Micheál
@nameless-weevil.bsky.social
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Micheál
@nameless-weevil.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Towards war with China? w/ Adam Tooze
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 05/11/2024 · 1h 19m
podcasts.apple.com
I do not enjoy podcasts, too passive, too slow, but this 79m @poltheoryother one is worthwhile. Adam Tooze is much less politically guarded in the more informal setting of a conversation than in Chartbook or his punditry, his liberalism barely aggravates at all.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Leaving Dublin now.
In the departure terminal in one of the shops, I heard a man verbally and xenophobically abusing airport young worker at the till. I told him to stop, he came at me asking what my problem was, backed down, and left.
If you can and you think it's safe, speak up.
No pasarán.
In the departure terminal in one of the shops, I heard a man verbally and xenophobically abusing airport young worker at the till. I told him to stop, he came at me asking what my problem was, backed down, and left.
If you can and you think it's safe, speak up.
No pasarán.
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Leaving Dublin now.
In the departure terminal in one of the shops, I heard a man verbally and xenophobically abusing airport young worker at the till. I told him to stop, he came at me asking what my problem was, backed down, and left.
If you can and you think it's safe, speak up.
No pasarán.
In the departure terminal in one of the shops, I heard a man verbally and xenophobically abusing airport young worker at the till. I told him to stop, he came at me asking what my problem was, backed down, and left.
If you can and you think it's safe, speak up.
No pasarán.
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The vibes are not improving, are they
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The vibes are not improving, are they
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Also "I muted his name and I don't watch or read any news anymore" is not something to be proud of. You should be ashamed of yourselves to be honest. Some of us have been watching our people get shredded in a genocide for over 2 years and we don't say shit like that. Find yourself some moral courage
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Also "I muted his name and I don't watch or read any news anymore" is not something to be proud of. You should be ashamed of yourselves to be honest. Some of us have been watching our people get shredded in a genocide for over 2 years and we don't say shit like that. Find yourself some moral courage
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Seems unfair to single out this man for taking money, meant to address the housing difficulties caused by his party, and spending it on crack instead, when every single one of the housing policies advanced by the current government have all the hallmarks of having been sucked out of a crackpipe too.
A former Fine Gael councillor and cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council has been jailed for two years and nine months for stealing €172,000 from a housing charity
Ex-FG cllr jailed for theft of €172,000 from charity
A former Fine Gael councillor and cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council has been jailed for two years and nine months for stealing €172,000 from a housing charity.
www.rte.ie
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Seems unfair to single out this man for taking money, meant to address the housing difficulties caused by his party, and spending it on crack instead, when every single one of the housing policies advanced by the current government have all the hallmarks of having been sucked out of a crackpipe too.
The concerted Irish media/FF/FG push to join the Western military alliance so we can deal with the currently imaginary threat of being targeted as part of the Western military alliance is an assault on democracy by reactionaries. Journalism and so public discourse is broken under capitalism.
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The concerted Irish media/FF/FG push to join the Western military alliance so we can deal with the currently imaginary threat of being targeted as part of the Western military alliance is an assault on democracy by reactionaries. Journalism and so public discourse is broken under capitalism.
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Liberal class politics is when one of the most powerful political players in Washington with an eight figure net worth calls teachers "elites"
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Liberal class politics is when one of the most powerful political players in Washington with an eight figure net worth calls teachers "elites"
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I don't think I've ever seen anyone who wishes so clearly and so badly that he'd been in the SA.
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anyone who wishes so clearly and so badly that he'd been in the SA.
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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Gods, @micheal-martin.bsky.social is the most spineless coward in a government *full* of spineless cowards. Only delighted to help evil people profit off genocide.
Including services in the Occupied Territories Bill would “damage the country more than in any way put pressure on Israel”.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gods, @micheal-martin.bsky.social is the most spineless coward in a government *full* of spineless cowards. Only delighted to help evil people profit off genocide.
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What a world we created
It's a fake. The entire site was registered and built today with just this single new item.
December 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What a world we created
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
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Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it.
Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it.
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It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
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Minister O'Donovan appears to be a complete incompetent, far out of his depth, with no real understating at all of the technology he's attempting to regulate. It's just embarrassing. We're long past the time when you could just shove any old eejit into roles that need real expertise and knowledge
An age verification tool is being developed as part of the creation of a national digital wallet in a bid to keep children safe online.
Govt to develop tool to verify age of social media users
An age verification tool is being developed as part of the creation of a national digital wallet in a bid to keep children safe online.
www.rte.ie
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Minister O'Donovan appears to be a complete incompetent, far out of his depth, with no real understating at all of the technology he's attempting to regulate. It's just embarrassing. We're long past the time when you could just shove any old eejit into roles that need real expertise and knowledge
Western outrage about the Bondi Beach attack is hard to stomach given that attacks on civilians globally are disprproportionately by Western or Western backed forces and not against Westerners. Have some self respect people, and maybe think about the violence we've normalized.
x.com/flying_roden...
x.com/flying_roden...
x.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Western outrage about the Bondi Beach attack is hard to stomach given that attacks on civilians globally are disprproportionately by Western or Western backed forces and not against Westerners. Have some self respect people, and maybe think about the violence we've normalized.
x.com/flying_roden...
x.com/flying_roden...
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When you drift through some unheralded point in your 40s, you start accumulating actuarial risks.
The odds of illness, heart attack, or the chances losing of a parent go up.
But there is another risk- particularly acute for men.
There is a risk you will lose your capacity for joy.
The odds of illness, heart attack, or the chances losing of a parent go up.
But there is another risk- particularly acute for men.
There is a risk you will lose your capacity for joy.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When you drift through some unheralded point in your 40s, you start accumulating actuarial risks.
The odds of illness, heart attack, or the chances losing of a parent go up.
But there is another risk- particularly acute for men.
There is a risk you will lose your capacity for joy.
The odds of illness, heart attack, or the chances losing of a parent go up.
But there is another risk- particularly acute for men.
There is a risk you will lose your capacity for joy.
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I'm gonna need a photo of the even better dressed guy who took this photo
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I'm gonna need a photo of the even better dressed guy who took this photo
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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I'm not a native speaker but I'm comfortably fluent in French. I can read / write / speak it without any issues at all and I don't struggle even with literary fiction or technical documents. but it's amazing how often I have to ask myself things like "are text messages girls or boys?"
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm not a native speaker but I'm comfortably fluent in French. I can read / write / speak it without any issues at all and I don't struggle even with literary fiction or technical documents. but it's amazing how often I have to ask myself things like "are text messages girls or boys?"
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I think about this tweet every day
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think about this tweet every day
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"The British empire invented and commited crimes so heinous people had to invent new words for them" is a surprisingly large category 👀
The word dystopia was first coined by John Stuart Mill to describe the British governments rule in Ireland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia
"they ought rather to be called dys-topians... what they appear to favour is too bad to be practicable."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia
"they ought rather to be called dys-topians... what they appear to favour is too bad to be practicable."
Dystopia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The British empire invented and commited crimes so heinous people had to invent new words for them" is a surprisingly large category 👀
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The ease with which sections of the Irish media can be convinced to pivot to shilling for racism and fascism should be causing you all to be very worried indeed.
The Irish Times view on migration: Ireland joins the objectors
The Irish Times view on migration: Ireland joins the objectors
The Government’s decision to sign a letter seeking changes to the rules is an important signal
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The ease with which sections of the Irish media can be convinced to pivot to shilling for racism and fascism should be causing you all to be very worried indeed.
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The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
A really interesting story on the flurry of research enabled by the human genome project revealing that our genes are the primary factor for much less disease than we thought.
As a grant writer for environmental causes, I’ve seen first-hand how funding for the environment often takes a backseat to medical research and human services. This article helps demonstrate why this is a problem; the environment is a HUGE influence on public health and quality of life.
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A really interesting story on the flurry of research enabled by the human genome project revealing that our genes are the primary factor for much less disease than we thought.
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Link to the story www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...
On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move
A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Link to the story www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...