First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
James McShane
@jamesmcshane.bsky.social
Wannabe Writer from Dublin, Ireland. Lover of books, movies, all things pop culture, a bit of politics, equality in all things, Manchester United (for my sins), and, of course, my beautiful wife. Kidney transplant recipient, July 2023.
‘Ugliest election race of the year’: Democrats’ civil war erupts in Michigan
‘Ugliest election race of the year’: Democrats’ civil war erupts in Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed’s rise reflects a party increasingly defined by generational change, economic anger and foreign-policy dissent
irishtimes.com
A youth-led uprising in India has stirred hopes of greater solidarity among Indian Dubliners. Late last month, a small group gathered on O'Connell Street to support the "cockroaches" movement that had taken to the streets in their country of birth.
A youth-led uprising in India stirs hopes of greater solidarity among Indian Dubliners
Late last month, a small group gathered on O'Connell Street to support the "cockroaches" movement that had taken to the streets in their country of birth.
dublininquirer.com
"the evidence is quite clear that voters don’t think Democrats are too extreme. They think Democrats are weak." There's your answer peeps. Look like you're willing to fight MAGAism, and support candidates - left or center - who will fight.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayNew in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."
the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
My wife has her mail-in ballot on point, and now we hope for good news later tonight/tomorrow morning.
Alexis@alexispace.bsky.social · yesterdayhappy michigan day election nerds who's ready to watch every islamophobic democrat completely fucking lose it on main
Should be implemented across social media too!! The amount of new accounts with nothing but FAKE NEWS, created by AI on S.M. is ridiculous !!! www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
AI-generated label becomes mandatory in the EU
Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday. #EuropeNews
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Are we, as Europeans, going to continue taking shit from this dementia-ridden tyrant? At the very least we should close our airports to him. And stay away from Ireland next month! We don’t want you here.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people that run it."
Congrats again to the White House Correspondents Association!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
I'm trying to think of a good protest we can plan in Ireland when Trump shows up next month to contemplate our windmills, all w/in sight of Doonbeg.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoTrump: "When I see what's happening to Europe it's very sad to me. They have a problem with immigration. They have a problem with energy. You have windmills all over the place. Windmills, you lose your shirt."
As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan
Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
theguardian.com
Next time someone asks you the bad faith question “Have any women come forward?”, here you are.
socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3d agoI despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
Perimeters, not parameters. An excursion, not an incursion. Six genders, not cisgender. Insane asylums, not asylum. Transgender mice, not transgenic mice. The IQ of a potato.
Free speech in America is too free. We've run the experiment, and it failed.
Unlike Trump and Burgum, Pirro was faced with the prospect of having to actually prove a crime in a court of law with actual evidence and someone there able to challenge it with a legal defense. All Trump and Burgum have to do is feed their cult more BS on social media.
Two things. One of the main exploitation methods of those spreading misinformation is to take normal scientific arguments over details and suggest they imply doubt over an entire subject. The second, what is ‘at best’ supposed to imply other than that the idea that long covid itself is a lie?
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d agoLong covid is a disputed subject, at best.
There will be a Palestine march gathering at Writers Square today at 1pm, it will be heading to City Hall to welcome all of our visitors to Belfast.
More than 10,000 excess deaths were recorded across Europe in recent heatwaves. Wildfires are raging across the continent, and here at home. Climate change is here. The govt cannot afford to ignore or roll back from their climate commitments, especially during Ireland's term in the EU Presidency.
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
Hungary's PM Péter Magyar: “Due to the further drop in the Danube's water level, one of the last two generating units at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will be shut down at 1:30 am… “…tomorrow it will be completely shut down for the first time in 44 years.” #climatecrisis
