Dermot Casey
@dermotcasey.bsky.social
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Dermot Casey
@dermotcasey.bsky.social
· Oct 10
It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.
They should feel bad.
They should feel bad.
The choice broadly is
Woke or Wanker ?
and an awful lot of people have decided they’re wankers
Woke or Wanker ?
and an awful lot of people have decided they’re wankers
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#speirgorm is like trumpeting on a hill or lighting the fire for me😂
It's a way of saying, "Irish people, over here! I seek you help"/ "Only Irish people can sympathise with me right now"
Was it meant to be a Gaeilge thing?!
It's a way of saying, "Irish people, over here! I seek you help"/ "Only Irish people can sympathise with me right now"
Was it meant to be a Gaeilge thing?!
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#speirgorm is like trumpeting on a hill or lighting the fire for me😂
It's a way of saying, "Irish people, over here! I seek you help"/ "Only Irish people can sympathise with me right now"
Was it meant to be a Gaeilge thing?!
It's a way of saying, "Irish people, over here! I seek you help"/ "Only Irish people can sympathise with me right now"
Was it meant to be a Gaeilge thing?!
Important to remember that Enoch Burke is in trouble for failure to obey court orders. But when he refers to his cherished beliefs this is where those beliefs lead. So yes he and his beliefs can all get in the sea.
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Important to remember that Enoch Burke is in trouble for failure to obey court orders. But when he refers to his cherished beliefs this is where those beliefs lead. So yes he and his beliefs can all get in the sea.
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The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
@ravenbooks.bsky.social am I right in thinking Vol 3 of On the Calculation of Volume has just been released?
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
@ravenbooks.bsky.social am I right in thinking Vol 3 of On the Calculation of Volume has just been released?
@tupped.bsky.social not sure if you've seen this. We have a Minister with personal experience of failings in health system and a determination to fix it www.independent.ie/irish-news/m... will be interesting to see the impact
‘My child suffered a neonatal brain injury, I am not just a minister but a parent’ – Jennifer Carroll MacNeill on family experience
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has spoken of how her child suffered a neonatal brain injury and the emotional toll it takes on parents who must go to court.
www.independent.ie
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@tupped.bsky.social not sure if you've seen this. We have a Minister with personal experience of failings in health system and a determination to fix it www.independent.ie/irish-news/m... will be interesting to see the impact
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The important thing here is to note that even Enoch Burke has a limit
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The important thing here is to note that even Enoch Burke has a limit
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The EU was considered a world-leader in regulation. They stood their ground on rights-led rule-making in the face of intensive lobbying opposition and in doing so created a "Brussels effect" that drove others to follow.
To walk that back in order to simp for US money is, frankly, disgusting.
To walk that back in order to simp for US money is, frankly, disgusting.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The EU was considered a world-leader in regulation. They stood their ground on rights-led rule-making in the face of intensive lobbying opposition and in doing so created a "Brussels effect" that drove others to follow.
To walk that back in order to simp for US money is, frankly, disgusting.
To walk that back in order to simp for US money is, frankly, disgusting.
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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Public Service Announcement:
"Transgenderism" is Burke's term designed to cause offence. Please don't do his work by propagating it.
Meeja folk, take note .
End.
"Transgenderism" is Burke's term designed to cause offence. Please don't do his work by propagating it.
Meeja folk, take note .
End.
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ALT: a blue background with the word public service written in white
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Public Service Announcement:
"Transgenderism" is Burke's term designed to cause offence. Please don't do his work by propagating it.
Meeja folk, take note .
End.
"Transgenderism" is Burke's term designed to cause offence. Please don't do his work by propagating it.
Meeja folk, take note .
End.
Blue Monday
Black Friday
really feels like the other days of the week could do with their own colour. Best suggestions on the back of a skeet
Black Friday
really feels like the other days of the week could do with their own colour. Best suggestions on the back of a skeet
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Blue Monday
Black Friday
really feels like the other days of the week could do with their own colour. Best suggestions on the back of a skeet
Black Friday
really feels like the other days of the week could do with their own colour. Best suggestions on the back of a skeet
This is the best single description of Black Friday I've come across
The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is the best single description of Black Friday I've come across
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Today’s systems remove that friction. They amplify the fastest, loudest emotional cues in real time. That acceleration reshapes what politicians think the public wants, and drags policy toward whatever produces engagement rather than grounded priorities.
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today’s systems remove that friction. They amplify the fastest, loudest emotional cues in real time. That acceleration reshapes what politicians think the public wants, and drags policy toward whatever produces engagement rather than grounded priorities.
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What has changed is the structure that those emotions move through. We once had institutions and time-lags that slowed reactions, filtered claims, and created space for verification and deliberation. Imperfect, yes, but they created friction.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What has changed is the structure that those emotions move through. We once had institutions and time-lags that slowed reactions, filtered claims, and created space for verification and deliberation. Imperfect, yes, but they created friction.
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I’m not arguing there was a golden age where people were rational saints. Human beings have always been emotional, reactive, tribal. That part hasn’t changed.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’m not arguing there was a golden age where people were rational saints. Human beings have always been emotional, reactive, tribal. That part hasn’t changed.
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And that means that democracy doesn't die in darkness, but in the light of a billion glowing screens.
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And that means that democracy doesn't die in darkness, but in the light of a billion glowing screens.
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In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
This is very good
Reductionism can be wrong, but actionable.
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
TBM 389: Overthinker!
From a young age, being accused of “overcomplicating” or “overthinking” things felt like a dismissal of who I was.
cutlefish.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is very good
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My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
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Sigh, there are good arguments to be made for Irish neutrality but this piece of nonsense is not one of them.
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Neutrality matters to Irish people - let’s stop deriding it
As the Government embraces escalating European militarisation, neutrality is being dismissed in media discussions
www.irishtimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sigh, there are good arguments to be made for Irish neutrality but this piece of nonsense is not one of them.
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
It also ignores the existence of Northern Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
”Art opens up what is possible“
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
”Art opens up what is possible“
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
listen, of all the unforgivable crimes of the techbros finding myself nodding furiously in agreement with the pope is one of the most disturbing
The nugget in this is the increase in journey times of 20 -30 minutes over the past year. All our roads are at or close to carrying capacity and the slightest issue leads to major disruption
'The biggest bugbear for hauliers is the M50 toll on the outskirts of Dublin where many large operators are based for logistical reasons.
"It's a joke, and shouldn't be happening. Our biggest route is the M50 and our travelling time has increased between 20 and 30 minutes purely down to volume."'
"It's a joke, and shouldn't be happening. Our biggest route is the M50 and our travelling time has increased between 20 and 30 minutes purely down to volume."'
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The nugget in this is the increase in journey times of 20 -30 minutes over the past year. All our roads are at or close to carrying capacity and the slightest issue leads to major disruption
This by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is vital reading. In one of those coincidences, coming just as I was writing something on this topic from another angle
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is vital reading. In one of those coincidences, coming just as I was writing something on this topic from another angle
After we got the results of our Computer Science finals one of our lecturers quipped “now you’re numerate, go and get an arts degree and become literate”
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
After we got the results of our Computer Science finals one of our lecturers quipped “now you’re numerate, go and get an arts degree and become literate”