Mick Fealty
@mickfealty.bsky.social
Recovering social media addict…
Protest is not enough? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
March 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Protest is not enough? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
When I argued in October that #SinnFéin was using a black dress code when the FM employed obstructionist tactics in a #Stormont Committee it caused uproar. Well add to it last week’s windy disruption of the election of #Taoiseach (plus subsequent acceptance) and it could be coded: No, No, No, Yes.
January 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When I argued in October that #SinnFéin was using a black dress code when the FM employed obstructionist tactics in a #Stormont Committee it caused uproar. Well add to it last week’s windy disruption of the election of #Taoiseach (plus subsequent acceptance) and it could be coded: No, No, No, Yes.
#Trump is merely the apotheosis of a #BabyBoomer dynasty in the White House that began in 1992 and with just one four year break (Biden being the sole Presidential representative of his appropriately named #SilentGeneration) is now *due* to end in 2028. They look mighty pleased with themselves.
January 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#Trump is merely the apotheosis of a #BabyBoomer dynasty in the White House that began in 1992 and with just one four year break (Biden being the sole Presidential representative of his appropriately named #SilentGeneration) is now *due* to end in 2028. They look mighty pleased with themselves.
Musk didn’t screw up Twitter, it was already screwing us up long before he bought it….. @pauliewaulie.bsky.social explains:
“The aim is no longer to sell us stuff. Instead, we are the commodity that is sold, and the customer is god-knows-who…”
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“The aim is no longer to sell us stuff. Instead, we are the commodity that is sold, and the customer is god-knows-who…”
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January 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Musk didn’t screw up Twitter, it was already screwing us up long before he bought it….. @pauliewaulie.bsky.social explains:
“The aim is no longer to sell us stuff. Instead, we are the commodity that is sold, and the customer is god-knows-who…”
substack.com/home/post/p-...
“The aim is no longer to sell us stuff. Instead, we are the commodity that is sold, and the customer is god-knows-who…”
substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 19, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Great night at the 11th #SluggerReview of the year in #NorthernIreland politics in the Black Box in Belfast with Alex Kane and Allison Morris hosted by our own Alan Meban. Very insightful commentary, and plenty of laughter (in the appropriate places. Thanks Brian, David at the whole team!!
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Great night at the 11th #SluggerReview of the year in #NorthernIreland politics in the Black Box in Belfast with Alex Kane and Allison Morris hosted by our own Alan Meban. Very insightful commentary, and plenty of laughter (in the appropriate places. Thanks Brian, David at the whole team!!
It’s where the riots were last year, and in 2005 (against an eccentric Orange March that wrecked the city centre). The same crowd voted for Hutch (look up the shooting at the start of the 2016 election) are part of McDonald’s base (see the transfers below). He has blown a hole in the racist vote.
December 1, 2024 at 8:09 AM
It’s where the riots were last year, and in 2005 (against an eccentric Orange March that wrecked the city centre). The same crowd voted for Hutch (look up the shooting at the start of the 2016 election) are part of McDonald’s base (see the transfers below). He has blown a hole in the racist vote.
Only in Dublin could a crime boss, whose gang’s alleged activities include a feud that has taken the lives of 18 people, stand a chance of winning a seat in the national parliament. He’s helped in part by taking the largest number of transfers from Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald.
December 1, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Only in Dublin could a crime boss, whose gang’s alleged activities include a feud that has taken the lives of 18 people, stand a chance of winning a seat in the national parliament. He’s helped in part by taking the largest number of transfers from Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald.
Marvellous work from @mickbyrne.bsky.social on the difference on housing policy between the parties…
November 26, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Marvellous work from @mickbyrne.bsky.social on the difference on housing policy between the parties…
Fun fact from tonight’s #LeadersDebate on @rte.ie
November 26, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Fun fact from tonight’s #LeadersDebate on @rte.ie
Last @irishtimes.bsky.social Ipsos poll has FG on a 6pc drop although it’s basically now aligning with we’re all other polls have three big parties, ie, around the 20/20/20 mark. Technically they’re showing in last place but it’s all within the margin of error…
November 25, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Last @irishtimes.bsky.social Ipsos poll has FG on a 6pc drop although it’s basically now aligning with we’re all other polls have three big parties, ie, around the 20/20/20 mark. Technically they’re showing in last place but it’s all within the margin of error…
Agree completely with @drjennings.bsky.social. My new favourite emblem for a clean space like Bluesky where people can share their views without also outsourcing their values to a billionaire’s algorithm is in @pauliewaulie.bsky.social’s banner quote:
November 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Agree completely with @drjennings.bsky.social. My new favourite emblem for a clean space like Bluesky where people can share their views without also outsourcing their values to a billionaire’s algorithm is in @pauliewaulie.bsky.social’s banner quote:
Remarkable restored footage of a Glentoran v Cliftonville match at the Oval in 1897… x.com/extremefootb..
November 24, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Remarkable restored footage of a Glentoran v Cliftonville match at the Oval in 1897… x.com/extremefootb..
Prompted earlier to look up @shirky.bsky.social’s genius essay on inequality and power laws that plotted a very young @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social earlier. Reminded me how exciting and emergent blogging felt back in those early days…
web.archive.org/web/20030412...
web.archive.org/web/20030412...
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Prompted earlier to look up @shirky.bsky.social’s genius essay on inequality and power laws that plotted a very young @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social earlier. Reminded me how exciting and emergent blogging felt back in those early days…
web.archive.org/web/20030412...
web.archive.org/web/20030412...
If you are curious about why politics (wherever you are) is going off its head, you should follow my mate @pauliewaulie.bsky.social… who really doesn’t mess about…
November 22, 2024 at 11:31 PM
If you are curious about why politics (wherever you are) is going off its head, you should follow my mate @pauliewaulie.bsky.social… who really doesn’t mess about…
Rumours that Adams is angry the project he still controls is faltering and blaming his own protege for his own mistakes may have some substance after all. Good luck getting anyone better than McDonald Gerry. Is SF suffering from Alec Ferguson syndrome?
More here: sluggerotoole.com/2013/05/09/f...
More here: sluggerotoole.com/2013/05/09/f...
November 21, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Rumours that Adams is angry the project he still controls is faltering and blaming his own protege for his own mistakes may have some substance after all. Good luck getting anyone better than McDonald Gerry. Is SF suffering from Alec Ferguson syndrome?
More here: sluggerotoole.com/2013/05/09/f...
More here: sluggerotoole.com/2013/05/09/f...
Here comes Slugger: @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social… Give him an oul follow…
November 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Here comes Slugger: @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social… Give him an oul follow…
The problem is that everyone seems to be looking for one silver bullet, when there just isn’t one. Or at least not just one.
But, then there’s this…
But, then there’s this…
November 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
The problem is that everyone seems to be looking for one silver bullet, when there just isn’t one. Or at least not just one.
But, then there’s this…
But, then there’s this…
#AlexSalmond twice interviewed me even as I had always wanted to interview him as a political genius who almost solved the puzzle of bringing Scottish nationalism from the fringes of crankery to the brink of reality.
He’ll be much missed by friends and opponents alike. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.
He’ll be much missed by friends and opponents alike. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.
October 12, 2024 at 11:30 PM
#AlexSalmond twice interviewed me even as I had always wanted to interview him as a political genius who almost solved the puzzle of bringing Scottish nationalism from the fringes of crankery to the brink of reality.
He’ll be much missed by friends and opponents alike. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.
He’ll be much missed by friends and opponents alike. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.
