Conall
@luigii.bsky.social
Irish, Marxist-Leninish, one wife, two cats (he/him)
This episode of Star Trek TNG with Picard’s surprise son is hilarious. This man is meant to be 23 years old
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This episode of Star Trek TNG with Picard’s surprise son is hilarious. This man is meant to be 23 years old
In a taxi and the driver is a libertarian talking about Milton Friedman and inflation and the money supply. Is this better than him being actively racist? I guessssss…
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In a taxi and the driver is a libertarian talking about Milton Friedman and inflation and the money supply. Is this better than him being actively racist? I guessssss…
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Want to know what public transport infrastructure project is necessary to improve train services to Kildare?
It’s DART+ SW, which has full planning permission and could go to tender tomorrow. But no government funding until 2030.
It provides DART to Hazelhatch. But also provides more track space …
It’s DART+ SW, which has full planning permission and could go to tender tomorrow. But no government funding until 2030.
It provides DART to Hazelhatch. But also provides more track space …
Suburban / exurban sprawl due to developer-led planning plus a bizarre obsession with roads over higher capacity modes of transport leads to this. Miserable stuff if this is your daily life. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
The 3.5-hour, 35km commute: Kildare motorists on their M7 traffic ‘nightmare’
Motorists call for dedicated emergency response units, more gardaí and an end to drivers eating from breakfast bowls
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Want to know what public transport infrastructure project is necessary to improve train services to Kildare?
It’s DART+ SW, which has full planning permission and could go to tender tomorrow. But no government funding until 2030.
It provides DART to Hazelhatch. But also provides more track space …
It’s DART+ SW, which has full planning permission and could go to tender tomorrow. But no government funding until 2030.
It provides DART to Hazelhatch. But also provides more track space …
Irish government TD says something sensible and principled. A Christmas miracle!
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Irish government TD says something sensible and principled. A Christmas miracle!
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This plan is based on lie after lie after lie
So it seems the claim of 30% increase in judicial review in 2025 was based on the number to 26 June & *a guess* at a number for July to Dec (which wasn’t fact checked & is wrong)
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This plan is based on lie after lie after lie
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Even if you don’t care about sex workers losing one of the few voices in public life that spoke for instead of over them, you should 100% care that they were refused funding for not toeing the line of the parties in government.
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding. Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an…
sexworkersallianceireland.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Even if you don’t care about sex workers losing one of the few voices in public life that spoke for instead of over them, you should 100% care that they were refused funding for not toeing the line of the parties in government.
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Fuck yeah, funiculars are the best
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fuck yeah, funiculars are the best
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People need to understand that there is NO scientific way to determine whether someone around the age of 18 is actually over or under it. We are not trees, you cannot just count our rings.
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I see the Indo has a story implying every young person assessed to be an adult is "actually an adult", sharing this story I did in 2022 when a child was told he's an adult and left to live with a bunch of men. When the story ran they accepted it was a mistake. www.dublininquirer.com/after-coming...
After Coming Here Without His Parents Looking for Safety, a Migrant Child Is Left to Live Alone Among Adults - Dublin Inquirer
Although Mthokozisi Ncube has a birth certificate saying he is 16 years old, Tusla does not believe he is a minor.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
People need to understand that there is NO scientific way to determine whether someone around the age of 18 is actually over or under it. We are not trees, you cannot just count our rings.
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Oh yeah baby, now we’re talking
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Oh yeah baby, now we’re talking
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Seeing a lot on my TL about horrific anti-Somali bigotry expressed by US officials and I am here to tell you that Ireland’s recent moves to restrict refugee naturalisation and family reunification- as well as the last law change to restrict refugee FR - are mainly aimed at Somalis #speirghorm
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Seeing a lot on my TL about horrific anti-Somali bigotry expressed by US officials and I am here to tell you that Ireland’s recent moves to restrict refugee naturalisation and family reunification- as well as the last law change to restrict refugee FR - are mainly aimed at Somalis #speirghorm
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I'm not sure we should be offering emergency powers to the guys who caused the emergency #spéirgorm
“The idea is that the emergency powers will allow government to intervene on critical infrastructure projects if they risk being delayed, & effectively green light them from government buildings” www.businesspost.ie/politics/eve...
Everything you need to know about the government’s new infrastructure plan
www.businesspost.ie
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm not sure we should be offering emergency powers to the guys who caused the emergency #spéirgorm
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Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
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Love it when people say out loud what they mean by Arab sovereignty. The only country that occupies Lebanese territory and bombs Lebanese cities is Israel, but a strong Lebanese state is not one that defends itself from this but instead cuts itself off from its sister Syria and helps bomb Iran.
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Love it when people say out loud what they mean by Arab sovereignty. The only country that occupies Lebanese territory and bombs Lebanese cities is Israel, but a strong Lebanese state is not one that defends itself from this but instead cuts itself off from its sister Syria and helps bomb Iran.
Problematic listening age gap relationship @pudeator.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Problematic listening age gap relationship @pudeator.bsky.social
On the luas eavesdropping on the most agonising south dub corporate midwit conversation (you don’t suffer like this on the red line I’ll tell you!) and as soon as one of them has to get off and the chat ends myself and @pudeator.bsky.social look at each other like
a man in a pink shirt is sitting in a car
ALT: a man in a pink shirt is sitting in a car
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On the luas eavesdropping on the most agonising south dub corporate midwit conversation (you don’t suffer like this on the red line I’ll tell you!) and as soon as one of them has to get off and the chat ends myself and @pudeator.bsky.social look at each other like
Absolutely absurd interview where low uptake of AI in the workplace was framed as “oh we need to make sure everyone can get the benefits of new technology!” rather than “most people aren’t interested in that crap”
RTÉ morning Ireland giving a big puff to AI-use in the workplace…
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Absolutely absurd interview where low uptake of AI in the workplace was framed as “oh we need to make sure everyone can get the benefits of new technology!” rather than “most people aren’t interested in that crap”
The New Yorker style guide has never done anything wrong in its whole life. You’re doing amazing sweetie
My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The New Yorker style guide has never done anything wrong in its whole life. You’re doing amazing sweetie
This is not a good day to have an appointment that requires going across town. It is Biblically horrible out there
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is not a good day to have an appointment that requires going across town. It is Biblically horrible out there
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one of my friends is doing some research on perceptions of generative AI, here’s a quick survey. if you are able to take a few minutes to answer it’d be much appreciated! forms.gle/PxxAqhtgAHqB...
Generative AI study questionnaire
forms.gle
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
one of my friends is doing some research on perceptions of generative AI, here’s a quick survey. if you are able to take a few minutes to answer it’d be much appreciated! forms.gle/PxxAqhtgAHqB...
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Leeds — Peter Mitchell, 1980s
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Leeds — Peter Mitchell, 1980s
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British journalists failing to understand that Ireland won't fire unprovoked on a "suspicious ship" because that would be a criminal act and our military doesn't make a name for itself by shooting people who pose no threat to them in the back.
Despite these high stakes, Ireland has no dedicated intelligence agency, just four working navy vessels and the smallest defence budget in the EU. In fact, the only thing the Irish navy can do when it spots a suspicious ship lurking is say “hello”.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
British journalists failing to understand that Ireland won't fire unprovoked on a "suspicious ship" because that would be a criminal act and our military doesn't make a name for itself by shooting people who pose no threat to them in the back.
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The undersea cables being discussed here are the private property of tech multinationals. Maybe they should be paying for the defence of their property instead of expecting Irish taxpayers to pony up.
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The undersea cables being discussed here are the private property of tech multinationals. Maybe they should be paying for the defence of their property instead of expecting Irish taxpayers to pony up.
Incredible that Jonathan Bailey’s scarecrow face was makeup/prosthetics and actually really impressive in behind the scenes photos but I saw it in IMAX and fully thought it was a CGI effect. The way that film is shot needs to be studied by scientists
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Incredible that Jonathan Bailey’s scarecrow face was makeup/prosthetics and actually really impressive in behind the scenes photos but I saw it in IMAX and fully thought it was a CGI effect. The way that film is shot needs to be studied by scientists