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Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like I'm constantly manipulating my own timeline.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · 11d

Research from all over the world indicates that privitisation of public services is a bad idea for the end-users of that service.

A few people make lots of money though, so I guess if that's your goal, go do it?

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Seamus ⚛☘🥃🤟 @seamusgeoghan.bsky.social · 19d

Sunday 6pm EST/11pm UK @thejibpodcast.bsky.social t drops
Hoover's Nazis
Paperclip Part Deux
youtu.be/0cnx9Yo5rAw
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54 - Hoover's Nazis

53 - Operation Power Pack - Part 2

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Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · 23d

If you know that this guy is the Pickaroony, you are too old for Bluesky and very Irish.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · 24d

What is it about "please leave me alone - I don't want to talk to you" that drives these right-wing asshats berserk?

What part of "fuck off" do they not understand?

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 18

Come join us on Sunday night for more of this. I will be making jokes about things named after Trujillo.

Seamus ⚛☘🥃🤟 @seamusgeoghan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sunday 6pm EST/UK 11pm
@thejibpodcast.bsky.social drops Operation Power Pack Part 2: CIA does the Dominican Republic
youtu.be/9Dp1aHEGKvo?...
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Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 13

Should we be "politically correct"?

Some questions but no answers.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 10

I was kidding, but thanks.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 9

A line from Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan. Hard relate.

52 - Operation Power Pack - Part 1

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 8

The most right-wing person you know, who comes out with openly fascist talking points regurgitated from other right-wing assholes, will honestly believe he's engaged in nothing more than "common sense".

This is an argument to delete "common sense" from these discussions.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 6

Come watch our episode on the Dominican Republic tomorrow night!

Seamus ⚛☘🥃🤟 @seamusgeoghan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sunday 6pm EST/11pm UK
@thejibpodcast.bsky.social drops
Operation Power Pack - Part 1
Stupid Spain
youtu.be/8UiF9_Ptbko?...
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Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Sep 4

Melanie.

For my first few days, my mother was convinced I was a girl.

There are those who still have their doubts.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 31

I had a dream last night I was engaged to Taylor Swift. But she didn't love me. She thought it would be good because I'm emotionally stable and she needs that right now.

I had another dream I was managing a boy band who were able to fix any printer problem and they were called The Cartridge Family.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 27

I wanted to know if "McStuffins" was ever a real name and the first non-"Doc" Google result was the leader of the IRA from 1969 to 1972.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 24

It's a modelling system of abstractions designed to make calculations easier. Whatever calculations we need to be done, we will find the easiest way to do those calculations at scale and that's math.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 24

Maths is not some monolithic "thing" that we discover bits of as we get more intelligent. (As if, one day, we'll be so intelligent we will know all the maths.)

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Seamus ⚛☘🥃🤟 @seamusgeoghan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sunday 6pm EST/11pm UK
@thejibpodcast.bsky.social drops
The Manhattan Eight
The Lavender Scare 3. . . sort of
youtu.be/WEx2CwaC-n4?...
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51 - The Manhattan Eight

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 18

The trick is to be vague and brief about the important bits and linger over the irrelevant details, adding flourishes and side-quests where none were necessary.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 16

Some of us prefer to wait.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 10

Join us tonight for some Cyprus stuff.

Seamus ⚛☘🥃🤟 @seamusgeoghan.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sunday 6pm EST/11pm UK
@thejibpodcast.bsky.social drops
Operation Attila
"Fuck your parliament and fuck your constitution."
Special Guest: Cory Johnston Podcaster at The @skepticalleftist.bsky.social Podcast
youtu.be/0eWTtfo-n_U?...
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50 - Operation Attila

The JIB watches: "Murder" and "Snow Ranger"

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 10

Somehow I feel that fast-charge energy goes out of my phone faster than slow-charge energy. And also microwave heat goes out of food faster than oven heat.

Barry Purcell @solo1y.bsky.social · Aug 3

My cat insists on sleeping right between my legs in the night. If I move around, she will reposition herself so she is between my legs again.

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Seamus ⚛☘🥃🤟 @seamusgeoghan.bsky.social · Jul 26

Sunday 6pm EST/11pm UK
@thejibpodcast.bsky.social watches
"Murder" & "Snow Rangers"
youtu.be/uM335vie8L4?...
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