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jimbliss.bsky.social

Philosopher, psychoanalyst, former industrial engineer. Writes words and code. Near Dublin (Ireland). At the intersection between anarchism, socialism, and despair. GenX, gamer, and very left wing. He/Him. "They" is fine too. "Everyone's lost but me."

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Illustration of Padraig Pearse posting a planning notice for a mixed-use development outside the GPO on O'Connell Street, Easter 1916.

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By allowing the supply of British weapons to Netanyahu's Israel, Keir Starmer is actively facilitating an ongoing genocide. But he thinks a festival performance may not be "appropriate". I used to think politicians cared about legacy, but surely he knows history will remember him as a monster.

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Watching the descent of the United States into full-blown fascism is wild. I'm imagining these ICE tactics playing out under a Democratic administration... masked men jumping out of unmarked cars and snatching people off the street. 1/2

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A lot of bad music gets rose-tinted by the passage of time. Songs I hated 30 years ago now end up just reminding me of 30 years ago. Of a younger me. Of a simpler time when the world wasn't... well... this. "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies is not one of those songs.

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Growing up in Northern Ireland, you think you know what terrorism is and then someone goes and paints some planes...

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I'm gonna start spreading real science in the style of fake news and maybe it'll get more traction. "What they DON'T want you to know! The mitochondria IS the powerhouse of the cell! 😱"

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Apparently someone in Ireland just won €250m in the Euromillions lottery. I don't play the lottery so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it was someone who really likes me... ... er... thinks ... hmmm... coughs shuffles awkwardly ... "Mum?"

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#bloomsday

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"What do you need to know?" Don't apply for a research position in the U.S. unless you're white and you're researching "Why white men are especially awesome", "Why vaccines don't work", "Why Climate Change is a Chinese Hoax", "Why the Nazis were misunderstood", or "Why Donald Trump is so beautiful"

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#bloomsday

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It's fashionable (especially today) to declare Ulysses and/or Joyce "overrated". Just like you can't talk about The Beatles, for example, without a chorus of "overrated" springing up around you. 1/3 #JamesJoyce #Bloomsday #Ulysses

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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

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It's almost 3 years now since my Dad died. For years we didn't see eye to eye... barely spoke. But later in life I came to understand him, and eventually realised what a great man he was. And he was. I am so grateful I got that chance to connect with him before the end. Happy Fathers Day, Dad.

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Dude who has never, ever been on the side of any protester in the History of the Earth: "I'll tell you what, some of the actions of these protestors are really making it hard for me to be on their side..."

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I saw Brian Wilson play live several times in the early noughties in London. First for the SMILE concerts and then Pet Sounds. I remember leaving the auditorium with a friend one evening and him turning to me and saying "that was like watching someone levitate right in front of us". 1/3

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If you’re rioting or even just protesting because a foreigner has been accused of rape, but you never rioted or protested when a white Irish bloke was accused of rape, you are not a defender of women and are - quite literally - just a racist

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Me and @davepettit.bsky.social went to Desertfest and this is what we saw and heard while drinking lots of booze.

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Happy 'David Byrne has announced a world tour' day to one and all.

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Although tickets for the Dublin gig don't go on sale until Friday, if you go to David Byrne's website and sign up to his mailing list you'll be sent a code that allows you to get tickets from today. whoisthesky.davidbyrne.com/tour/ See you there? #Music #LiveMusic #Dublin #DavidByrne

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ChatGPT is down today, so I'm shouting my questions over the fence to next door's golden retriever... his responses make more or less the same amount of sense.

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...I’m off to sunny Camden Town" says @stoatie.bsky.social "to see the world’s finest collection of Orange amps and hear some of the finest crushingly loud music available"; & so was @davepettit.bsky.social too. #desertfest #desertfest2025 #metal #doom #stonerrock #sludge #festivalreview t.ly/MCzWC

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If bringing success to a football club for the first time in 17 years doesn't earn a manager the right to have a shot at building on that success, then the club has no right to expect success in the first place. If you punish both failure and success, the best you can expect is mediocrity. #THFC

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