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Just suddenly had a cringeworthy flashback to being asked to leave a Burger King because I used a pen to correct the grammar on their signs This was the same era of my life when I worked in Blockbuster Videos, and added commas to the DVD cases of Love Actually (Love, Actually) I was an arse 🫣😬

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the accompanying piece to this is that the FT crew came here and set up with a picnic lunch and while i'm sure it was harder than this from the inside it seemed like they were fully integrated by the end of the week. so: skill issue

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Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

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Oh? What's this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2... The man has the spine of a jellyfish.

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Here's my small story about the cattle market. I lived nearby when it was still operating, and twice a week was passed by cattle being herded towards it on the way to school. One morning some cattle were going too fast & scattily near Hanlon's Corner, having well outrun the guy herding them. 1/3

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For all german-speaking @statacorp.bsky.social users: don't miss this DPC Software GmbH workshop with Christian Brzinsky-Fay: dpc-software.de/webinare/

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We’re once again going through that Bluesky ritual where people point at the Greens and shout NIMBY! to justify their continued support for the party of xenophobia, child poverty, university bankruptcies etc

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Remember folks, theres good news SOMEWHERE in the world...

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THIS. THIS is how you use your white privilege. 🇵🇸

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Unusual to see a you: which issues, domestic violence, rape conviction rates? Hugh Linehan: no you: then what? Hugh Linehan: oh you know the ones in the wild

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"I have looked at the world around me, and amid all the genocide, rising fascism and climate collapse, it is my considered opinion that we are not having nearly enough of a go at trans people, who of course are the real enemy."

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Another article in the Irish times asking why we’re not talking about trans people more. Cites Stella O’Malley, the Cass report and it just has a tone of ‘well shouldn’t we be debating this’ as if we debate the healthcare decisions that cancer patients make. SHUT UP.

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Anam means soul. It seems to be inherent in business, or capitalism more generally, to make words mean their opposite. ("In business, sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you've got it made.")

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Did Model 1 or Model 2 generate these sequences? Why? Model 1: Pólya urn, starting with one black and one red ball. 1 (0) stands for black (red). Model 2: Empty probit model, random intercepts with mean 0, ICC = 1/2. All 100,000 sequences here: tinyurl.com/35pkyfxa

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A really good question, why are trans people so rarely given a voice in Irish media? Oh I see, that's not what you meant.

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I don’t think there’s ever been a more irresponsible act in US history than putting RFK in charge of public health. You’d rather have Manson.

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Let's be totally clear: "immigration" as a concept is bullshit. It isn't more than 100 or so years old. Human beings have been moving around this planet however they wanted to for millenia before a small handful of folks decided that wasn't OK for some reason.

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🤌 www.reddit.com/r/Sakartvelo...

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If you absolutely have to ask a philosopher to solve your trolley problem, best ask a pragmatist #philsophy

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UCL's Andrea Sella to return his 2014 Michael Faraday prize to the Royal Society over its continued refusal to censure Elon Musk. Sella won the award as 'an exemplary science communicator' (in the words of the RS's spokesperson). Its return too is exemplary science communication.

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The #Limerick one is incomplete - Cuimhnigh ar Luimhnuigh agus ar Fheall na Sasanaigh' or 'Remember Limerick and the Perfidy of the English' Perfidious sasanaigh are not forgotten

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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

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Greta Thunberg got bad write-ups from Julie Burchill, Brendan O'Neill, Suzanne Moore, Zoe Strimpel and Piers Morgan, the fabled "Arsehole Voltron"

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Menswear Guy crowned the Pope of Posters. Posted so hard, a Veep split his seams.

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Conor tap out McGregor

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Given large parts of capitalist (and esp US) history, I wouldn't say that's a very distinctive hallmark (I don't imagine @rbreich is going so far as to equate capitalism with fascism...(

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In 18th century #polsci Q: How to attract foreigners to a country 🇮🇹 Donato (1767) Homme d'Etat "Powerful lures" are "excellent academies and universities; freedom of life; the affability and politeness of the people; accuracy and promptness in the administration of justice; good policing 1/2

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Liam Cunningham, in the 3rd round with a clean KO.

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New: theonion.com/protesters-u...

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Soon i will be culturally illiterate not just because i am old but because i am violently allergic to shortform phone videos

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Cork city centre already has regular problems with tidal flooding but can cope with sea level rise very well (tidal barrier near Blackrock/Little Island or even Roches Point). Harder to protect Dublin and east coast, Galway.

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This is the part that really pisses Miller off. He’s not nearly smart as he thinks he is and he’s embarrassed that Moran saw right through his intellectual airs.

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“Defund the police” was in fact a great slogan.

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I've been saying it for years: they militarised the police because they didn't think the army would attack the general population, while the cops already consider them the enemy. Now it's happening.

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