Mike Finnerty
@mikecjf.bsky.social
So-called journalist with Northside and Southside People. Sometimes entertainment guy, sometimes politico. Galwayman in Dublin. Nu-metal apologist. Manchester and Galway United fan. Words and views my own. He/him.
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Mike Finnerty
@mikecjf.bsky.social
· Jan 25
I had a running bit on Twitter where I talked about how much I hate the snare drum on Teenage Dirtbag and I will repeat it here. It sounds terrible and ruins the song! PANG! PANG! DONG!
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In December, the Green Party Executive Committee agreed that the Party would move away from posting on X, a move that began in the New Year. @rodericogorman.bsky.social is no longer posting on the platform since the decision in December.
January 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In December, the Green Party Executive Committee agreed that the Party would move away from posting on X, a move that began in the New Year. @rodericogorman.bsky.social is no longer posting on the platform since the decision in December.
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Real privilege that I have the platform to do this every year; here are my picks for the 10 best films of 2025. With apologies to The Brutalist and no apologies for putting three foreign language movies and two horror movies in there... dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
Dublin People's Top 10 Films Of 2025
Vampires, washed-up revolutionares, eccentric aunts and bitter people are just some of the stars of 2025's best films, as chosen by us
dublinpeople.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Real privilege that I have the platform to do this every year; here are my picks for the 10 best films of 2025. With apologies to The Brutalist and no apologies for putting three foreign language movies and two horror movies in there... dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
Women's Aid have announced they are leaving Twitter, saying "we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work."
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Women's Aid have announced they are leaving Twitter, saying "we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work."
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
Expect more statements like this in the coming days.
Asked the FF press office what the party stance is on still continuing to use Twitter in light of current events and got this response back. Make of it what you will. #Speirgorm
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Asked the FF press office what the party stance is on still continuing to use Twitter in light of current events and got this response back. Make of it what you will. #Speirgorm
Real privilege that I have the platform to do this every year; here are my picks for the 10 best films of 2025. With apologies to The Brutalist and no apologies for putting three foreign language movies and two horror movies in there... dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
Dublin People's Top 10 Films Of 2025
Vampires, washed-up revolutionares, eccentric aunts and bitter people are just some of the stars of 2025's best films, as chosen by us
dublinpeople.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Real privilege that I have the platform to do this every year; here are my picks for the 10 best films of 2025. With apologies to The Brutalist and no apologies for putting three foreign language movies and two horror movies in there... dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
But Simon Harris says he has to "consider" leaving Twitter and is still posting on there as of 36 minutes ago
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
decoherence.media
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
But Simon Harris says he has to "consider" leaving Twitter and is still posting on there as of 36 minutes ago
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Mass creation of sexualised images of children, as a paid-for feature is not quite enough for Simon Harris to decide to leave X.
Tánaiste Simon Harris this evening asked if he'd delete his X account in light of the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexualised images of children and women on Grok, says he'll have to reflect on it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Mass creation of sexualised images of children, as a paid-for feature is not quite enough for Simon Harris to decide to leave X.
The heat wasn't working for my screening of Hamnet at the IFI so I got the 4DX experience. It was like I was actually there in the house with Buckley and Mescal! (Good film, first half kind of a wash but the ending more than makes up for it)
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The heat wasn't working for my screening of Hamnet at the IFI so I got the 4DX experience. It was like I was actually there in the house with Buckley and Mescal! (Good film, first half kind of a wash but the ending more than makes up for it)
First press outing of the year - Marty Supreme was just for fun, this is serious, Leaving Cert English Paper 2 material (or, senior hurling, to borrow a phrase)
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
First press outing of the year - Marty Supreme was just for fun, this is serious, Leaving Cert English Paper 2 material (or, senior hurling, to borrow a phrase)
"January saw Norwegian film Sentimental Value pick up 7 Oscar nominations, but it was a Norwegian with sentimental value to Manchester United fans who made a dramatic return to the club..."
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"January saw Norwegian film Sentimental Value pick up 7 Oscar nominations, but it was a Norwegian with sentimental value to Manchester United fans who made a dramatic return to the club..."
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In response to an email querying why EU Commissioner Michael McGrath was still using Elon Musk's toxic fascist social media platform, his office replied with an acknowledgement that included a prompt to follow him on X.
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
In response to an email querying why EU Commissioner Michael McGrath was still using Elon Musk's toxic fascist social media platform, his office replied with an acknowledgement that included a prompt to follow him on X.
Will government and opposition parties stop using Twitter or will they just continue to express concern about it and continue to use it (and in some cases, pay for it)
Rape Crisis Ireland has called for a total ban on AI-based functions that can produce sexual images of children and adults. It comes after Coimisiún na Meán said it's engaging with the European Commission over concerns the AI tool Grok is being used to create sexually explicit images on X
Call for ban over AI 'nudification' features
Rape Crisis Ireland has called for a total ban on artificial intelligence-based functions that can produce sexual images of children and adults.
www.rte.ie
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Will government and opposition parties stop using Twitter or will they just continue to express concern about it and continue to use it (and in some cases, pay for it)
Is it any wonder that Starmer's Labour are polling underwater and losing major ground to Zack Polanski and the Greens? Their policy is clearly being influenced by Twitter and thinks it's repersentative of the electorate. I'll tell them the same thing they told us in 15/16 - Twitter is not real life.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Is it any wonder that Starmer's Labour are polling underwater and losing major ground to Zack Polanski and the Greens? Their policy is clearly being influenced by Twitter and thinks it's repersentative of the electorate. I'll tell them the same thing they told us in 15/16 - Twitter is not real life.
I do hope you get a chance to pick up this week's edition of the Northside and Southside People. I have put together my top 10 films of the year for 2025, and there are some real heavy hitters on and off the list! My 3rd time doing this, it's a privilege each time.
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I do hope you get a chance to pick up this week's edition of the Northside and Southside People. I have put together my top 10 films of the year for 2025, and there are some real heavy hitters on and off the list! My 3rd time doing this, it's a privilege each time.
Farewell to Ruben Amorim, the most "I can fix him" manager the Premier League has ever had
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Farewell to Ruben Amorim, the most "I can fix him" manager the Premier League has ever had
Carlo Ancelotti's has posted a list of favourite films - no Pasolini, Argento or Fellini, but he does shout out his compatriots Sorrentino and Bertolucci 🇮🇹🤨
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Carlo Ancelotti's has posted a list of favourite films - no Pasolini, Argento or Fellini, but he does shout out his compatriots Sorrentino and Bertolucci 🇮🇹🤨
Emulating the great Edgar Davids as I finally sit down to see the new Avatar
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Emulating the great Edgar Davids as I finally sit down to see the new Avatar
Marty Surpeme has not one, but two Tears For Fears songs on the soundtrack and that's why it's a better film than One Battle After Another
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Marty Surpeme has not one, but two Tears For Fears songs on the soundtrack and that's why it's a better film than One Battle After Another
On my way into Marty Supreme and a guy is excitedly telling his friends who Kevin O'Leary is. This thing is gonna win Best Picture
January 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
On my way into Marty Supreme and a guy is excitedly telling his friends who Kevin O'Leary is. This thing is gonna win Best Picture
Wrote about how the fox hunting debate in the Dáil before Christmas reveals the gap between the more socially conservative Sinn Féin and the more socially progressive PBP/SD/LAB/Green camps, who are needed to form a left-wing coalition
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Fox hunting debate reveals fracture points on the left
“Instead of tiocfaidh ár lá, it is tally-ho chaps" - Sinn Féin voting to keep fox hunting in place has revealed just how tenous the proposed left-wing coalition really is
dublinpeople.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Wrote about how the fox hunting debate in the Dáil before Christmas reveals the gap between the more socially conservative Sinn Féin and the more socially progressive PBP/SD/LAB/Green camps, who are needed to form a left-wing coalition
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Got the chance to put my Sentimental Value review online - one of my personal favourite reviews, and it goes without saying, one of my favourite films of the year. Essential cinema. dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
Sentimental Value is European cinema at its very best
The Oscar-tipped Norwegian drama Sentimental Value is as good as you heard - walk, don't run to see this one
dublinpeople.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Got the chance to put my Sentimental Value review online - one of my personal favourite reviews, and it goes without saying, one of my favourite films of the year. Essential cinema. dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...
New year's resolution for Irish political parties, TDs, councillors, journalists, agencies and outlets: stop using the Nazi-owned website with AI-generated CSAM on it. Inexcusable they still used it in the big 2025, post-Musk takeover and Nazi salute, now it's negligent for them to still use it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 9:55 AM
New year's resolution for Irish political parties, TDs, councillors, journalists, agencies and outlets: stop using the Nazi-owned website with AI-generated CSAM on it. Inexcusable they still used it in the big 2025, post-Musk takeover and Nazi salute, now it's negligent for them to still use it.
Someone hasn't gotten the memo that 2026 is the year of Woke 2. Woke's comeback is gonna be bigger than the one John Travolta had after Pulp Fiction
Wuthering Heights, Michael Jackson and the ‘Trump effect’ – will 2026 see the end of the ‘woke’ blockbuster?
Wuthering Heights, Michael Jackson and the ‘Trump effect’ – will 2026 see the end of the ‘woke’ blockbuster?
The president is scrutinising studio deals, and was rewarded with the promise of a Rush Hour reboot. With Supergirl, Hoppers and a live-action Moana on the way, can Hollywood stand up to Trump?
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Someone hasn't gotten the memo that 2026 is the year of Woke 2. Woke's comeback is gonna be bigger than the one John Travolta had after Pulp Fiction
Todd Boehly is stupid enough to try bring back Jose Mourinho for the third time. New year, but it's the same old Chelsea!
Chelsea have parted ways with head coach Enzo Maresca less than two years into his contract.
Full story from @david-ornstein.bsky.social and @sjohnsonsport.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...
Full story from @david-ornstein.bsky.social and @sjohnsonsport.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Todd Boehly is stupid enough to try bring back Jose Mourinho for the third time. New year, but it's the same old Chelsea!
Dudes plowing through Poison, Given Up and Nothing But A Good Time at karaoke. This is the best way to spend New Year's Eve. Have a good one, everyone, and let's hope 2026 is better, yeah?
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Dudes plowing through Poison, Given Up and Nothing But A Good Time at karaoke. This is the best way to spend New Year's Eve. Have a good one, everyone, and let's hope 2026 is better, yeah?