American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

Teachers, nurses and gardai should have studied harder and learned to be born into hereditary wealth. Simples.

@jonjagger.bsky.social didnt have strategy game for resin in 2025 on the cards

Irish ethno-nationalists and white supremacists are predictably as unimaginative as every other dead-end blood politics that’s crawled from the sewer of human cowardice and hatred over the past century.

Meanwhile Twitter is now simply (and openly) a vehicle for this racist and fascist mobilisation. Musk’s Stormfront. Just another reminder that billion dollar social media platforms (the most powerful propaganda tool in human history) require regulation. And yet most govts are inert, frozen, lost.

There isn’t much evidence that layoffs are being caused by AI taking people’s jobs. For big tech, such as Amazon’s recent layoffs, the reason seems to be a combination of cutting headcount to balance increased spending on AI infrastructure and anticipation of (not realized) AI productivity gains.

"In my mind, I've done nothing wrong" is not the same thing as doing nothing wrong.

Ah would you stop

I never realised how demented The War On Formula was until I became a Dad. Think about the kinds of vice products you're not allowed get supermarket loyalty points on (fags, booze, lottery tickets, carrier bags) - it is scandalous that f*cking baby formula is lumped in with them.

@scottjohnson.zip You should get the 3 hosts on thd show to try this store.steampowered.com/app/2747330/...

Such a heartbreaking story, felt by so many others around the country. Makes me so angry that the Taoiseach can just say that the HSE isn’t in a position to fulfil the law rtn with regards assessments for children with special needs. As if he isn’t ultimately responsible for that.

"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?" Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.

For starters - no Irish State/Gov agencies/politicians should be on Twitter. None. They could do this today and it would actually be more than just empty words.

you shouldn’t talk to a journalist about how people in need of abortions access them when abortions are outlawed, and this is no different. shutting the fuck up is free.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107. 12 days of work in 107 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Probably because these billionaire Trump sycophants don't want their staffs getting any ideas... especially before any of those AI widgets are in a stable enough state to properly replace them... #FizzVsGaming

No economy at its peak productivity distributes its wealth like this. Money is only productive if it is in circulation!! If a rich guy endlessly stores it to show wealth on paper, this hurts the whole economy

AND the irish government even wants to do some dodgy accounting to change how (extremely climate-warming) methane emissions are counted, to let beef and dairy farming off the hook

Tesla is more a cult than a company these days, so this pie in the sky nonsense was inevitable. They're all reality-agnostic woo infested weirdos terminally rotting from their own insularity, so it's a big mistake to keep pretending only Musk is the lone bonkers element. He's just their John Frum.

best part of this is how elon musk's definition of "swindler" is also the most concise possible summary of how he became a billionaire

Two men in their 20s have been arrested in connection with the investigation into a fire at a building housing International Protection applicants in Co Louth on Halloween night.

Not The Onion.

After avian influenza was confirmed at two commercial turkey farms, Aengus Cox looks at what bird flu is and what the possible implications of its spread may have on the poultry industry here.

All the second amendment lads who bang on about needing to have guns to defend against a tyrannical government sure are quiet about things like this, aren't they?

X is designed to radicalise people. The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain. Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Wait, I thought the whole plan was to bury yourself in debt and then have the AI solve your problems? 🤔

This is a disastrous move. RTE's documentary-makers in both radio and TV are held in very high esteem all over the globe, and to shutter the in-house TV unit is as stupid as it is short-sighted.

"who radicalized you" Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.

Tech writer friends: Are any of you currently looking for work? If so, check this out.

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The smart glasses from the website that was initially designed to sexually index female college mates are being used to sexually index women?!

real sense in which last night was fairly predictable. real question is why our pundits and the elites who listen to them couldn’t see it. (gift link)

Oh, and as @philipoconnor.bsky.social has reminded me - guess who is in that 1 in 5? Did you guess Timmy Dooley because if so, gold star for you. He's a landlord.

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

“You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”

"There is a direct line between the dog whistling of government leaders, scapegoating of asylum seekers based on misinformation, a direct line between that and the creation of a hostile environment." Once again, the government is leaning into this scapegoating. They want to distract Don't let them.

Nevertheless, I have explained it. www.theirishpassport.com/podcast/half...

I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance. You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...

Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.

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It's both incredible and entirely expected that this has to be said in Ireland. The Yates revelations are hugely damaging for both politics and media, especially given the revolving door that seems to exist between journalism and "special advisor" roles.

"Hey babe, cheating exists, so I basically HAVE to sleep with your sister"

I've said it before and I'll say it again now: Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.

Much more of this please

If you can’t articulate the other side’s point of view during an argument or debate, then you haven’t eliminated the possibility that what you have is actually a miscommunication not a conflict.

Republicans could override the filibuster and reopen the government with only 51 votes. Any other solution requires the House, and Johnson is refusing to bring it back into session. Republicans completely control the shutdown. They don't want to reopen the government.

November 2025 Dáil seat projection Fianna Fáil 43 (-5) Sinn Féin 42 (+3) Fine Gael 40 (+2) Soc Dems 16 (+5) Independents/Others 13 (-3) Labour 10 (-1) Ind Ireland 4 (nc) PBP/Solidarity 3 (nc) Aontú 2 (nc) 100% Redress 1 (nc) Green Party 0 (-1) (change since GE 2024)