Paul Duane 🥔
@paulduane.bsky.social
A very Irish filmmaker.
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
“It’s filled with dread!” says @kermodemovie.bsky.social
He/him.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
“It’s filled with dread!” says @kermodemovie.bsky.social
He/him.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
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Malnutrition's battle was won, but the cold is a cruel new enemy. Our shelter is shattered. I hold my feverish, tiny survivor, terrified winter will steal him. He fought so hard! PRAYER: A safe, dry tent NOW.
Verited by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Verited by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Malnutrition's battle was won, but the cold is a cruel new enemy. Our shelter is shattered. I hold my feverish, tiny survivor, terrified winter will steal him. He fought so hard! PRAYER: A safe, dry tent NOW.
Verited by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Verited by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
"You're a socialist director"
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"You're a socialist director"
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Fundamentally, in other words, reactionary centrism is right-wing authoritarian personality types (in the Altermeyer sense) who've been socialised to think of themselves as liberal, in the same way Stalinism is the RWAs of the left.
specifically, its roots are conformism, implicit difference to informal social hierarchies, & a gendered assigning of moral responsibility & blame
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fundamentally, in other words, reactionary centrism is right-wing authoritarian personality types (in the Altermeyer sense) who've been socialised to think of themselves as liberal, in the same way Stalinism is the RWAs of the left.
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The tragic Hong Kong fire is still burning, yet 3 construction company executives have been arrested. Here in the UK, 8 years on from Grenfell - zero arrests.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The tragic Hong Kong fire is still burning, yet 3 construction company executives have been arrested. Here in the UK, 8 years on from Grenfell - zero arrests.
One of my neighbours put four pumpkins on their windowsill yesterday in an unprecedented escalation of the War On Christmas
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One of my neighbours put four pumpkins on their windowsill yesterday in an unprecedented escalation of the War On Christmas
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Now they’re dropping bombs on the West Bank
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Now they’re dropping bombs on the West Bank
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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This is true Ireland and the UK too. If you’re an author in either of those two countries, you should sign up. Here’s the Irish site:
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is true Ireland and the UK too. If you’re an author in either of those two countries, you should sign up. Here’s the Irish site:
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
plr.ie
#SpeirGorm
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I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
Growing Your Idea: From Thought to Script with Paul Duane - Irish Writers Centre
In-person scriptwriting course at the Irish Writers Centre (Dublin). Turn an idea for a film into a detailed outline or script. Starts Tues 11 March 2025.
irishwriterscentre.ie
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
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My heart weeps instead of my eyes. We have nothing left. My kids are sick and living on the street. Our tent is torn down, and now we don't even have food. My kids urgently need $150 to buy food and blankets. We need your kind hearts
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My heart weeps instead of my eyes. We have nothing left. My kids are sick and living on the street. Our tent is torn down, and now we don't even have food. My kids urgently need $150 to buy food and blankets. We need your kind hearts
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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Please help Jude on her birthday:
tinyurl.com/mpw5rahj
tinyurl.com/mpw5rahj
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Please help Jude on her birthday:
tinyurl.com/mpw5rahj
tinyurl.com/mpw5rahj
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Ibeg you, world,save my child from this hell.My child freezes at night and his fever is still high.I've lost two children,world.I've suffered enough.Will I face the same pain again&again?Will hunger and cold take my child from me? Please,be with my child😔💔🙏
gofund.me/74c01145
@mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/74c01145
@mommunism.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Ibeg you, world,save my child from this hell.My child freezes at night and his fever is still high.I've lost two children,world.I've suffered enough.Will I face the same pain again&again?Will hunger and cold take my child from me? Please,be with my child😔💔🙏
gofund.me/74c01145
@mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/74c01145
@mommunism.bsky.social
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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If anyone is interested, this should be great.
I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
Growing Your Idea: From Thought to Script with Paul Duane - Irish Writers Centre
In-person scriptwriting course at the Irish Writers Centre (Dublin). Turn an idea for a film into a detailed outline or script. Starts Tues 11 March 2025.
irishwriterscentre.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If anyone is interested, this should be great.
Finally! I was shown this building when I was scouting locations for All You Need Is Death and told it would be coming on-stream as artist's studios within six mionths!
The council is pushing forward with a plan for 20 new artist studios and a revived theatre on Merchant’s Quay. If it gets planning permission for the €9.5 million project on schedule, construction could start next September, according to a council official.
Council pushes forward plan for 20 new artist studios and a revived theatre on Merchant’s Quay
If it gets planning permission for the €9.5 million project on schedule, construction could start next September, according to a council official.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Finally! I was shown this building when I was scouting locations for All You Need Is Death and told it would be coming on-stream as artist's studios within six mionths!
The Pope is to the left of pretty much all current heads of state but he's still the fucking Pope
To anyone disappointed that the new cool pope is against polyamory, you kind of set yourself up for that one
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Pope is to the left of pretty much all current heads of state but he's still the fucking Pope
I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
Growing Your Idea: From Thought to Script with Paul Duane - Irish Writers Centre
In-person scriptwriting course at the Irish Writers Centre (Dublin). Turn an idea for a film into a detailed outline or script. Starts Tues 11 March 2025.
irishwriterscentre.ie
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
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At a certain point you kind of have to get round to arguing that white supremacy is bad and ethnic minorities are good, rather than trying to poke holes in the obviously fake bullshit white supremacists say to pretend they're not white supremacists in polite company.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
At a certain point you kind of have to get round to arguing that white supremacy is bad and ethnic minorities are good, rather than trying to poke holes in the obviously fake bullshit white supremacists say to pretend they're not white supremacists in polite company.
I never get tired of watching this documentary (which cropped up on Irish tv in the early 90s and blew my mind completely) and turns out its on youtube with deleted scenes:
youtu.be/C2Q0c83GmuA?...
youtu.be/C2Q0c83GmuA?...
The Dancing Outlaw
YouTube video by Nick Gibbon
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I never get tired of watching this documentary (which cropped up on Irish tv in the early 90s and blew my mind completely) and turns out its on youtube with deleted scenes:
youtu.be/C2Q0c83GmuA?...
youtu.be/C2Q0c83GmuA?...
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Please try to tell your faves you enjoy their work. A lot of people are bold enough to be openly negative or mean while positive people react quietly. Lurking is ofc okay but I think it’s good to try and be openly encouraging from time to time🥹❤️
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please try to tell your faves you enjoy their work. A lot of people are bold enough to be openly negative or mean while positive people react quietly. Lurking is ofc okay but I think it’s good to try and be openly encouraging from time to time🥹❤️
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same