People in 20s movies look a lot more 2026 than people in 50s movies.

Data protection, as a concept, grew out of post-war legal scholarship in Germany which reflected on the use of data about people by the Nazi Govt, and formulated a set of limits on data use which recognised that to collect and use data about people was to impact the people’s lives.

Movies like this are actually very important for the cinema industry because it gives ushers and other staff somewhere to hide during their shift.

The reason why farmers use tractors is because they know they've no support - a bunch of tractors seem impressive in a way that the same number of people don't. If there were twelve lads wandering around Kildare Street on a wet night, you'd just think them a lost stag party

The root cause of this is that Meta doesn't want to police Instagram (where kids are regularly creeped on, and worse) Everyone knows that an under-16s ban won't work (kids-at-large are good at getting around rules), but when kids are creeped on in future Meta won't be liable, b/c rule-breaking kids

Imagine if there was an epidemic of pubs selling alcohol to children and instead of shutting the pubs responsible the government imposed a nationwide curfew on everyone under 16.

I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.

"You're never gonna learn the name of the [bitchmade cunt] who shot Alex Pretti!" Yeah okay sure pal, whatever you say, Soldier F is Lance Corporal David James Cleary.

recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue

A pub in Cavan (The Orchard Bar) hosted a Far Right 'gathering' where Israeli flags were displayed on the walls and windows. Delighted to see local lads were able to get rid of them. I've posted this on fb and tagged them, they keep removing the tag but I'm persistent 😆. #SpeirGorm #FarRight

If a car is impeding a bus by being illegally parked in a bus lane or stop, the driver is allowed to hand out hammers to the passengers so they can fuck it up.

If ever the idea of maintaining a means for citizens to challenge a Govt who was acting illegally was worth protecting, it is surely now. Judicial Review (JR) doesn’t succeed without administrative wrongdoing. If you don’t like JRs, don’t block the ability to challenge. Just make lawful decisions.

#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Had a pretty convincing scam call from a lady pretending to be from my mobile operator. Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in? And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)… (—> cont’d)

This is on one level amazing and on another level a lovely bit of art

Walking past Gamers World on Jervis Street last Valentine's, I could see the lights were on. With my nose pressed against the window I could see them. There they all were, a field of gallant gasúns, of every seed breed and creed, making the magic happen with their best decks and their best mates

No way we let Sweden get over the line on this ahead of Ireland. Tell your friends. This isn’t just any old petition, this mechanism has EU clout.

The Brits pioneered militarised policing in the ever-useful colonial laboratory that was/is Ireland Americans learned lessons from those experiments And it's not like policing doesn't look like that here anymore

The Irish government aiding this is fucking unconscionable. Unforgiveable. History will remember this as Nazi collaboration, because that's what it is

Genuine Question: Why would a Canadian (a country with a storied history of restricting immigration on specifically racist grounds*) use this issue in his attempt to make himself main character for the day?

Lost penguin is taking one for the team

Hahaha

One of my oldest friends ended going down the misogynist, conspiracy theorist hole, to the point where I couldn’t be friends with him any more. He constantly went on about women’s emotional decision-making. Reader, believe me when I say, he was one of the most emotional decision-makers I know.

Une Victoire Ailée Celtique ? Is maith liom a torc agus is fíormhaith liom a cuid gruaige.

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

Ah, yes! The Allen household.... Famous for their concerns over children's welfare, as far as I can recall

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The TACO cycle: Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank. So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.

Everyone should take 3 minutes to see Tom Friedman explain why the Iraq War was good. And then remember he is wealthy and well-respected and never experienced any setbacks as a result of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFa...

On this day 232 years ago, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris after being convicted of treason by the National Convention. Just saying.

9 years since Richard Spencer got punched and I will never stop reposting this youtu.be/IKICKcMU3MU?...

He was a Communist, Elmo.

Aww thanks to the PLR, I’ve got a nice little cheque and a statement telling me 6,800 people borrowed my books from libraries this year, which is wonderful! Remember, you can also borrow audiobooks from libraries

We could probably do with a Carrington Event right now

I think this is the only way he knows to get a bit of time away from his family

I'm anemic right now, so I can't donate again until I get an OK from the GP If you can donate, throw one in for me!

Gentle reminder that this is made up by the marketing departments of the travel industry (which may be part of the reason why Michael O'Leary went out of his way to get media attention last Friday)

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

I find myself thinking about the writings of Primo Levi, and other holocaust survivors these days. They've a simple message, and it's not about Jews, or Sintis, or Germans. What's done to any of us, can come for any of us

“Family reunification accounts for little more than 1% of migration into Ireland. Telling people granted refugee status to wait three years – until their children no longer recognise them – is not the stance of a country that professes to cherish the family unit.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Well-to-do motorists have a agency and choice. When the deputy bought the Audi Q5, he might well have seen the marketing literature describing it as "sporty". (The PHEV version weighs 2t and will do 250km/h.) A €500 fine hardly cuts it. The car should be seized. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off.

"almost up there with 'Horses fuck horses'.

There's going to be a great gender studies paper on this eventually; presumably they had to give Trump a field of kings because [manly, despite them being the targets of attack], and he would have taken offence to a gaggle of queens [despite them being the powerful piece]

Going to sleep last night, I was listening to a 2011 lecture about the Barbarian Kings by Freedman at Yale (www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAVU...). Where he claimed that Romans in the 5th/6th C wouldn't have known it was in decline; and that we could have been in decline since 1910... Seems fair

Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

I love that Stephen Pinker thinks Malcolm Gladwell is a charlatan who tries to pass superficial knowledge of a subject matter as wider expertise, which fails any scrutiny from anyone well-versed in the topic. I mean, Jesus. Does he think he has stupid hair as well?

I hope this lad gets talked into presenting this at the Late Late Toy Show and then has to re-enact his own version of the Running Man as he tries to get back to Dublin Airport and out of the country

@cstaffordbloor.bsky.social Beir bua as Baile Átha Cliath! Wild impressed with the quality weave too - even if we can't quite understand how you line up the threads to make that shape.