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what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
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This sort of prejudice against Irish is exhausting from The Economist. It's not the first time. The Irish language is no more or less "unfathomable" than French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese etc. All languages are "fathomable" when you take the effort to learn them. Cc @shashj.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This sort of prejudice against Irish is exhausting from The Economist. It's not the first time. The Irish language is no more or less "unfathomable" than French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese etc. All languages are "fathomable" when you take the effort to learn them. Cc @shashj.bsky.social
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"Regime troops have begun a military occupation of Los Angeles, the principal city of the opposition held province of California. Suppressing ethnic minorities has long been a goal of ruling Republicans, who represent America's dominant 'White' tribal group."
'Roughly 700 Marines have been ordered to deploy to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings and officials amid mounting immigration protests there, U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, announced on Monday.'
taskandpurpose.com/news/marines...
taskandpurpose.com/news/marines...
What Marines deploying to LA amid protests legally can, and cannot, do
About 700 Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines have been ordered to deploy to Los Angeles as protests continue.
taskandpurpose.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Regime troops have begun a military occupation of Los Angeles, the principal city of the opposition held province of California. Suppressing ethnic minorities has long been a goal of ruling Republicans, who represent America's dominant 'White' tribal group."
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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To the person who just casually plucked my bike from the garden & walked away with it
Absolutely fuck you
Absolutely fuck you
June 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
To the person who just casually plucked my bike from the garden & walked away with it
Absolutely fuck you
Absolutely fuck you
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A definition of White British which, aside from everything else, includes Gerry Adams but excludes King Charles.
'the white British share of the population – defined as people who do not have an immigrant parent' 😂😂 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
White British people will be a minority in 40 years, report claims
Shifting ethnic dynamic of the UK driven by immigration predicted to cause dramatic changes
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A definition of White British which, aside from everything else, includes Gerry Adams but excludes King Charles.
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NEW 🧵
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NEW 🧵
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:
1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.
These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
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You won't read this, I know, because there's so much else to do, but bloody hell the writing. You'll have to take my word for it.
Paraic O’Donnell: MS is meticulously destroying me. I am being unmade
In this moving essay, the writer charts his disease’s progression against the seasons
www.irishtimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
You won't read this, I know, because there's so much else to do, but bloody hell the writing. You'll have to take my word for it.
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I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music
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The way things are going in the US, the rest of the world have to become imaginative about the scenarios that would best safeguard their interests. Today I ask if the world could decouple from US trade. For most countries, the answer is yes, at a significant but bearable cost. on.ft.com/41eWTKF
Could the world decouple from US trade?
[FREE TO READ] Most countries are less dependent on exports to America than you might think
on.ft.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The way things are going in the US, the rest of the world have to become imaginative about the scenarios that would best safeguard their interests. Today I ask if the world could decouple from US trade. For most countries, the answer is yes, at a significant but bearable cost. on.ft.com/41eWTKF
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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A little-known fact is that the surname Musk comes from the Irish word "múisc" which means 'vomit'. www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/m%c3%...
Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): múisc
Everything about 'múisc' in the Ó Dónaill Irish-English Dictionary
www.teanglann.ie
January 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A little-known fact is that the surname Musk comes from the Irish word "múisc" which means 'vomit'. www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/m%c3%...
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Stop what you are doing and read this if you want to understand the mess the UK is in, and learn from it.
🧵 Some standout quotes from this paper, which uses the Prison Service as an example of how centralised political control can impoverish us when it annihilates the autonomy of people directly responsible for delivering public services: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Stop what you are doing and read this if you want to understand the mess the UK is in, and learn from it.
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80% of Irish people in a Sunday Indo poll say Musk is a threat to democracy and 66% say Irish politicians should leave twitter.
January 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
80% of Irish people in a Sunday Indo poll say Musk is a threat to democracy and 66% say Irish politicians should leave twitter.
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
December 23, 2024 at 1:52 PM
1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
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Where is post-Brexit Britain? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. Recent Brexit news looks like a ragbag, but that shapelessness is significant, as it reflects drift and ambiguity in the government's policy and strategy for post-Brexit Britain: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wher...
December 7, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Where is post-Brexit Britain? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. Recent Brexit news looks like a ragbag, but that shapelessness is significant, as it reflects drift and ambiguity in the government's policy and strategy for post-Brexit Britain: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wher...
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Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
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Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
November 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
The Department for Business and Trade said Kemi Badenoch’s decision to rescind funding had been ‘unlawful and procedurally unfair’
A Belfast court has ruled that British government acted illegally in withholding £14,250 in funding to the Irish-language…
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
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Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣
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Thinking more about this. So far every Trump pick has been a real piece of work — incompetent, corrupt and/or sexual abuser. This isn't because Trump is a bad judge of character, it's because that's what he wants — incompetence and moral turpitude guarantee loyalty 1/
The Gambetta Professor Equilibrum - "Boasting about incompetence is signaling that you can be trusted to be corrupt."
November 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Thinking more about this. So far every Trump pick has been a real piece of work — incompetent, corrupt and/or sexual abuser. This isn't because Trump is a bad judge of character, it's because that's what he wants — incompetence and moral turpitude guarantee loyalty 1/