“[The FAI] could show a real bit of balls and refuse to play Israel. They should stand up in my view for the Palestinian state, the Palestinian people and the Palestinian football organisation.” - Brian Kerr, former Republic of Ireland manager

Yet another holdover from the short 20th century is at an end, all the old revolutionary relics melt into air....

What about Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism except its Who Ate my Damn Caramel Dates

No mask, no gear. Hardcore and bodes well

Haters of wim wenders entire filmography justified

Do you think someone's going to get hurt at an event where there are Zionists and Irish footballers / fans (notwithstanding that those who attend probably won't be very conscious). Or would that be alarmist

Actually Taiwan will guarantee they won't

Usually don't mind wet weather, commuting in winter but it's starting to get into my brain a bit now

If we are to remain indelibly tied to FFI as a way of sustaining our economy then I reckon we should just go all in on Chinese investment. Being a literal vassal state of Beijing would be preferable to what we have now

Finally happened: had a dream about talking to tooze

Was never mad into 'neither Washington nor Beijing' as a slogan on certain parts of organised left, seemed like an instance of playing the hits > What's happening now but between this and the emissions story yday, popular front with latter is imperative

One public service you can take on here in light of the Palestine Action verdict is to reduce centrist Brits capacity to get in other people's replies.

Starmer has achieved a regime type that can be classified as anti-Bonapartist.

They were acquired. I would delete this as you may face contempt of court charges.

They were acquired. I would delete this as you may face contempt of court charges.

Lock 'em up www.ontheditch.com/seventy-five...

I remember a Napoleon (or something adjacent) one where a guest closes with an admission that his legacy is greater than Wellington's and you can audibly hear the sense of dismay from the other guests. Vintage IOT moment

There was a few of these post 9/11 atlanticist episodes, hitchens on an episode about America was another, but the politics have been consistently establishment English philistinism, pro-Wordsworth, audibly bored by Brecht

First in our time on mill's 'on liberty', inauspicious

at the risk of being cringe or whatever, the making of Threads was a political act by CND people whose purpose was to puncture any sort of ignorant nationalist optimism about nuclear war & foreground the stakes in detente and disarmament for policymakers present and future

That guardian story about why Starmer is hated is gas. 'its a mystery, he's so tough yet decent and caring'. Tough Decent Caring focus-grouped adjectives of the week

america is truly a land of contrasts, a capital sector completely dominated by trying to build the God Brain For Human Instrumentality and a labor market propped up by changing old people's diapers

A racist CEO of a Chemicals conglomerate called Sir Ratcliffe that was born in a place called Failsworth. Something something Pynchonian something.

Naming a book about this guy 'A Very English Hero' real slap in the face

wrote about Bob Brenner's idea of the transition to capitalism and people who disagree with him, why open.substack.com/pub/aonchial...

i) automation =/= does a perfect job, see: mass production ii) 'narrow range of technical of applications'.... they can code like bastards and in seconds

What's this? Another review already? Well, yes, I believe it is. ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/t...

I can't be the only one who immediately thought of Belfast when I saw that photo.

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...

Nearly knocked off by vans swinging across lanes 3 times last 2 days. Might have to tap out at this stage, image unrelated

I’m a USA man and I think presidents are my dad

Filmed over four years across kitchen tables, protests and public meetings, this documentary follows a city fighting for itself as a broken property market chews up its citizens for profit. Rooted in Dublin, it reveals global forces reshaping cities, where homes are assets and people are obstacles.

wrote about Bob Brenner's idea of the transition to capitalism and people who disagree with him, why open.substack.com/pub/aonchial...

Guy whose 2 weeks away from Prime Minister Wes Streeting & < 2 years from Prime Minister Farage:

average Irish bluesky user, unprompted:

Morgan McSweeney claims Macroom is West Cork, is asked to leave party

I think it would be nice if every softhead streaming about how rté didn't do the ethnicity drop could be done for incitement. Held responsible for every assault in a 50km radius for the next month or two

Looks like “right populism“ was an invention of billionaires & well-pedigreed courtiers to destroy any public institution that may, hypothetically, one day threaten their status. That the press still presents it as the authentic general will of the right-thinking common man proves that it’s in on it

An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇 SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬

*scuttling across the floors of silent seas* man I should've been a guy who can't decide how to wear his pants

Crazy Eric Williams put CLR James under house arrest. If it were happening these days he'd probably lock him out of the patreon!!!

Tipperary's split-personality might suit.

Would love to get Estonias halfway house vibe in here somewhere

Cavan is Lithuania; Romania has too much Joie de vivre when what you need is a little misère de vivre

Clare is Portugal to extend that.

Laois is Louisiana, Cork is Texas, Kerry Tennessee, Galway Oregan, Donegal West Virginia? Not as strong on the US

Would say Galway is more like parts of Spain with lots of crusties in the urban centre but is actually mostly conservative. Then again that's prob also NL.