Sam Tranum
@samtranum.bsky.social
Editor, co-founder @dublininquirer.bsky.social.
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If a foodie is a person who appreciates great food, I could most accurately be described as a sleepie.
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foodie is a person who appreciates great food, I could most accurately be described as a sleepie.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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"Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound."
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound."
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This month, for the first time, the food assistance program has come to a halt. About 275,000 West Virginians — 16% of the state’s population — are supported by SNAP benefits.
Needs hit West Virginia as shutdown drags on: 'Usually I have food' - WV MetroNews
About 275,000 West Virginians — 16% of the state’s population — are supported by SNAP benefits.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This month, for the first time, the food assistance program has come to a halt. About 275,000 West Virginians — 16% of the state’s population — are supported by SNAP benefits.
Who among us didn't have a fedora phase at about age 15?
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Who among us didn't have a fedora phase at about age 15?
Really enjoyed this @empirepoduk.bsky.social episode w Anna Funder, author of "Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life" (and the excellent "Stasiland"). They talk about how he wrote his wife Eileen (née O'Shaughnessy) out of their life, how the CIA did the best book PR ever for "Animal Farm" and more.
305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgotten Failures (Part 4)
Empire
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November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Really enjoyed this @empirepoduk.bsky.social episode w Anna Funder, author of "Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life" (and the excellent "Stasiland"). They talk about how he wrote his wife Eileen (née O'Shaughnessy) out of their life, how the CIA did the best book PR ever for "Animal Farm" and more.
The Irish Times is hiring for this job, Head of Data Architecture and Machine Learning, but I can't understand what it is and how it relates to running a newspaper. Can you explain it to me please? www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Irish Times is hiring for this job, Head of Data Architecture and Machine Learning, but I can't understand what it is and how it relates to running a newspaper. Can you explain it to me please? www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
Queue of parents in the pharmacy buying Calpol. TIs the season, I guess.
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Queue of parents in the pharmacy buying Calpol. TIs the season, I guess.
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How good we are at confirming and verifying once there are piles of bodies visible even from space - but not at preventing/stopping, presumably because warnings have not been “verified”! #Darfur #Sudan www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacre in el-fasher
BBC Verify tracks how the RSF killed unarmed people in a massacre that humanitarian officials believe left 2,000 dead.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
How good we are at confirming and verifying once there are piles of bodies visible even from space - but not at preventing/stopping, presumably because warnings have not been “verified”! #Darfur #Sudan www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A North Strand family plots to block development, and worries about tropical fish, in a new play at the Viking Theatre. “Most of my stuff is very serious,” says writer and director Michael J. Hartnett. A friend and collaborator challenged him to write a comedy.
A North Strand family plots to block development, and worries about tropical fish, in a new play at the Viking Theatre
“Most of my stuff is very serious,” says writer and director Michael J. Hartnett. A friend and collaborator challenged him to write a comedy.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A North Strand family plots to block development, and worries about tropical fish, in a new play at the Viking Theatre. “Most of my stuff is very serious,” says writer and director Michael J. Hartnett. A friend and collaborator challenged him to write a comedy.
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The council plans to turn a historic building at Parnell Square into apartments. The Georgian building was once a meeting place for revolutionary leaders and the Gaelic League, and has been in council ownership, at least on paper, since 1998.
Vacancy Watch: Dublin City Council plans to turn historic building at Parnell Square into apartments
The Georgian building was once a meeting place for revolutionary leaders and the Gaelic League, and has been in council ownership, at least on paper, since 1998.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The council plans to turn a historic building at Parnell Square into apartments. The Georgian building was once a meeting place for revolutionary leaders and the Gaelic League, and has been in council ownership, at least on paper, since 1998.
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The council is chugging forward with a bin-bag ban for some streets in the city-centre. It’ll first come into effect in the south inner-city, and hit the north inner-city next year, said a council official earlier this week.
Council chugs forward with bin-bag ban for some streets in city-centre
It’ll first come into effect on certain streets in the south inner-city, and hit the north inner-city next year, said a council official earlier this week.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The council is chugging forward with a bin-bag ban for some streets in the city-centre. It’ll first come into effect in the south inner-city, and hit the north inner-city next year, said a council official earlier this week.
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In Chapelizod, parents don high-vis and wait, hopefully, for council to approve a school warden. Requests for a school warden were previously turned down because it was considered too dangerous, said a councillor. In recent times, two other schools have been told the same.
In Chapelizod, parents don high-vis and wait, hopefully, for council to approve a school warden
Requests for a school warden were previously turned down because it was considered too dangerous, said a councillor. In recent times, two other schools have been told the same.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In Chapelizod, parents don high-vis and wait, hopefully, for council to approve a school warden. Requests for a school warden were previously turned down because it was considered too dangerous, said a councillor. In recent times, two other schools have been told the same.
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The council is moving on getting land for a new Portmarnock Sports Hub. Four clubs in the area would, if the project happens, be sharing the facilities.
Council moves on getting land for Portmarnock Sports Hub
Four clubs in the area would, if the project happens, be sharing the facilities.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The council is moving on getting land for a new Portmarnock Sports Hub. Four clubs in the area would, if the project happens, be sharing the facilities.
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The council has granted planning go-ahead for soccer pitches and much more at Alfie Byrne Road. “It started out as a football project and it's turned into a game changer for the area and surrounding areas,” says John Hayden, the chairman of Belvedere Football Club.
Planning go-ahead for soccer pitches and much more at Alfie Byrne Road
“It started out as a football project and it's turned into a game changer for the area and surrounding areas,” says John Hayden, the chairman of Belvedere Football Club.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The council has granted planning go-ahead for soccer pitches and much more at Alfie Byrne Road. “It started out as a football project and it's turned into a game changer for the area and surrounding areas,” says John Hayden, the chairman of Belvedere Football Club.
Always nice to see our work picked up and amplified by other, bigger media. These survey results have been on RTÉ radio, Newstalk, FM104, and others are planning to cover it too.
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Always nice to see our work picked up and amplified by other, bigger media. These survey results have been on RTÉ radio, Newstalk, FM104, and others are planning to cover it too.
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People my book would make an excellent Christmas present for:
Hip-hop heads
Readers who enjoy music biographies
Readers who enjoy political history
Lefties
All the comrades, outlaws and generally scandalouz
Hip-hop heads
Readers who enjoy music biographies
Readers who enjoy political history
Lefties
All the comrades, outlaws and generally scandalouz
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
People my book would make an excellent Christmas present for:
Hip-hop heads
Readers who enjoy music biographies
Readers who enjoy political history
Lefties
All the comrades, outlaws and generally scandalouz
Hip-hop heads
Readers who enjoy music biographies
Readers who enjoy political history
Lefties
All the comrades, outlaws and generally scandalouz
Trying to get home from Thomas St. Four buses just passed me by, too full to pick me up. Wtf.
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trying to get home from Thomas St. Four buses just passed me by, too full to pick me up. Wtf.
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People with darker skin over-are represented among crime victims, new survey suggests. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
People with darker skin over-represented among crime victims, new survey suggests
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
People with darker skin over-are represented among crime victims, new survey suggests. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
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Many victims of crime in Dublin city centre don’t report it to the Gardaí, new survey finds. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
Many victims of crime in Dublin city centre don’t report it to the Gardaí, new survey finds
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Many victims of crime in Dublin city centre don’t report it to the Gardaí, new survey finds. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
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An Irish director’s new film presents five stories about home, love and belonging, writes Luke Maxwell. The suite of stories in ABODE are “moving, heartfelt and always underpinned by a wry observational humour”.
Luke: Irish director’s new film presents five stories about home, love and belonging
The suite of stories in ABODE are “moving, heartfelt and always underpinned by a wry observational humour”.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
An Irish director’s new film presents five stories about home, love and belonging, writes Luke Maxwell. The suite of stories in ABODE are “moving, heartfelt and always underpinned by a wry observational humour”.
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
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Nearly two-thirds “sometimes” or “often” avoid visiting Dublin city centre, new survey finds. This has serious impacts on businesses and social life in town.
Nearly two-thirds “sometimes” or “often” avoid visiting Dublin city centre, new survey finds
This has serious impacts on businesses and social life in town.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Nearly two-thirds “sometimes” or “often” avoid visiting Dublin city centre, new survey finds. This has serious impacts on businesses and social life in town.
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There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, new survey shows
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.