Patrick Cullen
@patrickcullen.bsky.social
Irish (northern). Union rep. Interest in urbanism, Irish history & politics, labour history, modernism, cinema, jazz, soul, social policy & reconciliation. Slow runner. Football ref & rubbish cricketer. Join a union. Ní neart go cur le chéile ☘️
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As a congestion pricing partisan, the degree to which it turns out to be One Weird Trick for a whole host of adjacent issues (business visits, noise complaints, traffic outside the zone) is delightfully surprising even to me.
Congestion pricing is an unqualified success in NYC. It would be great to see it expanded to every city with decent public transit options. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
As a congestion pricing partisan, the degree to which it turns out to be One Weird Trick for a whole host of adjacent issues (business visits, noise complaints, traffic outside the zone) is delightfully surprising even to me.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Meanwhile, Trump’s having a champagne Great Gatsby party at Mar-a-Lago. 🤨
#LetThemEatCake 🍾 🥂 …. 🍰
#LetThemEatCake 🍾 🥂 …. 🍰
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Meanwhile, Trump’s having a champagne Great Gatsby party at Mar-a-Lago. 🤨
#LetThemEatCake 🍾 🥂 …. 🍰
#LetThemEatCake 🍾 🥂 …. 🍰
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That's... a pretty big omission.
Let's hope Irish broadcasting can finally clear out this Yates infection once and for all.
Let's hope Irish broadcasting can finally clear out this Yates infection once and for all.
Broadcaster Ivan Yates will no longer present a political podcast with Matt Cooper after it emerged that Mr Yates had not disclosed his work advising Fianna Fáil during the Presidential Election
Yates exits podcast after not sharing FF election work
Broadcaster Ivan Yates will no longer present a political podcast with Matt Cooper after it emerged that Mr Yates had not disclosed his work advising Fianna Fáil during the Presidential Election.
www.rte.ie
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
That's... a pretty big omission.
Let's hope Irish broadcasting can finally clear out this Yates infection once and for all.
Let's hope Irish broadcasting can finally clear out this Yates infection once and for all.
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I mention my great aunt Maggie, who has been covered in the press before - when she took the occasion of her 106th birthday to call out the Queen. As always, my auntie Patricia told her stories best, as in the tale of her son's trip to hospital when he was in his eighties.
![Old Mrs Dundas - your great grand aunt - died at 106. She had two sons, Sonny and somebody else and they never got married and they lived with her. She got up ever morning and she made them dunner and kept house and the two boys were fond of going down to the pub in Derrygonnelly and she had a terrible job minding them. But anyway, one of them had a prostrate thing and was in the hospital. He was 81 and this aul bitch of a nurse - hated Catholics with a vengeance - was saying to me, since I was a social worker - "you'd need to speak with someone, had a drink last night, came in from Lisnaskea", almost as if since I was a Catholic, I'd be able. So she rang Sheila and Joe [my parents] asking them to bring in his clothes, and they went in and chatted with him and he seemed grand. But when they go to pick him up, the nurse says he's raving. Sheila says "he seems fine to me" and the woman scoffed - "we asked him who he was going home to and he said his mother" and Sheila said, "well actually he is" Now Sheila wouldn't think that was funny, she just said "yes he is going to his mother, it's quite true", and the mother died at age 106. There was a photograph of her in the paper. At 106!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreif4b6irssliyom26yxhnxpunpfw2ajtm5whyh5ml7ieypj5tci2vy@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I mention my great aunt Maggie, who has been covered in the press before - when she took the occasion of her 106th birthday to call out the Queen. As always, my auntie Patricia told her stories best, as in the tale of her son's trip to hospital when he was in his eighties.
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“We need to respect the opinions of everybody who spoiled their vote”
Actually I think you’ll find that they spoiled their vote because we’ve lost the ancient art of telling people to cop on for themselves when they’re talking shite
Actually I think you’ll find that they spoiled their vote because we’ve lost the ancient art of telling people to cop on for themselves when they’re talking shite
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“We need to respect the opinions of everybody who spoiled their vote”
Actually I think you’ll find that they spoiled their vote because we’ve lost the ancient art of telling people to cop on for themselves when they’re talking shite
Actually I think you’ll find that they spoiled their vote because we’ve lost the ancient art of telling people to cop on for themselves when they’re talking shite
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A beautifully crafted hymn of praise for a beautifully crafted beer from @atjbeer.bsky.social in @pelliclemag.com www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
A Scanner Dreckly — The Life and Legacy of St. Austell Proper Job IPA — Pellicle
It is a sedate summer’s afternoon in the bar of The Globe in Topsham, five miles outside Exeter. Wimbledon is on the big screen, with the sound turned down, and there are five other customers inside. ...
www.pelliclemag.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A beautifully crafted hymn of praise for a beautifully crafted beer from @atjbeer.bsky.social in @pelliclemag.com www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
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“Overlapping.”
“.. the latest example of the Trump administration’s policy priorities overlapping with the business dealings of the president and his family.”
@wsj.com
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October 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“Overlapping.”
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MTUC statement regarding today's horrific attack on the Manchester Jewish community. Trade Unionists stand in solidarity with those affected.
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
MTUC statement regarding today's horrific attack on the Manchester Jewish community. Trade Unionists stand in solidarity with those affected.
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She came to her #ICE check-in backed by an Episcopal bishop and 500 supporters religionnews.com/2025/09/16/e... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social
She came to her ICE check-in backed by an Episcopal bishop and 500 supporters
(RNS) — As immigrants increasingly fear detention at ICE check-ins, many faith groups have doubled down on accompaniment strategies to support them at those appointments.
religionnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
She came to her #ICE check-in backed by an Episcopal bishop and 500 supporters religionnews.com/2025/09/16/e... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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i just know we're all going to have to sit through a three minute clip of joe rogan saying "i can't believe censorship is happening"
September 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
i just know we're all going to have to sit through a three minute clip of joe rogan saying "i can't believe censorship is happening"
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In memory Ian Kevin Curtis, lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the post-punk band Joy Division, born on this day in 1956, Stretford, Lancashire, England.
Photo by Paul Slattery
#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Paul Slattery
#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
In memory Ian Kevin Curtis, lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the post-punk band Joy Division, born on this day in 1956, Stretford, Lancashire, England.
Photo by Paul Slattery
#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Paul Slattery
#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Legs over High Tor, Matlock, 1975, photo by Paul Hill.
July 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Legs over High Tor, Matlock, 1975, photo by Paul Hill.
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Italy have qualified for the T20 #cricket World Cup. Incredible. At least they will be at one world cup next year. Joe Burns has honoured his brother and delivered. Will Emilio Gay commit to the tournament
July 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Italy have qualified for the T20 #cricket World Cup. Incredible. At least they will be at one world cup next year. Joe Burns has honoured his brother and delivered. Will Emilio Gay commit to the tournament
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A powerful cohort of US Christians back Israeli attacks aimed at eliminating the last wholly Christian town in the West Bank, the town of #Taybeh
My report from the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
July 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A powerful cohort of US Christians back Israeli attacks aimed at eliminating the last wholly Christian town in the West Bank, the town of #Taybeh
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Mr. SCHERER: Why do you not stay in Russia?
PAUL ROBESON: Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?
PAUL ROBESON: Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?
Paul Robeson’s Appearance Before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1956) | The American Yawp Reader
www.americanyawp.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Mr. SCHERER: Why do you not stay in Russia?
PAUL ROBESON: Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?
PAUL ROBESON: Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?
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Hard to believe the US just allocated $100 billion for the fiscal year 2027 to invade and subjugate itself but here we are. It's like we turned a meme into reality.
July 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hard to believe the US just allocated $100 billion for the fiscal year 2027 to invade and subjugate itself but here we are. It's like we turned a meme into reality.
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I don't know what upset Rachel Reeves but she went out and faced everyone. Maybe she should have hid in a fridge, a la Johnson? She might have got more sympathy.
July 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I don't know what upset Rachel Reeves but she went out and faced everyone. Maybe she should have hid in a fridge, a la Johnson? She might have got more sympathy.
One of the good guys
LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”
LL COOL J drops out of Wawa Welcome America concert because of union strike
LL COOL J said that he is not going to perform at Wawa Welcome America on July 4th in light of the AFSCME District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
One of the good guys