Oliver Farry
@oliverfarry.com
Journalist/writer @france24. Irish/Sligonian. 🇮🇪 🇭🇰 🇫🇷. All views my own, d’uh.
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Les SDJ de France 24 et RFI dénoncent la malhonnêteté intellectuelle de la chronique de Bérengère Viennot publiée sur le site @lepoint.fr le 21 octobre 2025. Que nous reproche son autrice ? D'être rigoureux ? De nous conformer au droit international ?
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Les SDJ de France 24 et RFI dénoncent la malhonnêteté intellectuelle de la chronique de Bérengère Viennot publiée sur le site @lepoint.fr le 21 octobre 2025. Que nous reproche son autrice ? D'être rigoureux ? De nous conformer au droit international ?
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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🔴 Tony Blair's ties to Larry Ellison should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future.
New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
Tony Blair - Larry Ellison's man in Gaza?
Blair's ties to the Oracle founder and Trump booster should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future
democracyforsale.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🔴 Tony Blair's ties to Larry Ellison should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future.
New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
TBH, I stopped reading Business Insider long ago because I assumed AI was being used to write most of its content, so flat and insipid it had become.
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Business Insider and the Bots
The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.
www.status.news
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
TBH, I stopped reading Business Insider long ago because I assumed AI was being used to write most of its content, so flat and insipid it had become.
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Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
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Here are some tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.
September 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here are some tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.
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His killing was a tragedy, and we should say so. But let's not go so far as to airbrush out his spreading of antisemitism, Islamophobia and disinformation: this is not "practicing politics the right way".
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
His killing was a tragedy, and we should say so. But let's not go so far as to airbrush out his spreading of antisemitism, Islamophobia and disinformation: this is not "practicing politics the right way".
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Ireland will not take part in 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead, RTÉ Director-General says
Ireland to withdraw from Eurovision 2026 over Israel
RTÉ has announced this lunchtime that it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song contest "if the participation of Israel goes ahead."
www.rte.ie
September 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ireland will not take part in 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead, RTÉ Director-General says
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I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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If you continue to contribute to the success, visibility and profitability of Musk's platform X, by still posting there, ask yourself why.
The ever-more radcalised Elon Musk regularly shares content from Steve Laws.
Laws leads breakaway faction quitting Homeland for its leader only supporting the voluntary, not forced repatriation of British-born minorities
"I don't care if they were born here, every single one must go" i
Laws leads breakaway faction quitting Homeland for its leader only supporting the voluntary, not forced repatriation of British-born minorities
"I don't care if they were born here, every single one must go" i
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If you continue to contribute to the success, visibility and profitability of Musk's platform X, by still posting there, ask yourself why.
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At the rate the Israeli army is killing journalists in the Gaza Strip, there will soon be no one left to inform you.
The editorial committees of France 24 and RFI, along with those of roughly 40 other French media outlets, are signatories of this statement in support of our colleagues in Gaza.
The editorial committees of France 24 and RFI, along with those of roughly 40 other French media outlets, are signatories of this statement in support of our colleagues in Gaza.
September 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
At the rate the Israeli army is killing journalists in the Gaza Strip, there will soon be no one left to inform you.
The editorial committees of France 24 and RFI, along with those of roughly 40 other French media outlets, are signatories of this statement in support of our colleagues in Gaza.
The editorial committees of France 24 and RFI, along with those of roughly 40 other French media outlets, are signatories of this statement in support of our colleagues in Gaza.
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"Her cubicle becomes a chamber of obsessive self-scrutiny, where reflection no longer stabilises identity but fractures it." @myetcetera.bsky.social reviews "Lake Like a Mirror" and "Tongueless." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/tongues-tied-mirrors-shattered/
August 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Her cubicle becomes a chamber of obsessive self-scrutiny, where reflection no longer stabilises identity but fractures it." @myetcetera.bsky.social reviews "Lake Like a Mirror" and "Tongueless." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/tongues-tied-mirrors-shattered/
Same goes for Keir Starmer's UK. The stated reasons for passing the law outlawing Palestine Action were remarkably similar, and equally spurious, to the HK government's for the National Security Law. Beijing and HKSAR will have been paying attention.
As the author of the law that empowers the U.S. government to sanction Chinese and other officials for cracking down on free speech in Hong Kong, I agree with Rubio.
Unfortunately, he has ZERO credibility after he locked up students in the U.S. for exercising free speech. (1/1)
Unfortunately, he has ZERO credibility after he locked up students in the U.S. for exercising free speech. (1/1)
July 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Same goes for Keir Starmer's UK. The stated reasons for passing the law outlawing Palestine Action were remarkably similar, and equally spurious, to the HK government's for the National Security Law. Beijing and HKSAR will have been paying attention.
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Today is the 10th anniversary of Ireland's gender recognition act. Ireland's gender recognition is through self-declaration without the need for permission from a doctor, panel or judge etc. In the past decade nothing bad happened.
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
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The Gender Recognition Bill Becomes Law in Ireland
YouTube video by TransgenderEquality
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July 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Today is the 10th anniversary of Ireland's gender recognition act. Ireland's gender recognition is through self-declaration without the need for permission from a doctor, panel or judge etc. In the past decade nothing bad happened.
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
youtu.be/1f8OxezAqTk?...
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My report from the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
July 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
My report from the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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I hate living in a country were Zohran Mamdani has to answer for allegations of antisemitism because he believes Palestinians deserve basic rights, but the richest man in the world can use his AI to spread neo-Nazi propaganda and there are basically zero consequences.
I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network.
A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I hate living in a country were Zohran Mamdani has to answer for allegations of antisemitism because he believes Palestinians deserve basic rights, but the richest man in the world can use his AI to spread neo-Nazi propaganda and there are basically zero consequences.
I don't know if it counts as obscure but I find myself quoting Spinal Tap's "You know where you stand in a hellhole" quite often.
What's the most random/obscure thing you quote?
In "The Stand' by Stephen King (complete/uncut ed iirc), a character called The Kid would sometimes say "how do you like that happy crappy?" and I often say that to myself/out loud for various reasons lol.
In "The Stand' by Stephen King (complete/uncut ed iirc), a character called The Kid would sometimes say "how do you like that happy crappy?" and I often say that to myself/out loud for various reasons lol.
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I don't know if it counts as obscure but I find myself quoting Spinal Tap's "You know where you stand in a hellhole" quite often.
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It does make you wonder if we transferred the review and rigour into what musicians are saying at Glastonbury into what people say daily on political tv shows, in newspapers, and on podcasts we’d probably be in a far happier place all round.
June 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It does make you wonder if we transferred the review and rigour into what musicians are saying at Glastonbury into what people say daily on political tv shows, in newspapers, and on podcasts we’d probably be in a far happier place all round.
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Oliver Farry on Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history.
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
www.irishtimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Oliver Farry on Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history.
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Merely confirmation of what was clearly happening. Palestinians on the ground have repeatedly described these aid distribution sites as "traps". This is what happens when armed forces steeped in racist ideology are sent on a mission of vengeance, and granted months of absolute impunity.
Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Merely confirmation of what was clearly happening. Palestinians on the ground have repeatedly described these aid distribution sites as "traps". This is what happens when armed forces steeped in racist ideology are sent on a mission of vengeance, and granted months of absolute impunity.
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Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock. Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim; Catastrophe: Nakba II by Fintan Drury; and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar - reviewed by Oliver Farry
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock
Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim; Catastrophe: Nakba II by Fintan Drury; and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar
www.irishtimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock. Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim; Catastrophe: Nakba II by Fintan Drury; and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar - reviewed by Oliver Farry
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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‘Chinese labour is actively and visibly contributing to the construction of Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.’
‘several state-owned Chinese companies, along with other private Chinese firms, have invested directly or indirectly in Israeli settlements or companies operating within’
‘several state-owned Chinese companies, along with other private Chinese firms, have invested directly or indirectly in Israeli settlements or companies operating within’
How China is quietly aiding Israel's settlement enterprise
Away from Beijing's lofty rhetoric about defending Palestinians, Chinese firms are helping to sustain illegal settlements
www.middleeasteye.net
May 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
‘Chinese labour is actively and visibly contributing to the construction of Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.’
‘several state-owned Chinese companies, along with other private Chinese firms, have invested directly or indirectly in Israeli settlements or companies operating within’
‘several state-owned Chinese companies, along with other private Chinese firms, have invested directly or indirectly in Israeli settlements or companies operating within’
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This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right.
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right.
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
I remember reading this first, with more detail, in the now-defunct Vox magazine in late 1991.
Well, to begin with today, it’s the eighth anniversary of this highly enjoyable sentence appearing in the Times www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shau...
![In 1989 [Shaun] Ryder was arrested in Jersey for cocaine possession and, when he was asked if he wanted an advocate, he replied: “I don’t want any poncey southern drinks.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vckf3haopb3yncclmf7o2m3f/bafkreidcgmig2vnptyt6373pesq4wsjawciawyo2vofzjsv4q5n2jjn7uy@jpeg)
May 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I remember reading this first, with more detail, in the now-defunct Vox magazine in late 1991.