no longer need, and we've given them to people in DP/IPAS. As well as having furniture we've put up in the residents group. I've even repurposed old ikea furniture to save buying new bits.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I hate throwing stuff away. We've been cleaning out the attic/shed/presses lately. We've loads of kids stuff we no longer need, and we've given them to people in DP/IPAS. As well as having furniture we've put up in the residents group. I've even repurposed old ikea furniture to save buying new bits.