Rothaí
@rothaiocht.bsky.social
I am an emigrant who writes love letters. Ireland :: California
There you are now, Catcher In the Rye fans.
Ring of untruth – Frank McNally on how the Irish language gave ‘phoney’ to English
Ring of untruth – Frank McNally on how the Irish language gave ‘phoney’ to English
A link with telephones was also suspected
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There you are now, Catcher In the Rye fans.
This is a heartbreaking loss.
Nolan Williams, Who Stimulated the Brain to Treat Depression, Dies at 43
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is a heartbreaking loss.
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Ruby Bridges and her mother walking to school, 11/14/1960
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Ruby Bridges and her mother walking to school, 11/14/1960
“Son of Heartburn psychodrama” runs through the Nuzzi profile like a watermark.
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Son of Heartburn psychodrama” runs through the Nuzzi profile like a watermark.
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GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
Sponsored by my $45,000 ER bill this summer.
We didn't get to wish anyone a Happy Halloween this year, but there's no time to fall off a ladder like the present when you are taking down your Halloween decorations.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sponsored by my $45,000 ER bill this summer.
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RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
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Four in 10 women under the age of 45 say they'd like to permanently leave the U.S. Probably not coincidentally, they have also disproportionately lost trust in American institutions, including in the Democratic Party.
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Four in 10 women under the age of 45 say they'd like to permanently leave the U.S. Probably not coincidentally, they have also disproportionately lost trust in American institutions, including in the Democratic Party.
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
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One of the most fascinating parts of the Trump presidency: two of the biggest bulwarks against Trump's descent on American cities are largely women willing to photograph and film ICE agents and Catholic priests and bishops willing to accompany migrants to court. You see both in Chicago.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
One of the most fascinating parts of the Trump presidency: two of the biggest bulwarks against Trump's descent on American cities are largely women willing to photograph and film ICE agents and Catholic priests and bishops willing to accompany migrants to court. You see both in Chicago.
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It is indescribable how relentlessly “normal” it was in my wealthy father’s community in the 70 & 80’s for adult men to harass teenage girls.
I can’t articulate how “normal” it was- in my single mother’s utterly financially precarious world half a country away for teachers to harass teenage girls
I can’t articulate how “normal” it was- in my single mother’s utterly financially precarious world half a country away for teachers to harass teenage girls
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It is indescribable how relentlessly “normal” it was in my wealthy father’s community in the 70 & 80’s for adult men to harass teenage girls.
I can’t articulate how “normal” it was- in my single mother’s utterly financially precarious world half a country away for teachers to harass teenage girls
I can’t articulate how “normal” it was- in my single mother’s utterly financially precarious world half a country away for teachers to harass teenage girls
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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So, pols, a PSA: here in Oakland at the student-run politics club, the kids ROASTED the Senators who caved on the shutdown. These are just random kids, following the news, seeing you for the sell-outs you are, and then also making fun of your pictures for good measure.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
So, pols, a PSA: here in Oakland at the student-run politics club, the kids ROASTED the Senators who caved on the shutdown. These are just random kids, following the news, seeing you for the sell-outs you are, and then also making fun of your pictures for good measure.
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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The management of this Home Depot came out with loudspeakers denouncing my pastor and the other assembled clergy members and concerned citizens as "not Godly people" and "not real Christians" which is a heck of an official policy statement to hear from a representative of the Home Depot corporation.
Just learned that my pastor, the sweetest human I ever met, led a vigil protesting Home Depot's open-doors-to-ICE policy on Dia de Muertos, and the Home Depot they were protesting shut their heavy steel security doors to the harmless clergy, something they do not do to actual ICE.
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The management of this Home Depot came out with loudspeakers denouncing my pastor and the other assembled clergy members and concerned citizens as "not Godly people" and "not real Christians" which is a heck of an official policy statement to hear from a representative of the Home Depot corporation.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The U.S. sees children as Underaged Drivers, Underaged Workers, and Underaged Women.
One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The U.S. sees children as Underaged Drivers, Underaged Workers, and Underaged Women.
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For everyone talking about how sloppy Epstein's writing is, consider that self-editing your words to make sure they communicate effectively is a gift we give to our readers to make sure we're understood. Rich, powerful narcissists don't do that because they expect everyone else to work for them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For everyone talking about how sloppy Epstein's writing is, consider that self-editing your words to make sure they communicate effectively is a gift we give to our readers to make sure we're understood. Rich, powerful narcissists don't do that because they expect everyone else to work for them.
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When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
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Solidarity. Always hear plenty about anti-social behaviour from young folk & forget adults are guilty of anti-social behaviour on a daily basis. Speeding, engine idling, fireworks, pavement parking, smoking at the school gates, not being able to put rubbish in bins properly, fly tipping etc…
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Solidarity. Always hear plenty about anti-social behaviour from young folk & forget adults are guilty of anti-social behaviour on a daily basis. Speeding, engine idling, fireworks, pavement parking, smoking at the school gates, not being able to put rubbish in bins properly, fly tipping etc…
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Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.
This is exactly how I felt about 1980s Ireland and it breaks my heart to think I didn’t land my daughter in a better, safer place.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is exactly how I felt about 1980s Ireland and it breaks my heart to think I didn’t land my daughter in a better, safer place.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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Which badly taxidermized Labrador animal are you today?
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Which badly taxidermized Labrador animal are you today?
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Walking in the forest with my dog is often the method by which writer's block will dissolve and where I solve problems that have been vexing me. I owe a great deal to the trees. (and my dog)
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walking in the forest with my dog is often the method by which writer's block will dissolve and where I solve problems that have been vexing me. I owe a great deal to the trees. (and my dog)
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The New York Times **HAD EMAILS IN ITS POSSESSION** tying Donald Trump directly to Jeffrey Epstein's global elite pedophile cabal conspiracy –– in the middle of a 2016 election where a global elite pedophile cabal conspiracy was a HUGE topic –– and they didn't publish one word it for a decade.
Congrats again, everyone
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The New York Times **HAD EMAILS IN ITS POSSESSION** tying Donald Trump directly to Jeffrey Epstein's global elite pedophile cabal conspiracy –– in the middle of a 2016 election where a global elite pedophile cabal conspiracy was a HUGE topic –– and they didn't publish one word it for a decade.