Paul Duane 🥔
@paulduane.bsky.social
A very Irish filmmaker.
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
He/him, anarchist and mystic. Avatar painted by Sol Robinson.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
He/him, anarchist and mystic. Avatar painted by Sol Robinson.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
To me, the most politically interesting moment of 2025 was the Mamdani/Trump meeting because it shows something not well understood about the US president: he has zero interest in political agendas and is only interested in whether the person he's talking to is popular, successful & nice to him.
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
To me, the most politically interesting moment of 2025 was the Mamdani/Trump meeting because it shows something not well understood about the US president: he has zero interest in political agendas and is only interested in whether the person he's talking to is popular, successful & nice to him.
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I see millions being donated to Gaza through organizations, but I truly don't see any benefit here. I wish donors would be more discerning and donate directly to families. I truly feel it's unfair that donations are going to those who don't deserve them.
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I see millions being donated to Gaza through organizations, but I truly don't see any benefit here. I wish donors would be more discerning and donate directly to families. I truly feel it's unfair that donations are going to those who don't deserve them.
The weather is killing these people, please help them to survive the winter:
chuffed.org/project/1574...
chuffed.org/project/1574...
January 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The weather is killing these people, please help them to survive the winter:
chuffed.org/project/1574...
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Please help Shaima and her family whose tent has been destroyed, they're freezing and need our help
www.gofundme.com/f/vybusj-hel...
www.gofundme.com/f/vybusj-hel...
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Please help Shaima and her family whose tent has been destroyed, they're freezing and need our help
www.gofundme.com/f/vybusj-hel...
www.gofundme.com/f/vybusj-hel...
Please help Hammam and his family to survive the winter in Gaza if you can:
chuffed.org/project/1580...
chuffed.org/project/1580...
January 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Please help Hammam and his family to survive the winter in Gaza if you can:
chuffed.org/project/1580...
chuffed.org/project/1580...
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First day of 2026 and the Brits are at it again....
We will not be silent.
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
We will not be silent.
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
First day of 2026 and the Brits are at it again....
We will not be silent.
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
We will not be silent.
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
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HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
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Rebuilding life after losing almost everything is not easy. Some days feel unbearably heavy. But your support, your kindness, and even your words give me hope. They remind me that rebuilding is possible, step by step. Thank you for being part of this journey.
The genocide in Gaza has ended, and I found myself without a home, without a city, and everything around me past, present, and perhaps future is destroyed. I am trying to rebuild my life, and I hope you will support me, even in a small way.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Rebuilding life after losing almost everything is not easy. Some days feel unbearably heavy. But your support, your kindness, and even your words give me hope. They remind me that rebuilding is possible, step by step. Thank you for being part of this journey.
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‘I always say, the film is the thing. The film is the thing. It’s the film, the language of cinema. You work so hard & the second it’s finished, people want you to change it back into words.’
- David Lynch
- David Lynch
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
‘I always say, the film is the thing. The film is the thing. It’s the film, the language of cinema. You work so hard & the second it’s finished, people want you to change it back into words.’
- David Lynch
- David Lynch
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my best advice for the new year is block every establishment media figure that appears on your timeline, you will miss nothing of value and you will never regret it
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
my best advice for the new year is block every establishment media figure that appears on your timeline, you will miss nothing of value and you will never regret it
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Not sure people know — HSE is starting to pay out (€750+ per person) to people affected by the 2021 ransomware cyberattack.
90,000+ people were affected (says HSE).
BUT unclear whether it’s everyone (you) or just those with lawyers.
Worth asking them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
90,000+ people were affected (says HSE).
BUT unclear whether it’s everyone (you) or just those with lawyers.
Worth asking them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
HSE prepares to begin paying cash settlements to 90,000 victims of 2021 cyber attack
The HSE will shortly begin to send cash compensation to up to 90,000 Irish victims of the cyber-attack on the health service in 2021, with solicitors seeking administrative details from victims to fin...
www.independent.ie
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Not sure people know — HSE is starting to pay out (€750+ per person) to people affected by the 2021 ransomware cyberattack.
90,000+ people were affected (says HSE).
BUT unclear whether it’s everyone (you) or just those with lawyers.
Worth asking them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
90,000+ people were affected (says HSE).
BUT unclear whether it’s everyone (you) or just those with lawyers.
Worth asking them
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
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I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
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I just wrote to Simon Harris paraphrasing Jen's posts here, if anyone would like to do the same he's at simon.harris@oireachtas.ie
I also copied in my local Govt TD just so they know how fucking unpopular Harris's dogwhistles are.
I also copied in my local Govt TD just so they know how fucking unpopular Harris's dogwhistles are.
Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true.
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I just wrote to Simon Harris paraphrasing Jen's posts here, if anyone would like to do the same he's at simon.harris@oireachtas.ie
I also copied in my local Govt TD just so they know how fucking unpopular Harris's dogwhistles are.
I also copied in my local Govt TD just so they know how fucking unpopular Harris's dogwhistles are.
Omar has a family of ten to provide for and no tent to protect them from the cold and rain, please help if you can:
chuffed.org/project/1400...
chuffed.org/project/1400...
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Omar has a family of ten to provide for and no tent to protect them from the cold and rain, please help if you can:
chuffed.org/project/1400...
chuffed.org/project/1400...
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Great piece, but not surprising to those who clocked Mubi’s founder as a Conservative Party supporter a decade ago, at the height of David Cameron’s murderous austerity programme.
I have a new piece in the latest @nymag.com about the crisis at Mubi www.vulture.com/article/mubi...
Who Is Mubi For?
The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following. Then it started to expand.
www.vulture.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Great piece, but not surprising to those who clocked Mubi’s founder as a Conservative Party supporter a decade ago, at the height of David Cameron’s murderous austerity programme.
The only true music video is this one. No other music videos matter.
youtu.be/fl9KQ1Mub6Q?...
youtu.be/fl9KQ1Mub6Q?...
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The only true music video is this one. No other music videos matter.
youtu.be/fl9KQ1Mub6Q?...
youtu.be/fl9KQ1Mub6Q?...
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hana. Hana was a housewife and her husband Muhammad worked in a workshop, during the war he was injured which made him partially paralyzed. She’s trying to take care of their children Youseff, 13, Mayar, 12, Mira, 10, Aya, 8 and Yamen, 5.
December 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hana. Hana was a housewife and her husband Muhammad worked in a workshop, during the war he was injured which made him partially paralyzed. She’s trying to take care of their children Youseff, 13, Mayar, 12, Mira, 10, Aya, 8 and Yamen, 5.
My best films of 2025 list:
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My best films of 2025 list:
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Are OpenAI scolding the Taoiseach because we're not using their awful product enough? Imagine if the CEO of Walkers Crisps did that.
Excellent work, lads, but we still have 28% of Irish people using chatgpt, let's get that down to 0%
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Are OpenAI scolding the Taoiseach because we're not using their awful product enough? Imagine if the CEO of Walkers Crisps did that.
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I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
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It remains hilarious to me that they are trying to run the Raging Bull awards campaign for a movie about a guy who plays ping pong
![Timothée Chalamet refused a butt double and got spanked for real during #MartySupreme filming. Shooting the scene "went on for hours" and took about 40 takes.
"When it came time to whack him, there was a stunt ass. There was a double. [Chalamet] wouldn't do it. He said he'll do it himself. He didn't want some other ass immortalized," Kevin O'Leary tells Variety. "Josh [Safdie] was saying,
'You've got to wind up harder.' I was
really whacking him.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ncqqwuufqsj43l7ikfpb5ph/bafkreifr63efxa2mkhbatna3jdx25cigqroenholfly4lotnoxn6ha62zm@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It remains hilarious to me that they are trying to run the Raging Bull awards campaign for a movie about a guy who plays ping pong