Jack Sheehan
@jacksheehan.bsky.social
Writer, Historian, Photographer. Writing: Baffler, NYT, Washington Post, Irish Times, Guardian, Polygon, The London Magazine, The Fence, Tribune etc.
My instant reaction to Zohran's once in a lifetime win
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Zohran Mamdani has lifted New Yorkers out of their pessimistic and reactionary funk
The promise is simple: a city worth living in, that everyone can afford to live in
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My instant reaction to Zohran's once in a lifetime win
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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ENCYCLOPEDIA - Your mangled brain would like you to know there is a boxer called Contact Mike.
YOU - Yeah? Any news on my wife's name? How about my mother?
ENCYCLOPEDIA - Nope.
YOU - Yeah? Any news on my wife's name? How about my mother?
ENCYCLOPEDIA - Nope.
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ENCYCLOPEDIA - Your mangled brain would like you to know there is a boxer called Contact Mike.
YOU - Yeah? Any news on my wife's name? How about my mother?
ENCYCLOPEDIA - Nope.
YOU - Yeah? Any news on my wife's name? How about my mother?
ENCYCLOPEDIA - Nope.
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As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
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Join us at Spring Bar in Chinatown as we celebrate the launch of Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Join us at Spring Bar in Chinatown as we celebrate the launch of Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
I wrote a potted history of Irish presidential elections, and my favourite political moment of all time, when Gavin Duffy couldn't remember how many people he had hit with his car.
Goodbye to Old Gav
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Goodbye to Old Gav
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Goodbye to Old Gav
The 2025 Irish Presidential Election
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October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I wrote a potted history of Irish presidential elections, and my favourite political moment of all time, when Gavin Duffy couldn't remember how many people he had hit with his car.
Goodbye to Old Gav
open.substack.com/pub/jackshee...
Goodbye to Old Gav
open.substack.com/pub/jackshee...
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Terrific overview of the recent history of the Irish Presidency by @jacksheehan.bsky.social - we came SO CLOSE to having a Dragon's Den president instead of Michael D:
open.substack.com/pub/jackshee...
open.substack.com/pub/jackshee...
Goodbye to Old Gav
The 2025 Irish Presidential Election
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Terrific overview of the recent history of the Irish Presidency by @jacksheehan.bsky.social - we came SO CLOSE to having a Dragon's Den president instead of Michael D:
open.substack.com/pub/jackshee...
open.substack.com/pub/jackshee...
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👑Javier Bardem at the Emmy's yesterday. Discussing the Film Workers' for Palestine pledge: "I won't work" with any company that is in business with Israel: "I cannot work with somebody who justifies or supports the genocide."
Can't stop the tide! #BDS #FreePalestine
Video: Variety
Can't stop the tide! #BDS #FreePalestine
Video: Variety
September 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
👑Javier Bardem at the Emmy's yesterday. Discussing the Film Workers' for Palestine pledge: "I won't work" with any company that is in business with Israel: "I cannot work with somebody who justifies or supports the genocide."
Can't stop the tide! #BDS #FreePalestine
Video: Variety
Can't stop the tide! #BDS #FreePalestine
Video: Variety
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Had a few conversations recently that make me think, for the first time in ages, there are some exciting things happening in media. This is one of the highlights: Equator, a new magazine set up by Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra, Jonathan Shainin and others. Sign up for info here: www.equator.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Had a few conversations recently that make me think, for the first time in ages, there are some exciting things happening in media. This is one of the highlights: Equator, a new magazine set up by Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra, Jonathan Shainin and others. Sign up for info here: www.equator.org
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ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
That’s 10% of the entire population of Gaza in 2 years
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
That’s 10% of the entire population of Gaza in 2 years
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
That’s 10% of the entire population of Gaza in 2 years
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
That’s 10% of the entire population of Gaza in 2 years
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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@jacksheehan.bsky.social on fighting horror and finding hope as slaughter in Gaza continues.
Hearts Touched With Fire: Horror and Hope in a Time of Genocide
Move him into the sun– Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unseen. Always it woke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now T…
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September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@jacksheehan.bsky.social on fighting horror and finding hope as slaughter in Gaza continues.
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'The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.'
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
'The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.'
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A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
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Far right demagoguery - thanks to crucial, repeated validation from the political mainstream - has painted a target on the back of every man of colour in this country.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters.
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Far right demagoguery - thanks to crucial, repeated validation from the political mainstream - has painted a target on the back of every man of colour in this country.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
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what's happening in Baltimore really gives the game away. a Dem major has drastically cut violent crime with a services-focused approach, even including police too, and none of these people give a shit popular.info/p/the-secret...
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
what's happening in Baltimore really gives the game away. a Dem major has drastically cut violent crime with a services-focused approach, even including police too, and none of these people give a shit popular.info/p/the-secret...
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This week, we're reading; a review by @jacksheehan.bsky.social of @praddenkeefe.bsky.social's SAY NOTHING; an off-the-rails short story by Maria Margaret Alvarado; and an article by Anna Hezel on wellness capitalism cum hydration industry. These and more in our newsletter: buff.ly/TTiwRs6
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This week, we're reading; a review by @jacksheehan.bsky.social of @praddenkeefe.bsky.social's SAY NOTHING; an off-the-rails short story by Maria Margaret Alvarado; and an article by Anna Hezel on wellness capitalism cum hydration industry. These and more in our newsletter: buff.ly/TTiwRs6
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The state no longer employs enough public health nurses to conduct routine checks on infants, but it’s investing in armoured vehicles to protect us from non-existent enemies, all so as - let’s be honest - to try impress euro-Atlantic elites.
Government to spend extra €2 billion to beef up Defence Forces www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Government to spend extra €2 billion to beef up Defence Forces
A massive war chest will see armoured vehicles, helicopters, and a new naval vessel purchased in the coming years
www.irishmirror.ie
February 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The state no longer employs enough public health nurses to conduct routine checks on infants, but it’s investing in armoured vehicles to protect us from non-existent enemies, all so as - let’s be honest - to try impress euro-Atlantic elites.
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It should be a source of profound embarrassment that a bunch of FedSoc lifers are taking a more vocal and principled stand against the corrupt Eric Adams deal than most elected Dems.
February 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It should be a source of profound embarrassment that a bunch of FedSoc lifers are taking a more vocal and principled stand against the corrupt Eric Adams deal than most elected Dems.
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Philip K Dick was right part MCXXXVI
February 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Philip K Dick was right part MCXXXVI
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Ah yes, famously setting fire to the countryside is not “an attack on rural Ireland” but wanting clean water is
Incredibly, setting fire to a hillside in Ireland, once its done outside the bird nesting season and outside protected areas, is perfectly legal!
www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
Frantic night for Kerry homeowners as gorse fire comes close to properties – ‘I could hear the crackling’
Home-owners in a rural area near Cahersiveen spent hours worried and frightened as an out of control gorse fire came close to their properties on Monday night.
www.independent.ie
February 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Ah yes, famously setting fire to the countryside is not “an attack on rural Ireland” but wanting clean water is
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The United States has declared economic war on some of its closest allies and Silicon Valley is itching to use the power of the state to defend its interests at all costs.
It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.
It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.
We need an international alliance against the US and its tech industry
The United States must face consequences for economic warfare
www.disconnect.blog
February 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The United States has declared economic war on some of its closest allies and Silicon Valley is itching to use the power of the state to defend its interests at all costs.
It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.
It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.
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Outside the governor, is there no recourse in NYC to remove a mobster mayor who cut a deal with a terrorist to betray his constituents?
February 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Outside the governor, is there no recourse in NYC to remove a mobster mayor who cut a deal with a terrorist to betray his constituents?
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As the unofficial Dem strategy explainer on here I can't really tell you why Jeffries had such a wimpy response to the Eric Adams quid pro quo. At some point this just becomes a timid resistance to doing anything.
February 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As the unofficial Dem strategy explainer on here I can't really tell you why Jeffries had such a wimpy response to the Eric Adams quid pro quo. At some point this just becomes a timid resistance to doing anything.
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Never misses
February 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Never misses