John P. O’Sullivan
@johnnysull.bsky.social
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Writer, art critic, dog lover, horse follower.
johnposullivan.substack.com/p/14-may-2026
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14 May 2026
In our Malice in Blunderland world, it’s no more ludicrous that a nasty little spiv like Farage could become PM of the UK than that a pig-ignorant grifter became president of the USA.
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7 May 2026
The main beneficiaries of the current Iranian debacle are Russia and the oil companies. The rest of the world pays the price for the policies of this malignant US regime. Putin smirks in the Kremlin.
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30 April 2026
I’m pleased to see our President has the moral courage to denounce University of Galway for its collaboration with Technion University in Israel, a technical resource for the Israeli arms industry.
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2 April 2026
Marcus Aurelius warned himself in his Meditations "not to be Caesarified or dyed with this purple". He advocated duty, humility, and service to others over authoritarian control or narcissistic rule.
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26 March 2026
Our cowardly, deferential government is still dragging its heels on the Occupied Territories Bill as Israel carpet bombs the Middle-East, slaughters children, and appropriates the West Bank.
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about 2 months ago
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A right royal rogering of the gruesome twosome (Andrew & Sarah) by the refdoubtsble Andrew O’Hagan).
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19 March 2026
The magnolias are making their all-to-brief appearance and the sun is shining. I shall be walking my dogs on Killiney Beach shortly and letting the decline of the west take place in my absence.
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about 2 months ago
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Stay Classy
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The very definition of scathing.
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
With some people, money and sex are the only truths. It’s the ultimate delinquency to believe that gratification...
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19 February 2026
Our Taoiseach Martin by his craven deference to the USA and the EU (both embroiled in this ongoing Genocide) is making the Irish people complicit in the annihilation of Palestine and its people.
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12 February 2026
598 Living Room 2024 by Michelle Conway, Ye Vagabonds, Julian Barnes’ Departures, Langston Hughes, and an incident in Spanish Point.
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3 months ago
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The Convalescent by Helene Schjerfbeck at the Met. And more cultural manoeuvres involving Robert Lowell, B.B. King, Caligula remade, and Honnold’s horror show.
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29 January 2026
Dante stated that the direst recesses of hell were reserved for those who remained silent in times of moral crisis. Martin and his craven cabinet better start donning their asbestos knickers
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Catterline in Winter by Joan Eardley more about her and other cultural and political manoeuvres - and a cautionary tale about an errant schoolboy.
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22 January 2026
From the surreal to the ridiculous. It’s hard not to see all this Greenland business as a distraction from both the Epstein files and the continuing destruction of Ukraine and Gaza.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnposullivan/p/22-january-2026?r=37fycr&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
4 months ago
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Having long abandoned Twitter (X) and not finding much local traction on Threads, I think I’ll start hanging out on Bluesky. I’ll also post my weekly Substack here.
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15 January 2026
Any civilised country would sever all interactions with Israel - like the apartheid era boycott of South Africa. However our craven leader baulks even at the insipid occupied territories bill.
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The Spectator
8 months ago
Bret Easton Ellis is branded as ‘racist’, ‘misogynist’ and ‘laughably unaware of his own irrelevance’. ✍️ Jamie Collinson
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The joyless rants of Andrea Long Chu
Andrea Long Chu is the poster girl critic of the American progressive left. Writing primarily for New York magazine, she made her name with takedowns of celebrated novelists such as Hanya Yanagihara,...
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People seem puzzled that Michael Martin should abandon principle and the smooth progress of government to shove through a ludicrous deal with Lowry. Students of history know that abandoning principles for power comes naturally to Fianna Fáil – going back to the oath of allegiance in the 1920s.
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Micheál Martin must be regretting the term “peacemaker” he applied to Trump in his deferential visit to the White House. Today’s slaughter in Gaza (that Trump“green lit”) shows that peace to Trump means the surrender of the weaker party to the stronger under non-negotiable terms. Watch out Ukraine.
about 1 year ago
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The universities are next
Friends,
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Revenge is in the air
Let us examine the state of journalism at Jeff Bezos’ The Washington Post, where three reporters have combined to create drivel that is subtle in its deceit upfront, while burying a simple truth that ...
https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/revenge-is-in-the-air?r=37fycr
over 1 year ago
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Robert Reich on Substack always worth a read.
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Flooding Trump and Musk’s zone
How to deal with their tyranny
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/the-petty-tyrants?r=37fycr&utm_medium=ios
over 1 year ago
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Cuala in the All-Ireland club football final - Dalkey en fete
over 1 year ago
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For those who missed Ken Burns’ masterpiece first time round, it’s available again on Sky Documentaries.
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ken burns civil war - Google Search
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over 1 year ago
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Glorious sunny day on the beach near Corbawn.
over 1 year ago
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Fintan O'Toole: It’s a national indignity that the new government will rely on Michael Lowry
There is a statute of limitations on civic virtue as Lowry is openly embraced as the power broker of the new government
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/01/07/fintan-otoole-its-a-national-indignity-that-new-government-will-rely-on-the-grace-and-favour-of-michael-lowry/
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Works on me
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over 1 year ago
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FF were down and out (deservedly) in 2011 - FG brought them back into the fold in 2016 with the Confidence & Supply arrangement. A huge mistake. Now FG find themselves the rear end of the pantomime horse that will be the latest FFG government.
over 1 year ago
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Escapee from Twitter, torn between Bluesky and Threads, I think I’ll just duplicate posts on both platforms and see where I get some traction.
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https://traction.as
over 1 year ago
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Mark Rylance: Sabotage on Shaftesbury Avenue - Juno and the Paycock the victim. Check out:
www.ardmayle.blogspot.com
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Ardmayle
A blog about art, literature, and horse racing, with occasional personal stuff and some rancid observations on our shabby little oligarchy.
https://www.ardmayle.blogspot.com
over 1 year ago
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Recent reads ranked:
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over 2 years ago
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Claire Keegan keeping it short and occasionally tart at the Pavilion Dun Laoghaire last night.
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over 2 years ago
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Finding Twitter increasingly tiresome and so am transitioning over to the less fraught world of Bluesky. I’ll keep a foot in both camps for a week or two.
over 2 years ago
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Would not be surprised - timely theme.
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over 2 years ago
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