Paul Duane 🥔
@paulduane.bsky.social
A very Irish filmmaker.
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
He/him, anarchist, artist. Avatar painted by Sol Robinson.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
He/him, anarchist, artist. Avatar painted by Sol Robinson.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
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NIghtmare Alley - William Lindsay Gresham | Weird & Confusing
Sometimes you read a book that contains a writer's entire life and worldview packed in with a density and dexterity that is simultaneously t
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I wrote about Nightmare Alley and its author William Lindsay Gresham, Communist, Buddhist, Spanish Civil War veteran, alcoholic, Catholic, Scientologist and finally victim of his own decision to die.
The book is extraordinary, forget the recent movie.
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The book is extraordinary, forget the recent movie.
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At EU level, the Irish Government proposing any tech policy immediately renders that policy suspect, if not automatically unacceptable.
We are seen as nought a paid for and every time our Govt does something in this area it reaffirms that perception.
We are seen as nought a paid for and every time our Govt does something in this area it reaffirms that perception.
This is insanity.
Irish Presidency's draft text of amendments to the GDPR allows training & operation of any AI without safeguards & tough legal basis (under "legitimate interest" a company claims what it is doing is OK. Up to you to find out and challenge in court). This is a free pass for US Tech.
Irish Presidency's draft text of amendments to the GDPR allows training & operation of any AI without safeguards & tough legal basis (under "legitimate interest" a company claims what it is doing is OK. Up to you to find out and challenge in court). This is a free pass for US Tech.
September 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
At EU level, the Irish Government proposing any tech policy immediately renders that policy suspect, if not automatically unacceptable.
We are seen as nought a paid for and every time our Govt does something in this area it reaffirms that perception.
We are seen as nought a paid for and every time our Govt does something in this area it reaffirms that perception.
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this is also what fucks me off about people saying 'it's pointless, it won't do anything' about boycotts. they need to build and part of that is being in a tiny, seemingly ineffectual minority
September 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
this is also what fucks me off about people saying 'it's pointless, it won't do anything' about boycotts. they need to build and part of that is being in a tiny, seemingly ineffectual minority
OK, how brave are we thinking because
September 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
OK, how brave are we thinking because
The enormous affinity I feel towards the Scots writer Alasdair Gray only grew stronger when I learned he not only said “Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation" but also "Man is the pie that bakes & eats himself".
September 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
The enormous affinity I feel towards the Scots writer Alasdair Gray only grew stronger when I learned he not only said “Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation" but also "Man is the pie that bakes & eats himself".
he would be amazed I'm still alive tbh
Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
September 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
he would be amazed I'm still alive tbh
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Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
September 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Imagine holding your own child as his last drop of sight fades forever. Gaza’s cruel reality stole Elias’s first eye, and now his final spark of light is dying.We are helpless,penniless, and broken.On my knees,I beg you:please save my little boy.
Verified by: molly shah✅
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Verified by: molly shah✅
chuffed.org/project/196611
September 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Imagine holding your own child as his last drop of sight fades forever. Gaza’s cruel reality stole Elias’s first eye, and now his final spark of light is dying.We are helpless,penniless, and broken.On my knees,I beg you:please save my little boy.
Verified by: molly shah✅
chuffed.org/project/196611
Verified by: molly shah✅
chuffed.org/project/196611
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Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him.
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
Did you ever meet Bob Kraft?
September 17, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him.
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. 
I sued them for wrongful termination and won.
So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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This was a pogrom attack. The South East Antrim UDA, a proscribed terror group were linked to it - yet this man is prosecuted for burglary and damage? This is why pogroms keep happening - because the state downplays loyalist terror.
A 34 year old was just handed a sentence of 4 years (2 custodial, 2 on licence) for breaking into a house during the Ballymena pogroms in 2025. Causing damage to the house, the family hid in the attic in fear for over 5 hours. He was charged with burglary with the intent to cause criminal damage
Man broke into house during Ballymena race riot as terrified family hid in attic
Police captured footage of the accused unlawfully entering a house and causing damage inside while the residents hid in fear upstairs
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September 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM
This was a pogrom attack. The South East Antrim UDA, a proscribed terror group were linked to it - yet this man is prosecuted for burglary and damage? This is why pogroms keep happening - because the state downplays loyalist terror.
Yesterday I paraphrased this excellent post on how Ireland's artists & musicians are taking the financial & reputational risk to support Gaza that Ireland's government refuses to take - here's the original.
I think that was Amano's thread earlier today? www.instagram.com/amanoanseo?s...
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September 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Yesterday I paraphrased this excellent post on how Ireland's artists & musicians are taking the financial & reputational risk to support Gaza that Ireland's government refuses to take - here's the original.
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For the evening crowd.
For #BeyondFriday this week we are turning to the great Bob Clark and to his brilliant 1974 film Dead of Night aka Deathdream. A sad, desolate, intense and terrifying political and social horror. What state are people in that come home from the war. A chilling score, the camera movements. Essential.
September 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
For the evening crowd.
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What were once indulgences are now necessities
September 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
What were once indulgences are now necessities
Since it's Raoul Coutard's birthday, here's a clip from Rocky Road To Dublin, Peter Lennon's 1968 documentary. Coutard had just shot Weekend for Godard & was about to shoot something for Truffaut, took time out to make this no-budget film about how fucked Ireland was then.
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The Rocky Road To Dublin (1968)
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September 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Since it's Raoul Coutard's birthday, here's a clip from Rocky Road To Dublin, Peter Lennon's 1968 documentary. Coutard had just shot Weekend for Godard & was about to shoot something for Truffaut, took time out to make this no-budget film about how fucked Ireland was then.
youtu.be/75t38K_tQ6w?...
youtu.be/75t38K_tQ6w?...
If I ever had a minute of facetime with Trump, I would like to tell him that he will be remembered in fifty years mostly as a scary story to tell kids - "Be good or Trump will get you." And I believe that is what will happen.
September 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
If I ever had a minute of facetime with Trump, I would like to tell him that he will be remembered in fifty years mostly as a scary story to tell kids - "Be good or Trump will get you." And I believe that is what will happen.
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"an ankle monitor for your mind" needs to immediately break containment and enter the vernacular
The smart phone and the personal digital assistant not as liberatory devices, but as an ankle monitor for your mind.
September 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
"an ankle monitor for your mind" needs to immediately break containment and enter the vernacular
Please if you can, help Mohammed to save his son Elias's eyesight: chuffed.org/project/1966...
September 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Please if you can, help Mohammed to save his son Elias's eyesight: chuffed.org/project/1966...
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These urgent medical needs continue and they deserve more than they are getting. I cannot cover the costs alone every time I am asked. Please keep boosting, sharing, and supporting them. chuffed.org/project/1908...
September 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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“United Airlines is set to resume the shipment of military hardware to Israel aboard passenger flights, according to shipping data reviewed by The Intercept.”
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United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights
Unfriendly skies: On United, checked bags might ride next to tank parts bound for Israel. Direct flights to Israel are set to resume tonight.
theintercept.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“United Airlines is set to resume the shipment of military hardware to Israel aboard passenger flights, according to shipping data reviewed by The Intercept.”
theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
theintercept.com/2026/09/09/u...
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Lina hopes we will help her husband, who has a serious infection that could lead to amputation or worse.
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❤️🍉
🚨 URGENT 🚨
🆘 I’m watching Mahmoud die in front of me, and I don’t know how to save him.
An infection is spreading through his body. He is in unbearable pain, and every moment his condition gets worse.
Please… don’t let the next thing I write be that Mahmoud is gone.💔😭
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🆘 I’m watching Mahmoud die in front of me, and I don’t know how to save him.
An infection is spreading through his body. He is in unbearable pain, and every moment his condition gets worse.
Please… don’t let the next thing I write be that Mahmoud is gone.💔😭
chuffed.org/project/omsh...
September 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Lina hopes we will help her husband, who has a serious infection that could lead to amputation or worse.
❤️🍉
❤️🍉
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my favorite Harry Dean Stanton quote
September 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
my favorite Harry Dean Stanton quote
Raiders of the Lost Ark, theatrical release, Adelphi Cinema, Dublin, 1981: when the guy with the sword did all the twirling & the posing with it and Indy just shook his head and shot him, and EVERYONE IN THE CINEMA STOOD UP AND CHEERED FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
September 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark, theatrical release, Adelphi Cinema, Dublin, 1981: when the guy with the sword did all the twirling & the posing with it and Indy just shook his head and shot him, and EVERYONE IN THE CINEMA STOOD UP AND CHEERED FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES
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God this is so embarrassing
September 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
God this is so embarrassing
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Today on the blog: Most of the people who follow me are probably already both comics fans and devotees of the work of the Hernández brothers. But a few of you aren't. And if that's the case, you've got a chance to give yourself one of the greatest gifts you'll ever receive. They're that special.
American Heartbreak - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
Someday, the Hernández brothers will die. This isn’t to generate panic or gloom; it’s merely a reminder - in a year that has already been rife with them - that...
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September 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Today on the blog: Most of the people who follow me are probably already both comics fans and devotees of the work of the Hernández brothers. But a few of you aren't. And if that's the case, you've got a chance to give yourself one of the greatest gifts you'll ever receive. They're that special.