Luke Field 🌃🦉
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This would be an incredibly stupid, self-defeating move. Ireland's nomination processes work perfectly well (though the age bar remains odious). If FF now feels like voters deserved wider choices on the ballot paper this year, it should reflect on how it selected its own dead-duck candidate.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
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Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This would be an incredibly stupid, self-defeating move. Ireland's nomination processes work perfectly well (though the age bar remains odious). If FF now feels like voters deserved wider choices on the ballot paper this year, it should reflect on how it selected its own dead-duck candidate.
Again, "stonking" territory. In 2011, having started with just over 700k, MDH had a bit over 1 million votes by the end of Count 4. CC got 91% of that just on first preferences (and with much lower turnout).
It’s official - highest percentage AND highest absolute number of votes in the history of the presidency
More than Dev, more than Michael D.
#Aras25
More than Dev, more than Michael D.
#Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Again, "stonking" territory. In 2011, having started with just over 700k, MDH had a bit over 1 million votes by the end of Count 4. CC got 91% of that just on first preferences (and with much lower turnout).
We can put this winning margin in the categories of "thumping", "stonking", etc. The spoils deserve analysis but the FPVs for Connolly stand independently of those. The abstention factor was much more significant than spoils but still probably wouldn't have changed the outcome based on this
With 3 constituencies left to count - Catherine Connolly has received the highest number of votes of any candidate for presidency in the history of the state
According to @womenforelection.bsky.social data - MDH in 2018 had 822k #Aras25
According to @womenforelection.bsky.social data - MDH in 2018 had 822k #Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We can put this winning margin in the categories of "thumping", "stonking", etc. The spoils deserve analysis but the FPVs for Connolly stand independently of those. The abstention factor was much more significant than spoils but still probably wouldn't have changed the outcome based on this
Meanwhile, in Iceland, we can confirm that winter has arrived because Ólafur has switched to long pants www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
Ólafur skiptir um buxur í dag - RÚV.is
Ólafur Þ. Harðarson er einna best þekktur fyrir stjórnmálarýni. Klæðaburðurinn vekur þó gjarnan athygli enda klæðist hann stuttbuxum í öllum veðrum frá fyrsta sumardegi til fyrsta vetrardags. Í dag sk...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Meanwhile, in Iceland, we can confirm that winter has arrived because Ólafur has switched to long pants www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
I have truly no idea why anyone is bothering to interview Declan Ganley today, or any day. If you really want a quote from an enemy of the environment who's wrong about everything, you've got so many AI chatbots you could ask instead
October 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I have truly no idea why anyone is bothering to interview Declan Ganley today, or any day. If you really want a quote from an enemy of the environment who's wrong about everything, you've got so many AI chatbots you could ask instead
Following #Áras25 count coverage, it seems FG has briefed its people to push this line "we were the only party to put forward a candidate". Demonstrably untrue; FF's candidate was right there on the ballot, even if he didn't want to be. Is anyone challenging them on that narrative?
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Following #Áras25 count coverage, it seems FG has briefed its people to push this line "we were the only party to put forward a candidate". Demonstrably untrue; FF's candidate was right there on the ballot, even if he didn't want to be. Is anyone challenging them on that narrative?
Humphreys is further behind Connolly than she is ahead of "I no longer want the job, please don't vote for me". This must be one of the worst-run campaigns in Irish history, even allowing for the fact that she wasn't FG's first choice of candidate. Might nearly be better for them to ship oars now
🚨 RED C / Business Post poll 🚨
CONNOLLY, Catherine - 44% (+8)
HUMPHREYS, Heather - 25% (-)
GAVIN, Jim - 10% (-2)
Undecideds - 21% (-6)
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CONNOLLY, Catherine - 44% (+8)
HUMPHREYS, Heather - 25% (-)
GAVIN, Jim - 10% (-2)
Undecideds - 21% (-6)
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October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Humphreys is further behind Connolly than she is ahead of "I no longer want the job, please don't vote for me". This must be one of the worst-run campaigns in Irish history, even allowing for the fact that she wasn't FG's first choice of candidate. Might nearly be better for them to ship oars now
One of my favourite topics to discuss with my employer: "have you noticed that we seem determined to rest our entire IT infrastructure on a single point of failure?"
In the Nordics, reliance on US email (and the wider stack behind it) is now a strategic risk.
💡 Highlights: DK 89% • FI 92% • IS 97% • NO 96% • SE 91%
⚠️ Risks: AI training, foreign legal reach, geopolitical pressure.
📊 https://proton.me/business/europe-tech-watch#denmark
💡 Highlights: DK 89% • FI 92% • IS 97% • NO 96% • SE 91%
⚠️ Risks: AI training, foreign legal reach, geopolitical pressure.
📊 https://proton.me/business/europe-tech-watch#denmark
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of my favourite topics to discuss with my employer: "have you noticed that we seem determined to rest our entire IT infrastructure on a single point of failure?"
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Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works?
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works?
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
I'm in the English Market. I've just eaten a spiced beef sandwich. There's a pint of Beamish in my near future. My accent will be completely incomprehensible when I return to Iceland. These are the days, my friends
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm in the English Market. I've just eaten a spiced beef sandwich. There's a pint of Beamish in my near future. My accent will be completely incomprehensible when I return to Iceland. These are the days, my friends
I make a point of never trusting anyone who won't eat curry or a kebab, so a person who will eat neither is some kind of monster
This womans backstory is that she used to be a corbyn supporter, so what was her reason for never eating curry or kebab then? I know an adult picky eater when I see one 🫵
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I make a point of never trusting anyone who won't eat curry or a kebab, so a person who will eat neither is some kind of monster
One of the worst gigs (any type) I've ever sat through was at UCC, when a clearly uninterested Maxwell kept telling the crowd that he didn't have to make any effort for us because we were students (this "gag" was used about five times in an hour). I'd nearly feel sorry for them
Do coddle jokes go over well with the House of Saud?
MBS breaking his hole laughing at an immersion bit.
MBS breaking his hole laughing at an immersion bit.
Weekend catch-up: Andrew Maxwell played the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, Chortle has revealed http://dlvr.it/TNd7mf
October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One of the worst gigs (any type) I've ever sat through was at UCC, when a clearly uninterested Maxwell kept telling the crowd that he didn't have to make any effort for us because we were students (this "gag" was used about five times in an hour). I'd nearly feel sorry for them
When I talk to people about the generational shift in the Irish language, how Irish people of my age came to embrace our linguistic heritage in a way that our parents typically didn't, Manchán's name is the first in my mouth. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When I talk to people about the generational shift in the Irish language, how Irish people of my age came to embrace our linguistic heritage in a way that our parents typically didn't, Manchán's name is the first in my mouth. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann
Link to article here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GNTUN...
September 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Link to article here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GNTUN...
Is there anyone who voted against lowering the age bar for Presidential candidates in 2015 who can honestly say, hand on heart, that they believe the subsequent contests have been more dignified because of continuing the exclusion of under-35s? #spéirghorm #Áras25
September 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Is there anyone who voted against lowering the age bar for Presidential candidates in 2015 who can honestly say, hand on heart, that they believe the subsequent contests have been more dignified because of continuing the exclusion of under-35s? #spéirghorm #Áras25
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Bridie Collins votes no to Kieran mcCarthy before changing her vote to abstain and then swearing loudly.
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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the list of people doing a better job of tackling the far right than Keir Starmer now includes *checks notes* Tim Booth from James www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
James’s Tim Booth criticises Tommy Robinson for ‘cynical’ use of song
Sit Down was played at ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in London but singer says band is ‘antithesis’ of far-right movement
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September 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
the list of people doing a better job of tackling the far right than Keir Starmer now includes *checks notes* Tim Booth from James www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
September 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
The @psaireland.bsky.social panel at #APSA2025 is coming up (2pm). Join us in the Vancouver Convention Centre, 223 West, for presentations on a wide range of Irish politics topics.
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September 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The @psaireland.bsky.social panel at #APSA2025 is coming up (2pm). Join us in the Vancouver Convention Centre, 223 West, for presentations on a wide range of Irish politics topics.
Pic for the algo'
Pic for the algo'
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Ok but being totally fair, OG manosphereheads will know that "rightwing writer" barely scratches the surface with Forney lol
I was expecting the Reichstag Fire parallel to be made, but I did not expect it to come from the right.
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ok but being totally fair, OG manosphereheads will know that "rightwing writer" barely scratches the surface with Forney lol
"News outlets blowing on dog-whistles for all they're worth urge caution"
Staggering stuff from the WSJ now trying to put the genie back in the bottle with “some sources urge caution” as if that’s not exactly what they should have exercised from the get go.
My word.
My word.
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"News outlets blowing on dog-whistles for all they're worth urge caution"
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Happening Now! Head over to the International Attendee Reception in the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown, Point Grey at 8:30 p.m. #APSA2025
September 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Happening Now! Head over to the International Attendee Reception in the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown, Point Grey at 8:30 p.m. #APSA2025
what a day to be in the air and without internet access
September 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
what a day to be in the air and without internet access