Csaba Gálffy
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(unvetted economic migrant) Dublin, Ireland. ex-journalist, now marketer. bitter lefty. there's a photo of me shaking the hand of George Soros.
100% human generated
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Capitalism abhors competition, vol. LXXVII
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion) - About Netflix
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December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Capitalism abhors competition, vol. LXXVII
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48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
Turns out it's not just America.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Turns out it's not just America.
While the Irish budget runs with a vast surplus, desperately needed infrastructure projects get delayed or canceled.
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
While the Irish budget runs with a vast surplus, desperately needed infrastructure projects get delayed or canceled.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
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November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
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"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Among the reasons cited by analysts for the Social Democrats’ decline in Copenhagen were voter fatigue over the prime minister’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration, which have partly inspired a newly unveiled asylum and migration policy in Britain."
Can we now finally stop with “the Danish Model”?
Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses
PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years
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November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Among the reasons cited by analysts for the Social Democrats’ decline in Copenhagen were voter fatigue over the prime minister’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration, which have partly inspired a newly unveiled asylum and migration policy in Britain."
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Tenure is in many ways an extension of the axiom that those who it binds it does not protect and those who it protects it does not bind.
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tenure is in many ways an extension of the axiom that those who it binds it does not protect and those who it protects it does not bind.
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
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November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
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The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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There's something very on brand for Dublin about this. Building something as a temporary stopgap, putting 'temporary' ("pro tempore") in the name, doing nothing more for 200 years, and then eventually going "OK lads let's just stick with this one cos we're clearly never going to build the other one"
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There's something very on brand for Dublin about this. Building something as a temporary stopgap, putting 'temporary' ("pro tempore") in the name, doing nothing more for 200 years, and then eventually going "OK lads let's just stick with this one cos we're clearly never going to build the other one"
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
If you're wondering how the Hungarian electoral campaign is going...
New sensitive breach: Hungarian political party TISZA suffered a breach of its TISZA Világ platform last month, exposing 200k records, later published online. Data included email, name, phone & physical address. 41% were already in @haveibeenpwned.com. More: haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Tisza
Have I Been Pwned: TISZA Világ Data Breach
In November 2025, data breached from the Hungarian political party TISZA was extensively redistributed online. Stemming from a compromise of the TISZA Világ service the previous month, the breach expo...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you're wondering how the Hungarian electoral campaign is going...
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Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
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Happy 5th anniversary to the funniest thing that’s happened in the history of ever
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy 5th anniversary to the funniest thing that’s happened in the history of ever
Orbán is losing in Hungary and the elections are only 6 months away. Facebook and Google recently stopped political advertising, so the regime can't blanket everything in smears.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
Ringier sells its Hungarian media portfolio to Indamedia
The Swiss media group Ringier sells its Hungarian media division Ringier Hungary Kft., which includes titles such as Blikk, EgészségKalauz.hu, and Kiskegyed, to the Indamedia Network. The transaction ...
www.ringier.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Orbán is losing in Hungary and the elections are only 6 months away. Facebook and Google recently stopped political advertising, so the regime can't blanket everything in smears.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
Sensing this, Ringier cashes out and sells the largest newspaper (+portfolio) to Orbán.
Capitalism+authoritarianism.
I'm almost sad I can't cancel this subscription again.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm almost sad I can't cancel this subscription again.
The cross-pollination between Orbanism and Trumpism will be researched for decades. Probably the best strategic move Orbán ever did: he was willing to support (with state cash) the roddrehers and tuckercarlsons after Trump was ousted. This earned him immense goodwill that's paying dividends now.
Anyone who knows anything about the Orban regime’s history understands that MAGA is trying to clumsily speedrun the same combo of xenophobic fascist machismo as a smokescreen distracting from a complete oligarchic heist, and the capture and plunder of state institutions
I feel like the Hungary angle is getting missed in all this.
Tucker Carlson is, at the very least, a champion for Hungary and everything it stands for (and probably even more than that). So you defend Tucker not (just) because of the antisemitism but bc it's part of your organizational mission.
Tucker Carlson is, at the very least, a champion for Hungary and everything it stands for (and probably even more than that). So you defend Tucker not (just) because of the antisemitism but bc it's part of your organizational mission.
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The cross-pollination between Orbanism and Trumpism will be researched for decades. Probably the best strategic move Orbán ever did: he was willing to support (with state cash) the roddrehers and tuckercarlsons after Trump was ousted. This earned him immense goodwill that's paying dividends now.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Note from my notebook (2016)
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Note from my notebook (2016)