Maria Power
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Anniversary of a trauma that echoes down the years.
What happens when you put government guns on the street, from Iran, to USA, to any number of massacres & atrocities against civilians down the years.
As the world moves on, the families of Bloody Sunday innocent victims have to endure, resist
What happens when you put government guns on the street, from Iran, to USA, to any number of massacres & atrocities against civilians down the years.
As the world moves on, the families of Bloody Sunday innocent victims have to endure, resist
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday in Derry, 30 January 1972
The fatal shooting of 13 unarmed demonstrators by the British Army in Derry in 1972. www.theirishstory.com/2012/01/29/t...
The fatal shooting of 13 unarmed demonstrators by the British Army in Derry in 1972. www.theirishstory.com/2012/01/29/t...
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Anniversary of a trauma that echoes down the years.
What happens when you put government guns on the street, from Iran, to USA, to any number of massacres & atrocities against civilians down the years.
As the world moves on, the families of Bloody Sunday innocent victims have to endure, resist
What happens when you put government guns on the street, from Iran, to USA, to any number of massacres & atrocities against civilians down the years.
As the world moves on, the families of Bloody Sunday innocent victims have to endure, resist
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I'll never forgive Bono for writing "Sunday Bloody Sunday" as a both-sides-y obfuscation of what happened that day (or for singing it in honor of Israel while the Gaza genocide was starting up)
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday in Derry, 30 January 1972
The fatal shooting of 13 unarmed demonstrators by the British Army in Derry in 1972. www.theirishstory.com/2012/01/29/t...
The fatal shooting of 13 unarmed demonstrators by the British Army in Derry in 1972. www.theirishstory.com/2012/01/29/t...
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I'll never forgive Bono for writing "Sunday Bloody Sunday" as a both-sides-y obfuscation of what happened that day (or for singing it in honor of Israel while the Gaza genocide was starting up)
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Bold of Neil Gaiman to try this shit. Especially right now.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Bold of Neil Gaiman to try this shit. Especially right now.
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“I am only a wand-holder for bond-holders!”
February 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
“I am only a wand-holder for bond-holders!”
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See Melania & almost die www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
See Melania & almost die www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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Just finished Herbert Marcuse’s Counterrevolution and Revolt. Really prophetic book from the Nixon era about how left-wing movements can move on when there is no clear political agent for progressive change and far-right authoritarianism is on the rise.
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Just finished Herbert Marcuse’s Counterrevolution and Revolt. Really prophetic book from the Nixon era about how left-wing movements can move on when there is no clear political agent for progressive change and far-right authoritarianism is on the rise.
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“I am glad you pointed that out.”
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“I am glad you pointed that out.”
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I could probably talk at length about how DRM and AI are the same scam, presented as inevitable by the tech industry while being entirely unfit for purpose.
DRM made me very mad when I was a tech editor, but at least it wasn't a plagiarism lie machine that cause people to kill themselves.
DRM made me very mad when I was a tech editor, but at least it wasn't a plagiarism lie machine that cause people to kill themselves.
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I could probably talk at length about how DRM and AI are the same scam, presented as inevitable by the tech industry while being entirely unfit for purpose.
DRM made me very mad when I was a tech editor, but at least it wasn't a plagiarism lie machine that cause people to kill themselves.
DRM made me very mad when I was a tech editor, but at least it wasn't a plagiarism lie machine that cause people to kill themselves.
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And this is why keeping them anonymous was the play, it makes a mockery of Schumers “we need cameras and training” devils compromise
February 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
And this is why keeping them anonymous was the play, it makes a mockery of Schumers “we need cameras and training” devils compromise
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My main takeaway of the Pretti assassin name leaks is they’re both long term veterans of 12 and 8 years respectively
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
My main takeaway of the Pretti assassin name leaks is they’re both long term veterans of 12 and 8 years respectively
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
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The Camera department is famously usually the most misogynistic part of any film crew. Trainees are often young girls, always working for older men, there’s no HR on film sets, and as a camera trainee you are totally dependent on your direct superiors for the next gig, so victims rarely speak out.
Absolutely brutal interview
February 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The Camera department is famously usually the most misogynistic part of any film crew. Trainees are often young girls, always working for older men, there’s no HR on film sets, and as a camera trainee you are totally dependent on your direct superiors for the next gig, so victims rarely speak out.
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Absolutely brutal interview
February 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Absolutely brutal interview
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No, your artificial lawn is not a "life hack". It's another tiny nail in the planet's coffin.
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
No, your artificial lawn is not a "life hack". It's another tiny nail in the planet's coffin.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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Something that really strikes me about Irish conservatives is their antipathy to Irish traditional culture and the Irish language. It’s a bizarre post colonial cultural cringe.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Something that really strikes me about Irish conservatives is their antipathy to Irish traditional culture and the Irish language. It’s a bizarre post colonial cultural cringe.
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Irish Trad Catholics getting het up about non christain adaption of St Brigid's day and Imbolic.
a man with a surprised look on his face and the words " you see the irony in that " behind him
Alt: Timothy Olyphant freaked out saying " you see the irony in that "
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Irish Trad Catholics getting het up about non christain adaption of St Brigid's day and Imbolic.
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The allure of Bridgerton is you catch yourself saying things like "I think I would be a Colin." or "I think I would be a Daphne" and actually I would be a toothless Irish peasant whose lifetime of tennant farming paid for one of Benedict's waistcoats.
February 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The allure of Bridgerton is you catch yourself saying things like "I think I would be a Colin." or "I think I would be a Daphne" and actually I would be a toothless Irish peasant whose lifetime of tennant farming paid for one of Benedict's waistcoats.
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I appreciate the upstairs/downstairs business they're doing this season but it does just remind me that even my beloved Bridgertons won't be spared if this series ends how I hope*
*A violent revolution of the working classes against their aristocratic oppressors
*A violent revolution of the working classes against their aristocratic oppressors
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I appreciate the upstairs/downstairs business they're doing this season but it does just remind me that even my beloved Bridgertons won't be spared if this series ends how I hope*
*A violent revolution of the working classes against their aristocratic oppressors
*A violent revolution of the working classes against their aristocratic oppressors
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Season 4 is a Cinderella plot but the Wicked Stepmother might be the most beautiful woman I've ever seen so any time she's horrible to the main character part of me is like "I could fix her"
February 1, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Season 4 is a Cinderella plot but the Wicked Stepmother might be the most beautiful woman I've ever seen so any time she's horrible to the main character part of me is like "I could fix her"
💯💯💯
I'm watching the new series of Bridgerton and I'm reiterating that Adjoa Andoh is my fancast for Granny Weatherwax in a Witches adaptation.
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
💯💯💯
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I once attended a v serious discussion where a military consultant explained that speed of decision making was, in the current theories of war, considered more important in battle than the quality of any particular decision. So the deployment of instant confidence AI machines was likely inevitable.
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I once attended a v serious discussion where a military consultant explained that speed of decision making was, in the current theories of war, considered more important in battle than the quality of any particular decision. So the deployment of instant confidence AI machines was likely inevitable.
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Thank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
February 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Thank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
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this is what the AI bailout looks like. if we all kayfabe that AI is inevitable, then no matter how much money the government gives Sam Altman for slop like this, the return on investment is always infinite, therefore the government should give Sam Altman all the money
January 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM
this is what the AI bailout looks like. if we all kayfabe that AI is inevitable, then no matter how much money the government gives Sam Altman for slop like this, the return on investment is always infinite, therefore the government should give Sam Altman all the money
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data AND cash from as many mugs as make it through this insane sign-up gauntlet.
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM
data AND cash from as many mugs as make it through this insane sign-up gauntlet.
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So, essentially this is a government-sponsored data grab on behalf of ChatGPT, Accenture and others?
Nice.
Nice.
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 AM
So, essentially this is a government-sponsored data grab on behalf of ChatGPT, Accenture and others?
Nice.
Nice.