this is psychotic but a genuinely valuable articulation of a thing many drivers actually believe

Christopher Owen@oysta.au · 17h ago

found another new type of guy

Same idiots that will welcome a billionaire parasite, whose platform is making our electricity more expensive and restricting our water usage,all while using us as a tax haven, will berate and use slurs against people who come here to work in our hospitality, trades and medical sectors.

Loki@lokideburca.bsky.social · 6h ago

Zuckerberg buying a castle in Waterford is just as bad as Trump buying Doonbeg. These fashy multi-cash cunts shouldn't be allowed have hate palaces on our island. Fuck each and every last one of em. Billionaires should do deep sea exploration more.

Help! They're* cancelling me* for the crime of being white*** and advocating for ethics in academia**** *my employer is **suspending me from my job pending investigation ***publicly extremely racist ****deliberately driving a man to suicide and bragging about it

Completion cowards. Not a backbone between them by the sounds of things.

KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸@kdnerak33.bsky.social · 3d ago

I wish the story wasn’t, “Trump yelled at a female reporter again”, but instead was, “The press corps stood up for the female reporter who was disrespected by Trump.”

- The Met Police were found to publish more mugshots when the accused was Black/Asian/Mixed. - The BBC website although I have not seen research anecdotally appears to publish a mugshot if accused are Black/Asian/Mixed, but if accused is white they show the victim or a smiley holiday pic of accused

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 4d ago

Britain's violently racist legacy media, abetted by social media, have successfully brainwashed the public into racist beliefs.

I can think of one book I'm buying on release day next week

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 5d ago

It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

There's actually research on this and it involves scrutiny. If you're Black people are going to look at your work looking for mistakes in a way they would never for white people.

Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good

African American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform...

theatlantic.com

Gabriel S. Jacobs@gsjphd.bsky.social · 6d ago

let's be real: plagiarism scandals in academia happen all the time (not because academics plagiarize a lot, but just because of how many millions of faculty there are around the world) and it is never general-public news unless the culprit is a member of a minority.

I’m really enjoying the Irish athletes in the swimming and track and field. It’s so refreshing seeing confident, positive young people who are unapologetic about being at the top of their sports.

This goes into fine detail about precisely which outlets led the charge. It wasn't just The Times and the Telegraph, but also the Guardian and the Independent, who were far more vocal than The Sun, Express, or even GB News. Worth bearing in mind when the "Public Interest" violins start up

Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.

A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.

newscord.org

A good piece, and no new information in here. It's the "everybody in the business knew" bit that gets me every time though 😢

Nialler9 | Niall Byrne@nialler9.com · 6d ago

What wasn't said about Glen Hansard nialler9music.substack.com/p/the-news-a...

Fuck Jimmy Goebels.

The Ditch@wereontheditch.bsky.social · 5d ago

For the first time in a decade the Irish state has refused more Palestinian visa applications than it  granted – while Israelis continue to benefit from visa-free travel to Ireland. The refusal rate for Palestinian applicants has quadrupled since 2023. www.ontheditch.com/palestinian-...

Soooo…Jason Arday and Johann Hari are both accused of the same thing. Hari gets multiple book deals and writes a book which is dangerous pill-shaming crap and gets wildly praised, but Jason Arday cannot be allowed to persist and must be fed to the wolves and hounded to death. Qwhite the difference.

Mediocre white men with gaps in their CVs, investigations and findings proven of DV, SA, harassment and bullying survive in their academic ivory towers.

Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻‍♀️

She might be leaving soon, but her name should be one of the top ones on the list when the reckoning comes for this fascist junta.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Leavitt: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service."

[Ted dansen in the good place] *Hugh Hefner* got it?

Raw Story@rawstory.com · 7d ago

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner notified the FBI of Jeffrey Epstein and reported that a Playmate was sexually abused and trafficked by the late financier, according to new court documents reported this week.

I’ve a vision impairment- legally blind. VI were always useless for me any time I tried to access services etc. Many blind and visually impaired people I’ve met would say the same. That they would pander to the pervert glasses propagandists is not surprising in the least.

Was in a pharmacy earlier looking for some glasses for tis evening and yer lass literally said "sure we can't predict getting in glasses for something like that!" I asked was she joking.

Andrew Clarke@andclarke.bsky.social · last wk.

Enjoyed BBC using BREAKING for their eclipse coverage, as though it had come out of nowhere and astronomers haven’t been able to predict when and where eclipses will happen since, oh, about 1715.

The collective joy over the eclipse and unanimous support for the shark that bit that dickhead are lovely today. We’re not all bad

Eclipse day!

You still have retinas?

Big Monster Love@bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · last wk.

Why do my retinas hurt?

YASSS it's happening! BAN THE PERVERT GLASSES next stop: public transport. women should be able to catch the bus without getting perved on by perverts wearing pervert glasses. it's bad enough when they're not wearing pervert glasses

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales

Public opinion swings SHARPLY in favour of the shark.

‘I have just returned from my first visit to the West Bank since 2023. What I saw then was deeply disturbing, but today the situation is far worse. It is now an emboldened and aggressive process of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land unfolding in plain sight’. theelders.org/news/what-we...

What we saw in the West Bank: Palestine is disappearing

Mary Robinson reflects on her recent trip to the Middle East and the realities she witnessed in the West Bank

theelders.org

The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks

It would be interesting to see what role social class plays in the granting of early release of violent prisoners like Ms Chawke. She was found guilty of biting a man on the face and kicking him in the head, and sentenced to two years and two months. She has been released after just 28 days.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · last wk.

Alison Chawke has been released from prison after serving less than a month of her sentence for her part in an assault on two men at a luxury Limerick hotel in 2023. The 41-year-old was jailed alongside her brother Bill Chawke in July for attacking the two men without provocation jrnl.ie/7128624

Twice as many deaths as the Holocaust.

Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · last wk.

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NotRo is a feral cat who appeared at our house 4 years ago. She’s gradually moved herself in (after we took in her two kittens and had her spayed) but tonight was the first time she stayed next to me on the sofa without scarpering when I sat close to her. Little win.

Hearing it's safe to stare at the eclipse if you're using Meta glasses..