kevin
@beirne.bsky.social
he/him | irish | mostly posting about rugby, women’s football and my terrible life
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
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Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
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But this would mean all the tech & media companies just *want* fascism & aren’t actually kow-towing to a uniquely powerful admin? That can’t be.
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
But this would mean all the tech & media companies just *want* fascism & aren’t actually kow-towing to a uniquely powerful admin? That can’t be.
Once again asking how the government can possibly justify another year with a budget surplus in the billions when month after month they report record levels of homelessness.
Just abhorrent and even worse is that no one will ever be held responsible for this
Just abhorrent and even worse is that no one will ever be held responsible for this
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Once again asking how the government can possibly justify another year with a budget surplus in the billions when month after month they report record levels of homelessness.
Just abhorrent and even worse is that no one will ever be held responsible for this
Just abhorrent and even worse is that no one will ever be held responsible for this
Haven’t played Madden since well before the Bills drafted Josh Allen and haven’t bought a new FIFA game since 2018 (and I still call it FIFA). Been even longer since my last Football Manager game.
Are any of them worth getting now? I’m not interested in online play. I only wanna do career modes
Are any of them worth getting now? I’m not interested in online play. I only wanna do career modes
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Haven’t played Madden since well before the Bills drafted Josh Allen and haven’t bought a new FIFA game since 2018 (and I still call it FIFA). Been even longer since my last Football Manager game.
Are any of them worth getting now? I’m not interested in online play. I only wanna do career modes
Are any of them worth getting now? I’m not interested in online play. I only wanna do career modes
Graham Linehan is basically a living warning about dealing with criticism.
A few years ago, someone on twitter said some of his old stuff hadn’t aged well and now he divorcedly asks a robot to make up *totally not sexual* fantasies for him and thinks that’s something he should tell newspapers about
A few years ago, someone on twitter said some of his old stuff hadn’t aged well and now he divorcedly asks a robot to make up *totally not sexual* fantasies for him and thinks that’s something he should tell newspapers about
Look, I'm genuinely sorry for the Graham Linehan posts. I really am. But this is just too fucking astonishing not to share. The last paragraph of an Observer interview with him. Absolutely beyond parody. He's gone. He's absolutely fucking gone.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Graham Linehan is basically a living warning about dealing with criticism.
A few years ago, someone on twitter said some of his old stuff hadn’t aged well and now he divorcedly asks a robot to make up *totally not sexual* fantasies for him and thinks that’s something he should tell newspapers about
A few years ago, someone on twitter said some of his old stuff hadn’t aged well and now he divorcedly asks a robot to make up *totally not sexual* fantasies for him and thinks that’s something he should tell newspapers about
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Do you know what's mad?
(OK, there's a lot at the mo, but bear with me)
Israel illegal kidnapped & tortured (psychological & deprived of food & water) Irish citizens, including 2 members of the Oireachtas, and the Irish gov did nothing but issue a statement.
No OTB passed, nothing.
#IrishPol
(OK, there's a lot at the mo, but bear with me)
Israel illegal kidnapped & tortured (psychological & deprived of food & water) Irish citizens, including 2 members of the Oireachtas, and the Irish gov did nothing but issue a statement.
No OTB passed, nothing.
#IrishPol
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Do you know what's mad?
(OK, there's a lot at the mo, but bear with me)
Israel illegal kidnapped & tortured (psychological & deprived of food & water) Irish citizens, including 2 members of the Oireachtas, and the Irish gov did nothing but issue a statement.
No OTB passed, nothing.
#IrishPol
(OK, there's a lot at the mo, but bear with me)
Israel illegal kidnapped & tortured (psychological & deprived of food & water) Irish citizens, including 2 members of the Oireachtas, and the Irish gov did nothing but issue a statement.
No OTB passed, nothing.
#IrishPol
Dear Americans, everyone from any other country in the world watching this national anthem performance before a regular sporting event finds it so so so weird
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Dear Americans, everyone from any other country in the world watching this national anthem performance before a regular sporting event finds it so so so weird
You should get half points for any yards earned from a DPI on your WR (yes I have CeeDee Lamb)
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You should get half points for any yards earned from a DPI on your WR (yes I have CeeDee Lamb)
HOLYHEAD (AP) — A man in his thirties has been taken into custody in the port town of Holyhead after several boxes of Sally Rooney novels were found in a vehicle registered to him.
The 400 books, with an estimated street value of £18.6m, were seized by officials who described the man as “a bit sad”
The 400 books, with an estimated street value of £18.6m, were seized by officials who described the man as “a bit sad”
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
HOLYHEAD (AP) — A man in his thirties has been taken into custody in the port town of Holyhead after several boxes of Sally Rooney novels were found in a vehicle registered to him.
The 400 books, with an estimated street value of £18.6m, were seized by officials who described the man as “a bit sad”
The 400 books, with an estimated street value of £18.6m, were seized by officials who described the man as “a bit sad”
Sky are so bad at making ads for any of their stuff. I’ve heard from a few people that The Death of Bunny Munro is pretty good but the trailer makes me want to go nowhere near it
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sky are so bad at making ads for any of their stuff. I’ve heard from a few people that The Death of Bunny Munro is pretty good but the trailer makes me want to go nowhere near it
Never seen a game so totally decided by fourth downs before. Packers scored two TDs and sealed the game on fourth down, while Lions failed to convert any of theirs
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Never seen a game so totally decided by fourth downs before. Packers scored two TDs and sealed the game on fourth down, while Lions failed to convert any of theirs
The Lions are just cursed tonight (and probably beyond tonight tbf)
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Lions are just cursed tonight (and probably beyond tonight tbf)
Didn’t even occur to me til just now that this game isnt for the lead of the NFC North. Keep forgetting the Bears are actually winning
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Didn’t even occur to me til just now that this game isnt for the lead of the NFC North. Keep forgetting the Bears are actually winning
They’re calling it the most normal one anyone has ever been on
Look, I'm genuinely sorry for the Graham Linehan posts. I really am. But this is just too fucking astonishing not to share. The last paragraph of an Observer interview with him. Absolutely beyond parody. He's gone. He's absolutely fucking gone.
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They’re calling it the most normal one anyone has ever been on
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The Labour government said they would massively cut immigration. They have succeeded. The people who hated them, still hate them. The national conversation is still entirely about immigration, and completely toxic.
Completely foreseeable, completely foreseen.
Completely foreseeable, completely foreseen.
NEW: Net migration to the UK fell significantly to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.
That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Labour government said they would massively cut immigration. They have succeeded. The people who hated them, still hate them. The national conversation is still entirely about immigration, and completely toxic.
Completely foreseeable, completely foreseen.
Completely foreseeable, completely foreseen.
I’ve just learned that Men In Black: International was originally meant to be a 21 Jump Street crossover/sequel and now I’m very sad we didn’t get that
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I’ve just learned that Men In Black: International was originally meant to be a 21 Jump Street crossover/sequel and now I’m very sad we didn’t get that
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This is neither an overhaul or tighten. Asylum seekers make up a small proportion of inward migration. They’re also the worst off. Making their situation more painful to appease a few morons who believe refugees make their own lives worse, it’s brutal
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This is neither an overhaul or tighten. Asylum seekers make up a small proportion of inward migration. They’re also the worst off. Making their situation more painful to appease a few morons who believe refugees make their own lives worse, it’s brutal
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"We need to have a debate about neutrality"
We're constantly having this debate and you keep losing it
We're constantly having this debate and you keep losing it
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"We need to have a debate about neutrality"
We're constantly having this debate and you keep losing it
We're constantly having this debate and you keep losing it
It took the tenth time of this appearing on my TL for me to finally realise they were referring to a chipper
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It took the tenth time of this appearing on my TL for me to finally realise they were referring to a chipper
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
Any time I feel even the slightest desire to start watching men’s football again, a news story breaks to remind me why I stopped
Even by the standards of Infantino's FIFA this is something else.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Any time I feel even the slightest desire to start watching men’s football again, a news story breaks to remind me why I stopped
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Destroying Blue Sky for good with a 'still posts on Twitter' labeller.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Destroying Blue Sky for good with a 'still posts on Twitter' labeller.
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God I'm so sick of how "Activist" is used to un-person trans people.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
God I'm so sick of how "Activist" is used to un-person trans people.
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.