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We’re watching Joyce Carol Oates slowly torture a Boer to death in real-time
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
We’re watching Joyce Carol Oates slowly torture a Boer to death in real-time
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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You should watch this video if you want to understand why, frankly, everything is coming to a head. The Patriarchy is furious and panicked and baffled that they can no longer demand respect from beautiful -- and smart!-- women simply because they are men.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
You should watch this video if you want to understand why, frankly, everything is coming to a head. The Patriarchy is furious and panicked and baffled that they can no longer demand respect from beautiful -- and smart!-- women simply because they are men.
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The world must not look away from the genocide in Sudan.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The world must not look away from the genocide in Sudan.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Last year I did a Middle Aged Man Gift Guide and Advice Thread on Mastodon.
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Last year I did a Middle Aged Man Gift Guide and Advice Thread on Mastodon.
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
Middle Aged Men are difficult to think of gifts for- it is why there are so many jokes about just getting them socks.
But even Middle Aged Men have gift dreams- even if they don’t know what they are themselves.
I'll help
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The paradox is neatly encapsulated by the thought experiment 'what if Ronnie Drew had ever covered I Touch Myself, by Divinyls'
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The paradox is neatly encapsulated by the thought experiment 'what if Ronnie Drew had ever covered I Touch Myself, by Divinyls'
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Michael D Higgins leaving office this evening to make way for his successor, Michael E Higgins
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Michael D Higgins leaving office this evening to make way for his successor, Michael E Higgins
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one of the biggest contributors to Elon’s loser energy is that he desperately wants to be cool, but doesn’t understand that a big part of being cool is appearing unaffected. he’s one of the most affected men of all time.
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
one of the biggest contributors to Elon’s loser energy is that he desperately wants to be cool, but doesn’t understand that a big part of being cool is appearing unaffected. he’s one of the most affected men of all time.
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Musk is a deeply fragile character who wants more than anything to be admired and respected, even loved. His tragedy is that he has literally no idea how to achieve that. His curse is that everything he says or does fuels precisely the opposite outcome.
I think this one has got to him because he's posted at least three separate responses to this over the last 10 hours:
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Musk is a deeply fragile character who wants more than anything to be admired and respected, even loved. His tragedy is that he has literally no idea how to achieve that. His curse is that everything he says or does fuels precisely the opposite outcome.
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On his last day as President, I can honestly say I will miss Michael D Higgins in the Aras so much. He has been a magnificent Head of State for us and I think Robinson is the only one who was at his level, certainly in my lifetime. Go raibh maith agat, a Uachtaráin.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On his last day as President, I can honestly say I will miss Michael D Higgins in the Aras so much. He has been a magnificent Head of State for us and I think Robinson is the only one who was at his level, certainly in my lifetime. Go raibh maith agat, a Uachtaráin.
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this, and the fact that airlines don't pay any tax on the fuel they use, are things more people should know
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this, and the fact that airlines don't pay any tax on the fuel they use, are things more people should know
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This is a good time to remember when, 15 years ago, Higgins read a US right-wing provocateur for filth in a conversation. A thing of beauty. youtu.be/B5OWRRJh-PI?...
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is a good time to remember when, 15 years ago, Higgins read a US right-wing provocateur for filth in a conversation. A thing of beauty. youtu.be/B5OWRRJh-PI?...
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President Michael D. Higgins has left Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening, closing the chapter on 14 years in office.
Before departing, President Higgins was presented with flowers by a member of the Sanctuary Runners, of which he was a patron.
#VMNews
Before departing, President Higgins was presented with flowers by a member of the Sanctuary Runners, of which he was a patron.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
President Michael D. Higgins has left Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening, closing the chapter on 14 years in office.
Before departing, President Higgins was presented with flowers by a member of the Sanctuary Runners, of which he was a patron.
#VMNews
Before departing, President Higgins was presented with flowers by a member of the Sanctuary Runners, of which he was a patron.
#VMNews
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LEGO Spider-Punk and Spider-Gwen wish you a week filled with good fortune! (I bought these two random packs yesterday and got lucky with the two best figs!)
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
LEGO Spider-Punk and Spider-Gwen wish you a week filled with good fortune! (I bought these two random packs yesterday and got lucky with the two best figs!)
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Never ask the same question two different ways unless you want to learn how unseriously people take their responses 😜
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Never ask the same question two different ways unless you want to learn how unseriously people take their responses 😜
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Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland.
What a country.
What a country.
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Working on a one-act play about the board meeting where Google abolished the “Don’t Be Evil” motto
August 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Working on a one-act play about the board meeting where Google abolished the “Don’t Be Evil” motto
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Irish athlete Caitriona Jennings breaks 100-mile world record
Irish athlete Caitriona Jennings breaks 100-mile world record
The run of Jennings of 12:37:04 was almost four hours ahead of the next best woman
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Irish athlete Caitriona Jennings breaks 100-mile world record
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from the wikimedia commons category "damaged computer hardware"
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
from the wikimedia commons category "damaged computer hardware"
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This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
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I never realised how demented The War On Formula was until I became a Dad.
Think about the kinds of vice products you're not allowed get supermarket loyalty points on (fags, booze, lottery tickets, carrier bags) - it is scandalous that f*cking baby formula is lumped in with them.
Think about the kinds of vice products you're not allowed get supermarket loyalty points on (fags, booze, lottery tickets, carrier bags) - it is scandalous that f*cking baby formula is lumped in with them.
as a side note, a lot of food banks in the U.K.- I dunno about the USA- won’t accept or give out formula (despite the govt publishing explicit guidance that legally they can do so).
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I never realised how demented The War On Formula was until I became a Dad.
Think about the kinds of vice products you're not allowed get supermarket loyalty points on (fags, booze, lottery tickets, carrier bags) - it is scandalous that f*cking baby formula is lumped in with them.
Think about the kinds of vice products you're not allowed get supermarket loyalty points on (fags, booze, lottery tickets, carrier bags) - it is scandalous that f*cking baby formula is lumped in with them.
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Temple Bar Inn, currently visible from space
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Temple Bar Inn, currently visible from space