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Dubliner from Limerick, Limerickman from Dublin, Angeleno blow-in. Generally appalled. #FilmEditor philipowens.com
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
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Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice is considering bringing charges after a now-fired Office Depot employee refused to print flyers advertising a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
The post Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
If his lips are moving, he’s lying.
Epstein estate gives Congress a copy of 2003 birthday letter that includes Trump’s signature - The Wall Street Journal
Epstein estate gives Congress a copy of 2003 birthday letter that includes Trump’s signature - The Wall Street Journal
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If his lips are moving, he’s lying.
Epstein estate gives Congress a copy of 2003 birthday letter that includes Trump’s signature - The Wall Street Journal
Epstein estate gives Congress a copy of 2003 birthday letter that includes Trump’s signature - The Wall Street Journal
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A quick bit of journalism reveals that at least three members of Trump's cabinet claimed more than one property as their primary residence, and I'm starting to wonder whether Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook reflect a sincere concern about mortgage fraud.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A quick bit of journalism reveals that at least three members of Trump's cabinet claimed more than one property as their primary residence, and I'm starting to wonder whether Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook reflect a sincere concern about mortgage fraud.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino
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September 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
Looking forward to a spectacular August US jobs report this week. Because of course I am.
September 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Looking forward to a spectacular August US jobs report this week. Because of course I am.
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Fuck the IOF forever.
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
August 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fuck the IOF forever.
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
We’re in the Degenerate Art stage now. apple.news/A_-0jlscvRDG...
Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art — NPR
A page published by the White House entitled
apple.news
August 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We’re in the Degenerate Art stage now. apple.news/A_-0jlscvRDG...
I know absolutely nothing about the law and lawyers, and I could never afford the services of any of them, but if I ever needed a top dog law firm, it’d be one of the resisters, not one of the cavers. Who wants a lawyer who caves the moment the opposite side says “BOO”? thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I know absolutely nothing about the law and lawyers, and I could never afford the services of any of them, but if I ever needed a top dog law firm, it’d be one of the resisters, not one of the cavers. Who wants a lawyer who caves the moment the opposite side says “BOO”? thehill.com/regulation/c...
Looks like the US is just going to ignore the fact that something north of 10m people marched against the #OrangeEmperor only two weeks ago.
June 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Looks like the US is just going to ignore the fact that something north of 10m people marched against the #OrangeEmperor only two weeks ago.
CMAT’s Running/Planning for Maddest Biggest Build In A Song Ever? And then she follows it with The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station? She’s on her way to megastardom.
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
CMAT’s Running/Planning for Maddest Biggest Build In A Song Ever? And then she follows it with The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station? She’s on her way to megastardom.
Kemi Badenoch: “I don’t think the US or Israel would be rushing into something unless there was a serious threat to global security.”
Oh right, yeah. They’d never do something like that, yeah, right, gotcha.
Oh right, yeah. They’d never do something like that, yeah, right, gotcha.
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Kemi Badenoch: “I don’t think the US or Israel would be rushing into something unless there was a serious threat to global security.”
Oh right, yeah. They’d never do something like that, yeah, right, gotcha.
Oh right, yeah. They’d never do something like that, yeah, right, gotcha.
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- They were waiting for me when I got off the plane
- They knew (or it felt like they knew) everything about me
- I had cleaned up my online presence expecting ad hoc digital sweeps; I was not prepared for their sophistication
- Sophistication almost certainly facilitated by Palantir
- They knew (or it felt like they knew) everything about me
- I had cleaned up my online presence expecting ad hoc digital sweeps; I was not prepared for their sophistication
- Sophistication almost certainly facilitated by Palantir
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
- They were waiting for me when I got off the plane
- They knew (or it felt like they knew) everything about me
- I had cleaned up my online presence expecting ad hoc digital sweeps; I was not prepared for their sophistication
- Sophistication almost certainly facilitated by Palantir
- They knew (or it felt like they knew) everything about me
- I had cleaned up my online presence expecting ad hoc digital sweeps; I was not prepared for their sophistication
- Sophistication almost certainly facilitated by Palantir
Studio City #LosAngeles #NoKings going off
June 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Studio City #LosAngeles #NoKings going off
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More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and about 290,000 others are “on the brink of death” as Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid
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Over 3,500 children below five ‘face imminent death by starvation’ in Gaza
About 290,000 children are ‘on the brink of death’ due to Israeli blockade on Gaza that started on March 2.
aje.io
May 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and about 290,000 others are “on the brink of death” as Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid
aje.io/p407e2
aje.io/p407e2
Free furniture, sure you can't beat that for a deal. You've got less than 48 hours to come and get it. #losangeles #freecycle #reuse #recycle freecycle.org/posts/988720...
A Post on Freecycle.org: FREE FOR PICKUP Red Lacquer Armoire/Media Cabinet
via The Freecycle Network™: This is used, but in perfectly good shape for use, and the paintwork is good. It's got a large upper portion for a TV, with doors, a smaller lower section with doors for ...
freecycle.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Free furniture, sure you can't beat that for a deal. You've got less than 48 hours to come and get it. #losangeles #freecycle #reuse #recycle freecycle.org/posts/988720...
Some nice light reading for the afternoon.
April 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Some nice light reading for the afternoon.
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
Here's a complete shot in the dark. Trying to make contact with a Robert Lane, who would have been about 16 in 1969. He and my brother made some schoolboy films together in South Dublin area that year, and I'd love to make contact with Robert.
March 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here's a complete shot in the dark. Trying to make contact with a Robert Lane, who would have been about 16 in 1969. He and my brother made some schoolboy films together in South Dublin area that year, and I'd love to make contact with Robert.
Opinion | Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now - The Guardian
March 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Opinion | Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now - The Guardian
You just can’t go around throwing citizens in jail because you disagree with what they say.
Unless you live in a fascist banana republic, that is.
Unless you live in a fascist banana republic, that is.
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You just can’t go around throwing citizens in jail because you disagree with what they say.
Unless you live in a fascist banana republic, that is.
Unless you live in a fascist banana republic, that is.