James McAnespy
@jmcanespy.bsky.social
Actor, writer, etc.
Why is the truth always behind the paywall of time?
I’m more agreeable in person
AVFC, GAA, anti imperialism, music
Belfast via Tyrone
Why is the truth always behind the paywall of time?
I’m more agreeable in person
AVFC, GAA, anti imperialism, music
Belfast via Tyrone
A good recollection from John Naughton about meeting the 9th President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins and his continued humility in his post-Presidential life.
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Monday 1 December, 2025 | Memex 1.1
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December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A good recollection from John Naughton about meeting the 9th President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins and his continued humility in his post-Presidential life.
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The Specials and the Beat played the Stardust a month before the fire, I had no idea
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Specials and the Beat played the Stardust a month before the fire, I had no idea
Reposted by James McAnespy
Oscar Wilde, who died on this day 125 years ago (30 November 1900, in Paris).
"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."
(Conversation with André Gide in Algiers, quoted in a letter by Gide to his mother, 30 January 1895)
"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."
(Conversation with André Gide in Algiers, quoted in a letter by Gide to his mother, 30 January 1895)
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oscar Wilde, who died on this day 125 years ago (30 November 1900, in Paris).
"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."
(Conversation with André Gide in Algiers, quoted in a letter by Gide to his mother, 30 January 1895)
"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works."
(Conversation with André Gide in Algiers, quoted in a letter by Gide to his mother, 30 January 1895)
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This whole thing has been a tragedy from the start, and will likely go down as a historical pock mark at the tail end of the ‘united’ kingdom.
This whole thing has been a tragedy from the start, and will likely go down as a historical pock mark at the tail end of the ‘united’ kingdom.
Inside the wild launch of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Your Party’
High-profile splits, leftist idealism — and finally, a name. Welcome to Britain’s newest political outfit.
www.politico.eu
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
www.politico.eu/article/insi...
This whole thing has been a tragedy from the start, and will likely go down as a historical pock mark at the tail end of the ‘united’ kingdom.
This whole thing has been a tragedy from the start, and will likely go down as a historical pock mark at the tail end of the ‘united’ kingdom.
I’ve given up offering benefits of the doubt to Rachel Reeves, but the pointed use of the word ”lies” in the Sunday paper headlines feels particularly crass when it hasn’t been applied to the Prime Minister.
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’ve given up offering benefits of the doubt to Rachel Reeves, but the pointed use of the word ”lies” in the Sunday paper headlines feels particularly crass when it hasn’t been applied to the Prime Minister.
Reposted by James McAnespy
The death toll mounted to over 500 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said.
Tropical storm deaths cross 500 in Southeast Asia
The death toll mounted to over 500 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced ...
www.rte.ie
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The death toll mounted to over 500 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said.
news.sky.com/story/u-turn...
Following Starmer’s lead, this lot duped the public to get the votes they need for power then reneged of every tiny promise they’d made. Notice they never treat establishment institutions this way - they’ll move mountains to stick to their word for bond markets
Following Starmer’s lead, this lot duped the public to get the votes they need for power then reneged of every tiny promise they’d made. Notice they never treat establishment institutions this way - they’ll move mountains to stick to their word for bond markets
Labour accused of another manifesto breach after major workers' rights U-turn
People will need to have worked for six months to claim unfair dismissal against their employer - down from the current 24 months, but far from the one day Labour had promised during the election.
news.sky.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Following Starmer’s lead, this lot duped the public to get the votes they need for power then reneged of every tiny promise they’d made. Notice they never treat establishment institutions this way - they’ll move mountains to stick to their word for bond markets
Following Starmer’s lead, this lot duped the public to get the votes they need for power then reneged of every tiny promise they’d made. Notice they never treat establishment institutions this way - they’ll move mountains to stick to their word for bond markets
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A very good breakdown of a #Thanksgiving political cartoon from ~150 years ago
A very good breakdown of a #Thanksgiving political cartoon from ~150 years ago
Occasional artwork: Because It’s The Dream — Crooked Timber
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November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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A very good breakdown of a #Thanksgiving political cartoon from ~150 years ago
A very good breakdown of a #Thanksgiving political cartoon from ~150 years ago
War of independence, civil war, political assassinations, death penalty, mass shootings, serial killers, police brutality, college hazing…
Violence has firmly established its place in America
Violence has firmly established its place in America
Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
War of independence, civil war, political assassinations, death penalty, mass shootings, serial killers, police brutality, college hazing…
Violence has firmly established its place in America
Violence has firmly established its place in America
I drew a Cool S in 5.57 seconds, rating 🧊 Ice Cold
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vole.wtf/cool-s/
Can You Draw a Cool S ? 🆒⚡️
Only the coolest people can doodle it fast.
vole.wtf
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I drew a Cool S in 5.57 seconds, rating 🧊 Ice Cold
vole.wtf/cool-s/
vole.wtf/cool-s/
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Great opportunity for Ireland, and a conference without the Yanks may actually get some constructive consensus
Great opportunity for Ireland, and a conference without the Yanks may actually get some constructive consensus
Ireland (and Micheál Martin) will be making a debut at the G20 this weekend - here's why
This year’s invite is viewed as an immense honour and due to Ireland’s relationship with South Africa.
www.thejournal.ie
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
www.thejournal.ie/g20-ireland-...
Great opportunity for Ireland, and a conference without the Yanks may actually get some constructive consensus
Great opportunity for Ireland, and a conference without the Yanks may actually get some constructive consensus
Wow… used to be Christmas that overstayed its welcome. Now these year end lists are getting earlier and earlier.
See also the Puskas Award nominations. There’s still a month and a half of the year to go - the busiest period of the year for professional football.
See also the Puskas Award nominations. There’s still a month and a half of the year to go - the busiest period of the year for professional football.
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wow… used to be Christmas that overstayed its welcome. Now these year end lists are getting earlier and earlier.
See also the Puskas Award nominations. There’s still a month and a half of the year to go - the busiest period of the year for professional football.
See also the Puskas Award nominations. There’s still a month and a half of the year to go - the busiest period of the year for professional football.
This lot are truly showing the value of electing the ‘Grown Ups in the Room’.
18 months in and they’ve cratered any chance Labour will get ever elected into government again, and some breakfast clubs (I’m charitably assuming that’s more just getting some dodgy DVDs of the 80s comedy movie).
18 months in and they’ve cratered any chance Labour will get ever elected into government again, and some breakfast clubs (I’m charitably assuming that’s more just getting some dodgy DVDs of the 80s comedy movie).
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This lot are truly showing the value of electing the ‘Grown Ups in the Room’.
18 months in and they’ve cratered any chance Labour will get ever elected into government again, and some breakfast clubs (I’m charitably assuming that’s more just getting some dodgy DVDs of the 80s comedy movie).
18 months in and they’ve cratered any chance Labour will get ever elected into government again, and some breakfast clubs (I’m charitably assuming that’s more just getting some dodgy DVDs of the 80s comedy movie).
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#Breaking Five young people have died and three others have been injured in a road crash in Dundalk in Co Louth
Five young people dead, three injured in Dundalk crash
Five young people have died and three others have been injured in a road crash in Dundalk in Co Louth.
www.rte.ie
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#Breaking Five young people have died and three others have been injured in a road crash in Dundalk in Co Louth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This government and this national broadcaster are ripping the absolute p!ss out of the nation’s trust. These ‘sources’ are either lying directly to BBC journalists or the BBC is knowingly complicit in flooding the zone.
This government and this national broadcaster are ripping the absolute p!ss out of the nation’s trust. These ‘sources’ are either lying directly to BBC journalists or the BBC is knowingly complicit in flooding the zone.
Rachel Reeves expected to drop plans for income tax rise
The chancellor had been widely expected to increase income tax rates, which would have broken a manifesto promise.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This government and this national broadcaster are ripping the absolute p!ss out of the nation’s trust. These ‘sources’ are either lying directly to BBC journalists or the BBC is knowingly complicit in flooding the zone.
This government and this national broadcaster are ripping the absolute p!ss out of the nation’s trust. These ‘sources’ are either lying directly to BBC journalists or the BBC is knowingly complicit in flooding the zone.
news.sky.com/story/politi...
This Mean Girls histrionics going on in SW1 have meant that the announcement of 10,000s of redundancies in the NHS, when unemployment is ballooning nationwide and the health service is still being weighed down by chronic under-investment, is being completely ignored.
This Mean Girls histrionics going on in SW1 have meant that the announcement of 10,000s of redundancies in the NHS, when unemployment is ballooning nationwide and the health service is still being weighed down by chronic under-investment, is being completely ignored.
Politics latest: Starmer denies authorising Number 10 attack on Streeting - amid claims of leadership plot
The government has been engulfed in crisis after Number 10 made public fears of a leadership challenge by Wes Streeting. The health secretary has strongly denied the accusation and hit out at "self-de...
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This Mean Girls histrionics going on in SW1 have meant that the announcement of 10,000s of redundancies in the NHS, when unemployment is ballooning nationwide and the health service is still being weighed down by chronic under-investment, is being completely ignored.
This Mean Girls histrionics going on in SW1 have meant that the announcement of 10,000s of redundancies in the NHS, when unemployment is ballooning nationwide and the health service is still being weighed down by chronic under-investment, is being completely ignored.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Because utterly what’s the point? People were getting arrested in their thousands trying to bring attention to the subject.
Now US wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’, UK & EU want to tax/tariff electric cars, Brazil has wiped out half the rainforest and the mid East continues to burn oil.
Now US wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’, UK & EU want to tax/tariff electric cars, Brazil has wiped out half the rainforest and the mid East continues to burn oil.
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
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We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Because utterly what’s the point? People were getting arrested in their thousands trying to bring attention to the subject.
Now US wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’, UK & EU want to tax/tariff electric cars, Brazil has wiped out half the rainforest and the mid East continues to burn oil.
Now US wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’, UK & EU want to tax/tariff electric cars, Brazil has wiped out half the rainforest and the mid East continues to burn oil.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tens of thousands of people could protest for months and it wouldn’t even reach the daily briefings of the front desk staff, but if certain individuals make a noise senior management jump off a cliff & ask if they hit the ground hard enough.
Totally impartial!
Tens of thousands of people could protest for months and it wouldn’t even reach the daily briefings of the front desk staff, but if certain individuals make a noise senior management jump off a cliff & ask if they hit the ground hard enough.
Totally impartial!
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie says departure is ‘my own decision’, while head of news also quits. Insiders say it ‘feels like a coup’ by broadcaster’s enemies
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tens of thousands of people could protest for months and it wouldn’t even reach the daily briefings of the front desk staff, but if certain individuals make a noise senior management jump off a cliff & ask if they hit the ground hard enough.
Totally impartial!
Tens of thousands of people could protest for months and it wouldn’t even reach the daily briefings of the front desk staff, but if certain individuals make a noise senior management jump off a cliff & ask if they hit the ground hard enough.
Totally impartial!
George Osbourne may have turned out to be the most consequential governm minister of this century.
His efforts in office have successfully re-established feudalism.
His efforts in office have successfully re-established feudalism.
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord on.ft.com/3JElrGQ
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord
UK bank has acquired 7,500 homes for rent since 2021 as it seeks to diversify income
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November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
George Osbourne may have turned out to be the most consequential governm minister of this century.
His efforts in office have successfully re-established feudalism.
His efforts in office have successfully re-established feudalism.
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This is a bizarre article - full of contradictions (Girls Aloud‘s absence is considered ‘mysterious’ while the author is quoting an unpublished interview, conducted by himself).
This is a bizarre article - full of contradictions (Girls Aloud‘s absence is considered ‘mysterious’ while the author is quoting an unpublished interview, conducted by himself).
Girlbands Forever: Girls Aloud and Mis-Teeq on the 'chaos' of being in a girl group
Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Atomic Kitten and Mis-Teeq reveal what life was like at the height of their fame.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a bizarre article - full of contradictions (Girls Aloud‘s absence is considered ‘mysterious’ while the author is quoting an unpublished interview, conducted by himself).
This is a bizarre article - full of contradictions (Girls Aloud‘s absence is considered ‘mysterious’ while the author is quoting an unpublished interview, conducted by himself).
This Labour government is proposing taxing EVs per mile.
Are they determined to never enter government again? The public has finally started adopting EVs as their primary vehicle, but that shower would deter that?
TAX THE BILLIONAIRES YOU TREACHEROUS MORONS
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ele...
Are they determined to never enter government again? The public has finally started adopting EVs as their primary vehicle, but that shower would deter that?
TAX THE BILLIONAIRES YOU TREACHEROUS MORONS
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ele...
Car industry blasts proposed pay-per-mile tax on EVs as "entirely the wrong measure" | Autocar
EV drivers could be charged 3p per mile as government looks to close a gap in its finances from fuel duty
www.autocar.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This Labour government is proposing taxing EVs per mile.
Are they determined to never enter government again? The public has finally started adopting EVs as their primary vehicle, but that shower would deter that?
TAX THE BILLIONAIRES YOU TREACHEROUS MORONS
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ele...
Are they determined to never enter government again? The public has finally started adopting EVs as their primary vehicle, but that shower would deter that?
TAX THE BILLIONAIRES YOU TREACHEROUS MORONS
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ele...
