KP McDonnell
@wildecard.bsky.social
An Irish Green socialist with a penchant for heavy metal, video games, horror movies and obvious nonsense that does harm to no one.
Please don't repost twitter or obvious propaganda from any government into my timeline. Same goes for anything Musk related.
Please don't repost twitter or obvious propaganda from any government into my timeline. Same goes for anything Musk related.
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Ireland’s Government has decided to legislate for phrenology.
Garda Callipers to be issued on funding approval, no doubt.
Garda Callipers to be issued on funding approval, no doubt.
And before the FRT bit.... yesterday's newly published bill gives guards the power to detect and categorise folks by their biometric data (facial structure, skin tone, gait, etc) to prevent or investigate arrestable offences...
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ireland’s Government has decided to legislate for phrenology.
Garda Callipers to be issued on funding approval, no doubt.
Garda Callipers to be issued on funding approval, no doubt.
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Discovered an illegal cat boxing match happening upstairs.
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Discovered an illegal cat boxing match happening upstairs.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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The regime once swore he would never see his family in Maryland again. They were wrong. He's out and on his way home.
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The regime once swore he would never see his family in Maryland again. They were wrong. He's out and on his way home.
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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The idea that Britain is prepared to fight a major war - militarily or domestically - strikes me as considerably crazier and more dangerous than any country of the others floating around, even in an era where the political class has quite clearly gone absolutely bananas across the board.
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The idea that Britain is prepared to fight a major war - militarily or domestically - strikes me as considerably crazier and more dangerous than any country of the others floating around, even in an era where the political class has quite clearly gone absolutely bananas across the board.
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Just now Bluesky immediately deleted a post from a Palestinian who tagged me for help fundraising, making the social media experience for both of us worse.
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just now Bluesky immediately deleted a post from a Palestinian who tagged me for help fundraising, making the social media experience for both of us worse.
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The financial hit to Israel each year would be less than the cost of the infamous Leinster House bike shed. #Spéirgorm
We can't let this slide.
We can't let this slide.
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The financial hit to Israel each year would be less than the cost of the infamous Leinster House bike shed. #Spéirgorm
We can't let this slide.
We can't let this slide.
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Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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Smart EU move:
New mechanism keeps €200B+ Russian assets frozen until war ends and reparations paid; no more 6-month veto drama from Hungary!
New mechanism keeps €200B+ Russian assets frozen until war ends and reparations paid; no more 6-month veto drama from Hungary!
EU approves legal workaround to sideline Orbán, keep Russian assets frozen forever
The EU’s decision undermines the Kremlin’s hopes of unfreezing the money under a post-war peace settlement.
www.politico.eu
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Smart EU move:
New mechanism keeps €200B+ Russian assets frozen until war ends and reparations paid; no more 6-month veto drama from Hungary!
New mechanism keeps €200B+ Russian assets frozen until war ends and reparations paid; no more 6-month veto drama from Hungary!
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Slides from a Home Office presentation for employers on “earned settlement” — note the case studies: they explicitly play the “good migrant” versus “bad migrant” narrative. Guess which category Sarah, the American, is placed in?
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Slides from a Home Office presentation for employers on “earned settlement” — note the case studies: they explicitly play the “good migrant” versus “bad migrant” narrative. Guess which category Sarah, the American, is placed in?
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Open during lunch today! Straight through until 5!
The sun is shining and we have comics!
littledeercomics.ie
The sun is shining and we have comics!
littledeercomics.ie
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Open during lunch today! Straight through until 5!
The sun is shining and we have comics!
littledeercomics.ie
The sun is shining and we have comics!
littledeercomics.ie
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Hey, I'm about to relist this piece! Sadly couldn't deliver it to its original buyer, and it's come back to me twice! Gonna offer it up here before I stick it on the store. €100 before shipping. First to reply and claim it, gets it, I'll DM to swap deets! If it doesn't move, I'll pop it on my store!
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hey, I'm about to relist this piece! Sadly couldn't deliver it to its original buyer, and it's come back to me twice! Gonna offer it up here before I stick it on the store. €100 before shipping. First to reply and claim it, gets it, I'll DM to swap deets! If it doesn't move, I'll pop it on my store!
Firewood.
This was so bad on its own merits, but it also revealed that the pure popularists have no red lines. If you can't stand up for men being disappeared to a foreign torture prison without due process, then what's the point of you?
An yglesias flashback
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Firewood.
Positive, now let's see it reflected in saner policies from his boss down south.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Positive, now let's see it reflected in saner policies from his boss down south.
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What would happen if a foreign army occupied Shannon airport? What a strange concept! tis hard to figure out what would happen if a extremely militarised nation with notions of empire decided to use Shannon. The idea is so wild and out there.
Oh.. right...
Oh.. right...
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What would happen if a foreign army occupied Shannon airport? What a strange concept! tis hard to figure out what would happen if a extremely militarised nation with notions of empire decided to use Shannon. The idea is so wild and out there.
Oh.. right...
Oh.. right...
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I wonder if real Irish filmmakers know that Udárás na Gaeltachta are not only running a competition for “AI filmmaking”, but have decided to name it after “storytelling”. Ffs.
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
An Togra Scéalaí - Project Scéalaí
Tugaimid cuireadh duit iarratas a chur isteach ar an gcomórtas físeáin AI, an chéad cheann dá leithéid don Ghaeilge.
Fáiltímid roimh iarratais ó dhaoine 1...
filmfreeway.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wonder if real Irish filmmakers know that Udárás na Gaeltachta are not only running a competition for “AI filmmaking”, but have decided to name it after “storytelling”. Ffs.
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
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There will come a time where journalists will pretend they never took part in the anti-trans pogroms
Never let them forget how they blatantly distorted reality to never admit a transphobic pos LOST on every front except a minor pyrrhic point
Never let them forget how they blatantly distorted reality to never admit a transphobic pos LOST on every front except a minor pyrrhic point
Days ago, all the Scottish papers hailed a massive victory for Peggie when it was partial. Today they're pretending she lost and must appeal. When the Supreme Court decision was questioned, it was a threat to the judiciary. Now it's apparently a moral obligation. Same voices, same loud megaphones.
Scotland's papers: Growing doctors crisis and Peggie fight continues
A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There will come a time where journalists will pretend they never took part in the anti-trans pogroms
Never let them forget how they blatantly distorted reality to never admit a transphobic pos LOST on every front except a minor pyrrhic point
Never let them forget how they blatantly distorted reality to never admit a transphobic pos LOST on every front except a minor pyrrhic point
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FFG's Ireland
People began queuing for Christmas vouchers from a Dublin charity last night at 10pm, over eight hours before the vouchers were given out this morning.
jrnl.ie/6901623
jrnl.ie/6901623
Demand 'significantly higher' for annual Christmas vouchers from Capuchin Day Centre
People began queuing over eight hours before the vouchers were given out this morning.
jrnl.ie
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
FFG's Ireland
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Göbekli Tepe: The 12,000-Year-Old Ruins That Rewrite the Story of Civilization www.openculture.com/2025/12/gobe...
Göbekli Tepe: The 12,000-Year-Old Ruins That Rewrite the Story of Civilization
We didn't have civilization until we had cities, and we didn't have cities until we had agriculture. So, at least, goes a widely accepted narrative in 'big history' — a narrative somewhat troubled by ...
www.openculture.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Göbekli Tepe: The 12,000-Year-Old Ruins That Rewrite the Story of Civilization www.openculture.com/2025/12/gobe...
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“What scares them is that people are beginning to believe they don’t have to accept the way things are.”
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“What scares them is that people are beginning to believe they don’t have to accept the way things are.”
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They're in prison without trial - on hunger strike for Palestine.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They're in prison without trial - on hunger strike for Palestine.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
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They invited Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the Harry Potter set THIS SEPTEMBER?!?
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
They invited Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the Harry Potter set THIS SEPTEMBER?!?
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"He was reputed to be the first person in the country to receive a football banning order when they were introduced, and spent several spells in prison in his younger days for football-related violence."
Well-known Bristol football fan died in tragic fall from lamppost
City fan Paul Lumber was a published author of books about the days of football casuals in the 1980s
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"He was reputed to be the first person in the country to receive a football banning order when they were introduced, and spent several spells in prison in his younger days for football-related violence."