Brendan Halpin
@bthalpin.bsky.social
Refugee from ex-Twitter, mostly at @[email protected]
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The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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We are recruiting an information systems manager to support our data management and stewardship efforts. 13-month contract on 53k/year, but I'll be looking to extend the role contingent on renewed funding for our CRF. Small, close-knit team + flexible working arrangements.
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New job opportunity with the CRF-UCC: Information Systems Manager
The CRF-UCC is #hiring an IS Manager to continue to grow Electronic Data Capture supports offered through the Statistics, Data & Anal...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We are recruiting an information systems manager to support our data management and stewardship efforts. 13-month contract on 53k/year, but I'll be looking to extend the role contingent on renewed funding for our CRF. Small, close-knit team + flexible working arrangements.
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"Did you write, 'data available upon request'?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Did you write, 'data available upon request'?"
Thankfully they use "amber" rather than "yellow warning". I've seen the Irish met office announce "yellow snow warnings".
(Canonically, the only relevant warning is "don't eat the yellow snow", courtesy of Frank Zappa.)
(Canonically, the only relevant warning is "don't eat the yellow snow", courtesy of Frank Zappa.)
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thankfully they use "amber" rather than "yellow warning". I've seen the Irish met office announce "yellow snow warnings".
(Canonically, the only relevant warning is "don't eat the yellow snow", courtesy of Frank Zappa.)
(Canonically, the only relevant warning is "don't eat the yellow snow", courtesy of Frank Zappa.)
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I’d add: the core of the case against the left 2015-2019 was that we all hated Israel irrationally, and that us believing they were gearing up to exterminate the Palestinians was the real world manifestation of our insane ideology. How is that looking now? Does it look like it’s us that fucked it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’d add: the core of the case against the left 2015-2019 was that we all hated Israel irrationally, and that us believing they were gearing up to exterminate the Palestinians was the real world manifestation of our insane ideology. How is that looking now? Does it look like it’s us that fucked it.
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Jenny Watson spilling it on X
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Jenny Watson spilling it on X
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Trump has trampled the Constitution, trashed the economy, and ceded the next century to China. Someone in my replies on Bluesky used the word "Latinx". I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump has trampled the Constitution, trashed the economy, and ceded the next century to China. Someone in my replies on Bluesky used the word "Latinx". I have never felt more politically homeless.
I have a theory about why Trump keeps harping on about autopen (rather than eg substance): it's that he has carefully cultivated his handwritten signature over the years, is inordinately proud of it, and gets huge ego-boosts from signing executive orders in public.
BREAKING: Trump says he’s terminating all Biden executive orders signed with an autopen — roughly 92% of them. Autopen use is a routine, legal practice used for decades. His move marks an extraordinary escalation, dismissing established procedure to push a baseless #BlueSky #NewsSky
Trump says he's cancelling executive orders signed by Biden Autopen
President Donald Trump said he would be cancelling most of Biden's executive orders on Friday.
www.newsweek.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I have a theory about why Trump keeps harping on about autopen (rather than eg substance): it's that he has carefully cultivated his handwritten signature over the years, is inordinately proud of it, and gets huge ego-boosts from signing executive orders in public.
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Lincoln wasn't perfect, but he was very good.
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
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![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lincoln wasn't perfect, but he was very good.
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Tu proposes une taxe carbone, solution validée par tous les économistes, tu fais de l’écologie PUNITIVE.
Par contre, quand ton seul projet pour l’éducation et la jeunesse, c’est l’interdiction des portables, là, c’est pas punitif.
Par contre, quand ton seul projet pour l’éducation et la jeunesse, c’est l’interdiction des portables, là, c’est pas punitif.
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tu proposes une taxe carbone, solution validée par tous les économistes, tu fais de l’écologie PUNITIVE.
Par contre, quand ton seul projet pour l’éducation et la jeunesse, c’est l’interdiction des portables, là, c’est pas punitif.
Par contre, quand ton seul projet pour l’éducation et la jeunesse, c’est l’interdiction des portables, là, c’est pas punitif.
Lots of (especially but not only American) drivers want big heavy vehicles because in an accident with a smaller vehicle the other guy will come off worse...
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Don’t speed through squares unless you want MC consequences.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Lots of (especially but not only American) drivers want big heavy vehicles because in an accident with a smaller vehicle the other guy will come off worse...
www.reddit.com/r/dashcams/c...
www.reddit.com/r/dashcams/c...
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Walking through Stansted with a few kilos of Rooney in a suitcase which I drop in front of Greggs while my contact drops an identical suitcase full of banknotes. We do the switch without making eye contact.
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
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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 ...
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Walking through Stansted with a few kilos of Rooney in a suitcase which I drop in front of Greggs while my contact drops an identical suitcase full of banknotes. We do the switch without making eye contact.
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My rule is anyone who puts hedge fund managers and CEOs in the same “class“ as journalists and professors is actually a hedge fund manager trying to foment a culture war as a means of tax avoidance.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My rule is anyone who puts hedge fund managers and CEOs in the same “class“ as journalists and professors is actually a hedge fund manager trying to foment a culture war as a means of tax avoidance.
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A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass has been moved to a second stage.
TD introduces bill to rename Dublin Airport after Lemass
A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass has been moved to a second stage.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Le wokisme est notre avenir économisons-le
Avez-vous utilisé le wokisme aujourd’hui ? Attention, il risque de se décharger
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Le wokisme est notre avenir économisons-le
Ireland's Own Cosmopolitan Vogue Williams, to give her her full name
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#speirghorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm
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#speirghorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm
Vogue Williams, top Irish export, like Kerrygold, Bono and passive-aggressive alcoholism
The Irish I’m a Celebrity contestant has been a reality-TV star since the innocent days of Fade Street, on RTÉ
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November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ireland's Own Cosmopolitan Vogue Williams, to give her her full name
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
#speirghorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm
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#speirghorm #spéirghorm #speirgorm
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education