Dean Buckley
@deanbuckley.bsky.social
bad news from the zone, tumbleweeds. writer & critic. catholic socialist. smalltown journalist. pop punk kid. podcaster. all opinions mine.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.
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Saw a LinkedIn post today from a Serious Person who hailed progress on Ireland's planned LNG import terminal, and hilariously suggesting the gas could be sourced from cheap overseas biomethane.
Sadly, they weren't joking.
It might as well be powered by vibes.
Sadly, they weren't joking.
It might as well be powered by vibes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Saw a LinkedIn post today from a Serious Person who hailed progress on Ireland's planned LNG import terminal, and hilariously suggesting the gas could be sourced from cheap overseas biomethane.
Sadly, they weren't joking.
It might as well be powered by vibes.
Sadly, they weren't joking.
It might as well be powered by vibes.
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Irish tech journalism has precisely three articles:
1. Oisin McMusk has raised $118m for his GraphQL- powered AI-enabled dogball shaver.
2. A panel on why the technology they have in their LinkedIn headlines isn't going away!
3. CatballShaver's CEO, on why he expects revenue to triple next month.
1. Oisin McMusk has raised $118m for his GraphQL- powered AI-enabled dogball shaver.
2. A panel on why the technology they have in their LinkedIn headlines isn't going away!
3. CatballShaver's CEO, on why he expects revenue to triple next month.
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Irish tech journalism has precisely three articles:
1. Oisin McMusk has raised $118m for his GraphQL- powered AI-enabled dogball shaver.
2. A panel on why the technology they have in their LinkedIn headlines isn't going away!
3. CatballShaver's CEO, on why he expects revenue to triple next month.
1. Oisin McMusk has raised $118m for his GraphQL- powered AI-enabled dogball shaver.
2. A panel on why the technology they have in their LinkedIn headlines isn't going away!
3. CatballShaver's CEO, on why he expects revenue to triple next month.
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cannot oversell how disgusting it is that while jim o'callaghan proposes extreme anti-migrant measures, the response of sinn fein is "bet you won't follow through on these excellent policies"
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
cannot oversell how disgusting it is that while jim o'callaghan proposes extreme anti-migrant measures, the response of sinn fein is "bet you won't follow through on these excellent policies"
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Like for real, I haven't seen a single thing in the media for ages about Sally Rooney except in the context of the Brits doing the will-we-won't-we dance about banning her books. Couldn't have come up with better marketing if you were her biggest fan
Advisor: Last time we tried charging Irish artists with terrorism offenses over trivial nonsense it ended up massively boosting their profile and embarrassing the government
Keir Starmer:
Keir Starmer:
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Like for real, I haven't seen a single thing in the media for ages about Sally Rooney except in the context of the Brits doing the will-we-won't-we dance about banning her books. Couldn't have come up with better marketing if you were her biggest fan
the failed pivots to NFTs and Web 3.0 were hideously expensive misfires from tech, but they are going to look like rounding errors compared to the failure of the AI pivot
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the failed pivots to NFTs and Web 3.0 were hideously expensive misfires from tech, but they are going to look like rounding errors compared to the failure of the AI pivot
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guy arguing for ireland to become even more integrated as a client state of the brits & the yanks: lol, ireland is just a pathetic client state of the brits & the yanks
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
guy arguing for ireland to become even more integrated as a client state of the brits & the yanks: lol, ireland is just a pathetic client state of the brits & the yanks
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Some contrast between politicians bigging up tech companies and AI following the Taoiseach's visit to the Microsoft offices and the news about the Covalen workers
Staff at Irish Meta client firm told 400 jobs at risk just weeks ahead of Christmas
One employee whose job is now at risk told The Journal that the news has come as a complete shock.
www.thejournal.ie
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Some contrast between politicians bigging up tech companies and AI following the Taoiseach's visit to the Microsoft offices and the news about the Covalen workers
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someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
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Actually, using inclusive language is good, supporting asylum seekers is good, being an empathetic person is good. I won’t be swayed on these truths because this degenerative capitalist society of ours thinks the wind is blowing the other way
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Actually, using inclusive language is good, supporting asylum seekers is good, being an empathetic person is good. I won’t be swayed on these truths because this degenerative capitalist society of ours thinks the wind is blowing the other way
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Nobody believes in Good Guys and Bad Guys more than NATO heads. They'll go blue in the face insisting only they understand the nuance of international relations, but the moment you criticise the Good Guys it's because you like the Bad Guys.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Nobody believes in Good Guys and Bad Guys more than NATO heads. They'll go blue in the face insisting only they understand the nuance of international relations, but the moment you criticise the Good Guys it's because you like the Bad Guys.
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
the midwits who run these companies have catastrophically overspent on an AI revolution that simply isn't coming, but they can't admit that, so it's time to squeeze workers for shareholder value
www.thejournal.ie/meta-job-los...
www.thejournal.ie/meta-job-los...
Staff at Irish Meta client firm told 400 jobs at risk just weeks ahead of Christmas
One employee whose job is now at risk told The Journal that the news has come as a complete shock.
www.thejournal.ie
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
the midwits who run these companies have catastrophically overspent on an AI revolution that simply isn't coming, but they can't admit that, so it's time to squeeze workers for shareholder value
www.thejournal.ie/meta-job-los...
www.thejournal.ie/meta-job-los...
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EU Commissioners are supposed to be above national politics, Michael!
EU Commissioner Michael McGrath has backed Taoiseach Micheál Martin to continue as the leader of Fianna Fáil, saying his experience would be an asset when Ireland assumes the presidency of the European Union next year.
jrnl.ie/6888009
jrnl.ie/6888009
Michael McGrath says people who underestimate Micheál Martin 'do so at their peril'
Martin’s leadership has been called into question since Fianna Fáil’s disastrous presidential campaign.
jrnl.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
EU Commissioners are supposed to be above national politics, Michael!
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
it's so embarrassing to watch both Micheál Martin and Simon Harris constantly run down the clock on their speaking time in the Dáil by picking out some bit of rhetoric used by the opposition and contriving to suggest there's some disrespectful or disreputable about it
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
it's so embarrassing to watch both Micheál Martin and Simon Harris constantly run down the clock on their speaking time in the Dáil by picking out some bit of rhetoric used by the opposition and contriving to suggest there's some disrespectful or disreputable about it
thinking about when that bridge in Dublin went on fire and Irish nafoids wanted so desperately to believe it was Russian sabotage
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
thinking about when that bridge in Dublin went on fire and Irish nafoids wanted so desperately to believe it was Russian sabotage
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Jim O'Callaghan says the "overwhelming majority" of asylum applications are refused. The success rate last year was 40%.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Jim O'Callaghan says the "overwhelming majority" of asylum applications are refused. The success rate last year was 40%.
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it can be hard work being an active citizen and lots of people don't have the time or capacity to do it. which means opportunities to participate in civic life are not equally distributed.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
it can be hard work being an active citizen and lots of people don't have the time or capacity to do it. which means opportunities to participate in civic life are not equally distributed.
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And even then they couldn’t really cap migration, only legal migration
If you really want to stop people coming into the country you need to become North Korea
If you really want to stop people coming into the country you need to become North Korea
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
And even then they couldn’t really cap migration, only legal migration
If you really want to stop people coming into the country you need to become North Korea
If you really want to stop people coming into the country you need to become North Korea
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"Ireland would think differently about Russia if they were where Estonia is!". Yeah probably. Different things are different. I don't think Poland worries much about the good Friday agreement to be honest.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"Ireland would think differently about Russia if they were where Estonia is!". Yeah probably. Different things are different. I don't think Poland worries much about the good Friday agreement to be honest.
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.