matt
@therockisdead.bsky.social
Budding historian intetested in global revolutions at the turn of the 20th century. Dublin via Offaly and Berlin. Sometimes post about football. Do a podcast also @casementsleftovers.bsky.social
Very cool!
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Very cool!
My fear about these new policies is that they may be more or less widely popular, if only because the majority of people would like the issue of immigration to go away. Whether you hate racists or migrants more, none of it makes you feel good. The promise of a quiet solution may be more attractive.
Jim Goebbels out there doing the donkey-work so Fianna Fàil can appease @IrishPatriot88 in Pakistan and his "spoil-the-vote" galaxy brains.
Pol corrs not explicitly asking the govt about their pivot to the naked racism rampant in the politics of other parts of Europe are not fit for purpose.
Pol corrs not explicitly asking the govt about their pivot to the naked racism rampant in the politics of other parts of Europe are not fit for purpose.
Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has defended changes to the migration system, rejecting criticism that the tightening of rules is disproportionally focused on asylum seekers
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My fear about these new policies is that they may be more or less widely popular, if only because the majority of people would like the issue of immigration to go away. Whether you hate racists or migrants more, none of it makes you feel good. The promise of a quiet solution may be more attractive.
Honestly I think pretending that AI is crap is just cope and self-defeating. The true existential threat of AI is that it’s GOOD. It’s bad for us precisely because of how good it is!
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Honestly I think pretending that AI is crap is just cope and self-defeating. The true existential threat of AI is that it’s GOOD. It’s bad for us precisely because of how good it is!
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We now have a written newsletter now. A roundup of news and opinions from this haunted subcontinent.
It's free (if you want)!
www.operationglad.io
It's free (if you want)!
www.operationglad.io
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We now have a written newsletter now. A roundup of news and opinions from this haunted subcontinent.
It's free (if you want)!
www.operationglad.io
It's free (if you want)!
www.operationglad.io
this is the mad thing from observing Britain from abroad. Probably the only thing i was always jealous of as an Irish person was Britain’s cosmopolitanism. I adore meeting British people with all of their interesting heritages that make them a unique and interesting person
Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this is the mad thing from observing Britain from abroad. Probably the only thing i was always jealous of as an Irish person was Britain’s cosmopolitanism. I adore meeting British people with all of their interesting heritages that make them a unique and interesting person
I adore the hoots and hollers you can hear in these recordings. Music that is truly alive
open.spotify.com/track/3I3lyI...
open.spotify.com/track/3I3lyI...
The Ash Plant
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I adore the hoots and hollers you can hear in these recordings. Music that is truly alive
open.spotify.com/track/3I3lyI...
open.spotify.com/track/3I3lyI...
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This week has been an antidote to power club football. Make do and mend teams, full of faulty parts giving their people a night or two of glorious delirium.
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This week has been an antidote to power club football. Make do and mend teams, full of faulty parts giving their people a night or two of glorious delirium.
I don’t follow enough Irish people on here. What do you mean you’re not all still talking exclusively about Troy Parrott?
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I don’t follow enough Irish people on here. What do you mean you’re not all still talking exclusively about Troy Parrott?
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What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.
Damn
i'm sorry to have to relay this, but Leslie Lee III has passed away. if you can help with his family's expenses, please read on. they need the help right now.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Damn
Whenever I see articles like this my only reaction is “…okay?”
Lad who works remotely from Lear Jets, tax-free Monaco and his Carribean compound has some views on the rest of us ...
Remote working a 'mistake', claims Denis O'Brien
Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed there has been a "marked decline" in the efficiency of all parts of the Government due to remote working.
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Whenever I see articles like this my only reaction is “…okay?”
‘Here Are the Young’ – a book about a group of Irish friends immediately following the Leaving Cert – came out the same year I did mine. Through a fervent word-of-mouth campaign a copy was passed between myself and all my pals.
I’ve no idea how that book holds up but at the time we felt so seen.
I’ve no idea how that book holds up but at the time we felt so seen.
These really influenced teen me:
1) Eric by Terry Pratchett. Got me into reading for fun.
2) Utopia by St. Thomas More. Got me into philosophy.
3) The Black Jacobins by CLR James. Shaped my politics.
4) Paradise Lost by Milton. Shaped my literary taste.
5) Confessions by St. Augustine. I felt seen.
1) Eric by Terry Pratchett. Got me into reading for fun.
2) Utopia by St. Thomas More. Got me into philosophy.
3) The Black Jacobins by CLR James. Shaped my politics.
4) Paradise Lost by Milton. Shaped my literary taste.
5) Confessions by St. Augustine. I felt seen.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
‘Here Are the Young’ – a book about a group of Irish friends immediately following the Leaving Cert – came out the same year I did mine. Through a fervent word-of-mouth campaign a copy was passed between myself and all my pals.
I’ve no idea how that book holds up but at the time we felt so seen.
I’ve no idea how that book holds up but at the time we felt so seen.
the young people don’t know about republic of loose
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
the young people don’t know about republic of loose
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This is a disastrous move. RTE's documentary-makers in both radio and TV are held in very high esteem all over the globe, and to shutter the in-house TV unit is as stupid as it is short-sighted.
RTÉ confirms move to wind down inhouse documentary unit
RTÉ confirms move to wind down inhouse documentary unit
Unions criticise decision to ‘dramatically increase commercialisation’ via outsourcing
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is a disastrous move. RTE's documentary-makers in both radio and TV are held in very high esteem all over the globe, and to shutter the in-house TV unit is as stupid as it is short-sighted.
The election of Joe Biden was piss on the graves of the victims of the Inquisition
gotta say this whole business about ‘electing a muslim mayor is basically pissing on the graves of 9/11 victims’ is just…just shockingly racist stuff i mean what else is there to say about it
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The election of Joe Biden was piss on the graves of the victims of the Inquisition
Bjork and Rosalia make complete sense as collaborators. Both of them are that rarest of thing (and even rarer these days): global superstars who make challenging, experimental, alternative music. Feels like a passing of the torch in many ways.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Bjork and Rosalia make complete sense as collaborators. Both of them are that rarest of thing (and even rarer these days): global superstars who make challenging, experimental, alternative music. Feels like a passing of the torch in many ways.
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
Seeing the American left descend so readily into a new cult of personality — rather than realising that Mamdani’s campaign is replicable! — is very depressing to me. I hope I’m wrong and that left orgs around the world are taking notes
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Seeing the American left descend so readily into a new cult of personality — rather than realising that Mamdani’s campaign is replicable! — is very depressing to me. I hope I’m wrong and that left orgs around the world are taking notes
So many of the New hyped horror movies leave me cold. And not in the good way either. There’s just really something lacking in almost all of them
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
So many of the New hyped horror movies leave me cold. And not in the good way either. There’s just really something lacking in almost all of them
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More than 80 people killed by the IDF overnight in Gaza, including many children.
This morning: "Oh the ceasefire is back on."
This morning: "Oh the ceasefire is back on."
BREAKING: The Israeli military says the ceasefire in Gaza is back in effect after it carried out heavy airstrikes across the Palestinian territory. The death toll from the overnight strikes climbed to 81, according to hospital officials.
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children. That's according to local hospital officials on Wednesday.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
More than 80 people killed by the IDF overnight in Gaza, including many children.
This morning: "Oh the ceasefire is back on."
This morning: "Oh the ceasefire is back on."
Something always makes me uncomfortable about the “what about health and care services?“ line of argument for immigration.
Immigrants deserve dignity and respect even if they don’t work in hospitals!
People have value beyond what they can provide for us!
Immigrants deserve dignity and respect even if they don’t work in hospitals!
People have value beyond what they can provide for us!
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Something always makes me uncomfortable about the “what about health and care services?“ line of argument for immigration.
Immigrants deserve dignity and respect even if they don’t work in hospitals!
People have value beyond what they can provide for us!
Immigrants deserve dignity and respect even if they don’t work in hospitals!
People have value beyond what they can provide for us!
i am not exactly O’Toole’s biggest fan but … he’s kind of correct here, no? History should caution the left in Ireland against too much optimism. Much work is still to be done.
Nurse. He’s out of bed and not taking his meds again
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
i am not exactly O’Toole’s biggest fan but … he’s kind of correct here, no? History should caution the left in Ireland against too much optimism. Much work is still to be done.
Question: why is it only a problem when right-wingers have no candidate that represents their view? Are you equally outraged at the lack of left-wing candidates in rural areas during the general election?
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Question: why is it only a problem when right-wingers have no candidate that represents their view? Are you equally outraged at the lack of left-wing candidates in rural areas during the general election?
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Phil Sutcliffe, Dublin county councillor, and former boxer should have been hit in the head less (or more)
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Phil Sutcliffe, Dublin county councillor, and former boxer should have been hit in the head less (or more)
Was delighted to be invited today to give a guest lecture to First Year students in UCD on ‘Irish-America, Cuba, and the Spanish-American War’. My first lecture!
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Was delighted to be invited today to give a guest lecture to First Year students in UCD on ‘Irish-America, Cuba, and the Spanish-American War’. My first lecture!