Josef O'Shea
@josefoshea.bsky.social
Stories and whatnot from the South Coast of Ireland
New TikTok owners have decided to eschew subtlety
In a video shared on her Instagram and X accounts, Gaza-based Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda has said TikTok has closed down and banned her account, days after the social media platform was acquired by new investors in the US
January 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
New TikTok owners have decided to eschew subtlety
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One interesting aspect of this 👀-catching scheme, it's funded by the local authority winning a €1.3 million court battle against Airbnb
French island offers up to €10,000 to second-home owners who rent out their property
Local officials on a French island are offering incentives of up to €10,000 to second-home owners who are willing to rent out their properties on a long-term lease, in order to try and overcome the ho...
www.thelocal.fr
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
One interesting aspect of this 👀-catching scheme, it's funded by the local authority winning a €1.3 million court battle against Airbnb
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Sales of tickets to watch 'Melania' in Boston are so disastrous that they'll now pay you $50 to sit though it. From Craigslist:
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Sales of tickets to watch 'Melania' in Boston are so disastrous that they'll now pay you $50 to sit though it. From Craigslist:
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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You know what, at this point, yes. If you live in a city and you need DoorDash *to live*, I consider you a hopeless case. If you cannot find your way to a care facility, it is time to perish.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
You know what, at this point, yes. If you live in a city and you need DoorDash *to live*, I consider you a hopeless case. If you cannot find your way to a care facility, it is time to perish.
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Marx on hearing that he’s now a Radical Islamist
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Marx on hearing that he’s now a Radical Islamist
"I don't think he'll be staying for questions"
tip of my hat to Alabama patriots and smartypants who rolled a Greyhound bus over the dolt known as Barry Moore
latest #TownHall defenestration is sublime
www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
latest #TownHall defenestration is sublime
www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"I don't think he'll be staying for questions"
No 1. - I Don't Have an Attic.
Nine things I wish I’d known before I did an attic conversion www.independent.ie/business/mon...
Nine things I wish I’d known before I did an attic conversion
When you’re short on space but can’t afford the costs or don’t want the hassle of moving home, the attic may hold the answer to your woes.
www.independent.ie
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
No 1. - I Don't Have an Attic.
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People from outside Ireland occasionally ask me, "Why is Bono, an international music titan from Ireland, not all that loved in Ireland?". The answer in its entirety is a complex one, but "He sent Dolly Parton a birthday cake and put his own name on it" goes a long way to summing it up.
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM
People from outside Ireland occasionally ask me, "Why is Bono, an international music titan from Ireland, not all that loved in Ireland?". The answer in its entirety is a complex one, but "He sent Dolly Parton a birthday cake and put his own name on it" goes a long way to summing it up.
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Dave Hill & Noddy Holder of Slade in all their finery negotiate the stairs on an epic journey stagewards, c.1973, by Jim Summaria. Poor old Superyob seems to be finding the challenge particularly difficult on his skyscraper platforms. It’s a great photo.
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Dave Hill & Noddy Holder of Slade in all their finery negotiate the stairs on an epic journey stagewards, c.1973, by Jim Summaria. Poor old Superyob seems to be finding the challenge particularly difficult on his skyscraper platforms. It’s a great photo.
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rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
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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.
