paddypadman
@paddypadman.bsky.social
That guy who has had the same username for eons. IT Support guy 🌱
Killarney, Ireland, he/him
Killarney, Ireland, he/him
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This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag
Justice and Migration Minister Jim O'Callaghan said he's committed to ensuring Ireland is 'not viewed more favourably than the UK by those seeking to claim asylum'.
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
O'Callaghan 'committed' to ensuring Ireland not viewed 'more favourably' than the UK by asylum seekers
A new International Protection Bill to reform Ireland’s asylum system will be published later this year.
jrnl.ie
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag
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People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil to demand the Occupied Territories Bill is passed in full, including services.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil to demand the Occupied Territories Bill is passed in full, including services.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.
Join the protest Wednesday.
Still cold as ice and I'm disappointed this wasn't in the Amanda Seyfried show about her
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Still cold as ice and I'm disappointed this wasn't in the Amanda Seyfried show about her
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Senator Frances Black says she has run out of patience with Tánaiste Simon Harris & the government when it comes to their promise to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
A key election pledge from FF and FG last year, but progress seems to have halted.
A key election pledge from FF and FG last year, but progress seems to have halted.
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Senator Frances Black says she has run out of patience with Tánaiste Simon Harris & the government when it comes to their promise to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
A key election pledge from FF and FG last year, but progress seems to have halted.
A key election pledge from FF and FG last year, but progress seems to have halted.
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A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
Watch now they'll call me an elitist for bringing up that lucht na Gaeltachta are often at a severe disadvantage in terms of housing and opportunity and they don't get much support outside of their own community
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.
They simply don't want to work = I refuse to pay them enough / they can't afford to live here because of said pay
Restauranter on RTE R1 complaining they can't get enough apprentice chefs, says they're willing to pay them minimum wage...
... I think I might have identified the problem.
... I think I might have identified the problem.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
They simply don't want to work = I refuse to pay them enough / they can't afford to live here because of said pay
The future is here
I am trying to look up Japanese powerviolence band Romantic Gorilla on YouTube, and what I’ve found is, a trove of AI shorts where gorillas appear to be caressing, going on dates with, and throwing children’s birthday parties with, pregnant human women
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The future is here
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> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered
We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right
Any time I open my mouth
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Any time I open my mouth
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Football’s coming Heim.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Football’s coming Heim.
Hungary is going to be very angry with us. Tip of the boot
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary is going to be very angry with us. Tip of the boot
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"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 10:41 AM
"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...
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👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
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Not long ago, the lie that seeking asylum and being an illegal migrant are the same thing was the preserve of Nazis, Faragists and the extreme right of the Tories. Now a UK Labour minister - a barrister with a law degree from Oxford - is happy to do it. That's why UK Labour got this endorsement:
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Not long ago, the lie that seeking asylum and being an illegal migrant are the same thing was the preserve of Nazis, Faragists and the extreme right of the Tories. Now a UK Labour minister - a barrister with a law degree from Oxford - is happy to do it. That's why UK Labour got this endorsement:
As if what he is saying isn't doing that already?
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Labour TD Conor Sheehan calling him a populist is an attempt from the left to “caricature” him and “shut me down”. jrnl.ie/6875778
Simon Harris says the left are ‘trying to caricature me’ on migration
Labour TD Conor Sheehan said he believes the Tánaiste is ‘quite populist’.
jrnl.ie
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As if what he is saying isn't doing that already?
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They're trying to turn Tralee bay into a giant bowl of coddle, you can't convince me otherwise
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
They're trying to turn Tralee bay into a giant bowl of coddle, you can't convince me otherwise
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is why the state needs to intervene directly to supplement supply. They won't though as it's ideologically unacceptable. And that means locking a large slice of the population out of home ownership for the next several decades. Not be accident, by choice.
the answer I get is “supply will reduce price” —as if spec developers are going to keep building & keep selling at a loss for 10-15 years… rather than stalling construction the moment there are no more buyers at their high prices, & sitting on land for as long as it takes for the market to improve
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is why the state needs to intervene directly to supplement supply. They won't though as it's ideologically unacceptable. And that means locking a large slice of the population out of home ownership for the next several decades. Not be accident, by choice.
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Don't tell me that isn't Alex Turner and I won't hear another word
This is the current pope in 1980! What a fricking vibe
PS: eeeee Bear Cub chaos in Brazil 🏎️🏎️🏎️
PS: eeeee Bear Cub chaos in Brazil 🏎️🏎️🏎️
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Don't tell me that isn't Alex Turner and I won't hear another word
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Maybe we should be thankful that Bebo was lost to the digital sands of time
Hi5 was an early social platform, launched in 2003. Americans mostly ignored it. Big in Latin America & Southeast Asia with tens of millions of users at its peak, today it’s mostly social games & dating.
Check out your favorite websites with the #WaybackMachine: web.archive.org
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#Wayback1T
Check out your favorite websites with the #WaybackMachine: web.archive.org
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#Wayback1T
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Maybe we should be thankful that Bebo was lost to the digital sands of time
Holy Moly. They've made it somehow better youtu.be/9NaToa73eXY?...
Green Day - "Waiting (Otis Mix)" (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by Green Day
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Holy Moly. They've made it somehow better youtu.be/9NaToa73eXY?...