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‘I can’t host the show and be in the audience of the show’ Kielty says to loud applause re Dail speaking rights row. #latelate

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

📢 Punks Listen Fanzine Event 📅 March 31, 6–8 PM 📍 Creative Zone, Boole Library A panel of special guests will share the records that shaped them 🎟️ Zine for sale + raffle with great prizes 💙 All money raised goes to Irish Red Cross Ukraine Refugee Appeal libcal.ucc.ie/event/4354232

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

Prof Cathryn Costello of UCD comprehensively and convincingly dismantling the somewhat dismal platform outlined by the new Minister for Justice on international protection and deportation on #TonightVMTV just now. Such a pity the Minister is not in studio with the panel to debate.

Deputy leader of the AfD Beatrix von Storch is the granddaughter of Hitler's Minister of Finance Lutz von Krosigk (pictured here on the left w/ Goebbels) and Chancellor of the Third Reich (May 1945). She has previously advocated the shooting of immigrants who do not have visas.

A customer refused to buy the copy of the book they wanted from our shelves because they “don’t buy display copies.” Not sure they know how bookshops work. 🤷‍♂️

#zucked

Feels like the Irish Times is warming up for a dedicated Art Council Imbroglio 32-page supplement

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

The Irish Times visited Kilbarry housing scheme in Waterford in 2015. Upon return, such conditions are still found to be prevalent www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

A little good news story my car broke down at a junction in #Churchtown two strangers kindly helped push it in off the road - while waiting for #Allianz breakdown assist I was heartwarmingly surprised when one of the men returned to me 15 mins later with a cup of tea his name was John thank you John

from this so running HHS in less than five years! fascism happens gradually then all at once

Bit of news… I’m back to work next week at the @irishexaminer.bsky.social acting in a new role of Opinion Editor. Looking forward to reading your pitches!

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

"citizen journalist"? Garda body-cam footage has been used for the first time in a court case, for the prosecution of citizen journalist Philip Dwyer for failing to obey a direction to move on during riots in Coolock, Dublin, last year. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Lisa McInerney #writingquote

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Oh great, state-run media. Feels First Amendment might like a word. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

The truth behind AI-generated "local" newsletters - 355 titles operated by one guy www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/insi...

Listening to the audiobook of THE HOBBIT read by Andy Serkis and when he finally gets to the point where he can whip out the Gollum voice it's like when the drums hit in 'In The Air Tonight.'

hey question, is this bad?

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

"If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, LLMs will do their thinking for them." if Orwell was writing today

ICE Agent Decides He Wants Kids After Seeing Incredible Love And Devotion Of Parents Begging Him Not To Take Their Child theonion.com/ice-age...

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

“Dr. Phil is here to livestream your arrest is almost too stupid to take seriously. But that may prove to be the defining feature of life under the second Trump administration.” — @melissagiragrant.com

It seems that Micheál Martin’s representing himself now with vibes of campaign trail Simon Harris 🙄

It begins July 11th. #Superman

Ordered these as coasters

Thank you!! Please subscribe to my YouTube channel for more videos, I’m trying to get to 30k subs and every subscriber helps! urlgeni.us/youtube/chan...

My day job - over 80k people have checked in with the @corkbeo.bsky.social liveblog on #StormEowyn in less than 24 hours across multiple platforms, newsletters, etc - shows what regional news can do with a small but highly motivated and brilliantly led team 😉

I once rang Hotel Doolin to ask them if I could use their loos for a group of just arrived Syrian families who were on a day trip across Clare and when we arrived they had muffins & hot chocolates ready for all the children and teas and coffees and scones for the adults ready in their barn.

Stop sharing the posts you think should be taken down.

Great interview with Jubilee founder Jason Lee from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social. This was incredibly revealing on his thinking, which further informs on how Jubilee tends to operate and frame things www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47B...

Memo to incoming ministers: when the civil service presents you with a shiny new project in your early days, with the launch all prepared to go, just sign here, read this speech, hold this outsized plastic prop for the cameras --- ask questions..

Gift link to Kyle MacLachlan's essay on #DavidLynch in the NYT. "It’s why he never wanted to explain his work. He wasn’t trying to be surly or obtuse....It’s just that explaining his art after the fact seemed antithetical to the very point of making it."

this sort of naked cynicism is jarring, but you’re going to see more of it because this is how kleptocracy works. it makes groveling and sycophancy the rational choice, because it will very often be rewarded.