Steph
@stephanenny.bsky.social
Delighting in the delightful since 1987. Mandatory line about opinions being mine and mine alone.
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I never thought I would see the day when Ireland would have a female president who isn't called Mary. This is a great day for women everywhere who aren't called Mary!
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I never thought I would see the day when Ireland would have a female president who isn't called Mary. This is a great day for women everywhere who aren't called Mary!
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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I think the thing that really made the Joyce Carol Oates tweet sting so bad is that it's a nerd power fantasy, this devasting, eloquent putdown that hurts worse than anything a bully can physically do to you, and that's the kind of thing he thinks he's supposed to be doing
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I think the thing that really made the Joyce Carol Oates tweet sting so bad is that it's a nerd power fantasy, this devasting, eloquent putdown that hurts worse than anything a bully can physically do to you, and that's the kind of thing he thinks he's supposed to be doing
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"Why do you just attack democrats? Why don't you ever go after republicans?"
Same reason I think it's necessary to warn people off an inexplicably popular restaurant that keeps giving everyone food poisoning but don't see the need to warn people off of eating directly out of an open sewer.
Same reason I think it's necessary to warn people off an inexplicably popular restaurant that keeps giving everyone food poisoning but don't see the need to warn people off of eating directly out of an open sewer.
July 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
"Why do you just attack democrats? Why don't you ever go after republicans?"
Same reason I think it's necessary to warn people off an inexplicably popular restaurant that keeps giving everyone food poisoning but don't see the need to warn people off of eating directly out of an open sewer.
Same reason I think it's necessary to warn people off an inexplicably popular restaurant that keeps giving everyone food poisoning but don't see the need to warn people off of eating directly out of an open sewer.
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What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
Me in the 4th trimester
how much coffee lethal for human
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Me in the 4th trimester
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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The NYT admitting that it doesn't hold itself to a higher standard of journalistic integrity than the fucking New York Post should be the final nail in the coffin. Stop giving them money. And I mean for anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The NYT admitting that it doesn't hold itself to a higher standard of journalistic integrity than the fucking New York Post should be the final nail in the coffin. Stop giving them money. And I mean for anything.
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There's a parallel universe not too far from here where Seán Gallagher is leaving the Áras after 14 glorious years of saying "business" a lot, sharing inspirational quotes on the Áras an Uachtaráin LinkedIn page every day, and promising to learn Irish during his retirement.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There's a parallel universe not too far from here where Seán Gallagher is leaving the Áras after 14 glorious years of saying "business" a lot, sharing inspirational quotes on the Áras an Uachtaráin LinkedIn page every day, and promising to learn Irish during his retirement.
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A decent argument against the 7 year Irish Presidential terms is that two terms is enough time for people to become emotionally attached to the President's pets and be devastated nationally when they pass away.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A decent argument against the 7 year Irish Presidential terms is that two terms is enough time for people to become emotionally attached to the President's pets and be devastated nationally when they pass away.
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who was earl grey
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
who was earl grey
When presented with the philosophical query of "Would you rather be loved and forgotten or hatefully remembered?" Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos simply replied with a confused look
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When presented with the philosophical query of "Would you rather be loved and forgotten or hatefully remembered?" Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos simply replied with a confused look
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Catherine Connolly has to really make her own mark on the Presidency, and that is why I am advocating she stroll around the Aras' gardens with a 10-foot-long Asian water monitor lizard.
On this, the last day of Michael D. Higgins' presidency, I think it's important to acknowledge that a 5'3 man deciding to be followed everywhere by two enormous Bernese Mountain dogs was a great bit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Catherine Connolly has to really make her own mark on the Presidency, and that is why I am advocating she stroll around the Aras' gardens with a 10-foot-long Asian water monitor lizard.
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The survey is open, #speirgorm do your thing! More than 83% of primary schools are of Catholic patronage, which is definitely not the case for the Ireland of today www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The survey is open, #speirgorm do your thing! More than 83% of primary schools are of Catholic patronage, which is definitely not the case for the Ireland of today www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
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I mean, fine if that’s the deal he made with his clients. But that also means he can’t do commentator work at the same time. It’s one or the other, this isn’t rocket science 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I mean, fine if that’s the deal he made with his clients. But that also means he can’t do commentator work at the same time. It’s one or the other, this isn’t rocket science 🙄
All you need to say when you have a conflict of interest is "I have a conflict of interest". You don't need to explain why or because of who in what level of detail. Just declare the conflict. It's actually an incredibly basic system.
‘Golden rule’ - Ivan Yates cites client confidentiality as reason he didn’t disclose media training of presidential candidate Jim Gavin
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Client confidentiality reason for non-disclosure - Yates
Former broadcaster Ivan Yates has said client confidentiality was the reason he did not disclose the fact that he gave media training to former presidential candidate Jim Gavin.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
All you need to say when you have a conflict of interest is "I have a conflict of interest". You don't need to explain why or because of who in what level of detail. Just declare the conflict. It's actually an incredibly basic system.
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
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November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM