Will Corcoran
@willlawless.bsky.social
@will_cor_cor on twitter. Will Lawless in other spots. AoS, slowly and not that well. Other stuff, like trying to be a halfway decent human being, big fan of Popper's Paradox of Tolerance. #YNWA.
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Last year I did a Middle Aged Man Gift Guide and Advice Thread on Mastodon.
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Last year I did a Middle Aged Man Gift Guide and Advice Thread on Mastodon.
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
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The final results are in!
🥇England
🥈Scotland
🥉Wales
🤝Republic of Ireland (Most Sporting)
🖌️Benjamin (Best Painted)
Thanks everyone who came, all the captains, players and support. All played in great spirits. Bring on 2026!🏴
#warhammercommunity '#aos #6n2025
🥇England
🥈Scotland
🥉Wales
🤝Republic of Ireland (Most Sporting)
🖌️Benjamin (Best Painted)
Thanks everyone who came, all the captains, players and support. All played in great spirits. Bring on 2026!🏴
#warhammercommunity '#aos #6n2025
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The final results are in!
🥇England
🥈Scotland
🥉Wales
🤝Republic of Ireland (Most Sporting)
🖌️Benjamin (Best Painted)
Thanks everyone who came, all the captains, players and support. All played in great spirits. Bring on 2026!🏴
#warhammercommunity '#aos #6n2025
🥇England
🥈Scotland
🥉Wales
🤝Republic of Ireland (Most Sporting)
🖌️Benjamin (Best Painted)
Thanks everyone who came, all the captains, players and support. All played in great spirits. Bring on 2026!🏴
#warhammercommunity '#aos #6n2025
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We appreciate the classics here
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We appreciate the classics here
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Manchester City play a game of football today. Most of us will be watching. Which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why so few care about City’s owner playing an active role in a genocide so gruesome it can be seen from space. By @barneyronay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Manchester City play a game of football today. Most of us will be watching. Which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is why so few care about City’s owner playing an active role in a genocide so gruesome it can be seen from space. By @barneyronay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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And why stop at planning? It'll be asylum, next. And any other area where it is politically inconvenient for the State to be held to account.
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
And why stop at planning? It'll be asylum, next. And any other area where it is politically inconvenient for the State to be held to account.
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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If you wouldn’t post on Stormfront you shouldn’t post on X.
How about Jim O' Callaghan and all govt TDs/bodies/orgs get off X.
Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.
Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.
The Minister for Justice has said that he wants social media companies to do more to ensure their platforms are not used to "freely spread incitement or hatred of others"
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you wouldn’t post on Stormfront you shouldn’t post on X.
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"Employers who’ve mandated a return to the office have paid a price… S&P 500 companies had abnormally high turnover following [RTO mandates,] especially high among women, senior staff and more skilled staff." Mandates also made vacancies take longer to fill. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/t...
Companies have found employees can be just as productive when working remotely. And they’re happier too.
Employers are perfecting their flexible work arrangements. They’re making in-person time strategic and ensuring new employees don’t feel isolated.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Employers who’ve mandated a return to the office have paid a price… S&P 500 companies had abnormally high turnover following [RTO mandates,] especially high among women, senior staff and more skilled staff." Mandates also made vacancies take longer to fill. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/t...
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Drinking with the “enemy”
six nations has begun
six nations has begun
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Drinking with the “enemy”
six nations has begun
six nations has begun
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My council colleague Paddy Monahan and I made a short video about an unsafe junction in Whitehall in Dublin. Yet again, #motonormativity putting our kids in danger. We’re working to get this fixed before someone gets hurt. #speirgorm #ActiveTravel #StreetsAreForPeople
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My council colleague Paddy Monahan and I made a short video about an unsafe junction in Whitehall in Dublin. Yet again, #motonormativity putting our kids in danger. We’re working to get this fixed before someone gets hurt. #speirgorm #ActiveTravel #StreetsAreForPeople
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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As an Irish person who was alive in 2008 I can confirm that private businesses only ask sovereign governments to guarantee their financing when business is going really, really well
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As an Irish person who was alive in 2008 I can confirm that private businesses only ask sovereign governments to guarantee their financing when business is going really, really well
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In retrospect it's obvious why he won.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In retrospect it's obvious why he won.
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This seems very bad
RTÉ's in-house TV documentary unit is to cease production next year as part of changes at the broadcaster.
The broadcaster maintains this will not lessen its output and these staff will be re-assigned across RTÉ.
www.thejournal.ie/rte-document...
The broadcaster maintains this will not lessen its output and these staff will be re-assigned across RTÉ.
www.thejournal.ie/rte-document...
RTÉ will close its in-house TV documentary unit next year
The decision has been blasted by the National Union of Journalists.
www.thejournal.ie
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This seems very bad
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🗣️ "We are talking ourselves into autocracy here, by taking away people’s rights," says Fred Logue, Solicitor Specialising in Planning & Environmental Law, highlighting the value he sees in the judicial review process.
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🗣️ "We are talking ourselves into autocracy here, by taking away people’s rights," says Fred Logue, Solicitor Specialising in Planning & Environmental Law, highlighting the value he sees in the judicial review process.
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
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I'm sorry but this recent blitz on bureaucracy really boils my fucking piss.
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, Minister of State Robert Troy has warned
Bureaucracy acting as hidden tax on progress, warns Troy
Bureaucracy, indecisiveness, and institutional inertia is acting as a hidden tax on progress, a Minister of State has warned.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm sorry but this recent blitz on bureaucracy really boils my fucking piss.
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
You've been in government for 15 fucking years lads. 15! If this is a problem you fucking created it. Jesus wept
#IrishPolitics #SpéirGorm
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It shouldn't need to be explained to anyone, so soon after the Soldier F verdict, why Irish people might not want to be socially obliged to donate to a charity committed to uncritically commemorating all British wars, including Iraq and Northern Ireland, and financially supporting their veterans.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It shouldn't need to be explained to anyone, so soon after the Soldier F verdict, why Irish people might not want to be socially obliged to donate to a charity committed to uncritically commemorating all British wars, including Iraq and Northern Ireland, and financially supporting their veterans.
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79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
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Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
ALT: a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
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There is a co-ordinated attack underway on access to justice & environmental democracy, with the Irish public being bombarded daily with anti-judicial review messaging from all sides.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There is a co-ordinated attack underway on access to justice & environmental democracy, with the Irish public being bombarded daily with anti-judicial review messaging from all sides.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
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INTERVIEWER: Can you explain this 7 year gap in your resume?
ME: Yes, I got 2 weeks media training from Ivan Yates 7 years ago
ME: Yes, I got 2 weeks media training from Ivan Yates 7 years ago
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
INTERVIEWER: Can you explain this 7 year gap in your resume?
ME: Yes, I got 2 weeks media training from Ivan Yates 7 years ago
ME: Yes, I got 2 weeks media training from Ivan Yates 7 years ago