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Mike Finnerty
@mikecjf.bsky.social
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So-called journalist with Northside and Southside People. Sometimes entertainment guy, sometimes politico. Galwayman in Dublin. Nu-metal apologist. Manchester and Galway United fan. Words and views my own. He/him.
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I will be able to see Sentimental Value, Blue Moon, It Was Just An Acdident, and possibly Hamnet before I file the list the week before Christmas, so let's see what else gets cut. If I have to cut Weapons from my 10, all bets are off
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I can't place her, but it might be!
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Touched upon it in an article last week, but the members of the Irish left who use Bluesky are quite different to the members of the Irish left who use Twitter. Have heard arguments that Twitter is still an effective tool for TDs and councillors but is it worth the cost of eroding public discourse?
Social media was well-established within Irish politics by the 2018 Presidential election (social media literally changed the 2011 Presidential election, as Sean Gallagher will tell you,) but the social media landscape of 2025 is a much different place. Since 2018, Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and changes by Facebook have seen their algorithms overhauled to curry favour with Donald Trump and his particular brand of anti-establishment, right-wing politics. This has resulted in a fragmented internet where Facebook and Twitter aren’t the de facto social media sites for people like they were in 2018. If one were to use Twitter since the Musk takeover, it is plain to see a clear right-wing/conservative bias on the site, with the likes of TikTok, Reddit and Bluesky becoming alternatives for more progressive-minded individuals. In the social media landscape of 2025, people choose to use the social media site that they feel best represents their own personal worldview. To put it another way, Bluesky was celebrating the Connolly campaign win, and Twitter was celebrating the relative success of the spoil the vote campaign.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM