Padraig Reidy
@padraigreidy.bsky.social
Editor-at-large, the Lead; editorial director 89up; Little Atoms; Paul Foot Award; What Fresh Hell? Dance 10, looks 3
Just imagine the blind rage of Donald Trump when confronted with something as lovely and human as When Harry Met Sally…
December 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Just imagine the blind rage of Donald Trump when confronted with something as lovely and human as When Harry Met Sally…
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Is it because you write about it in the Daily Mail? Oh - it actually is.
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Is it because you write about it in the Daily Mail? Oh - it actually is.
Oh poor Mel Brooks
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Oh poor Mel Brooks
Absolutely haunted football team
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Absolutely haunted football team
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“Post-liberalism” means two things:
1) I like the fascism, but I don’t think of myself as the sort of person who’d be into something so uncouth.
2) The woke made me do it, but since everyone’s opposed to liberty now, why don’t we acknowledge that some races, genders, and religions are lesser.
1) I like the fascism, but I don’t think of myself as the sort of person who’d be into something so uncouth.
2) The woke made me do it, but since everyone’s opposed to liberty now, why don’t we acknowledge that some races, genders, and religions are lesser.
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Post-liberalism” means two things:
1) I like the fascism, but I don’t think of myself as the sort of person who’d be into something so uncouth.
2) The woke made me do it, but since everyone’s opposed to liberty now, why don’t we acknowledge that some races, genders, and religions are lesser.
1) I like the fascism, but I don’t think of myself as the sort of person who’d be into something so uncouth.
2) The woke made me do it, but since everyone’s opposed to liberty now, why don’t we acknowledge that some races, genders, and religions are lesser.
While we’re talking controversial Aninal Farm adaptations, the 1954, partly CIA funded version is narrated by Gordon Heath, an absolutely fascinating black American actor and musician, who ran a folk club in Paris (the recordings are worth a listen). He does not mention the film in his memoir.
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
While we’re talking controversial Aninal Farm adaptations, the 1954, partly CIA funded version is narrated by Gordon Heath, an absolutely fascinating black American actor and musician, who ran a folk club in Paris (the recordings are worth a listen). He does not mention the film in his memoir.
Polygamy is good now
I now declare you throuple: how to plan a polyamorous wedding
I now declare you throuple: how to plan a polyamorous wedding
A throuple in Tennessee shares how they planned a fairytale wedding, from rings to first dance
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Polygamy is good now
When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my energy snack and vanished.
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my energy snack and vanished.
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my energy snack and vanished.
I was cautioned to surrender
This I could not do
I took my energy snack and vanished.
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Welp, looks like we're teaching the LinkedIn grindset people what The Onion is the hard way.
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Welp, looks like we're teaching the LinkedIn grindset people what The Onion is the hard way.
“History” is neither scientific nor moral and does not “come for” anyone, or indeed judge them to be on the right or wrong side of itself dontmakemetapthesign.gif
You can attain great power and wealth even as you commit unimaginable evil in your lifetime.
But one day, history will come for you.
But one day, history will come for you.
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“History” is neither scientific nor moral and does not “come for” anyone, or indeed judge them to be on the right or wrong side of itself dontmakemetapthesign.gif
Why do so many Internet food people wear those creepy black latex gloves?
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Why do so many Internet food people wear those creepy black latex gloves?
I have just learned that Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits is 15 years old today
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I have just learned that Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits is 15 years old today
It’s entirely possible that there will be players at the 2030 World Cup who weren’t born the last time it was held in a functioning democracy
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s entirely possible that there will be players at the 2030 World Cup who weren’t born the last time it was held in a functioning democracy
Anyway, the All Ireland hurling final is set to clash with the world cup final, so I know which I’ll be watching
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Anyway, the All Ireland hurling final is set to clash with the world cup final, so I know which I’ll be watching
That’s too much soccer
There were 64 matches in the 2022 World Cup.
In 2026, the first 72 matches (12 groups of 4) will send 16 teams home, while 32 go through to the last 32 games that decide the World Cup
In 2026, the first 72 matches (12 groups of 4) will send 16 teams home, while 32 go through to the last 32 games that decide the World Cup
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That’s too much soccer
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Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit.
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
Did Your Party's conference do enough to turn the tide of its disastrous beginnings?
Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit.
national.thelead.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit.
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
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Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break.
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break.
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
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This mashup didn’t get enough praise on Instagram but BlueSky is famous for being way more into jokes
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This mashup didn’t get enough praise on Instagram but BlueSky is famous for being way more into jokes
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Stoppard with Havel ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Stoppard with Havel ❤️
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No one could write like Stoppard. No one had a sense of theatre like Stoppard. He was a man of tremendous principle who treasured both England and a particularly English form of personal liberty while remaining engaged by the fate of dissidents east of the Iron Curtain.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No one could write like Stoppard. No one had a sense of theatre like Stoppard. He was a man of tremendous principle who treasured both England and a particularly English form of personal liberty while remaining engaged by the fate of dissidents east of the Iron Curtain.
Fucking Hell
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
www.irishtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fucking Hell
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Emma does a great job debunking this BS claims. A further point is that's kind of incredible to see so many UK newspapers side with millionaires when most of the readers they need to reach live on low salaries and benefit from better funded public services
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Emma does a great job debunking this BS claims. A further point is that's kind of incredible to see so many UK newspapers side with millionaires when most of the readers they need to reach live on low salaries and benefit from better funded public services
One of the least appealing things about British Trotskyists is their bleating whenever people correctly identify their shenanigans. If there’s a witch hunt, it’s because your long tradition of damaging witchcraft suggests it might be necessary
Your Party member: "I used to help run Labour Against the Witch Hunt, which was directed against Jeremy Corbyn. Now Corbyn is running a witch hunt... is this ridiculous or what? we have to stand up and say, we're not. We're not going to take this"
Sultana supporters are v angry against ban on SWP
Sultana supporters are v angry against ban on SWP
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
One of the least appealing things about British Trotskyists is their bleating whenever people correctly identify their shenanigans. If there’s a witch hunt, it’s because your long tradition of damaging witchcraft suggests it might be necessary