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Finbarr O'Reilly
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Irish science fiction writer (possibly the world's slowest). Squid, spaceships, síntí fada -- what's not to like? https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/finbarr-oreilly/
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Ooh, they would go lovely with a nice Boulevard des Cappuccino.
An Impressionist street scene in Paris (Monet's Boulevard Des Cappucines)
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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One thing you can never say, that you haven't been told
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Nicely done.
Today's New York Times Connections game: Four beige squares, each containing one of these words: only connect olive branch
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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"By order of the Chisel Fooking Bobs"
Four young white men (The Beatles) wearing dark coats and with bob haircuts
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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They really need to fire whichever nepo baby does their letters
White text on a blue background. It reads 'BUI DING A C NTRY THA ORKS OR RYON'
October 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Vassal-lean.
A privileged streak of piss in a suit lounging on a green bench
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Even the Daily Telegraph is finally getting the point that Brexit caused the surge in immigration it hates so much.

Calling it 'the Boriswave' is 100% designed to hide Farage's responsibility for both.

When will Labour twig that Brexit is Farage's greatest liability, not his greatest strength?
A graph from the Daily Telegraph. It shows a huge increase in immigration after Brexit. The title is 'The Boriswave if immigration'
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Like a child hiding his report card. #TrumpSlump
Screen grab from FT: 'Trump calls for US companies to ditch quarterly reporting; US president says forcing groups to disclose their finances every three months is ‘not good’
September 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Powersauce CEO Brad has told analysts that people without Powersauce may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use Powersauce
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Philistine Action.
A screen grab from the Telegraph. It reads: ”Banksy could be unmasked as police investigate latest stunt Artist’s recent mural outside Royal Courts of Justice covered up and guarded by security” above a painted image of a judge beating a pro-Palestinian protester.
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A robot with the head of Monty Burns runs off into the sunset while holding a teddy bear. He is followed by Mr Smithers on the body of a robot dog
September 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Manifest destiny? Not again, Worldcon.
A green ox and wagon from the Oregon Trail computer game. The text underneath reads "You have died of shame"
August 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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My BBC app is sending out subliminal messages of support to Sally Rooney
A screengrab of the BBC iPlayer app menu, showing Normal People next to Our Girl
August 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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For reference, this was how the British Establishment of the day reacted to the original Irish boycott (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...). Plus ça change.
A screengrab from Wikipedia. It reads: Opposition to the campaign against Boycott became a cause célèbre in the British press after he wrote a letter to The Times. Newspapers sent correspondents to the West of Ireland to highlight what they viewed as the victimisation of a servant of a peer of the realm by Irish nationalists. Fifty Orangemen from County Cavan and County Monaghan travelled to Lord Erne's estate to harvest the crops, while a regiment of the 19th Royal Hussars and more than 1,000 men of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) were deployed to protect the harvesters. The episode was estimated to have cost the British government and others at least £10,000 to harvest about £500 worth of crops.
August 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The response to this is going to be funnier than the show itself, but I'm sure that's how Parker and Stone planned it.
An animated giant red Satan sits topless in bed with a naked Donald Trump, who has a tiny penis
July 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Not as funny as 'Eat It' or 'Smells like Nirvana'.
A headline screen grab from Venturebeat. In white text on a blue background, it reads "Anthropic researchers discover the weird AI problem: Why thinking longer makes models dumber"
July 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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And with a Corkman on set too!
A three-armed bar person in the future hands over two pints of appalling Guinness, in straight glasses.
July 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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When your racist uncle hears you want tiger slippers for Christmas
Ad for slippers from the tank museum. A man wearing dark trousers sits on a tank while wearing slippers made to resemble a Tiger tank
July 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Gosh, standards appear to be going unmet all over the place. It's even reached the normally unimpeachable Worldcon.
A screengrab of the Seattle Worldcon homepage. The text reads: ”This schedule was last updated on Jul 10, 2025 @ 12:29 pm. We have pulled a panel description while we edit it due to feedback that it did not communicate what we intended."
July 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Was it:
a) Genocide in Gaza?
b) Trans rights?
c) Softball Farage interview?
d) Pret's pricey salad?
A screenshot from the BBC News website. The text reads "Article removed, Update 9 July: This article has been removed as it did not meet the BBC's editorial standards. "
July 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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"GT OWTH"
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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By the price?
Picture of students in class next to BBC headline that reads 'Be ready to be shocked and offended at university, students told'
June 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Somebody gave me a bunch of old SF books a while back from clearing out their Dad's house. Are any of these worth reading?
June 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I'm glad I attended the much more sensible Dublin Institute of Technology
Screen grab of story from GAMINGbible. Image of dark haired woman with Wonder Woman tiara, above headline that reads 'DCU fans losing their minds over our new Wonder Woman'
June 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Not sure about Norfolk's latest theme park:
A blue and green map showing a town. In white text is the word 'Methwold'
June 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM