Neil
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Trying to be more active online.
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Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
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November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
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Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — Ireland romp against Oz — Paddy Mac arrives fully formed — Sam's highs and lows — Baird's hard yards — Aussie woe — Northampton influence — Delectable Pumas — SA conspiracy
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Molecast #178 | The Molecast
Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — Ireland romp against Oz — Paddy Mac arrives fully formed — Sam's highs and lows — Baird's hard yards — Aussie woe — Northampton influ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — Ireland romp against Oz — Paddy Mac arrives fully formed — Sam's highs and lows — Baird's hard yards — Aussie woe — Northampton influence — Delectable Pumas — SA conspiracy
shows.acast.com/the-molecast...
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Ireland playing the basics of wet weather rugby much better than Australia.
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ireland playing the basics of wet weather rugby much better than Australia.
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Skills and confidence ebbing — Lineouts, Attack, Defence, Kicking — Charismatic Strongmen all the way down — Possibles flow while Probables stutter — MacKenzie's Murrayfield Moments — Rassie and Siya's Mentality Monsters strike AGAIN
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Molecast #177 | The Molecast
Support the Molecast by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Charismatic Strongmen all the way down — Possibles flow while Probables stutter — MacKenzie's Murrayfield Moments — Rassie and Siya...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Skills and confidence ebbing — Lineouts, Attack, Defence, Kicking — Charismatic Strongmen all the way down — Possibles flow while Probables stutter — MacKenzie's Murrayfield Moments — Rassie and Siya's Mentality Monsters strike AGAIN
shows.acast.com/the-molecast...
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The equivalent of what the Americans are going through right now would be me being handed the actual voice recording of DGSE operatives explaining the exact tramadol dose they subreptitiously gave Ronaldo on the evening of 11 July 1998
The only conspiracy theory I've ever believed in trending towards being true is making me feel like I'm going crazy
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The equivalent of what the Americans are going through right now would be me being handed the actual voice recording of DGSE operatives explaining the exact tramadol dose they subreptitiously gave Ronaldo on the evening of 11 July 1998
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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Ireland's new normal: good moments, largely stodgy, dodgy set piece — Counterpoint: actually quite good, all things considered? — Ringrose, lineouts, execution errors — Hyper-Rationalisation —Middle-Aged Man yells at cloud — “Friendlies” — Japan Selection
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Molecast #176 | The Molecast
The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's new normal: good in moments, largely stodgy, dodgy set piece ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ireland's new normal: good moments, largely stodgy, dodgy set piece — Counterpoint: actually quite good, all things considered? — Ringrose, lineouts, execution errors — Hyper-Rationalisation —Middle-Aged Man yells at cloud — “Friendlies” — Japan Selection
shows.acast.com/the-molecast...
shows.acast.com/the-molecast...
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Nan mais y'a un moment quand on charge avec des T'au aussi faut pas s'étonner du résultat
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nan mais y'a un moment quand on charge avec des T'au aussi faut pas s'étonner du résultat
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A post on on the Presidential Election - mainly going deeper into the poll numbers, but also some discussion about what each outcome might mean beyond just this election, and thoughts on the broader conversation about democracy. #Áras25
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/10/21/2...
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/10/21/2...
2025 Presidential Election
Hello. It’s been a while. Barring one set of projections – that I have as yet been unable to find the time to do a full post for – I know things have been quiet here. This is a co…
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October 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A post on on the Presidential Election - mainly going deeper into the poll numbers, but also some discussion about what each outcome might mean beyond just this election, and thoughts on the broader conversation about democracy. #Áras25
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/10/21/2...
irishelectionprojections.com/2025/10/21/2...
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I meant to publish this a while ago but life intervened. But here's some thoughts on baseball and why I like it despite following a bad team.
open.substack.com/pub/brightey...
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Some Thoughts on Baseball
Baseball is something which, like public transportation and lesbianism, I only learned to love as an adult.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I meant to publish this a while ago but life intervened. But here's some thoughts on baseball and why I like it despite following a bad team.
open.substack.com/pub/brightey...
open.substack.com/pub/brightey...
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I always thought it was funny that Za/um chose to give the insane bigot the most cogent argument against the fascism of nostalgia. Man, what a game.
MEASUREHEAD - “THE PAST IS MADE OF STATIC IMAGES, DISTORTED MEMORIES, DEMENTED NOSTALGIA. THIS, THE PRESENT -- WITH ALL ITS POSSIBILITIES, INNUMERABLE HITS AND MISSES -- IS FAR SUPERIOR. IT IS A *LIVING* ORGANISM.”
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I always thought it was funny that Za/um chose to give the insane bigot the most cogent argument against the fascism of nostalgia. Man, what a game.
Coming around to the idea we should just randomly permaban 20% of the site a year. I think it would be healthier if you knew you were gone in a few years most like and it would let people get on with their lives. And if you manage not to get get banned then congratulations God wants you to be here !
October 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Coming around to the idea we should just randomly permaban 20% of the site a year. I think it would be healthier if you knew you were gone in a few years most like and it would let people get on with their lives. And if you manage not to get get banned then congratulations God wants you to be here !
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In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
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The Burkes turning up at the DUP Conference to accuse them of promoting the LGBT community is a funny bit, gotta say
September 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Burkes turning up at the DUP Conference to accuse them of promoting the LGBT community is a funny bit, gotta say
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6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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published my Guide To Reading More Books nearly exactly a year ago so I guess it's time to post it again youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/learning-h... [free to read!]
August 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
published my Guide To Reading More Books nearly exactly a year ago so I guess it's time to post it again youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/learning-h... [free to read!]
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
This would be my read on it, with the caveat I haven't kept up too much on scifi books the last while. I would wager that over the last 10-20 years fantasy has significantly outsold scifi.
August 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This would be my read on it, with the caveat I haven't kept up too much on scifi books the last while. I would wager that over the last 10-20 years fantasy has significantly outsold scifi.
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This is a fantastic database of Dutch West India Company employees in the seventeenth century (1635-1664) - 168 entries for people from Hamburg alone 👇
De gegevens van duizenden WIC-opvarenden zijn nu online te doorzoeken #wicopvarenden wic-opvarenden.dekok.xyz/browse
August 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a fantastic database of Dutch West India Company employees in the seventeenth century (1635-1664) - 168 entries for people from Hamburg alone 👇
Unzoomed #577 5/6 🔴🔴🔴🟡🟢⚪️
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Unzoomed
Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.
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August 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Unzoomed #577 5/6 🔴🔴🔴🟡🟢⚪️
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Maybe that Joe Schmidt is actually a good coach after all 🤔
August 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Maybe that Joe Schmidt is actually a good coach after all 🤔
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every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing