Ultan O'Connell
@mangoultz.bsky.social
Video game enthusiast, but in like, a pleasant way. I go by MangoUltz in other places. Ireland.
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nerds did a study on why kissing is good lmao
Animals have been kissing for over 17 million years, a new study suggests.
Kissing has long perplexed evolutionary biologists, given it has no obvious benefit to reproducing or finding food, while carrying the risk of disease transmission.
Kissing has long perplexed evolutionary biologists, given it has no obvious benefit to reproducing or finding food, while carrying the risk of disease transmission.
When was the first kiss? Over 17 million years ago, a study suggests.
Evolutionary biologists don’t know why we kiss — but new research suggests kissing evolved long before humans existed.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
nerds did a study on why kissing is good lmao
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Social Democats TD Cian O’Callaghan has said that Dunnes Stores has “refused to cooperate” with an investigation being carried out by the food regulator.
“We have a food regulator whose job it is to shine a light on this, but the government has tied its hands,” said O’Callaghan.
jrnl.ie/6888327
“We have a food regulator whose job it is to shine a light on this, but the government has tied its hands,” said O’Callaghan.
jrnl.ie/6888327
Dáil told Dunnes Stores ‘refusing’ to co-operate with food regulator investigation over prices
Social Democrats TD says Dunnes Stores ‘refusing’ to co-operate with food regulator investigation.
jrnl.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Social Democats TD Cian O’Callaghan has said that Dunnes Stores has “refused to cooperate” with an investigation being carried out by the food regulator.
“We have a food regulator whose job it is to shine a light on this, but the government has tied its hands,” said O’Callaghan.
jrnl.ie/6888327
“We have a food regulator whose job it is to shine a light on this, but the government has tied its hands,” said O’Callaghan.
jrnl.ie/6888327
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Is a Republican in the White House? Do country music.
Is a Democrat in the White House? Maybe a little hip hop.
Is a Democrat in the White House? Maybe a little hip hop.
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Is a Republican in the White House? Do country music.
Is a Democrat in the White House? Maybe a little hip hop.
Is a Democrat in the White House? Maybe a little hip hop.
Jerry Jones building The Stadium That Makes You Blind will never not be funny to me
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Jerry Jones building The Stadium That Makes You Blind will never not be funny to me
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BUMP
Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
The Old Man and the Sun
A breakdown of how and why the Cowboys have the only stadium in the league where players regularly get blinded by the sun.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
BUMP
Fins up!
CBS just showed Miami as being “in the hunt” which is just adorable.
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Fins up!
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Left the house in a T-shirt at 6.45am, 14 degrees out
Fierce mild! Ireland is one of the warmest spots in Europe this morning, up to 15c at 7am on the 27th of November. It will turn much cooler later after band of rain clears East.
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Left the house in a T-shirt at 6.45am, 14 degrees out
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Myers Briggs test for Irish men:
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Myers Briggs test for Irish men:
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
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holy shit lmao
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
holy shit lmao
Went to see the new The Running Man. Pretty enjoyable flick, little on the nose. Absolute cop out on the ending though. Really thought they were going for it and they just completely drop it. It's actually so egregious it seems like a meta joke.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Went to see the new The Running Man. Pretty enjoyable flick, little on the nose. Absolute cop out on the ending though. Really thought they were going for it and they just completely drop it. It's actually so egregious it seems like a meta joke.
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Kobe Brown posterizes two Lakers on one dunk
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Kobe Brown posterizes two Lakers on one dunk
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
Holy shit that's so funny
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Holy shit that's so funny
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defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs