Eóin Cunningham
@eoinmcunningham.bsky.social
Account focused on Ireland, New York, Politics, & Comics.
Driving around Ireland has taught me one important thing: somebody in Sligo worked really hard to make every road sign in the country tell you the way to Sligo.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Driving around Ireland has taught me one important thing: somebody in Sligo worked really hard to make every road sign in the country tell you the way to Sligo.
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
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Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
Electricity bills in states with the most data centers are surging www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...
Data centers are concentrated in these states. Here's what's happening to electricity prices
Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
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Under new plans to be unveiled by Labour, UK citizenship test has a whole section on Northern Ireland. If you get any of them right, you don't get citizenship.
I'm forever reminded that I'm not truly British because I constantly forget to forget about Northern Ireland
What Americans don't understand is 'crassly forgetting Northern Ireland' is a core part of British culture, like cueing and only being able to communicate via laconic understatement.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Under new plans to be unveiled by Labour, UK citizenship test has a whole section on Northern Ireland. If you get any of them right, you don't get citizenship.
Healthcare, Education (preschool through college), and Public Transport should all be free.
There should be enough social housing to minimize/prevent homelessness, and a Universal Basic Income that's enough for food & clothing.
"Don't let people die" should be the basic goal of every government.
There should be enough social housing to minimize/prevent homelessness, and a Universal Basic Income that's enough for food & clothing.
"Don't let people die" should be the basic goal of every government.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Healthcare, Education (preschool through college), and Public Transport should all be free.
There should be enough social housing to minimize/prevent homelessness, and a Universal Basic Income that's enough for food & clothing.
"Don't let people die" should be the basic goal of every government.
There should be enough social housing to minimize/prevent homelessness, and a Universal Basic Income that's enough for food & clothing.
"Don't let people die" should be the basic goal of every government.
My son’s excitement about this match is so much fun to see. #IRLPOR #speirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My son’s excitement about this match is so much fun to see. #IRLPOR #speirgorm
Planet of the Bass by DJ Crazy Times and Biljana Electronica (2023)
![Radio Paranoia
@aftertheboop
this is just die antwoord
[quote-posting]
Tom Joad The Wet Sprocket @Adequate Scott • Sep 19, 2021
E-Girl and her Podcaster bf
[photo of a mop and a broom]
6:02 PM • Oct 1, 2021](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vzh3zzjcbamllzjadsmfooxq/bafkreig57clojiekxe43b5iwwhy7ihwaueegrtofewwmeehdmesxokxzgq@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Planet of the Bass by DJ Crazy Times and Biljana Electronica (2023)
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Is there a single fan who insists that every movie is one continuity?
New actor.
New story.
No explanation.
There I fixed it.
New actor.
New story.
No explanation.
There I fixed it.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Is there a single fan who insists that every movie is one continuity?
New actor.
New story.
No explanation.
There I fixed it.
New actor.
New story.
No explanation.
There I fixed it.
Before I moved to the States, I had a perception of the underlying culture as being quite libertarian, but so much of it is actually “How do I prevent pickleball noise near my home?”
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Before I moved to the States, I had a perception of the underlying culture as being quite libertarian, but so much of it is actually “How do I prevent pickleball noise near my home?”
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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‘Dog-whistle racism’: How far-right claims of protecting women justify abuse of immigrants
‘Dog-whistle racism’: How far-right claims of protecting women justify abuse of immigrants
Most far-right groups subscribe to an ideology propagating patriarchal view of women’s role in society, says expert
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
‘Dog-whistle racism’: How far-right claims of protecting women justify abuse of immigrants
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Una Mullally: Media outlets need to break ties with X
Una Mullally: Media outlets need to break ties with X
The presence of media outlets on X does not have a diluting effect on the concentration of misinformation on the platform. If it did, then we wouldn’t be where we are
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Una Mullally: Media outlets need to break ties with X
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In a five minute break from doom scrolling, I texted 45 friends in 15 blue and purple states ask them to call their senators and to ask their friends to call their senators. Would love it if other people did the same.
"It's not a deal. It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double," says Rep. @ritchietorres.bsky.social.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrats-co...
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrats-co...
Democrats Consider GOP Deal to Reopen Government, With Promise of Later Vote on ACA Subsidies
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In a five minute break from doom scrolling, I texted 45 friends in 15 blue and purple states ask them to call their senators and to ask their friends to call their senators. Would love it if other people did the same.
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
Right-wing terrorists are the biggest actual threat in Ireland, and it's good to see Garda leadership start acting like it.
A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard
Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears
A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Right-wing terrorists are the biggest actual threat in Ireland, and it's good to see Garda leadership start acting like it.
Reposted by Eóin Cunningham
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Digital comics platform Sweet Shop announces beta launch with 24 publishers:
Sweet Shop, a long brewing digital comics platform promising better UX and collection tools, is launching in invite-only beta with Image Comics at the debut
Sweet Shop, a long brewing digital comics platform promising better UX and collection tools, is launching in invite-only beta with Image Comics at the debut
Digital comics platform Sweet Shop announces beta launch with 24 publishers
Sweet Shop, a long brewing digital comics platform promising better UX and collection tools, is launching in invite-only beta with Image Comics at the debut
www.comicsbeat.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Digital comics platform Sweet Shop announces beta launch with 24 publishers:
Sweet Shop, a long brewing digital comics platform promising better UX and collection tools, is launching in invite-only beta with Image Comics at the debut
Sweet Shop, a long brewing digital comics platform promising better UX and collection tools, is launching in invite-only beta with Image Comics at the debut
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
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I would like us to try, just try, to have a country where armed attacks on preschoolers don’t have a multiple choice option about which horrific scenario is unfolding.
On the video of the daycare center abduction, no agency ID is visible. A parent said, “They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know.”
[Me: it sounds like the went into RUN HIDE FIGHT mode.]
[Me: it sounds like the went into RUN HIDE FIGHT mode.]
"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found.'”
"[One] teacher was working with a 3-y.o. when the agents arrived, U.S. Rep Delia Ramirez said. The teacher took the ... student and hid because the teacher 'was afraid that she may die today.”"
"[One] teacher was working with a 3-y.o. when the agents arrived, U.S. Rep Delia Ramirez said. The teacher took the ... student and hid because the teacher 'was afraid that she may die today.”"
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I would like us to try, just try, to have a country where armed attacks on preschoolers don’t have a multiple choice option about which horrific scenario is unfolding.