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Forgive me if I'm wrong, I can't think of a single politician who campaigned hard for Brexit who has since come out and said that they think it was a mistake. Surely, in their heart of hearts, literally one or two of them must know that. So is it that they can't admit it to themselves or just to us?
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Forgive me if I'm wrong, I can't think of a single politician who campaigned hard for Brexit who has since come out and said that they think it was a mistake. Surely, in their heart of hearts, literally one or two of them must know that. So is it that they can't admit it to themselves or just to us?
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
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The Financial Times reports on Trump’s meeting with Zelensky on Friday:
“The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier”
“The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier”
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The Financial Times reports on Trump’s meeting with Zelensky on Friday:
“The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier”
“The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier”
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Honestly though, defrauding tenants during a housing crisis *should* be the kind of thing that ends political careers and it's maybe a bad sign that the unserious, unprepared guy with no experience is the first politician in years to acknowledge that
October 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honestly though, defrauding tenants during a housing crisis *should* be the kind of thing that ends political careers and it's maybe a bad sign that the unserious, unprepared guy with no experience is the first politician in years to acknowledge that
She appealed the decision to refuse security clearance to a woman convicted of a gun crime in 2012.
Counter-terrorism gardaí intervened to stop Catherine Connolly from hiring a woman convicted of a gun crime to work in Leinster House, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6830299t
http://jrnl.ie/6830299t
Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime
The presidential candidate sought to hire Ursula Ní Shionnáin, a former Éirigí member who was sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Criminal Court.
jrnl.ie
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
She appealed the decision to refuse security clearance to a woman convicted of a gun crime in 2012.
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This wrongly assumes good faith and intentions on both sides. That is simply not the case. It may take another few years for Klein to realise it. For the far right it's not about fair disagreement or "debate", it's about destroying your opposition through any means necessary.
"Much of what I would describe as Kirk's worst moments were now just standard fair MAGA Republicanism. And the leader of MAGA Republicanism is the President of the United States...we are going to have to live here with each other believing what we believe. Disagreeing in the ways we disagree."
September 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This wrongly assumes good faith and intentions on both sides. That is simply not the case. It may take another few years for Klein to realise it. For the far right it's not about fair disagreement or "debate", it's about destroying your opposition through any means necessary.
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'don't kick Israel out of Eurovision, the arts aren't political' variety.com/2025/film/gl...
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
'don't kick Israel out of Eurovision, the arts aren't political' variety.com/2025/film/gl...
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I've never held elected office but am ideally suited to be Head of State. Yes I could've run in Local, Dáil, Seanad or Euro elections in the past 15 mths but I'm more of a senior leadership type. Also, expecting me to get nominations from elected public representatives is undemocratic
#Áras25
#Áras25
September 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I've never held elected office but am ideally suited to be Head of State. Yes I could've run in Local, Dáil, Seanad or Euro elections in the past 15 mths but I'm more of a senior leadership type. Also, expecting me to get nominations from elected public representatives is undemocratic
#Áras25
#Áras25
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September 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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In a world of Elon Musks be more Donald Tusk.
September 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In a world of Elon Musks be more Donald Tusk.
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Elon Musk has shared an obviously AI-generated image of the Unite the Kingdom rally in London.
The first AI error is that the Arc de Triomphe is in Paris, not London. And once you zoom in, you'll notice that the Union Jacks and the crowd have other errors typical of AI images.
The first AI error is that the Arc de Triomphe is in Paris, not London. And once you zoom in, you'll notice that the Union Jacks and the crowd have other errors typical of AI images.
September 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Elon Musk has shared an obviously AI-generated image of the Unite the Kingdom rally in London.
The first AI error is that the Arc de Triomphe is in Paris, not London. And once you zoom in, you'll notice that the Union Jacks and the crowd have other errors typical of AI images.
The first AI error is that the Arc de Triomphe is in Paris, not London. And once you zoom in, you'll notice that the Union Jacks and the crowd have other errors typical of AI images.
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Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
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So Kilmeade issues a weak apology about giving homeless people lethal injections and Fox just moves on with zero consequences. As usual.
September 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So Kilmeade issues a weak apology about giving homeless people lethal injections and Fox just moves on with zero consequences. As usual.
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The Fine Gael candidate, who is a Presbyterian, said she is an example to unionists in Northern Ireland of Irish “tolerance and inclusivity”
Humphreys recalls attending Orange parades but says she now supports Irish unity
Irish presidential hopeful Heather Humphreys has said she attended Orange Order parades as a child but stopped going when the Troubles broke out.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Fine Gael candidate, who is a Presbyterian, said she is an example to unionists in Northern Ireland of Irish “tolerance and inclusivity”
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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I really want to make this clear to any passing journalist - being a LGBTQ person is not being left wing. Existing is not political, except to the political extremes. Those extremes do not dictate how humans should be accepted. This take js extremely dangerous.
July 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I really want to make this clear to any passing journalist - being a LGBTQ person is not being left wing. Existing is not political, except to the political extremes. Those extremes do not dictate how humans should be accepted. This take js extremely dangerous.
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this must be the end of Mandelson & in my opinion Keir showed bad judgement in not cutting him loose much sooner.
Good friends of Epstein are prob not squeaky clean!!
Good friends of Epstein are prob not squeaky clean!!
Newly released emails from Mandelson to Epstein - “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.
"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...
"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...
Epstein’s pal Mandelson COACHED paedo through arrest, leaked emails reveal
PETER Mandelson coached “best pal” Jeffrey Epstein through his “years of torture” over teen sex allegations, leaked emails suggest. While the predator was facing charges in June 2008 over solicitin…
www.thesun.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
this must be the end of Mandelson & in my opinion Keir showed bad judgement in not cutting him loose much sooner.
Good friends of Epstein are prob not squeaky clean!!
Good friends of Epstein are prob not squeaky clean!!
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"Why would you be attracted to a political settlement which sneers at you?"
Unionism is treated with contempt by Sinn Fein... but the election of this Ulster protestant as president might start a change
What does your average unionist punter make of the Irish presidential election? Answer, it would seem, not a lot.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Why would you be attracted to a political settlement which sneers at you?"
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
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The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one.
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
August 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one.
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
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Catherine Connelly in today's Irish Times made my head hurt.
“Then, as now, I was clear: our Defence Forces are defined by their civic duties at home and their peacekeeping work abroad.
“They are not, and should never become, an army."
“Then, as now, I was clear: our Defence Forces are defined by their civic duties at home and their peacekeeping work abroad.
“They are not, and should never become, an army."
August 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Catherine Connelly in today's Irish Times made my head hurt.
“Then, as now, I was clear: our Defence Forces are defined by their civic duties at home and their peacekeeping work abroad.
“They are not, and should never become, an army."
“Then, as now, I was clear: our Defence Forces are defined by their civic duties at home and their peacekeeping work abroad.
“They are not, and should never become, an army."
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The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Here’s the latest.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.