Brian Connell
@brianconnell.bsky.social
My own opinions about food, law, tech, sport, politics and whatever enters my head. #speirgorm
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Useful reporting from Translucent. When we’ve suggested that trans women don’t pose a risk, people have argued that’s because of under reporting. These FOI requests suggest that might not be the case
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/almo...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/almo...
Almost no one is complaining about trans women in women's spaces, study finds - LGBTQ Nation
“This is a manufactured controversy, not a documented crisis.”
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Useful reporting from Translucent. When we’ve suggested that trans women don’t pose a risk, people have argued that’s because of under reporting. These FOI requests suggest that might not be the case
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/almo...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/almo...
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Ok, we need to get a bunch of pride & trans flags, anarchist flags, Nigerian flags, Indian & Travellers flags, anything cool you can think of flags that would piss off the fash and put them all beside these flags then
So anyone can hang flags of any kind anywhere they want in Dublin. Pass it on.
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
Dublin City Council will not remove tricolour flags
Dublin City Council said it will not be removing tricolour flags that have been erected on poles around the city and instead will be taking a "positive and proactive approach".
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ok, we need to get a bunch of pride & trans flags, anarchist flags, Nigerian flags, Indian & Travellers flags, anything cool you can think of flags that would piss off the fash and put them all beside these flags then
You'll either jump for joy with thoughts of snowball fights and building snowmen, or, you'll realize it's Saturday, the dog can wait, the bed is warm, and you could just take another wee snooze.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
You'll either jump for joy with thoughts of snowball fights and building snowmen, or, you'll realize it's Saturday, the dog can wait, the bed is warm, and you could just take another wee snooze.
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I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
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I just can't stand the way Cthulhumas has been commercialised these days
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I just can't stand the way Cthulhumas has been commercialised these days
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Just ordered this stunning candle holder 🕯️
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just ordered this stunning candle holder 🕯️
Ah, Friday. Welcome. Stay a while.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ah, Friday. Welcome. Stay a while.
If you're one of The Adults In The Room™ in Ireland you can be on a fat state pension in your 40's while arguing for welfare cuts, go bankrupt running a bookies, FF will still pay you to banjax their presidential run, and you'll still be invited on the airwaves to talk shite forever
archive.ph/Tjnk0
archive.ph/Tjnk0
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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What it looks like on an election leaflet Vs what it looks like in practice
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What it looks like on an election leaflet Vs what it looks like in practice
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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J.M. Kelly, original author of the keading Irish constitutional law textbook and later Fine Gael Minister and Attorney General, advocating an active presidency in 1966.
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
J.M. Kelly, original author of the keading Irish constitutional law textbook and later Fine Gael Minister and Attorney General, advocating an active presidency in 1966.
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Whenever Godot's not on stage, all the other characters should be singing, "Where's Godot?"
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Whenever Godot's not on stage, all the other characters should be singing, "Where's Godot?"
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Looks like the Monkey’s out of the bag. I’m delighted to finally reveal that this December I’ll be taking a trip to the House of Ideas and teaming up with the incredibly talented @marsisanartist.bsky.social for an all-new Hit-Monkey story in Marvel: Black, White & Blood and Guts #3!
September 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Looks like the Monkey’s out of the bag. I’m delighted to finally reveal that this December I’ll be taking a trip to the House of Ideas and teaming up with the incredibly talented @marsisanartist.bsky.social for an all-new Hit-Monkey story in Marvel: Black, White & Blood and Guts #3!
Catherine Connolly indicates right when going straight ahead at roundabouts #SmearTheBejaysis
October 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Catherine Connolly indicates right when going straight ahead at roundabouts #SmearTheBejaysis
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October 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I saw Catherine Connolly putting a plastic bottle in her black bin #smearthebejaysis
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I saw Catherine Connolly putting a plastic bottle in her black bin #smearthebejaysis
Very saddened to hear of Manchán Magan's death from prostate cancer. He always struck me as having a deep connection with being Irish, a mythological Irish HighKing, displaced in time. A gentle man and a scholar. A noble man. RIP.
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Very saddened to hear of Manchán Magan's death from prostate cancer. He always struck me as having a deep connection with being Irish, a mythological Irish HighKing, displaced in time. A gentle man and a scholar. A noble man. RIP.
First time on a morning rush hour Luas for years. Packed. So why oh why do people insist on wearing their bags on their back? Dumb, selfish, inconsiderate or unaware? And move down the carriage, loads of room there rather than crushed at the door.
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
First time on a morning rush hour Luas for years. Packed. So why oh why do people insist on wearing their bags on their back? Dumb, selfish, inconsiderate or unaware? And move down the carriage, loads of room there rather than crushed at the door.
I swear nobody cares about adding money to the pot at this stage, it's all glaring side eyes and the lads can't believe the faithful implosion. #TraitorsIRL
September 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I swear nobody cares about adding money to the pot at this stage, it's all glaring side eyes and the lads can't believe the faithful implosion. #TraitorsIRL
Pity the person having to put together a "Will's best bits" compilation. Then again, he also doesn't have a "worst bits" unlike some. #TraitorsIRL
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pity the person having to put together a "Will's best bits" compilation. Then again, he also doesn't have a "worst bits" unlike some. #TraitorsIRL
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“In a landmark study, Hailey reveals that human beings will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental human biological and technical limits.”
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“In a landmark study, Hailey reveals that human beings will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental human biological and technical limits.”
I'd say Oyin has been murdered next but I'd also say Nick is plotting to get rid of Ben. I'm not sure if Ben realizes or sees it coming. Can't wait!
Tactically, they should have murdered Will, Mr. Invisible.
Gonna be difficult for the faithfuls (the girls) to regroup.
#TraitorsIRL
Tactically, they should have murdered Will, Mr. Invisible.
Gonna be difficult for the faithfuls (the girls) to regroup.
#TraitorsIRL
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'd say Oyin has been murdered next but I'd also say Nick is plotting to get rid of Ben. I'm not sure if Ben realizes or sees it coming. Can't wait!
Tactically, they should have murdered Will, Mr. Invisible.
Gonna be difficult for the faithfuls (the girls) to regroup.
#TraitorsIRL
Tactically, they should have murdered Will, Mr. Invisible.
Gonna be difficult for the faithfuls (the girls) to regroup.
#TraitorsIRL
Nick isn't going to recruit Ben, he's going to recruit a "patsy" he thinks he can control. Oyin should be murdered next, she's just TOO good, and maybe recruit Vanessa cos she already has some heat on her. #traitorsIRL
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Nick isn't going to recruit Ben, he's going to recruit a "patsy" he thinks he can control. Oyin should be murdered next, she's just TOO good, and maybe recruit Vanessa cos she already has some heat on her. #traitorsIRL
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There is nothing in the Constitution that explicitly states that the president must be a living person. So it's hard to understand why the Democrat Party thinks anyone other than Trump will be president from here on out.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
September 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There is nothing in the Constitution that explicitly states that the president must be a living person. So it's hard to understand why the Democrat Party thinks anyone other than Trump will be president from here on out.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
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Farage's tactic as an MEP was to show up just to make an anti-EU tirade and then clip it for YouTube. Nice to see the tactic used the other way around.
Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here.....
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
HEATED DEBATE: Rep. Jamie Raskin DESTROYS Nigel Farage in Explosive Capitol Hill Clash | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Farage's tactic as an MEP was to show up just to make an anti-EU tirade and then clip it for YouTube. Nice to see the tactic used the other way around.