How many ‘bragawatts’ have the hyperscalers announced so far? When I got to the note at the end of it and read “*Or 46 time jumps with the DeLorean.” I knew it was written by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com on.ft.com/4qCvVap

This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

The Stahl house is lovely and a house I know, maybe from Heat? But yea, it makes a million euro terraced two bed in Dublin look like increasingly bad value. www.theagencyre.com/single-famil...

Michael Sacasas is back on substack. I really love his posts on technology and humanity. Highly recommend. - I can’t remember how I did it, but I can listen to them as a podcast too. open.substack.com/pub/theconvi...

Nice diary by Colm Keena Smug in the snug: Why November brings me back to early evening pints in cosy Dublin pubs www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.* The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.

Kinda cool way to search through Epstein emails jmail.world

I’ve two tickets to Nourished by Time in Whelans tomorrow (24th), free to any friend/ enemy who wants them. I’ve a work thing I can’t get out of. Should be a good show.

Keith Duggan is good on Musk’s American Dream to eliminate working If Musk is right that work will soon be optional, Trump’s sales pitch to voters is doomed www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.

New picture in the reception of the Áras. Artist is David Clarke (son of Harry Clarke) of Lough Ineagh in Conemarra

"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."

Big oof. on.ft.com/4peYLvP

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Hadn't clocked until this tweet that this is true of every defeated Labour government other than New Labour: more votes in defeat in 1951 than in victory in 1945, more in 1970 than in 1964. And frankly, whether they win or lose next time, would bet large amounts will get more votes than 2024.

By Carl Bernstein’s’ son is… emoji etc

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

Michael Wolff does not come out of this well.

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

This is as good as everyone is saying. Reminds me of-slightly- of the economist article on victimhood and politics from last week www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*

No other org would report this hard on itself. BBC is prob the greatest cultural creation of the 20th C

This is from R/Ireland but a cool visualisation on crime in Ireland scrapped from CSO data www.jake.ie/crime

US administration taunted an ally to fire a head of a public broadcaster and Semafor are like… “wow, you guys are bad at covering Trump…” - that’s not the story here. www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

This is pretty horrific stuff www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

This is fantastic - full of great details. A real on-the-nose metaphor of our time

Following the alleged arson attack on an international protection accommodation centre last week, I read all of the available 2025 inspection reports for IPAS centres. I found fire-safety concerns were raised in respect of more than 50 accommodation centres. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

This is a big fucking deal…

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

This is interesting but timeline is odd. He goes to Scotland in Autumn 69’ to get away from everything/ find himself/ set up a farm/ make a table etc. then in April 70’ releases his solo album. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

There’s a history of people being burnt out of their homes on this island. www.rte.ie/history/fami...

Fireworks in D12. Kids got sick of it after 5mins.

This is great, highly recommend. Don’t know if there’s anything to be learnt from it. www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...

The incredible May McGee died this week. A feminist icon whose name goes down in history alongside one of the most important Supreme Court judgements in the history of the state. Pre-deceased by her devoted husband Shay, who took on the state alongside his wife www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?

I like this photo by Cian O’Connell in the Irish Time. Wryly referencing Joe Rosenthal’s WW2 pic

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...

The John collison essay is doing well on the IT. Adjacent to that Semafor connected his brother to Marc Anderson’s influential WhatsApp group. Idk if there’s much in that, but yea. John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

This is a great interview and best thing I read all weekend. Anne is a treasure.

Interesting look at Trumps evolving White House design Gift link - www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The thing about picking your top five R.E.M. songs is that's impossible. I read everyone's list and agreed with each one. Such a catalog. For what it's worth, here's mine for today: 5. Country Feedback 4. New Test Leper 3. Talk About the Passion 2. So. Central Rain 1. Find the River

🗳️ #aras25 Count Results live, from as soon as each of the 43 constituencies start to report their results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Great review of Murch’s book, who’s consistently interesting.

New Ben Lerner in NYRoB. I accept I’m smack in his target market but the guy is top of the pile. What a writer. Hope he’s recovered well. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

I wrote about Daniel Kinahan and his family for @newyorker.com. The story features boxers, assassins, Hezbollah, a billion-dollar cocaine empire, the Open University, and a debonair gangster in a prison in Rome who is singing like a canary... www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Sad news, A Secret History of the IRA is a must read on the troubles. Ed Moloney: journalist and author dies aged 77 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

This is a superb report on everyday racism in ireland today. I’m not sure if it’s rising or racists are more emboldened. It’s chilling thou. ‘Go back to your own country’: Immigrants in Dublin tell of regular racist abuse www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...