John
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No creators, no curators Daingean Uí Chúis, Ireland
After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire? As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.
Elon Musk’s tired schtick
Why does the media keep debasing itself for a man who despises them?
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Olivia Rodrigo just wrapping Pitchfork around her little finger to the point where I had to check she didn't namecheck Simon Reynolds and K-Punk pitchfork.com/features/cov...
Olivia Rodrigo: Blood on the Tracks
If you want to be a pop star, there’s the right way, the wrong way, and the way Olivia does it. The singer-songwriter is following her heart and squeezing every last drop of it into her songs. Amid a ...
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12 part oral history podcast City Imp when?
C.I.É Buses @mydublinbus.bsky.social · last mo.Phibsboro's ME26 is seen on Chruch Street on a 134 to McKelvey. July 10th 1995.
Oh, have a thought do you? What if I was to call you a midwit? What then? Not so clever now are you, midwit
Yes I am enjoying my rain warning in June, thanks for asking
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 2mo agoUisce Éireann has urged households across the country to help conserve water in the coming months, saying demand can quickly increase as temperatures rise.
Currently watching a cohort of presumably young Irish people on Twitter reinventing hipsterism from first principles and basing it around obscure Irish language literature. Good fun. Pitchfork will rise again.
Charli XCX should maybe get some hobbies? Might give her some perspective. If Prince had some hobbies beyond NEW ALBUM NEW DIRECTION NEW LOOK ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT he might have lived. He once talked of going into "studio rehab" and I think he was only half joking.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r... Had a look through the Irish Times archives once and the anti-bono bashing pieces outnumbered the Bono bashing pieces by about 100 to 1.
Bad – The Song That Saved My Life review: A U2 anthem linking two extreme trajectories
Television: Bono never forgot his childhood pal Andy Rowen and tapped into his feelings about him for two of U2’s defining early anthems
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New upcoming Prince release celebrating his 1996 graphic design skills with some of the worst artwork known to man. Seriously, just put the stuff he *did* release on streaming, nevermind vault tracks.
Oh wow it's almost like politicians have been cynically using 'rural ireland' as cover for shitty politics and should never have been taken at their word about the death/nail in the coffin/last straw/end... Etc of rural Ireland. This will be of no surprise to anybody from a rural area
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2mo agoThere is no evidence of an urban-rural divide when it comes to people's level of worry and willingness to take action in response to climate change, a new study from the Economic and Social Reseach Institute (ESRI) has found. jrnl.ie/7059388
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int... I reckon number 1 is number 1 because it carries the least baggage out of all the top 10. I've never seen any culture wars fought over Eliot, everyone else has been dragged into DEI talk, or "ugh, men like this" at some point or other
The 100 best novels of all time
The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?
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Kind of accurate because people come into libraries all the time and go "I want a book for my kid about trampolines cos he's really into trampolines this week" and you do your best to accommodate their incredibly specific demand.
Every week, this poor lady writes about her search for meaning as she tries to optimize and experiencemaxx. Every new decision is deep and profound and worthwhile, but the overall anxiety hanging over the column itself never changes.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3mo agoI'm convinced yank university is just 2-3 years of graduation speeches with the odd week of Spring break. Fair play to this lot anyway.
Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 3mo agothis graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
Nowhere near the worst piece of writing about poptimism. The real story is that the rockism vs poptimism debate has been in a never ending death spiral for at least a decade now and it shows no signs of going away.
Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you think Jacobin's political writing is bad, just wait until you read its music journalism. I'll need to take the rest of the day off to recover from this jacobin.com/2026/05/popt...
Finally reading Sapiens and I cannot believe how fucking stupid this book is
At some point the Enya fans, the My Bloody Valentine fans, and the Smiths fans are going to have to fight it out over which is the most important Irish musical act (loudly contrary edition).
Surprise everyone, I'm back releasing music (still home recorded obvs) I'm really proud of this one and I even managed to sneak a little @themountaingoats.bsky.social reference in. Enjoy? Yeah, enjoy. Enjoy's the right word. Enjoy ♥️ open.spotify.com/track/4hs720...
Riot
Carlo Magliocco · Riot · Song · 2025
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Mood: ranking my XTC albums and putting on the other hat for the best one
It's all over, in 3 months time Ireland will no longer exist! 🇮🇪
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last yr.Ireland is ‘out of step’ with United States on Israel, US ambassador nominee is told
Such artwork
Paul at SuperDeluxeEdition.com@super-deluxe.bsky.social · last yr.This 9-track #Sting live album offers half the tracks of the RSD version. However, complaining about this feels like the Woody Allen joke in Annie Hall about the restaurant that serves lousy food and "in such small portions" > bit.ly/4iLd2xr
We need to end this kind of blithering nonsense. And also the contract for any Irish times columnist who has been writing it for far too long.
Need to get an ai working on your ability to describe things pal
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.ChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’
