Dermot Casey
@dermotcasey.bsky.social
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Dermot Casey
@dermotcasey.bsky.social
· Oct 10
It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.
They should feel bad.
They should feel bad.
The choice broadly is
Woke or Wanker ?
and an awful lot of people have decided they’re wankers
Woke or Wanker ?
and an awful lot of people have decided they’re wankers
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Today’s systems remove that friction. They amplify the fastest, loudest emotional cues in real time. That acceleration reshapes what politicians think the public wants, and drags policy toward whatever produces engagement rather than grounded priorities.
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today’s systems remove that friction. They amplify the fastest, loudest emotional cues in real time. That acceleration reshapes what politicians think the public wants, and drags policy toward whatever produces engagement rather than grounded priorities.
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What has changed is the structure that those emotions move through. We once had institutions and time-lags that slowed reactions, filtered claims, and created space for verification and deliberation. Imperfect, yes, but they created friction.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What has changed is the structure that those emotions move through. We once had institutions and time-lags that slowed reactions, filtered claims, and created space for verification and deliberation. Imperfect, yes, but they created friction.
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I’m not arguing there was a golden age where people were rational saints. Human beings have always been emotional, reactive, tribal. That part hasn’t changed.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’m not arguing there was a golden age where people were rational saints. Human beings have always been emotional, reactive, tribal. That part hasn’t changed.
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And that means that democracy doesn't die in darkness, but in the light of a billion glowing screens.
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And that means that democracy doesn't die in darkness, but in the light of a billion glowing screens.
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In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
This is very good
Reductionism can be wrong, but actionable.
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
TBM 389: Overthinker!
From a young age, being accused of “overcomplicating” or “overthinking” things felt like a dismissal of who I was.
cutlefish.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is very good
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My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
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Sigh, there are good arguments to be made for Irish neutrality but this piece of nonsense is not one of them.
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Neutrality matters to Irish people - let’s stop deriding it
As the Government embraces escalating European militarisation, neutrality is being dismissed in media discussions
www.irishtimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sigh, there are good arguments to be made for Irish neutrality but this piece of nonsense is not one of them.
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
”Art opens up what is possible“
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
”Art opens up what is possible“
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
The nugget in this is the increase in journey times of 20 -30 minutes over the past year. All our roads are at or close to carrying capacity and the slightest issue leads to major disruption
'The biggest bugbear for hauliers is the M50 toll on the outskirts of Dublin where many large operators are based for logistical reasons.
"It's a joke, and shouldn't be happening. Our biggest route is the M50 and our travelling time has increased between 20 and 30 minutes purely down to volume."'
"It's a joke, and shouldn't be happening. Our biggest route is the M50 and our travelling time has increased between 20 and 30 minutes purely down to volume."'
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The nugget in this is the increase in journey times of 20 -30 minutes over the past year. All our roads are at or close to carrying capacity and the slightest issue leads to major disruption
This by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is vital reading. In one of those coincidences, coming just as I was writing something on this topic from another angle
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is vital reading. In one of those coincidences, coming just as I was writing something on this topic from another angle
After we got the results of our Computer Science finals one of our lecturers quipped “now you’re numerate, go and get an arts degree and become literate”
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
After we got the results of our Computer Science finals one of our lecturers quipped “now you’re numerate, go and get an arts degree and become literate”
First time seeing AI generated images in a standup show. Interspaced with real photos. Not impressed. Paying someone a few quid for a few hours work with Photoshop would have been a better choice
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
First time seeing AI generated images in a standup show. Interspaced with real photos. Not impressed. Paying someone a few quid for a few hours work with Photoshop would have been a better choice
A golden chalice (replica of the ardagh chalice) and a bowlful of golden individually handmade shamrock for Paddys day it is then…. #speirgorm
“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A golden chalice (replica of the ardagh chalice) and a bowlful of golden individually handmade shamrock for Paddys day it is then…. #speirgorm
This is where you have to be careful of a 2000 year old organisation with its own agenda. At the same meeting these men made this good statement they also banned gender affirming care for all trans people in catholic hospitals. The Vatican (as a state) is getting more involved in climate 1/2
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is where you have to be careful of a 2000 year old organisation with its own agenda. At the same meeting these men made this good statement they also banned gender affirming care for all trans people in catholic hospitals. The Vatican (as a state) is getting more involved in climate 1/2
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@hazelklarkin.bsky.social excellent 👏👏👏
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
@hazelklarkin.bsky.social excellent 👏👏👏
something something americans not getting irony something
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
something something americans not getting irony something
Told this to "the kids" (all college goers) universal reaction was "how is that even legal, government should stop them" and thats without the any data implications its on the principal of not being able to use a printed ticket
as always, @elaineburke.bsky.social nails it! this "100% digital" i.e. accessing digital boarding pass through their app, gives Ryanair and involved data brokers unprecedented access to your data
Something being missed a bit in the coverage of Ryanair's shift to "100% digital" boarding (which it's not) is that they are actually limiting other digital formats and favouring only their app for access to passes, which isn't a neutral utility but a data collecting e-commerce machine.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Told this to "the kids" (all college goers) universal reaction was "how is that even legal, government should stop them" and thats without the any data implications its on the principal of not being able to use a printed ticket
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream." Its James Bond, you literally can.
Or As a Timelord that works too reactormag.com/skyfall-prov...
Either way the writers rooms assignment "get everyone talking about Bond again" has worked a treat
Or As a Timelord that works too reactormag.com/skyfall-prov...
Either way the writers rooms assignment "get everyone talking about Bond again" has worked a treat
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream." Its James Bond, you literally can.
Or As a Timelord that works too reactormag.com/skyfall-prov...
Either way the writers rooms assignment "get everyone talking about Bond again" has worked a treat
Or As a Timelord that works too reactormag.com/skyfall-prov...
Either way the writers rooms assignment "get everyone talking about Bond again" has worked a treat
I did (5) and (18) this week. On (20) my parents spend a lot on World Book Encyclopedias when I was about four. And I read them from cover to cover over the years. Charlie is right only assholes do (9) and XtraVision was the Irish Blockbuster which Blockbuster bought in 1996. So 19/20
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I did (5) and (18) this week. On (20) my parents spend a lot on World Book Encyclopedias when I was about four. And I read them from cover to cover over the years. Charlie is right only assholes do (9) and XtraVision was the Irish Blockbuster which Blockbuster bought in 1996. So 19/20
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The State, uniquely, is in a position to react differently. Instead of making better decisions, they just decide they'll make it too hard to sue them, and then they carry on breaking the law exactly the way they were beforehand.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The State, uniquely, is in a position to react differently. Instead of making better decisions, they just decide they'll make it too hard to sue them, and then they carry on breaking the law exactly the way they were beforehand.
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I mean, if an ordinary person or business kept getting sued and kept losing, it would be forced to think "hmm, how do I start complying with the law, because this is getting very expensive?!"
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I mean, if an ordinary person or business kept getting sued and kept losing, it would be forced to think "hmm, how do I start complying with the law, because this is getting very expensive?!"
You’ve heard of citizen-journalism
Now experience shitizen journalism
Now experience shitizen journalism
open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo... Here’s a great example of how the social media industry is wired to prefer colourful false information over the mundane truth
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
You’ve heard of citizen-journalism
Now experience shitizen journalism
Now experience shitizen journalism
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Lordy it's the first Thursday of a month AGAIN #DalkeyOpen
Thursday night... come wind or rain #dalkeyopen
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I missed September so roll on Oct birthday edition. @derekhardiman.com
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@petraxia.bsky.social
@clearpreso.bsky.social
@manahan.bsky.social
@eolai.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Lordy it's the first Thursday of a month AGAIN #DalkeyOpen
Dept of Finance report on economy says: "Continued inward migration will be vital to maintain growth in the labour force."
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Dept of Finance report on economy says: "Continued inward migration will be vital to maintain growth in the labour force."
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.
So the debate on migration really needs to be around how friendly and welcoming we can make this country.