Giles na Magaleen
@gilesnamagaleen.bsky.social
Bard (from The Gurriers' Arms), gentleman scholar, Midleton drinker, pheasant plucker https://ballymagaleen.com/
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Ballymagaleen:
Ireland’s Least Reasonable Village
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Independent Scholar, Philologist & Financial Flâneur
Self-employed, Ballymagaleen & Various Jurisdictions, 1987–present
Conducts original research into language, liturgy, and ledger-books
Occasional lecturer on “The Poetry of Double-Entry Bookkeeping”. ballymagaleen.com/about-giles
Self-employed, Ballymagaleen & Various Jurisdictions, 1987–present
Conducts original research into language, liturgy, and ledger-books
Occasional lecturer on “The Poetry of Double-Entry Bookkeeping”. ballymagaleen.com/about-giles
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If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
Not a Cock up 😀
Back in August of last year, there were unconfirmed reports that Russia had finally ceased operations of its An-22 fleet altogether.
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Not a Cock up 😀
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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Some countries really just need to lose a war. To shatter a certain idea of how they see themselves, that usually an idea that caused wars, and to then replace it with a different idea of the self as a polity and national identity.
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Some countries really just need to lose a war. To shatter a certain idea of how they see themselves, that usually an idea that caused wars, and to then replace it with a different idea of the self as a polity and national identity.
What's fore tee tonight?
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
What's fore tee tonight?
Both positions were social fictions
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Both positions were social fictions
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"Ordinarily we live within the realm of the Law, even when fantasizing its abolition."
- Seduction
- Seduction
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Ordinarily we live within the realm of the Law, even when fantasizing its abolition."
- Seduction
- Seduction
Although both are illusory categories.
"We cannot project more order or disorder into the world than there is."
- The Perfect Crime
- The Perfect Crime
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Although both are illusory categories.
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OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
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I know I’d prefer clean water … but that’s just me!
Nitrates derogations are a risky business model for agri-industry. EU Commission seems to be indicating that the new three-year derogation is on borrowed time.
New Ireland Thinks poll shows public want clean, healthy water, and majority not in favour of Ireland seeking another derogation.
New Ireland Thinks poll shows public want clean, healthy water, and majority not in favour of Ireland seeking another derogation.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I know I’d prefer clean water … but that’s just me!
Hence Victoria Bitter.
In #colonial New South Wales, there was no elected parliament. Instead, public dinners were held and toasts were made to demonstrate political support – or dissent
🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is available in the archive
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🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is available in the archive
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Drinking to Australian Democracy
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December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hence Victoria Bitter.
The Panto was different
For much of the 1960s, the US government was happy to support the assassination of foreign officials – but not to be seen doing so.
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🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
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Assassinating the Enemies of America
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December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Panto was different
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In early modern England the time and date was often an informal matter, which had the potential to pose problems.
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🔓 Susie Johns’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
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Timekeeping in Early Modern England
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December 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In early modern England the time and date was often an informal matter, which had the potential to pose problems.
🔓 Susie Johns’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
🔓 Susie Johns’ new History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
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If a Tankie tries to tell you that lend lease made no difference to Soviet fight against Nazis, ask them how, without western aid, Russia has taken 10 months to move 40 miles from Avdiivka to Pokrovsk.
More than 20 times less than the Red Army managed in WW2.
More than 20 times less than the Red Army managed in WW2.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If a Tankie tries to tell you that lend lease made no difference to Soviet fight against Nazis, ask them how, without western aid, Russia has taken 10 months to move 40 miles from Avdiivka to Pokrovsk.
More than 20 times less than the Red Army managed in WW2.
More than 20 times less than the Red Army managed in WW2.
God and my right, if you must know.
"Who made you duke?"
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
God and my right, if you must know.
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Pause for a moment, and read...
• Seamus Heaney •
• Seamus Heaney •
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Pause for a moment, and read...
• Seamus Heaney •
• Seamus Heaney •
And they had flat screen TVs!
Pieter de Hooch The Bedroom, 1658/1660
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And they had flat screen TVs!
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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Oh please, we only had a little nibble.
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh please, we only had a little nibble.
But we lack the Will and Application.
You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
But we lack the Will and Application.
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"I'm afraid, my friends, the Daleks have won..."
"Doctor Who: The Daleks' Masterplan - Counter Plot" (1965). #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Daleks' Masterplan - Counter Plot" (1965). #DoctorWho
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"I'm afraid, my friends, the Daleks have won..."
"Doctor Who: The Daleks' Masterplan - Counter Plot" (1965). #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Daleks' Masterplan - Counter Plot" (1965). #DoctorWho
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It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.