One good thing about the ubiquity of information around US politics is I am now aware of L Louise Lucas, president pro tempore of the Virginia State Senate who is genuinely one of the most incredible poasters I have ever come across

A question for certain people on the left: how exactly did you think rehabilitating that bald shitstain just because he was on the flotilla would end? Like, what was the expected outcome here?

So it appears the Killarney Kebab joke - which didn't even have that big of a reach outside of the most online parts of Irish twitter - has driven local far right activist and chef Paul Treyvaud completely insane, as he's started stalking and harassing people over it. A thoroughly normal man!!

Not left wing, not right wing, not centrist, but a secret fourth thing (incoherent sephirothposting (right wing))

Conspiracy theory: Nvidia, Microsoft et al are happy to invest in OpenAI knowing it's not and never will be profitable, because the long term plan isn't to support OpenAI, but to strip it for IP and various other parts once the music stops

back at it again

Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!

he literally did the meme

Kicked-out-of-micro-left-party to writing-antisemitic-screeds-in-an-obscure-fascist-magazine pipeline is as real today as it was a hundred years ago it seems

The funniest thing about all this is, despite the kid-gloves treatment they've gotten so far, it feels like the Burkes could have gotten away with even more if they weren't just such utter arseholes

I have developed a theory that Goku is a Pokémon. I will not be taking any questions at this point.

Most of the takes from Irish and wider European posters I've seen about the elections in the US have been absolute nonsense but you know what? They deserve it for all the stupid, bad commentary they've given on our elections over the years. Keep the insane claims coming imo

may he spend eternity getting his ass beat by the souls of iraqis

Ireland has a long history of copying British policies after they have failed in Britain, and then doing the shocked Pikachu face when they fail here too I'd honestly rather not see how this one works out for us

Even by the low standards of Irish opinion writings, putting out a column that is just "help help I'm being oppressed by occasionally hearing people speak Irish help helpppppppp" is particularly pathetic, and yet

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)

Oh so it turns out we are allowed criticise the EU after all, but only when it's about [checks notes] upholding environmental standards

Oh look, once they figured they'd done enough handwringing, the government has very quickly demonstrated that they have learned absolutely fucking nothing from the events in Drogheda, just like every other time

Wow the IT actually printed my letter #speirghorm

Wild thing looking at the NY mayor election is that the Cuomo campaign appears to consist entirely of AI generated deep fake videos of his opponents. Someone is 100% going to copy that here and we need legislation to be ahead of this

I have already ended up in a argument today with someone saying I shouldn't assume it was a far-right fire attack on an IPAS centre (following a number of far-right fire attacks on IPAS centres) because it was probably "kids messing with fireworks" so this is worth hammering home I think

Honestly an incredible bit from Ivan Yates. Took down two presidential campaigns AND himself

It pains me to have to talk about this again but presenting this as an "elephant in the room" is bizarre. The spoiled votes have got as much coverage and media attention as the actual winner, and it's baffling this is still being discussed let alone claimed as underanalysed

This is the consequence of pandering to the far right - they feel untouchable. People could have died. They could literally have murdered people.

One week later and they are rallying even harder around nazi tattoo guy. Awe inspiring levels of incompetence

sighing, reaching for the hotdog guy meme again

People really think the PVV is the only far right Dutch political party, huh. Lots of people demonstrating exactly whey shouldn't be talking about politics in countries they know nothing about!

Seems this wouldn't have been an issue if they'd just followed the planning regulations in the first place! The arrogance

Been thinking about how to phrase this sensitively and can't do it so just gonna say it and apologise if it comes off bad: the tragic death of Lia Smith and so many others like her is the deliberate and designed end goal of the "gender critical" movement

Literally Simon Harris today for some reason

I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future. kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...

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Christ they're gonna try to draft John Collison in 2032 aren't they

Not only was Joanna Donnelly the only one of these four smart enough to stop her campaign once she realised she was out her depth, she's also the only one here who doesn't come across as staggeringly arrogant and utterly delusional

Rather than reflecting on why they got things wrong during the election campaign, a distressingly significant section of Ireland's commentariat instead have gone into an active denial of reality, publishing "analysis" with zero relationship with the real world. This is a self-made crisis for media!

While @tupped.bsky.social and I called the election wrong, smug @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social called it right. He uses what he likes to call “data.” I hate him. Full episode out now here: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

“What is it about the smelly and ungrateful electorate that makes them think that we don’t like them?” An absolute pleasure to chat with @tupped.bsky.social and @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social on the latest #EchoChamberPod Full Episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

Heather Humphreys seems almost happy to have lost. She has also been wonderfully gracious in defeat, and in these times, her emphasising that Catherine Connolly will be her President too was actually a very important thing to do #Áras25

*looking at ballot box filled with human excrement* "This is an endorsement of me and my views"

New Gist, In which I explain exactly what kind of idiot I have recently been. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-no-...

Should have a new #EchoChamberPod with Simon and @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social very shortly. Is this the presidential election review that we all need? No. But will it make us feel better about what actually happened yesterday? Also no.

How many times do they have to tell us who they are before we believe them? m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

lmao

Not only is this on track to be the highest FPV% ever in a Presidential election, it's also going to be the highest raw vote total in a Presidential election. Historic performance from Catherine Connolly. #Áras25

we jongin

I think the relevant comparison point for the spoiled votes isn't the 2018 spoils btw, but 2018 Casey votes

Won't be posting much about the count today as I have other obligations (playing mahjong) but this looks like a landslide for Connolly; her and her team deserve immense credit

I've experienced all kinds of abuse and threats on social media but today I got one I had never seen before: some fash weirdo accused me of being a Protestant.

For anyone who missed the news: there is no exit poll being released tonight. You’ll have to wait for the boxes to be opened tomorrow morning to start getting a feel for the outcome

I can't believe that Neil Steen tweet is real tbh but it is