Josef O'Shea
@josefoshea.bsky.social
Stories and whatnot from the South Coast of Ireland
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
Funny how you never seen Barry Geoghegan and Argentine President Javier Milei in the same room together.... 🤔
January 29, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Funny how you never seen Barry Geoghegan and Argentine President Javier Milei in the same room together.... 🤔
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In case you don't really have a dog in this fight and haven't decided who to root for yet.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In case you don't really have a dog in this fight and haven't decided who to root for yet.
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
Really makes you think.
w.b. yeats died on this day in 1939. if, instead of dying, he had begun to age again but in reverse, he would have reached his birth - i.e. become 0 years old - in 2012. Assuming that he then began ageing in the normal direction again, he would currently be 14 years old and preparing for his gcses
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Really makes you think.
The Irish Government blaming our Met Service for our weather - having failed miserably on flood relief & protection - is some next level gaslighting.
You dont need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.
You dont need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The Irish Government blaming our Met Service for our weather - having failed miserably on flood relief & protection - is some next level gaslighting.
You dont need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.
You dont need a weather man to know which way the wind blows.
Jfc - are the serfs ever gonna storm the Winter Palace ?
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Jfc - are the serfs ever gonna storm the Winter Palace ?
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Knowing what it's like to help my grandad with computer stuff, if we make him take the AI training we can probably get the AI to kill itself.
January 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Knowing what it's like to help my grandad with computer stuff, if we make him take the AI training we can probably get the AI to kill itself.
Yes, but they all have wealth & status, so....
"UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British"
Matt Goodwin, Reform UK Ltd candidate
Braverman - parents from Mauritius and Kenya
Zahawi - born in Iraq
Kruger - South African parents
Marco Longhi - Italian father
Lia Nici - Italian father
Zia Yusuf - Sri Lankan parents
Matt Goodwin, Reform UK Ltd candidate
Braverman - parents from Mauritius and Kenya
Zahawi - born in Iraq
Kruger - South African parents
Marco Longhi - Italian father
Lia Nici - Italian father
Zia Yusuf - Sri Lankan parents
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Yes, but they all have wealth & status, so....
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Look at his hands!
JFC "Andrew" the "AI-generated expert on artificial intelligence" on this Microsoft course is the worst teacher and my already dim view of AI in education and training has plummeted even further now.
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Look at his hands!
Funny how many cops in the US still have v Irish sounding names. To be sure.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Funny how many cops in the US still have v Irish sounding names. To be sure.
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THIS is the last straw!!!
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
THIS is the last straw!!!
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This is very timely and good, but the end tag on this made me literally cackle.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is very timely and good, but the end tag on this made me literally cackle.
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Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
Ok - stealing a card machine from a pub is one thing (stupid) but pouring a pint into an open umbrella and walking off ? #wtf
Umbrella in a cocktail - or pint in umbrella❓ 🍺☂
Punter takes card reader from Cork pub - then fills umbrella with beer
CCTV caught it all on tape
www.corkbeo.ie
January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Ok - stealing a card machine from a pub is one thing (stupid) but pouring a pint into an open umbrella and walking off ? #wtf
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They won't be laughing when they're wrongfully arrested in connection with a 1970s pub bombing
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
They won't be laughing when they're wrongfully arrested in connection with a 1970s pub bombing
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Whatever they are paying this genius - it's not enough.
People are saying the most embarrassing 14 seconds ever recorded
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Whatever they are paying this genius - it's not enough.
This is going to be ... interesting. Stark. Staring. Mad.
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is going to be ... interesting. Stark. Staring. Mad.
A troop of Girl Guides could take over Ireland on St Patrick's Day - and I, for one, want to see that
For the first time, literally every single minister has been listed for travel, as has the Ceann Comhairle and Attorney General.
In some previous years at least one minister had stayed at home.
The only holder of State office (other than the President) staying home is the Seanad Cathaoirleach.
In some previous years at least one minister had stayed at home.
The only holder of State office (other than the President) staying home is the Seanad Cathaoirleach.
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A troop of Girl Guides could take over Ireland on St Patrick's Day - and I, for one, want to see that
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Dublin City Council, smugly: Bet it would be great to have some white water rafts right now, huh? It's almost like someone's great idea was shut down prematurely.
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Dublin City Council, smugly: Bet it would be great to have some white water rafts right now, huh? It's almost like someone's great idea was shut down prematurely.
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Fake thumbnails for fake Youtube videos is a favourite genre of mine
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Fake thumbnails for fake Youtube videos is a favourite genre of mine
Why do they look like YouTubers who want us to follow their derelict Italian farmhouse journey?
Baftas 2026: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal nominated as Hamnet makes history
Baftas 2026: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal nominated as Hamnet makes history
The film, directed by Chloe Zhao, has broken the record for the most nominations for a female-directed film in Bafta history
www.irishtimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Why do they look like YouTubers who want us to follow their derelict Italian farmhouse journey?