Brían Ó Loinsigh
@blynchh.bsky.social
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Sigh. Yet again, not the obituary I'm looking for. What an amazing woman.
Let's watch her tell everyone that Ireland owes the UK nothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGo...
Let's watch her tell everyone that Ireland owes the UK nothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGo...
September 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Sigh. Yet again, not the obituary I'm looking for. What an amazing woman.
Let's watch her tell everyone that Ireland owes the UK nothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGo...
Let's watch her tell everyone that Ireland owes the UK nothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGo...
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David Quinn saying “craic” is just wrong, it’s like Roy Keane saying “it me” or Pat Spillane saying “swiftie”.
September 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
David Quinn saying “craic” is just wrong, it’s like Roy Keane saying “it me” or Pat Spillane saying “swiftie”.
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Will just add this bit from my piece for no reason at all shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
September 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Will just add this bit from my piece for no reason at all shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
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He didn't take the warnings seriously. He was confident of his sharp geo-political understanding, and of the measures he had taken (e.g. the fortified wall in the Gaza boundaries). He despises Palestinians and did not believe they could outsmart him or Israel. Hubris, racism and complacency.
September 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
He didn't take the warnings seriously. He was confident of his sharp geo-political understanding, and of the measures he had taken (e.g. the fortified wall in the Gaza boundaries). He despises Palestinians and did not believe they could outsmart him or Israel. Hubris, racism and complacency.
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Finn McRedmond has written an entire column comparing the Anglo-Irish relationship to the Mad Men scene with Ginsbeg and Don in the elevator, but she hasn't seen Mad Men and doesn't understand the scene, she just knows it from the meme. she calls it the most iconic scene in Mad Men. it is not
September 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Finn McRedmond has written an entire column comparing the Anglo-Irish relationship to the Mad Men scene with Ginsbeg and Don in the elevator, but she hasn't seen Mad Men and doesn't understand the scene, she just knows it from the meme. she calls it the most iconic scene in Mad Men. it is not
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Today is the anniversary of the death of William the Conqueror. Or William the Egalitarian, as he was known at the time.
September 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Today is the anniversary of the death of William the Conqueror. Or William the Egalitarian, as he was known at the time.
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I know I was angry yesterday but I am soothed and moved by @ayoub.bsky.social’s words about the city, and about the daily, life saving work of PPR’s and Anaka’s Marissa McMahon, who we all know and love. Resilient and interdependent communities are the only barrier to fascism. More pancakes for Elia
How Belfast came together after the pogrom
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September 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I know I was angry yesterday but I am soothed and moved by @ayoub.bsky.social’s words about the city, and about the daily, life saving work of PPR’s and Anaka’s Marissa McMahon, who we all know and love. Resilient and interdependent communities are the only barrier to fascism. More pancakes for Elia
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Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Yes!! Any journalist should force them to name what exact values they're talking about
The urge became too strong.
September 8, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Yes!! Any journalist should force them to name what exact values they're talking about
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"In the UK, around 40% of students are not included in the PISA data. This is amongst the highest anywhere in the world."
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September 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM
"In the UK, around 40% of students are not included in the PISA data. This is amongst the highest anywhere in the world."
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Watching the news from Germany. It might be of interest to people that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' has 6 translation deals but we never managed to find a German publisher (though it's the one we tried hardest for). It is about migration & EU complicity in crimes against humanity on Europe's borders
A reminder that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' is now available in
Spanish 🇪🇸: capitanswing.com/libros/cuand...
Italian 🇮🇹: www.bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/sally-...
French 🇫🇷: www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/bi...
Dutch 🇳🇱: nieuwamsterdam.nl/producten/en...
Polish 🇵🇱: soniadraga.pl/postfactum/p...
Spanish 🇪🇸: capitanswing.com/libros/cuand...
Italian 🇮🇹: www.bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/sally-...
French 🇫🇷: www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/bi...
Dutch 🇳🇱: nieuwamsterdam.nl/producten/en...
Polish 🇵🇱: soniadraga.pl/postfactum/p...
September 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Watching the news from Germany. It might be of interest to people that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' has 6 translation deals but we never managed to find a German publisher (though it's the one we tried hardest for). It is about migration & EU complicity in crimes against humanity on Europe's borders
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Reading the last five chapters of The End of History and the Last Man be like:
September 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Reading the last five chapters of The End of History and the Last Man be like:
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Damning silence from Labour on their Napoleon III exhumation policy
September 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Damning silence from Labour on their Napoleon III exhumation policy
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Perfect example of AI brain rot here from the Collision "think tank" at Progress Ireland.
"I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand."
"I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand."
September 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Perfect example of AI brain rot here from the Collision "think tank" at Progress Ireland.
"I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand."
"I don't understand this topic, but it won't stop me pontificating about it. And the mistakes in my reporting are because there were too many words for me and the LLM to understand."
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One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend.
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
www.irishtimes.com
August 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend.
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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A lookback and a rethink on the meaning of the fuel protests. My feeling is that anything which punctures the complacency of this government has value. Maybe I'm right. Maybe I'm wrong. Disagreement in good faith is possible.
saturdaynightwaltz.substack.com/p/how-the-fu...
saturdaynightwaltz.substack.com/p/how-the-fu...
How the fuel protesters showed the way
They succeeded by speaking the only language our government understands
saturdaynightwaltz.substack.com
August 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
A lookback and a rethink on the meaning of the fuel protests. My feeling is that anything which punctures the complacency of this government has value. Maybe I'm right. Maybe I'm wrong. Disagreement in good faith is possible.
saturdaynightwaltz.substack.com/p/how-the-fu...
saturdaynightwaltz.substack.com/p/how-the-fu...
Probably for the best, from an Icelandic perspective
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Iceland votes narrowly against seeking to join the EU.
The campaign was dominated by fishing, the country’s biggest industry, and how it could be affected if it were controlled by the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Iceland votes narrowly against seeking to join the EU.
The campaign was dominated by fishing, the country’s biggest industry, and how it could be affected if it were controlled by the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
August 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Probably for the best, from an Icelandic perspective
Harald's death is pretty momentous for Norway. He was very well regarded, a sort of grandfather of the nation. His family and successors...much, much less so.
Could he be the last King of Norway?
Could he be the last King of Norway?
Norway's King Harald V has died aged 89, the Norwegian royal palace has said.
Norway's King Harald dies aged 89
Norway's King Harald has died aged 89, the Norwegian royal palace has said.
www.rte.ie
August 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Harald's death is pretty momentous for Norway. He was very well regarded, a sort of grandfather of the nation. His family and successors...much, much less so.
Could he be the last King of Norway?
Could he be the last King of Norway?
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Norway's King Harald V has died aged 89, the Norwegian royal palace has said.
Norway's King Harald dies aged 89
Norway's King Harald has died aged 89, the Norwegian royal palace has said.
www.rte.ie
August 28, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Norway's King Harald V has died aged 89, the Norwegian royal palace has said.
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"Economic of the Zohranmarket"
LOL at this banger opening by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
backofmind.substack.com/p/rent-alway...
LOL at this banger opening by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
backofmind.substack.com/p/rent-alway...
August 27, 2026 at 1:37 PM
"Economic of the Zohranmarket"
LOL at this banger opening by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
backofmind.substack.com/p/rent-alway...
LOL at this banger opening by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
backofmind.substack.com/p/rent-alway...
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Youse are all shams I went in here and they didn't have a clue about tenants rights
August 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Youse are all shams I went in here and they didn't have a clue about tenants rights
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