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Éamann Mac Donnchada

@almagroschool.bsky.social

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Argentine, Spanish, Irish, and UK politics. Aguafiestas todoterreno https://substack.com/@macdonnchada Translations, mainly academic https://cregannatranslation.com/ Politics: Crude Marxist

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 6d

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 5m

Jorge Lanata used to joke that if Argentina ever replaced the peso with the dollar it would destroy the economy, the American one. We're not there yet but heading in that direction

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 17m

when I get the confused puppy face response in shops or if they insist on replying in English I sometimes say , "no hay nadie acá que hable castellano?"

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 20m

it's not you, it's them. my native speaker, translation degree wife has had to abandon rioplatense pronunciatiion and conjugations at work to avoid jokes and "only trying to help" so called corrections from colleagues

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 26m

Pedro Sánchez responding to PP senators

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 49m

The Argentine peso is undervalued says Bessent. This is next level insanity

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 10h

Scintillating insights like this got Bowen to the top in journalism

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 10h

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen: “The difficult negotiations that lie ahead will come with no mutual goodwill whatever”

Reposted by Éamann Mac Donnchada

Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 13h

Breaking News, the Pope is Catholic

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 10h

ha!, yes

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 10h

Spanish defence spending has more than doubled under Sánchez, and the US has been permitted to station more naval assets at Rota. And most Spanish people, left and right, see Spain's security challenges coming from the south not from the east, because geography

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10h

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from NATO as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

Trump Floats Throwing Spain Out of NATO Over Defense Spending

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Thursday, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 11h

Argentina's Finance Minister just now

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 12h

Pretty much

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 12h

he has no idea what he is doing or the people he is dealing with. this won't end well

Joseph Cotterill @jsphctrl.ft.com · 12h

Scott Bessent has really nailed the US to the mast of Argentina’s peso policy today - not just confirming the $20bn swap line, but that the US directly bought pesos today. He has also declared the current band “fit for purpose”: x.com/secscottbess...

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 12h

Santiago Gerchunoff on the relief at the ceasefire felt by ordinary Palestinians and Israelis and the sadness felt by Western "human rights activists". If you can´t read Spanish use a translator, you won´t be sorry

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 15h

Manuel Sacristán, de la época en que la gente se tomaba la molestia de pensar

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 16h

Tldr: in your face Bishop Barron and similar

David Dault @daultradio.bsky.social · 17h

Outstanding analysis from my friend Steven Millies on the new encyclical from Pope Leo XIV

https://millies.substack.com/p/first-impressions-of-dilexi-te

First Impressions of Dilexi Te

Pope Leo XIV Has Given Us His First Teaching. The Honeymoon Is Over.

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 16h

When the blessed day arrives when the Pals and Isrs decide to get along the last redoubts of anti-Israel activism will be Western campuses

The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 17h

US anti-Israel activists vow to keep up ‘the struggle’ after ceasefire news https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-anti-israel-activists-vow-to-keep-up-the-struggle-after-ceasefire-news/

US anti-Israel activists vow to keep up ‘the struggle’ after ceasefire news

Protest groups express relief for Palestinians in Gaza but vow to keep on protesting until 'liberation'

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 19h

I know all that, the cab rank rule isn´t that you have to eat shit if you want to get on in the profession, it's that you have a quasi-legal duty to represent the client that is sent along to you.

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 19h

sure, but I can´t imagine there´s no way of wriggling out if the activities of the client proposed to you is offensive to your core beliefs

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 19h

decadas después más heavy/prog rock que otra cosa open.spotify.com/intl-es/trac...

Dearg Doom

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 19h

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Horslips - King of the Fairies (RTE John Molloy's Dublin, 1975)

YouTube video by Horslips

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 20h

our socialist candidate helped the banks evict people. the cab rank rule isn't indentured slavery, to the extent it exists there must be ways of getting out of it if the client's activities offend your conscience

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 20h

The Bar Council of Ireland has reaffirmed the so-called 'cab-rank rule' after Catherine Connolly has faced questions over barrister work she undertook for banks.

Connolly has said she will not "itemise" the cases she was involved in. jrnl.ie/6839526

Bar Council says ‘cab-rank rule’ is 'fundamental' as Connolly faces questions over barrister work

The presidential candidate has refused to say whether she acted for banks in repossession cases.

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 20h

check out el país's tl here, they call him Polish 😂

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 20h

húngaros y polacos, son todo lo mismo, sus idiomas también 🤣🤣🤣

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 20h

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | | La Academia Sueca ha otorgado al escritor polaco László Krasznahorkai el Nobel de Literatura 2025 “por su obra cautivadora y visionaria que, en medio del terror apocalíptico, reafirma el poder del arte” tinyurl.com/y4vhejfx

El húngaro László Krasznahorkai, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2025

La Academia Sueca premia al escritor “por su obra cautivadora y visionaria que, en medio del terror apocalíptico, reafirma el poder del arte”

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 20h

I seem to recall that there is some kind of similar rule but it must be piss easy to get around for barristers working alone

Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 20h

🤣

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