Gavin Kirwan
@gavros.bsky.social
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"Private equity is causing the housing crisis" is a very common take that mixes up cause and effect. Single-family homes are an attractive investment vehicle for private equity because there's a shortage of them, not the other way around.
August 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Private equity is causing the housing crisis" is a very common take that mixes up cause and effect. Single-family homes are an attractive investment vehicle for private equity because there's a shortage of them, not the other way around.
For any Revolutions podcast fans who want to return to 20th century Europe after Mars, I can’t recommend the Irish Revolution series by Michael Laffan enough: historyhub.ie/theirishrevo...
A reduced scale versus other conflicts @mikeduncan.bsky.social has discussed so far but still fascinating!
A reduced scale versus other conflicts @mikeduncan.bsky.social has discussed so far but still fascinating!
Irish Revolution Podcast series by Michael Laffan
The Irish Revolution was a module taught by Professor Michael Laffan in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin from the late 1970′s until his retirement in 2010.
historyhub.ie
June 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For any Revolutions podcast fans who want to return to 20th century Europe after Mars, I can’t recommend the Irish Revolution series by Michael Laffan enough: historyhub.ie/theirishrevo...
A reduced scale versus other conflicts @mikeduncan.bsky.social has discussed so far but still fascinating!
A reduced scale versus other conflicts @mikeduncan.bsky.social has discussed so far but still fascinating!
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"Wienies, start your engines!"
May 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Wienies, start your engines!"
Polymarket bros realising their “inside sources within the conclave” were just a set of 15 year old redditors pumping out fake news
May 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Polymarket bros realising their “inside sources within the conclave” were just a set of 15 year old redditors pumping out fake news
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An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
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An annoying side effect of the right wing Irish Slaves myth is that it's very hard to talk about indenturement and coffin ships etc without having to clarify repeatedly that it wasn't slavery.
We should be able to talk about bad things without having to say that other things were worse.
We should be able to talk about bad things without having to say that other things were worse.
May 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
An annoying side effect of the right wing Irish Slaves myth is that it's very hard to talk about indenturement and coffin ships etc without having to clarify repeatedly that it wasn't slavery.
We should be able to talk about bad things without having to say that other things were worse.
We should be able to talk about bad things without having to say that other things were worse.
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Roses are red,
Violets are bearable...
Violets are bearable...
Sometimes you don’t find your spirit animal as much as it finds you
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Roses are red,
Violets are bearable...
Violets are bearable...
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If you’re interested in this sort of thing - UK tax policy, financial transparency, tax avoidance, tax evasion and fraud... all the fun stuff... then follow for more.
Or listen to my new BBC Radio 4 series, Untaxing, 1.45pm each day next week. buff.ly/UxXpMuu
Or listen to my new BBC Radio 4 series, Untaxing, 1.45pm each day next week. buff.ly/UxXpMuu
buff.ly
March 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you’re interested in this sort of thing - UK tax policy, financial transparency, tax avoidance, tax evasion and fraud... all the fun stuff... then follow for more.
Or listen to my new BBC Radio 4 series, Untaxing, 1.45pm each day next week. buff.ly/UxXpMuu
Or listen to my new BBC Radio 4 series, Untaxing, 1.45pm each day next week. buff.ly/UxXpMuu
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Just look at how we view hoodies. On Mark Zuckerberg, the hoodie is a symbol of whiz kid meritocracy breaking norms and developing the New Economy. On people like Trayvon Martin, the hoodie is sometimes seen as proof of criminality. Again, it's about the bodies beneath the clothes.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Just look at how we view hoodies. On Mark Zuckerberg, the hoodie is a symbol of whiz kid meritocracy breaking norms and developing the New Economy. On people like Trayvon Martin, the hoodie is sometimes seen as proof of criminality. Again, it's about the bodies beneath the clothes.
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This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
January 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
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As a cis bloke I'm just gonna put this out there -
Get your fucking shit together lads
Show up
I don't give a single fuck if I get boring posting this stuff. Do. What's. Right.
It's that fucking simple. It doesn't matter that you don't have a dog in the fight if someone's getting mauled by dogs.
Get your fucking shit together lads
Show up
I don't give a single fuck if I get boring posting this stuff. Do. What's. Right.
It's that fucking simple. It doesn't matter that you don't have a dog in the fight if someone's getting mauled by dogs.
This is not a post to critisise trans allies. I am, however, increasingly shocked at the lack of outcry from most cisgender people to the ever rising anti-trans hate. Trans people in the US and UK are being legislated out of existence.
What will it take?
Please share.
What will it take?
Please share.
January 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
As a cis bloke I'm just gonna put this out there -
Get your fucking shit together lads
Show up
I don't give a single fuck if I get boring posting this stuff. Do. What's. Right.
It's that fucking simple. It doesn't matter that you don't have a dog in the fight if someone's getting mauled by dogs.
Get your fucking shit together lads
Show up
I don't give a single fuck if I get boring posting this stuff. Do. What's. Right.
It's that fucking simple. It doesn't matter that you don't have a dog in the fight if someone's getting mauled by dogs.
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It will never cease to amuse me that when Charles Bukowski got cable TV the first thing he saw on there was Eraserhead and he loved it and thought it was all going to be like that and then he never saw anything like it on TV ever again
January 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It will never cease to amuse me that when Charles Bukowski got cable TV the first thing he saw on there was Eraserhead and he loved it and thought it was all going to be like that and then he never saw anything like it on TV ever again