Fergus Robson
@fergusrobson.bsky.social
Historian of France and teacher of history, fan of people being sound to each other and the planet.
Not a fan of far-right, racists, sexists and other such feckers.
An Clár abú/Stand up and Fight ❤️ Munster rugby
Not a fan of far-right, racists, sexists and other such feckers.
An Clár abú/Stand up and Fight ❤️ Munster rugby
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Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
You can gauge how true an accusation is by how flowery they get in the language of their rebuttal.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
You find the idea that you're a top-down person "repugnant"? You're not just saying it's untrue, you're calling it out as REPUGNANT?
I'm afraid that makes it an extremely accurate accusation.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended his leadership of Fianna Fáil amid criticism from within the party over his handling of the presidential election.
"The idea that I'm some top-down person is just repugnant to me as a person. It's not my style," he said. jrnl.ie/6860148
"The idea that I'm some top-down person is just repugnant to me as a person. It's not my style," he said. jrnl.ie/6860148
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Today, Paul Murphy said that the Government are afraid to stand up to big tech, and Micheál Martin replied "How dare you? Who the hell do you think you are? That is a reprehensible assertion."
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
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I know I don't shut up about this but, fellow Irish people, if you see a racist sticker when you're out and about, then tear it off.
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I know I don't shut up about this but, fellow Irish people, if you see a racist sticker when you're out and about, then tear it off.
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
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Near-real time editing of fascist reality via digital image manipulation.
Also:
Racist as folk darkening of skin tone & that tracks with the white supremacist project at the core of the Trump Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Also:
Racist as folk darkening of skin tone & that tracks with the white supremacist project at the core of the Trump Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Near-real time editing of fascist reality via digital image manipulation.
Also:
Racist as folk darkening of skin tone & that tracks with the white supremacist project at the core of the Trump Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Also:
Racist as folk darkening of skin tone & that tracks with the white supremacist project at the core of the Trump Regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."
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After 14yrs of prioritising Data Centres above housing, Paschal Donohoe is now worried about the waste of resources. He held the purse strings, he shaped the policy and he shat on the public. Spare me the damascene conversion story arc.
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
After 14yrs of prioritising Data Centres above housing, Paschal Donohoe is now worried about the waste of resources. He held the purse strings, he shaped the policy and he shat on the public. Spare me the damascene conversion story arc.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Worth reposting here because it is unbelievable how indistinguishable a lot of leftists are from right wing conspiracists
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Worth reposting here because it is unbelievable how indistinguishable a lot of leftists are from right wing conspiracists
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How do they get away with this stuff? They’re either purposefully misleading, or just blatantly ignorant to the facts. Family reunification accounts for less than 1% of inward migration to Ireland. It just means a traumatised person gets to be with their spouse or child while they restart their life
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
How do they get away with this stuff? They’re either purposefully misleading, or just blatantly ignorant to the facts. Family reunification accounts for less than 1% of inward migration to Ireland. It just means a traumatised person gets to be with their spouse or child while they restart their life
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The chair of the Legal Aid Board has just told a FLAC conference that the government is refusing to properly fund the Board to deal with the asylum process under the new Pact, and that it's at risk of driving "an organisation in perpetual crisis to actual collapse"
#speirghorm
#speirghorm
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The chair of the Legal Aid Board has just told a FLAC conference that the government is refusing to properly fund the Board to deal with the asylum process under the new Pact, and that it's at risk of driving "an organisation in perpetual crisis to actual collapse"
#speirghorm
#speirghorm
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Another 10% were from Afghanistan. You know, that place with the Taliban.
In 2025 the country that Ireland received the most new asylum seekers from was Somalia. A country so dangerous that our own government's travel advice is, do not go there under any circumstances
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Cabinet to consider major reform of Ireland's asylum laws
Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan will bring the International Protection Bill 2026 to the first Cabinet meeting of 2026
www.irishexaminer.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Another 10% were from Afghanistan. You know, that place with the Taliban.
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Again I'm reminded of Eddie Izzard talking about Europe's attitude towards Hitler in the 30s:
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
Asked Enterprise Minister Peter Burke if it’s appropriate for the Govt to have a presence on a site not just hosting but creating CSAM.
He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Again I'm reminded of Eddie Izzard talking about Europe's attitude towards Hitler in the 30s:
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is what Patrick O'Donovan is taking aim at, an appreciation post for the outgoing President, not all the illegal content currently being generated by Grok.
#IrishPol
#IrishPol
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This is what Patrick O'Donovan is taking aim at, an appreciation post for the outgoing President, not all the illegal content currently being generated by Grok.
#IrishPol
#IrishPol
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Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
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Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain have condemned Israeli legislation that includes measures to cut water, electricity and communications to facilities run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees #UNRWA
Only seven.
Only seven.
January 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain have condemned Israeli legislation that includes measures to cut water, electricity and communications to facilities run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees #UNRWA
Only seven.
Only seven.
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This is called pillaging.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is called pillaging.
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
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We need to otherize weird right wing billionaires like the smear campaigns they fund against minorities do. Musk leads a baby breeding cult and Thiel wants to suck up the blood of young people. They’re fucking weird and more people need to know.
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We need to otherize weird right wing billionaires like the smear campaigns they fund against minorities do. Musk leads a baby breeding cult and Thiel wants to suck up the blood of young people. They’re fucking weird and more people need to know.
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It’s that time of year again! And by that I mean time to read this hilarious story.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s that time of year again! And by that I mean time to read this hilarious story.
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Not mentioning once that this guy was an elected representative for the Tories is an interesting editorial choice www.independent.ie/world-news/b...
Husband and five other men charged with range of sexual offences against his former wife
A husband accused of drugging and raping his ex-wife over a 13-year period has appeared in court along with five other men who are charged with sexual offences against her.
www.independent.ie
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Not mentioning once that this guy was an elected representative for the Tories is an interesting editorial choice www.independent.ie/world-news/b...
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The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...