Ciarán Mc Mahon
@cjamcmahon.bsky.social
author, 'The Psychology of Social Media' (Routledge). 2nd edition coming soon, suggestions welcome
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Ciarán Mc Mahon
@cjamcmahon.bsky.social
· Mar 21
get councillors to state publicly what they will not support when nominations open. the same can be done for Oireachtas members. get this scumbag publicly ruled out before it can even start #speirgorm #aras25
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Reminds of this all timer.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reminds of this all timer.
Airport Ahern has a much neater ring to it
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
Any counteroffers?
Any counteroffers?
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Airport Ahern has a much neater ring to it
how in the year of our lord 2025 can I not find a decent kids encyclopaedia app on the iOS app store? any recommendations #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
how in the year of our lord 2025 can I not find a decent kids encyclopaedia app on the iOS app store? any recommendations #speirgorm
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
every poster on #speirgorm has a copy of Soundings
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
every poster on #speirgorm has a copy of Soundings
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I think if I worked in a production company and was allowed to commission a movie with a €70m budget was based on one tweet, it would be this one.
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I think if I worked in a production company and was allowed to commission a movie with a €70m budget was based on one tweet, it would be this one.
me trying to keep up with all the cards in this game #irevrsa
a man is standing in front of a chalkboard with math equations on it .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a chalkboard with math equations on it .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
me trying to keep up with all the cards in this game #irevrsa
really learning a lot more about rugby today because I'm watching it in slow motion on RTÉ Player #speirgorm
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
really learning a lot more about rugby today because I'm watching it in slow motion on RTÉ Player #speirgorm
big 'mandatory not compulsory' vibe
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
big 'mandatory not compulsory' vibe
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Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
they say the arts are thriving in Ireland, but when was the last time we produced a poet capable of satirising a politician to death? #speirgorm
![1414.]
ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.
819
John Stanley', the Deputy of the King of England, arrived in Ireland, a man who gave neither merey nor protection to clergy, laity, or men of science, but subjected as many of them as he came upon to cold, hardship, and famine.
It was he who plundered Niall, the son of Hugh O'Higgin, at Visneach', in Meath. Henry Dalton, however, plundered James Tuite and the King's people, and gave the O'Higgins out of the preys" [then acquired] a cow for each and every cow taken from them, and afterwards escorted them to Connaught. The O'Higgins, with Niall, then satirized John Stanley, who lived after this satire but five weeks, for he died of the virulence of the lampoons.
This was the second poetical miracle performed by this Niall O'Higgin, the first being the discomfiture of the Clann-Conway the night they plundered Niall at Cladann*; and the second, the death of John Stanley.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5lalgxnyfxas34qyb3u4dp4u/bafkreihzyfu423o65774nubtf43aegne5vq4hrqzqhi7ab2thrjjpzg63q@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
they say the arts are thriving in Ireland, but when was the last time we produced a poet capable of satirising a politician to death? #speirgorm
I think society as a whole went downhill when they got rid of the bar in Navan Shopping Centre.
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I think society as a whole went downhill when they got rid of the bar in Navan Shopping Centre.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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Endless austerity combined with tax giveaways to multinational business is not “the centre”. It is the right. Donohue is a right-wing politician. He’s a nice man who read books and listens to records and enacts right-wing policy positions. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Paschal Donohoe: prudent steward of the economy or minister for status quo?
Olivia O’Leary, Gerard Howlin and Stephen Collins assess the departing Finance Minister’s legacy
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Endless austerity combined with tax giveaways to multinational business is not “the centre”. It is the right. Donohue is a right-wing politician. He’s a nice man who read books and listens to records and enacts right-wing policy positions. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Youse are doing a fucking fine job of that already with the state of the housing market
Justice and Migration Minister Jim O'Callaghan said he's committed to ensuring Ireland is 'not viewed more favourably than the UK by those seeking to claim asylum'.
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
O'Callaghan 'committed' to ensuring Ireland not viewed 'more favourably' than the UK by asylum seekers
A new International Protection Bill to reform Ireland’s asylum system will be published later this year.
jrnl.ie
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Youse are doing a fucking fine job of that already with the state of the housing market
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I was at an event the Taoiseach attended last night and overheard what I consider the most Irish introduction.
A lady walked up to the Taoiseach, shook his hand and said:
“Micheál, we’ve met before - my great aunt (God rest her soul) used to be your neighbour. Wasn’t she a fine woman?”
A lady walked up to the Taoiseach, shook his hand and said:
“Micheál, we’ve met before - my great aunt (God rest her soul) used to be your neighbour. Wasn’t she a fine woman?”
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I was at an event the Taoiseach attended last night and overheard what I consider the most Irish introduction.
A lady walked up to the Taoiseach, shook his hand and said:
“Micheál, we’ve met before - my great aunt (God rest her soul) used to be your neighbour. Wasn’t she a fine woman?”
A lady walked up to the Taoiseach, shook his hand and said:
“Micheál, we’ve met before - my great aunt (God rest her soul) used to be your neighbour. Wasn’t she a fine woman?”
amazing how every summer you forget what an absolute bastard winter is
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
amazing how every summer you forget what an absolute bastard winter is
Had a little trip to NLI and found this line in a civil servant's correspondence, dated 1948, which I'll be thinking about for the rest of the day:
"At the moment I am bound to take a somewhat detached view of this matter as it relates to a period before the change of the regime."
"At the moment I am bound to take a somewhat detached view of this matter as it relates to a period before the change of the regime."
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Had a little trip to NLI and found this line in a civil servant's correspondence, dated 1948, which I'll be thinking about for the rest of the day:
"At the moment I am bound to take a somewhat detached view of this matter as it relates to a period before the change of the regime."
"At the moment I am bound to take a somewhat detached view of this matter as it relates to a period before the change of the regime."
On the surface of it, neat for Labour to steal SF's clothes for a change. But in reality, 'calling for a timeline' makes exactly the same mistake that SF have done - asking for a referendum instead of outlining a vision for what would be voted on, or how it would be won #speirgorm
Labour leader Ivana Bacik this evening called upon the Irish and British governments to set a 'clear timeline' for a referendum on Irish unity.
Bacik said Labour’s goal is to build a 32 county republic 'including our new Irish, who have chosen to make Ireland their home' jrnl.ie/6875911
Bacik said Labour’s goal is to build a 32 county republic 'including our new Irish, who have chosen to make Ireland their home' jrnl.ie/6875911
Call for 'clear timeline' for referendum on Irish unity at Labour conference
Ivana Bacik spoke about housing, homelessness, racism, the war in Gaza, healthcare, cost of living, and climate in her wide-ranging speech this evening.
jrnl.ie
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
On the surface of it, neat for Labour to steal SF's clothes for a change. But in reality, 'calling for a timeline' makes exactly the same mistake that SF have done - asking for a referendum instead of outlining a vision for what would be voted on, or how it would be won #speirgorm
something that really bugs me, which may become more of an issue in the future is that search engines often correct for Anglophone spelling variations but not for those as Gaeilge
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
something that really bugs me, which may become more of an issue in the future is that search engines often correct for Anglophone spelling variations but not for those as Gaeilge
the current Taoiseach started this by dropping the one in his first name
Someone posted a letter to the IT here recently and the writer was suggesting making Irish more accessible by scrapping an t-urú agus an séimhiú. Now I’m not qualified to speak on the intricacies of this, but simply, where’s the flavour man? You don’t want to say “ar an mbus”?
Imigh sa foc
Imigh sa foc
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
the current Taoiseach started this by dropping the one in his first name
oh no, the politicians are playing politics against me, says the politician who has done nothing but play politics his entire career
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Labour TD Conor Sheehan calling him a populist is an attempt from the left to “caricature” him and “shut me down”. jrnl.ie/6875778
Simon Harris says the left are ‘trying to caricature me’ on migration
Labour TD Conor Sheehan said he believes the Tánaiste is ‘quite populist’.
jrnl.ie
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
oh no, the politicians are playing politics against me, says the politician who has done nothing but play politics his entire career
pfft my most woke opinions would get me banned straightaway
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
pfft my most woke opinions would get me banned straightaway
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This place will become X 2.0 so fast you won't even notice it.
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This place will become X 2.0 so fast you won't even notice it.
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The sheer amount of plastic decorations and seasonal tat that shops are full of as we move seamlessly from Halloween to Christmas makes me so anxious. Where do people put this stuff after? Surely they dump most of it. It’s getting worse not better
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The sheer amount of plastic decorations and seasonal tat that shops are full of as we move seamlessly from Halloween to Christmas makes me so anxious. Where do people put this stuff after? Surely they dump most of it. It’s getting worse not better