Roy Lonergan
@roylonergan.bsky.social
Son of immigrants. Not integrated. East, east, east London.
Some photographs: https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
Some photographs: https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
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So that's where Abrdn's went
At political cabinet today, Morgan McSweeney gave a presentation on “three Es” on how the government can connect with voters - emotion, empathy and evidence.
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
So that's where Abrdn's went
This place was the inspiration for much of John Ford’s cinematography in his cavalry movies.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
* i.e. perhaps hundreds of years old rather than thousands.
The nativity/Christmas was not commonly preserved in early Irish art/iconography but the adoration of the magi survives in at least two gorgeous stone carvings: pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2014/12/20/s...
* i.e. perhaps hundreds of years old rather than thousands.
The nativity/Christmas was not commonly preserved in early Irish art/iconography but the adoration of the magi survives in at least two gorgeous stone carvings: pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2014/12/20/s...
What was Christmas like in Medieval Ireland?
Christmas may not have been a big deal in Medieval Ireland, but it was a special time all the same marked by feasting, rest and some parties
www.rte.ie
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This place was the inspiration for much of John Ford’s cinematography in his cavalry movies.
The medium is the message.
It's not the narrative that is the problem.
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 4:26 PM
The medium is the message.
One for VAR surely.
Non-zero chance that the person who won the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at the draw for the 2026 men’s football World Cup in Mexico/Canada/the US ends up being the reason said World Cup cannot take place
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
One for VAR surely.
Just playing with a present from Santa. It’s taking photos from the garden while I’m sitting in the kitchen. This is a stack of twenty short exposures added together to make one photo. Not processed apart from sticking the frame on.
January 3, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Just playing with a present from Santa. It’s taking photos from the garden while I’m sitting in the kitchen. This is a stack of twenty short exposures added together to make one photo. Not processed apart from sticking the frame on.
Just listening to an excellent conversation from last year between @niamhwycherley.bsky.social
and @colinveach.bsky.social on the Medieval Irish History podcast.
Then had a quick check of Henry2 on Wikipedia.
and @colinveach.bsky.social on the Medieval Irish History podcast.
Then had a quick check of Henry2 on Wikipedia.
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Just listening to an excellent conversation from last year between @niamhwycherley.bsky.social
and @colinveach.bsky.social on the Medieval Irish History podcast.
Then had a quick check of Henry2 on Wikipedia.
and @colinveach.bsky.social on the Medieval Irish History podcast.
Then had a quick check of Henry2 on Wikipedia.
First book finished in 2026.
Very enjoyable.
Unclear where things are landing until - possibly - the last page (or a sequel). In a very @hutchinsondave.bsky.social Europe, just not fractured in the usual way.
Part espionage story, part shaggy-dog story.
Very enjoyable.
Unclear where things are landing until - possibly - the last page (or a sequel). In a very @hutchinsondave.bsky.social Europe, just not fractured in the usual way.
Part espionage story, part shaggy-dog story.
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM
First book finished in 2026.
Very enjoyable.
Unclear where things are landing until - possibly - the last page (or a sequel). In a very @hutchinsondave.bsky.social Europe, just not fractured in the usual way.
Part espionage story, part shaggy-dog story.
Very enjoyable.
Unclear where things are landing until - possibly - the last page (or a sequel). In a very @hutchinsondave.bsky.social Europe, just not fractured in the usual way.
Part espionage story, part shaggy-dog story.
What are the consequences of not having those things?
- What’s our long-term energy policy without “excess” renewable capacity?
- What’s our long-term pension policy without a strong state element?
These are huge collective problems. They are not opportunities to move fast and break things.
- What’s our long-term energy policy without “excess” renewable capacity?
- What’s our long-term pension policy without a strong state element?
These are huge collective problems. They are not opportunities to move fast and break things.
It gets better. DID YOU KNOW:
- the millions of pensioners (some of them millionaires) who benefit from the triple lock
- millions of people who receive benefits
- the strategically critical wind energy sector
- and the laws of citizenship
are all fringe "stakeholders" the govt can just ignore?
- the millions of pensioners (some of them millionaires) who benefit from the triple lock
- millions of people who receive benefits
- the strategically critical wind energy sector
- and the laws of citizenship
are all fringe "stakeholders" the govt can just ignore?
January 2, 2026 at 8:55 AM
What are the consequences of not having those things?
- What’s our long-term energy policy without “excess” renewable capacity?
- What’s our long-term pension policy without a strong state element?
These are huge collective problems. They are not opportunities to move fast and break things.
- What’s our long-term energy policy without “excess” renewable capacity?
- What’s our long-term pension policy without a strong state element?
These are huge collective problems. They are not opportunities to move fast and break things.
If you think gentrification is the big issue where you live, you know what to do.
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
If you think gentrification is the big issue where you live, you know what to do.
Contrails over east London spreading disinformation.
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Contrails over east London spreading disinformation.
A tricky book this year:
Priest - Fugue for a darkening island.
He thought it a near miss.
Massively unsympathetic, incurious narrator.
Written not long after the rivers of blood. I think he was kicking some of those themes around. It’s not supposed to be prescient.
Priest - Fugue for a darkening island.
He thought it a near miss.
Massively unsympathetic, incurious narrator.
Written not long after the rivers of blood. I think he was kicking some of those themes around. It’s not supposed to be prescient.
December 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A tricky book this year:
Priest - Fugue for a darkening island.
He thought it a near miss.
Massively unsympathetic, incurious narrator.
Written not long after the rivers of blood. I think he was kicking some of those themes around. It’s not supposed to be prescient.
Priest - Fugue for a darkening island.
He thought it a near miss.
Massively unsympathetic, incurious narrator.
Written not long after the rivers of blood. I think he was kicking some of those themes around. It’s not supposed to be prescient.
Some books I read this year that I’d recommend to anyone. I’m way behind the times on these.
@egangoonsquad.bsky.social A visit from the goon squad.
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social Austral.
@tadethompson.bsky.social Far from the light of heaven.
@adamroberts.bsky.social The thing itself.
1/2
@egangoonsquad.bsky.social A visit from the goon squad.
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social Austral.
@tadethompson.bsky.social Far from the light of heaven.
@adamroberts.bsky.social The thing itself.
1/2
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Some books I read this year that I’d recommend to anyone. I’m way behind the times on these.
@egangoonsquad.bsky.social A visit from the goon squad.
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social Austral.
@tadethompson.bsky.social Far from the light of heaven.
@adamroberts.bsky.social The thing itself.
1/2
@egangoonsquad.bsky.social A visit from the goon squad.
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social Austral.
@tadethompson.bsky.social Far from the light of heaven.
@adamroberts.bsky.social The thing itself.
1/2
Surprisingly not entirely crazed piece in Telegraph about Irish language.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Access Restricted
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Surprisingly not entirely crazed piece in Telegraph about Irish language.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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Using the term "AI" to describe the entire umbrella of algorithmic tools, from spellcheck to Sora, for example. Either you're snowing me, in which case I can't trust anything you say, or you yourself are confused about what AI means. Whichever one it is, we can't have an intelligent conversation.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Using the term "AI" to describe the entire umbrella of algorithmic tools, from spellcheck to Sora, for example. Either you're snowing me, in which case I can't trust anything you say, or you yourself are confused about what AI means. Whichever one it is, we can't have an intelligent conversation.
“But then she made her move into political activism, one of the most intensely French moments in the country’s postwar history.”
Followed by a story of a dog biting VGDE.
Bizarre piece.
Followed by a story of a dog biting VGDE.
Bizarre piece.
Some thoughts on the late Brigitte Bardot: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Brigitte Bardot: the zeitgeist-force who was France’s most sensational export | Peter Bradshaw
Bardot titillated the world for five decades, but the controversy and voyeurism surrounding her shouldn’t overshadow an intriguing film career
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“But then she made her move into political activism, one of the most intensely French moments in the country’s postwar history.”
Followed by a story of a dog biting VGDE.
Bizarre piece.
Followed by a story of a dog biting VGDE.
Bizarre piece.
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I don’t think The Big Four will continue to invest as much trust in a university system that undertakes a ridiculous amount of rationalising to avoid the same conclusion.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Accounting body scraps remote exams to combat cheating
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Accounting body scraps remote exams to combat cheating
Accounting body scraps remote exams to combat cheating
Decision follows scandals at Big Four and comes as AI tools make it easier to circumvent invigilators
giftarticle.ft.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I don’t think The Big Four will continue to invest as much trust in a university system that undertakes a ridiculous amount of rationalising to avoid the same conclusion.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Accounting body scraps remote exams to combat cheating
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Accounting body scraps remote exams to combat cheating
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On this day in 1978, the final episode of The Sweeney (Jack or Knave) was broadcast.
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On this day in 1978, the final episode of The Sweeney (Jack or Knave) was broadcast.
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It was great to speak to Nature about the growing problem of atmospheric pollution by satellite megaconstellations.
Satellites play a crucial part in connecting people, including bringing Internet to remote communities and emergency responders. But the rising number can be a problem for scientists.
https://go.nature.com/4hAQJJr
https://go.nature.com/4hAQJJr
Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.
go.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It was great to speak to Nature about the growing problem of atmospheric pollution by satellite megaconstellations.
Just came across this via @connorbarker.bsky.social Light pollution and climate pollution too. For a lot of dumb short-life satellites.
“More pollutants are being released ... from rockets and satellites than ever before.
We’re in uncharted territory, as humans have never added this much pollution to the upper layers of the atmosphere."
- Prof Eloise Marais @ucl.ac.uk
Piece by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We’re in uncharted territory, as humans have never added this much pollution to the upper layers of the atmosphere."
- Prof Eloise Marais @ucl.ac.uk
Piece by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists call for action to address air pollution from space launches
Satellite mega-constellation missions behind threefold increase in emissions of climate-altering soot and CO2
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just came across this via @connorbarker.bsky.social Light pollution and climate pollution too. For a lot of dumb short-life satellites.
¡Viva la revolución!
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
¡Viva la revolución!
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I dunno. Looks a lot like a cow to me.
December 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I dunno. Looks a lot like a cow to me.
We have nothing to fear from non-existent artificial intelligence. But we should be petrified of very real artificial stupidity.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We have nothing to fear from non-existent artificial intelligence. But we should be petrified of very real artificial stupidity.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Merry Christmas!