Thomas
@stateofchassis.bsky.social
Here for a bad time, not a long time
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“Family reunification accounts for little more than 1% of migration into Ireland. Telling people granted refugee status to wait three years – until their children no longer recognise them – is not the stance of a country that professes to cherish the family unit.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Justine McCarthy: Ireland celebrates Hamnet and Jessie Buckley’s success. It should feel shame
Separating refugee parents and their children betrays the family values of the film and of our constitution
www.irishtimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
“Family reunification accounts for little more than 1% of migration into Ireland. Telling people granted refugee status to wait three years – until their children no longer recognise them – is not the stance of a country that professes to cherish the family unit.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%."
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
Many people think immigration happening on larger scale than is really the case
The report by the ESRI found that many people overestimated the proportion of people in Ireland who were born in another country.
www.thejournal.ie
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%."
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
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Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute
Immigration levels overestimated by public, says ESRI
Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute
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Literary allusion is an important part of craft. Regardless of what certain terminally online morons like to say, it makes you a better writer to read and to read broadly. DO read trash and pulps. And also read Proust. And also read Fanon. And also read Gao Xingjian. And also read Gorodischer.
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Literary allusion is an important part of craft. Regardless of what certain terminally online morons like to say, it makes you a better writer to read and to read broadly. DO read trash and pulps. And also read Proust. And also read Fanon. And also read Gao Xingjian. And also read Gorodischer.
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You'll be amazed to hear that on the stock market
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
You'll be amazed to hear that on the stock market
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
Chevron ⬆️9%
Halliburton ⬆️10%
Exxon ⬆️4%
ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%
How long do you think it’ll be before Maduro’s abduction is used for a Call of Duty campaign mission? I’m guessing either the next Modern Warfare or the next Black Ops.
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
How long do you think it’ll be before Maduro’s abduction is used for a Call of Duty campaign mission? I’m guessing either the next Modern Warfare or the next Black Ops.
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Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
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There is nothing that drives me more insane than toothless statements containing the words "international law...must be respected"
They're not being respected. So what now?
They're not being respected. So what now?
Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.
The safety of EU citizens in the country is our top priority. (2/2)
The safety of EU citizens in the country is our top priority. (2/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
There is nothing that drives me more insane than toothless statements containing the words "international law...must be respected"
They're not being respected. So what now?
They're not being respected. So what now?
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Typebar Magazine 2.0 debuts January 26th.
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Typebar Magazine 2.0 debuts January 26th.
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i am sad to announce that in 2026 i will be moving to Thrax, the city of windowless rooms, to improve my tax situation and also to support the robust mining and aristocracy economies that the city provides
December 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
i am sad to announce that in 2026 i will be moving to Thrax, the city of windowless rooms, to improve my tax situation and also to support the robust mining and aristocracy economies that the city provides
Male commander shepherd got that autism rizz
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Male commander shepherd got that autism rizz
I don’t care about Nolan’s Odyssey not using historically accurate armours. Honestly I would have put Agamemnon in Mjolnir Mark 6.
December 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I don’t care about Nolan’s Odyssey not using historically accurate armours. Honestly I would have put Agamemnon in Mjolnir Mark 6.
Are we gonna start playing Who’s That Pokemon with the Epstein files redactions?
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Are we gonna start playing Who’s That Pokemon with the Epstein files redactions?
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Once again, if you believe that FF&FG would only love to give us a well-resourced, world beating welfare state but it’s just those pesky immigrants won’t let them, you are a gobshite. You have a loyalty card with your local bridge salesman. You were, in fact, born yesterday.
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Once again, if you believe that FF&FG would only love to give us a well-resourced, world beating welfare state but it’s just those pesky immigrants won’t let them, you are a gobshite. You have a loyalty card with your local bridge salesman. You were, in fact, born yesterday.
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Congrats to @hazelzorn.bsky.social whose incredible Eco-Body-Horror cli-fi novella REEF MIND made @lithub.com.web.brid.gy's 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025!
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Congrats to @hazelzorn.bsky.social whose incredible Eco-Body-Horror cli-fi novella REEF MIND made @lithub.com.web.brid.gy's 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025!
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WAIT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AMERICAN ON HERE
What the fuck is a "pillock?" Another ignorant slur from a non-American loser, I imagine.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WAIT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AMERICAN ON HERE
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
Why would anyone think Papers, Please but cozy is a good idea?
October 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why would anyone think Papers, Please but cozy is a good idea?
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Beating a man to death because he wants to buy the field you having been renting off the widow for years thats a rural pursuit
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Beating a man to death because he wants to buy the field you having been renting off the widow for years thats a rural pursuit
Catherine Connolly once took some money out of her holiday piggy bank to buy some fags on a Sunday morning
#SmearTheBejaysis
#SmearTheBejaysis
October 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Catherine Connolly once took some money out of her holiday piggy bank to buy some fags on a Sunday morning
#SmearTheBejaysis
#SmearTheBejaysis
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“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...