if you've ever wondered why sites like TipperaryLive, GalwayLive, etc. are so plastered with ads, it's because those sites and the papers they collate news from are owned by a British advertising kingpin who scoops up distressed papers so he can corner the advertising market

The Ditch@wereontheditch.bsky.social · 9h ago

Competition undertakings to separate the British owner of Ireland’s largest regional media group from the advertising sales house his rivals depend on have “proven ineffective”, according to Celtic Media Group. ‘This is not healthy for media plurality.’ www.ontheditch.com/competition-...

Google's move to AI means traditional SEO doesn't work anymore so every big company is now desperately doing Reddit AMAs to try and get their responses ingested by the Gemini slop machine and farted out in AI summaries

Lest anyone be in doubt of the calibre of some of our "comedy' characters, here's Stephen Kelly advertising his SECOND podcast with Michael McCarthy. Apropos of nothing, Garron Noone did a gig with Kelly.

My daughter is watching Cruella, or as I like to call it, 'The Devil Wears Madra'.

When British journalists introduce people to their trans friends are they like: "this is Neilly, who was assigned male at birth but despite this now identitifies as a female"? Just kidding, they don't have trans friends.

The Big Difference who run Leicester Comedy Festival have sank. Do not be mad at Leicester Comedy Festival's social media team: they have also been left unpaid. Even more so than the acts in most cases. I want to know where the money went, because it sure seems like it rhymes with schlembezzlement.

"this is a case of a small delay rather than 'you won't be paid'".

Does Eli Roth have humane political opinions? No. Ah, but is he a talented filmmaker? Also, no.

To everyone at Underbelly Thank you all so much for the increased audiences to the Free Fringe shows. Masterful gambit. Friz

We need to reduce our plastic consumption. The Re-Turn scheme might take plastic off our streets, but it’s probably ending up on someone else’s streets. Most plastic isn’t recycled. The soft drinks companies know this. We know this.

Kevin Teljeur@kevinteljeur.bsky.social · 16h ago

I thought that Re-Turn, the Irish bottle deposit scheme not-for-profit was an organisation set up by the Government. It is not. It is a consortium set up by the trade. The people who run it are paid a lot of money to do so.

Bluesky is not a "liberal bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where Nazis get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.

Leicester Comedy Festival went bust. I hope to God a new fest that's a charity based model that actually cares about fans and comedians wellbeing takes it's place instead of the greedy incompetence that this one was.

Leicester Comedy Festival firm goes bust

Leicester Comedy Festival firm goes bust

Insolvent Big Difference Company ceases trading

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Stop calling it a 'deck', it's a PowerPoint presentation. You can't make it sound cool because (a) this is a workplace, nothing is cool here (b) it's a PowerPoint presentation

I was at an event recently where a woman was introducing herself as a writer. When I asked what she wrote, she said "BTS fanfic". And you know what? Lmao sure, that's more of a writer than an AI slop merchant.

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

🎶 Hit the moon in the eye, with rocket that can't fly. That's a moron 🎶

The Independent@the-independent.com · 18h ago

BREAKING | An out-of-control SpaceX rocket has collided with the Moon READ MORE: trib.al/mGkWuJh

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

Emily Wilson gets one more piece on The Odyssey and then she needs to move on and let us know what she thinks about Mallrats

They've also got an incredible afterparty lined up on Saturday in PV's Red Room! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Read 👉️ buff.ly/VbpP7Mj #GCNnews

Q: What do you call a snobbish criminal walking down the stairs? A: A condescending con descending. Arf.

Be class to see Daniel O'Donnell just deck some shitehawk outside a chipper at 3am cos they eyed up his bird and called his music shite.

Some people I know are friends with a Times journo who left one of our shared whatsapp groups when someone posted that Liddle died and a number of people gave a thumbs up.

An atm that moans when you slide your card in

Not speaking ill of the dead is how Jimmy Saville got something approaching a state funeral.

The political echo chamber is a very serious problem. I can't make a joke about Galway people juggling and riding unicycles without heilmusk1488 slithering into my replies saying "every boy born in Galway is called Muhammed now" You'd really miss that kind of constructive engagement.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care

Many journalists and commentators revealing their biggest fear is to die and then be absolutely rinsed on social media for being cunts

Donald Glover's 'Good' Reaction

ALT: Donald Glover's 'Good' Reaction

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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.