Seamus Ryan
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Crooked Hillary Clinton? Instant classic. Lil Marco Rubio? Devastating. Sleepy Joe Biden? Iconic.
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crooked Hillary Clinton? Instant classic. Lil Marco Rubio? Devastating. Sleepy Joe Biden? Iconic.
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
Marjorie Taylor Brown? Marjorie Traitor Greene? I regret to inform you that Donald Trump has even lost his sauce for insults. It is truly over
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We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancy
Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We need to get rid of the 12 week limit to abortion access for many reasons. But forcing a teenage asylum seeker who is having mental health problems, possibly due to being pregnant, to go to court to access care is abhorrent
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
I mean… it’s called the Ulysses, so this was eventually going to happen… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
Spare a thought for those poor souls on the Irish Ferries MV Ulysses tonight, still circling around the Irish Sea near Holyhead after leaving Dublin just after dawn this morning.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I mean… it’s called the Ulysses, so this was eventually going to happen… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
Hope they’re doing ok and make land.
BUT IT’S NAMED AFTER THE CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THE OTHER CHARACTER WHO SPENT TEN YEARS AT SEA TRYING TO GET HOME, AND THAT’S JUST THUMBING A NOSE AT THE FATES
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The significance here isn't that the Pope is groovy or progressive, but rather that the Pope sets the standard for mainstream conservative thought.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The significance here isn't that the Pope is groovy or progressive, but rather that the Pope sets the standard for mainstream conservative thought.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
Which is to say: if you are more right wing than the Pope, you are really very extreme.
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"Statutory rape" doesn't mean it's not *really* rape, or not *serious* rape.
It means it is automatically, by law, rape. No ifs, no buts, no blurred lines of consent.
Amazing that people have to be told this.
It means it is automatically, by law, rape. No ifs, no buts, no blurred lines of consent.
Amazing that people have to be told this.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"Statutory rape" doesn't mean it's not *really* rape, or not *serious* rape.
It means it is automatically, by law, rape. No ifs, no buts, no blurred lines of consent.
Amazing that people have to be told this.
It means it is automatically, by law, rape. No ifs, no buts, no blurred lines of consent.
Amazing that people have to be told this.
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Conservative: I have been censored for my Ancient Western Values
Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting democracy?
Con: LOL no...not those values
Me: So...the philosophy symposium?
Con: Haha no not those values either
Me: Which values, exactly?
Con: Oh, you know the ones
Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting democracy?
Con: LOL no...not those values
Me: So...the philosophy symposium?
Con: Haha no not those values either
Me: Which values, exactly?
Con: Oh, you know the ones
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Conservative: I have been censored for my Ancient Western Values
Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting democracy?
Con: LOL no...not those values
Me: So...the philosophy symposium?
Con: Haha no not those values either
Me: Which values, exactly?
Con: Oh, you know the ones
Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting democracy?
Con: LOL no...not those values
Me: So...the philosophy symposium?
Con: Haha no not those values either
Me: Which values, exactly?
Con: Oh, you know the ones
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Today I removed the target of doing anything constructive with my day.
*Phew*
I have succeeded so far!
*Phew*
I have succeeded so far!
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today I removed the target of doing anything constructive with my day.
*Phew*
I have succeeded so far!
*Phew*
I have succeeded so far!
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Area Man Discovers Tariffs Raise Prices and Cause Inflation
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Area Man Discovers Tariffs Raise Prices and Cause Inflation
There's a (special) Limerick Council meeting this afternoon at 4pm.
IT'S ABOUT WINDMILLS
You bet your nelly I'm watching that one for the lols
🧵#CouncilMeetingThread
IT'S ABOUT WINDMILLS
You bet your nelly I'm watching that one for the lols
🧵#CouncilMeetingThread
a video game shows a compass pointing to the northwest
ALT: a video game shows a compass pointing to the northwest
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There's a (special) Limerick Council meeting this afternoon at 4pm.
IT'S ABOUT WINDMILLS
You bet your nelly I'm watching that one for the lols
🧵#CouncilMeetingThread
IT'S ABOUT WINDMILLS
You bet your nelly I'm watching that one for the lols
🧵#CouncilMeetingThread
Sepp Blatter did a lot of crappy, corrupt, and morally bankrupt things when running FIFA, but even Captain Dodgy As Fuck wouldn’t have lowered himself to this.
What can you give your mate who’s desperately upset on missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize?
FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀
FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sepp Blatter did a lot of crappy, corrupt, and morally bankrupt things when running FIFA, but even Captain Dodgy As Fuck wouldn’t have lowered himself to this.
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Wild thing looking at the NY mayor election is that the Cuomo campaign appears to consist entirely of AI generated deep fake videos of his opponents. Someone is 100% going to copy that here and we need legislation to be ahead of this
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Wild thing looking at the NY mayor election is that the Cuomo campaign appears to consist entirely of AI generated deep fake videos of his opponents. Someone is 100% going to copy that here and we need legislation to be ahead of this
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Sorry could I get two gin & tonics, 2 pints of Guinness, white wine, a jameson and 3 packets of tayto thanks
Andrea Mantegna St Mark the Evangelist, ca. 1448 – 1451 (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main)
November 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Sorry could I get two gin & tonics, 2 pints of Guinness, white wine, a jameson and 3 packets of tayto thanks
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Rather than reflecting on why they got things wrong during the election campaign, a distressingly significant section of Ireland's commentariat instead have gone into an active denial of reality, publishing "analysis" with zero relationship with the real world. This is a self-made crisis for media!
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Rather than reflecting on why they got things wrong during the election campaign, a distressingly significant section of Ireland's commentariat instead have gone into an active denial of reality, publishing "analysis" with zero relationship with the real world. This is a self-made crisis for media!
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Not only was Joanna Donnelly the only one of these four smart enough to stop her campaign once she realised she was out her depth, she's also the only one here who doesn't come across as staggeringly arrogant and utterly delusional
Four one-time Áras hopefuls on what they'd do differently if they could turn the clock back
What might have been? We caught up with Gareth Sheridan, Kieran McCarthy, Nick Delehanty and Joanna Donnelly.
www.thejournal.ie
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Not only was Joanna Donnelly the only one of these four smart enough to stop her campaign once she realised she was out her depth, she's also the only one here who doesn't come across as staggeringly arrogant and utterly delusional
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As someone else pointed out here. "What you platform you amplify". We do not want to go down the same path as the UK.
October 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
As someone else pointed out here. "What you platform you amplify". We do not want to go down the same path as the UK.
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On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
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Remember, respectability politics is a way to keep people in their place. This is incredibly petty, and again, when the worry about Catherine Connolly was that she would not be able to conduct herself at official events properly...
The Taoiseach is not coming to Dublin Castle for the official declaration of Catherine Connolly's victory in the presidential election.
Whether intended or not, it's going to look very confrontational for the head of government NOT to be there to congratulate the new head of state
Whether intended or not, it's going to look very confrontational for the head of government NOT to be there to congratulate the new head of state
October 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Remember, respectability politics is a way to keep people in their place. This is incredibly petty, and again, when the worry about Catherine Connolly was that she would not be able to conduct herself at official events properly...
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We need to have a word, an offensive one, for these people who want to run for president but think the work of TD, Senator, Councillor, Mayor, MEP or party activist is beneath them.
Áras-holes?
Áras-holes?
David Quinn on Brendan asked if Maria Steen would run again, "Seven years is a long time". So there is nothing else for her except president? Predictable. #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We need to have a word, an offensive one, for these people who want to run for president but think the work of TD, Senator, Councillor, Mayor, MEP or party activist is beneath them.
Áras-holes?
Áras-holes?
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This is pretty much it. The angry vestiges of punitive catholic ireland, the rabbit holed ex hippies, the conspiracy theorists, the terfs, the fascists, and the disenfranchised footsoldiers sold on misinformation and hatred.
A soup that's been brewing for years, thanks to austerity and rw money.
A soup that's been brewing for years, thanks to austerity and rw money.
This spoiled vote thing is a Big Flashing Danger sign in the week of racist riots in Ireland - we're stumbling towards a crisis with no leadership or will to tackle misinformation, criminality, intimidation.
And we've seen it coming since the Anti-Vaxx loons started screaming in chemists.
And we've seen it coming since the Anti-Vaxx loons started screaming in chemists.
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is pretty much it. The angry vestiges of punitive catholic ireland, the rabbit holed ex hippies, the conspiracy theorists, the terfs, the fascists, and the disenfranchised footsoldiers sold on misinformation and hatred.
A soup that's been brewing for years, thanks to austerity and rw money.
A soup that's been brewing for years, thanks to austerity and rw money.
Highly amused by the lads scribbling on their #Aras25 ballots to spoil them and then posting them on The Internet so that someone will actually see them.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Highly amused by the lads scribbling on their #Aras25 ballots to spoil them and then posting them on The Internet so that someone will actually see them.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
I scrawled this myself a month ago on The Internet.
Well, I’m off to vote, so I am. Thanks for the extra power, folks.
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Local legislator displays the importance of kerning
October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Local legislator displays the importance of kerning
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In the @uk.theconversation.com, I rehearse - in briefer form - my arguments _for_ play in grey space, arguing that it affords opportunities for play, connection and care that green space often can’t, and that it’s politically important to value play in these spaces.
Children should have a right to play in the streets, alleys, pavements and car parks of their neighbourhoods
Play isn’t just for playgrounds.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In the @uk.theconversation.com, I rehearse - in briefer form - my arguments _for_ play in grey space, arguing that it affords opportunities for play, connection and care that green space often can’t, and that it’s politically important to value play in these spaces.
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
Pointed visual metaphors aside about what Trump is doing to American democratic institutions, the current East Wing was built in the 40s to hide construction of the presidential bomb shelter below it.
Trump hid there at the start of the George Floyd protests.
Is he caking the bomb shelter in gold?
Trump hid there at the start of the George Floyd protests.
Is he caking the bomb shelter in gold?
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pointed visual metaphors aside about what Trump is doing to American democratic institutions, the current East Wing was built in the 40s to hide construction of the presidential bomb shelter below it.
Trump hid there at the start of the George Floyd protests.
Is he caking the bomb shelter in gold?
Trump hid there at the start of the George Floyd protests.
Is he caking the bomb shelter in gold?