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Aardvarkian Blues

@jamesmcshane.bsky.social

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Wannabe Writer from Dublin, Ireland. Lover of books, movies, all things pop culture, a bit of politics, equality in all things, Manchester United (for my sins), and, of course, my beautiful wife. Kidney transplant recipient, July 2023.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 2d

It’s 2025 & this guy was 2nd in line, for the Crown, for 18y. His brother, the King, failed to intervene when the UK govt killed almost 200,000 citizens, during Covid, by not following WHO advice. Just what exactly are they for?

Elect a president. Ireland keeps choosing good ones, you could too!

MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links

Calls grow for parliamentary rule changes to strip Andrew of titles and ask questions of royals

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 3d

The Vince McMahon reaction meme, the four stages of which are:
Louvre robbed...
...of priceless Napoleonic jewels...
...in daring daylight heist...
...that took only four minutes.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 3d

This would never have happened if Peter Sellers was still alive.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Thieves stole priceless jewels from the world-famous Louvre in Paris in a daring heist early Sunday that forced the museum to close for the day, officials said

Louvre heist: Thieves steal priceless jewels, Paris museum closed

The museum was closed for the day Sunday after the robbery, which was carried out by thieves using a ladder mounted on the back of a truck, officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 3d

And the media wonders why we don’t buy print anymore.

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that papers are publishing Enoch fucking Burke's view on who HE thinks WE should vote for is driving me demented. It's absolutely sick! Disgusting behaviour. What on earth!?! Absolutely indefensible.

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Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · Nov 6

Your irregular reminder that your local food banks can also always use the following: nappies, baby wipes, tin openers, kitchen roll, toilet roll, shampoo, shower gel/soap, deodorant, socks, tampons/pads, toothpaste, toothbrushes, laundry detergent, washing-up liquid, sanitizers, cooking oil.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.

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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 4d

He’s no man; he’s a coward and fraud hiding behind his family’s toxicity.

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endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp · 6d

Are we all in agreement that 2025 is just a fuckass year?

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 7d

tl;dr this is, as I've been screaming into the wind about for a week now, not just illegal as shit but fundamentally means the Constitution as written is no longer in effect

That said if you want an even deeper dive on the subject than I've done, this is a very good thread

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 7d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Aardvarkian Blues @jamesmcshane.bsky.social · 7d

A pound to a penny they’ve put spyware in her luggage. Greta would be better off destroying everything. The absolute fucking shame of the IDF and the Israeli state.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

A veteran TV director compared Keri Russell’s casting on “The Americans” to that of James Gandolfini’s in “The Sopranos.” She had an “inner light, an inner soul” that made you feel for her character, even at her cruellest moments, he said.

Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV

But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.

www.newyorker.com

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 8d

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/peac...

'Peace deal' or not, Gaza remains the holocaust of our time

Two years into Israel's war of extermination, there can be no peace without accountability for the industrial-scale killing or justice for Palestinians who continue to count their dead

www.middleeasteye.net

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 9d

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10d

It's a shame what Sally Jenkins did to Sally Jenkins.

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 10d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11d

Tom Gauld in The Guardian.

Ideas seller to customer: WHERE WRITERS REALLY GET THEIR IDEAS
I'M ALL OUT OF MIND-BLOWING CONCEPTS AND HEART-RENDING NARRATIVES, BUT I'VE GOT AN ACERBIC OBSERVATION, AN UNEXPECTED OUTCOME AND A COUPLE OF AMUSING NOTIONS
DEAS
TOM GAULD

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12d

Tick-tock.

The Clock Is Ticking

Trump and Putin face a reckoning

chadbourn.substack.com

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 12d

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them (2018)
--- Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy, Yale University. #antifa #England #flags

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12d

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Reuters @reuters.com · 12d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 12d

WHERE’S MY AWARD

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 13d

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

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