john handelaar
@handelaar.org
I made KildareStreet.com, inter alia.
[🇮🇪 Cork]
[🇮🇪 Cork]
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The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
The BBC's new director general has described a 50-minute AI-generated episode of Doctor Who as "pretty good," and suggested that the technology now enabled the creation of content "at the standard of a Hollywood studio." https://bit.ly/4rD8rmh
September 30, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
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If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
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People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c3liusihpe5y4fh6hyilawgt/bafkreiccuyl2lbvpywvnvksg4ldo3ojfolrwoc77ha355crjgjvam34nvm)
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We also need an increased working population paying into our social insurance fund to support our top-heavy state pensions but yes, we must stop people working here
September 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
We also need an increased working population paying into our social insurance fund to support our top-heavy state pensions but yes, we must stop people working here
There's some interesting shit in this but a) ffs WHY would they not split out the quite-parliamentarily-large group of Leninist parties? and b) a poll saying we are a 5% swing from "destroy everything" does not exactly support our political class's gigantic 'we are immune from eurofash' smugness
The more I look at it, the more this graph at the end of my most recent Gist explains the behaviour of so many of Ireland's political parties. SF, for example, simply can't deal with 50% of its supporters looking to strengthen institutions while the other 50% want to blow them up.
September 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
There's some interesting shit in this but a) ffs WHY would they not split out the quite-parliamentarily-large group of Leninist parties? and b) a poll saying we are a 5% swing from "destroy everything" does not exactly support our political class's gigantic 'we are immune from eurofash' smugness
Knave of Clubs on his night off
Hey comics artists: a new all-timer character design just dropped.
September 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Knave of Clubs on his night off
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Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI https://theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-she-hooked-up-with-10-years-ago-now-head-of-fbi/
September 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI https://theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-she-hooked-up-with-10-years-ago-now-head-of-fbi/
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Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
September 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
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The free rider problem is the defining factor in whether someone is left or right wing, this is because if you think free riders are a problem you tend not to be intellectually curious enough to understand long chains of cause and effect.
No system is perfect, yes some people might "cheat", but would you rather people who desperately need these things go on suffering so you can be SURE you're not being duped? Why is you not being duped so important that other people have to die for it?
September 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The free rider problem is the defining factor in whether someone is left or right wing, this is because if you think free riders are a problem you tend not to be intellectually curious enough to understand long chains of cause and effect.
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Saw your boyfriend at the disused steel mill
September 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Saw your boyfriend at the disused steel mill
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In public treat axis nationals or quislings coldly.
September 19, 2026 at 12:52 AM
In public treat axis nationals or quislings coldly.
Culture Night in Cork pub: 60ish cpl come in (battered), himself wants to know if they've "anything like Heineken". Informed that they have Heineken, which more or less qualifies, he asks 'do you have anything else?'
September 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Culture Night in Cork pub: 60ish cpl come in (battered), himself wants to know if they've "anything like Heineken". Informed that they have Heineken, which more or less qualifies, he asks 'do you have anything else?'
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It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
September 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
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David Heinemeier Hansson called for the extermination of Romani people, comparing them to animals. An entire roster of tech tycoons responded by each personally giving him $1 million for his open source software project, even though he’s already wealthy enough to have a personal race car team.
September 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
David Heinemeier Hansson called for the extermination of Romani people, comparing them to animals. An entire roster of tech tycoons responded by each personally giving him $1 million for his open source software project, even though he’s already wealthy enough to have a personal race car team.
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If any mathematicians are on the fence about coming out against Ai for doing nothing more than just stealing the best bit of craic of being a mathematician i.e. solving theorems then I think this is a legit reason to oppose ai and I will support you.
September 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If any mathematicians are on the fence about coming out against Ai for doing nothing more than just stealing the best bit of craic of being a mathematician i.e. solving theorems then I think this is a legit reason to oppose ai and I will support you.
Berwick upon Tweed is very slightly further away from Manchester than London is
The media moving to Manchester/Salford has made their attitudes and views towards 'the north' worse. They're in the most southern part of the north and they think they're gritty and edgy for it.
September 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Berwick upon Tweed is very slightly further away from Manchester than London is
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lmao at sn event where (Cloudflare CEO) Matt Prince just offhandedly mentioned he’s getting divorced, and… nothing could be less surprising. We *already knew* you were writing million-dollar checks to Nazis, man.
September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
lmao at sn event where (Cloudflare CEO) Matt Prince just offhandedly mentioned he’s getting divorced, and… nothing could be less surprising. We *already knew* you were writing million-dollar checks to Nazis, man.
The purpose of this was never to push far-right propaganda to a large audience. The purpose of this is to delete all widely-available information sources which are not far-right propaganda. To its owners, this is *success*, not failure
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity.
—"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
—"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
—And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
www.status.news
September 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The purpose of this was never to push far-right propaganda to a large audience. The purpose of this is to delete all widely-available information sources which are not far-right propaganda. To its owners, this is *success*, not failure
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This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well,
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
September 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well,
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
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I think what we've learned is, you need to pick your support acts carefully.
September 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I think what we've learned is, you need to pick your support acts carefully.
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